Hi, I run KDE Plasma on Tumbleweed. I have a problem with a wifi dongle: if I go to Yast -> Network settings I set the address via DHCP, but if I go to the “Wireless” tab and then I click on “Choose the net” I got “RTNETLINK answers: Operation not permitted”. This is the same from terminal:
/usr/sbin/ip link set wlp0s18f2u6 up
RTNETLINK answers: Operation not permitted
So it seems it doesn’t find any net, and this is the same via NetworkManager. I tried to toggle wifi on and off, and the airplane mode too from the tray bar widget, but it didn’t help.
Some more information:
/usr/bin/lsusb
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0bda:f179 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8188FTV 802.11b/g/n 1T1R 2.4G WLAN Adapter
Bus 001 Device 005: ID aaaa:8816 MXT microSD CardReader
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 0461:0010 Primax Electronics, Ltd HP PR1101U / Primax PMX-KPR1101U Keyboard
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 0461:4d0f Primax Electronics, Ltd HP Optical Mouse
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
dmesg | less
the only line with “firmware” is:
31.178929] R8188EU: Firmware Version 11, SubVersion 1, Signature 0x88e1
/usr/sbin/iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
enp2s0 no wireless extensions.
wlp0s18f2u6 unassociated ESSID:"" Nickname:"<WIFI@REALTEK>"
Mode:Auto Frequency=2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Sensitivity:0/0
Retry:off RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality=0/100 Signal level=0 dBm Noise level=0 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
sudo /usr/sbin/iwlist scan
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.
enp2s0 Interface doesn't support scanning.
wlp0s18f2u6 No scan results
nmcli connection show
NAME UUID TYPE DEVICE
enp2s0 08862f9c-09fb-396b-ba92-ff582dfe1839 ethernet --
nmcli device show
GENERAL.DEVICE: enp2s0
GENERAL.TYPE: ethernet
GENERAL.HWADDR: 20:CF:30:3D:ED:4C
GENERAL.MTU: 1500
GENERAL.STATE: 20 (non disponibile)
GENERAL.CONNECTION: --
GENERAL.CON-PATH: --
WIRED-PROPERTIES.CARRIER: off
GENERAL.DEVICE: wlp0s18f2u6
GENERAL.TYPE: wifi
GENERAL.HWADDR: 00:E0:4C:81:88:02
GENERAL.MTU: 1500
GENERAL.STATE: 20 (non disponibile)
GENERAL.CONNECTION: --
GENERAL.CON-PATH: --
GENERAL.DEVICE: lo
GENERAL.TYPE: loopback
GENERAL.HWADDR: 00:00:00:00:00:00
GENERAL.MTU: 65536
GENERAL.STATE: 10 (non gestito)
GENERAL.CONNECTION: --
GENERAL.CON-PATH: --
IP4.ADDRESS[1]: 127.0.0.1/8
IP4.GATEWAY: --
IP6.ADDRESS[1]: ::1/128
IP6.GATEWAY: --
IP6.ROUTE[1]: dst = ::1/128, nh = ::, mt = 256
ip a
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1000
link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
inet6 ::1/128 scope host
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
2: enp2s0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state DOWN group default qlen 1000
link/ether 20:cf:30:3d:ed:4c brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
3: wlp0s18f2u6: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN group default qlen 1000
link/ether 00:e0:4c:81:88:02 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
sudo rfkill list
(nothing)
/usr/sbin/hwinfo --netcard
10: PCI 200.0: 0200 Ethernet controller
[Created at pci.386]
Unique ID: c3qJ.7jPWmoeCYd4
Parent ID: bSAa.VBWPJFOQrE4
SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:0a.0/0000:02:00.0
SysFS BusID: 0000:02:00.0
Hardware Class: network
Model: "Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller"
Vendor: pci 0x10ec "Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd."
Device: pci 0x8168 "RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller"
SubVendor: pci 0x1043 "ASUSTeK Computer Inc."
SubDevice: pci 0x83a3 "M4A785/P7P55 Motherboard"
Revision: 0x03
Driver: "r8168"
Driver Modules: "r8168"
Device File: enp2s0
I/O Ports: 0xe800-0xe8ff (rw)
Memory Range: 0xfdfff000-0xfdffffff (ro,non-prefetchable)
Memory Range: 0xfdff8000-0xfdffbfff (ro,non-prefetchable)
Memory Range: 0xfebf0000-0xfebfffff (ro,non-prefetchable,disabled)
IRQ: 26 (45079 events)
HW Address: 20:cf:30:3d:ed:4c
Permanent HW Address: 20:cf:30:3d:ed:4c
Link detected: no
Module Alias: "pci:v000010ECd00008168sv00001043sd000083A3bc02sc00i00"
Driver Info #0:
Driver Status: r8169 is active
Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe r8169"
Driver Info #1:
Driver Status: r8168 is active
Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe r8168"
Config Status: cfg=no, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
Attached to: #29 (PCI bridge)
35: USB 00.0: 0282 WLAN controller
[Created at usb.122]
Unique ID: MtLc.YoiK92ppz90
Parent ID: k4bc.YdoZZg0c8i6
SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:12.2/usb1/1-6/1-6:1.0
SysFS BusID: 1-6:1.0
Hardware Class: network
Model: "Realtek RTL8188FTV 802.11b/g/n 1T1R 2.4G WLAN Adapter"
Hotplug: USB
Vendor: usb 0x0bda "Realtek Semiconductor Corp."
Device: usb 0xf179 "RTL8188FTV 802.11b/g/n 1T1R 2.4G WLAN Adapter"
Serial ID: "1CBFCE85E3CE"
Driver: "r8188eu"
Driver Modules: "8188eu"
Device File: wlp0s18f2u6
Features: WLAN
Speed: 480 Mbps
HW Address: 00:e0:4c:81:88:02
Permanent HW Address: 00:e0:4c:81:88:02
WLAN channels: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
WLAN frequencies: 2.412 2.417 2.422 2.427 2.432 2.437 2.442 2.447 2.452 2.457 2.462 2.467 2.472
WLAN bitrates: 1 2 5.5 11
WLAN encryption modes: TKIP CCMP
WLAN authentication modes: open wpa-psk wpa-eap
Module Alias: "usb:v0BDApF179d0000dc00dsc00dp00icFFiscFFipFFin00"
Driver Info #0:
Driver Status: 8188eu is active
Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe 8188eu"
Config Status: cfg=no, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
Attached to: #39 (Hub)
uname -a
Linux 192.168.151.80 5.14.11-2-default #1 SMP Sun Oct 10 08:34:34 UTC 2021 (834dddd) x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Thank you
Paolo