On Sat, 2016-07-23 at 06:26 -0700, Christopher Williamson wrote: > Quick follow-up - I suspected the issue may be with wpa_supplicant > rather than udev / kernel config. > > Since this does connect properly on open wireless networks the issue > is now only with WPA/WPA2. > > It seems even the latest dev builds of Ubuntu are still stuck using > wpa_supplicant 2.4.x rather than hopping over to 2.5 which I believe > contains a fix needed for the libertas chipset to properly > authenticate with WPA/WPA2 networks. > > I therefore decided to compile version 2.5 of wpa_supplicant myself > and install it on a Ubuntu 16.04.1 clean install - looks like that > actually fixed the problem. > > So the end result is - the ubuntu 2.4 wpa_supplicant doesn’t work > with > libertas+libertas_sdio but it *does* work properly with > wpa_supplicant > 2.5. Can you get supplicant logs for both 2.4 and 2.5 and we can maybe figure out what the difference is, just for the record? Dan > Christopher Williamson > > > On 23 July 2016 at 13:29:41, Christopher Williamson > (home@xxxxxxxxxxx(mailto:home@xxxxxxxxxxx)) wrote: > > > > > Just to follow up on this - I performed a minimal ubuntu server > > install (16.04.1), commented out the crda udev rule (since that was > > setting the weird country: 98 issue) and tried again and it still > > didn’t work. > > > > I did confirm that the md5 sums for the firmware included with Arch > > is the exact same as the firmware included for Ubuntu 16.04.1 so > > there was no difference there. > > > > At this point I’m thinking it’s either: > > > > - Some Ubuntu-specific udev rule breaking things or: > > - A difference in the kernel config between Arch and Ubuntu > > > > I think I’m going to forfeit for now and switch over to Arch - > > spent several days on this already. If anyone has any other ideas > > on what could be causing this please do let me know and I’ll follow > > up if I experiment this with again. > > > > Christopher Williamson > > > > > > > > > > On 22 July 2016 at 22:47:15, Christopher Williamson (home@chrisaw.c > > om(mailto:home@xxxxxxxxxxx)) wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > So I decided to have another fiddle with this and managed to get > > > the WiFi working perfectly first time on an ArchLinux LiveCD so > > > it looks like this issue is Ubuntu specific. > > > > > > I’m going to copy the firmware files and check if they’re > > > responsible and work my way through the various differences but > > > at least I know this device can work properly on the Linux 4.6.3 > > > (which the livecd is based on.) > > > > > > I’ll follow up if and when I find out what the cause of the > > > problem was. > > > > > > Christopher Williamson > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 22 July 2016 at 22:42:50, Christopher Williamson (home@chrisaw > > > .com(mailto:home@xxxxxxxxxxx)) wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > So I decided to have another fiddle with this and managed to > > > > get the WiFi working perfectly first time on an ArchLinux > > > > LiveCD so it looks like this issue is Ubuntu specific. > > > > > > > > I’m going to copy the firmware files and check if they’re > > > > responsible and work my way through the various differences but > > > > at least I know this device can work properly on the Linux > > > > 4.6.3 (which the livecd is based on.) > > > > > > > > I’ll follow up if and when I find out what the cause of the > > > > problem was. > > > > Christopher Williamson > > > > www.chrisaw.com(http://www.chrisaw.com) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 22 July 2016 at 18:17:20, Christopher Williamson (home@chris > > > > aw.com(mailto:home@xxxxxxxxxxx)) wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I haven’t managed to get connected to a WPA network either so > > > > > it looks like open only at the moment but I fear that may > > > > > just have been a fluke. > > > > > > > > > > A big problem I’m facing is that editing /etc/default/crda to > > > > > REGDOMAIN=GB wasn’t enough to set the wifi regulation mode to > > > > > GB and I have to set it manually. This sometimes works and > > > > > sometimes reports the following: > > > > > > > > > > country 98: DFS-UNSET > > > > > (2402 - 2472 @ 40), (N/A, 20), (N/A) > > > > > (2457 - 2472 @ 15), (N/A, 20), (N/A), NO-IR > > > > > (5170 - 5250 @ 80), (N/A, 17), (N/A), NO-IR > > > > > (5250 - 5330 @ 80), (N/A, 20), (0 ms), DFS, NO-IR > > > > > (5490 - 5730 @ 160), (N/A, 20), (0 ms), DFS, NO-IR > > > > > (5735 - 5835 @ 80), (N/A, 20), (N/A), NO-IR > > > > > (57240 - 63720 @ 2160), (N/A, 0), (N/A) > > > > > > > > > > At best this is simply an annoyance but at worst I’m thinking > > > > > this may be responsible for the issues I’m seeing. > > > > > > > > > > Is there anywhere else I can force this to be set to GB? > > > > > > > > > > Christopher Williamson > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 22 July 2016 at 17:54:40, Christopher Williamson (home@chr > > > > > isaw.com(mailto:home@xxxxxxxxxxx)) wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Disregard - I have actually managed to get this to connect > > > > > > to a open network! > > > > > > > > > > > > # iw reg set GB > > > > > > # iw reg get > > > > > > country GB: DFS-ETSI > > > > > > (2402 - 2482 @ 40), (N/A, 20), (N/A) > > > > > > (5170 - 5250 @ 80), (N/A, 20), (N/A) > > > > > > (5250 - 5330 @ 80), (N/A, 20), (0 ms), DFS > > > > > > (5490 - 5710 @ 160), (N/A, 27), (0 ms), DFS > > > > > > (57000 - 66000 @ 2160), (N/A, 40), (N/A) > > > > > > # iwconfig wlan0 essid "shaunthesheep-guest” > > > > > > # dhclient wlan0 > > > > > > > > > > > > It’s good to have some progress - so it looks like the > > > > > > issue preventing the previous connection was the iw reg not > > > > > > being set properly (or possibly just wpa_supplicant borking > > > > > > the connection in some way. I stopped that this time > > > > > > around. I’ll try wpa1 now and report back. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Christopher Williamson > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 22 July 2016 at 17:39:50, Christopher Williamson (home@c > > > > > > hrisaw.com(mailto:home@xxxxxxxxxxx)) wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Ok so I created a guest wifi network without any > > > > > > > encryption enabled at all and the client still refuses to > > > > > > > connect. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Again, the connection is made perfectly using the USB > > > > > > > dongle I have but not the built in libertas sd8686 > > > > > > > chipset. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I do currently use pfSense as a firewall box behind my > > > > > > > wireless router (acting as an AP) and can see that no > > > > > > > DHCP request is making it to the pfSense box. I believe > > > > > > > you are right in the point about the firmware being the > > > > > > > problem here. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I should also confirm - the firmware in use is the latest > > > > > > > from the linux-firmware Ubuntu 16.04 package. I did read > > > > > > > around the net about being having various issues with > > > > > > > various firmware sources and not others but despite > > > > > > > trying firmware linked directly from Marvell I seem to > > > > > > > always get one of two issues: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 1.) I am unable to connect and keep getting asked for > > > > > > > passphrases, or: > > > > > > > 2.) The system completely freezes up (with the v8 > > > > > > > firmwares I tried) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I’m not really sure what else to try at this point. > > > > > > > Christopher Williamson > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 22 July 2016 at 17:24:52, Christopher Williamson (home > > > > > > > @chrisaw.com(mailto:home@xxxxxxxxxxx)) wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi Dan, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I will check out the WPA2 vs WPA vs open wireless thing > > > > > > > > in a few mins. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > For now though - the iwlist scan results for both a USB > > > > > > > > device and the > > > > > > > > libertas device: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > USB: http://termbin.com/hdwl > > > > > > > > Libertas: http://termbin.com/jxh7 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Will follow up shortly with WPA and Open network > > > > > > > > configs. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Christopher Williamson > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 22 July 2016 at 17:16:29, Dan Williams (dcbw@redhat. > > > > > > > > com(mailto:dcbw@xxxxxxxxxx)) wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi Dan, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I will check out the WPA2 vs WPA vs open wireless > > > > > > > > > thing in a few mins. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > For now though - the iwlist scan results for both a > > > > > > > > > USB device and the > > > > > > > > > libertas device: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > USB: http://termbin.com/hdwl > > > > > > > > > Libertas: http://termbin.com/jxh7 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Will follow up shortly with WPA and Open network > > > > > > > > > configs. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > *Christopher Williamson* > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux- > wireless" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
