wifi connection problems AV Linux 23.1

[travismc1]

I have tried using the icon in the lower right corner of AV Linux. It sees available connections, but the password does not "stick." It is not connecting to the network. It wants WPS password, my home internet uses wpa. I'm not certain if wpa/wpa2 is the same as WPS,but the graphical interface gives me no option to change. I'm not certain where I need to look for the issue. I tried ifconfig, iwconfig, nothing seems to be getting me connected. The network tools are not very clear. They show drivers in use and that's about it.

Otherwise, I like the basic configuration of enlightenment and the fact that it is not a resource hog.

[Eadwine Rose]

Please share your full Quick System Info, found in the menu. Press the Copy for forum button, then click paste in a reply.. thanks.

[Charlie Brown]

... It wants WPS password, my home internet uses wpa...

If there's a tiny button/switch (for wps) under/behind your router device: turn it off (that's just to use temporarily till you do the first configuration (without having to use a wire)) and that will be a security hole (cause it's just a simple and/or generic pw).

If no such physical buttons then enter router settings and disable wps there, save, exit...

[AVLinux]

@travismc1

Hi, in addition to the above... Enlightenment uses 'Connman' instead of Gnome Network Manager and as you noted provides a very minimal UI for setting it up. If you notice in the AV Linux Desktop is a PDF file for troubleshooting WiFi issues with Connman, in addition there is an application available in the MX Package Installer called 'cmst' which is a much more detailed setup utility for Connman..

[travismc1]

I've hopefully uploaded two files in attempt to show my configuration. I went through the connman instructions. I need figure out how to enter add non interactive mode so that I can turn agent on.

[travismc1]

I followed the instructions in the upper left hand corner of the screen. When I got to the password, that is where everything STOPS / breaks. Is there a file that connmanctl writes to that I could try editing in vim or nano? I did some basic recording tests with the reaper programs so that functionality is not hindered by this issue.

[j2mcgreg]

@travismc1
I put your system info here because there are a lot of folks who won't download a file from an unknown source. I have also encased it in code tags which makes it easier to read and navigate here in the forum.

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System:
  Kernel: 6.6.9-1-liquorix-amd64 [6.6-11~mx23ahs] arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0 parameters: audit=0
    intel_pstate=disable rcupdate.rcu_expedited=1 BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.6.9-1-liquorix-amd64
    root=UUID=<filter> ro threadirqs quiet
  Desktop: Enlightenment v: 0.25.4 vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.26.0 Distro: AVL_MXE-23.1-20240120_x64
    Enlightened January 15 2024 base: Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: Dell product: OptiPlex 780 v: N/A serial: <superuser required> Chassis:
    type: 6 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Dell model: 0C27VV v: A03 serial: <superuser required> BIOS: Dell v: A14 date: 08/21/2012
Battery:
  Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech K350 serial: <filter> charge: 70% (should be ignored)
    rechargeable: yes status: discharging
  Device-2: hidpp_battery_1 model: Logitech Wireless Mouse M510 serial: <filter>
    charge: 55% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes status: discharging
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core2 Duo E8400 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Penryn level: v1 built: 2008
    process: Intel 45nm family: 6 model-id: 0x17 (23) stepping: 0xA (10) microcode: 0xA0C
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 2 smt: <unsupported> cache: L1: 128 KiB desc: d-2x32 KiB; i-2x32 KiB
    L2: 6 MiB desc: 1x6 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 2532 high: 3000 min/max: 2000/3000 scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq
    governor: performance cores: 1: 3000 2: 2064 bogomips: 11969
  Flags: ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 ssse3
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX unsupported
  Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion
  Type: mds status: Vulnerable: Clear CPU buffers attempted, no microcode; SMT disabled
  Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
  Type: mmio_stale_data status: Unknown: No mitigations
  Type: retbleed status: Not affected
  Type: spec_rstack_overflow status: Not affected
  Type: spec_store_bypass status: Vulnerable
  Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines, STIBP: disabled, RSB filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not
    affected
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GK208 [GeForce GT 635] driver: nouveau v: kernel non-free: series: 470.xx+
    status: legacy-active (EOL~2023/24) arch: Kepler code: GKxxx process: TSMC 28nm built: 2012-18
    pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 8 link-max: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s ports: active: VGA-1
    empty: DVI-D-1,HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1280 class-ID: 0300 temp: 51.0 C
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 compositor: enlightenment driver: X: loaded: modesetting
    unloaded: fbdev,vesa dri: nouveau gpu: nouveau display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1280x1024 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 338x270mm (13.31x10.63") s-diag: 433mm (17.03")
  Monitor-1: VGA-1 model: Dell 1708FP serial: <filter> built: 2007 res: 1280x1024 hz: 60 dpi: 96
    gamma: 1.2 size: 338x270mm (13.31x10.63") diag: 433mm (17") ratio: 5:4 modes: max: 1280x1024
    min: 720x400
  API: OpenGL v: 4.3 Mesa 23.1.2-1~mx23ahs renderer: NV108 direct-render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 82801JD/DO HD Audio vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 3-5:3 v: kernel
    bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 1235:8212 chip-ID: 8086:3a6e class-ID: 0103 serial: <filter>
    class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: NVIDIA GK208 HDMI/DP Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 1
    speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 8 link-max: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:0e0f
    class-ID: 0403
  Device-3: Focusrite-Novation Scarlett 4i4 USB type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio
  API: ALSA v: k6.6.9-1-liquorix-amd64 status: kernel-api tools: alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.0 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: active
    2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin 4: pw-jack type: plugin
    tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
  Device-1: Intel 82567LM-3 Gigabit Network vendor: Dell driver: e1000e v: kernel port: ece0
    bus-ID: 00:19.0 chip-ID: 8086:10de class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp0s25 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Intel 82574L Gigabit Network driver: e1000e v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
    lanes: 1 port: cce0 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:10d3 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp3s0 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-3: TP-Link TL-WN722N v2/v3 [Realtek RTL8188EUS] type: USB driver: rtl8xxxu bus-ID: 3-2:2
    chip-ID: 2357:010c class-ID: 0000 serial: <filter>
  IF: wlx503eaab0b9aa state: down mac: <filter>
RAID:
  Hardware-1: Intel SATA Controller [RAID mode] driver: ahci v: 3.0 port: fec0 bus-ID: 00:1f.2
    chip-ID: 8086:2822 rev: N/A class-ID: 0104
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 476.94 GiB used: 16.58 GiB (3.5%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: TeamGroup model: T253512GB size: 476.94 GiB block-size:
    physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 0A0 scheme: MBR
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 476.94 GiB size: 468.38 GiB (98.21%) used: 16.58 GiB (3.5%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 10 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
  ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 2 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 file: /swap/swap
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 37.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nouveau temp: 51.0 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Repos:
  Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 2375 libs: 1391 tools: apt,apt-get,aptitude,synaptic pm: rpm pkgs: 0
    pm: flatpak pkgs: 0
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list
    1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list
    1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
    2: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list
    1: deb http://mxrepo.com/mx/repo/ bookworm main non-free
    2: deb http://mxrepo.com/mx/repo/ bookworm ahs
Info:
  Processes: 284 Uptime: 6m wakeups: 5 Memory: 5.73 GiB used: 769.1 MiB (13.1%) Init: SysVinit
  v: 3.06 runlevel: 5 default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.0 alt: 12
  Client: shell wrapper v: 5.2.15-release inxi: 3.3.26
Boot Mode: BIOS (legacy, CSM, MBR)

[j2mcgreg]

Dell likes to push RAID as its default SATA control, however we have found that MX performs much better with ACHI. You should access your bios and make that change.

[AVLinux]

Hi, sorry got busy offline over the weekend..

Is your WiFi network adaptor a USB one?

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Device-3: TP-Link TL-WN722N v2/v3 [Realtek RTL8188EUS] type: USB driver: rtl8xxxu bus-ID: 3-2:2
    chip-ID: 2357:010c class-ID: 0000 serial: <filter>
  IF: wlx503eaab0b9aa state: down mac: <filter>

It appears like the firmware and drivers for that particular Realtek chipset are not available in MX Linux by default, there are others but not that particular chip..

@timkb4cq any wisdom to impart about this?

[siamhie]

Hi, sorry got busy offline over the weekend..

Is your WiFi network adaptor a USB one?

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Device-3: TP-Link TL-WN722N v2/v3 [Realtek RTL8188EUS] type: USB driver: rtl8xxxu bus-ID: 3-2:2
    chip-ID: 2357:010c class-ID: 0000 serial: <filter>
  IF: wlx503eaab0b9aa state: down mac: <filter>

It appears like the firmware and drivers for that particular Realtek chipset are not available in MX Linux by default, there are others but not that particular chip..

@timkb4cq any wisdom to impart about this?

aircrack-ng has that driver but I can't guarantee it will work on the 6.6.x kernels. His computer is from 2012.

Up to kernel v6.5+ ... And a bunch of various wifi chipsets

https://github.com/aircrack-ng/rtl8188eus