Wifi stopped working after yum update

aocferreira · 07-15-2015, 04:58 PM

I had my wireless internet connection working OK after installing kmod-ath5k.

Anyway, few days ago I ran yum update and NetworkManager was installed/updated. I guess that this caused some kind of incompatibility with previous method and now I cannot access Internet.

I just tried to remove some stuff and mess on some config files, but I could not fix it.

Are you able to help me here ?

Thanks.

yooy · 07-15-2015, 05:46 PM

have you tried connecting the command line way? there must be error message in dmesg or something.

4 ways to get Wifi working on Linux

aocferreira · 07-15-2015, 06:54 PM

Hi

that website talks about finding correct drivers, installing them, configure, etc etc..

This is not the problem as the connection was working in the beginning.. just stopped after running yum update. So, this should be as simple as try to disable NetworkManager or force connection to use first method, just dont know how.

ardvark71 · 07-17-2015, 03:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by aocferreira

I had my wireless internet connection working OK after installing kmod-ath5k.

Anyway, few days ago I ran yum update and NetworkManager was installed/updated. I guess that this caused some kind of incompatibility with previous method and now I cannot access Internet.

I just tried to remove some stuff and mess on some config files, but I could not fix it.

Are you able to help me here ?

Hi...

Ugh...this is why I don't like doing software/OS updates on Linux. There's always a risk of stuff getting broken.

Not sure I can help but what distribution and version of Linux is this? Was Network Manager installed fresh or just upgraded? What was the "previous method" you referred to? Is your network (or any network) seen at all by the adapter?

Also, can you open a terminal and post the results of...

Code:

lspci -nnk | grep -i net -A2

Thanks!

John VV · 07-17-2015, 06:36 PM

kmod-ath5k

the kernel mods MUST !! match the kernel used

if there is a kernel update then the KMOD also MUST!!! be updated

normally this should happen on the SAME day as the kernel update -- but not always

you might have to wait a few days ( or months sometimes on rare occasions ) for a updated kmod to be released

rerun

Code:

su -
yum update

then see if your" kmod-ath5k " matches your kernel

Code:

su -
yum info kmod-ath5k
--------- and -----------
yum info kernel*

aocferreira · 07-22-2015, 12:28 PM

Hi,

I ran yum update and below it's what I got when running those 2 commands:

Quote:

[root@toshiba network-scripts]# yum info kmod-ath5k
Installed Packages
Name : kmod-ath5k
Arch : x86_64
Version : 0.0
Release : 7.el7.elrepo
Size : 274 k
Repo : installed
Summary : ath5k kernel module(s)
URL : http://www.kernel.org/
License : GPLv2
Description : This package provides the ath5k kernel module(s) built
: for the Linux kernel using the x86_64 family of processors.

Quote:

[root@toshiba network-scripts]# yum info kernel*
Installed Packages
Name : kernel
Arch : x86_64
Version : 3.10.0
Release : 123.el7
Size : 127 M
Repo : installed
From repo : anaconda
Summary : The Linux kernel
URL : http://www.kernel.org/
License : GPLv2
Description : The kernel package contains the Linux kernel (vmlinuz), the core of any
: Linux operating system. The kernel handles the basic functions
: of the operating system: memory allocation, process allocation, device
: input and output, etc.

Name : kernel
Arch : x86_64
Version : 3.10.0
Release : 229.7.2.el7
Size : 131 M
Repo : installed
From repo : updates
Summary : The Linux kernel
URL : http://www.kernel.org/
License : GPLv2
Description : The kernel package contains the Linux kernel (vmlinuz), the core of any
: Linux operating system. The kernel handles the basic functions
: of the operating system: memory allocation, process allocation, device
: input and output, etc.

Im still not able to connect to wireless network. Here you have some more info that can be helpful:

Quote:

[root@toshiba network-scripts]# ifconfig
enp2s0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet 192.168.1.8 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.1.255
inet6 fe80::21e:33ff:fed8:1161 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x20<link>
ether 00:1e:33:d8:11:61 txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet)
RX packets 8130 bytes 7211030 (6.8 MiB)
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 6640 bytes 872680 (852.2 KiB)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0

lo: flags=73<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING> mtu 65536
inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 255.0.0.0
inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 scopeid 0x10<host>
loop txqueuelen 0 (Local Loopback)
RX packets 8 bytes 440 (440.0 B)
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 8 bytes 440 (440.0 B)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0

wlp3s0: flags=4099<UP,BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
ether 00:24:d2:b2:3f:e9 txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet)
RX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B)
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0

Quote:

[root@toshiba network-scripts]# cat ifcfg-Auto_ZON-0870
ESSID="ZON-0870"
MODE=Managed
KEY_MGMT=WPA-PSK
TYPE=Wireless
BOOTPROTO=dhcp
DEFROUTE=yes
IPV4_FAILURE_FATAL=no
IPV6INIT=yes
IPV6_AUTOCONF=yes
IPV6_DEFROUTE=yes
IPV6_FAILURE_FATAL=no
NAME="wlan0"
UUID=f9ccf591-4b3b-4a72-bfd9-e8a833f46a19
ONBOOT=yes
HWADDR=00:24

2:B2:3F:E9
SECURITYMODE=open
PEERDNS=no
PEERROUTES=yes
IPV6_PEERDNS=yes
IPV6_PEERROUTES=yes

Quote:

[root@toshiba network-scripts]# ifup ifcfg-Auto_ZON-0870

Determining IP information for wlp3s0... failed; no link present. Check cable?

ardvark71 · 07-22-2015, 01:15 PM

Hi...

Could you also post the information I requested earlier?

Thanks!

aocferreira · 07-22-2015, 01:34 PM

Hi Ardvark,

Sorry, just paid attention to last comment and didn't notice yours.

This is CentOS7 - 3.10.0-229.7.2.el7.x86_64

Quote:

[root@toshiba network-scripts]# lspci -nnk | grep -i net -A2
02:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller [10ec:8136] (rev 02)
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device [1179:ff66]
Kernel driver in use: r8169
03:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Qualcomm Atheros AR242x / AR542x Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) [168c:001c] (rev 01)
Subsystem: Askey Computer Corp. WLL3141 (Toshiba PA3613U-1MPC) 802.11bg Wireless Mini PCIe Card [144f:7128]
Kernel driver in use: ath5k