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Old 05-13-2020, 09:31 AM   #1
JYCoret
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No driver found for wireless card Qualcomm Atheros Device 0042 (rev 31) on Slackware 14.2


Hi. I just installed Slackware 14.2 on a laptop and everything went well. The system successfully connected to WiFi and I carried on updating all packages including the kernel. But on reboot networkmanager did no display nor connect to WiFi anymore.

As per https://docs.slackware.com/slackware:beginners_guide, I understand that something went wrong while updating and the drivers are no good anymore. Here is the output of iwconfig

Code:
#iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.
eth0      no wireless extensions.
After some search, found some similar threads and tried them out but I am failing to install the required driver which is the ath10k QCA9377.


I tried to follow the instruction of this link https://www.raditha.com/blog/archive...on-linux-mint/ but make returned an error. Here are the commands I ran.
Code:
#make defconfig-ath10k
make[2]: execvp: ./lxdialog/check-lxdialog.sh: Permission denied
make[2]: execvp: ./lxdialog/check-lxdialog.sh: Permission denied

make[2]: 'conf' is up to date.
#
# configuration written to .config
#
Code:
#make
make[5]: execvp: ./lxdialog/check-lxdialog.sh: Permission denied
make[5]: 'conf' is up to date.
#
# configuration written to .config
#
Building backport-include/backport/autoconf.h ... done.
  CC [M]  /home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/compat/main.o
  LD [M]  /home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/compat/compat.o
  CC [M]  /home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/drivers/net/wireless/ath/main.o
  CC [M]  /home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/drivers/net/wireless/ath/regd.o
  CC [M]  /home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/drivers/net/wireless/ath/hw.o
  CC [M]  /home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/drivers/net/wireless/ath/key.o
  CC [M]  /home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/drivers/net/wireless/ath/dfs_pattern_detector.o
  CC [M]  /home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/drivers/net/wireless/ath/dfs_pri_detector.o
  LD [M]  /home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath.o
  CC [M]  /home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.o
  CC [M]  /home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/debug.o
  CC [M]  /home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.o
  CC [M]  /home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/htc.o
  CC [M]  /home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/htt.o
  CC [M]  /home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/htt_rx.o
  CC [M]  /home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/htt_tx.o
  CC [M]  /home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/txrx.o
  CC [M]  /home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/wmi.o
  CC [M]  /home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/wmi-tlv.o
  CC [M]  /home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/bmi.o
  CC [M]  /home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/hw.o
  CC [M]  /home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/p2p.o
  CC [M]  /home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/swap.o
  CC [M]  /home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/spectral.o
  CC [M]  /home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/thermal.o
  CC [M]  /home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/wow.o
  LD [M]  /home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/ath10k_core.o
  CC [M]  /home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/pci.o
  CC [M]  /home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/ce.o
  LD [M]  /home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/ath10k_pci.o
  CC [M]  /home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/net/mac80211/main.o
  CC [M]  /home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/net/mac80211/status.o
  CC [M]  /home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/net/mac80211/driver-ops.o
  CC [M]  /home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/net/mac80211/sta_info.o
  CC [M]  /home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/net/mac80211/wep.o
  CC [M]  /home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/net/mac80211/wpa.o
  CC [M]  /home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/net/mac80211/scan.o
  CC [M]  /home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/net/mac80211/offchannel.o
  CC [M]  /home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/net/mac80211/ht.o
  CC [M]  /home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/net/mac80211/agg-tx.o
  CC [M]  /home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/net/mac80211/agg-rx.o
  CC [M]  /home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/net/mac80211/vht.o
  CC [M]  /home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/net/mac80211/ibss.o
  CC [M]  /home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/net/mac80211/iface.o
  CC [M]  /home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/net/mac80211/rate.o
  CC [M]  /home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/net/mac80211/michael.o
  CC [M]  /home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/net/mac80211/tkip.o
  CC [M]  /home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/net/mac80211/aes_ccm.o
  CC [M]  /home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/net/mac80211/aes_gcm.o
  CC [M]  /home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/net/mac80211/aes_cmac.o
  CC [M]  /home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/net/mac80211/aes_gmac.o
  CC [M]  /home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/net/mac80211/cfg.o
  CC [M]  /home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/net/mac80211/ethtool.o
  CC [M]  /home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/net/mac80211/rx.o
  CC [M]  /home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/net/mac80211/spectmgmt.o
  CC [M]  /home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/net/mac80211/tx.o
  CC [M]  /home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/net/mac80211/key.o
  CC [M]  /home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/net/mac80211/util.o
  CC [M]  /home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/net/mac80211/wme.o
  CC [M]  /home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/net/mac80211/chan.o
  CC [M]  /home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/net/mac80211/trace.o
  CC [M]  /home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/net/mac80211/mlme.o
  CC [M]  /home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/net/mac80211/tdls.o
  CC [M]  /home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/net/mac80211/ocb.o
  CC [M]  /home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/net/mac80211/led.o
  CC [M]  /home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/net/mac80211/mesh.o
  CC [M]  /home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/net/mac80211/mesh_pathtbl.o
  CC [M]  /home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/net/mac80211/mesh_plink.o
  CC [M]  /home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/net/mac80211/mesh_hwmp.o
  CC [M]  /home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/net/mac80211/mesh_sync.o
  CC [M]  /home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/net/mac80211/mesh_ps.o
  CC [M]  /home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/net/mac80211/pm.o
  CC [M]  /home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/net/mac80211/rc80211_minstrel.o
  CC [M]  /home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/net/mac80211/rc80211_minstrel_ht.o
  LD [M]  /home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/net/mac80211/mac80211.o
  CC [M]  /home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/net/wireless/core.o
  CC [M]  /home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/net/wireless/sysfs.o
  CC [M]  /home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/net/wireless/radiotap.o
  CC [M]  /home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/net/wireless/util.o
  CC [M]  /home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/net/wireless/reg.o
  CC [M]  /home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/net/wireless/scan.o
  CC [M]  /home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/net/wireless/nl80211.o
  CC [M]  /home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/net/wireless/mlme.o
  CC [M]  /home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/net/wireless/ibss.o
  CC [M]  /home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/net/wireless/sme.o
  CC [M]  /home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/net/wireless/chan.o
  CC [M]  /home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/net/wireless/ethtool.o
  CC [M]  /home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/net/wireless/mesh.o
  CC [M]  /home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/net/wireless/ap.o
  CC [M]  /home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/net/wireless/trace.o
  CC [M]  /home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/net/wireless/ocb.o
  CC [M]  /home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/net/wireless/wext-compat.o
  CC [M]  /home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/net/wireless/wext-sme.o
  LD [M]  /home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/net/wireless/cfg80211.o
  Building modules, stage 2.
  MODPOST 6 modules
WARNING: "rfkill_set_sw_state" [/home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/net/wireless/cfg80211.ko] undefined!
WARNING: "rfkill_register" [/home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/net/wireless/cfg80211.ko] undefined!
WARNING: "rfkill_alloc" [/home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/net/wireless/cfg80211.ko] undefined!
WARNING: "rfkill_set_hw_state" [/home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/net/wireless/cfg80211.ko] undefined!
WARNING: "rfkill_pause_polling" [/home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/net/wireless/cfg80211.ko] undefined!
WARNING: "rfkill_resume_polling" [/home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/net/wireless/cfg80211.ko] undefined!
WARNING: "rfkill_destroy" [/home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/net/wireless/cfg80211.ko] undefined!
WARNING: "rfkill_blocked" [/home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/net/wireless/cfg80211.ko] undefined!
WARNING: "rfkill_unregister" [/home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/net/wireless/cfg80211.ko] undefined!
  CC      /home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/compat/compat.mod.o
  LD [M]  /home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/compat/compat.ko
  CC      /home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath.mod.o
  LD [M]  /home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath.ko
  CC      /home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/ath10k_core.mod.o
  LD [M]  /home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/ath10k_core.ko
  CC      /home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/ath10k_pci.mod.o
  LD [M]  /home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/ath10k_pci.ko
  CC      /home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/net/mac80211/mac80211.mod.o
  LD [M]  /home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/net/mac80211/mac80211.ko
  CC      /home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/net/wireless/cfg80211.mod.o
  LD [M]  /home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/net/wireless/cfg80211.ko
Code:
#make install
  Building modules, stage 2.
  MODPOST 6 modules
WARNING: "rfkill_set_sw_state" [/home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/net/wireless/cfg80211.ko] undefined!
WARNING: "rfkill_register" [/home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/net/wireless/cfg80211.ko] undefined!
WARNING: "rfkill_alloc" [/home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/net/wireless/cfg80211.ko] undefined!
WARNING: "rfkill_set_hw_state" [/home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/net/wireless/cfg80211.ko] undefined!
WARNING: "rfkill_pause_polling" [/home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/net/wireless/cfg80211.ko] undefined!
WARNING: "rfkill_resume_polling" [/home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/net/wireless/cfg80211.ko] undefined!
WARNING: "rfkill_destroy" [/home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/net/wireless/cfg80211.ko] undefined!
WARNING: "rfkill_blocked" [/home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/net/wireless/cfg80211.ko] undefined!
WARNING: "rfkill_unregister" [/home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/net/wireless/cfg80211.ko] undefined!
  INSTALL /home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/compat/compat.ko
  INSTALL /home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath.ko
  INSTALL /home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/ath10k_core.ko
  INSTALL /home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/ath10k_pci.ko
  INSTALL /home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/net/mac80211/mac80211.ko
  INSTALL /home/yannick/Downloads/WIFI/backports-4.4.2-1/net/wireless/cfg80211.ko
  DEPMOD  4.4.217
make[1]: execvp: ./scripts/blacklist.sh: Permission denied
Makefile.real:92: recipe for target 'install' failed
make[1]: *** [install] Error 127
Makefile:40: recipe for target 'install' failed
make: *** [install] Error 2
Can someone guide me in the process of installing the drivers. Thanks.

Here are the outputs of some commands:

Code:
#lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
ipv6                  328656  18
cmac                    2932  2
bnep                   11487  2
fuse                   85264  1
uvcvideo               78423  0
rtsx_usb_sdmmc         12630  0
videobuf2_vmalloc       5260  1 uvcvideo
videobuf2_memops        2011  1 videobuf2_vmalloc
videobuf2_v4l2         20079  1 uvcvideo
rtsx_usb_ms             8152  0
videobuf2_core         23494  2 uvcvideo,videobuf2_v4l2
mmc_core              107104  1 rtsx_usb_sdmmc
v4l2_common             4447  1 videobuf2_v4l2
memstick                9317  1 rtsx_usb_ms
videodev              157270  4 uvcvideo,v4l2_common,videobuf2_core,videobuf2_v4l2
rtsx_usb               11863  2 rtsx_usb_sdmmc,rtsx_usb_ms
cdc_acm                19715  0
btusb                  30369  0
btrtl                   4402  1 btusb
btbcm                   7344  1 btusb
btintel                 8007  1 btusb
bluetooth             316800  24 bnep,btbcm,btrtl,btusb,btintel
dell_wmi                2702  0
sparse_keymap           4048  1 dell_wmi
snd_hda_codec_hdmi     39523  1
i2c_designware_platform     4631  0
i2c_designware_core     7748  1 i2c_designware_platform
dell_led                2993  1
snd_hda_codec_realtek    73699  1
snd_hda_codec_generic    61252  1 snd_hda_codec_realtek
i2c_dev                 6291  0
dell_smm_hwmon          9748  0
dcdbas                  6902  0
evdev                  12463  21
ath10k_pci             32632  0
efi_pstore              4965  0
psmouse               115114  0
ath10k_core           253873  1 ath10k_pci
coretemp                6780  0
hwmon                   4199  2 dell_smm_hwmon,coretemp
ath                    21602  1 ath10k_core
intel_rapl             11044  0
mac80211              613801  1 ath10k_core
battery                14760  0
thermal                11441  0
x86_pkg_temp_thermal     5665  0
intel_powerclamp        9010  0
kvm_intel             162635  0
kvm                   509851  1 kvm_intel
cfg80211              528378  3 ath,mac80211,ath10k_core
irqbypass               3583  1 kvm
crct10dif_pclmul        5461  0
crc32_pclmul            3238  0
ghash_clmulni_intel     4701  0
r8169                  77095  0
i2c_hid                12843  0
rfkill                 18713  3 cfg80211,bluetooth
wmi                     9259  2 dell_led,dell_wmi
hid                   108505  1 i2c_hid
mii                     5271  1 r8169
serio_raw               5146  0
efivars                 8477  1 efi_pstore
int3403_thermal         2896  0
pinctrl_sunrisepoint    17456  0
i915                 1200633  4
pinctrl_intel          10405  1 pinctrl_sunrisepoint
int3400_thermal         4584  0
tpm_crb                 4028  0
acpi_thermal_rel        5210  1 int3400_thermal
acpi_pad               10994  0
ac                      5440  0
video                  30072  2 i915,dell_wmi
button                  5943  1 i915
drm_kms_helper        120018  1 i915
drm                   326102  5 i915,drm_kms_helper
xhci_pci                5235  0
xhci_hcd              118937  1 xhci_pci
idma64                  7245  0
virt_dma                2466  1 idma64
tpm_tis                11588  0
intel_gtt              14002  1 i915
tpm                    36644  2 tpm_crb,tpm_tis
intel_lpss_pci          4017  0
agpgart                31989  2 drm,intel_gtt
snd_hda_intel          30347  3
snd_hda_codec         109240  4 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_intel
snd_hda_core           53305  5 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep               6656  1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm                93314  4 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_core
snd_timer              22518  1 snd_pcm
snd                    69793  13 snd_hwdep,snd_timer,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_pcm,snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel
intel_lpss              5625  1 intel_lpss_pci
i2c_algo_bit            6154  1 i915
fb_sys_fops             1730  1 drm_kms_helper
syscopyarea             3458  1 drm_kms_helper
sysfillrect             3950  1 drm_kms_helper
sysimgblt               2608  1 drm_kms_helper
soundcore               6812  1 snd
shpchp                 26680  0
fjes                   21479  0
processor_thermal_device     6916  0
intel_soc_dts_iosf      4930  1 processor_thermal_device
mei_me                 19075  0
processor              29285  0
i2c_i801               16974  0
i2c_core               48117  11 drm,i915,i2c_i801,i2c_dev,i2c_hid,i2c_designware_core,i2c_designware_platform,drm_kms_helper,i2c_algo_bit,v4l2_common,videodev
iosf_mbi                3821  2 intel_soc_dts_iosf,intel_rapl
mei                    62863  1 mei_me
int3402_thermal         2050  0
int340x_thermal_zone     3652  3 int3402_thermal,processor_thermal_device,int3403_thermal
loop                   21505  0
Code:
#lspci -nnk | grep -i net -A2
01:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101/2/6E PCI Express Fast/Gigabit Ethernet controller [10ec:8136] (rev 07)
        Subsystem: Dell RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller [1028:080e]
        Kernel driver in use: r8169
        Kernel modules: r8169
02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Qualcomm Atheros Device [168c:0042] (rev 31)
        Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:1810]
        Kernel driver in use: ath10k_pci
Code:
#rfkill list
0: hci0: Bluetooth
        Soft blocked: no
        Hard blocked: no
 
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Welcome to LQ.

On the 'Permission Denied' errors: you might compile, but you won't install anything without sudo or root.

You'll need a module and firmware to find your card. If it doesn't show under iwconfig, it's missing one or the other.
firmware errors are often seen in /var/log/messages. Try
Code:
grep firmware /var/log/messages
Check if ath10k is loading with
Code:
lsmod |grep ath10k
If you can't see the card with lspci or lsusb, there's an update script, /usr/sbin/update-pciids. You have to d/l the udate-usbids script.
A better option might be a later slackware kernel. There's updates on the 14.2 kernel, and later ones out there.
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackwar.../linux-4.4.217
 
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All the commands I ran was from the root account though in a regular user directory.

Here is the output of the commands:

Code:
#grep firmware /var/log/messages
May 13 01:18:16 Magie_laptop NetworkManager[1175]: <info>  [1589318296.1612] manager[0x251a210]: monitoring kernel firmware directory '/lib/firmware'.
May 12 22:06:57 Magie_laptop NetworkManager[1175]: <info>  [1589306817.0550] manager: kernel firmware directory '/lib/firmware' changed
May 12 22:07:01 Magie_laptop NetworkManager[1175]: <info>  [1589306821.0982] manager: kernel firmware directory '/lib/firmware' changed
May 12 22:07:05 Magie_laptop NetworkManager[1175]: <info>  [1589306825.1364] manager: kernel firmware directory '/lib/firmware' changed
May 12 22:07:24 Magie_laptop NetworkManager[1175]: <info>  [1589306844.2702] manager: kernel firmware directory '/lib/firmware' changed
May 12 22:07:28 Magie_laptop NetworkManager[1175]: <info>  [1589306848.1161] manager: kernel firmware directory '/lib/firmware' changed
May 12 22:07:32 Magie_laptop NetworkManager[1175]: <info>  [1589306852.1503] manager: kernel firmware directory '/lib/firmware' changed
May 12 22:07:47 Magie_laptop NetworkManager[1175]: <info>  [1589306867.6042] manager: kernel firmware directory '/lib/firmware' changed
May 12 22:08:07 Magie_laptop NetworkManager[1175]: <info>  [1589306887.8515] manager: kernel firmware directory '/lib/firmware' changed
May 12 22:15:15 Magie_laptop kernel: [    0.052751] Spectre V2 : Enabling Restricted Speculation for firmware calls
May 12 22:15:23 Magie_laptop NetworkManager[1049]: <info>  [1589307323.2939] manager[0x19f4150]: monitoring kernel firmware directory '/lib/firmware'.
May 13 11:48:26 Magie_laptop kernel: [    0.050820] Spectre V2 : Enabling Restricted Speculation for firmware calls
May 13 11:48:34 Magie_laptop NetworkManager[1058]: <info>  [1589356114.3825] manager[0x12be150]: monitoring kernel firmware directory '/lib/firmware'.
May 13 16:02:55 Magie_laptop NetworkManager[1058]: <info>  [1589371375.0728] manager: kernel firmware directory '/lib/firmware' changed
May 13 16:04:33 Magie_laptop kernel: [    0.052785] Spectre V2 : Enabling Restricted Speculation for firmware calls
May 13 16:04:41 Magie_laptop NetworkManager[1060]: <info>  [1589371481.2606] manager[0xda4150]: monitoring kernel firmware directory '/lib/firmware'.
May 13 16:41:10 Magie_laptop kernel: [    0.052784] Spectre V2 : Enabling Restricted Speculation for firmware calls
May 13 16:41:19 Magie_laptop NetworkManager[1051]: <info>  [1589373679.2273] manager[0x18f60c0]: monitoring kernel firmware directory '/lib/firmware'.
May 13 17:21:52 Magie_laptop kernel: [    0.050803] Spectre V2 : Enabling Restricted Speculation for firmware calls
May 13 17:22:01 Magie_laptop NetworkManager[1051]: <info>  [1589376121.0119] manager[0x1ed20c0]: monitoring kernel firmware directory '/lib/firmware'.
May 14 15:18:00 Magie_laptop kernel: [    0.050888] Spectre V2 : Enabling Restricted Speculation for firmware calls
May 14 15:18:09 Magie_laptop NetworkManager[1050]: <info>  [1589455089.2118] manager[0x1bb1150]: monitoring kernel firmware directory '/lib/firmware'.
Code:
#lsmod | ath10k*
ath10k_pci             32707  0
ath10k_core           217914  1 ath10k_pci
ath                    21554  1 ath10k_core
mac80211              615825  1 ath10k_core
cfg80211              527368  3 ath,mac80211,ath10k_core
compat                  2198  3 cfg80211,mac80211,ath10k_pci
Code:
#lsusb
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 27c6:5301  
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0cf3:e009 Atheros Communications, Inc. 
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0bda:0129 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTS5129 Card Reader Controller
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0bda:568a Realtek Semiconductor Corp. 
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 13fe:4123 Kingston Technology Company Inc. 
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
I ran the update-pciids but nothing changed and there is no update-usbids in /usr/sbin.

Also I am running the latest kernel and I don't have any pending updates since I updated all packages just after installation.

Last edited by JYCoret; 05-14-2020 at 07:49 AM. Reason: wrong wording
 
Old 05-14-2020, 08:36 AM   #4
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02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Qualcomm Atheros Device [168c:0042] (rev 31)
There is no need to build a driver for this device in Slackware 14.2. The device is supported by the ath10k_pci.ko kernel module supplied as part of the kernel-modules package.
Something has gone wrong during the package update.
The official tool for updating Slackware is slackpkg. Have you appropriately configured slackpkg by editing the /etc/slackware/slackpkg/mirrors and /etc/slackware/slackpkg/blacklist files?

BTW - This question is more appropriate for the Slackware forum at LQ.
 
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I used slackpkg to update the packages after having chosen an appropriate mirror. Also apart from the kernel packages in the blacklist which are already there by default I did not add any other.

Yeah I realised it is more appropriate for Slackware forum at LQ after posting it! My bad!
 
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OK - Is this a 32-bit or 64-bit version install?
For a 64-bit install, I suggest using these settings in /etc/slackpkg/slackpkg.blacklist.
Code:
#kernel-generic
kernel-generic-smp
#kernel-huge
kernel-huge-smp
#kernel-modules
kernel-modules-smp
#kernel-source
This allows the generic and huge kernels as well as the kernel-modules and kernel-source packages to be upgraded. The /boot/vmlinuz symlink will be left pointing to the huge kernel as the boot kernel. If you want to use the generic kernel with an initrd, you will need to run mkinitrd (/usr/share/mkinitrd/mkinitrd_command_generator.sh is your friend here) after the update and change your bootloader appropriately.

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Yeah I realised it is more appropriate for Slackware forum at LQ after posting it! My bad!
No problem. You can use the Report button to ask a passing forum moderator to have this thread moved.
 
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It is a 64-bit version.

I edited the blacklist file and ran the following command:
Code:
slackpkg update 
slackpkg upgrade patches
Since there was no new entry I ran this:
Code:
slackpkg reinstall kernel*
After a reboot the problem persists.

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Done!
 
Old 05-14-2020, 10:01 AM   #8
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I got this output running dmesg.

Code:
# dmesg | grep ath10k*
[    9.505889] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0002)
[    9.506854] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: pci irq msi-x interrupts 8 irq_mode 0 reset_mode 0
[    9.774428] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: Direct firmware load for ath10k/cal-pci-0000:02:00.0.bin failed with error -2
[    9.862485] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: board id is not exist in otp, ignore it
[   12.213305] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: firmware crashed! (uuid ab36f689-8230-4986-9c7a-db00d0ae35fe)
[   12.214491] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: qca9377 hw1.1 (0x05020001, 0x003821ff sub 1028:1810) fw WLAN.TF.1.0-00002-QCATFSWPZ-5 fwapi 5 bdapi 2 htt-ver 0.0 wmi-op 4 htt-op 3 cal otp max-sta 32 raw 0 hwcrypto 1 features ignore-otp
[   12.215754] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: debug 0 debugfs 1 tracing 0 dfs 0 testmode 0
[   12.219304] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: firmware register dump:
[   12.220533] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: [00]: 0x05020001 0x00000000 0x00A0F774 0x00000000
[   12.221787] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: [04]: 0x00A0F774 0x00060130 0x00000010 0xFFFFE000
[   12.223053] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: [08]: 0x0042136C 0x00420660 0x00400000 0x00400000
[   12.224279] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: [12]: 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00952CD0 0x00952CE6
[   12.225528] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: [16]: 0x00000002 0x01010101 0x00000003 0x0000000A
[   12.226757] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: [20]: 0x00000328 0x00429880 0x009A37AC 0x00000032
[   12.228559] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: [24]: 0x800A0D0A 0x0040EA88 0x00420170 0x004173B0
[   12.230792] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: [28]: 0x00401F64 0x00401F68 0x00000000 0x00417550
[   12.232807] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: [32]: 0x00401FC0 0x4C1DEA5C 0x00403907 0x00000003
[   12.233976] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: [36]: 0x800A0907 0x00000001 0x0000085B 0x339011B2
[   12.235123] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: [40]: 0x0000FFFE 0x0000000A 0x009BFE28 0x009BE0DC
[   12.236259] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: [44]: 0x800A0D0A 0x0040EA88 0x00420170 0x004173B0
[   12.237714] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: [48]: 0x00400000 0x00400000 0x00000001 0xFFFFFFFF
[   12.239822] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: [52]: 0x800A0614 0x0040EAA8 0x0041FA10 0x00420170
[   12.241907] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: [56]: 0x00400000 0x00421370 0x00419980 0x004212E8
[   13.202476] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: failed to receive control response completion, polling..
[   14.205506] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: ctl_resp never came in (-110)
[   14.209281] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: failed to connect to HTC: -110
[   14.212247] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: could not init core (-110)
[   14.214103] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: could not probe fw (-110)
[   14.229563] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: cannot restart a device that hasn't been started
I have no idea what's going on, I noticed another driver too is not working but there is an unresolved thread with the same problem.
 
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Ahh - Nice to be home!
In place of 'slackpkg upgrade patches',
the usual slackpkg dance is:
Code:
slackpkg update
slackpkg install-new
slackpkg upgrade-all
slackpkg clean-system
Watch that last command, it will remove any third party packages you may have installed.
 
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Ran the codes and no package was installed or removed. Seems like the system is at its latest.
 
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Are you sure that /etc/slackpkg/mirrors is pointing to a correct mirror site?
Perhaps the output of 'grep -v "^#" /etc/slackpkg/mirrors' would help.
 
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The output of the command is:

ftp://ftp.mirrorservice.org/sites/ft...ckware64-14.2/

The wifi was working after installation but after the first update and reboot it stopped working.
 
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Hmm - Try this mirror 'http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.2' and 'slackpkg reinstall kernel-modules'

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Still nothing after a reboot and 'dmesg | grep ath10k*' still shows an error.

Code:
[    8.456476] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0002)
[    8.458519] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: pci irq msi-x interrupts 8 irq_mode 0 reset_mode 0
[    8.802344] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: Direct firmware load for ath10k/cal-pci-0000:02:00.0.bin failed with error -2
[    8.907427] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: board id is not exist in otp, ignore it
[   11.515330] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: firmware crashed! (uuid 2a73c716-c6fb-48b6-9ab2-8557a5c4d526)
[   11.515380] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: qca9377 hw1.1 (0x05020001, 0x003821ff sub 1028:1810) fw WLAN.TF.1.0-00002-QCATFSWPZ-5 fwapi 5 bdapi 2 htt-ver 0.0 wmi-op 4 htt-op 3 cal otp max-sta 32 raw 0 hwcrypto 1 features ignore-otp
[   11.515456] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: debug 0 debugfs 1 tracing 0 dfs 0 testmode 0
[   11.517801] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: firmware register dump:
[   11.517828] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: [00]: 0x05020001 0x00000000 0x00A646DC 0x00000000
[   11.517861] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: [04]: 0x00A646DC 0x00070130 0x00000010 0xFFFFE000
[   11.517894] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: [08]: 0x0042136C 0x00420660 0x00400000 0x00400000
[   11.517928] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: [12]: 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00952CD0 0x00952CE6
[   11.517960] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: [16]: 0x00000002 0x01010101 0x00000003 0x0000000A
[   11.517994] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: [20]: 0x00000328 0x00429880 0x009A37AC 0x00000032
[   11.519210] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: [24]: 0x800A0D0A 0x0040EA88 0x00420170 0x004173B0
[   11.520455] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: [28]: 0x00401F64 0x00401F68 0x00000000 0x00417550
[   11.521658] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: [32]: 0x00401FC0 0x4C1DEA5C 0x00403907 0x00000003
[   11.522854] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: [36]: 0x800A0907 0x00000001 0x0000085B 0x339011B2
[   11.524051] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: [40]: 0x0000FFFE 0x0000000A 0x009BFE28 0x009BE0DC
[   11.525264] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: [44]: 0x800A0D0A 0x0040EA88 0x00420170 0x004173B0
[   11.526432] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: [48]: 0x00400000 0x00400000 0x00000001 0xFFFFFFFF                                                                                                                                                                                      
[   11.527596] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: [52]: 0x800A0614 0x0040EAA8 0x0041FA10 0x00420170                                                                                                                                                                                      
[   11.528799] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: [56]: 0x00400000 0x00421370 0x00419980 0x004212E8                                                                                                                                                                                      
[   12.504842] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: failed to receive control response completion, polling..                                                                                                                                                                               
[   13.508850] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: ctl_resp never came in (-110)                                                                                                                                                                                                          
[   13.510016] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: failed to connect to HTC: -110                                                                                                                                                                                                         
[   13.511672] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: could not init core (-110)                                                                                                                                                                                                             
[   13.512857] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: could not probe fw (-110)                                                                                                                                                                                                              
[   13.518972] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: cannot restart a device that hasn't been started
 
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Let's find out what kernel packages you have installed. Can you provide the output of:

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