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05-13-2020, 09:31 AM
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Registered: May 2019
Location: MU
Posts: 22
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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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05-14-2020, 07:11 AM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Jan 2006
Location: Ireland
Distribution: Slackware, Slarm64 & Android
Posts: 17,270
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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 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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05-14-2020, 07:48 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: May 2019
Location: MU
Posts: 22
Original Poster
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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
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05-14-2020, 08:36 AM
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#4
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LQ 5k Club
Registered: Oct 2003
Location: Melbourne
Distribution: Slackware64-15.0
Posts: 6,525
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Quote:
02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Qualcomm Atheros Device [168c:0042] (rev 31)
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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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05-14-2020, 08:43 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: May 2019
Location: MU
Posts: 22
Original Poster
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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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05-14-2020, 09:05 AM
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#6
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LQ 5k Club
Registered: Oct 2003
Location: Melbourne
Distribution: Slackware64-15.0
Posts: 6,525
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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.
Quote:
Yeah I realised it is more appropriate for Slackware forum at LQ after posting it! My bad!
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No problem. You can use the Report button to ask a passing forum moderator to have this thread moved.
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05-14-2020, 09:35 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: May 2019
Location: MU
Posts: 22
Original Poster
Rep: 
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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.
Quote:
No problem. You can use the Report button to ask a passing forum moderator to have this thread moved.
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Done! 
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05-14-2020, 10:01 AM
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#8
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LQ Newbie
Registered: May 2019
Location: MU
Posts: 22
Original Poster
Rep: 
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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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05-14-2020, 10:03 AM
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#9
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LQ 5k Club
Registered: Oct 2003
Location: Melbourne
Distribution: Slackware64-15.0
Posts: 6,525
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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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05-14-2020, 10:23 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: May 2019
Location: MU
Posts: 22
Original Poster
Rep: 
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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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05-14-2020, 10:38 AM
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LQ 5k Club
Registered: Oct 2003
Location: Melbourne
Distribution: Slackware64-15.0
Posts: 6,525
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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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05-14-2020, 10:50 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: May 2019
Location: MU
Posts: 22
Original Poster
Rep: 
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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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05-14-2020, 11:24 AM
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LQ 5k Club
Registered: Oct 2003
Location: Melbourne
Distribution: Slackware64-15.0
Posts: 6,525
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Hmm - Try this mirror 'http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.2' and 'slackpkg reinstall kernel-modules'
Last edited by allend; 05-14-2020 at 11:34 AM.
Reason: Damn - Incorrect link
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05-14-2020, 11:39 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: May 2019
Location: MU
Posts: 22
Original Poster
Rep: 
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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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05-14-2020, 12:07 PM
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#15
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LQ Guru
Registered: Nov 2003
Location: West Jordan, UT, USA
Distribution: Slackware
Posts: 8,792
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Let's find out what kernel packages you have installed. Can you provide the output of:
Code:
ls /var/log/packages/kernel-*
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