GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 766192
NetworkManager thinks that wlp4s0 is a wired device
Last modified: 2016-05-09 19:49:46 UTC
NetworkManager thinks that wlp4s0 is a wired device: May 09 11:06:06 vasilykh-thinkpad-x1 NetworkManager[302]: <info> [1462817166.7022] manager: (lo): new Generic device (/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/1) May 09 11:06:06 vasilykh-thinkpad-x1 NetworkManager[302]: <info> [1462817166.7045] rfkill1: found WiFi radio killswitch (at /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.1/0000:04:00.0/ieee80211/phy0/ May 09 11:06:06 vasilykh-thinkpad-x1 NetworkManager[302]: <info> [1462817166.7081] manager: (wlp4s0): new Ethernet device (/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/2) May 09 11:06:06 vasilykh-thinkpad-x1 NetworkManager[302]: <info> [1462817166.7091] keyfile: add connection in-memory (9cdfd6b8-27b6-4a57-8c10-4e1b1181ebf1,"Wired connection 2") May 09 11:06:06 vasilykh-thinkpad-x1 NetworkManager[302]: <info> [1462817166.7096] settings: (wlp4s0): created default wired connection 'Wired connection 2' May 09 11:06:06 vasilykh-thinkpad-x1 NetworkManager[302]: <info> [1462817166.7103] device (wlp4s0): state change: unmanaged -> unavailable (reason 'managed') [10 20 2] Probably because iwlwifi is not fully initialized at this time, it completes initialization a second later: May 09 11:06:07 vasilykh-thinkpad-x1 kernel: Intel(R) Wireless WiFi driver for Linux May 09 11:06:07 vasilykh-thinkpad-x1 kernel: Copyright(c) 2003- 2015 Intel Corporation May 09 11:06:07 vasilykh-thinkpad-x1 kernel: iwlwifi 0000:04:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-7265D-20.ucode failed with error -2 May 09 11:06:07 vasilykh-thinkpad-x1 kernel: iwlwifi 0000:04:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-7265D-19.ucode failed with error -2 May 09 11:06:07 vasilykh-thinkpad-x1 kernel: iwlwifi 0000:04:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-7265D-18.ucode failed with error -2 May 09 11:06:07 vasilykh-thinkpad-x1 kernel: iwlwifi 0000:04:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-7265D-17.ucode failed with error -2 May 09 11:06:07 vasilykh-thinkpad-x1 kernel: iwlwifi 0000:04:00.0: loaded firmware version 16.242414.0 op_mode iwlmvm May 09 11:06:07 vasilykh-thinkpad-x1 kernel: usb 1-3.1.4: new full-speed USB device number 7 using xhci_hcd May 09 11:06:07 vasilykh-thinkpad-x1 kernel: iwlwifi 0000:04:00.0: Detected Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless AC 7265, REV=0x210 May 09 11:06:07 vasilykh-thinkpad-x1 kernel: iwlwifi 0000:04:00.0: L1 Enabled - LTR Enabled May 09 11:06:07 vasilykh-thinkpad-x1 kernel: iwlwifi 0000:04:00.0: L1 Enabled - LTR Enabled May 09 11:06:07 vasilykh-thinkpad-x1 kernel: usbcore: registered new interface driver r8152 May 09 11:06:07 vasilykh-thinkpad-x1 kernel: usbcore: registered new interface driver cdc_ether May 09 11:06:07 vasilykh-thinkpad-x1 kernel: ieee80211 phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'iwl-mvm-rs' May 09 11:06:07 vasilykh-thinkpad-x1 kernel: iwlwifi 0000:04:00.0 wlp4s0: renamed from wlan0 According to the log, wlp4s0 didn't even exist at the time of NM startup, so the question is why it detects it and treats as a wired interface. Restarting NetworkManager is enough to get WiFi working.
this is fixed upstream. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 764803 ***