GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 770552
No wifi networks after upgrade
Last modified: 2016-08-30 10:19:40 UTC
Created attachment 334364 [details] No wifi networks after upgradeNo wifi networks after upgrade Dear Maintainer, I've upgraded from jessie to stretch and the network-manager could not see any networks. There is only "No networks..." with a spinner rotating indefinitely. I'm able to scan & connect to wireless networks from the terminal, but it is not fun. Card: 03:00.0 Network controller: Qualcomm Atheros AR9485 Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01) Extra options: options asus_nb_wmi wapf=4 Here is a log file with debugging enabled.
This is version 1.2.4, fwiw, not the recent 1.4.0
as you should also see via nmcli device wlp3s0 is unmanged. Do you have wlp3s0 mentioned in /etc/network/interfaces? It's related to [ifupdown] managed=false in NetworkManager.conf. See `man NetworkManager.conf`. Looks like a configuration issue.
Well, you're right. Removing that section and we are rolling. Why the heck is it there by default?!
I noticed this issue on a fresh install. It was working properly until a reboot, then this configuration seems to take place with absolutely nothing changed from my side.
I don't know, that is a question for downstream and the debian installer. I'm closing as NOTGNOME, but feel free to reopen if you still have an issue. Thanks
Thomas, I don't know either, but today I've done a network install of debian testing. The steps were: 1) Finish the setup 2) Boot into the system 3) Set options asus_nb_wmi wapf=4 in /etc/modprobe.d/asus.conf 4) Reboot 5) NetworkManager not working anymore I don't know which step exactly sets the unmanaged wifi adapter, but definitely that is an awful UX and looks like a bug from any possible view. If you agree with me, reopen the issue and I'll be glad to provide more information if requested. Regards, Stan
> 5) NetworkManager not working anymore NetworkManager was configured not to manage your Wi-Fi. It does as told. It sounds like a bug, but not upstream. NetworkManager didn't write your /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf nor /etc/network/interfaces. I think it should be reported against Debian.