Bug 7849

Summary:	RTL8191SEvB wireless broken with kernel 3.6.2-1.mga3-1-1 rtl8192se driver
Product:	Mageia	Reporter:	Frank Griffin <ftg>
Component:	RPM Packages	Assignee:	Mageia Bug Squad <bugsquad>
Status:	RESOLVED OLD	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	Normal	CC:	tmb
Version:	Cauldron
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	x86_64
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Source RPM:	kernel	CVE:
Status comment:

Description Frank Griffin 2012-10-20 19:37:56 CEST

My wireless worked fine under kernel 3.5.5-desktop-0.rc1.1.mga3.  This morning I upgraded cauldron, and the wireless stopped working when I rebooted.

If I boot the same system, but with the grub entry for the 3.5.5 kernel, all is well again.

Under 3.6.2, ifplugd tries to bring up wlan0 and reports an immediate "link beat not detected" (immediate as within the same second in syslog).

Comment 1 Thomas Backlund 2012-10-20 23:02:11 CEST

Are you using mdv tools to configure wlan, or NetworkManager ?

I see the issue when configured with mdv tools, but not with NM.

CC: (none) => tmb

Comment 2 Frank Griffin 2012-10-21 16:04:47 CEST

I'm using the MDV tools.  I have never been able to get this wireless NIC working with NM.  

Oddly enough, the symptom under NM used to be exactly the same - immediate "link beat not detected", although in that case about a second later the driver would report link beat but NM would already have deactivated the interface.

There are other bug reports about rtl8192se and NM which have never (I don't think) been closed, so possibly one of the others who commented there might be able to test.

I'm afraid that due to a helpful dog, the DC power jack on this machine has separated from the mainboard, so I have no way to do further testing at this point until it is repaired, which will probably take 3-4 weeks.

Comment 3 Frank Griffin 2012-10-21 16:06:02 CEST

cf bug#2160

Comment 4 Marja Van Waes 2015-04-14 20:19:30 CEST

No action since over 2 yrs ago and still assigned to Bug Squad

Closing as OLD

Please reopen if this report is still valid for _current_ cauldron and/or fully
updated Mageia 4

Status: NEW => RESOLVED
Resolution: (none) => OLD