Description of problem: During installation, the installer programm wasn't able to run network on my laptop which uses Qualcomm Atheros network chip - by lspci detected as ar9285 and using ath9k linux driver. But after restart finishing installation process, network magically started work. The issue was I wasn't able to install no updates and add no medias (remote) during installation. My hardware is: Toshiba Portege R830-111. How reproducible: Every installation process on such hardware shows the problem. During installation I was try to invoke ifup from command line the same as installer did it. Before this try I run chroot /mnt. Unfortunately ifup command showed me error similar to below: Determining IP information for wlp4s0... failed; no link present /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg_wlp4s0 contained correct configuration (password and other settings). Steps to Reproduce: 1. installation on hardware using Qualcomm Atheros wireless network adapter - ar9285. I just suppose that on all such hardware it will not work. 2. try to add network media, which made try to run network (finished with fail) 3. try to establish network connection in post installation screen showing the status (final configuration) - run network connection failed. Reproducible: Steps to Reproduce:
Updates. This is next try of installation with the same result. During installation process the problem appears after installation properly drivers and when installer want to test network connection. Then the test failed. All available network have been found. I choose my own. I use default settings. I'm sure I passed correct password to my network. When connection test fails I'm getting message similar to below (translation from polish so might to be not accurate): "There is problem during network connection test. The reason might be incorrect network configuration or the problems with modem or router. Probably it is necessary to make configuration again in order to verify network connection." Unfortunately it doesn't help. Every time network is not correctly initialized. As I check in terminal. Drivers are correctly loaded. I mean the command: lsmod | grep ath9k returns the list of loaded drivers (ath9k, ath9k_common. ath9k_hw, ath, mac80211, cfg80211). Wired is that the network was previously initialized correct, because I was able select network. When I execute following commands: $ ip a $ iwconfig $ ip link set wlp4s0 up Then commnad: iwlist scan shows me a lot of networks (including mine). I'm not able up the network by: $ ifuo wlp4s0 $ dmesg | grep firmware Shows following message: "Direct firmware load for ath3k-1.fw failed with error -2" So probably firmware is not loaded. Checking /usr/lib/firware - I get "No such file or directory". Is there any workaround fixing it?
Hi, sorry this bug report was overlooked. Can you attach to this bug report the file /root/drakx/report.bug.xz that should have been created when you installed the system? (you can check the creation date).
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Created attachment 7063 [details] report_bug from /root/drakx
Creation date of attached file was 2015/06/22 02:05
Thierry, tmb, installer debug information is attached, can you have a look?
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We dont really have wireless support in classical installer. it works in some cases, but not for most. and nonfree firmwares are not available during install, only on installed system
Unless if you boot with boot-nonfree.iso ...
If you don't have such support then would you like to add it (also loading nonfree firmware)? I think a lot of users install system on its laptops via wi-fi. If this is the problem of nonfree firmware in installer and need to acceptance some license/agreement then why it doesn't available on user request in moment of installation. Let it be show properly message and confirmation button. After confirmation, updates would be installed. Now is shown error, and regular user don't know why. Seeing such error can affraid that him wi-fi adapter will not work on installed system. If he dare to continue installation then will see with surprise that it works. Is this is forbidden (loading nonfree firmware in installer)? Even if it's true. On fresh installed system nonfree firmware is loaded and wi-fi is working, so what is the problem with enabling it earlier? I think in other distribution it's working. And if this is really not solvable problem then why this option (update during installation) is available or why user doesn't gets meaningful message about situation, for example: "We cannot load nonfree firmware during installation process, you can't make update in this moment. You can do it on installed system.". @Thierry Vignaud Is there available boot-nonfree.iso for Mageia 5?
(In reply to Piotr Mierzwinski from comment #8) > If you don't have such support then would you like to add it (also loading > nonfree firmware)? > I think a lot of users install system on its laptops via wi-fi. I'll change this bug report into a more general request to do that (I'm surprised that I don't find an existing bug report with that request... maybe I overlooked it?) > > If this is the problem of nonfree firmware in installer and need to > acceptance some license/agreement then why it doesn't available on user > request in moment of installation. Let it be show properly message and > confirmation button. After confirmation, updates would be installed. Now is > shown error, and regular user don't know why. Seeing such error can affraid > that him wi-fi adapter will not work on installed system. If he dare to > continue installation then will see with surprise that it works. It's a lot of work, and needs volunteers with the needed knowledge and time to work on it. > > Is this is forbidden (loading nonfree firmware in installer)? Even if it's > true. On fresh installed system nonfree firmware is loaded and wi-fi is > working, so what is the problem with enabling it earlier? > > I think in other distribution it's working. You can run one of our LiveDVDs in Live mode, configure the network and then install while in live mode. It is probably also possible to set up the wireless network during install without first selecting Live mode, but immediately after selecting to install (I never tried). > > And if this is really not solvable problem then why this option (update > during installation) is available or why user doesn't gets meaningful > message about situation, for example: > "We cannot load nonfree firmware during installation process, you can't make > update in this moment. You can do it on installed system.". Please file a separate enhancement request for such a message. The fastest way to file that new bug report is to click on "Clone this Bug" at the bottom right in this screen, and adjust the Summary and Description. > > @Thierry Vignaud > Is there available boot-nonfree.iso for Mageia 5? Yes, in the distrib/5/x86_64/install/images/ or distrib/5/i586/install/images/ directory on your mirror, e.g.: ftp://mageia.webconquest.com/distrib/5/x86_64/install/images/boot-nonfree.iso
CC: (none) => marja11Hardware: x86_64 => AllVersion: 5 => CauldronAssignee: bugsquad => thierry.vignaudSummary: Installer wasn't able to run network using supported ar9285 chip (Atheros wireless network adapter) => Please support wlan cards during install from a classical DVD as well as after installSeverity: normal => enhancement
Summary: Please support wlan cards during install from a classical DVD as well as after install => Please support wlan cards during install from a classical DVD as good as after install
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