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Bug#914920: firmware-ralink: none

Started bycraig macdonald <zz.2008.10@orange.fr>
First post2018-11-28 18:00 +0100
Last post2018-12-02 17:10 +0100
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  Bug#914920: firmware-ralink: none craig macdonald <zz.2008.10@orange.fr> - 2018-11-28 18:00 +0100
    Bug#914920: more information about the exact firmware being loaded craig macdonald <zz.2008.10@orange.fr> - 2018-11-29 19:50 +0100
    Bug#914920: marked as done (firmware-ralink: none) "Debian Bug Tracking System" <owner@bugs.debian.org> - 2018-12-02 17:10 +0100

#62579 — Bug#914920: firmware-ralink: none

Fromcraig macdonald <zz.2008.10@orange.fr>
Date2018-11-28 18:00 +0100
SubjectBug#914920: firmware-ralink: none
Message-ID<wZblT-6Yt-5@gated-at.bofh.it>
Package: firmware-ralink
Version: 20180825+dfsg-1
Severity: normal

Dear Maintainer,

Under Debian Buster, a usb wi-fi adapter D-link DWA-130, rev. F1 can 
display available wifi services but could not connect
to any of them. An "ip link" command shows:

wlx74dada1c2b5d: <NO-CARRIER, BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq 
state UP mode DORMANT group default qlen 1000
     link/ether 74:da:da:1c:2b:5d brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff

The same D-link usb wifi adapter installed on a same make and model 
computer but running under Debian Jessie works without problem, able to 
connect to any chosen wifi service.
On that Debian Jessie system, ip link shows:

wlan0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state UP mode 
DORMANT group default qlen 1000
     link/ether 74:da:da:1c:2b:5d brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff

=== Workaround: ===
I am able to make the D-link usb wifi adapter work under Debian Buster 
by creating the file
/lib/udev/rules.d/70-wifi.rules

which contains this single line (address comes from device name 
"wlx74dada1c2b5d"):

SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", ATTR{address}=="74:da:da:1c:2b:5d", 
NAME="wlan0"

After rebooting the Debian Buster system with that file in place, the 
D-link usb wifi adapter works, and "ip link" shows the now shorter 
device name:

wlan0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state UP mode 
DORMANT group default qlen 1000
     link/ether 74:da:da:1c:2b:5d brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff

The workaround solution comes from:
https://askubuntu.com/questions/826325/how-to-revert-usb-wifi-interface-name-from-wlxxxxxxxxxxxxx-to-wlanx

The discussion in that thread mentions a (Ubuntu studio) kernel having a 
low latency, wondering whether the long device name is the source of the 
problem?

I have not tried forcing names other than "wlan0" to determine whether 
it is "wlan0" that is magical or whether other names would work.

I would expect the D-link usb wifi adapter to work under Debian Buster 
without this workaround, as the adapter works fine under Jessie.



-- System Information:
Debian Release: buster/sid
   APT prefers testing
   APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 4.18.0-2-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), 
LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages firmware-ralink depends on:
ii  firmware-misc-nonfree  20180825+dfsg-1

firmware-ralink recommends no packages.

firmware-ralink suggests no packages.

-- no debconf information

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#62595 — Bug#914920: more information about the exact firmware being loaded

Fromcraig macdonald <zz.2008.10@orange.fr>
Date2018-11-29 19:50 +0100
SubjectBug#914920: more information about the exact firmware being loaded
Message-ID<wZzxT-5Bp-3@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#62579
Concerning bug 914920, sorry, the subject line ought to be something 
like "firmware rt2870 cannot connect until device name is shortened"

Here's more information about the firmware being
loaded when the system detects the D-link DWA-130 usb wifi adapter.

$ "dmesg | grep rt" excerpts:

[    7.617423] ieee80211 phy0: rt2x00_set_rt: Info - RT chipset 5392, 
rev 0223 detected
[    7.632788] ieee80211 phy0: rt2x00_set_rf: Info - RF chipset 5372 
detected
[    7.683411] usbcore: registered new interface driver rt2800usb
[  241.595520] ieee80211 phy0: rt2x00lib_request_firmware: Info - 
Loading firmware file 'rt2870.bin'
[  241.602284] rt2800usb 2-2:1.0: firmware: direct-loading firmware 
rt2870.bin
[  241.602293] ieee80211 phy0: rt2x00lib_request_firmware: Info - 
Firmware detected - version: 0.36

Thanks.

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#62629 — Bug#914920: marked as done (firmware-ralink: none)

From"Debian Bug Tracking System" <owner@bugs.debian.org>
Date2018-12-02 17:10 +0100
SubjectBug#914920: marked as done (firmware-ralink: none)
Message-ID<x0CtI-4KE-31@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#62579

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Your message dated Sun, 02 Dec 2018 16:05:56 +0000
with message-id <3437256adf1e55ebd19a2b8443273f1fe8338687.camel@decadent.org.uk>
and subject line Re: Bug#914920: firmware-ralink: none
has caused the Debian Bug report #914920,
regarding firmware-ralink: none
to be marked as done.

This means that you claim that the problem has been dealt with.
If this is not the case it is now your responsibility to reopen the
Bug report if necessary, and/or fix the problem forthwith.

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914920: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=914920
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