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Re: Wpa_supplicant Error: No such device

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On Fri 12 Jul 2019 at 12:36:33 (-0700), Patrick Bartek wrote:
> On Fri, 12 Jul 2019 06:22:16 -0000 (UTC)
> Bert Riding <reriding@xmission.com> wrote:
> 
> > Yes, I'm sorry I didn't mention that my device name was merely an
> 
> Didn't have to.  I understood.  It's just wlan0 USED to be the default
> 1st wireless device, the last time I had to do this with another system
> about 15 years ago, and I used it as a first test to bring UP the
> device before reading the instructions. It failed, of course. Laziness.
> 
> > example.  I wonder if "ip link show" or "ls -l /sys/class/net" or the 
> > obsolete "ifconfig a" give the same device name.  Udevadm might 
> > help, too.  "udevadm info -e | grep .wl" for instance.  The name you are 
> > using is the name using the MAC address, which is the last match as udev 
> > lists the names, and won't be used if udev finds another name first.  See
> > https://major.io/2015/08/21/understanding-systemds-predictable-network-device-names/ 
> 
> Here's what that all shows on my system (wireless parts only).
> Wireless USB dongle plugged in, but otherwise dormant.
> 
> ip a
> 
> 3: wlx00e04c2a23c4: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state
> DOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000 link/ether 00:e0:4c:2a:23:c4
> brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
> 
> ls -l /sys/class/net
> 
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Jul 12 07:48 wlx00e04c2a23c4
> -> ../../devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:12.2/usb1/1-3/1-3:1.0/net/wlx00e04c2a23c4
> 
> /sbin/iw dev
> 
> phy#0
> 	Interface wlx00e04c2a23c4
> 		ifindex 3
> 		wdev 0x1
> 		addr 00:e0:4c:2a:23:c4
> 		type managed
> 		txpower 0.00 dBm
> 
> udevadm info -e | grep .wl
> 
> E: RFKILL_TYPE=wlan
> P: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:12.2/usb1/1-3/1-3:1.0/net/wlx00e04c2a23c4
> E:
> DEVPATH=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:12.2/usb1/1-3/1-3:1.0/net/wlx00e04c2a23c4
> E: DEVTYPE=wlan E: ID_NET_NAME=wlp0s18f2u3
> E: ID_NET_NAME_MAC=wlx00e04c2a23c4
> E: ID_NET_NAME_PATH=wlp0s18f2u3
> E: INTERFACE=wlx00e04c2a23c4
> E:
> SYSTEMD_ALIAS=/sys/subsystem/net/devices/wlx00e04c2a23c4 /sys/subsystem/net/devices/wlx00e04c2a23c4
> 
> As you can see, the wlx name is the only one that shows as far as I
> can find. ifconfig is not installed.

Here's mine. As you can see, it lists the iwlwifi driver,
but I don't see anything for yours.

E: DRIVER=iwlwifi
E: RFKILL_TYPE=wlan
P: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.2/0000:02:00.0/net/wlp2s0
E: DEVPATH=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.2/0000:02:00.0/net/wlp2s0
E: DEVTYPE=wlan
E: ID_NET_DRIVER=iwlwifi
E: ID_NET_NAME=wlp2s0
E: ID_NET_NAME_MAC=wlx0c8bfd0b67fb
E: ID_NET_NAME_PATH=wlp2s0
E: INTERFACE=wlp2s0
E: SYSTEMD_ALIAS=/sys/subsystem/net/devices/wlp2s0 /sys/subsystem/net/devices/wlp2s0
E: RFKILL_NAME=ideapad_wlan
E: RFKILL_TYPE=wlan

Cheers,
David.

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Wpa_supplicant Error: No such device Patrick Bartek <patrick.bartek@gmail.com> - 2019-07-11 02:10 +0200
  Re: Wpa_supplicant Error: No such device Bert Riding <reriding@xmission.com> - 2019-07-11 23:30 +0200
    Re: Wpa_supplicant Error: No such device Patrick Bartek <nemommxiv@gmail.com> - 2019-07-12 04:30 +0200
      Re: Wpa_supplicant Error: No such device Bert Riding <reriding@xmission.com> - 2019-07-12 08:50 +0200
        Re: Wpa_supplicant Error: No such device Patrick Bartek <nemommxiv@gmail.com> - 2019-07-12 21:40 +0200
          Re: Wpa_supplicant Error: No such device David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2019-07-12 23:10 +0200
            Re: Wpa_supplicant Error: No such device Patrick Bartek <nemommxiv@gmail.com> - 2019-07-13 03:00 +0200
      Re: Wpa_supplicant Error: No such device Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2019-07-12 09:00 +0200
        Re: Wpa_supplicant Error: No such device Patrick Bartek <nemommxiv@gmail.com> - 2019-07-12 21:50 +0200

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