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FS#51317 - [wpa_supplicant] breaks rtl8192cu-fixes

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Dale (oryhara350) - Monday, 10 October 2016, 19:36 GMT
Last edited by Bartłomiej Piotrowski (Barthalion) - Friday, 18 November 2016, 20:44 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To Bartłomiej Piotrowski (Barthalion)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description: upon running an upgrade, the latest version was installed. Upon reboot, the wifi no longer worked. Downgrading to 1:2.5-3 fixed the problem.


Additional info:
Realtek 8192cu driver
https://github.com/pvaret/rtl8192cu-fixes
WPA_supplicant 2.6

Steps to reproduce: standard Pac-man -Syu upgrade.
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Closed by  Bartłomiej Piotrowski (Barthalion)
Friday, 18 November 2016, 20:44 GMT
Reason for closing:  Upstream
Comment by Marc (marc-wx) - Saturday, 15 October 2016, 15:35 GMT
Same bug on my system where I use the Realtek rtl8723bs driver from
https://github.com/hadess/rtl8723bs

Seems to be a problem with powersaving, I get the following kernel messages repeated over and over :
19.304565] RTL8723BS: nolinked power save enter
[ 19.082805] RTL8723BS: nolinked power save leave
while attempting to connect.

Downgrading to 1.2.5-3 fixes the issue.
Comment by Carl Mueller (cmlr) - Sunday, 16 October 2016, 22:45 GMT
Is it related to the following bug in wpa_supplicant 2.6 when using EAP?
http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/hostap/2016-October/036460.html
Comment by Marc (marc-wx) - Tuesday, 25 October 2016, 08:33 GMT
Not sure about that, if I understand the bug message correctly it seems that the bug would make the connection fail on some specific wifi servers. In my case I can use 2.6 on a similar device with a Broadcom chip to connect to the wifi router : no problem. I had to downgrade to 2.5 only on the device with the Realtek chip.
Comment by Bartłomiej Piotrowski (Barthalion) - Friday, 18 November 2016, 20:44 GMT
Please bring the issue upstream (and ping me on IRC if it's really crucial to have the package downgraded).

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