Bug 624182

Summary:	WLAN-Connection cannot be started with ifup, Networkmanager is running RT2860sta
Product:	[openSUSE] openSUSE 11.3	Reporter:	Steffen Hanne <oldventure>
Component:	Network	Assignee:	Marius Tomaschewski <mt>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED	QA Contact:	E-mail List <qa-bugs>
Severity:	Major
Priority:	P5 - None
Version:	Final
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	x86-64
OS:	openSUSE 11.3
Whiteboard:	maint:released:11.3:35314
Found By:	---	Services Priority:
Business Priority:		Blocker:	---
Marketing QA Status:	---	IT Deployment:	---
Attachments:	Patch to map rt2860sta to the 'wext' driver

Description Steffen Hanne 2010-07-21 07:34:17 UTC

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Hello, on my freshly installed opensuse 11.3 x86_64 Desktop-PC I cannot establish a wlan-connection via ifup. I can successfully use the Knetworkmanager.  The Device is a Wireless LAN PCI Express Karte 300 MBit 802.11n 2T3R Art.Nr. LogiLink® WL0044. The rt2860sta driver is used by the card. 
These are the logs from /var/log/messages when I try to change to ifup.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>
2010-07-18 19:08:03 linux avahi-daemon[1824] Interface wlan0.IPv4
no longer
relevant for mDNS.
2010-07-18 19:08:03 linux avahi-daemon[1824] Leaving mDNS multicast
group on
interface wlan0.IPv4 with address 192.168.178.23.
2010-07-18 19:08:03 linux avahi-daemon[1824] Withdrawing address
record for
fe80::21f:1fff:fe26:71b8 on wlan0.
2010-07-18 19:08:03 linux avahi-daemon[1824] Withdrawing address
record for
192.168.178.23 on wlan0.
2010-07-18 19:08:03 linux ifdown Network interface is managed by the
NetworkManager -> skipping
2010-07-18 19:08:03 linux ifdown wlan0 device: RaLink RT2860
Wireless 802.11n PCIe
2010-07-18 19:08:04 linux dhcpcd[8833] wlan0: dhcpcd not running
2010-07-18 19:08:04 linux dhcpcd[8833] wlan0: exiting
2010-07-18 19:08:04 linux dhclient Bound to *:546
2010-07-18 19:08:06 linux ifup lo
2010-07-18 19:08:06 linux ifup lo
2010-07-18 19:08:06 linux ifup IP address: 127.0.0.1/8
2010-07-18 19:08:06 linux ifup
2010-07-18 19:08:06 linux ifup
2010-07-18 19:08:06 linux ifup IP address: 127.0.0.2/8
2010-07-18 19:08:06 linux ifup
2010-07-18 19:08:06 linux ifup eth0 device: Realtek
Semiconductor
Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 02)
2010-07-18 19:08:06 linux ifup No configuration found
for eth0
2010-07-18 19:08:07 linux ifup wlan0 device: RaLink RT2860
Wireless
802.11n PCIe
2010-07-18 19:08:07 linux ifup-wireless wlan0 warning: WPA
configured but may be unsupported
2010-07-18 19:08:07 linux ifup-wireless wlan0 warning: by this
device
2010-07-18 19:08:07 linux ifup-wireless wlan0 starting
wpa_supplicant
2010-07-18 19:08:07 linux kernel [ 4899.080724] RX DESC
ffff880052a3e000
size = 2048
2010-07-18 19:08:07 linux kernel [ 4899.080891] <--
RTMPAllocTxRxRingMemory, Status=0
2010-07-18 19:08:07 linux kernel [ 4899.082879] 1. Phy Mode = 0
2010-07-18 19:08:07 linux kernel [ 4899.082880] 2. Phy Mode = 0
2010-07-18 19:08:07 linux kernel [ 4899.100062] 3. Phy Mode = 0
2010-07-18 19:08:07 linux kernel [ 4899.102859] MCS Set = 00 00 00 00
00
2010-07-18 19:08:07 linux kernel [ 4899.104496] <==== rt28xx_init,
Status=0
2010-07-18 19:08:07 linux kernel [ 4899.104565] 0x1300 = 000a4200
2010-07-18 19:08:07 linux ifup-dhcp wlan0 Starting
DHCP4+DHCP6
client
2010-07-18 19:08:07 linux dhcpcd[9411] wlan0: dhcpcd 3.2.3 starting
2010-07-18 19:08:07 linux dhcpcd[9411] wlan0: hardware address =
00:1f:1f:26:71:b8
2010-07-18 19:08:07 linux dhcpcd[9411] wlan0: broadcasting for a
lease
2010-07-18 19:08:08 linux ifup-dhcp .
2010-07-18 19:08:08 linux dhclient Bound to *:546
2010-07-18 19:08:09 linux dhclient XMT: Solicit on wlan0,
interval 1090ms.
2010-07-18 19:08:09 linux dhclient send_packet6: Cannot assign
requested
address
2010-07-18 19:08:09 linux dhclient dhc6: send_packet6() sent -1
of 54 bytes
2010-07-18 19:08:09 linux avahi-daemon[1824] Registering new
address record
for fe80::21f:1fff:fe26:71b8 on wlan0.*.
2010-07-18 19:08:10 linux dhclient XMT: Solicit on wlan0,
interval 2190ms.
2010-07-18 19:08:10 linux ifup-dhcp .
2010-07-18 19:08:12 linux dhclient XMT: Solicit on wlan0,
interval 4420ms.
2010-07-18 19:08:13 linux ifup-dhcp .
2010-07-18 19:08:16 linux ifup-dhcp .
2010-07-18 19:08:16 linux dhclient XMT: Solicit on wlan0,
interval 9050ms.
2010-07-18 19:08:18 linux kernel [ 4909.826034] wlan0: no IPv6 routers
present
2010-07-18 19:08:18 linux ifup-dhcp .
2010-07-18 19:08:21 linux ifup-dhcp .
2010-07-18 19:08:23 linux ifup-dhcp .
2010-07-18 19:08:25 linux dhclient XMT: Solicit on wlan0,
interval 17860ms.
2010-07-18 19:08:26 linux ifup-dhcp .
2010-07-18 19:08:27 linux ifup-dhcp
2010-07-18 19:08:27 linux ifup-dhcp wlan0 DHCP4 continues
in
background
2010-07-18 19:08:27 linux ifup-dhcp wlan0 DHCP6 continues
in
background
2010-07-18 19:08:27 linux SuSEfirewall2 Setting up rules from
/etc/sysconfig/SuSEfirewall2 ...
2010-07-18 19:08:27 linux SuSEfirewall2 batch committing...
2010-07-18 19:08:27 linux SuSEfirewall2 Firewall rules successfully
set
2010-07-18 19:08:27 linux dhcpcd[9411] wlan0: timed out
2010-07-18 19:08:27 linux dhcpcd[9411] wlan0: trying to use old lease
in
`/var/lib/dhcpcd/dhcpcd-wlan0.info'
2010-07-18 19:08:27 linux dhcpcd[9411] wlan0: broadcasting for a
lease
2010-07-18 19:08:34 linux kernel [ 4926.027058] r8169 0000:03:00.0:
eth0:
link down
2010-07-18 19:08:34 linux kernel [ 4926.027395] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP):
eth0: link is not ready
2010-07-18 19:08:43 linux dhclient XMT: Solicit on wlan0,
interval 36680ms.
2010-07-18 19:08:47 linux dhcpcd[9411] wlan0: timed out
2010-07-18 19:08:47 linux dhcpcd[9411] wlan0: trying to use old lease
in
`/var/lib/dhcpcd/dhcpcd-wlan0.info'
2010-07-18 19:08:47 linux dhcpcd[9411] wlan0: broadcasting for a
lease
2010-07-18 19:09:07 linux dhcpcd[9411] wlan0: timed out
2010-07-18 19:09:07 linux dhcpcd[9411] wlan0: trying to use old lease
in
`/var/lib/dhcpcd/dhcpcd-wlan0.info'
2010-07-18 19:09:07 linux dhcpcd[9411] wlan0: broadcasting for a
lease
2010-07-18 19:09:20 linux dhclient XMT: Solicit on wlan0,
interval 71730ms.

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Access Point is a AVM FritzBox WLAN 7270 Router. WPA2PSK is used.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Set the method to ifup and configure the network connection via Yast
2. Wait some minutes (nothing happens)
3. Set the method to Networkmanager, start the Knetworkmanager and establish the connection
Actual Results:  
WLAN-Connection only running via Networkmanager

Expected Results:  
WLAN-Connection can also be established with ifup at Boot-Time.

Comment 1 Marius Tomaschewski 2010-07-22 12:07:28 UTC

I think, it is the same problem as in bug 623676 (just a newer chipset):

Please append a line with
 WIRELESS_WPA_DRIVER='wext'

to the ifcfg file (/etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-wlan0) and restart
the network to try again (rcnetwork restart wlan0) and let me know
if it works better then.

When you don't have a DHCPv6 server in your network, please also
change the BOOTPROTO setting:
   use BOOTPROTO='dhcp4' instead of BOOTPROTO='dhcp'
it will avoid the unneeded start of a dhcpv6-client.

Comment 2 Marius Tomaschewski 2010-07-22 12:09:05 UTC

Created attachment 377731 [details]
Patch to map rt2860sta to the 'wext' driver

Comment 3 Marius Tomaschewski 2010-07-22 12:47:41 UTC

See also bug 623340.

Comment 4 Steffen Hanne 2010-07-22 19:13:00 UTC

Hi Marius, I just tried it with the changes you mentioned. Works like a charm. Thank you for your help. 

Greetings from Potsdam/Germany
Steffen

Comment 5 Marius Tomaschewski 2010-08-18 07:47:18 UTC

See https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=625403#c13, test / candidate
package is available at:

http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/mtomaschewski:/branches:/openSUSE:/11.3:/Update:/Test/openSUSE_11.3_Update_Test/

Comment 6 Marius Tomaschewski 2010-08-18 13:00:22 UTC

Fixed in home:mtomaschewski:branches:openSUSE:11.3:Update:Test/sysconfig
and submitted it to openSUSE:11.3:Update:Test in request 45757.

Comment 7 Swamp Workflow Management 2010-09-07 12:52:43 UTC

Update released for: sysconfig, sysconfig-debuginfo, sysconfig-debugsource
Products:
openSUSE 11.3 (debug, i586, x86_64)