I Broke Connman, WiFi No Longer Works [Solved]

[shrinker09]

I did a routine update on my laptop a week ago, and there was a message/notice that something wasn't replaced or was missing, and I didn't know what it was so I ignored it. And now Connman won't connect to WiFi any more (but I can get onto the internet by plugging a cable to my modem). Connman scans and finds my WiFi, but when I try to connect, it says, "The agent request failed before a reply was returned."

I tried reinstalling Connman, but that didn't help. I read that some people use wicd instead, so I tried installing that with the antix package installer, but it brings up the terminal, which closes immediately without installing it, and I can't find it in Synaptic Package Manager.

Is there a way to check logs of past updates to see what the message/notice was? Then I might be able to google a solution.

I'm running antix-21, 64-bit.

[davidy]

Fresh install if you have no backup. ce la ve

[linexer2016]

As davidy says, fresh install unless you have adopted the suggested strategy of a regular Timeshift and/or snapshot/liveusb backup.

[Huckleberry Finn]

Wicd was available for the previous Debian releases (sadly not on Bullseye, Buster for the last time.).

Since you can connect via cable, actually ConnMan works.. just there's something else with the wifi part ...


Have you tried this?

Code: Select all

rfkill unblock all

Also it'll be better if you provide your system info, at least inxi -Fxxxrza within code tags.

[shrinker09]

Also it'll be better if you provide your system info, at least inxi -Fxxxrza within code tags.

Thanks; I didn't know how to do this with antiX.

Code: Select all

$ inxi -Fxxxrza
System:
  Kernel: 5.10.57-antix.1-amd64-smp arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc
    v: 10.2.1 parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.10.57-antix.1-amd64-smp
    root=UUID=98be024f-8010-40f1-b64a-00936771f471 ro quiet
  Desktop: LXDE v: 0.10.1 info: lxpanel wm: Openbox v: 3.6.1 vt: 7
    dm: slimski v: 1.5.0 Distro: antiX-21_x64-full Grup Yorum 31 October 2021
    base: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye)
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: ASUSTeK product: X441BA v: 1.0
    serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: ASUSTeK model: X441BA v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required>
    UEFI-[Legacy]: American Megatrends v: X441BA.306 date: 08/27/2018
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 35.9 Wh (97.3%) condition: 36.9/34.6 Wh (106.7%)
    volts: 10.8 min: 10.8 model: ASUSTeK ASUS Battery type: Li-ion serial: N/A
    status: not charging cycles: 82
CPU:
  Info: model: AMD A6-9225 RADEON R4 5 COMPUTE CORES 2C+3G bits: 64 type: MCP
    arch: Excavator built: 2015 process: GF 28nm family: 0x15 (21)
    model-id: 0x70 (112) stepping: 0 microcode: 0x6006705
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 2 smt: <unsupported> cache: L1: 192 KiB
    desc: d-2x32 KiB; i-2x64 KiB L2: 2 MiB desc: 2x1024 KiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 2561 high: 2705 min/max: 1300/2600 boost: enabled
    scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: performance cores: 1: 2418 2: 2705
    bogomips: 10380
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected
  Type: mds status: Not affected
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected
  Type: spec_store_bypass
    mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp
  Type: spectre_v1
    mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Full AMD retpoline, IBPB: conditional,
    STIBP: disabled, RSB filling
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD Stoney [Radeon R2/R3/R4/R5 Graphics] vendor: ASUSTeK
    driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: GCN 2 process: GF/TSMC 16-28nm
    built: 2013-17 ports: active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1,HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 00:01.0
    chip-ID: 1002:98e4 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: IMC Networks USB2.0 VGA UVC WebCam type: USB driver: uvcvideo
    bus-ID: 1-1.4:4 chip-ID: 13d3:5a01 class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.20.11 driver: X: loaded: amdgpu
    unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa gpu: amdgpu display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1366x768 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 361x203mm (14.21x7.99")
    s-diag: 414mm (16.31")
  Monitor-1: eDP-1 mapped: eDP model: AU Optronics 0x2d3c built: 2013
    res: 1366x768 hz: 60 dpi: 112 gamma: 1.2 size: 309x173mm (12.17x6.81")
    diag: 354mm (13.9") ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 1366x768 min: 640x480
  OpenGL:
    renderer: AMD STONEY (DRM 3.40.0 5.10.57-antix.1-amd64-smp LLVM 11.0.1)
    v: 4.5 Mesa 20.3.5 direct render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: AMD vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
    bus-ID: 00:01.1 chip-ID: 1002:15b3 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: AMD Family 15h Audio vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel
    v: kernel bus-ID: 00:09.2 chip-ID: 1022:157a class-ID: 0403
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.10.57-antix.1-amd64-smp running: yes
  Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 14.2 running: yes
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8723BE PCIe Wireless Network Adapter vendor: Lite-On
    driver: rtl8723be v: kernel modules: wl pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
    lanes: 1 port: e000 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:b723 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlan0 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Realtek RTL810xE PCI Express Fast Ethernet vendor: ASUSTeK
    driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: d000
    bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8136 class-ID: 0200
  IF: eth0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Realtek Bluetooth Radio type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8
    bus-ID: 1-1.3:3 chip-ID: 0bda:b721 class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
  Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: down bt-service: running
    rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes address: <filter>
  Info: acl-mtu: 820:8 sco-mtu: 255:16 link-policy: rswitch hold sniff park
    link-mode: slave accept
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 465.76 GiB used: 265.55 GiB (57.0%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Seagate model: ST500LM030-1RK17D
    size: 465.76 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B
    speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter> rev: SDM1
    scheme: MBR
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 460.13 GiB size: 451.84 GiB (98.20%)
    used: 265.55 GiB (58.8%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 10 (default 60) cache-pressure: 50 (default 100)
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 5.62 GiB used: 1 MiB (0.0%)
    priority: -2 dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 94.2 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 94.0 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 3400
Repos:
  Packages: apt: 1891 lib: 944
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/antix.list
    1: deb http://mirrors.rit.edu/mxlinux/mx-packages/antix/bullseye bullseye main nosystemd nonfree
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/brave-browser-release.list
    1: deb [arch=amd64] https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com/ bullseye main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/bullseye-backports.list
    1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye-backports main contrib non-free
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list
    1: deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ bullseye-updates main contrib non-free
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list
    1: deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ bullseye main contrib non-free
    2: deb http://security.debian.org/ bullseye-security main contrib non-free
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/various.list
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vivaldi.list
    1: deb [arch=amd64] https://repo.vivaldi.com/stable/deb/ stable main
Info:
  Processes: 168 Uptime: 6m wakeups: 3 Memory: 3.71 GiB
  used: 1.42 GiB (38.3%) Init: SysVinit v: 2.96 runlevel: 5 default: 5
  tool: service Compilers: gcc: 10.2.1 alt: 10 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.4
  running-in: roxterm inxi: 3.3.19

[Huckleberry Finn]

Did you try removing (deleting) your wifi and then rescan and reconnecting?

You can use the gui (icon on the panel).

[linexer2016]

Just noticed your system temps (Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 94.2 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 94.0 C) they are what I would consider on the high side of normal. Whether this has any kind of ripple effect on your networking I have no idea but I thought it worth a comment. Maybe you had been doing some heavy gaming or other intensive computing when you ran the QSI? Beyond the hoped for solution to your networking issue, I'd suggest you might closely monitor those temps because sustained high temp over time might not be the best thing for your computer's health.

[rokytnji.1]

Yeah. I'd run sensors.

Code: Select all

harry@antix1:~
$ sensors
soc_dts1-virtual-0
Adapter: Virtual device
temp1:        +42.0°C  

coretemp-isa-0000
Adapter: ISA adapter
Core 0:       +43.0°C  (high = +105.0°C, crit = +105.0°C)
Core 1:       +43.0°C  (high = +105.0°C, crit = +105.0°C)

BAT0-acpi-0
Adapter: ACPI interface
in0:          13.01 V  
curr1:       280.00 mA 

soc_dts0-virtual-0
Adapter: Virtual device
temp1:        +42.0°C  

Like mentioned above. Your amd gpu is cooking.

[shrinker09]

Did you try removing (deleting) your wifi and then rescan and reconnecting?

You can use the gui (icon on the panel).

That worked! Thank you!

As far as the laptop temperature, I'm not surprised that it runs hot. It's a cheapie I bought new a couple of years ago to play around with, I wanted something inexpensive to try some Linux distros on. But, even when it was new, the processor can't handle much, so it couldn't run much of any Linux OS's. That's why I run antiX on it, and it works great with antiX.

My good laptop uses MX-Linux; this cheap laptop is my travel laptop because I don't care so much if it gets beat up. But without WiFi, it's not much good for travel.

[linexer2016]

Cheap or otherwise, I am puzzled that it is reporting such high temps. However, I suppose if it doesn't bother you there's not much point in you further fault finding. Has it perhaps got dust and other grime in the case? Just seems it's very hot. Don't burn your fingers