Description of problem: F33 was installed from Fedora-WS-Live-33-1-2 on Dell Latitude E6410 with Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6200 Wifi adapter. After installation Wifi worked fine. rpm -qa | grep NetworkManager-wifi NetworkManager-wifi-1.26.2-2.fc33.x86_64 After first upgrade Wifi stopped working. It seems to be scanning all the time for wifi networks but never connects. systemctl status wpa_supplicant.service reports CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-FAILED ret=-22 retry=1 Downgrading NetworkManager-wifi solved the problem sudo dnf downgrade NetworkManager-wifi-1.26.8-1.fc33.x86_64 Tried to install F34, but in this case wifi never worked. systemctl status NetworkManager.service ● NetworkManager.service - Network Manager Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/NetworkManager.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: active (running) since Wed 2021-05-05 04:01:57 EDT; 1 day 23h ago Docs: man:NetworkManager(8) Main PID: 813 (NetworkManager) Tasks: 3 (limit: 6833) Memory: 10.6M CPU: 1min 44.054s CGroup: /system.slice/NetworkManager.service └─813 /usr/sbin/NetworkManager --no-daemon Mai 07 03:42:30 fedora NetworkManager[813]: <info> [1620373350.3754] Config: added 'auth_alg' value 'OPEN' Mai 07 03:42:30 fedora NetworkManager[813]: <info> [1620373350.3754] Config: added 'psk' value '<hidden>' Mai 07 03:42:55 fedora NetworkManager[813]: <warn> [1620373375.7243] device (wlp2s0): Activation: (wifi) association took too long, failing activation Mai 07 03:42:55 fedora NetworkManager[813]: <info> [1620373375.7244] device (wlp2s0): state change: config -> failed (reason 'ssid-not-found', sys-iface-state: 'managed> Mai 07 03:42:55 fedora NetworkManager[813]: <info> [1620373375.7450] device (wlp2s0): set-hw-addr: set MAC address to 02:E2:FE:7E:22:01 (scanning) Mai 07 03:42:56 fedora NetworkManager[813]: <warn> [1620373376.0584] device (wlp2s0): Activation: failed for connection 'erwin-public' Mai 07 03:42:56 fedora NetworkManager[813]: <info> [1620373376.0586] device (wlp2s0): supplicant interface state: inactive -> disconnected Mai 07 03:42:56 fedora NetworkManager[813]: <info> [1620373376.0587] device (wlp2s0): supplicant interface state: disconnected -> interface_disabled Mai 07 03:42:56 fedora NetworkManager[813]: <info> [1620373376.0592] device (wlp2s0): state change: failed -> disconnected (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed') Mai 07 03:42:56 fedora NetworkManager[813]: <info> [1620373376.0714] device (wlp2s0): supplicant interface state: interface_disabled -> inactive
https://ask.fedoraproject.org/t/f33-wifi-stopped-working-after-networkmanager-upgrade/13920/9 I just reverted downgrade of NM and System is back in failure state. I could do some diagnostics if someone advises me.
The only changes related to Wi-Fi between 1.26.2 and 1.26.8 are: $ git log --oneline --grep=wifi 1.26.2...1.26.8 8df18958ed05 libnm: fix tracking object state in NMClient cache 3cff6f294f84 wifi: fix caching ap-flags for supplicant-interface 5454681ab76e wifi: auto-activate devices as soon as the first scan finishes 2bec392e563b wifi: fix evaluating the scanning state for wpa-supplicant def7533c64d6 core: recognize "wifi.scan-generate-mac-address-mask" as valid "NetworkManager.conf" option 9b8a60a9a315 shared: fix NM_CAST_STRV_CC() for "char **const" pointers 09c4fa5a6cae iwd: Fix a use after free 42d28ae2e8dd device/wifi: don't reset the SSID of a NMWifiAP to unknown b5310115d1b9 wifi: re-add code for tracking a peers groups bd5da809caee device/wifi: fix leak of NMSupplicantPeerInfo.peer_path in NMSupplicantInterface ed9f63724a16 supplicant: fix crash in _scan_notify_allowed() when supplicant disconnects If you know how to rebuild packages, it would be worth to try reverting 5454681ab76e and 2bec392e563b (or even better, a git bisect). Otherwise, please provide debug logs of NM and wpa_supplicant: - set "level=TRACE" in the [logging] section of /etc/NetworkManager.conf - set "RateLimitIntervalSec=0" in /etc/systemd/journald.conf to disable journal rate limiting - add "-ddd" to OTHERARGS in /etc/sysconfig/wpa_supplicant - reboot - reproduce the issue - attach the output of "journalctl -u wpa_supplicant -u NetworkManager -b" Note that the journal might contain sensitive information like MAC addresses, IP addresses, SSIDs. Redact them before attaching the file. If you prefer to not attach it here, you can send the file to me at bgalvani. Thanks.
This bug also affects Fedora 34: NetworkManager[943]: <warn> [xxx.xxx] device (wlpXsX): Activation: (wifi) association took too long, failing activation This bug makes WiFi connections on Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6200 devices unusable. This adapter type is quite widespread and widely used, for example, in the Thinkpad T and P series. Please set an appropriate priority and severity. Device: "Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6200" $ NetworkManager --version 1.30.4-1.fc34 Linux 5.11.18-300.fc34.x86_64
As a temporary workaround until there is a fix, you can add a file /etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/99-wifi.conf containing: [device-wifi-no-scan-mac-rand] wifi.scan-rand-mac-address=no This disables the randomization of the Wi-Fi MAC address during scans. This should help with the issue.
Dear Beniamino, the solution you suggested instantly fixes the issue. How did you know - is the MAC randomization a regular cause for connection issues?
(In reply to q8311692 from comment #5) > Dear Beniamino, the solution you suggested instantly fixes the issue. > > How did you know - is the MAC randomization a regular cause for connection > issues? I sent logfiles to Beniamino before and then we tested the temporary workaround. Regarding the bug he explained >> that's because NM doesn't need to bring the interface down to >> change the MAC. Bringing the interface down means that wpa_supplicant >> flushes the list of APs and must rescan, which triggers the bug.
For me, another way to solve the problem is to use the wpa_supplicant from the dcaratti/wpa_supplicant COPR sudo dnf copr enable dcaratti/wpa_supplicant sudo dnf update source: https://ask.fedoraproject.org/t/cant-connect-to-wifi-after-update-bcm4360-with-broadcom-wl-driver/482/32
I'm facing the same issue on a thinkpad x230. Additional to this bug, my boot process takes 2+mins to finish because its waiting for the NetworkManager-wait-online.service to finish (which almost always fails).
I forgot to mention that none of the workarounds listed in this page worked. I'm using: Thinkpad x230 Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 Fedora 33 Network manager version: 1.26.8-1.fc33
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