1. Please describe the problem: After update to kernel 5.18.5-200.fc36 RTL8188EUS WiFi adapter does not work Driver is loaded, but network connection does not get established. 2. What is the Version-Release number of the kernel: 5.18.5-200.fc36 3. Did it work previously in Fedora? If so, what kernel version did the issue *first* appear? Old kernels are available for download at https://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/packageinfo?packageID=8 : It works fine with 5.17.13-300.fc36.x86_64 : lsusb Bus 003 Device 003: ID 0bda:8179 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8188EUS 802.11n Wireless Network Adapter 4. Can you reproduce this issue? If so, please provide the steps to reproduce the issue below: 100% 5. Does this problem occur with the latest Rawhide kernel? To install the Rawhide kernel, run ``sudo dnf install fedora-repos-rawhide`` followed by ``sudo dnf update --enablerepo=rawhide kernel``: No 6. Are you running any modules that not shipped with directly Fedora's kernel?: No 7. Please attach the kernel logs. You can get the complete kernel log for a boot with ``journalctl --no-hostname -k > dmesg.txt``. If the issue occurred on a previous boot, use the journalctl ``-b`` flag. The problem appears to be this: 10:33:39 i7 NetworkManager[854]: <info> [1655562819.4149] manager: (wlp0s20u2): new 802.11 Wi-Fi device (/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/3) Jun 18 10:33:39 i7 NetworkManager[854]: <info> [1655562819.4151] device (wlp0s20u2): state change: unmanaged -> unavailable (reason 'managed', sys-iface-state: 'external') Jun 18 10:33:39 i7 kernel: R8188EU: Firmware Version 11, SubVersion 1, Signature 0x88e1 Jun 18 10:33:39 i7 audit[846]: NETFILTER_CFG table=firewalld:3 family=1 entries=341 op=nft_register_obj pid=846 subj=system_u:system_r:firewalld_t:s0 comm="firewalld" Jun 18 10:33:39 i7 audit[846]: NETFILTER_CFG table=firewalld:3 family=1 entries=247 op=nft_register_chain pid=846 subj=system_u:system_r:firewalld_t:s0 comm="firewalld" Jun 18 10:33:39 i7 kernel: MAC Address = 98:48:27:4c:ab:a6 Jun 18 10:33:39 i7 NetworkManager[854]: <warn> [1655562819.8573] device (wlp0s20u2): set-hw-addr: new MAC address 16:D5:3B:C5:39:98 not successfully set (scanning) Jun 18 10:33:39 i7 NetworkManager[854]: <info> [1655562819.8648] modem-manager: ModemManager available Jun 18 10:33:39 i7 systemd[1]: Starting wpa_supplicant.service - WPA supplicant... Jun 18 10:33:39 i7 wpa_supplicant[953]: Successfully initialized wpa_supplicant Jun 18 10:33:39 i7 audit[1]: SERVICE_START pid=1 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 subj=system_u:system_r:init_t:s0 msg='unit=wpa_supplicant comm="systemd" exe="/usr/lib/systemd/syste> Jun 18 10:33:39 i7 systemd[1]: Started wpa_supplicant.service - WPA supplicant. Jun 18 10:33:39 i7 wpa_supplicant[953]: nl80211: Driver does not support authentication/association or connect commands Jun 18 10:33:39 i7 wpa_supplicant[953]: nl80211: deinit ifname=wlp0s20u2 disabled_11b_rates=0 Jun 18 10:33:39 i7 wpa_supplicant[953]: rfkill: Cannot get wiphy information Jun 18 10:33:39 i7 wpa_supplicant[953]: ioctl[SIOCSIWAP]: Operation not permitted Jun 18 10:33:39 i7 wpa_supplicant[953]: ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: Invalid argument Jun 18 10:33:39 i7 wpa_supplicant[953]: ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: Invalid argument Jun 18 10:33:39 i7 wpa_supplicant[953]: dbus: fill_dict_with_properties dbus_interface=fi.w1.wpa_supplicant1.Interface.P2PDevice dbus_property=P2PDeviceConfig getter failed Jun 18 10:33:39 i7 NetworkManager[854]: <info> [1655562819.9140] device (wlp0s20u2): supplicant interface state: internal-starting -> disconnected Jun 18 10:33:39 i7 NetworkManager[854]: <info> [1655562819.9142] device (wlp0s20u2): state change: unavailable -> disconnected (reason 'supplicant-available', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
it is working with 5.19.0-0.rc3.20220621git78ca55889a54.28.fc37.x86_64 (was not working with kernel-5.19.0-0.rc2.20220616git30306f6194ca.23.fc37.x86_64) Dmitri. --
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 2097526 ***