Wireless modules loaded with no wireless adapter

MikeW · 2015-07-17 04:41:59

This seems to be new as of todays update which includes 4.1 kernel and networkmanager.

I am now getting messages like

[   31.619123] cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain
[   34.764713] cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain
[   37.910160] cfg80211: Exceeded CRDA call max attempts. Not calling CRDA

I have no wireless on this machine.

This is the only adapter but the modules, rfkill and cfg80211 are getting loaded.

03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 11)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 859e
Kernel driver in use: r8169
Kernel modules: r8169

Anyone have any clue how to approach this issue. Is blacklisting the way to go? I am a little curious why the modules are getting loaded now though.

tomaszc · 2015-07-18 20:13:16

Check whether the /etc/modprobe.d/ not have an entry like:
cfg80211 options ieee80211_regdom = EU
For me resolve to remove this entry.

You can set the country a new method:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wi … ory_domain

MikeW · 2015-07-19 05:48:24

tomaszc wrote:

Check whether the /etc/modprobe.d/ not have an entry like:
cfg80211 options ieee80211_regdom = EU
For me resolve to remove this entry.
You can set the country a new method:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wi … ory_domain

Nothing at all in /etc/modules.d, and the only thing in modules-load.d is virtualbox.conf to load vboxdrv.

cfg802011 is not shown in mkinitcpio -M either.

While composing this reply I think I found the cause of the issue. It looks like cinnamon pulled in wpa_supplicant as a dependancy. I have disabled it but I'm still getting the warnings in the log. I may need to live with them if I want cinnamon though.

● wpa_supplicant.service - WPA supplicant
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/wpa_supplicant.service; disabled; vendor preset: disabled)
Active: inactive (dead)

mkinitcpio -M

==> Modules autodetected
acpi_cpufreq
acpi_pad
adt7475
aesni_intel
ahci
atkbd
battery
button
coretemp
crc32_pclmul
crc32c_intel
crct10dif_pclmul
eeepc_wmi
ehci_pci
evdev
ext4
fan
ghash_clmulni_intel
hid_generic
i2c_i801
i8042
iTCO_wdt
intel_powerclamp
intel_rapl
joydev
kvm_intel
lpc_ich
mac_hid
mei_me
mousedev
mxm_wmi
nouveau
pcc_cpufreq
pcspkr
processor
psmouse
r8169
sd_mod
serio_raw
shpchp
snd_hda_intel
sr_mod
thermal
tpm_infineon
tpm_tis
usbcore
usbhid
video
wmi
x86_pkg_temp_thermal
xhci_pci

lsmod just in case there are any clues here.

Module                  Size  Used by
fuse                   90112  3
nf_log_ipv4            16384  1
nf_log_common          16384  1 nf_log_ipv4
xt_LOG                 16384  1
xt_limit               16384  1
xt_pkttype             16384  2
ipt_REJECT             16384  3
nf_reject_ipv4         16384  1 ipt_REJECT
xt_tcpudp              16384  14
xt_conntrack           16384  1
iptable_filter         16384  1
iptable_raw            16384  1
iptable_security       16384  1
iptable_mangle         16384  0
iptable_nat            16384  0
cfg80211              483328  0
nf_conntrack_ipv4      20480  2
nf_defrag_ipv4         16384  1 nf_conntrack_ipv4
nf_nat_ipv4            16384  1 iptable_nat
nf_nat                 24576  1 nf_nat_ipv4
nf_conntrack           90112  4 nf_nat,nf_nat_ipv4,xt_conntrack,nf_conntrack_ipv4
nls_iso8859_1          16384  1
nls_cp437              20480  1
mousedev               20480  0
vfat                   24576  1
fat                    65536  1 vfat
joydev                 20480  0
adt7475                28672  0
hwmon_vid              16384  1 adt7475
intel_rapl             20480  0
iosf_mbi               16384  1 intel_rapl
x86_pkg_temp_thermal    16384  0
intel_powerclamp       16384  0
coretemp               16384  0
kvm_intel             155648  0
kvm                   442368  1 kvm_intel
eeepc_wmi              16384  0
crct10dif_pclmul       16384  0
asus_wmi               24576  1 eeepc_wmi
crc32_pclmul           16384  0
sparse_keymap          16384  1 asus_wmi
crc32c_intel           24576  0
ghash_clmulni_intel    16384  0
aesni_intel           172032  0
led_class              16384  1 asus_wmi
aes_x86_64             20480  1 aesni_intel
rfkill                 24576  2 cfg80211,asus_wmi
r8169                  81920  0
nouveau              1343488  4
ttm                    81920  1 nouveau
drm_kms_helper        106496  1 nouveau
snd_hda_codec_realtek    77824  1
snd_hda_codec_generic    69632  1 snd_hda_codec_realtek
lrw                    16384  1 aesni_intel
drm                   282624  7 ttm,drm_kms_helper,nouveau
gf128mul               16384  1 lrw
glue_helper            16384  1 aesni_intel
iTCO_wdt               16384  0
snd_hda_intel          28672  3
snd_hda_controller     28672  1 snd_hda_intel
snd_hda_codec          98304  4 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_controller
snd_hda_core           28672  4 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_controller
snd_hwdep              16384  1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm                90112  3 snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_controller
snd_timer              28672  1 snd_pcm
i2c_algo_bit           16384  1 nouveau
ablk_helper            16384  1 aesni_intel
iTCO_vendor_support    16384  1 iTCO_wdt
mxm_wmi                16384  1 nouveau
cryptd                 20480  3 ghash_clmulni_intel,aesni_intel,ablk_helper
mii                    16384  1 r8169
evdev                  24576  8
mac_hid                16384  0
snd                    69632  13 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hwdep,snd_timer,snd_pcm,snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel
pcspkr                 16384  0
psmouse               122880  0
mei_me                 24576  0
serio_raw              16384  0
i2c_i801               20480  0
mei                    77824  1 mei_me
i2c_core               49152  6 drm,i2c_i801,drm_kms_helper,i2c_algo_bit,adt7475,nouveau
lpc_ich                24576  0
soundcore              16384  1 snd
fan                    16384  0
shpchp                 36864  0
acpi_pad               16384  0
battery                20480  0
thermal                20480  0
wmi                    20480  3 mxm_wmi,nouveau,asus_wmi
tpm_infineon           20480  0
tpm_tis                20480  0
tpm                    32768  2 tpm_tis,tpm_infineon
video                  24576  2 nouveau,asus_wmi
processor              28672  0
button                 16384  1 nouveau
sch_fq_codel           20480  2
vboxdrv               356352  0
ip_tables              28672  5 iptable_security,iptable_filter,iptable_mangle,iptable_nat,iptable_raw
x_tables               28672  11 iptable_security,xt_pkttype,ip_tables,xt_tcpudp,xt_limit,xt_conntrack,xt_LOG,iptable_filter,ipt_REJECT,iptable_mangle,iptable_raw
ext4                  516096  2
crc16                  16384  1 ext4
mbcache                20480  1 ext4
jbd2                   90112  1 ext4
hid_generic            16384  0
usbhid                 49152  0
hid                   110592  2 hid_generic,usbhid
sr_mod                 24576  0
cdrom                  53248  1 sr_mod
sd_mod                 36864  5
atkbd                  24576  0
libps2                 16384  2 atkbd,psmouse
ahci                   36864  4
libahci                28672  1 ahci
libata                204800  2 ahci,libahci
ehci_pci               16384  0
xhci_pci               16384  0
scsi_mod              151552  3 libata,sd_mod,sr_mod
xhci_hcd              155648  1 xhci_pci
ehci_hcd               73728  1 ehci_pci
usbcore               200704  5 ehci_hcd,ehci_pci,usbhid,xhci_hcd,xhci_pci
usb_common             16384  1 usbcore
i8042                  20480  1 libps2
serio                  20480  6 serio_raw,atkbd,i8042,psmouse

Last edited by MikeW (2015-07-19 05:49:05)

raean · 2015-08-17 09:19:29

I have the same error appearing as well.
Like you I have no wireless card.
I have also experianced other networking issues as well.
With dhcpd writing over my resolve.conf fixed I think with a workaround, I susspect it is related but have little idea why.
I am keen to get to the bottom of the error but no luck so far.

Last edited by raean (2015-08-17 09:21:06)

hydn · 2015-09-15 19:41:28

This is the only thread I've found spcifitc to:
cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain
cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain
cfg80211: Exceeded CRDA call max attempts. Not calling CRDA

... anyone able to fix?

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#1 2015-07-17 04:41:59

Wireless modules loaded with no wireless adapter

#2 2015-07-18 20:13:16

Re: Wireless modules loaded with no wireless adapter

#3 2015-07-19 05:48:24

Re: Wireless modules loaded with no wireless adapter

#4 2015-08-17 09:19:29

Re: Wireless modules loaded with no wireless adapter

#5 2015-09-15 19:41:28

Re: Wireless modules loaded with no wireless adapter

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