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ojas

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Registered: 2016-10-15

Posts: 4

Broadcom wireless on Dell XPS 13 (9343) [Solved]

I have a broadcom wireless card in my laptop, and until recently I have had no problems using broadcom-wl-dkms. However, I'm now unable to connect to any wifi network. Android tethering works, which leads me to believe that the problem is caused by the wireless card/driver.

According to the comments on the AUR page for broadcom-wl-dkms, there was recently an issue which had to be patched. It would be unlikely that my issues are unrelated to that, since I'm fully up to date with what is available in the AUR.

Here is what systemctl status says about NetworkManager , with the name of my SSID omitted (the relevant wireless interface is on wlp2s0):

● NetworkManager.service - Network Manager
   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/NetworkManager.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
   Active: active (running) since Sat 2016-10-15 16:48:25 CDT; 1min 38s ago
     Docs: man:NetworkManager(8)
 Main PID: 283 (NetworkManager)
    Tasks: 4 (limit: 4915)
   CGroup: /system.slice/NetworkManager.service
           └─283 /usr/bin/NetworkManager --no-daemon

Oct 15 16:49:54 fozzie NetworkManager[283]: <info>  [1476568194.7992] device (wlp2s0): Activation: (wifi) access point '<my ssid>' has security, but secrets are required.
Oct 15 16:49:54 fozzie NetworkManager[283]: <info>  [1476568194.7992] device (wlp2s0): state change: config -> need-auth (reason 'none') [50 60 0]
Oct 15 16:49:54 fozzie NetworkManager[283]: <warn>  [1476568194.8075] device (wlp2s0): No agents were available for this request.
Oct 15 16:49:54 fozzie NetworkManager[283]: <info>  [1476568194.8075] device (wlp2s0): state change: need-auth -> failed (reason 'no-secrets') [60 120 7]
Oct 15 16:49:54 fozzie NetworkManager[283]: <info>  [1476568194.8077] manager: NetworkManager state is now DISCONNECTED
Oct 15 16:49:54 fozzie NetworkManager[283]: <warn>  [1476568194.8081] device (wlp2s0): Activation: failed for connection '<my ssid>'
Oct 15 16:49:54 fozzie NetworkManager[283]: <info>  [1476568194.8087] device (wlp2s0): state change: failed -> disconnected (reason 'none') [120 30 0]
Oct 15 16:49:54 fozzie NetworkManager[283]: <info>  [1476568194.8093] device (wlp2s0): set-hw-addr: set MAC address to E6:6E:0A:E5:2C:A7 (scanning)
Oct 15 16:49:54 fozzie NetworkManager[283]: <info>  [1476568194.8214] device (wlp2s0): supplicant interface state: inactive -> disconnected
Oct 15 16:49:54 fozzie NetworkManager[283]: <info>  [1476568194.8716] device (wlp2s0): supplicant interface state: disconnected -> inactive

What could the source of my issue be? Please let me know if I need to provide any more information.

Last edited by ojas (2016-10-15 23:32:19)

soren121

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Registered: 2011-11-20

Posts: 9

Re: Broadcom wireless on Dell XPS 13 (9343) [Solved]

Oct 15 16:49:54 fozzie NetworkManager[283]: <info>  [1476568194.7992] device (wlp2s0): Activation: (wifi) access point '<my ssid>' has security, but secrets are required.
Oct 15 16:49:54 fozzie NetworkManager[283]: <info>  [1476568194.7992] device (wlp2s0): state change: config -> need-auth (reason 'none') [50 60 0]
Oct 15 16:49:54 fozzie NetworkManager[283]: <warn>  [1476568194.8075] device (wlp2s0): No agents were available for this request.
Oct 15 16:49:54 fozzie NetworkManager[283]: <info>  [1476568194.8075] device (wlp2s0): state change: need-auth -> failed (reason 'no-secrets') [60 120 7]
Oct 15 16:49:54 fozzie NetworkManager[283]: <info>  [1476568194.8077] manager: NetworkManager state is now DISCONNECTED

The above lines are the important bits. NetworkManager is trying to fetch your WiFi password, but your system's keyring is unavailable. Check to see if gnome-keyring is started and unlocked.

ojas

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Registered: 2016-10-15

Posts: 4

Re: Broadcom wireless on Dell XPS 13 (9343) [Solved]

OK, I just installed gnome-keyring and the problem went away. It's a little strange because this is the first time I installed gnome-keyring and NetworkManager worked fine before without it. Thanks for the help.