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FranoGames

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[Solved] Alfa AWUS036ACH always dormant after updating kernel to 6.9

Titel says it all.
Driver: https://github.com/aircrack-ng/rtl8812au
relevant ip addr output:

wlp49s0f3u3: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 2312 qdisc mq state DORMANT group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 42:70:da:5d:3d:09 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff permaddr 00:c0:ca:ab:aa:b7

WPA Supplicant/ NM unit status:

● wpa_supplicant.service - WPA supplicant
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/wpa_supplicant.service; disabled; preset: disabled)
     Active: active (running) since Sat 2024-05-18 17:46:50 CEST; 1h 39min ago
   Main PID: 1090 (wpa_supplicant)
      Tasks: 1 (limit: 38366)
     Memory: 5.8M (peak: 6.3M)
        CPU: 402ms
     CGroup: /system.slice/wpa_supplicant.service
             └─1090 /usr/bin/wpa_supplicant -u -s -O /run/wpa_supplicant

May 18 19:23:55 DrEgbert2 wpa_supplicant[1090]: wlp49s0f3u3: CTRL-EVENT-DSCP-POLICY clear_all
May 18 19:23:55 DrEgbert2 wpa_supplicant[1090]: nl80211: deinit ifname=wlp49s0f3u3 disabled_11b_rates=0
May 18 19:24:01 DrEgbert2 wpa_supplicant[1090]: wlp49s0f3u3: CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-FAILED ret=-1
May 18 19:24:05 DrEgbert2 wpa_supplicant[1090]: wlp49s0f3u3: CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-FAILED ret=-1
May 18 19:24:10 DrEgbert2 wpa_supplicant[1090]: wlp49s0f3u3: CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-FAILED ret=-1
May 18 19:24:17 DrEgbert2 wpa_supplicant[1090]: wlp49s0f3u3: CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-FAILED ret=-1
May 18 19:24:27 DrEgbert2 wpa_supplicant[1090]: wlp49s0f3u3: CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-FAILED ret=-1
May 18 19:24:41 DrEgbert2 wpa_supplicant[1090]: wlp49s0f3u3: CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-FAILED ret=-1
May 18 19:25:01 DrEgbert2 wpa_supplicant[1090]: wlp49s0f3u3: CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-FAILED ret=-1
May 18 19:25:30 DrEgbert2 wpa_supplicant[1090]: wlp49s0f3u3: CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-FAILED ret=-1

● NetworkManager.service - Network Manager
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/NetworkManager.service; enabled; preset: disabled)
     Active: active (running) since Sat 2024-05-18 15:52:27 CEST; 3h 33min ago
       Docs: man:NetworkManager(8)
   Main PID: 6165 (NetworkManager)
      Tasks: 4 (limit: 38366)
     Memory: 5.1M (peak: 6.1M)
        CPU: 10.893s
     CGroup: /system.slice/NetworkManager.service
             └─6165 /usr/bin/NetworkManager --no-daemon

May 18 19:23:59 DrEgbert2 NetworkManager[6165]: <info>  [1716053039.6519] device (wlan0): interface index 32 renamed iface from 'wlan0' to 'wlp49s0f3u3'
May 18 19:23:59 DrEgbert2 NetworkManager[6165]: <info>  [1716053039.6534] rfkill22: found Wi-Fi radio killswitch (at /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:08.1/0000:31:00.3/usb5/5-3/5-3:1.0/ieee80211/phy21/rfkill22) (driver rtl88XXau)
May 18 19:23:59 DrEgbert2 NetworkManager[6165]: <info>  [1716053039.6563] device (wlp49s0f3u3): state change: unmanaged -> unavailable (reason 'managed', sys-iface-state: 'external')
May 18 19:24:01 DrEgbert2 NetworkManager[6165]: <info>  [1716053041.4368] device (wlp49s0f3u3): set-hw-addr: set MAC address to 42:70:DA:5D:3D:09 (scanning)
May 18 19:24:01 DrEgbert2 NetworkManager[6165]: <info>  [1716053041.4886] device (wlp49s0f3u3): supplicant interface state: internal-starting -> disconnected
May 18 19:24:01 DrEgbert2 NetworkManager[6165]: <info>  [1716053041.4886] Wi-Fi P2P device controlled by interface wlp49s0f3u3 created
May 18 19:24:01 DrEgbert2 NetworkManager[6165]: <info>  [1716053041.4888] manager: (p2p-dev-wlp49s0f3u3): new 802.11 Wi-Fi P2P device (/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/37)
May 18 19:24:01 DrEgbert2 NetworkManager[6165]: <info>  [1716053041.4889] device (p2p-dev-wlp49s0f3u3): state change: unmanaged -> unavailable (reason 'managed', sys-iface-state: 'external')
May 18 19:24:01 DrEgbert2 NetworkManager[6165]: <info>  [1716053041.4891] device (wlp49s0f3u3): state change: unavailable -> disconnected (reason 'supplicant-available', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
May 18 19:24:01 DrEgbert2 NetworkManager[6165]: <info>  [1716053041.4896] device (p2p-dev-wlp49s0f3u3): state change: unavailable -> disconnected (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')

dmesg:

[13055.578524] usb 5-3: new high-speed USB device number 26 using xhci_hcd
[13055.908531] usb 5-3: device descriptor read/64, error -71
[13056.161011] usb 5-3: New USB device found, idVendor=0bda, idProduct=8812, bcdDevice= 0.00
[13056.161017] usb 5-3: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[13056.161019] usb 5-3: Product: 802.11n NIC
[13056.161021] usb 5-3: Manufacturer: Realtek
[13056.161023] usb 5-3: SerialNumber: 123456
[13057.034833] usb 5-3: 88XXau 00:c0:ca:ab:aa:b7 hw_info[d7]
[13057.093417] rtl88XXau 5-3:1.0 wlp49s0f3u3: renamed from wlan0

journalctl -xe also only outputs

wpa_supplicant[1090]: wlp49s0f3u3: CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-FAILED ret=-1

iw dev wlp49s0f3u3 scan:

command failed: Operation not permitted (-1)

It does not matter if iw is run as root or not.
Device file permissions:

crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 189, 514 May 18 17:46 /dev/bus/usb/005/003

Last edited by FranoGames (2024-05-19 11:37:50)

FranoGames

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Re: [Solved] Alfa AWUS036ACH always dormant after updating kernel to 6.9

Solved by switching to https://github.com/morrownr/8812au-20210820