[SOLVED] Wifi "No Wireless Extensions" error
by business_kid from LinuxQuestions.org on (#53HY2)
I tried a Backup restore to get rid of this but I still have it. I'm running Slackware64-Current of 03-2020.
I have a Qualcomm Atheros 9485(?) running for years on the ath9k module After a backup restore, I reinstalled the Kernel+modules (which was known working and compiled together), the kernel source, and kernel firmware package. This has up to date stuff, and some older stuff as well.
'lsmod | grep ath9k' shows ath9k and 3 or 4 other modules. 'grep -ir ath9k /lib/firmware/* shows 3/4 firmware blobs. I don't know how to check what firmware is loaded.
I even have a a -dd (double debug) on wpa_supplicant piped to a logfile. That shows working connections, where everything sits up, and registering frames is straight forward. What goes wrong now is that once it now tries to register a frame, the first instruction doesn't complete or goes out to lunch or pukes, and subsequent attempts fail because it's busy, or 'closed for lunch':). Does "Error-114" from those mean anything?
The interface goes 'up' & 'down' to order. iwconfig wlan0' says it doesn't support wireless extensions.
'iwlist wlan0 scan' says it doesn't support scanning. I haven't got network manager, so it's hands on, but I usually know what I'm doing.
'ifconfig -a' thinks it's an ethernet card:-/.
I even have an open 'guest access' network open which I should connect to with just dhcpcd, or dhclient, but neither oblige. If it wasn't related to dodgy software and the backup, I'd presume a hardware failure. The box is from 2013.
Any thoughts? Modules? Firmware? Hardware?
I have a Qualcomm Atheros 9485(?) running for years on the ath9k module After a backup restore, I reinstalled the Kernel+modules (which was known working and compiled together), the kernel source, and kernel firmware package. This has up to date stuff, and some older stuff as well.
'lsmod | grep ath9k' shows ath9k and 3 or 4 other modules. 'grep -ir ath9k /lib/firmware/* shows 3/4 firmware blobs. I don't know how to check what firmware is loaded.
I even have a a -dd (double debug) on wpa_supplicant piped to a logfile. That shows working connections, where everything sits up, and registering frames is straight forward. What goes wrong now is that once it now tries to register a frame, the first instruction doesn't complete or goes out to lunch or pukes, and subsequent attempts fail because it's busy, or 'closed for lunch':). Does "Error-114" from those mean anything?
The interface goes 'up' & 'down' to order. iwconfig wlan0' says it doesn't support wireless extensions.
'iwlist wlan0 scan' says it doesn't support scanning. I haven't got network manager, so it's hands on, but I usually know what I'm doing.
'ifconfig -a' thinks it's an ethernet card:-/.
I even have an open 'guest access' network open which I should connect to with just dhcpcd, or dhclient, but neither oblige. If it wasn't related to dodgy software and the backup, I'd presume a hardware failure. The box is from 2013.
Any thoughts? Modules? Firmware? Hardware?