[Bug 841324] New: wireless receives at variable strength
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=841324 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=841324#c0 Summary: wireless receives at variable strength Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE Factory Version: 13.1 Beta 1 Platform: x86-64 OS/Version: SUSE Other Status: NEW Severity: Major Priority: P5 - None Component: Network AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: munguanaweza@netzero.net QAContact: qa-bugs@suse.de Found By: --- Blocker: --- User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:23.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/23.0 The wireless receiver using rtl8192se and network manager receives at variable strength from the same position. The receiver icon shows that its strength is varying, and when it is strong I can receive well. When the icon shows low strength, I can't receive well and I can't download at good speed and often lose the internet completely. To regain connection to the wireless network, I have to use #rcnetwork restart, or more often I have to reboot the laptop. I can only achieve connection to my wlan only using networkmanager on 13.1. If I try to use ifup, I can't connect to the internet with 13.1. I can boot opensuse 12.3 on this same laptop, and from the same location the receiver always shows good strength and receives well. I am able to stay connected without fail to the internet, and can download with good speed without fail. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Connect to the internet using any wlan network 2. After 5 to 10 minutes, the wlan connection will weaken 3. At random, the reception strength will improve Actual Results: As described above. Expected Results: I should be able to connect to the internet via a wlan network with good reception strength and be able to download at good speed. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=841324 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=841324#c1 --- Comment #1 from Mark Misulich <munguanaweza@netzero.net> 2013-09-19 15:52:00 UTC --- I have been using opensuse 13.1 since milestone 1, and have experienced this problem from the start. I have waited to report the bug till Beta 1 since I had hoped that it would be resolved by the developers as the software was refined. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=841324 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=841324#c Matt Chen <machen@suse.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |machen@suse.com AssignedTo|bnc-team-screening@forge.pr |machen@suse.com |ovo.novell.com | -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=841324 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=841324#c2 Matt Chen <machen@suse.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |NEEDINFO InfoProvider| |munguanaweza@netzero.net --- Comment #2 from Matt Chen <machen@suse.com> 2013-10-01 14:12:40 CST --- Hi Mark, It would be good if you provide few files. Please follow below: 1) add "-ddddt" to /usr/share/dbus-1/system-services/fi.w1.wpa_supplicant1.service, looked like : Exec=/usr/sbin/wpa_supplicant -c /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf -u -O /var/run/wpa_supplicant -ddddt -f /var/log/wpa_supplicant.log 2) reboot to duplicate this issue. Please attach 3 files : 1) /var/log/messages 2) /var/log/NetworkManager 3) /var/log/wpa_supplicant.log -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=841324 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=841324#c3 --- Comment #3 from Mark Misulich <munguanaweza@netzero.net> 2013-10-10 16:56:59 UTC --- Hi Matt, I have tried to run the bash commands you posted without success. #Exec=/usr/sbin/wpa_supplicant -c /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf -u -O /var/run/wpa_supplicant -ddddt -f /var/log/wpa_supplicant.log Here are the results: # Exec=/usr/sbin/wpa_supplicant -c /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf -u -O If '-c' is not a typo you can use command-not-found to lookup the package that contains it, like this: cnf -c or # /var/run/wpa_supplicant -ddddt -f /var/log/wpa_supplicant.log bash: /var/run/wpa_supplicant: No such file or directory or # /usr/sbin/wpa_supplicant -c /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf -u -O /usr/sbin/wpa_supplicant: option requires an argument -- 'O' wpa_supplicant v2.0 Copyright (c) 2003-2012, Jouni Malinen <j@w1.fi> and contributors This software may be distributed under the terms of the BSD license. See README for more details. This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project for use in the OpenSSL Toolkit (http://www.openssl.org/) usage: wpa_supplicant [-BddhKLqqstuvW] [-P<pid file>] [-g<global ctrl>] \ -i<ifname> -c<config file> [-C<ctrl>] [-D<driver>] [-p<driver_param>] \ [-b<br_ifname>] [-f<debug file>] [-e<entropy file>] \ [-o<override driver>] [-O<override ctrl>] \ [-N -i<ifname> -c<conf> [-C<ctrl>] [-D<driver>] \ [-p<driver_param>] [-b<br_ifname>] ...] drivers: wext = Linux wireless extensions (generic) nl80211 = Linux nl80211/cfg80211 wired = Wired Ethernet driver options: -b = optional bridge interface name -B = run daemon in the background -c = Configuration file -C = ctrl_interface parameter (only used if -c is not) -i = interface name -d = increase debugging verbosity (-dd even more) -D = driver name (can be multiple drivers: nl80211,wext) -e = entropy file -f = log output to debug file instead of stdout -g = global ctrl_interface -K = include keys (passwords, etc.) in debug output -t = include timestamp in debug messages -h = show this help text -L = show license (BSD) -o = override driver parameter for new interfaces -O = override ctrl_interface parameter for new interfaces -p = driver parameters -P = PID file -q = decrease debugging verbosity (-qq even less) -u = enable DBus control interface -v = show version -W = wait for a control interface monitor before starting -N = start describing new interface example: wpa_supplicant -Dwext -iwlan0 -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf Can you take a look at the commands and help me to do this correctly for you? Thanks, Mark -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=841324 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=841324#c4 --- Comment #4 from Matt Chen <machen@suse.com> 2013-10-11 11:26:35 CST --- Hi Mark, There is something I missed, sorry for it. You should create a folder as "mkdir -p /var/run/wpa_supplicant" and " chmod 777 /var/run/wpa_supplicant". And then follow comment#2. But if you would like to do it manually, please kill the already running wpa_supplicant process because it should be run when boot to system. Let me know it it works to you or not. :) -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=841324 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=841324#c5 --- Comment #5 from Mark Misulich <munguanaweza@netzero.net> 2013-10-14 12:07:14 UTC --- Hi Matt, after running the bash commands in comment #4, then proceeding, this is the result: #Exec=/usr/sbin/wpa_supplicant -c /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf -u -O If '-c' is not a typo you can use command-not-found to lookup the package that contains it, like this: cnf -c Regards, Mark -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=841324 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=841324#c6 --- Comment #6 from Matt Chen <machen@suse.com> 2013-10-22 15:02:31 CST --- Err...that's weird. you just need to add "-dddt" and "-O /var/run/wpa_supplicant", "-O" is a capital o, not zero.[1] Generally the strength is from AP's beacon and it is always updated. If you run "iw wlan0 scan", you shall find the signal is not constantly in every scan. [1] this is how my configure file look like: matt@linux-vbio:~> cat /usr/share/dbus-1/system-services/fi.w1.wpa_supplicant1.service [D-BUS Service] Name=fi.w1.wpa_supplicant1 Exec=/usr/sbin/wpa_supplicant -c /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf -u -O /var/run/wpa_supplicant -ddddt -f /var/log/wpa_supplicant.log User=root -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=841324 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=841324#c7 --- Comment #7 from Mark Misulich <munguanaweza@netzero.net> 2013-10-28 12:51:09 UTC --- Hi Matt, I believe that I have followed your instructions, please review them as they don't seem to be working. I copied and pasted your bash commands from this bug directly to Konsole, so any typing errors would have been eliminated. I have the laptop in the shop for repair of the hinges on the screen. It may delay my reply a week or so. Mark -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=841324 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=841324#c Xiyuan Liu <xyliu@suse.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AssignedTo|bnc-team-screening@forge.pr |os.gnome.maintainers@gmail. |ovo.novell.com |com -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
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