Qualcomm Atheros AR9485 plugin missing

ben79 · October 18, 2017, 3:29am

Hello,

OpenMandriva Lx version:

Lx 3 fully updated

Desktop environment (KDE, LXQT…):
Plasma5
Description of the issue (screenshots if relevant):
wlp2s0: unmanaged
“Qualcomm Atheros AR9485 Wireless Network Adapter”
wifi (ath9k), 40:F0:2F:B1:03:8C, plugin missing, hw, mtu 1500
Relevant informations (hardware involved, software version, logs or output…):
see above

So what provides the plugin for “Qualcomm Atheros AR9485 Wireless Network Adapter”
wifi (ath9k), 40:F0:2F:B1:03:8C???

and why would it go missing from an OM Lx 3 system? Wifi worked in this system for weeks.

ben79 · October 18, 2017, 4:40am

I believe the below shows that I have a working driver and a missing plugin:

# lspci -nnk | grep -A2 0280
02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Qualcomm Atheros AR9485 Wireless Network Adapter [168c:0032] (rev 01)
        Subsystem: Lite-On Communications Inc AR9485 Wireless Network Adapter [11ad:6627]
        Kernel driver in use: ath9k
        
# lsmod | grep -e ath9k -e asus
asus_nb_wmi            28672  0
asus_wmi               28672  1 asus_nb_wmi
sparse_keymap          16384  1 asus_wmi
ath9k                 114688  0
ath9k_common           16384  1 ath9k
ath9k_hw              471040  2 ath9k,ath9k_common
ath                    32768  3 ath9k_hw,ath9k,ath9k_common
mac80211              675840  1 ath9k
cfg80211              610304  4 mac80211,ath9k,ath,ath9k_common
rfkill                 24576  5 asus_wmi,cfg80211
wmi                    24576  1 asus_wmi
video                  40960  2 asus_wmi,i915

# systemctl start wpa_supplicant.service

# systemctl enable wpa_supplicant.service

# nmcli
enp3s0f2: disconnected
        "Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller"
        ethernet (r8169), BC:EE:7B:2F:91:E5, hw, mtu 1500                                                       

lo: unmanaged
        "lo"
        loopback (unknown), 00:00:00:00:00:00, sw, mtu 65536

wlp2s0: unmanaged
        "Qualcomm Atheros AR9485 Wireless Network Adapter"
        wifi (ath9k), 40:F0:2F:B1:03:8C, plugin missing, hw, mtu 1500

ben79 · October 18, 2017, 4:43am

And this shows 5 plugins not loaded:

# journalctl -r -u NetworkManager.service
...
    Oct 17 22:51:50 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[3946]: <info>  [1508298710.9302] device (lo): link connected
    Oct 17 22:51:50 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[3946]: <warn>  [1508298710.9188] (/libnm-device-plugin-team.so): failed to load plugin: /usr/lib64/NetworkManager/libnm-device-plugin-team.so: undefined symbol: nm_device_get_configured_mtu_for_wired
    Oct 17 22:51:50 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[3946]: <warn>  [1508298710.8225] (/libnm-device-plugin-wwan.so): failed to load plugin: /usr/lib64/NetworkManager/libnm-wwan.so: undefined symbol: _nm_logging_enabled_state
    Oct 17 22:51:50 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[3946]: <warn>  [1508298710.8056] (/libnm-device-plugin-adsl.so): failed to load plugin: /usr/lib64/NetworkManager/libnm-device-plugin-adsl.so: undefined symbol: _nm_logging_enabled_state
    Oct 17 22:51:50 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[3946]: <warn>  [1508298710.7812] (/libnm-device-plugin-bluetooth.so): failed to load plugin: /usr/lib64/NetworkManager/libnm-wwan.so: undefined symbol: _nm_logging_enabled_state
    Oct 17 22:51:50 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[3946]: <warn>  [1508298710.7031] (/libnm-device-plugin-wifi.so): failed to load plugin: /usr/lib64/NetworkManager/libnm-device-plugin-wifi.so: undefined symbol: _nm_logging_enabled_state

PostEdit: Here are 2 more plugins that journalctl shows not loading:

Oct 18 11:13:59 ben79-pc NetworkManager[4255]: <warn>  [1508343239.6692] settings: could not load plugin 'ibft' from file '/usr/lib64/NetworkManager/libnm-settings-plugin-ibft.so': /usr/lib64/NetworkManager/libnm-settings-plugin-ibft.so: undefined symbol: _nm_logging_en>
Oct 18 11:13:59 ben79-pc NetworkManager[4255]: <warn>  [1508343239.6678] settings: could not load plugin 'ifcfg-rh' from file '/usr/lib64/NetworkManager/libnm-settings-plugin-ifcfg-rh.so': /usr/lib64/NetworkManager/libnm-settings-plugin-ifcfg-rh.so: undefined symbol: _n>

ben79 · October 18, 2017, 4:48am

So I had to downgrade some packages indicating that there is a bug in networkmanager 1.8.4-1 packages in testing repo. So I need to do a bug report when I get time… Any way problem is resolved.

Note: The networkmanager 1.6.2-1 packages in main-updates repo are working OK.

ben79 · October 18, 2017, 4:50am

The answer appears to be that something is missing from networkmanager 1.8.4-1 packages in main-testing repo. PostEdit: Perhaps a linking issue?

This is shown in output of:

# journalctl -r -u NetworkManager.service

mandian · October 18, 2017, 1:44pm

Are networkmanager and its libraries at the same version?

ben79 · October 18, 2017, 4:25pm

Yes, all the packages that are the same version that are the same version to begin with.

ben79 · October 18, 2017, 4:45pm

The files exist where they are supposed to or so it seems so it must be a linking issue. Any way the problem is these 5 plugins not loading with the new networkmanager/nm packages in main-testing.

libnm-device-plugin-bluetooth.so
libnm-device-plugin-adsl.so
libnm-device-plugin-wifi.so
libnm-device-plugin-team.so
libnm-device-plugin-wwan.so

and when I downgrade networkmanager and nm packages back to what is in main-updates then they do load.

Hope this makes sense.

ben79 · October 20, 2017, 5:23pm

This issue is being worked on by developers. “In Progress”.

Edit: https://forum3.openmandriva.org/t/networkmanager-packages-in-main-testing-seem-to-break-wifi/1472

ben79 · November 22, 2017, 7:43pm

This must be solved. Closing topic.