[Pkg-utopia-maintainers] Bug#823791: network-manager: Debian Stretch does NOT automatically establish a wireless connection for wireless USB adapter

[nice sw123]

On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 7:06 AM, nicesw123 <nicesw123 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Package: network-manager
> Version: 1.2.0-1
> Severity: normal
>
> Dear Maintainer,
>
> on Debian Stretch, my wireless USB adapter (which needs firmware-realtek),
> does NOT automatically establish a wireless connection.
>
> Under the Gnome pop-up (click top-left screen edge),
I meant top-right
> I do NOT see anything about wireless.
>
> dmesg shows
> ~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> [    5.742746] r8712u: module is from the staging directory, the quality is unknown, you have been warned.
> [    5.744667] r8712u: register rtl8712_netdev_ops to netdev_ops
> [    5.744680] usb 1-2: r8712u: USB_SPEED_HIGH with 4 endpoints
> [    5.745025] usb 1-2: r8712u: Boot from EFUSE: Autoload OK
> [    6.062112] usb 1-2: r8712u: CustomerID = 0x000a
> [    6.062120] usb 1-2: r8712u: MAC Address from efuse = 00:87:33:55:3e:50
> [    6.062124] usb 1-2: r8712u: Loading firmware from "rtlwifi/rtl8712u.bin"
> [    6.062281] usbcore: registered new interface driver r8712u
> [    6.065014] usb 1-2: firmware: direct-loading firmware rtlwifi/rtl8712u.bin
> [    6.070499] r8712u 1-2:1.0 wlx008733553e50: renamed from wlan0
>
>
>
>
>
>
> My current (manual) workaround: I need to manually issue this command:
> sudo service network-manager restart
> ============================
>
>
> Then  wireless appears in the Gnome pop-up and connects!
>
> dmesg then shows:
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> [   63.913619] e1000e: enp0s31f6 NIC Link is Down
> [   64.085767] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlx008733553e50: link is not ready
> [   64.787502] r8712u 1-2:1.0 wlx008733553e50: 1 RCR=0x153f00e
> [   64.788051] r8712u 1-2:1.0 wlx008733553e50: 2 RCR=0x553f00e
> [   64.891374] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlx008733553e50: link is not ready
> [   64.897949] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): enp0s31f6: link is not ready
> [   65.099325] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): enp0s31f6: link is not ready
> [   65.176494] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlx008733553e50: link is not ready
> [   75.638776] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlx008733553e50: link becomes ready
>
>
> Thanks for any pointers.
>
>

Seems to be working now... Wireless connects automatically.