Kernel 5.8.3-arch1-1-surface breaks wifi connection. #267

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1. qzed commented on Aug 24, 2020

   

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   There's an open issue for this on the kernel repo: linux-surface/kernel#54. There haven't been any changes regarding wifi from our side between v5.8.1 and v5.8.3, so must have likely be caused by an upstream change.

   Interesting to note is also that all reports I've seen so far are from Manjaro.
2. claucambra commented on Aug 24, 2020

   

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   Have been having this issue since last night on my Surface Pro 6. WiFi works out of the box after installation of a distro, but fails to authenticate with password-protected networks after installing the Linux-Surface kernel. Simply keeps asking to introduce the password. Occurs on Ubuntu 20.04 (and derivatives Pop_OS and KDE Neon) as well as Manjaro.

   Connects to my phone hotspot fine but not to my home WiFi network. WiFi works perfectly on Windows, but no surprises there.

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3. Demonstrandum commented on Aug 26, 2020

   

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   Same problem here, authentication just suddenly started always failing after upgrading, both on LTS and latest! [Surface Book 2]

   I use LTS, downgraded it and works again.
4. qzed commented on Aug 26, 2020

   

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   Upstream discussion is taking place here. It's not included in upstream v5.8.4 yet, but I'll add it to our patches for now. So our next release should fix this.
5. johentsch commented on Aug 27, 2020

   

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   I got the same problem, also on Manjaro, since the last update.

   Hardware: Surface Pro 3
   Kernel: 5.8.3-arch1-1-surface
   OS: Manjaro 20.1

   Output of lspci -k:

   Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88W8897 [AVASTAR] 802.11ac Wireless
   	Subsystem: SafeNet (wrong ID) Device 045e
   	Kernel driver in use: mwifiex_pcie
   	Kernel modules: mwifiex_pcie
   

   journalctl -b from trying to connect to SSID warumnicht?:

   info: trying to associate to 'warumnicht?' bssid 34:81:c4:e7:05:0d
   [1598521328.1410] device (wlp1s0): supplicant interface state: scanning -> associating
   info: associated to bssid 34:81:c4:e7:05:0d successfully
   [1598521328.1411] device (p2p-dev-wlp1s0): supplicant management interface state: scanning -> associating
   wlp1s0: Associated with 34:81:c4:e7:05:0d
   wlp1s0: CTRL-EVENT-SUBNET-STATUS-UPDATE status=0
   nl80211: kernel reports: key addition failed
   wlp1s0: WPA: Failed to set GTK to the driver (alg=2 keylen=32 keyidx=1)
   wlp1s0: RSN: Failed to configure GTK
   [1598521328.1497] device (wlp1s0): supplicant interface state: associating -> 4way_handshake
   [1598521328.1497] device (p2p-dev-wlp1s0): supplicant management interface state: associating -> 4way_handshake
   crypto keys added
   wlp1s0: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=34:81:c4:e7:05:0d reason=1 locally_generated=1
   info: successfully disconnected from 34:81:c4:e7:05:0d: reason code 3
   
6. qzed commented on Aug 28, 2020

   

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   New releases with the fix are currently building.

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   changed the title [-]Kernel 5.8.3-arch1-1-surface breaks wifi connection on SB2 under Manjaro[/-] [+]Kernel 5.8.3-arch1-1-surface breaks wifi connection.[/+] on Aug 28, 2020
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   A: mwifiexArea: Marvell WiFi driverArea: Marvell WiFi driver

   C: bug (upstream)Category: Upstream bugCategory: Upstream bug

   on Aug 28, 2020
9. qzed commented on Aug 28, 2020

   

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   New releases should be live in a couple of minutes.
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    closed this as completedon Aug 28, 2020