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Bug 866695 - net-misc/networkmanager-1.38.4 update breaks wifi
Summary: net-misc/networkmanager-1.38.4 update breaks wifi
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: Normal major with 1 vote (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo Linux Gnome Desktop Team
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Reported: 2022-08-26 14:43 UTC by Thomas Capricelli
Modified: 2022-12-04 21:29 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Description Thomas Capricelli 2022-08-26 14:43:16 UTC
I dont use iwd, never did, and actually doesn't really know what's all about.
After updating, my wifi doesn't work anymore. After checking kernel/drivers/firmware and spent lot of time, i noticed this in my logs:

Aug 26 16:21:32 falco dbus-daemon[4831]: [system] Activated service 'net.connman.iwd' failed: Launch helper exited with unknown return code 1
Aug 26 16:21:32 falco /etc/init.d/NetworkManager[11409]: status: starting
Aug 26 16:21:32 falco /etc/init.d/NetworkManager[11423]: status: starting
Aug 26 16:21:32 falco NetworkManager[11383]: <error> [1661523692.6313] iwd-manager[0x5602e89bd220]: failed to acquire IWD Object Manager: Wi-Fi will not be available (Error calling StartServiceByName for net.connman.iwd: Launch helper exited with unknown return code 1)

And then, i noticed that 1.38.4 has +iwd, which my previous version (1.38.2) didn't have.

So i started /etc/init.d/iwd, but it crashes (according to rc-status), and i still can't connect.

I'm aware of #865017, but i'm not asking for a warning. This update broke my system.

Current workaround:
I had to -iwd the package, and connect through a usb-ethernet dongle to be able to re-emerge.

Reproducible: Always
Comment 1 Larry the Git Cow gentoo-dev 2022-09-01 01:20:40 UTC
The bug has been referenced in the following commit(s):

https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=38afc66020477751400387f6eca0739f4f5b50eb

commit 38afc66020477751400387f6eca0739f4f5b50eb
Author:     Matt Turner <mattst88@gentoo.org>
AuthorDate: 2022-09-01 00:57:46 +0000
Commit:     Matt Turner <mattst88@gentoo.org>
CommitDate: 2022-09-01 01:20:22 +0000

    net-misc/networkmanager: Disable USE=iwd by default in v1.38
    
    Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/865017
    Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/866695
    Signed-off-by: Matt Turner <mattst88@gentoo.org>

 net-misc/networkmanager/networkmanager-1.38.4.ebuild | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
Comment 2 Matt Turner gentoo-dev 2022-12-04 19:01:17 UTC
Default is for iwd to be disabled again.
Comment 3 Thomas Capricelli 2022-12-04 21:29:54 UTC
Yes, i can confirm, thanks !