external wifi suddenly stop working in debian 11
First of all hello everyone ,
about a few days ago my external wifi suddenly stop working, before that it works fine.
external wifi is :- Realtek RTL8188CUS 802.11n WLAN Adapter
i have also downloaded proper driver firmware-realtek
and the command i use to get this was sudo tail -n 0 -f /var/log/syslog
Jun 17 17:30:05 debian kernel: [ 3071.519443] usb 4-2: new high-speed USB device number 7 using ehci-pci
Jun 17 17:30:06 debian kernel: [ 3071.686056] usb 4-2: New USB device found, idVendor=0bda, idProduct=8176, bcdDevice= 2.00
Jun 17 17:30:06 debian kernel: [ 3071.686067] usb 4-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
Jun 17 17:30:06 debian kernel: [ 3071.686073] usb 4-2: Product: 802.11n WLAN Adapter
Jun 17 17:30:06 debian kernel: [ 3071.686078] usb 4-2: Manufacturer: Realtek
Jun 17 17:30:06 debian kernel: [ 3071.686083] usb 4-2: SerialNumber: 00e04c000001
Jun 17 17:30:06 debian kernel: [ 3071.687052] rtl8192cu: Chip version 0x10
Jun 17 17:30:06 debian kernel: [ 3071.795577] rtl8192cu: Board Type 0
Jun 17 17:30:06 debian kernel: [ 3071.795800] rtl_usb: rx_max_size 15360, rx_urb_num 8, in_ep 1
Jun 17 17:30:06 debian kernel: [ 3071.795858] rtl8192cu: Loading firmware rtlwifi/rtl8192cufw_TMSC.bin
Jun 17 17:30:06 debian kernel: [ 3071.795919] ieee80211 phy3: Selected rate control algorithm 'rtl_rc'
Jun 17 17:30:06 debian kernel: [ 3071.798112] usb 4-2: firmware: direct-loading firmware rtlwifi/rtl8192cufw_TMSC.bin
Jun 17 17:30:06 debian NetworkManager[1028]: <info> [1655467206.2654] device (wlan1): driver supports Access Point (AP) mode
Jun 17 17:30:06 debian NetworkManager[1028]: <info> [1655467206.2672] manager: (wlan1): new 802.11 Wi-Fi device (/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/8)
Jun 17 17:30:06 debian mtp-probe: checking bus 4, device 7: "/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb4/4-2"
Jun 17 17:30:06 debian mtp-probe: bus: 4, device: 7 was not an MTP device
Jun 17 17:30:06 debian NetworkManager[1028]: <info> [1655467206.8913] rfkill6: found Wi-Fi radio killswitch (at /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb4/4-2/4-2:1.0/ieee80211/phy3/rfkill6) (driver rtl8192cu)
Jun 17 17:30:06 debian systemd-udevd[5801]: Using default interface naming scheme 'v247'.
Jun 17 17:30:06 debian upowerd[2643]: treating change event as add on /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb4/4-2
Jun 17 17:30:06 debian systemd-udevd[5801]: ethtool: autonegotiation is unset or enabled, the speed and duplex are not writable.
Jun 17 17:30:06 debian kernel: [ 3072.435580] rtl8192cu 4-2:1.0 wlx000f009afb44: renamed from wlan1
Jun 17 17:30:06 debian NetworkManager[1028]: <info> [1655467206.9143] device (wlan1): interface index 6 renamed iface from 'wlan1' to 'wlx000f009afb44'
Jun 17 17:30:06 debian NetworkManager[1028]: <info> [1655467206.9367] device (wlx000f009afb44): state change: unmanaged -> unavailable (reason 'managed', sys-iface-state: 'external')
Jun 17 17:30:06 debian kernel: [ 3072.479043] rtl8192cu: MAC auto ON okay!
Jun 17 17:30:06 debian mtp-probe: checking bus 4, device 7: "/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb4/4-2"
Jun 17 17:30:06 debian mtp-probe: bus: 4, device: 7 was not an MTP device
Jun 17 17:30:06 debian systemd-udevd[5808]: Using default interface naming scheme 'v247'.
Jun 17 17:30:06 debian kernel: [ 3072.519673] rtl8192cu: Tx queue select: 0x05
Jun 17 17:30:07 debian systemd-udevd[5808]: ethtool: autonegotiation is unset or enabled, the speed and duplex are not writable.
Jun 17 17:30:07 debian NetworkManager[1028]: <info> [1655467207.5734] device (wlx000f009afb44): set-hw-addr: set MAC address to 9E:54:F0:13:9E:55 (scanning)
Jun 17 17:30:07 debian kernel: [ 3073.110921] rtl8192cu: MAC auto ON okay!
Jun 17 17:30:07 debian kernel: [ 3073.144439] rtl8192cu: Tx queue select: 0x05
Jun 17 17:30:08 debian NetworkManager[1028]: <info> [1655467208.2268] device (wlx000f009afb44): supplicant interface state: internal-starting -> disconnected
Jun 17 17:30:08 debian NetworkManager[1028]: <info> [1655467208.2270] Wi-Fi P2P device controlled by interface wlx000f009afb44 created
Jun 17 17:30:08 debian NetworkManager[1028]: <info> [1655467208.2275] manager: (p2p-dev-wlx000f009afb44): new 802.11 Wi-Fi P2P device (/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/9)
Jun 17 17:30:08 debian NetworkManager[1028]: <info> [1655467208.2289] device (p2p-dev-wlx000f009afb44): state change: unmanaged -> unavailable (reason 'managed', sys-iface-state: 'external')
Jun 17 17:30:08 debian NetworkManager[1028]: <warn> [1655467208.2323] sup-iface[4f1c29ddf8600cb4,4,wlx000f009afb44]: call-p2p-cancel: failed with P2P cancel failed
Jun 17 17:30:08 debian NetworkManager[1028]: <info> [1655467208.2330] device (wlx000f009afb44): state change: unavailable -> disconnected (reason 'supplicant-available', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
Jun 17 17:30:08 debian NetworkManager[1028]: <warn> [1655467208.2356] device (wlx000f009afb44): wifi-scan: active scanning for networks due to profiles with wifi.hidden=yes. This makes you trackable
Jun 17 17:30:08 debian NetworkManager[1028]: <info> [1655467208.2365] device (p2p-dev-wlx000f009afb44): state change: unavailable -> disconnected (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
Jun 17 17:30:09 debian ModemManager[1066]: <info> [base-manager] couldn't check support for device '/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb4/4-2': not supported by any plugin
but my internal laptop wifi card work.
I think it a hardware problem of my wifi card because i reinstalled debian but the problem is still standing.
From your comments:
Jun 21 17:48:01 debian NetworkManager[426]: <info> [1655813881.3759] audit: op="connection-activate" uuid="21bab4de-4c64-4c22-beec-24fe7ea99192" name="Redmi 9 Prime" pid=2044 uid=1000 result="fail" reason="Connection 'Redmi 9 Prime' is not available on device wlx000f009afb44 because profile is not compatible with device (mismatching interface name)"
This message indicates NetworkManager is trying to activate a connection named Redmi 9 Prime (your mobile phone in hotspot mode, I guess?) but that connection has been configured to use a particular network interface whose name is not wlx000f009afb44.
This could be fixed by deleting the interface name from the configuration of the connection. From the command line, you could do it with:
nmcli c modify "Redmi 9 Prime" connection.interface-name ""
Deleting the interface name should make the connection available with any WiFi interface, both internal & external.
man nm-settings-nmcli has this to say about the connection.interface-name parameter:
The name of the network interface this connection is bound to. If not set, then the connection can be attached to any interface of the appropriate type (subject to restrictions imposed by other settings). For software devices this specifies the name of the created device. For connection types where interface names cannot easily be made persistent (e.g. mobile broadband or USB Ethernet), this property should not be used. Setting this property restricts the interfaces a connection can be used with, and if interface names change or are reordered the connection may be applied to the wrong interface.