Re: mwifiex problem: incompatible network settings

[Dan Williams <dcbw@redhat.com>]

On Mon, 2015-10-26 at 16:51 +0100, Julien Cubizolles wrote:
> I can't connect anymore to my home wifi since upgrading my machine from
> Ubuntu 15.04 to Ubuntuy 15.10. I was previously running kernel 4.3.0-rc2
> from kernel.org without any problem. After the upgrade, and with the
> same kernel, I couldn't connect anymore. I built 4.3.0-rc7, and the
> problem remains. However, I can connect to the wifi access point from my
> Android phone.
> 
> Here are the relevant lines from syslog. Let me know if you need more
> information.

The AP uses WPA, but the driver has been told that WPA is disabled.  Are
you using wpa_supplicant (or NetworkManager, or something else?) to
control the WiFi, and if so what version is it?

Dan

> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> Oct 26 16:11:38 touco wpa_supplicant[734]: wlx6045bdf646b4: Trying to associate with f4:ca:e5:ef:be:18 (SSID='southcentral' freq=2462 MHz)
> Oct 26 16:11:38 touco wpa_supplicant[734]: wlx6045bdf646b4: CTRL-EVENT-ASSOC-REJECT status_code=1
> Oct 26 16:11:38 touco kernel: [   66.745281] usb 1-3: info: trying to associate to 'southcentral' bssid f4:ca:e5:ef:be:18
> Oct 26 16:11:38 touco kernel: [   66.745289] usb 1-3: info: mwifiex_is_network_compatible: failed: wpa_ie=0xdd wpa2_ie=0x0 WEP=d	WPA=d WPA2=d EncMode=0xfac02 privacy=0x1
> Oct 26 16:11:38 touco kernel: [   66.745291] usb 1-3: Incompatible network settings
> Oct 26 16:11:38 touco kernel: [   66.745294] usb 1-3: info: association to bssid f4:ca:e5:ef:be:18 failed
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
> 
> 
> The machine is a Microsoft Surface Pro. I've been having a lot of
> problems getting the wifi to work but never this particular one, and
> they were all fixed in 4.3.0-rc2.
> 
> Julien.
> 
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