[SOLVED] wireless takes little bit to wake up?

glorsplitz · 02-19-2023, 07:29 PM

I used aarch64 install docs to install to pbp and rpi4, rockpro64 are wired so I've not done wireless with them.

With pbp I assumed it was quirk with their hardware getting wireless to wake up. With x86_64, I have used a wireless script that runs from rc.local that I've been doing for years.

pbp I run the my wireless script manually after boot, looks like I need to do same with rpi4.

I'm no expert with this stuff to know what to look into, I'm not interested in nmcli or whatever else.

I don't think there is anything different with aarch64 and x86_64 slackware that is affecting the way the wireless is used or is there?

here's that script

Code:

#/bin/sh
/usr/sbin/wpa_supplicant -i wlan0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -B
/sbin/ifconfig wlan0 up 192.168.0.102
/sbin/route add default gw 192.168.0.1

it fails from rc.local but is successful running it as root.

jloco · 02-20-2023, 03:30 AM

I've noticed wireless doesn't load fully until I'm completely logged into my desktop on pbp using NetworkManager.

And there is also a long pause during boot for bluetooth as well. I was under the impression that wifi/bt was all one Broadcom chip, but based upon startup, it appears they are different. Or at least require different quirks to get running.

Booting other distros on sd, I haven't seen these issues arise though. Could just be an init thing, I'm not sure though.

sndwvs · 02-20-2023, 03:52 AM

to configure wifi, you just need to configure it in /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf

Code:

GATEWAY="192.168.0.1"

IFNAME[4]="wlan0"
IPADDRS[4]="192.168.0.102/24"
WLAN_WPA[4]="wpa_supplicant"
WLAN_WPADRIVER[4]="nl80211"

drmozes · 02-20-2023, 09:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by glorsplitz

I don't think there is anything different with aarch64 and x86_64 slackware that is affecting the way the wireless is used or is there?

Thanks for the report, I've been meaning to fix for this for ages.
I unset Kernel config 'CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER_FALLBACK' and that seems to fix it.
It'll be in the next Kernel update.

drmozes · 02-20-2023, 10:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jloco

And there is also a long pause during boot for bluetooth as well.

It looks like it fixes that as well.
I'll let you know once the new Kernel is out and see if we can close this one out.

glorsplitz · 02-20-2023, 06:35 PM

CHEERS to all! Glad this wasn't something silly I was unaware I was doing.

As far as bluetooth I did -x on rc.bluetooth as workaround, will undo later.

sndwvs, I will try this once Stuart takes care of business.

Will report back soonest.

drmozes · 02-23-2023, 03:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by glorsplitz

CHEERS to all! Glad this wasn't something silly I was unaware I was doing.

As far as bluetooth I did -x on rc.bluetooth as workaround, will undo later.

The updates are out and it looks good to me.
The bluetooth stuff seems to complete more quickly than before, but then on some boots it still takes about 2 seconds but I'm not concerned about it.

I use Network Manager to handle the WiFi - you don't need to manually configure anything unless you want to.

glorsplitz · 02-23-2023, 06:13 PM

After the updates, booting flies through wifi and bluetooth. Thank you!

EDIT: rpi4 and pbp