Rocky 9.x Issues while connecting to some wireless networks using Broadcom wireless
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For messages such as below repeated multiple times in '/var/log/messages':
Apr 11 20:57:18 barjatiyarklp wpa_supplicant[1375]: wlp3s0: CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-FAILED ret=-22 retry=1 Apr 11 20:57:19 barjatiyarklp wpa_supplicant[1375]: wlp3s0: CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-FAILED ret=-22 retry=1 Apr 11 20:57:20 barjatiyarklp wpa_supplicant[1375]: wlp3s0: CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-FAILED ret=-22 retry=1 Apr 11 20:57:21 barjatiyarklp wpa_supplicant[1375]: wlp3s0: CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-FAILED ret=-22 retry=1 Apr 11 20:57:21 barjatiyarklp wpa_supplicant[1375]: wlp0s20u2: CTRL-EVENT-SIGNAL-CHANGE above=1 signal=-72 noise=9999 txrate=13000 Apr 11 20:57:22 barjatiyarklp wpa_supplicant[1375]: wlp3s0: CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-FAILED ret=-22 retry=1 Apr 11 20:57:23 barjatiyarklp wpa_supplicant[1375]: wlp3s0: CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-FAILED ret=-22 retry=1 Apr 11 20:57:23 barjatiyarklp wpa_supplicant[1375]: wlp0s20u2: CTRL-EVENT-SIGNAL-CHANGE above=0 signal=-74 noise=9999 txrate=6500 Apr 11 20:57:24 barjatiyarklp wpa_supplicant[1375]: wlp3s0: CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-FAILED ret=-22 retry=1 Apr 11 20:57:25 barjatiyarklp wpa_supplicant[1375]: wlp0s20u2: Reject scan trigger since one is already pending Apr 11 20:57:25 barjatiyarklp wpa_supplicant[1375]: wlp3s0: CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-FAILED ret=-22 retry=1 Apr 11 20:57:26 barjatiyarklp wpa_supplicant[1375]: wlp3s0: CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-FAILED ret=-22 retry=1
followed by one time messages such as:
Feb 25 13:45:35 barjatiyarklp NetworkManager[1292]: <info> [1708848935.5232] device (wlp3s0): state change: activated -> failed (reason 'ssid-not-found', sys-iface-state: 'managed') Feb 25 13:45:35 barjatiyarklp NetworkManager[1292]: <warn> [1708848935.5249] device (wlp3s0): Activation: failed for connection 'JioFiber-c53B1_5G'
in systems with wireless card as shown in 'lspci' as:
03:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Inc. and subsidiaries BCM4352 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter (rev 03)
We can solve by:
- Create a file named '/etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/broadcom_wl.conf' with:
[device] match-device=driver:wlp3s0 wifi.scan-rand-mac-address=no
- where name wlp3s0 should be replaced with device name (Also visible in logs) before rebooting
- Reboot the machine and observe
- We could observe issue fixed without reboot. Reboot is suggested as a additional measure / precaution.
Refer:
- https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=235916
- https://askubuntu.com/questions/1255634/wpa-supplicant-ctrl-event-scan-failed-error/1431859
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