From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mp0.migadu.com ([2001:41d0:403:4876::]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits)) by ms13.migadu.com with LMTPS id 6KfGEjCh7WbZpgAAqHPOHw:P1 (envelope-from ) for ; Fri, 20 Sep 2024 16:22:08 +0000 Received: from aspmx1.migadu.com ([2001:41d0:403:4876::]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits)) by mp0.migadu.com with LMTPS id 6KfGEjCh7WbZpgAAqHPOHw (envelope-from ) for ; Fri, 20 Sep 2024 18:22:08 +0200 X-Envelope-To: larch@yhetil.org Authentication-Results: aspmx1.migadu.com; dkim=none; spf=pass (aspmx1.migadu.com: domain of "help-guix-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org" designates 209.51.188.17 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom="help-guix-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org"; dmarc=none ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yhetil.org; s=key1; t=1726849328; h=from:from:sender:sender:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date: message-id:message-id:to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version: content-type:content-type:in-reply-to:in-reply-to: references:references:list-id:list-help:list-unsubscribe: list-subscribe:list-post; bh=mRlK2iahpCNmafs347dIyzEctHOSU/gnpthYPIISraU=; b=D65cSC7hALSahYlNwnaizipWyPOfjZqdvPBj8TPqZxTgsaM8hdtrNFeGEKqHa/9aXT8PuR 4FxkX6u/y4b/w4tk+ZI5Nci26OJ+VRL1SNcKY4tj6pzKy4/d7UJ220qt5GadeJGrLPh7+C +NJh/88hCO+puNcRv0ErI9lboyZi+lksM3Y2okuKuNTv84vx1AG6dG5ERoLjukGvKB0Hy5 1ZelfMCMZttqLgE5/d5CIu7pcVsJ5BH0vb5xupb481VlTgO7JR3mNSWMxrew29Fdsfqf3G 8f5TIkFYU8BQbgwUzyw2REFw9uXaE36SsX9A9aZ3bVNRO5R4GQ53PuNocfMrbA== ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; aspmx1.migadu.com; dkim=none; spf=pass (aspmx1.migadu.com: domain of "help-guix-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org" designates 209.51.188.17 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom="help-guix-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org"; dmarc=none ARC-Seal: i=1; s=key1; d=yhetil.org; t=1726849328; a=rsa-sha256; cv=none; b=lOQ6TKoL6ifGBOahkfkfCTQRmNIeayFeIcgVgZ5uwgFZPddMfldYvH6g6hSTE2VXdp8lU1 qkOt1+xFX/8tIYgYsBqBt+UG4mcYut/hoXcIMimlaztHmEjJBRNwOr2LhHkL2XeL6PfaxB nUYaJ45Rw26SRGVQAslgVUyb6dKtlGmo/4Z+JDJ+02NZ947L7zk+bV9rZLicOFw4UQ/ScW 0OSUxInJY2R3zmLgPo9g5UArgLMa2AZ6pVCBCgXUZnUEB5Cvb+XpyWcHiY5aksL8Eb1UXq 4C11XW99/0hndz3B9o9Q2PkLC3o+ypYfl+9095ESB2BWRt3M4kX7qvpzgJasig== Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [209.51.188.17]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by aspmx1.migadu.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0CC19B881 for ; Fri, 20 Sep 2024 18:22:08 +0200 (CEST) Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1srgO3-0005Cy-Cq; Fri, 20 Sep 2024 12:21:39 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1srgNx-0005Ce-K0 for help-guix@gnu.org; Fri, 20 Sep 2024 12:21:34 -0400 Received: from hera.aquilenet.fr ([2a0c:e300::1]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1srgNf-0005ls-AK for help-guix@gnu.org; Fri, 20 Sep 2024 12:21:24 -0400 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hera.aquilenet.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D30C1C8C; Fri, 20 Sep 2024 18:21:09 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at hera.aquilenet.fr Received: from hera.aquilenet.fr ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (hera.aquilenet.fr [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id PZJWVZ9-z3CV; Fri, 20 Sep 2024 18:21:03 +0200 (CEST) Received: from jurong (unknown [IPv6:2001:861:c4:f2f0::c64]) by hera.aquilenet.fr (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 4F9F5107; Fri, 20 Sep 2024 18:21:03 +0200 (CEST) Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2024 18:21:01 +0200 From: Andreas Enge To: Daniel Hatton Cc: GUIX help list Subject: Re: USB wifi and Bluetooth dongles under GUIX Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Received-SPF: pass client-ip=2a0c:e300::1; envelope-from=andreas@enge.fr; helo=hera.aquilenet.fr X-Spam_score_int: -18 X-Spam_score: -1.9 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.9 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-guix@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-guix-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org Sender: help-guix-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org X-Migadu-Flow: FLOW_IN X-Migadu-Country: US X-Migadu-Spam-Score: -3.91 X-Spam-Score: -3.91 X-Migadu-Queue-Id: 0CC19B881 X-Migadu-Scanner: mx10.migadu.com X-TUID: SHuirOKxCnl6 Hello Daniel, Am Thu, Sep 19, 2024 at 12:53:48PM +0100 schrieb Daniel Hatton: > - The wifi connection drops with even the lightest of physical touches on > the body of the dongle (Atheros AR9271), and because the dongle sticks out a > long way from the laptop case, it gets touched a lot. Has anyone had any > joy with a Linux-libre-driven USB wifi dongle that doesn't have these > properties? yes, but unfortunately I cannot suggest a particular brand. I have bought a random, rather large and rather cheap external Atheros dongle years ago, and it just works. I have even somewhat twisted the metal part of the USB plug, and it still works. dmesg says this: [80900.045953] usb 1-2: New USB device found, idVendor=0cf3, idProduct=9271, bcdDevice= 1.08 [80900.045976] usb 1-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=16, Product=32, SerialNumber=48 [80900.045986] usb 1-2: Product: USB2.0 WLAN [80900.045993] usb 1-2: Manufacturer: ATHEROS [80900.046000] usb 1-2: SerialNumber: 12345 [80900.050769] usb 1-2: ath9k_htc: Firmware ath9k_htc/htc_9271-1.4.0.fw requested [80900.051561] usb 1-2: Direct firmware load for ath9k_htc/htc_9271-1.4.0.fw failed with error -2 [80900.051594] usb 1-2: ath9k_htc: Firmware htc_9271.fw requested [80900.344754] usb 1-2: ath9k_htc: Transferred FW: htc_9271.fw, size: 51008 [80900.595747] ath9k_htc 1-2:1.0: ath9k_htc: HTC initialized with 33 credits [80900.909903] ath9k_htc 1-2:1.0: ath9k_htc: FW Version: 1.4 [80900.909921] ath9k_htc 1-2:1.0: FW RMW support: On [80900.909929] ath: EEPROM regdomain: 0x809c [80900.909935] ath: EEPROM indicates we should expect a country code [80900.909940] ath: doing EEPROM country->regdmn map search [80900.909943] ath: country maps to regdmn code: 0x52 [80900.909948] ath: Country alpha2 being used: CN [80900.909953] ath: Regpair used: 0x52 [80900.917053] ieee80211 phy1: Atheros AR9271 Rev:1 [80900.921398] ath9k_htc 1-2:1.0 wlp0s20f0u2: renamed from wlan0 I have tried bluetooth, but just enabling it in the service part of my system definition did not make it work, and I was not motivated enough to spend time debugging. Similarly for the sleeping function. Andreas