Wifi connection impossible after sce-update.

[sbaguz]

Hi,

this morning I made a sce-update -snar.
Everything went fine... apparently.
Now I can't connect anymore with sudo wifi.sh or its menu link: the network is seen as usual, but after trying for long it fails the connection.
I noticed that before checking for the available networks, the script shows an error message saying that /etc/sysconfig/wifi-wpadrv doesn't exist.
What do you suggest?

Thanks

Bye

[Misalf]

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echo wext | sudo tee /etc/sysconfig/wifi-wpadrv
or

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echo nl80211 | sudo tee /etc/sysconfig/wifi-wpadrv


[sbaguz]

Thanks Misalf: it worked!
But I would like to better understand: what happened? And what the command here above did to solve the problem?

 

[Misalf]

I guess the startup script for the wifi extension in dCore got somehow messed up due to the update. Jason probably needs to fix it?

From  wifi.tcz.info

                wpa_supplicant driver is defined by /etc/sysconfig/wifi-wpadrv
                default is wext. Add it to backup if changed.
                Available drivers wext,nl80211

[sbaguz]

Yes, a fix is needed, because I have to use this command again after every reboot... 

[Misalf]

Then add  /etc/sysconfig/wifi-wpadrv  to  /opt/.filetool.lst  for now.

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echo "etc/sysconfig/wifi-wpadrv" >> /opt/.filetool.lst
Note: Omitting the leading "/" is intentional.

[Jason W]

Update the wifi package, should be good now.

[sbaguz]

@Misalf:
Yes, I know: I was also thinking about adding echo wext | sudo tee /etc/sysconfig/wifi-wpadrv to bootlocal.sh, but this would haven't been a real solution, not having worked on the cause of the issue... 

@Jason:
Thanks: updating the wireless packages did the trick!