[SOLVED] Siduction linux constant dropped Wifi

Hello All,

I recently installed Siduction after jumping around a few different distros. The only issue I’m having with it is the wifi is constantly dropping every 10-20 minutes. It reconnects quickly but I’m trying to find a solution.

Siduction is built on debian sid for those wondering
Currently I’m running their built 6.2.13-1 but I’ve also tested 6.3.0 and 6.3.1
This issue has only come up on this distro otherwise networking has been fine. Currently I’m experiencing it on all networks

Here is a the journal entries for the last couple of drops

ay 05 11:42:11 frames NetworkManager[702]: [1683301331.8990] device (tun0): state change: activated → unmanaged (reason ‘unmanaged’, sys-iface-state: ‘removed’)
May 05 11:42:12 frames NetworkManager[702]: [1683301332.4685] manager: (tun0): new Tun device (/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/7)
May 05 11:42:12 frames NetworkManager[702]: [1683301332.4788] device (tun0): state change: unmanaged → unavailable (reason ‘connection-assumed’, sys-iface-state: ‘external’)
May 05 11:42:12 frames NetworkManager[702]: [1683301332.4797] device (tun0): state change: unavailable → disconnected (reason ‘connection-assumed’, sys-iface-state: ‘external’)
May 05 11:42:12 frames NetworkManager[702]: [1683301332.4809] device (tun0): Activation: starting connection ‘tun0’ (8d1d9642-d56e-4964-a2f5-3c0b848beffc)
May 05 11:42:12 frames NetworkManager[702]: [1683301332.4812] device (tun0): state change: disconnected → prepare (reason ‘none’, sys-iface-state: ‘external’)
May 05 11:42:12 frames NetworkManager[702]: [1683301332.4816] device (tun0): state change: prepare → config (reason ‘none’, sys-iface-state: ‘external’)
May 05 11:42:12 frames NetworkManager[702]: [1683301332.4820] device (tun0): state change: config → ip-config (reason ‘none’, sys-iface-state: ‘external’)
May 05 11:42:12 frames NetworkManager[702]: [1683301332.4825] device (tun0): state change: ip-config → ip-check (reason ‘none’, sys-iface-state: ‘external’)
May 05 11:42:12 frames NetworkManager[702]: [1683301332.4902] device (tun0): state change: ip-check → secondaries (reason ‘none’, sys-iface-state: ‘external’)
May 05 11:42:12 frames NetworkManager[702]: [1683301332.4903] device (tun0): state change: secondaries → activated (reason ‘none’, sys-iface-state: ‘external’)
May 05 11:42:12 frames NetworkManager[702]: [1683301332.4906] device (tun0): Activation: successful, device activated.
May 05 11:42:29 frames NetworkManager[702]: [1683301349.0567] device (tun0): state change: activated → unmanaged (reason ‘unmanaged’, sys-iface-state: ‘removed’)
May 05 11:54:50 frames NetworkManager[702]: [1683302090.3014] device (wlan0): new IWD device state is disconnected
May 05 11:54:50 frames NetworkManager[702]: [1683302090.3016] device (wlan0): state change: activated → failed (reason ‘supplicant-disconnect’, sys-iface-state: ‘managed’)
May 05 11:54:50 frames NetworkManager[702]: [1683302090.3020] manager: NetworkManager state is now DISCONNECTED
May 05 11:54:50 frames NetworkManager[702]: [1683302090.3023] device (wlan0): Activation: failed for connection ‘WIFINAME’
May 05 11:54:50 frames NetworkManager[702]: [1683302090.3182] device (wlan0): state change: failed → disconnected (reason ‘none’, sys-iface-state: ‘managed’)
May 05 11:54:50 frames NetworkManager[702]: [1683302090.6656] device (wlan0): new IWD device state is connecting
May 05 11:54:50 frames NetworkManager[702]: [1683302090.6661] device (wlan0): Activation: starting connection ‘WIFINAME’ (66389819-3143-4280-98f8-5cc7f73aa17c)
May 05 11:54:50 frames NetworkManager[702]: [1683302090.6662] device (wlan0): state change: disconnected → prepare (reason ‘none’, sys-iface-state: ‘managed’)
May 05 11:54:50 frames NetworkManager[702]: [1683302090.6664] manager: NetworkManager state is now CONNECTING
May 05 11:54:50 frames NetworkManager[702]: [1683302090.6666] device (wlan0): state change: prepare → config (reason ‘none’, sys-iface-state: ‘managed’)
May 05 11:54:50 frames NetworkManager[702]: [1683302090.8156] device (wlan0): new IWD device state is connected
May 05 11:54:50 frames NetworkManager[702]: [1683302090.8159] device (wlan0): state change: config → ip-config (reason ‘none’, sys-iface-state: ‘managed’)
May 05 11:54:50 frames NetworkManager[702]: [1683302090.8173] policy: set ‘WIFINAME’ (wlan0) as default for IPv4 routing and DNS
May 05 11:54:50 frames NetworkManager[702]: [1683302090.8314] device (wlan0): state change: ip-config → ip-check (reason ‘none’, sys-iface-state: ‘managed’)
May 05 11:54:50 frames NetworkManager[702]: [1683302090.8375] device (wlan0): state change: ip-check → secondaries (reason ‘none’, sys-iface-state: ‘managed’)
May 05 11:54:50 frames NetworkManager[702]: [1683302090.8378] device (wlan0): state change: secondaries → activated (reason ‘none’, sys-iface-state: ‘managed’)
May 05 11:54:50 frames NetworkManager[702]: [1683302090.8382] manager: NetworkManager state is now CONNECTED_SITE
May 05 11:54:50 frames NetworkManager[702]: [1683302090.8385] device (wlan0): Activation: successful, device activated.
May 05 11:54:50 frames NetworkManager[702]: [1683302090.8392] manager: NetworkManager state is now CONNECTED_GLOBAL
May 05 11:59:29 frames NetworkManager[702]: [1683302369.9491] manager: (tun0): new Tun device (/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/8)
May 05 11:59:29 frames NetworkManager[702]: [1683302369.9600] device (tun0): state change: unmanaged → unavailable (reason ‘connection-assumed’, sys-iface-state: ‘external’)
May 05 11:59:29 frames NetworkManager[702]: [1683302369.9605] device (tun0): state change: unavailable → disconnected (reason ‘connection-assumed’, sys-iface-state: ‘external’)
May 05 11:59:29 frames NetworkManager[702]: [1683302369.9613] device (tun0): Activation: starting connection ‘tun0’ (5d350fea-f5af-4eb2-92a3-326f656c0026)
May 05 11:59:29 frames NetworkManager[702]: [1683302369.9615] device (tun0): state change: disconnected → prepare (reason ‘none’, sys-iface-state: ‘external’)
May 05 11:59:29 frames NetworkManager[702]: [1683302369.9618] device (tun0): state change: prepare → config (reason ‘none’, sys-iface-state: ‘external’)
May 05 11:59:29 frames NetworkManager[702]: [1683302369.9620] device (tun0): state change: config → ip-config (reason ‘none’, sys-iface-state: ‘external’)
May 05 11:59:29 frames NetworkManager[702]: [1683302369.9623] device (tun0): state change: ip-config → ip-check (reason ‘none’, sys-iface-state: ‘external’)
May 05 11:59:29 frames NetworkManager[702]: [1683302369.9845] device (tun0): state change: ip-check → secondaries (reason ‘none’, sys-iface-state: ‘external’)
May 05 11:59:29 frames NetworkManager[702]: [1683302369.9846] device (tun0): state change: secondaries → activated (reason ‘none’, sys-iface-state: ‘external’)
May 05 11:59:29 frames NetworkManager[702]: [1683302369.9848] device (tun0): Activation: successful, device activated.
May 05 12:10:19 frames NetworkManager[702]: [1683303019.1372] device (wlan0): new IWD device state is disconnected
May 05 12:10:19 frames NetworkManager[702]: [1683303019.1374] device (wlan0): state change: activated → failed (reason ‘supplicant-disconnect’, sys-iface-state: ‘managed’)
May 05 12:10:19 frames NetworkManager[702]: [1683303019.1379] device (wlan0): Activation: failed for connection ‘WIFINAME’
May 05 12:10:19 frames NetworkManager[702]: [1683303019.1384] manager: NetworkManager state is now CONNECTED_LOCAL
May 05 12:10:19 frames NetworkManager[702]: [1683303019.1591] device (wlan0): state change: failed → disconnected (reason ‘none’, sys-iface-state: ‘managed’)
May 05 12:10:19 frames NetworkManager[702]: [1683303019.5048] device (wlan0): new IWD device state is connecting
May 05 12:10:19 frames NetworkManager[702]: [1683303019.5055] device (wlan0): Activation: starting connection ‘WIFINAME’ (66389819-3143-4280-98f8-5cc7f73aa17c)
May 05 12:10:19 frames NetworkManager[702]: [1683303019.5055] device (wlan0): state change: disconnected → prepare (reason ‘none’, sys-iface-state: ‘managed’)
May 05 12:10:19 frames NetworkManager[702]: [1683303019.5057] manager: NetworkManager state is now CONNECTING
May 05 12:10:19 frames NetworkManager[702]: [1683303019.5058] device (wlan0): state change: prepare → config (reason ‘none’, sys-iface-state: ‘managed’)
May 05 12:10:19 frames NetworkManager[702]: [1683303019.5440] device (wlan0): new IWD device state is connected
May 05 12:10:19 frames NetworkManager[702]: [1683303019.5442] device (wlan0): state change: config → ip-config (reason ‘none’, sys-iface-state: ‘managed’)
May 05 12:10:19 frames NetworkManager[702]: [1683303019.5447] policy: set ‘WIFINAME’ (wlan0) as default for IPv4 routing and DNS
May 05 12:10:19 frames NetworkManager[702]: [1683303019.5469] device (wlan0): state change: ip-config → ip-check (reason ‘none’, sys-iface-state: ‘managed’)
May 05 12:10:19 frames NetworkManager[702]: [1683303019.5481] device (wlan0): state change: ip-check → secondaries (reason ‘none’, sys-iface-state: ‘managed’)
May 05 12:10:19 frames NetworkManager[702]: [1683303019.5483] device (wlan0): state change: secondaries → activated (reason ‘none’, sys-iface-state: ‘managed’)
May 05 12:10:19 frames NetworkManager[702]: [1683303019.5486] manager: NetworkManager state is now CONNECTED_SITE
May 05 12:10:19 frames NetworkManager[702]: [1683303019.5489] device (wlan0): Activation: successful, device activated.
May 05 12:10:19 frames NetworkManager[702]: [1683303019.5491] manager: NetworkManager state is now CONNECTED_GLOBAL
May 05 12:10:27 frames NetworkManager[702]: [1683303027.9538] audit: op=“statistics” interface=“wlan0” ifindex=4 args=“2000” pid=4689 uid=1000 result=“success”
May 05 12:11:10 frames NetworkManager[702]: [1683303070.3186] device (tun0): state change: activated → unmanaged (reason ‘unmanaged’, sys-iface-state: ‘removed’)

In /etc/NetworkManager/conf.d I have two files

nm.conf
[device]
wifi.backend=iwd
wifi.iwd.autoconnect=yes

wgpia.conf
[keyfile]
unmanaged-devices=interface-name:wgpia*

Looks like VPN disconnect behavior. Remove your VPN completely from testing, try again. I see this a lot with certain VPN branded applications.

Sorry forgot to update this.

I had been testing both with and without my VPN. I finally decided to swap the wireless card that came with the framework for a different one and the issue went away

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Sorry it took a few days but its starting to happen again. I think I’ll check with Siduction community as well

May 10 09:41:49 frames NetworkManager[766]: [1683726109.3379] device (wlan0): new IWD device state is disconnected
May 10 09:41:49 frames NetworkManager[766]: [1683726109.3381] device (wlan0): state change: activated → failed (reason ‘supplicant-disconnect’, sys-iface-state: ‘managed’)
May 10 09:41:49 frames NetworkManager[766]: [1683726109.3386] manager: NetworkManager state is now DISCONNECTED
May 10 09:41:49 frames NetworkManager[766]: [1683726109.3389] device (wlan0): Activation: failed for connection ‘WIFI NAME’
May 10 09:41:49 frames NetworkManager[766]: [1683726109.3577] device (wlan0): state change: failed → disconnected (reason ‘none’, sys-iface-state: ‘managed’)
May 10 09:41:49 frames NetworkManager[766]: [1683726109.7156] device (wlan0): new IWD device state is connecting
May 10 09:41:49 frames NetworkManager[766]: [1683726109.7161] device (wlan0): Activation: starting connection ‘WIFI NAME’ (66389819-3143-4280-98f8-5cc7f73aa17c)
May 10 09:41:49 frames NetworkManager[766]: [1683726109.7162] device (wlan0): state change: disconnected → prepare (reason ‘none’, sys-iface-state: ‘managed’)
May 10 09:41:49 frames NetworkManager[766]: [1683726109.7165] manager: NetworkManager state is now CONNECTING
May 10 09:41:49 frames NetworkManager[766]: [1683726109.7167] device (wlan0): state change: prepare → config (reason ‘none’, sys-iface-state: ‘managed’)
May 10 09:41:49 frames NetworkManager[766]: [1683726109.8282] device (wlan0): new IWD device state is connected
May 10 09:41:49 frames NetworkManager[766]: [1683726109.8285] device (wlan0): state change: config → ip-config (reason ‘none’, sys-iface-state: ‘managed’)
May 10 09:41:49 frames NetworkManager[766]: [1683726109.8309] policy: set ‘WIFI NAME’ (wlan0) as default for IPv4 routing and DNS
May 10 09:41:49 frames NetworkManager[766]: [1683726109.8366] device (wlan0): state change: ip-config → ip-check (reason ‘none’, sys-iface-state: ‘managed’)
May 10 09:41:49 frames NetworkManager[766]: [1683726109.8433] device (wlan0): state change: ip-check → secondaries (reason ‘none’, sys-iface-state: ‘managed’)
May 10 09:41:49 frames NetworkManager[766]: [1683726109.8435] device (wlan0): state change: secondaries → activated (reason ‘none’, sys-iface-state: ‘managed’)
May 10 09:41:49 frames NetworkManager[766]: [1683726109.8437] manager: NetworkManager state is now CONNECTED_SITE
May 10 09:41:49 frames NetworkManager[766]: [1683726109.8440] device (wlan0): Activation: successful, device activated.
May 10 09:41:49 frames NetworkManager[766]: [1683726109.8444] manager: NetworkManager state is now CONNECTED_GLOBAL

This sounds like the best option. Unclear as to which card was that was giving you problems.

My be worth making sure you’ve set power save from 3 to 2 if you have such a conf. Then reboot.

/etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/default-wifi-powersave-on.conf