Not playing nicely with NetworkManager 1.0.12-1

[stuartpb]

Users have been reporting issues with NetworkManager not recognizing this family of wireless adapters after upgrading to NetworkManager 1.0.12-1:

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=210868

Arch Linux Forum user V1del hypothesizes that this issue is being caused by the drivers not putting the devices into the correct management state, which conflicts with a patch introduced to the NetworkManager source tree in February.

[gstvrmrlpz]

any workaround?

[lwfinger]

Have you tried the v4.1.8_9499 branch? It implements all of the cfg80211 calls and probably works better with NetworkManager. I do not have any problems with the version of NM that I am using.

[stuartpb]

Actually, my own chipset is using the https://github.com/gnab/rtl8812au driver, which appears to be having a similar problem. I'll file a corresponding bug over there.

[GitatHub]

to workaround: in fedora 23 sudo dnf downgrade NetworkManager --allowerasing

this will downgrade NetworkManager, and this "fixes" the problem

[GitatHub]

the v4.1.8_9499 branch does not work with NM1.0.12-1 either, and downgrading NM fixed the issue.

[runlevel5]

I've tested on NM 1.2.2-1 and it works fine. I think it is safe to upgrade and close this ticket.