[Pkg-utopia-maintainers] Bug#839605: network-manager: wireless stuck on "link is not ready"

[loris]

Package: network-manager
Version: 1.4.2-1
Followup-For: Bug #839605

Dear Maintainer,
on stretch release with linux kernel 4.6.xxx my wi-fi was ok. After a dist-upgrading my usb wi-fi device
(Linksys wireless-g model WUSB54GC) is not able to link with my modem (tp-link w8960n).

dmesg info:

[ 6862.136025] usb 5-1: new high-speed USB device number 19 using ehci-pci
[ 6862.454125] usb 5-1: New USB device found, idVendor=13b1, idProduct=0020
[ 6862.454131] usb 5-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
[ 6862.454134] usb 5-1: Product: Compact Wireless-G USB Adapter
[ 6862.454137] usb 5-1: Manufacturer: Cisco-Linksys
[ 6862.568050] usb 5-1: reset high-speed USB device number 19 using ehci-pci
[ 6863.030123] ieee80211 phy11: rt2x00_set_chip: Info - Chipset detected - rt: 2573, rf: 0002, rev: 000a
[ 6863.030891] ieee80211 phy11: Selected rate control algorithm 'minstrel_ht'
[ 6863.118760] rt73usb 5-1:1.0 wlx001a703874e9: renamed from wlan0
[ 6863.150061] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlx001a703874e9: link is not ready
[ 6863.150189] ieee80211 phy11: rt2x00lib_request_firmware: Info - Loading firmware file 'rt73.bin'
[ 6863.150233] rt73usb 5-1:1.0: firmware: direct-loading firmware rt73.bin
[ 6863.150241] ieee80211 phy11: rt2x00lib_request_firmware: Info - Firmware detected - version: 1.7
[ 6863.242063] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlx001a703874e9: link is not ready
[ 6863.419106] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlx001a703874e9: link is not ready
[ 6863.466906] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlx001a703874e9: link is not ready

iwconfig:

lo        no wireless extensions.

wlx001a703874e9  IEEE 802.11  ESSID:off/any  
          Mode:Managed  Access Point: Not-Associated   Tx-Power=20 dBm   
          Retry short limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:on
          
enp11s4   no wireless extensions.
  
Regards
Loris


-- System Information:
Debian Release: stretch/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 4.7.0-1-686-pae (SM w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=it_IT.utf8, LC_CTYPE=it_IT.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages network-manager depends on:
ii  adduser                3.115
ii  dbus                   1.10.10-1
ii  init-system-helpers    1.45
ii  libaudit1              1:2.6.7-1
ii  libbluetooth3          5.36-1+b3
ii  libc6                  2.24-3
ii  libglib2.0-0           2.50.0-2
ii  libgnutls30            3.5.4-2
ii  libgudev-1.0-0         230-3
ii  libmm-glib0            1.6.2-1
ii  libndp0                1.6-1
ii  libnewt0.52            0.52.18-3
ii  libnl-3-200            3.2.27-1
ii  libnm0                 1.4.2-1
ii  libpam-systemd         231-9
ii  libpolkit-agent-1-0    0.105-16
ii  libpolkit-gobject-1-0  0.105-16
ii  libreadline6           6.3-9
ii  libselinux1            2.5-3
ii  libsoup2.4-1           2.56.0-1
ii  libsystemd0            231-9
ii  libteamdctl0           1.26-1
ii  libuuid1               2.28.2-1
ii  lsb-base               9.20160629
ii  policykit-1            0.105-16
ii  udev                   231-9
ii  wpasupplicant          2.5-2+v2.4-3

Versions of packages network-manager recommends:
ii  crda             3.13-1+b1
ii  dnsmasq-base     2.76-4
ii  iptables         1.6.0-3
ii  iputils-arping   3:20150815-2
ii  isc-dhcp-client  4.3.5~b1-1
ii  modemmanager     1.6.2-1
ii  ppp              2.4.7-1+3

Versions of packages network-manager suggests:
pn  libteam-utils  <none>

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