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0009432Kali LinuxKali Package Bugpublic2025-12-11 17:422025-12-16 06:51
ReporterCasper88 Assigned To 
PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilityhave not tried
Status newResolutionopen 
Summary0009432: wpa_supplicant problem for USB wifi Ralink RT3070.
Description

Ralink RT3070 is popular chip for kali linux.
Who can give to know how to fix bug wpa_supplicant cannot use usb wifi Ralink RT3070.

journalctl -u wpa_supplicant.service

Dec 11 12:00:39 kali systemd[1]: Starting wpa_supplicant.service - WPA supplicant...
Dec 11 12:00:40 kali systemd[1]: Started wpa_supplicant.service - WPA supplicant.
Dec 11 12:00:40 kali wpa_supplicant[1817]: Successfully initialized wpa_supplicant
Dec 11 12:00:40 kali wpa_supplicant[1817]: dbus: fill_dict_with_properties dbus_interface=fi.w1.wpa_supplicant1.Interface.P2PDevice dbus_property=P2PDeviceConfig getter failed
Dec 11 12:00:50 kali wpa_supplicant[1817]: wlan0: Reject scan trigger since one is already pending
Dec 11 12:00:52 kali wpa_supplicant[1817]: wlan0: Reject scan trigger since one is already pending
Dec 11 12:01:37 kali wpa_supplicant[1817]: wlan0: Reject scan trigger since one is already pending
Dec 11 12:07:42 kali wpa_supplicant[1817]: wlan0: Reject scan trigger since one is already pending
Dec 11 12:07:59 kali wpa_supplicant[1817]: wlan0: Reject scan trigger since one is already pending
Dec 11 12:08:14 kali wpa_supplicant[1817]: wlan0: Reject scan trigger since one is already pending
Dec 11 12:09:46 kali wpa_supplicant[1817]: wlan0: Reject scan trigger since one is already pending
Dec 11 12:10:55 kali systemd[1]: Stopping wpa_supplicant.service - WPA supplicant...
Dec 11 12:10:56 kali wpa_supplicant[1817]: wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-DSCP-POLICY clear_all

journalctl -u NetworkManager.service

Dec 11 12:11:21 kali NetworkManager[698]: <info>  [1765473081.0968] bus-manager: acquired D-Bus service "org.freedesktop.NetworkManager"
Dec 11 12:11:21 kali systemd[1]: Started NetworkManager.service - Network Manager.
Dec 11 12:11:21 kali NetworkManager[698]: <info>  [1765473081.1056] device (lo): state change: disconnected -> prepare (reason 'none', managed-type: 'external')
Dec 11 12:11:21 kali NetworkManager[698]: <info>  [1765473081.1059] device (lo): state change: prepare -> config (reason 'none', managed-type: 'external')
Dec 11 12:11:21 kali NetworkManager[698]: <info>  [1765473081.1060] device (lo): state change: config -> ip-config (reason 'none', managed-type: 'external')
Dec 11 12:11:21 kali NetworkManager[698]: <info>  [1765473081.1063] device (lo): state change: ip-config -> ip-check (reason 'none', managed-type: 'external')
Dec 11 12:11:21 kali NetworkManager[698]: <info>  [1765473081.1072] modem-manager: oFono is not available
Dec 11 12:11:21 kali NetworkManager[698]: <info>  [1765473081.1091] modem-manager: ModemManager available
Dec 11 12:11:21 kali NetworkManager[698]: <info>  [1765473081.3802] device (lo): state change: ip-check -> secondaries (reason 'none', managed-type: 'external')
Dec 11 12:11:21 kali NetworkManager[698]: <info>  [1765473081.3804] device (lo): state change: secondaries -> activated (reason 'none', managed-type: 'external')
Dec 11 12:11:21 kali NetworkManager[698]: <info>  [1765473081.3810] device (lo): Activation: successful, device activated.
Dec 11 12:11:21 kali NetworkManager[698]: <info>  [1765473081.8075] device (wlan0): driver supports Access Point (AP) mode
Dec 11 12:11:21 kali NetworkManager[698]: <info>  [1765473081.8090] manager: (wlan0): new 802.11 Wi-Fi device (/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/3)
Dec 11 12:11:21 kali NetworkManager[698]: <info>  [1765473081.8426] rfkill0: found Wi-Fi radio killswitch (at /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:11.0/0000:02:03.0/usb1/1-1/1-1:1.>
Dec 11 12:11:21 kali NetworkManager[698]: <info>  [1765473081.8665] device (wlan0): state change: unmanaged -> unavailable (reason 'managed', managed-type: 'external')
Dec 11 12:11:24 kali NetworkManager[698]: <info>  [1765473084.4884] device (wlan0): set-hw-addr: set MAC address to 0A:FC:6E:C1:86:AC (scanning)
Dec 11 12:11:26 kali NetworkManager[698]: <info>  [1765473086.7444] device (wlan0): supplicant interface state: internal-starting -> disconnected
Dec 11 12:11:26 kali NetworkManager[698]: <info>  [1765473086.7445] device (wlan0): state change: unavailable -> disconnected (reason 'supplicant-available', managed-type: 'fu>
Dec 11 12:11:30 kali NetworkManager[698]: <info>  [1765473090.2752] manager: startup complete
Dec 11 12:13:45 kali NetworkManager[698]: <info>  [1765473225.8416] agent-manager: agent[18b6452619daff9e,:1.47/org.freedesktop.nm-applet/0]: agent registered
Dec 11 12:18:19 kali NetworkManager[698]: <info>  [1765473499.0161] device (wlan0): set-hw-addr: set MAC address to XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX (scanning)
Dec 11 12:18:21 kali NetworkManager[698]: <info>  [1765473501.1217] device (wlan0): supplicant interface state: disconnected -> interface_disabled
Dec 11 12:18:21 kali NetworkManager[698]: <info>  [1765473501.1245] device (wlan0): supplicant interface state: interface_disabled -> inactive
Dec 11 12:25:17 kali NetworkManager[698]: <info>  [1765473917.9570] device (wlan0): set-hw-addr: set MAC address to XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX (scanning)
Dec 11 12:25:20 kali NetworkManager[698]: <info>  [1765473920.0048] device (wlan0): supplicant interface state: inactive -> interface_disabled
Dec 11 12:25:20 kali NetworkManager[698]: <info>  [1765473920.0214] device (wlan0): supplicant interface state: interface_disabled -> inactive

Activities

kali-bugreport

kali-bugreport

2025-12-12 10:10

reporter   ~0021008

Report an issue to dev team of wpa_supplicant?
Casper88

Casper88

2025-12-12 16:50

reporter   ~0021010

Can give link report dev team of wpa_supplicant?
I think in kali linux problem.
kali-bugreport

kali-bugreport

2025-12-12 18:19

reporter   ~0021011

Kali is AFAICT only packaging what provided by dev team.

Link could be easily found: https://w1.fi/wpa_supplicant/
arnaudr

arnaudr

2025-12-15 04:55

manager   ~0021018

We do not patch wpa-supplicant or network-manager in Kali, it all comes from Debian.

Did you check the kernel logs for errors, any firmware missing maybe? Do you have firmware-realtek installed?
Casper88

Casper88

2025-12-15 10:46

reporter   ~0021022

@arnaudr Use tp-link TL-WN7200ND RT3070. Not realtek, is ralink mediatek.
arnaudr

arnaudr

2025-12-16 06:41

manager   ~0021027

Ah OK, in that case please double-check that you have the package firmware-mediatek installed.

Also please upgrade your system, we released a new linux kernel a week ago or so.

If the issues is hardware related, hopefully it will be fixed with a newer kernel and/or a newer firmware. If you have the skills, you can try to pinpoint the exact error message, try to see if the issues was reported (either in Debian bug tracker, or in the Kernel, etc)... You can also try older Kali versions (the 2025.3 images are still avail at https://kali.download/base-images/kali-2025.3/) to see if it worked in previous versions.

But on our side of things, within the Kali team, there's little we can do. We can't troubleshoot hardware-related issues, we don't have the time for that.
arnaudr

arnaudr

2025-12-16 06:51

manager   ~0021028

To clarify, we now have linux 6.17.10-1kali1 in Kali rolling, and firmware-nonfree 20251111-1 should be available in a few hours. Please make sure you have those latest versions, if you're lucky that can fix things for you.

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2025-12-11 17:42 Casper88 New Issue
2025-12-12 10:10 kali-bugreport Note Added: 0021008
2025-12-12 16:50 Casper88 Note Added: 0021010
2025-12-12 18:19 kali-bugreport Note Added: 0021011
2025-12-15 04:47 arnaudr Description Updated
2025-12-15 04:55 arnaudr Note Added: 0021018
2025-12-15 10:46 Casper88 Note Added: 0021022
2025-12-16 06:41 arnaudr Note Added: 0021027
2025-12-16 06:51 arnaudr Note Added: 0021028