Wifi (activation of network connection failed) after update

hey everybody. I need a little help to fix my Wifi problem.
I have a minisforum UM690 and I am running Manjaro Gnome. It has been running without a problem since I got it.
I did an update during the weekend and when i started it up yesterday the wifi just would not connect. It finds all the SSID’s in my house and my neighbours. But i get “activation of network connection failed”

I have connected a usb wifi dongel and that workes fine without issues

I have tried the following:

  • Restore to previous working session with timeshift
  • Switch kernels both the latest and some of the previous ones
  • ensure that the system is up to date with pacman -Syu and yay -Syu
  • Rebooted my system and router
  • changed security settings on my router
    - even tried to have the wifi set to open with no security

Right now i am at a loss for what to do next
I have provided an inxi output

System:
  Kernel: 5.15.102-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.1
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-5.15-x86_64
    root=UUID=e94f3221-3f6d-40ab-916b-9f4eb7b80073 rw rootflags=subvol=@ quiet
    splash udev.log_priority=3
  Desktop: GNOME v: 43.3 tk: GTK v: 3.24.36 wm: gnome-shell dm: GDM v: 43.0
    Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: Micro (HK) Tech product: UM690 v: Version 1.0
    serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Shenzhen Meigao Equipment model: F7BFC v: Version 1.0
    serial: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends LLC. v: 1.11
    date: 12/15/2022
Battery:
  Message: No system battery data found. Is one present?
Memory:
  RAM: total: 29.12 GiB used: 2.07 GiB (7.1%)
  RAM Report: permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
  Info: model: AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX with Radeon Graphics bits: 64 type: MT MCP
    arch: Zen 3+ gen: 4 level: v3 note: check built: 2022 process: TSMC n6 (7nm)
    family: 0x19 (25) model-id: 0x44 (68) stepping: 1 microcode: 0xA404102
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 8 tpc: 2 threads: 16 smt: enabled cache:
    L1: 512 KiB desc: d-8x32 KiB; i-8x32 KiB L2: 4 MiB desc: 8x512 KiB L3: 16 MiB
    desc: 1x16 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 1416 high: 1776 min/max: 1600/4934 boost: enabled
    scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: schedutil cores: 1: 1348 2: 1397
    3: 1397 4: 1396 5: 1396 6: 1397 7: 1396 8: 1396 9: 1396 10: 1396 11: 1776
    12: 1395 13: 1397 14: 1395 15: 1396 16: 1396 bogomips: 105455
  Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm adx aes aperfmperf apic arat avic avx avx2 bmi1
    bmi2 bpext cat_l3 cdp_l3 clflush clflushopt clwb clzero cmov cmp_legacy
    constant_tsc cpb cpuid cqm cqm_llc cqm_mbm_local cqm_mbm_total
    cqm_occup_llc cr8_legacy cx16 cx8 de decodeassists erms extapic
    extd_apicid f16c flushbyasid fma fpu fsgsbase fsrm fxsr fxsr_opt ht
    hw_pstate ibpb ibrs ibs invpcid irperf lahf_lm lbrv lm mba mca mce
    misalignsse mmx mmxext monitor movbe msr mtrr mwaitx nonstop_tsc nopl npt
    nrip_save nx ospke osvw overflow_recov pae pat pausefilter pclmulqdq
    pdpe1gb perfctr_core perfctr_llc perfctr_nb pfthreshold pge pku pni popcnt
    pse pse36 rapl rdpid rdpru rdrand rdseed rdt_a rdtscp rep_good sep sha_ni
    skinit smap smca smep ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 stibp succor
    svm svm_lock syscall tce topoext tsc tsc_scale umip v_spec_ctrl
    v_vmsave_vmload vaes vgif vmcb_clean vme vmmcall vpclmulqdq wbnoinvd wdt
    x2apic xgetbv1 xsave xsavec xsaveerptr xsaveopt xsaves
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected
  Type: mds status: Not affected
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected
  Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
  Type: retbleed status: Not affected
  Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via
    prctl and seccomp
  Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
    sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW,
    STIBP: always-on, RSB filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD Rembrandt [Radeon 680M] driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: RDNA-2
    code: Navi-2x process: TSMC n7 (7nm) built: 2020-22 pcie: gen: 4
    speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: HDMI-A-1 empty: DP-1,HDMI-A-2
    bus-ID: 35:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:1681 class-ID: 0300 temp: 38.0 C
  Device-2: Logitech HD Webcam C525 type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
    bus-ID: 5-1.1.1:6 chip-ID: 046d:0826 class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
  Display: x11 server: X.org v: 1.21.1.7 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.8
    compositor: gnome-shell driver: X: loaded: amdgpu
    unloaded: modesetting,radeon alternate: fbdev,vesa dri: radeonsi
    gpu: amdgpu display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 2560x1440 s-size: <missing: xdpyinfo>
  Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 mapped: HDMI-A-0 model: AOC Q3279WG5B serial: <filter>
    built: 2020 res: 2560x1440 hz: 60 dpi: 90 gamma: 1.2
    size: 725x428mm (28.54x16.85") diag: 842mm (33.1") ratio: 15:9 modes:
    max: 2560x1440 min: 720x400
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 22.3.5 renderer: AMD Radeon Graphics (rembrandt
    LLVM 15.0.7 DRM 3.42 5.15.102-1-MANJARO) direct-render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: AMD Rembrandt Radeon High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
    v: kernel bus-ID: 5-1.1.1:6 pcie: chip-ID: 046d:0826 gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s
    class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter> lanes: 16 bus-ID: 35:00.1
    chip-ID: 1002:1640 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: AMD ACP/ACP3X/ACP6x Audio Coprocessor driver: N/A
    alternate: snd_pci_acp3x, snd_rn_pci_acp3x, snd_pci_acp5x pcie: gen: 4
    speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 35:00.5 chip-ID: 1022:15e2 class-ID: 0480
  Device-3: AMD Family 17h/19h HD Audio vendor: Realtek driver: snd_hda_intel
    v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 35:00.6
    chip-ID: 1022:15e3 class-ID: 0403
  Device-4: Logitech HD Webcam C525 type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
  Device-5: SteelSeries ApS Arctis 7 type: USB
    driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid bus-ID: 5-1.1.3:8 chip-ID: 1038:12ad
    class-ID: 0300
  Sound API: ALSA v: k5.15.102-1-MANJARO running: yes
  Sound Server-1: JACK v: 1.9.22 running: no
  Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 16.1 running: yes
  Sound Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.65 running: no
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Ethernet I225-V driver: igc v: kernel pcie: gen: 2
    speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: N/A bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:15f3
    class-ID: 0200
  IF: eno1 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: MEDIATEK MT7921K Wi-Fi 6E 80MHz driver: mt7921e v: kernel pcie:
    gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 14c3:0608
    class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlp3s0 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-3: ASUSTek N10 Nano 802.11n Network Adapter [Realtek RTL8192CU]
    type: USB driver: rtl8192cu bus-ID: 1-2:3 chip-ID: 0b05:17ba class-ID: 0000
    serial: <filter>
  IF: wlp1s0u2 state: up mac: <filter>
  IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
    broadcast: <filter>
  IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
  WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: MediaTek Wireless_Device type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8
    bus-ID: 5-3:3 chip-ID: 0e8d:0608 class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
  Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: up address: see --recommends
Logical:
  Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
  Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 1.07 TiB used: 238.21 GiB (21.7%)
  SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Western Digital
    model: WD Blue SN570 1TB size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
    logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter>
    rev: 234100WD temp: 43.9 C scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Intel model: SSDSC2BF180A5L
    size: 167.68 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: LT2i scheme: GPT
  Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 931.22 GiB size: 931.22 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 238.21 GiB (25.6%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
    label: N/A uuid: e94f3221-3f6d-40ab-916b-9f4eb7b80073
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
    used: 612 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1 label: N/A
    uuid: 4F01-224E
  ID-3: /home raw-size: 931.22 GiB size: 931.22 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 238.21 GiB (25.6%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
    label: N/A uuid: e94f3221-3f6d-40ab-916b-9f4eb7b80073
  ID-4: /var/cache raw-size: 931.22 GiB size: 931.22 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 238.21 GiB (25.6%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
    label: N/A uuid: e94f3221-3f6d-40ab-916b-9f4eb7b80073
  ID-5: /var/log raw-size: 931.22 GiB size: 931.22 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 238.21 GiB (25.6%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
    label: N/A uuid: e94f3221-3f6d-40ab-916b-9f4eb7b80073
Swap:
  Alert: No swap data was found.
Unmounted:
  ID-1: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 size: 100 MiB fs: vfat label: N/A
    uuid: 0653-3A4D
  ID-2: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2 size: 16 MiB fs: <superuser required>
    label: N/A uuid: N/A
  ID-3: /dev/sda3 maj-min: 8:3 size: 167.05 GiB fs: ntfs label: N/A
    uuid: EADA79DBDA79A48B
  ID-4: /dev/sda4 maj-min: 8:4 size: 531 MiB fs: ntfs label: N/A
    uuid: FA183095183052BD
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 2 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 1-1:2 info: Razer USA Copperhead Mouse type: Mouse,Keyboard
    driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA
    chip-ID: 1532:0101 class-ID: 0301
  Device-2: 1-2:3 info: ASUSTek N10 Nano 802.11n Network Adapter [Realtek
    RTL8192CU] type: Network driver: rtl8192cu interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s power: 500mA chip-ID: 0b05:17ba class-ID: 0000
    serial: <filter>
  Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 2 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-3: 3-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 4 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-4: 4-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 2 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-5: 5-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 3 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-6: 5-1:2 info: VIA Labs VL813 Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s
    chip-ID: 2109:2813 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-7: 5-1.1:4 info: VIA Labs VL813 Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s
    chip-ID: 2109:2813 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 5-1.1.1:6 info: Logitech HD Webcam C525 type: Audio,Video
    driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo interfaces: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
    power: 500mA chip-ID: 046d:0826 class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
  Hub-8: 5-1.1.2:7 info: Apple Hub in Aluminum Keyboard ports: 3 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s power: 300mA chip-ID: 05ac:1006 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 5-1.1.2.2:9 info: Apple Aluminum Keyboard (ISO)
    type: Keyboard,HID driver: apple,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0
    speed: 1.5 Mb/s power: 20mA chip-ID: 05ac:0221 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: 5-1.1.3:8 info: SteelSeries ApS Arctis 7 type: Audio,HID
    driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid interfaces: 6 rev: 1.1
    speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA chip-ID: 1038:12ad class-ID: 0300
  Device-3: 5-1.2:5 info: Brother Industries HL-2030 Laser Printer
    type: Printer driver: usblp interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 2mA
    chip-ID: 04f9:0027 class-ID: 0701 serial: <filter>
  Device-4: 5-3:3 info: MediaTek Wireless_Device type: Bluetooth
    driver: btusb interfaces: 3 rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 100mA
    chip-ID: 0e8d:0608 class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
  Hub-9: 6-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 2 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-10: 6-1:2 info: VIA Labs VL813 Hub ports: 4 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s
    chip-ID: 2109:0813 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-11: 6-1.1:3 info: VIA Labs VL813 Hub ports: 4 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s
    chip-ID: 2109:0813 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-12: 7-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 1 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-13: 8-0:1 info: Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub ports: N/A rev: 3.0
    speed: 5 Gb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-14: 9-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 1 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-15: 10-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 1 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-16: 11-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 1 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-17: 12-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 1 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 41.4 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 38.0 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
  Processes: 361 Uptime: 7m wakeups: 3 Init: systemd v: 252 default: graphical
  tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.1 clang: 15.0.7 Packages: pm: pacman
  pkgs: 1239 libs: 385 tools: gnome-software,pamac,yay Shell: Zsh v: 5.9
  running-in: gnome-terminal inxi: 3.3.25


Moderator edit: Removed useless, unrelated neofetch screenshot, inxi output provides more detailed info

Are you dual booting Windows? Is Enable networking checked in network manager? Have you checked if it is blocked? What is output of rfkill list all ?

I am surprised it didn’t work for you with 6.1LTS or 6.2. There should be nothing to install. The firmware is included in the mediatek firmware folder here (unstable).

Take a look here:
https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/723828/mt7921e-00000900-0-hardware-init-failed

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Dualbooting Windows: Yes (on separat disk)
Network manager enabeled: Yes
Check if blocked: Not sure what to check. The Router has not blocked aither IP or mac adress.
rfkill list: am at work right now will check this when i come home

I checked the Link and the power discharge on the capasitors were interesting. I actually hade a power problem with the powerbrick. Had to unplugg it for the PC to start. So this could be the issue. I will test and see what I get for results.

I am running xfce, but in system tray, network manager icon, right click there is a checkbox to enable/disable wifi.

The terminal command rfkill list all will show if any device is hard or soft blocked. It can be unblocked with a terminal command if it is, indeed, blocked.

It looks like bluetooth is using that same mediatek. Does it work with bluetooth disabled?
I would remove the USB adapter while troubleshooting the mediatek issue.

I am uncertain about Windows being on a separate disk and if that has any effect, but for good measure, I would make sure that Windows is completely shutdown, fast boot, sleep/hibernation are disabled.

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Thx for the help @jrichard326

It was the capacitor that failed.
I unplugged the PC let it sit for a while then pushed the powerbutton a couple of times (with no power connected). Reconnected the powersupplie and now it works again.

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