Enable WiFi module disappeared

Everything that has happened in this older post is happening to me right now:

However, the solution that this user has found is not working for me, since my Acer Swift SF514-54T doesnt have the BIOS option to enable/disable wireless, so I’m at a loss.

Please help if there’s anything you know about this issue. Thank you all

what’s the actual status ? a new update for stable has been released today, are you on stable and already updated ?
please post the basic infos of

inxi --admin --verbosity=7 --filter --width

use the option of preformatted text and paste the infos inside it

sadly I cant copy and paste because I cant connect to the internet at all on my laptop, but my Kernel is

Kernel: 5.15.94-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.1

my desktop is:

Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.26.5 tk: Qt v: 5.15.8

If you need any other info, please lmk.

That system has obviously not been updated in a long time. We’ve been on Plasma 5.27.4 for a month now — from the 2023-04-11 update on, to be precise.

You’ll have to use a chroot from the live USB to update your system. Manjaro is a (curated) rolling-release distro and you are supposed to keep it updated. You cannot expect us to offer support for an outdated installation.

do you have access via a wired ethernet? you’ll need it to download a actual live-iso and either chroot your system and update it afterwards or do a new install.
as @Aragorn explained if you don’t update a rolling release regulary and the system is too long outdated you’ll run in pitty problems

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even after a fresh install of the latest manjaro update provided by the website, the problem still remains, no WiFi or Airplane mode.

I’m at a loss, I have no clue what could be causing this at all, system is now fully up-to-date.

okay if your up-to-date we can look further. please provide the full output of the command below that we can see what hardware is running

inxi --admin --verbosity=7 --filter --width

here you go:

System:
  Kernel: 6.1.25-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.1
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.1-x86_64
    root=UUID=e73f02d1-cf79-4dba-ac9e-e5c77a165935 rw quiet splash
    resume=UUID=8d5b43b4-4259-4e56-b8a0-56298d848b61 udev.log_priority=3
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.4 tk: Qt v: 5.15.8 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 1 dm: SDDM
    Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: Acer product: Swift SF514-54T v: V1.21
    serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: IL model: Yebisu_IL v: V1.21 serial: <superuser required>
    UEFI: Insyde v: 1.21 date: 01/18/2021
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 33.5 Wh (100.0%) condition: 33.5/56.0 Wh (59.9%)
    volts: 16.2 min: 15.4 model: SMP KT00407008 AP18C7M type: Li-ion
    serial: <filter> status: full cycles: 389
Memory:
  RAM: total: 7.45 GiB used: 1.21 GiB (16.2%)
  RAM Report: permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i5-1035G1 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Ice Lake
    gen: core 10 level: v4 note: check built: 2019-21 process: Intel 10nm
    family: 6 model-id: 0x7E (126) stepping: 5 microcode: 0xB8
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 tpc: 2 threads: 8 smt: enabled cache:
    L1: 320 KiB desc: d-4x48 KiB; i-4x32 KiB L2: 2 MiB desc: 4x512 KiB L3: 6 MiB
    desc: 1x6 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 1208 high: 1268 min/max: 400/3600 scaling:
    driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave cores: 1: 1200 2: 1200 3: 1200
    4: 1200 5: 1200 6: 1200 7: 1268 8: 1200 bogomips: 19048
  Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm acpi adx aes aperfmperf apic arat
    arch_capabilities arch_perfmon art avx avx2 avx512_bitalg avx512_vbmi2
    avx512_vnni avx512_vpopcntdq avx512bw avx512cd avx512dq avx512f avx512ifma
    avx512vbmi avx512vl bmi1 bmi2 bts clflush clflushopt cmov constant_tsc
    cpuid cpuid_fault cx16 cx8 de ds_cpl dtes64 dtherm dts epb ept ept_ad erms
    est f16c flexpriority flush_l1d fma fpu fsgsbase fsrm fxsr gfni ht hwp
    hwp_act_window hwp_epp hwp_notify hwp_pkg_req ibpb ibrs ibrs_enhanced ida
    intel_pt invpcid invpcid_single lahf_lm lm mca mce md_clear mmx monitor
    movbe msr mtrr nonstop_tsc nopl nx ospke pae pat pbe pcid pclmulqdq pdcm
    pdpe1gb pebs pge pku pln pni popcnt pse pse36 pts rdpid rdrand rdseed
    rdtscp rep_good sdbg sep sgx sgx_lc sha_ni smap smep split_lock_detect ss
    ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 stibp syscall tm tm2 tpr_shadow tsc
    tsc_adjust tsc_deadline_timer tsc_known_freq umip vaes vme vmx vnmi
    vpclmulqdq vpid x2apic xgetbv1 xsave xsavec xsaveopt xsaves xtopology xtpr
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected
  Type: mds status: Not affected
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected
  Type: mmio_stale_data mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
  Type: retbleed mitigation: Enhanced IBRS
  Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via
    prctl
  Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
    sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Enhanced IBRS, IBPB: conditional, RSB
    filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: SW sequence
  Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel Iris Plus Graphics G1 vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI
    driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-11 process: Intel 10nm built: 2019-21 ports:
    active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1,DP-2,HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:8a56
    class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: Chicony HD WebCam type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 3-6:3
    chip-ID: 04f2:b5c5 class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.8 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X:
    loaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,vesa dri: iris gpu: i915 display-ID: :0
    screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.00x11.22")
    s-diag: 582mm (22.93") monitors: <missing: xrandr>
  Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: AU Optronics 0x253d built: 2018 res: 1920x1080
    dpi: 158 gamma: 1.2 size: 309x174mm (12.17x6.85") diag: 355mm (14")
    ratio: 16:9 modes: 1920x1080
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 23.0.2 renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics (ICL GT1)
    direct-render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Ice Lake-LP Smart Sound Audio vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI
    driver: sof-audio-pci-intel-icl
    alternate: snd_hda_intel,snd_sof_pci_intel_icl bus-ID: 00:1f.3
    chip-ID: 8086:34c8 class-ID: 0401
  API: ALSA v: k6.1.25-1-MANJARO status: kernel-api with: aoss
    type: oss-emulator tools: alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: JACK v: 1.9.22 status: off tools: N/A
  Server-2: PipeWire v: 0.3.70 status: off with: wireplumber status: active
    tools: pw-cli,wpctl
  Server-3: PulseAudio v: 16.1 status: active tools: pacat,pactl
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Ice Lake-LP PCH CNVi WiFi driver: iwlwifi v: kernel
    bus-ID: 00:14.3 chip-ID: 8086:34f0 class-ID: 0280
  WAN IP: No WAN IP found. Connected to web? SSL issues? Try enabling dig
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel AX201 Bluetooth type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 3-10:5
    chip-ID: 8087:0026 class-ID: e001
  Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: see --recommends
Logical:
  Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
  Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 238.47 GiB used: 8.48 GiB (3.6%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Kingston
    model: RBUSNS8154P3256GJ1 size: 238.47 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
    logical: 512 B speed: 15.8 Gb/s lanes: 2 type: SSD serial: <filter>
    rev: E8FK12.3 temp: 24.9 C scheme: GPT
  Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 229.37 GiB size: 224.71 GiB (97.97%) used: 8.48 GiB (3.8%)
    fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2 label: N/A
    uuid: e73f02d1-cf79-4dba-ac9e-e5c77a165935
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
    used: 312 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1 label: N/A
    uuid: B7D2-F135
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 8.8 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3 label: swap
    uuid: 8d5b43b4-4259-4e56-b8a0-56298d848b61
Unmounted:
  Message: No unmounted partitions found.
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 1 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 4 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: 12 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 3-5:2 info: LighTuning EgisTec Touch Fingerprint Sensor
    type: <vendor specific> driver: N/A interfaces: 1 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
    power: 100mA chip-ID: 1c7a:0570 class-ID: 0000 serial: <filter>
  Device-2: 3-6:3 info: Chicony HD WebCam type: Video driver: uvcvideo
    interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 500mA chip-ID: 04f2:b5c5
    class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
  Device-3: 3-9:4 info: Raydium Touch System type: HID
    driver: hid-multitouch,usbhid interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s
    power: 96mA chip-ID: 2386:433b class-ID: 0300
  Device-4: 3-10:5 info: Intel AX201 Bluetooth type: Bluetooth driver: btusb
    interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA chip-ID: 8087:0026
    class-ID: e001
  Hub-4: 4-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 6 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 47.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
  Processes: 281 Uptime: 13m wakeups: 117 Init: systemd v: 252
  default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.1 clang: 15.0.7
  Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1155 libs: 350 tools: pamac pm: flatpak pkgs: 0
  Shell: Zsh v: 5.9 default: Bash v: 5.1.16 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.26

that is absolutely everything that came out of the command, lmk if you need anything else

yes, there is still this error message

Device-1: Intel Ice Lake-LP PCH CNVi WiFi driver: iwlwifi v: kernel
    bus-ID: 00:14.3 chip-ID: 8086:34f0 class-ID: 0280
  WAN IP: No WAN IP found. Connected to web? SSL issues? Try enabling dig

please post the output of the following command

nmcli device wifi list

is your router in the list ?

nothing was output with that command. Could the system be completely void of any driver regarding wifi?

please post the output of

rfkill

ID TYPE     DEVICE     SOFT     HARD
0 bluetooth hci0  unblocked unblocked

???
what’s the output of

systemctl status NetworkManager.service

and

ip link show

for sytemctl:

● NetworkManager.service - Network Manager
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/NetworkManager.service; enabled; preset: disabled)
     Active: active (running) since Sun 2023-05-07 22:08:08 AWST; 38min ago
       Docs: man:NetworkManager(8)
   Main PID: 467 (NetworkManager)
      Tasks: 4 (limit: 9116)
     Memory: 14.8M
        CPU: 100ms
     CGroup: /system.slice/NetworkManager.service
             └─467 /usr/bin/NetworkManager --no-daemon

May 07 22:08:12 schlime9k-swiftsf51454t NetworkManager[467]: <info>  [1683468492.4278] modem-manager: ModemManager available
May 07 22:08:12 schlime9k-swiftsf51454t NetworkManager[467]: <info>  [1683468492.4285] device (lo): state change: ip-check -> secondaries (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'external')
May 07 22:08:12 schlime9k-swiftsf51454t NetworkManager[467]: <info>  [1683468492.4286] device (lo): state change: secondaries -> activated (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'external')
May 07 22:08:12 schlime9k-swiftsf51454t NetworkManager[467]: <info>  [1683468492.4288] device (lo): Activation: successful, device activated.
May 07 22:08:12 schlime9k-swiftsf51454t NetworkManager[467]: <info>  [1683468492.4290] manager: startup complete
May 07 22:08:34 schlime9k-swiftsf51454t NetworkManager[467]: <info>  [1683468514.7063] agent-manager: agent[b375806a477dad31,:1.34/org.kde.plasma.networkmanagement/1000]: agent registered
May 07 22:11:57 schlime9k-swiftsf51454t NetworkManager[467]: <info>  [1683468717.2502] manager: sleep: sleep requested (sleeping: no  enabled: yes)
May 07 22:11:57 schlime9k-swiftsf51454t NetworkManager[467]: <info>  [1683468717.2503] manager: NetworkManager state is now ASLEEP
May 07 22:20:56 schlime9k-swiftsf51454t NetworkManager[467]: <info>  [1683469256.5267] manager: sleep: wake requested (sleeping: yes  enabled: yes)
May 07 22:20:56 schlime9k-swiftsf51454t NetworkManager[467]: <info>  [1683469256.5268] manager: NetworkManager state is now DISCONNECTED

and for the ip link show:

1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00

well your wifi-hardware is not physical detected. please check the following first:
1.) a lot of laptops do have a physical switch to turn wifi on/off. please check if there is one existing and it is turned on.
2.) other laptops do have a function-key combination to turn on/off wifi. please check this also. maybe you need to take a look to the manual of your laptop to find this.

my laptop does have a FN combo however it does nothing, tested the commands you gave me witht the combo pressed and its the same results.

this might be because the actual wifi reciever is damaged in some way, but i doubt that, this laptop is in pretty good condition despit being a couple years old

another pitty might be the firmware. try

sudo pacman -S linux-firmware 

reboot and check if there are changes

apparently database file for core, extra, community, multilib doesnt exist, and “linux-firmware” isn’t found…