Linux Refugee Crisis: My 5GHz WiFi Just Declared Independence

Support Network
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Mini-introduction (not important):
G’day mates, I’m one of the fresh migrants for Linux’s 2026 intake of refugees! :partying_face:

I’ve been running Manjaro (KDE Plasma, Wayland, Linux 6.18, EXT4) for several weeks since I conquered the drivers, and documented my journey along the way with public gists.

Backstory ― How rclone and Dolphin team up to break my 5GHz wifi (and my sanity):

I was copy-pasting a file into my rclone cloud in the Dolphin file explorer, and it was being slow. (This is basically my only gripe with Linux after all these weeks, but perhaps I just need to optimised my rclone-Dolphin system somehow.)

Except this time, it wasn’t just being slow, Dolphin properly locked up. I tried closing rclone correctly, the terminal refused. I tried force quitting the rclone process… my cloud drive remained mounted. I tried unmounting the cloud, Dolphin refused. Crikey, I guess I have no choice but to reboot the computer.

The problem becomes apparent:

Suddenly, I can’t connect to any 5GHz wifi networks at all! They show up as discoverable, but I just can’t connect to them! The error message being:

Secrets were required, but not provided.

This happens even after I delete my saved network connection (via the GUI) and attempt to reconnect, typing the password and everything.

Oddly, it seems to connect to my legacy 2.4GHz personal hotspot just fine.

What it’s not:

My wifi card is working fine. I dual booted back into macOS, and there’s no issue with the wifi. Furthermore, I pulled out Manjaro LiveUSB, booted that up, and was also able to connect to the wifi correctly.

Obviously, this also means the issue isn’t a Manjaro driver incompatibility (just in case you assumed I hallucinated working wifi for the past several weeks and was browsing the web in my imagination).

Speculation:

This leads me to conclude that something is broken… Surely rclone didn’t break my wifi drivers! And I did politely ask Manjaro to reboot and patiently obliged during “Backstory” section above… so surely no files were corrupted if no sudden power terminations occurred…

But then again, perhaps my rclone mount was seizing something about the wifi connection and rebooting the computer left some network configuration files in some kind of locked state? Perhaps my driver or its configurations have had their permission flags erroneously overwritten to a less privileged state?

Potential solutions?

Maybe there’s a way to reinstall all networking related files, overwriting their permissions to defaults or something?

I’d really rather not reinstall Manjaro from scratch, but ultimately that will fix the problem if nothing else. If I do, I’m definitely reformatting to Btrfs and ditching EXT4!

Call for help:

I tried searching the web, but the web results are constantly irrelevant, often assuming the person is trying to set up wifi for the first time and concluding driver incompatibilities. I’ve also tried AI troubleshooting, but they’re taking me on wild goose chases, asking me to endlessly report logs and forgetting which solutions we already tried and failed.

So here I am, calling for troubleshooting assistance!

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Welcome to Manjaro forum @SulleyBear

Please post more information about system hardware:

inxi -zv8
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A warm Welcome from me too! :vulcan_salute:

In addition to @nikgnomic’s post, here’s my quick guide on proper code formatting:

[Mini How-To] format code or command output

Select and copy all the text in the Terminal window (minus the prompt, if you are using zsh).
Then paste the output in between two lines containing three backticks
```
or three tildes
~~~

Or:
Copy & paste, then highlight the pasted text and click the </> button at the top of the reply window (easier for smaller outputs).

Also note that the command provided gives a privacy-filtered output.

Cheers! :wink:

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@nikgnomic and @BG405 , thanks for the welcome!

❯ inxi -zv8
System:
  Kernel: 6.18.33-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 16.1.1
    clocksource: tsc avail: acpi_pm
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.18-x86_64
    root=UUID=927408b6-64c5-4528-8988-3da4e0c034f1 rw quiet splash
    resume=UUID=e27b6c87-4dcb-442b-944e-25b4b1db8440 udev.log_priority=3
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.6.5 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.26.0
    wm: kwin_wayland with: krunner vt: 1 dm: SDDM Distro: Manjaro
    base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: Apple product: MacBookPro14,3 v: 1.0
    serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 9 v: Mac-551B86E5744E2388
    serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Apple model: Mac-551B86E5744E2388 v: MacBookPro14,3
    serial: <superuser required> uuid: <superuser required> Firmware: UEFI
    vendor: Apple v: 529.140.2.0.0 date: 06/23/2024
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 62.7 Wh (95.5%) condition: 65.6/76.6 Wh (85.6%)
    temp: 32.4 C volts: 12.71 min: 11.49 model: SMP bq20z451 type: Li-ion
    serial: N/A charging: status: full cycles: 180
  Device-1: apple_mfi_fastcharge_1-2 model: N/A serial: N/A charge: N/A
    status: N/A
  Device-2: hid-04:4b:ed:c7:d2:48-battery model: Bluetooth Mouse
    serial: N/A charge: N/A status: discharging
  Device-3: hid-2c:33:61:e8:c0:78-battery model: Bluetooth Keyboard
    serial: N/A charge: N/A status: discharging
Memory:
  System RAM: total: 16 GiB available: 15.51 GiB used: 5.83 GiB (37.6%)
  Message: For most reliable report, use superuser + dmidecode.
  Array-1: capacity: 16 GiB slots: 2 modules: 2 EC: None
    max-module-size: 8 GiB note: est.
  Device-1: DIMM0 type: LPDDR3 detail: synchronous size: 8 GiB
    speed: 2133 MT/s volts: curr: 1 width (bits): data: 64 total: 64
    manufacturer: 0x802C part-no: 0x4D5435324C31473332443450472D30393320
    serial: <filter>
  Device-2: DIMM0 type: LPDDR3 detail: synchronous size: 8 GiB
    speed: 2133 MT/s volts: curr: 1 width (bits): data: 64 total: 64
    manufacturer: 0x802C part-no: 0x4D5435324C31473332443450472D30393320
    serial: <filter>
PCI Slots:
  Permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i7-7700HQ bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Kaby Lake
    gen: core 7 level: v3 note: check built: 2018 process: Intel 14nm family: 6
    model-id: 0x9E (158) stepping: 9 microcode: 0xF8
  Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 4 cores: 4 threads: 8 tpc: 2
    smt: enabled cache: L1: 256 KiB desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x32 KiB L2: 1024 KiB
    desc: 4x256 KiB L3: 6 MiB desc: 1x6 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 1600 min/max: 800/3800 scaling: driver: intel_pstate
    governor: powersave cores: 1: 1600 2: 1600 3: 1600 4: 1600 5: 1600 6: 1600
    7: 1600 8: 1600 bogomips: 44798
  Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm acpi adx aes aperfmperf apic arat
    arch_capabilities arch_perfmon art avx avx2 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 fxsr ht hwp hwp_act_window hwp_epp hwp_notify ibpb ibrs ida
    intel_pt invpcid lahf_lm lm mca mce md_clear mmx monitor movbe mpx msr
    mtrr nonstop_tsc nopl nx pae pat pbe pcid pclmulqdq pdcm pdpe1gb pebs pge
    pln pni popcnt pse pse36 pti pts rdrand rdseed rdtscp rep_good sdbg sep
    smap smep ss ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 stibp syscall tm tm2
    tpr_shadow tsc tsc_adjust tsc_deadline_timer vme vmx vnmi vpid x2apic
    xgetbv1 xsave xsavec xsaveopt xsaves xtopology xtpr
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: gather_data_sampling mitigation: Microcode
  Type: ghostwrite status: Not affected
  Type: indirect_target_selection status: Not affected
  Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: Split huge pages
  Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT
    vulnerable
  Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
  Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
  Type: mmio_stale_data mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
  Type: old_microcode status: Not affected
  Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: retbleed mitigation: IBRS
  Type: spec_rstack_overflow status: Not affected
  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: IBRS; IBPB: conditional; STIBP: conditional;
    RSB filling; PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not affected
  Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
  Type: tsa status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
  Type: vmscape mitigation: IBPB before exit to userspace
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel Kaby Lake-H GT2 [HD Graphics 630] vendor: Apple driver: i915
    v: kernel arch: Gen-9.5 process: Intel 14nm built: 2016-20 ports:
    active: none empty: DP-5, DP-6, HDMI-A-1, HDMI-A-2 bus-ID: 00:02.0
    chip-ID: 8086:591b class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Baffin [Radeon RX 460/560D /
    Pro 450/455/460/555/555X/560/560X] vendor: Apple driver: amdgpu v: kernel
    arch: GCN-4 code: Arctic Islands process: GF 14nm built: 2016-20 pcie:
    gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 8 ports: active: eDP-1
    empty: DP-1, DP-2, DP-3, DP-4 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:67ef
    class-ID: 0300 temp: 53.0 C
  Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.22 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.11
    compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: amdgpu,modesetting
    alternate: fbdev,vesa dri: radeonsi,iris gpu: amdgpu display-ID: 0
  Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: Apple Color LCD built: 2015 res: mode: 2880x1800
    hz: 60 scale: 145% (1.45) to: 1986x1241 dpi: 221 gamma: 1.2 chroma: red:
    x: 0.682 y: 0.322 green: x: 0.263 y: 0.690 blue: x: 0.149 y: 0.051 white:
    x: 0.314 y: 0.329 size: 331x207mm (13.03x8.15") diag: 390mm (15.4")
    ratio: 16:10 modes: 2880x1800, 1920x1200, 1920x1080, 1600x1200,
    1680x1050, 1280x1024, 1440x900, 1280x800, 1280x720, 1024x768, 800x600,
    640x480
  API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel iris drv: amd radeonsi platforms: device: 0
    drv: iris device: 1 drv: radeonsi device: 2 drv: swrast gbm: drv: iris
    surfaceless: drv: iris wayland: drv: radeonsi x11: drv: radeonsi
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 vendor: amd mesa v: 26.1.1-arch1.2 glx-v: 1.4
    direct-render: yes renderer: AMD Radeon RX Graphics (radeonsi polaris11 ACO
    DRM 3.64 6.18.33-1-MANJARO) device-ID: 1002:67ef memory: 1.95 GiB
    unified: no display-ID: :1.0
  API: Vulkan v: 1.4.350 layers: 6 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu name: AMD
    Radeon RX Graphics (RADV POLARIS11) driver: mesa radv v: 26.1.1-arch1.2
    device-ID: 1002:67ef surfaces: N/A device: 1 type: integrated-gpu
    name: Intel HD Graphics 630 (KBL GT2) driver: mesa intel v: 26.1.1-arch1.2
    device-ID: 8086:591b surfaces: N/A
  Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
    de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor wl: wayland-info
    x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 100 Series/C230 Series Family HD Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
    v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_avs bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:a170
    class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Baffin HDMI/DP Audio [Radeon
    RX 550 640SP / 560/560X] driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3
    speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 8 bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:aae0 class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.18.33-1-MANJARO status: kernel-api with: aoss
    type: oss-emulator tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: sndiod v: N/A status: off tools: aucat,midicat,sndioctl
  Server-2: PipeWire v: 1.6.5 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
    status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
    4: pw-jack type: plugin tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
  Device-1: Broadcom BCM43602 802.11ac Wireless LAN SoC vendor: Apple
    driver: brcmfmac v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1
    bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 14e4:43ba class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlp3s0 state: up mac: <filter>
  IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
    broadcast: <filter>
  IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
  Device-2: Realtek RTL8153 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter driver: r8152 type: USB
    rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 bus-ID: 4-2:2
    chip-ID: 0bda:8153 class-ID: 0000 serial: <filter>
  IF: enp7s0u2 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
    broadcast: <filter>
  IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
  Info: services: NetworkManager, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
  WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Message: No bluetooth data found.
Logical:
  Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
  Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 931.84 GiB used: 491.07 GiB (52.7%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Apple model: SSD SM1024L
    size: 931.84 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 4096 B
    speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: CXS5EA0Q
    temp: 31.9 C scheme: GPT
  Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 345.17 GiB size: 338.69 GiB (98.12%)
    used: 185.46 GiB (54.8%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
    label: Manjaro uuid: 927408b6-64c5-4528-8988-3da4e0c034f1
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 500 MiB size: 498.9 MiB (99.78%)
    used: 1.4 MiB (0.3%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p4 maj-min: 259:4
    label: GNU Grub uuid: 9DEA-ED48
  ID-3: /home/<filter>/OneDrive raw-size: N/A size: 1.03 TiB
    used: 468.5 GiB (44.4%) fs: fuse.rclone remote: OneDrive:
  ID-4: /mnt/macOS raw-size: 565.69 GiB size: 565.69 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 305.61 GiB (54.0%) fs: apfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
    label: N/A uuid: a774c8a3-cdef-4e95-8705-cc71903e033d
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: yes
    compressor: zstd max-pool: 20%
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 20 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3 label: N/A
    uuid: e27b6c87-4dcb-442b-944e-25b4b1db8440
Unmounted:
  Message: No unmounted partitions found.
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 16 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
    class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 1-3:2 info: Apple Apple Mobile Device [Recovery Mode]
    type: <vendor specific> driver: N/A interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 power: 500mA
    chip-ID: 05ac:1281 class-ID: fe01 serial: <filter>
  Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 8 rev: 3.0
    speed: 5 Gb/s (596.0 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-3: 3-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 2 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 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 (1.16 GiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-2x1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
    class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 4-2:2 info: Realtek RTL8153 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
    type: Network driver: r8152 interfaces: 1 rev: 3.0
    speed: 5 Gb/s (596.0 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 power: 256mA
    chip-ID: 0bda:8153 class-ID: 0000 serial: <filter>
  Hub-5: 5-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 2 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-6: 6-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 2 rev: 3.1
    speed: 10 Gb/s (1.16 GiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-2x1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
    class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 61.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 53.0 C
  Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Repos:
  Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1572 libs: 413 tools: pamac,yay pm: flatpak
    pkgs: 0
  Active pacman repo servers in: /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
    1: https://mirror.phoepsilonix.love/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    2: https://mirrors.xtom.jp/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    3: https://ftp.yz.yamagata-u.ac.jp/pub/linux/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    4: https://ftp.tsukuba.wide.ad.jp/Linux/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    5: https://mirrors.cicku.me/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    6: https://mirrors.manjaro.org/repo/stable/$repo/$arch
    7: https://mirror.archlinux.tw/Manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    8: https://mirror.freedif.org/Manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    9: http://ossmirror.mycloud.services/os/linux/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    10: https://ziply.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    11: https://irltoolkit.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    12: https://opencolo.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    13: https://codingflyboy.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    14: https://muug.ca/mirror/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    15: https://mirror.xeonbd.com/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    16: https://mirror.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    17: https://mirrors.ustc.edu.cn/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    18: https://gsl-syd.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    19: https://mirror.kku.ac.th/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    20: https://mirror.nyist.edu.cn/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    21: https://ohioix.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    22: https://nocix.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    23: https://mirrors2.manjaro.org/stable/$repo/$arch
    24: https://southfront.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    25: https://kartolo.sby.datautama.net.id/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    26: https://forksystems.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    27: https://mirror.nju.edu.cn/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    28: https://mirror.truenetwork.ru/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    29: https://mirrors.sonic.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    30: https://coresite.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    31: https://cofractal-ewr.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    32: https://nnenix.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    33: https://volico.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    34: https://mirrors.ocf.berkeley.edu/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    35: https://mirrors.gigenet.com/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    36: https://mirror.2degrees.nz/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    37: https://ipng.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    38: https://distrohub.kyiv.ua/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    39: https://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    40: https://mirrors.atlas.net.co/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    41: https://repo.ialab.dsu.edu/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    42: https://ask4.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    43: https://manjaro.mirrors.uk2.net/stable/$repo/$arch
    44: https://manjaro.mirrors.lavatech.top/stable/$repo/$arch
    45: https://mirror.xenyth.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    46: https://mirrors.sjtug.sjtu.edu.cn/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    47: https://mirror.init7.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    48: https://mirror.netcologne.de/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    49: https://mirror.vinehost.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    50: https://linorg.usp.br/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    51: https://mirror.bakertelekom.fr/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    52: https://manjaro.mirror.wearetriple.com/stable/$repo/$arch
    53: https://mirror.rabisu.com/mirrors/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    54: https://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    55: https://ftp.linux.org.tr/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    56: https://mirror.raiolanetworks.com/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    57: https://mirror.alpix.eu/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    58: https://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    59: http://ftp.uni-kl.de/pub/linux/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    60: https://ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    61: https://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/linux/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    62: https://mirror.dc.uz/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    63: https://mirror.futureweb.be/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    64: https://mirror.datacenter.by/pub/mirrors/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    65: https://mirrors.ucr.ac.cr/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    66: https://mirror1.sox.rs/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    67: https://mirror.dkm.cz/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    68: https://manjaro.mirror.garr.it/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    69: https://mirror.23m.com/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    70: https://mirror.easyname.at/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    71: https://manjaro.ipacct.com/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    72: https://mirror.alwyzon.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    73: https://manjaro.ynh.ovh/stable/$repo/$arch
    74: https://ftp.belnet.be/mirrors/manjaro/repos/stable/$repo/$arch
    75: https://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    76: https://mirrors.ft.uam.es/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    77: https://ftp.psnc.pl/linux/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    78: https://mirrors.eric.ovh/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    79: https://fosszone.csd.auth.gr/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    80: https://ftp.rz.tu-bs.de/pub/mirror/manjaro.org/repos/stable/$repo/$arch
    81: https://manjaro.mirror-services.net/pub/stable/$repo/$arch
    82: https://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/os/Linux/distr/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    83: https://ftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    84: https://mirror.it4i.cz/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    85: https://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/repo.manjaro.org/repos/stable/$repo/$arch
    86: https://mirror.bouwhuis.network/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    87: https://mirror.telepoint.bg/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    88: https://ftp.caliu.cat/pub/distribucions/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    89: https://mirrors.dotsrc.org/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    90: https://manjaro.c3sl.ufpr.br/stable/$repo/$arch
    91: https://ftp.lysator.liu.se/pub/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    92: https://mirrors.up.pt/pub/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    93: https://ftp.free.org/mirrors/repo.manjaro.org/repos/stable/$repo/$arch
    94: https://manjaro.mirror.liquidtelecom.com/stable/$repo/$arch
    95: https://manjaro.grena.ge/stable/$repo/$arch
    96: https://ba.mirror.garr.it/mirrors/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    97: https://manjaro.repo.cure.edu.uy/stable/$repo/$arch
    98: https://ct.mirror.garr.it/mirrors/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    99: https://mirror.dimensiondata.com/mirrors/manjaro.org/stable/$repo/$arch
    100: https://ftpmirror1.infania.net/mirror/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    101: https://mirror.kamtv.ru/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    102: https://mirror.yandex.ru/mirrors/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
Processes:
  CPU top: 5 of 316
  1: cpu: 13.9% command: konsole pid: 30771 mem: 250.7 MiB (1.5%)
  2: cpu: 10.1% command: firefox pid: 24975 mem: 866.3 MiB (5.4%)
  3: cpu: 8.1% command: zsh pid: 30797 mem: 10.2 MiB (0.0%)
  4: cpu: 2.5% command: pamac-manager pid: 26106 mem: 856.4 MiB (5.3%)
  5: cpu: 1.9% command: firefox pid: 29204 mem: 300.1 MiB (1.8%)
  Memory top: 5 of 316
  1: mem: 977.5 MiB (6.1%) command: thunderbird pid: 1353 cpu: 1.5%
  2: mem: 866.3 MiB (5.4%) command: firefox pid: 24975 cpu: 10.1%
  3: mem: 856.4 MiB (5.3%) command: pamac-manager pid: 26106 cpu: 2.5%
  4: mem: 527.3 MiB (3.3%) command: plasmashell pid: 1006 cpu: 1.7%
  5: mem: 448.5 MiB (2.8%) command: kwin_wayland pid: 768 cpu: 1.8%
Info:
  Processes: 316 Power: uptime: 16h 22m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
    avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
    suspend, test_resume image: 6.13 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,
    power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 260 default: graphical
    tool: systemctl
  Compilers: clang: 22.1.5 gcc: 16.1.1 Shell: Zsh v: 5.9 running-in: konsole
    inxi: 3.3.40

Edit: Oh thank goodness this forum makes that enormous code block scrollable by default, I was worried!

Edit 2: Sorry for the duplicate reply, it turns out that the privacy-filtered output wasn’t quite private enough, exposing my personal name via my Bluetooth device pairings :man_facepalming:

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Very well spotted! :face_with_hand_over_mouth:

We’ll have to contact the developer about that one. I think it’s the only instance anyone has reported. He’s a member here, but I haven’t been able to find the post or message referencing his username so far. :thinking:

Also, thanks for the feedback re. the scrollable window. I might add that to my mini-HowTo. :+1:

Edit: Found him, may need to contact him via other means though as @h2-1 hasn’t been on here for a while, but may get an email notification. :smiley:

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Oh wow! Thanks mate, you’re a legend!

I imagine heaps of people name their Bluetooth headphones and speakers with their name as I naively have done… I probably should stop doing that! :man_facepalming:

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Did you see the thread from a couple of days ago with a similar problem on another Mac? The network card seems to be the same. Maybe the solution is also the same: Macbook Wifi - password not working - #7 by 6x12

Edit:
@BG405 The inxi repo seems to be this: smxi/inxi: inxi is a full featured CLI system information tool. It is available in most Linux distribution repositories, and does its best to support the BSDs. - Codeberg.org. Probably the best possible place to raise an issue is there

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Thank you, yes I did see that thread, too. The problem is a little different, though: That person was trying to get their wifi working for the first time. I had already used that strategy (below) to set it up over a month ago. This is the code I use to get it going without rebooting, but also ensuring it’s persistent upon reboots:

sudo rmmod brcmfmac_wcc
sudo rmmod brcmfmac
echo "options brcmfmac feature_disable=0x82000" | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/brcmfmac.conf
sudo modprobe brcmfmac feature_disable=0x82000
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Ok. And is there any message in the logs (journalctl)?

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Sorry, I kept reading and reading until I got suspicious and realised this is logging from bootup and beyond (hehe, ooops). But I think these entries are the most suspicious:

❯ journalctl
...
<EDIT: redacted, irrelevant log output from a month ago>
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Check out this and this.

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@h2-1 I believe, but they’re not active.

Are these errors before/during/after you got the wifi working with the workaround mentioned? They’re from over a month ago. Is there anything in your logs from around the time the transfer bummed out?

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@6x12
Thanks for the tip! Since iwconfig isn’t on my system, rather than installing it I went with the alternative command in the second link you posted

Before I tried those solutions, I wanted to know the current setting from what I was changing:

❯ iw dev wlp3s0 info | grep txpower
        txpower 31.00 dBm

Okay, so 31 dBm, but really that’s the setting that “auto” decided on. If I revert, I think I should revert to txpower auto, probably.

The person in the first link experimented that 20 dBm seemed to work well before things became unstable again… so I’ll try that:

❯ sudo iw dev wlp3s0 set txpower fixed 2000
❯ iw dev wlp3s0 info | grep txpower
        txpower 20.00 dBm

It didn’t work… I turn off the wifi, turn it on again, my network appears, and connecting to it presents “Incorrect password” and a prompt to type it in again. I can repeat, but if I press cancel, we get the “Secrets were required, but not provided.” message.

Perhaps I failed to notice this before, but at least it means the authentication is failing. So that might narrow down the troubleshooting.

Anyway, just to be sure, I tried again at the even lower power of 10 dBm:

❯ sudo iw dev wlp3s0 set txpower fixed 1000
❯ iw dev wlp3s0 info | grep txpower
        txpower 10.00 dBm

Which also didn’t work.

Ultimately, I’m reassured slightly, because if this did fix the problem I would have been very confused why the LiveUSB doesn’t need it whilst my on-device installation does :sweat_smile:

Oh geeze! Thank you for paying attention. I didn’t realise my journalctl was cached back to May! I thought it was on the RAM caching from when I last turned it on, doh! :man_facepalming: I thought the times were out! Please completely ignore that post, I might edit it out since it’s misleading.

Here’s the new log, where I suspect these filtered results should provide some clues (especially the last block):

> journalctl --since="27 hours ago"
...
Jun 09 09:00:51 Manjaro-Laptop kernel: brcmfmac: brcmf_fw_alloc_request: using brcm/brcmfmac43602-pcie for chip BCM43602/2
Jun 09 09:00:51 Manjaro-Laptop kernel: brcmfmac 0000:03:00.0: Direct firmware load for brcm/brcmfmac43602-pcie.Apple Inc.-MacBookPro14,3.bin failed with error -2
Jun 09 09:00:51 Manjaro-Laptop kernel: brcmfmac 0000:03:00.0: Direct firmware load for brcm/brcmfmac43602-pcie.clm_blob failed with error -2
Jun 09 09:00:51 Manjaro-Laptop kernel: brcmfmac 0000:03:00.0: Direct firmware load for brcm/brcmfmac43602-pcie.txcap_blob failed with error -2
Jun 09 09:00:51 Manjaro-Laptop kernel: vga_switcheroo: enabled
Jun 09 09:00:51 Manjaro-Laptop systemd-timesyncd[418]: Network configuration changed, trying to establish connection.
Jun 09 09:00:51 Manjaro-Laptop systemd-timesyncd[418]: Network configuration changed, trying to establish connection.
Jun 09 09:00:51 Manjaro-Laptop systemd-timesyncd[418]: Network configuration changed, trying to establish connection.
Jun 09 09:00:51 Manjaro-Laptop systemd[1]: Finished Create System Files and Directories.
Jun 09 09:00:51 Manjaro-Laptop systemd[1]: Rebuild Dynamic Linker Cache skipped, no trigger condition checks were met.
Jun 09 09:00:51 Manjaro-Laptop systemd[1]: Initial Setup skipped, unmet condition check ConditionFirstBoot=yes
Jun 09 09:00:51 Manjaro-Laptop systemd[1]: First Boot Complete skipped, unmet condition check ConditionFirstBoot=yes
Jun 09 09:00:51 Manjaro-Laptop systemd[1]: Rebuild Journal Catalog skipped, unmet condition check ConditionNeedsUpdate=/var
Jun 09 09:00:51 Manjaro-Laptop systemd[1]: Save Transient machine-id to Disk skipped, unmet condition check ConditionPathIsMountPoint=/etc/machine-id
Jun 09 09:00:51 Manjaro-Laptop systemd[1]: Update is Completed skipped, no trigger condition checks were met.
Jun 09 09:00:51 Manjaro-Laptop systemd[1]: Starting Record System Boot/Shutdown in UTMP...
Jun 09 09:00:51 Manjaro-Laptop kernel: intel_tcc_cooling: Programmable TCC Offset detected
Jun 09 09:00:51 Manjaro-Laptop systemd[1]: Finished Record System Boot/Shutdown in UTMP.
Jun 09 09:00:51 Manjaro-Laptop kernel: intel_pmc_core intel_pmc_core.0:  initialized
Jun 09 09:00:51 Manjaro-Laptop kernel: intel_rapl_common: Found RAPL domain package
Jun 09 09:00:51 Manjaro-Laptop kernel: intel_rapl_common: Found RAPL domain core
Jun 09 09:00:51 Manjaro-Laptop kernel: intel_rapl_common: Found RAPL domain uncore
Jun 09 09:00:51 Manjaro-Laptop kernel: intel_rapl_common: Found RAPL domain dram
Jun 09 09:00:51 Manjaro-Laptop kernel: brcmfmac: brcmf_c_process_clm_blob: no clm_blob available (err=-2), device may have limited channels available
Jun 09 09:00:51 Manjaro-Laptop kernel: brcmfmac: brcmf_c_process_txcap_blob: no txcap_blob available (err=-2)
Jun 09 09:00:51 Manjaro-Laptop kernel: brcmfmac: brcmf_c_preinit_dcmds: Firmware: BCM43602/2 wl0: Nov 10 2015 06:38:10 version 7.35.177.61 (r598657) FWID 01-ea662a8c
Jun 09 09:00:51 Manjaro-Laptop kernel: i915 0000:00:02.0: [drm] Cannot find any crtc or sizes
Jun 09 09:00:51 Manjaro-Laptop kernel: brcmfmac 0000:03:00.0 wlp3s0: renamed from wlan0
...
Jun 09 09:01:02 Manjaro-Laptop wpa_supplicant[640]: wlp3s0: Removed BSSID 52:41:b9:0a:72:d3 from ignore list (clear)
Jun 09 09:01:02 Manjaro-Laptop wpa_supplicant[640]: wlp3s0: Trying to associate with SSID 'FiveGHz'
Jun 09 09:01:02 Manjaro-Laptop systemd[1]: NetworkManager-dispatcher.service: Deactivated successfully.
Jun 09 09:01:02 Manjaro-Laptop NetworkManager[555]: <info>  [1780963262.2141] device (wlp3s0): supplicant interface state: scanning -> associating
Jun 09 09:01:02 Manjaro-Laptop NetworkManager[555]: <info>  [1780963262.2147] device (p2p-dev-wlp3s0): supplicant management interface state: scanning -> associating
...
Jun 09 09:01:02 Manjaro-Laptop wpa_supplicant[640]: wlp3s0: CTRL-EVENT-ASSOC-REJECT bssid=00:00:00:00:00:00 status_code=16
Jun 09 09:01:02 Manjaro-Laptop wpa_supplicant[640]: wlp3s0: Added BSSID 52:41:b9:0a:72:d3 into ignore list, ignoring for 10 seconds
Jun 09 09:01:02 Manjaro-Laptop NetworkManager[555]: <info>  [1780963262.3247] device (wlp3s0): supplicant interface state: associating -> disconnected
Jun 09 09:01:02 Manjaro-Laptop NetworkManager[555]: <info>  [1780963262.3248] device (p2p-dev-wlp3s0): supplicant management interface state: associating -> disconnected
...
Jun 09 09:00:58 Manjaro-Laptop NetworkManager[555]: <info>  [1780963258.7211] policy: auto-activating connection 'FiveGHz' (41a87b96-7d83-4bac-a22e-89c12f84f2fe)
Jun 09 09:00:58 Manjaro-Laptop NetworkManager[555]: <info>  [1780963258.7216] device (wlp3s0): Activation: starting connection 'FiveGHz' (41a87b96-7d83-4bac-a22e-89c12f84f2fe)
Jun 09 09:00:58 Manjaro-Laptop NetworkManager[555]: <info>  [1780963258.7218] device (wlp3s0): state change: disconnected -> prepare (reason 'none', managed-type: 'full')
Jun 09 09:00:58 Manjaro-Laptop NetworkManager[555]: <info>  [1780963258.7220] manager: NetworkManager state is now CONNECTING
Jun 09 09:00:59 Manjaro-Laptop NetworkManager[555]: <info>  [1780963259.2320] device (wlp3s0): set-hw-addr: reset MAC address to 8C:85:90:32:7F:DC (preserve)
Jun 09 09:00:59 Manjaro-Laptop NetworkManager[555]: <info>  [1780963259.2356] device (wlp3s0): state change: prepare -> config (reason 'none', managed-type: 'full')
Jun 09 09:00:59 Manjaro-Laptop NetworkManager[555]: <info>  [1780963259.2358] device (wlp3s0): Activation: (wifi) access point 'FiveGHz' has security, but secrets are required.
Jun 09 09:00:59 Manjaro-Laptop NetworkManager[555]: <info>  [1780963259.2358] device (wlp3s0): state change: config -> need-auth (reason 'none', managed-type: 'full')
Jun 09 09:00:59 Manjaro-Laptop NetworkManager[555]: <info>  [1780963259.2365] device (wlp3s0): state change: need-auth -> prepare (reason 'none', managed-type: 'full')
Jun 09 09:00:59 Manjaro-Laptop NetworkManager[555]: <info>  [1780963259.2366] device (wlp3s0): state change: prepare -> config (reason 'none', managed-type: 'full')
Jun 09 09:00:59 Manjaro-Laptop NetworkManager[555]: <info>  [1780963259.2367] device (wlp3s0): Activation: (wifi) connection 'FiveGHz' has security, and secrets exist.  No new secrets needed.
Jun 09 09:00:59 Manjaro-Laptop NetworkManager[555]: <info>  [1780963259.2367] Config: added 'ssid' value 'FiveGHz'
Jun 09 09:00:59 Manjaro-Laptop NetworkManager[555]: <info>  [1780963259.2367] Config: added 'scan_ssid' value '1'
Jun 09 09:00:59 Manjaro-Laptop NetworkManager[555]: <info>  [1780963259.2367] Config: added 'bgscan' value 'simple:30:-70:86400'
Jun 09 09:00:59 Manjaro-Laptop NetworkManager[555]: <info>  [1780963259.2368] Config: added 'key_mgmt' value 'WPA-PSK WPA-PSK-SHA256 FT-PSK'
Jun 09 09:00:59 Manjaro-Laptop NetworkManager[555]: <info>  [1780963259.2368] Config: added 'auth_alg' value 'OPEN'
Jun 09 09:00:59 Manjaro-Laptop NetworkManager[555]: <info>  [1780963259.2368] Config: added 'psk' value '<hidden>'
Jun 09 09:00:59 Manjaro-Laptop NetworkManager[555]: <info>  [1780963259.2372] device (wlp3s0): supplicant interface state: disconnected -> inactive
Jun 09 09:00:59 Manjaro-Laptop NetworkManager[555]: <info>  [1780963259.2372] device (p2p-dev-wlp3s0): supplicant management interface state: disconnected -> inactive
Jun 09 09:00:59 Manjaro-Laptop wpa_supplicant[640]: wlp3s0: Trying to associate with SSID 'FiveGHz'
Jun 09 09:00:59 Manjaro-Laptop NetworkManager[555]: <info>  [1780963259.2677] device (wlp3s0): supplicant interface state: inactive -> associating
Jun 09 09:00:59 Manjaro-Laptop NetworkManager[555]: <info>  [1780963259.2678] device (p2p-dev-wlp3s0): supplicant management interface state: inactive -> associating
...
Jun 09 09:00:59 Manjaro-Laptop wpa_supplicant[640]: wlp3s0: CTRL-EVENT-ASSOC-REJECT bssid=00:00:00:00:00:00 status_code=16
Jun 09 09:00:59 Manjaro-Laptop wpa_supplicant[640]: wlp3s0: Added BSSID 52:41:b9:0a:72:d3 into ignore list, ignoring for 10 seconds
...
Jun 09 09:00:59 Manjaro-Laptop NetworkManager[555]: <info>  [1780963259.3421] device (wlp3s0): supplicant interface state: associating -> disconnected
Jun 09 09:00:59 Manjaro-Laptop NetworkManager[555]: <info>  [1780963259.3421] device (p2p-dev-wlp3s0): supplicant management interface state: associating -> disconnected
...
Jun 09 09:01:02 Manjaro-Laptop wpa_supplicant[640]: wlp3s0: Removed BSSID 52:41:b9:0a:72:d3 from ignore list (clear)
Jun 09 09:01:02 Manjaro-Laptop wpa_supplicant[640]: wlp3s0: Trying to associate with SSID 'FiveGHz'
Jun 09 09:01:02 Manjaro-Laptop systemd[1]: NetworkManager-dispatcher.service: Deactivated successfully.
Jun 09 09:01:02 Manjaro-Laptop NetworkManager[555]: <info>  [1780963262.2141] device (wlp3s0): supplicant interface state: scanning -> associating
Jun 09 09:01:02 Manjaro-Laptop NetworkManager[555]: <info>  [1780963262.2147] device (p2p-dev-wlp3s0): supplicant management interface state: scanning -> associating
...
Jun 09 09:01:05 Manjaro-Laptop wpa_supplicant[640]: wlp3s0: Removed BSSID 52:41:b9:0a:72:d3 from ignore list (clear)
Jun 09 09:01:05 Manjaro-Laptop wpa_supplicant[640]: wlp3s0: Trying to associate with SSID 'FiveGHz'
Jun 09 09:01:05 Manjaro-Laptop NetworkManager[555]: <info>  [1780963265.5946] device (wlp3s0): supplicant interface state: scanning -> associating
Jun 09 09:01:05 Manjaro-Laptop NetworkManager[555]: <info>  [1780963265.5946] device (p2p-dev-wlp3s0): supplicant management interface state: scanning -> associating
Jun 09 09:01:05 Manjaro-Laptop wpa_supplicant[640]: wlp3s0: CTRL-EVENT-ASSOC-REJECT bssid=00:00:00:00:00:00 status_code=16
Jun 09 09:01:05 Manjaro-Laptop wpa_supplicant[640]: wlp3s0: Added BSSID 52:41:b9:0a:72:d3 into ignore list, ignoring for 10 seconds
Jun 09 09:01:05 Manjaro-Laptop NetworkManager[555]: <info>  [1780963265.7152] device (wlp3s0): supplicant interface state: associating -> disconnected
Jun 09 09:01:05 Manjaro-Laptop NetworkManager[555]: <info>  [1780963265.7153] device (p2p-dev-wlp3s0): supplicant management interface state: associating -> disconnected
...
Jun 09 09:01:14 Manjaro-Laptop NetworkManager[555]: <info>  [1780963274.6741] device (wlp3s0): supplicant interface state: disconnected -> scanning
Jun 09 09:01:14 Manjaro-Laptop NetworkManager[555]: <info>  [1780963274.6742] device (p2p-dev-wlp3s0): supplicant management interface state: disconnected -> scanning
Jun 09 09:01:19 Manjaro-Laptop wpa_supplicant[640]: wlp3s0: CTRL-EVENT-SSID-REENABLED id=0 ssid="FiveGHz"
Jun 09 09:01:19 Manjaro-Laptop wpa_supplicant[640]: wlp3s0: BSSID 52:41:b9:0a:72:d3 ignore list count incremented to 2, ignoring for 10 seconds
Jun 09 09:01:19 Manjaro-Laptop wpa_supplicant[640]: wlp3s0: Removed BSSID 52:41:b9:0a:72:d3 from ignore list (clear)
Jun 09 09:01:19 Manjaro-Laptop wpa_supplicant[640]: wlp3s0: Trying to associate with SSID 'FiveGHz'
Jun 09 09:01:19 Manjaro-Laptop NetworkManager[555]: <info>  [1780963279.5111] device (wlp3s0): supplicant interface state: scanning -> associating
Jun 09 09:01:19 Manjaro-Laptop NetworkManager[555]: <info>  [1780963279.5112] device (p2p-dev-wlp3s0): supplicant management interface state: scanning -> associating
Jun 09 09:01:19 Manjaro-Laptop wpa_supplicant[640]: wlp3s0: CTRL-EVENT-ASSOC-REJECT bssid=00:00:00:00:00:00 status_code=16
Jun 09 09:01:19 Manjaro-Laptop wpa_supplicant[640]: wlp3s0: Added BSSID 52:41:b9:0a:72:d3 into ignore list, ignoring for 10 seconds
Jun 09 09:01:19 Manjaro-Laptop wpa_supplicant[640]: wlp3s0: CTRL-EVENT-SSID-TEMP-DISABLED id=0 ssid="FiveGHz" auth_failures=2 duration=20 reason=CONN_FAILED
Jun 09 09:01:19 Manjaro-Laptop NetworkManager[555]: <info>  [1780963279.6143] device (wlp3s0): supplicant interface state: associating -> disconnected
Jun 09 09:01:19 Manjaro-Laptop NetworkManager[555]: <info>  [1780963279.6143] device (p2p-dev-wlp3s0): supplicant management interface state: associating -> disconnected
Jun 09 09:01:22 Manjaro-Laptop systemd[1]: systemd-hostnamed.service: Deactivated successfully.
Jun 09 09:01:24 Manjaro-Laptop NetworkManager[555]: <warn>  [1780963284.1724] device (wlp3s0): Activation: (wifi) association took too long
Jun 09 09:01:24 Manjaro-Laptop NetworkManager[555]: <info>  [1780963284.1724] device (wlp3s0): state change: config -> need-auth (reason 'none', managed-type: 'full')
Jun 09 09:01:24 Manjaro-Laptop NetworkManager[555]: <warn>  [1780963284.1728] device (wlp3s0): Activation: (wifi) asking for new secrets
Jun 09 09:01:24 Manjaro-Laptop NetworkManager[555]: <info>  [1780963284.1740] device (wlp3s0): state change: need-auth -> prepare (reason 'none', managed-type: 'full')
Jun 09 09:01:24 Manjaro-Laptop NetworkManager[555]: <info>  [1780963284.1744] device (wlp3s0): state change: prepare -> config (reason 'none', managed-type: 'full')
Jun 09 09:01:24 Manjaro-Laptop NetworkManager[555]: <info>  [1780963284.1749] device (wlp3s0): Activation: (wifi) connection 'FiveGHz' has security, and secrets exist.  No new secrets needed.
Jun 09 09:01:24 Manjaro-Laptop NetworkManager[555]: <info>  [1780963284.1749] Config: added 'ssid' value 'FiveGHz'
Jun 09 09:01:24 Manjaro-Laptop NetworkManager[555]: <info>  [1780963284.1750] Config: added 'scan_ssid' value '1'
Jun 09 09:01:24 Manjaro-Laptop NetworkManager[555]: <info>  [1780963284.1750] Config: added 'bgscan' value 'simple:30:-70:86400'
Jun 09 09:01:24 Manjaro-Laptop NetworkManager[555]: <info>  [1780963284.1750] Config: added 'key_mgmt' value 'WPA-PSK WPA-PSK-SHA256 FT-PSK'
Jun 09 09:01:24 Manjaro-Laptop NetworkManager[555]: <info>  [1780963284.1750] Config: added 'auth_alg' value 'OPEN'
Jun 09 09:01:24 Manjaro-Laptop NetworkManager[555]: <info>  [1780963284.1751] Config: added 'psk' value '<hidden>'
Jun 09 09:01:24 Manjaro-Laptop NetworkManager[555]: <info>  [1780963284.2242] device (wlp3s0): supplicant interface state: disconnected -> scanning
Jun 09 09:01:24 Manjaro-Laptop NetworkManager[555]: <info>  [1780963284.2242] device (p2p-dev-wlp3s0): supplicant management interface state: disconnected -> scanning
Jun 09 09:01:26 Manjaro-Laptop wpa_supplicant[640]: wlp3s0: Removed BSSID 52:41:b9:0a:72:d3 from ignore list (clear)
Jun 09 09:01:26 Manjaro-Laptop wpa_supplicant[640]: wlp3s0: Trying to associate with SSID 'FiveGHz'
Jun 09 09:01:27 Manjaro-Laptop NetworkManager[555]: <info>  [1780963287.0328] device (wlp3s0): supplicant interface state: scanning -> associating
Jun 09 09:01:27 Manjaro-Laptop NetworkManager[555]: <info>  [1780963287.0329] device (p2p-dev-wlp3s0): supplicant management interface state: scanning -> associating
Jun 09 09:01:27 Manjaro-Laptop wpa_supplicant[640]: wlp3s0: CTRL-EVENT-ASSOC-REJECT bssid=00:00:00:00:00:00 status_code=16
Jun 09 09:01:27 Manjaro-Laptop wpa_supplicant[640]: wlp3s0: Added BSSID 52:41:b9:0a:72:d3 into ignore list, ignoring for 10 seconds
Jun 09 09:01:27 Manjaro-Laptop wpa_supplicant[640]: wlp3s0: CTRL-EVENT-SSID-TEMP-DISABLED id=0 ssid="FiveGHz" auth_failures=1 duration=10 reason=CONN_FAILED
Jun 09 09:01:27 Manjaro-Laptop NetworkManager[555]: <info>  [1780963287.1041] device (wlp3s0): supplicant interface state: associating -> disconnected
Jun 09 09:01:27 Manjaro-Laptop NetworkManager[555]: <info>  [1780963287.1042] device (p2p-dev-wlp3s0): supplicant management interface state: associating -> disconnected

I tried

Mod edit: Consecutive posts merged.

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i did a quick search for your error message.
Have you checked to see if your router might have stopped liking you? Maybe it blacklisted your MAC address?

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It could be a channel issue. As per Mark 1 does not support Channels 12 or 13 on 2.4GHz spectrum · Issue #31 · MycroftAI/mycroft-wifi-setup · GitHub

Best to confirm which channel your SSID is using BEFORE testing this so you know for certain.

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Sorry, was very late last night.

Here is more on the BCM4302, helps to understand the broader issues: Making sure you're not a bot!
I remember once using a script on github to get a 2017 with touchbar to work, so also have a look here since it addresses the various points mentioned in the bug report above: macbook-bcm43602-linux/README.md at main · animatek/macbook-bcm43602-linux · GitHub

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EveryMac – MacBook Pro “Core i7” 2.8 15" Touch/Mid-2017 Specs

linux-hardware.org – [14e4:43ba] Broadcom BCM43602 802.11ac Wireless LAN SoC

GitHub Gist - Getting Wi-Fi Working on a MacBook Pro mbp14,2 After Installing Ubuntu

  1. Copy a known-good firmware configuration file for the Broadcom card.
  2. Set your wireless regulatory domain to Japan (JP) so channels work correctly.
  3. Reload the Broadcom kernel module so it picks up the new settings.
  4. Persist the regulatory domain setting across reboots.

Use one of these community-tested configs:

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In case this might be relevant:

There is a note on the Arch Wiki about the iwd backend refusing MAC address randomisation, which can apparently result in communication being terminated;

See also the notes that suggest disabling random MAC addresses as a possible workaround:

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Thanks! I assume that’s not possible though? Because the Manjaro LiveUSB connects to the target SSID perfectly…

But if I was being blacklisted, that must mean my configuration is different from the LiveUSB one right? Perhaps my config files have somehow changed to use a fake MAC address persistently and the router is blocking that one?

Let me know if you have a theory!

You got it:
My SSID is connecting (or at least trying to) on channel 44 (5.22 GHz), and fails.
But when connecting to my smartphone’s 2.4 GHz hotspot, it succeeds.

So it’s not matching up to the problem in the thread you’ve described, but perhaps you know of a parallel problem for this inverse scenario?

Yes, that’s my machine!

It seemed strange to me at the time, but I set up my country code=US because that’s the way my macOS had it configured. I’ve never been to the US, I bought my machine in Australia, and now I’m living in Japan… so I was surprised macOS didn’t have my country code as Australia or Japan, but I just assumed Apple had a hardware reason for that configuration :man_shrugging:

Thank you, I’ll give it a try and report back!

Thanks, this looks promising! It’s far more comprehensive than the mechanism I was using… I’ll try this too and report back.

Thank you! Another good idea to test. I’ll report back!

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my boring Fritzbox has an option where you can allow or deny connections to new/unknown MACs, so if randomize the MAC and have activated an similar option, the connection will be refused.
The archwiki suggest using a low channel like around 40 may help.
Maybe check also the security protocolls (wpa2/wpa3)
If none of this helps, i’m out of clues…

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