Lost Wifi After Update 16 Mar 2023

After applying the update, I lost wifi, which was working fine before.

Attempts to rectify this as follows:

  • Restarted Network service, including systemd-networkd
  • Rebooted multiple times
  • Upgraded to 6.1 LTS Kernel
    • Ensured kernel headers were installed, they were.
  • After googling, tried the nmcli commands, didn’t work.
  • It does see what I think is a wireless card, but only allows me to create a wired connection.

System information included herewith.

Thanks in advance.

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=d99e2767-25ef-4c2a-83ca-287a55362a34 rw quiet apparmor=1
    security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3
  Desktop: Xfce v: 4.18.1 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.36 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm
    v: 4.18.0 vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.32.0 Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: Acer product: Nitro N50-640 v: 1.0
    serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 3 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Acer model: Nitro N50-640 v: 1.2 serial: <superuser required>
    UEFI: American Megatrends v: R01-A4 date: 02/21/2022
Battery:
  Message: No system battery data found. Is one present?
Memory:
  RAM: total: 15.47 GiB used: 3.18 GiB (20.5%)
  RAM Report: permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
  Info: model: 12th Gen Intel Core i5-12400F bits: 64 type: MT MCP
    arch: Alder Lake gen: core 12 level: v3 note: check built: 2021+
    process: Intel 7 (10nm ESF) family: 6 model-id: 0x97 (151) stepping: 5
    microcode: 0x26
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 6 tpc: 2 threads: 12 smt: enabled cache:
    L1: 480 KiB desc: d-6x48 KiB; i-6x32 KiB L2: 7.5 MiB desc: 6x1.2 MiB
    L3: 18 MiB desc: 1x18 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 912 high: 1044 min/max: 800/5600 scaling:
    driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave cores: 1: 813 2: 1044 3: 853 4: 931
    5: 962 6: 905 7: 862 8: 908 9: 959 10: 956 11: 800 12: 954 bogomips: 59916
  Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm acpi adx aperfmperf apic arat arch_capabilities
    arch_lbr arch_perfmon art avx avx2 avx_vnni bmi1 bmi2 bts cat_l2 cdp_l2
    clflush clflushopt clwb 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 movdir64b
    movdiri 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
    rdt_a rdtscp rep_good sdbg sep serialize 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 vme
    vmx vnmi vpclmulqdq vpid waitpkg x2apic xgetbv1 xsave xsavec xsaveopt
    xsaves xtopology xtpr
  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 status: Vulnerable: eIBRS with unprivileged eBPF
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GA106 [GeForce RTX 3060 Lite Hash Rate]
    vendor: PC Partner / Sapphire driver: nvidia v: 525.89.02
    alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 525.xx+
    status: current (as of 2023-02) arch: Ampere code: GAxxx
    process: TSMC n7 (7nm) built: 2020-22 pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
    lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s bus-ID: 01:00.0
    chip-ID: 10de:2504 class-ID: 0300
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.7 compositor: xfwm v: 4.18.0 driver: X:
    loaded: nvidia gpu: nvidia display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3840x2160 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 1016x572mm (40.00x22.52")
    s-diag: 1166mm (45.9")
  Monitor-1: DP-2 res: 3840x2160 hz: 30 dpi: 140
    size: 697x392mm (27.44x15.43") diag: 800mm (31.48") modes: N/A
  API: OpenGL Message: Unable to show GL data. Required tool glxinfo missing.
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Alder Lake-S HD Audio vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel alternate: snd_sof_pci_intel_tgl
    bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:7ad0 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: NVIDIA GA106 High Definition Audio vendor: PC Partner / Sapphire
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16
    link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:228e
    class-ID: 0403
  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: yes
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Alder Lake-S PCH CNVi WiFi driver: N/A modules: iwlwifi
    bus-ID: 00:14.3 chip-ID: 8086:7af0 class-ID: 0280
  Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
    vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1
    speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: 3000 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168
    class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp3s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
    broadcast: <filter>
  IP v6: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
  IP v6: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
  IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
  WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-14:5
    chip-ID: 8087:0033 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: 1.38 TiB used: 276.97 GiB (19.7%)
  SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Western Digital model: PC SN530
    SDBPNPZ-512G-1114 size: 476.94 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
    logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter>
    rev: 21113000 temp: 32.9 C scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Western Digital model: WD10EZEX-21WN4A0
    size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    type: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> rev: 1A01 scheme: GPT
  Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 476.64 GiB size: 468.09 GiB (98.21%)
    used: 276.97 GiB (59.2%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
    label: N/A uuid: d99e2767-25ef-4c2a-83ca-287a55362a34
  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: NO_LABEL uuid: E7DC-3840
Swap:
  Alert: No swap data was found.
Unmounted:
  ID-1: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 size: 931.51 GiB fs: ntfs label: Data
    uuid: 5E4A415D4A413357
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 16 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 1-4:3 info: Razer USA RZ01-0325 Gaming Mouse [Viper Mini]
    type: Mouse,Keyboard driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 3 rev: 2.0
    speed: 12 Mb/s power: 500mA chip-ID: 1532:008a class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: 1-8:4 info: Corsair Gaming K55 RGB Keyboard type: Keyboard,HID
    driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 500mA
    chip-ID: 1b1c:1b3d class-ID: 0300 serial: <filter>
  Device-3: 1-14:5 info: Intel type: Bluetooth driver: btusb interfaces: 2
    rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA chip-ID: 8087:0033 class-ID: e001
  Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 9 rev: 3.1 speed: 20 Gb/s
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 2-2:5 info: Genesys Logic SDXC and microSDXC CardReader
    type: Mass Storage driver: usb-storage interfaces: 1 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s
    power: 896mA chip-ID: 05e3:0743 class-ID: 0806 serial: <filter>
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 35.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 34 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 30%
Info:
  Processes: 332 Uptime: 53m wakeups: 0 Init: systemd v: 252 default: graphical
  tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.1 alt: 11 clang: 15.0.7 Packages:
  pm: pacman pkgs: 1881 libs: 396 tools: pamac pm: flatpak pkgs: 0 Shell: Bash
  v: 5.1.16 running-in: xfce4-terminal inxi: 3.3.25

At the moment, I’m running on an ethernet connection, which does work.

Hi @rlee ,

Welcome to the forum, please read this post and consider to follow the instructions at the end of the post and marked as Solution.
Manjaro detected Intel Alder Lake-P PCH CNVi WiFi but the driver is N/A - #19 by JerryXiao

Regards


Moderator edit: Corrected link