No WiFi when I use Kernel 6.7

When I upgraded from 6.6.10 to 6.7.0 on my Dell Studio laptop, the WiFi disappeared.
I downgraded back to 6.6.10 and it worked again.
So, there is some kind of a bug in the kernel 6.7.0.
I use 6.7.0 on my Dell Optiplex desktop computer.
But that computer doesn’t use the WiFi, since it is cable connected.
I use 6.7.0 on a handful of Dell laptops of different types,
but it is only the Dell Studio laptop that has this problem.

This has happened before, when I upgraded from 6.3.12 to 6.4.2.
When I downgraded back to 6.3.12 it worked again.

The problem repeted itself again, when I upgraded from 6.4.12 to 6.5.0.
When I downgraded back to 6.4.12 it worked again.

The Dell Studio laptop has a Pentium Dual CPU T3400 @ 2.16 GHz.
One physical processor, 2 cores, 2 threads.
It has 4GB of RAM.
I use the XFCE version of Manjaro.

/ Hans Gatu

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Just stay on 6.6 then.
It’s an LTS kernel and if it works for your system there is no need to switch to 6.7.

This is probably related to Zenpower, i87 and vboxhost drivers not running in kernel 5.12 when installing kernel from Manjaro Tool

Basically, the upgrade script for new kernel branch is somehow buggy. You have to install the kernel headers first, only the headers. Then you can install the kernel normally and everything will work after restart.

If dkms modules are used, make sure that linux67-headers is installed.

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Can someone fix the upgrade script bugs?
I am a user of Linux, not a programmer.
I use Pamac to upgrade and if the kernel upgrade doesn’t work I hope some one will fix it.

/ Hans Gatu

Please, may you answer if the solution provided worked for you? This way, we can confirm there is a bug that needs actual fixing.

Well, since I am not a programmer, how do I install the headers?
Do I use a terminal command, if so, what is the command?

/ Hans Gatu

Press F12, then write

first:
pamac install linux67-headers

then:
pamac install linux67

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Yes, that made the trick.
Thank you for the help.

/ Hans Gatu

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