Intel 9260 Fenvi PCIE wifi not working

roemhildtg · 1 November 2020 18:03

Trying to get wifi up and running and so far it does not show up in the KDE/Manjaro Network Interfaces interface.

The card is "Fenvi WiFi Card Dual Band Wireless-AC 9260 PC PCIE 2030Mbps BT5.0 802.11ac 2.4Ghz 5Ghz MU-MIMO Desktop WLAN PC BT 5.0 Network Adapter "

We tried downloading and copying the 9260 drivers from here:
www .intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000005511/network-and-i-o/wireless.html

into /lib/firmware but that didn’t work.

We also tried running the steps from the community intel page to install. This got us to where we’re at now.

git clone https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/iwlwifi/backport-iwlwifi.git
cd backport-iwlwifi/
sudo su
make defconfig-iwlwifi-public
sed -i 's/CPTCFG_IWLMVM_VENDOR_CMDS=y/# CPTCFG_IWLMVM_VENDOR_CMDS is not set/' .config
make -j4
sudo make install

Now we have this - but still no wifi options:

[marie@msfdesktop iwlwifi-9260-th-b0-jf-b0-34.618819]$ sudo dmesg | grep iwlwifi          
[    3.283977] Loading modules backported from iwlwifi
[    3.283979] iwlwifi-stack-public:master:8794:f51dd362
[    3.720345] iwlwifi 0000:06:00.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0002)
[    3.721932] iwlwifi 0000:06:00.0: WRT: Overriding region id 0
[    3.721934] iwlwifi 0000:06:00.0: WRT: Overriding region id 1
[    3.721935] iwlwifi 0000:06:00.0: WRT: Overriding region id 2
[    3.721935] iwlwifi 0000:06:00.0: WRT: Overriding region id 3
[    3.721936] iwlwifi 0000:06:00.0: WRT: Overriding region id 4
[    3.721937] iwlwifi 0000:06:00.0: WRT: Overriding region id 6
[    3.721937] iwlwifi 0000:06:00.0: WRT: Overriding region id 8
[    3.721938] iwlwifi 0000:06:00.0: WRT: Overriding region id 9
[    3.721939] iwlwifi 0000:06:00.0: WRT: Overriding region id 10
[    3.721939] iwlwifi 0000:06:00.0: WRT: Overriding region id 11
[    3.721940] iwlwifi 0000:06:00.0: WRT: Overriding region id 15
[    3.721940] iwlwifi 0000:06:00.0: WRT: Overriding region id 16
[    3.721941] iwlwifi 0000:06:00.0: WRT: Overriding region id 18
[    3.721942] iwlwifi 0000:06:00.0: WRT: Overriding region id 19
[    3.721942] iwlwifi 0000:06:00.0: WRT: Overriding region id 20
[    3.721943] iwlwifi 0000:06:00.0: WRT: Overriding region id 21
[    3.721945] iwlwifi 0000:06:00.0: Found debug destination: EXTERNAL_DRAM
[    3.721946] iwlwifi 0000:06:00.0: Found debug configuration: 0
[    3.722144] iwlwifi 0000:06:00.0: loaded firmware version 46.8902351f.0 9260-th-b0-jf-b0-46.ucode op_mode iwlmvm
[    4.275635] iwlwifi 0000:06:00.0: Detected Intel(R) Wireless-AC 9260, REV=0x324
[marie@msfdesktop iwlwifi-9260-th-b0-jf-b0-34.618819]$ inxi -Fazy                         
System:
  Kernel: 5.8.16-2-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: N/A 
  parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.8-x86_64 
  root=UUID=69d95ada-0473-441c-96ec-d7c0eb4cfa23 rw quiet apparmor=1 
  security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3 
  Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.19.5 tk: Qt 5.15.1 wm: kwin_x11 dm: SDDM 
  Distro: Manjaro Linux 
Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: ASRock model: B550 Phantom Gaming 4 serial: <filter> 
  UEFI: American Megatrends v: P1.10 date: 06/09/2020 
Battery:
  Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Wireless Mouse serial: <filter> 
  charge: 55% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes status: Discharging 
CPU:
  Topology: 6-Core model: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 2 
  family: 17 (23) model-id: 71 (113) stepping: N/A microcode: 8701021 
  L2 cache: 3072 KiB 
  flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm 
  bogomips: 86270 
  Speed: 2195 MHz min/max: 2200/3600 MHz boost: enabled Core speeds (MHz): 
  1: 2194 2: 2196 3: 2053 4: 3593 5: 2191 6: 2052 7: 2051 8: 3585 9: 2195 
  10: 2197 11: 2193 12: 2050 
  Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected 
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected 
  Type: mds status: Not affected 
  Type: meltdown 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: Full AMD retpoline, IBPB: conditional, STIBP: 
  conditional, RSB filling 
  Type: srbds status: Not affected 
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected 
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GM204 [GeForce GTX 970] vendor: Micro-Star MSI 
  driver: nvidia v: 455.28 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm bus ID: 09:00.0 
  chip ID: 10de:13c2 
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.9 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: nvidia 
  display ID: :0 screens: 1 
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 2560x1080 s-dpi: 97 s-size: 670x283mm (26.4x11.1") 
  s-diag: 727mm (28.6") 
  Monitor-1: HDMI-0 res: 2560x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 97 size: 673x284mm (26.5x11.2") 
  diag: 730mm (28.8") 
  OpenGL: renderer: GeForce GTX 970/PCIe/SSE2 v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 455.28 
  direct render: Yes 
Audio:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GM204 High Definition Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI 
  driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 09:00.1 chip ID: 10de:0fbb 
  Device-2: AMD Starship/Matisse HD Audio vendor: ASRock driver: snd_hda_intel 
  v: kernel bus ID: 0b:00.4 chip ID: 1022:1487 
  Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.8.16-2-MANJARO 
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Wireless-AC 9260 driver: iwlwifi 
  v: iwlwifi-stack-public:master:8794:f51dd362 modules: wl bus ID: 06:00.0 
  chip ID: 8086:2526 
  Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet 
  vendor: ASRock driver: r8168 v: 8.048.03-NAPI modules: r8169 port: f000 
  bus ID: 07:00.0 chip ID: 10ec:8168 
  IF: enp7s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter> 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 1.36 TiB used: 11.07 GiB (0.8%) 
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required. 
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 970 EVO 500GB size: 465.76 GiB 
  block size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 
  serial: <filter> rev: 2B2QEXE7 scheme: GPT 
  ID-2: /dev/sda vendor: Western Digital model: WD10EZEX-07M2NA1 
  size: 931.51 GiB block size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s 
  rotation: 7200 rpm serial: <filter> rev: 1A01 scheme: MBR 
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw size: 123.05 GiB size: 120.62 GiB (98.02%) 
  used: 11.05 GiB (9.2%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p5 
Swap:
  Alert: No Swap data was found. 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 45.6 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 58 C 
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 0% 
Info:
  Processes: 277 Uptime: 15m Memory: 15.56 GiB used: 1.67 GiB (10.7%) 
  Init: systemd v: 246 Compilers: gcc: 10.2.0 Packages: pacman: 1189 lib: 320 
  flatpak: 0 snap: 0 Shell: Bash v: 5.0.18 running in: konsole inxi: 3.1.05

Appreciate any suggestions.

Edit: also:

lspci -k
00:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Starship/Matisse Root Complex
        Subsystem: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Starship/Matisse Root Complex
00:01.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Starship/Matisse PCIe Dummy Host Bridge
00:01.1 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Starship/Matisse GPP Bridge
        Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:01.2 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Starship/Matisse GPP Bridge
        Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:02.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Starship/Matisse PCIe Dummy Host Bridge
00:03.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Starship/Matisse PCIe Dummy Host Bridge
00:03.1 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Starship/Matisse GPP Bridge
        Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:04.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Starship/Matisse PCIe Dummy Host Bridge
00:05.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Starship/Matisse PCIe Dummy Host Bridge
00:07.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Starship/Matisse PCIe Dummy Host Bridge
00:07.1 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Starship/Matisse Internal PCIe GPP Bridge 0 to bus[E:B]
        Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:08.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Starship/Matisse PCIe Dummy Host Bridge
00:08.1 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Starship/Matisse Internal PCIe GPP Bridge 0 to bus[E:B]
        Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:14.0 SMBus: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH SMBus Controller (rev 61)
        Subsystem: ASRock Incorporation Device ffff
        Kernel driver in use: piix4_smbus
        Kernel modules: i2c_piix4, sp5100_tco
00:14.3 ISA bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH LPC Bridge (rev 51)
        Subsystem: ASRock Incorporation Device ffff
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Matisse Device 24: Function 0
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Matisse Device 24: Function 1
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Matisse Device 24: Function 2
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Matisse Device 24: Function 3
        Kernel driver in use: k10temp
        Kernel modules: k10temp
00:18.4 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Matisse Device 24: Function 4
00:18.5 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Matisse Device 24: Function 5
00:18.6 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Matisse Device 24: Function 6
00:18.7 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Matisse Device 24: Function 7
01:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd NVMe SSD Controller SM981/PM981/PM983
        Subsystem: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd Device a801
        Kernel driver in use: nvme
02:00.0 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Device 43ee
        Subsystem: ASMedia Technology Inc. Device 1142
        Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd
        Kernel modules: xhci_pci
02:00.1 SATA controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Device 43eb
        Subsystem: ASMedia Technology Inc. Device 1062
        Kernel driver in use: ahci
02:00.2 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Device 43e9
        Kernel driver in use: pcieport
03:00.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Device 43ea
        Kernel driver in use: pcieport
03:06.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Device 43ea
        Kernel driver in use: pcieport
03:07.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Device 43ea
        Kernel driver in use: pcieport
03:08.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Device 43ea
        Kernel driver in use: pcieport
03:09.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Device 43ea
        Kernel driver in use: pcieport
06:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Wireless-AC 9260 (rev 29)
        Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device 0014
        Kernel driver in use: iwlwifi
        Kernel modules: wl, iwlwifi
07:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 15)
        Subsystem: ASRock Incorporation Motherboard (one of many)
        Kernel driver in use: r8168
        Kernel modules: r8169, r8168
09:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GM204 [GeForce GTX 970] (rev a1)
        Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] Device 3161
        Kernel driver in use: nvidia
        Kernel modules: nouveau, nvidia_drm, nvidia
09:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation GM204 High Definition Audio Controller (rev a1)
        Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] Device 3161
        Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
        Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel
0a:00.0 Non-Essential Instrumentation [1300]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Starship/Matisse PCIe Dummy Function
        Subsystem: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Starship/Matisse PCIe Dummy Function
0b:00.0 Non-Essential Instrumentation [1300]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Starship/Matisse Reserved SPP
        Subsystem: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Starship/Matisse Reserved SPP
0b:00.1 Encryption controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Starship/Matisse Cryptographic Coprocessor PSPCPP
        Subsystem: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Starship/Matisse Cryptographic Coprocessor PSPCPP
        Kernel driver in use: ccp
        Kernel modules: ccp
0b:00.3 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Matisse USB 3.0 Host Controller
        Subsystem: ASRock Incorporation Device ffff
        Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd
        Kernel modules: xhci_pci
0b:00.4 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Starship/Matisse HD Audio Controller
        Subsystem: ASRock Incorporation Device 1204
        Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
        Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel

protopus · 3 November 2020 21:22

I just had a similar problem and was related to my dualboot setup with Windows. I just posted an answer in Superuser but because my account here is new I cannot post the answer, so I will paste it here:

I just had the same problem as you. And I noticed that my motherboard has the same integrated Intel AC antenna (9260) as you. I rebooted many times, going back and forth from dualboot Windows to Manjaro. I was also turning everything off and booting, but WiFi was still not appearing on Manjaro, but working perfectly in Windows.

I tried looking at journalctl, as (funilrys) suggested. I found out that something was wrong with the phy0 interface that relates to WiFi part of the antenna, that could not be assigned because of some **phy0: rt2x00usb_vendor_request: Error - Vendor Request failed**... . The Bluetooth interface, hci0, on the other hand, was working fine.

On my dualboot Windows, I normally connect to PS4 controller using the integrated bluetooth, and the same goes with bluetooth speakers. I noticed that somehow, the bluetooth settings on Windows was connected to my PS4 controller, even though it was turned off and I hadn’t used it in a day. I manually disabled bluetooth on Windows’ Action Center and tried rebooting into Manjaro again. And that was it. WiFi was finely working again.

It looks like Windows blocks the interface if something goes strange with the bluetooth interface, so I suggest you turn off/disable bluetooth on Windows before using Manjaro , making sure this “blocking state” doesn’t occur. This error had never happened to me before, and I usually switch over these two OSes…

Vaullas · 5 November 2020 11:30

same story. …

roemhildtg · 7 November 2020 19:21

Cheers. Problem solved. Not sure if our issue was exactly the same but after we installed intel drivers on windows - bluetooth was disabled for some reason and now linux manjaro has the wifi enabled.

Still a bit of a mystery but at least its working

system · 22 November 2020 19:21

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