I was running linux63 on my laptop which was having issues with frequent freezing and wifi not working. Downgraded the kernel to 6.1.38-1 (LTS), the freezing issue seems to be resolved but still can’t get wifi to work.
I tried following a few threads on arch wiki with no success. My current driver is r8169, tried installing r8168 (unsuccessfully).
sudo dmesg | grep r8169 ✔ basic
[ 2.068261] r8169 0000:02:00.0: can't disable ASPM; OS doesn't have ASPM control
[ 2.081866] r8169 0000:02:00.0 eth0: RTL8125B, 04:42:1a:a1:f3:f1, XID 641, IRQ 160
[ 2.081871] r8169 0000:02:00.0 eth0: jumbo features [frames: 9194 bytes, tx checksumming: ko]
[ 2.147230] r8169 0000:02:00.0 enp2s0: renamed from eth0
[ 3.466428] RTL8226B_RTL8221B 2.5Gbps PHY r8169-0-200:00: attached PHY driver (mii_bus:phy_addr=r8169-0-200:00, irq=MAC)
[ 3.669938] r8169 0000:02:00.0 enp2s0: Link is Down
I don’t exactly know what the issue seems to be, any nudge in the right direction is greatly appreciated.
sudo mhwd -l -li ✔ basic
> Installed PCI configs:
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NAME VERSION FREEDRIVER TYPE
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video-hybrid-intel-nvidia-prime 2023.03.23 false PCI
video-modesetting 2020.01.13 true PCI
network-r8168 2016.04.20 true PCI
Warning: No installed USB configs!
> 0000:01:00.0 (0300:10de:25a0) Display controller nVidia Corporation:
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NAME VERSION FREEDRIVER TYPE
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video-hybrid-intel-nvidia-prime 2023.03.23 false PCI
video-hybrid-intel-nvidia-470xx-prime 2023.03.23 false PCI
video-nvidia 2023.03.23 false PCI
video-nvidia-470xx 2023.03.23 false PCI
video-linux 2018.05.04 true PCI
video-modesetting 2020.01.13 true PCI
video-vesa 2017.03.12 true PCI
> 0000:00:02.0 (0300:8086:9a68) Display controller Intel Corporation:
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NAME VERSION FREEDRIVER TYPE
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video-hybrid-intel-nvidia-prime 2023.03.23 false PCI
video-hybrid-intel-nvidia-470xx-prime 2023.03.23 false PCI
video-linux 2018.05.04 true PCI
video-modesetting 2020.01.13 true PCI
video-vesa 2017.03.12 true PCI
inxi --full --admin --filter --width ✔ basic
System:
Kernel: 6.1.38-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.1.1
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.1-x86_64
root=UUID=2dc1aead-efcd-4b0a-9cab-d13b0c8c0d48 rw quiet
resume=UUID=55a4bfc8-2bef-4478-be36-a0e9946e9f1d udev.log_priority=3
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.6 tk: Qt v: 5.15.10 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 2 dm: SDDM
Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: ASUSTeK product: ASUS TUF Gaming F15 FX506HEB_FX566HEB
v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: ASUSTeK model: FX506HEB v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required>
UEFI: American Megatrends LLC. v: FX506HEB.310 date: 11/25/2021
Battery:
ID-1: BAT1 charge: 74.0 Wh (85.4%) condition: 86.7/90.2 Wh (96.1%)
volts: 16.5 min: 15.9 model: ASUS A32-K55 type: Li-ion serial: N/A
status: not charging
Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Wireless Mouse serial: <filter>
charge: 55% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes status: discharging
Device-2: hidpp_battery_1 model: Logitech Wireless Keyboard
serial: <filter> charge: 55% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes
status: discharging
CPU:
Info: model: 11th Gen Intel Core i5-11400H bits: 64 type: MT MCP
arch: Tiger Lake gen: core 11 level: v4 note: check built: 2020
process: Intel 10nm family: 6 model-id: 0x8D (141) stepping: 1
microcode: 0x44
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: 12 MiB desc: 1x12 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 2700 min/max: 800/4500 scaling: driver: intel_pstate
governor: powersave cores: 1: 2700 2: 2700 3: 2700 4: 2700 5: 2700 6: 2700
7: 2700 8: 2700 9: 2700 10: 2700 11: 2700 12: 2700 bogomips: 64536
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
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
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 status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel TigerLake-H GT1 [UHD Graphics] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: i915
v: kernel arch: Gen-12.1 process: Intel 10nm built: 2020-21 ports:
active: eDP-1 empty: HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 0000:00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:9a68
class-ID: 0300
Device-2: NVIDIA GA107M [GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Mobile] vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: nvidia v: 535.54.03 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 535.xx+
status: current (as of 2023-07) arch: Ampere code: GAxxx
process: TSMC n7 (7nm) built: 2020-22 bus-ID: 0000:01:00.0
chip-ID: 10de:25a0 class-ID: 0300
Device-3: Sonix USB2.0 HD UVC WebCam driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 3-7:4 chip-ID: 322e:202c
class-ID: 0e02
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.8 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X:
loaded: modesetting,nvidia alternate: fbdev,nouveau,nv,vesa dri: iris
gpu: i915 display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3840x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 1013x285mm (39.88x11.22")
s-diag: 1052mm (41.43")
Monitor-1: DP-1-0.2 pos: right res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 102
size: 480x270mm (18.9x10.63") diag: 551mm (21.68") modes: N/A
Monitor-2: eDP-1 pos: primary,left res: 1920x1080 dpi: 142
size: 344x194mm (13.54x7.64") diag: 395mm (15.55") modes: N/A
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 23.0.4 renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics (TGL GT1)
direct-render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Tiger Lake-H HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel alternate: snd_sof_pci_intel_tgl bus-ID: 0000:00:1f.3
chip-ID: 8086:43c8 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: NVIDIA vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
bus-ID: 0000:01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:2291 class-ID: 0403
Device-3: Logitech G435 Wireless Gaming Headset
driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid type: USB rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 3-4.2:6 chip-ID: 046d:0acb class-ID: 0300
serial: <filter>
API: ALSA v: k6.1.38-1-MANJARO status: kernel-api with: aoss
type: oss-emulator tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
Server-1: JACK v: 1.9.22 status: off tools: N/A
Server-2: PipeWire v: 0.3.73 status: off with: pipewire-media-session
status: active tools: pw-cli
Server-3: PulseAudio v: 16.1 status: active with: pulseaudio-alsa
type: plugin tools: pacat,pactl
Network:
Device-1: Realtek vendor: ASUSTeK driver: r8169 v: kernel port: 3000
bus-ID: 0000:02:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8162 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp2s0 state: down mac: <filter>
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: 4-4.1:3
chip-ID: 0bda:8153 class-ID: 0000 serial: <filter>
IF: enp0s20f0u4u1 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: IMC Networks Wireless_Device driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB
rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 3-14:5 chip-ID: 13d3:3563
class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: see --recommends
RAID:
Hardware-1: Intel Volume Management Device NVMe RAID Controller driver: vmd
v: 0.6 port: N/A bus-ID: 0000:00:0e.0 chip-ID: 8086:9a0b rev: class-ID: 0104
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 476.94 GiB used: 63.44 GiB (13.3%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: SK Hynix model: HFM512GD3JX013N
size: 476.94 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s
lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 41000C20 temp: 40.9 C
scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 100 GiB size: 97.87 GiB (97.87%) used: 29.93 GiB (30.6%)
fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 513 MiB size: 512 MiB (99.80%)
used: 312 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
ID-3: /home raw-size: 361.79 GiB size: 355.04 GiB (98.14%)
used: 33.52 GiB (9.4%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p4 maj-min: 259:4
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 14.65 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
priority: -2 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 44.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 3100
Info:
Processes: 281 Uptime: 16m wakeups: 79 Memory: total: 16 GiB note: est.
available: 15.37 GiB used: 2.58 GiB (16.8%) Init: systemd v: 253
default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 13.1.1 clang: 15.0.7
Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1448 libs: 367 tools: pamac pm: flatpak pkgs: 0
Shell: Zsh v: 5.9 default: Bash v: 5.1.16 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.28
or where to start looking to fix this.