After one of the updates a few months ago, the WiFi on my laptop started being automatically on when starting the system, which was not a problem but was different than before. Then it started to go off while working and the button would become unresponsive such that it would not turn on again unless rebooted. Now, it won’t come on at all.
I’m using the KDE desktop on an old HP G71. The output from journalctl -f is below. The SERVICE_START and SERVICE_STOP set of messages appear each time I press the WiFi button. The button seems to be sending a signal to the machine at least. After that output is the output from inxi -Fazy I have another machine exactly like this one (bought at the same time) running Windows 7 still and it can connect at this moment. Also a new machine running Windows 10 can connect at this moment.
I would’ve thought the WiFi hardware failed except that it starts working again sometimes on reboot; and will work fine again for a week or so before this happens again.
I don’t know enough to understand the significance of IF: wlp2s0 state: down other than it’s down and won’t connect.
Thank you for any guidance you may be able to provide.
~ journalctl -f TSTP ✘ 12s
Aug 22 16:42:52 patty-hpg71notebookpc audit[1]: SERVICE_STOP pid=1 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 subj==unconfined msg='unit=systemd-rfkill comm="systemd" exe="/usr/lib/systemd/systemd" hostname=? addr=? terminal=? res=success'
Aug 22 16:42:52 patty-hpg71notebookpc kernel: audit: type=1131 audit(1661200972.620:164): pid=1 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 subj==unconfined msg='unit=systemd-rfkill comm="systemd" exe="/usr/lib/systemd/systemd" hostname=? addr=? terminal=? res=success'
Aug 22 16:42:53 patty-hpg71notebookpc plasmashell[1062]: kf.service.services: KApplicationTrader: mimeType "x-scheme-handler/file" not found
Aug 22 16:42:53 patty-hpg71notebookpc systemd[963]: Started Konsole - Terminal.
Aug 22 16:42:53 patty-hpg71notebookpc plasmashell[1062]: trying to show an empty dialog
Aug 22 16:42:58 patty-hpg71notebookpc kwin_x11[1024]: qt.qpa.xcb: QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 3166, resource id: 4194325, major code: 18 (ChangeProperty), minor code: 0
Aug 22 16:42:58 patty-hpg71notebookpc systemd[963]: app-org.kde.konsole-1e9e4ed5518447eb97dcf57e353acad3.scope: Consumed 1.549s CPU time.
Aug 22 16:45:17 patty-hpg71notebookpc plasmashell[1062]: kf.service.services: KApplicationTrader: mimeType "x-scheme-handler/file" not found
Aug 22 16:45:18 patty-hpg71notebookpc kwin_x11[1024]: qt.qpa.xcb: QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 3508, resource id: 31457453, major code: 18 (ChangeProperty), minor code: 0
Aug 22 16:45:18 patty-hpg71notebookpc systemd[963]: Started Konsole - Terminal.
Aug 22 16:46:37 patty-hpg71notebookpc systemd[1]: Starting Load/Save RF Kill Switch Status...
Aug 22 16:46:37 patty-hpg71notebookpc kernel: audit: type=1130 audit(1661201197.079:165): pid=1 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 subj==unconfined msg='unit=systemd-rfkill comm="systemd" exe="/usr/lib/systemd/systemd" hostname=? addr=? terminal=? res=success'
Aug 22 16:46:37 patty-hpg71notebookpc audit[1]: SERVICE_START pid=1 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 subj==unconfined msg='unit=systemd-rfkill comm="systemd" exe="/usr/lib/systemd/systemd" hostname=? addr=? terminal=? res=success'
Aug 22 16:46:37 patty-hpg71notebookpc systemd[1]: Started Load/Save RF Kill Switch Status.
Aug 22 16:46:42 patty-hpg71notebookpc systemd[1]: systemd-rfkill.service: Deactivated successfully.
Aug 22 16:46:42 patty-hpg71notebookpc audit[1]: SERVICE_STOP pid=1 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 subj==unconfined msg='unit=systemd-rfkill comm="systemd" exe="/usr/lib/systemd/systemd" hostname=? addr=? terminal=? res=success'
Aug 22 16:46:42 patty-hpg71notebookpc kernel: audit: type=1131 audit(1661201202.086:166): pid=1 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 subj==unconfined msg='unit=systemd-rfkill comm="systemd" exe="/usr/lib/systemd/systemd" hostname=? addr=? terminal=? res=success'
Aug 22 16:47:12 patty-hpg71notebookpc systemd[1]: Starting Load/Save RF Kill Switch Status...
Aug 22 16:47:12 patty-hpg71notebookpc systemd[1]: Started Load/Save RF Kill Switch Status.
Aug 22 16:47:12 patty-hpg71notebookpc kernel: audit: type=1130 audit(1661201232.222:167): pid=1 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 subj==unconfined msg='unit=systemd-rfkill comm="systemd" exe="/usr/lib/systemd/systemd" hostname=? addr=? terminal=? res=success'
Aug 22 16:47:12 patty-hpg71notebookpc audit[1]: SERVICE_START pid=1 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 subj==unconfined msg='unit=systemd-rfkill comm="systemd" exe="/usr/lib/systemd/systemd" hostname=? addr=? terminal=? res=success'
Aug 22 16:47:17 patty-hpg71notebookpc systemd[1]: systemd-rfkill.service: Deactivated successfully.
Aug 22 16:47:17 patty-hpg71notebookpc audit[1]: SERVICE_STOP pid=1 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 subj==unconfined msg='unit=systemd-rfkill comm="systemd" exe="/usr/lib/systemd/systemd" hostname=? addr=? terminal=? res=success'
Aug 22 16:47:17 patty-hpg71notebookpc kernel: audit: type=1131 audit(1661201237.232:168): pid=1 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 subj==unconfined msg='unit=systemd-rfkill comm="systemd" exe="/usr/lib/systemd/systemd" hostname=? addr=? terminal=? res=success'
Aug 22 16:47:28 patty-hpg71notebookpc systemd[1]: Starting Load/Save RF Kill Switch Status...
Aug 22 16:47:28 patty-hpg71notebookpc systemd[1]: Started Load/Save RF Kill Switch Status.
Aug 22 16:47:28 patty-hpg71notebookpc audit[1]: SERVICE_START pid=1 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 subj==unconfined msg='unit=systemd-rfkill comm="systemd" exe="/usr/lib/systemd/systemd" hostname=? addr=? terminal=? res=success'
Aug 22 16:47:28 patty-hpg71notebookpc kernel: audit: type=1130 audit(1661201248.679:169): pid=1 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 subj==unconfined msg='unit=systemd-rfkill comm="systemd" exe="/usr/lib/systemd/systemd" hostname=? addr=? terminal=? res=success'
Aug 22 16:47:33 patty-hpg71notebookpc systemd[1]: systemd-rfkill.service: Deactivated successfully.
Aug 22 16:47:33 patty-hpg71notebookpc audit[1]: SERVICE_STOP pid=1 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 subj==unconfined msg='unit=systemd-rfkill comm="systemd" exe="/usr/lib/systemd/systemd" hostname=? addr=? terminal=? res=success'
Aug 22 16:47:33 patty-hpg71notebookpc kernel: audit: type=1131 audit(1661201253.689:170): pid=1 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 subj==unconfined msg='unit=systemd-rfkill comm="systemd" exe="/usr/lib/systemd/systemd" hostname=? addr=? terminal=? res=success'
The output from inxi -Fazy is:
~ inxi -Fazy TSTP ✘
System:
Kernel: 5.10.136-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.1.1
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.10-x86_64
root=UUID=9571debc-752c-4825-bcb2-05da7d1f43e0 rw quiet apparmor=1
security=apparmor resume=UUID=ddb23ba1-66de-46a9-928d-5683c60ad5ca
udev.log_priority=3
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.24.6 tk: Qt v: 5.15.5 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 1 dm: SDDM
Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: Hewlett-Packard product: N/A v: Rev 1
serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: Hewlett-Packard model: 306B v: 21.14 serial: <superuser required>
BIOS: Hewlett-Packard v: F.23 date: 12/21/2010
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 15.9 Wh (100.0%) condition: 15.9/95.0 Wh (16.7%)
volts: 12.5 min: 10.8 model: Hewlett-Packard Primary type: Li-ion
serial: N/A status: full
Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Marathon Mouse/Performance Plus
M705 serial: <filter> charge: 55% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes
status: discharging
Device-2: hidpp_battery_1 model: Logitech K520 serial: <filter> charge: 70%
(should be ignored) rechargeable: yes status: discharging
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core2 Duo T6600 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Penryn
built: 2008 process: Intel 45nm family: 6 model-id: 0x17 (23)
stepping: 0xA (10) microcode: 0xA0B
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 2 smt: <unsupported> cache: L1: 128 KiB
desc: d-2x32 KiB; i-2x32 KiB L2: 2 MiB desc: 1x2 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 1197 min/max: 1200/2200 scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq
governor: schedutil cores: 1: 1197 2: 1197 bogomips: 8780
Flags: ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 ssse3
Vulnerabilities:
Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX unsupported
Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion
Type: mds status: Vulnerable: Clear CPU buffers attempted, no microcode;
SMT disabled
Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
Type: retbleed status: Not affected
Type: spec_store_bypass status: Vulnerable
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines, STIBP: disabled, RSB filling,
PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel Mobile 4 Series Integrated Graphics vendor: Hewlett-Packard
driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-5 process: Intel 45nm built: 2008 ports:
active: LVDS-1,VGA-1 empty: DP-1,DP-2,HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0
chip-ID: 8086:2a42 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: Quanta HP Webcam-101 type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 2-4:2
chip-ID: 0408:0f41 class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.4 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X:
loaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,vesa gpu: i915 display-ID: :0
screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3519x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 928x285mm (36.54x11.22")
s-diag: 971mm (38.22")
Monitor-1: LVDS-1 pos: right model: Seiko Epson 0x3154 built: 2008
res: 1600x900 hz: 60 dpi: 106 gamma: 1.2 size: 382x215mm (15.04x8.46")
diag: 438mm (17.3") ratio: 16:9 modes: 1600x900
Monitor-2: VGA-1 pos: primary,left model: Samsung S27F350 serial: <filter>
built: 2016 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 82 gamma: 1.2
size: 598x336mm (23.54x13.23") diag: 686mm (27") ratio: 16:9 modes:
max: 1920x1080 min: 720x400
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Mobile Intel GM45 Express (CTG) v: 2.1 Mesa 22.1.6
direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel 82801I HD Audio vendor: Hewlett-Packard
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:293e
class-ID: 0403
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.10.136-1-MANJARO running: yes
Sound Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.21 running: no
Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 16.1 running: yes
Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.56 running: yes
Network:
Device-1: Intel Centrino Wireless-N 1000 [Condor Peak] driver: iwlwifi
v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 02:00.0
chip-ID: 8086:0084 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp2s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek RTL810xE PCI Express Fast Ethernet
vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
lanes: 1 port: 2000 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8136 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp3s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 298.09 GiB used: 90 GiB (30.2%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Fujitsu model: MJA2320BH G2
size: 298.09 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s
type: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter> rev: 8919 scheme: MBR
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 289.85 GiB size: 284.23 GiB (98.06%) used: 90 GiB (31.7%)
fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 8.24 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
priority: -2 dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 59.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
Processes: 153 Uptime: 42m wakeups: 13 Memory: 3.74 GiB used: 1.17 GiB
(31.3%) Init: systemd v: 251 default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers:
gcc: 12.1.1 clang: 14.0.6 Packages: pacman: 1431 lib: 387 flatpak: 0
Shell: Zsh v: 5.9 default: Bash v: 5.1.16 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.20