WiFi not working after update to 6.14

I recently updated to kernel 6.14.6-2-MANJARO and updated a few more packages after (nvidia-linux-meta, firefox, etc.). After a system restart my wifi is no longer working.

I have tried different kernels (6.12.xx, 6.6.xx) and restored from a timeshift one week ago, but neither worked. I am not sure where to look, and any help would be greatly appreciated.

$ inxi -Fazy
System:
  Kernel: 6.14.6-2-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 15.1.1
    clocksource: tsc avail: acpi_pm
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.14-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: 6.3.5 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.14.0
    wm: kwin_x11 vt: 2 dm: SDDM Distro: Manjaro 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>
    uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends LLC. v: FX506HEB.310
    date: 11/25/2021
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT1 charge: 72.3 Wh (84.5%) condition: 85.6/90.2 Wh (94.8%)
    volts: 16.2 min: 15.9 model: ASUS A32-K55 type: Li-ion serial: N/A
    status: not charging
  Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Wireless Keyboard
    serial: <filter> charge: 55% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes
    status: discharging
  Device-2: hidpp_battery_1 model: Logitech Wireless Mouse 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: 0x56
  Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 6 cores: 6 threads: 12 tpc: 2
    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: 1117 min/max: 800/4500 scaling: driver: intel_pstate
    governor: powersave cores: 1: 1117 2: 1117 3: 1117 4: 1117 5: 1117 6: 1117
    7: 1117 8: 1117 9: 1117 10: 1117 11: 1117 12: 1117 bogomips: 64512
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: gather_data_sampling mitigation: Microcode
  Type: ghostwrite status: Not affected
  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: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: retbleed status: Not affected
  Type: spec_rstack_overflow 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 / Automatic IBRS; IBPB: conditional;
    PBRSB-eIBRS: SW sequence; BHI: SW loop, KVM: SW loop
  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 alternate: xe arch: Xe 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: 570.144 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 550-570.xx+
    status: current (as of 2025-04; EOL~2026-12-xx) arch: Ampere code: GAxxx
    process: TSMC n7 (7nm) built: 2020-2023 ports: active: none off: DP-2
    empty: DP-1 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: 21.1.16 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.6
    compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: modesetting,nvidia
    alternate: fbdev,nouveau,nv,vesa dri: iris gpu: i915,nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch
    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-2 mapped: DP-1-0.2 note: disabled pos: right model: LG
    (GoldStar) IPS FULLHD built: 2014 res: mode: 1920x1080 hz: 60
    scale: 100% (1) dpi: 102 gamma: 1.2 size: 480x270mm (18.9x10.63")
    diag: 551mm (21.7") ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 1920x1080 min: 640x480
  Monitor-2: eDP-1 pos: primary,left model: Najing CEC Panda 0x004d
    built: 2019 res: mode: 1920x1080 hz: 144 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 142 gamma: 1.2
    size: 344x194mm (13.54x7.64") diag: 395mm (15.5") ratio: 16:9
    modes: 1920x1080
  API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel iris drv: nvidia nouveau drv: nvidia
    platforms: device: 0 drv: nvidia device: 1 drv: nouveau device: 2 drv: iris
    device: 3 drv: swrast gbm: drv: nvidia surfaceless: drv: nvidia x11:
    drv: iris inactive: wayland
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: intel mesa v: 25.0.5-arch1.1
    glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics (TGL GT1)
    device-ID: 8086:9a68 memory: 7.5 GiB unified: yes
  API: Vulkan v: 1.4.313 layers: 1 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu name: NVIDIA
    GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop GPU driver: nvidia v: 570.144
    device-ID: 10de:25a0 surfaces: N/A
  Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
    de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor gpu: nvidia-settings,nvidia-smi
    wl: wayland-info x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Tiger Lake-H HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel
    v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_avs,snd_sof_pci_intel_tgl bus-ID: 0000:00:1f.3
    chip-ID: 8086:43c8 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: NVIDIA GA107 High Definition Audio 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: 3-4.3:6 chip-ID: 046d:0acb class-ID: 0300
    serial: <filter>
  API: ALSA v: k6.14.6-2-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: 1.4.2 status: off with: pipewire-media-session
    status: active tools: pw-cli
  Server-3: PulseAudio v: 17.0-43-g3e2bb 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: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Realtek RTL8153 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter driver: r8152 type: USB
    rev: 3.2 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: down mac: <filter>
  Info: services: NetworkManager,systemd-timesyncd
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel AX210 Bluetooth driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.0
    speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 3-14:5 chip-ID: 8087:0032
    class-ID: e001
  Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 5.3
    lmp-v: 12 status: discoverable: no pairing: no class-ID: 6c010c
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: 1.38 TiB used: 290.06 GiB (20.6%)
  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: 44.9 C
    scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 maj-min: 259:2 vendor: Crucial model: CT1000P3PSSD8
    size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s
    lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: P9CR413 temp: 59.9 C
    scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 195.79 GiB size: 192.16 GiB (98.14%) used: 55.3 GiB (28.8%)
    fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme1n1p2 maj-min: 259:4
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 513 MiB size: 512 MiB (99.80%)
    used: 316 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme1n1p1 maj-min: 259:3
  ID-3: /home raw-size: 720.58 GiB size: 708.2 GiB (98.28%)
    used: 156.03 GiB (22.0%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme1n1p4 maj-min: 259:6
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: yes
    compressor: zstd max-pool: 20%
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 14.65 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
    priority: -2 dev: /dev/nvme1n1p3 maj-min: 259:5
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 56.5 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
  Memory: total: 16 GiB note: est. available: 15.36 GiB used: 4.02 GiB (26.2%)
  Processes: 276 Power: uptime: 11m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: s2idle
    avail: deep wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot, suspend,
    test_resume image: 6.11 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,upowerd
    Init: systemd v: 257 default: graphical tool: systemctl
  Packages: 1801 pm: pacman pkgs: 1784 libs: 434 tools: pamac pm: flatpak
    pkgs: 17 Compilers: clang: 19.1.7 gcc: 15.1.1 Shell: Zsh v: 5.9 default: Bash
    v: 5.2.37 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.38

Hi @espressoVi,

I don’t even see the WiFi adapter in the inxi output. Which can mean one of four things:

  1. The adapter has been turned off in the BIOS/UEFI; or
  2. You dual-boot Windows and did not shut it down properly; or
  3. the adapter’s busted; or
  4. I’m going blind. Or in sane. Or both.

For your part I hope it’s No. 1 or 2.

Hope this helps.

Dear @Mirdarthos ,

You were right. Although I did not find any network specific options in BIOS/UEFI, nor did I mess with BIOS/UEFI before it broke. Either updating the BIOS or toggling one IPV6 option (PXE something?) seemed to have fixed the issue. I don’t understand why that helped, but it did.

The adapter does not seem to have been busted as the Bluetooth component of the same AX210 chip was working, and now WiFi is working as well.

I don’t dual boot, and your vision and sanity remains untainted.

Thanks for the help!

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