Wifi Suddenly Stopped Working

Hi,
My Wifi on my XPS 13 (9310, AX500 chipset) suddenly cut out this morning and would not come back on. The wifi works on Windows but does not in Manjaro. Issues persist through kernel change reboots, complete shutdowns, etc. wifi-menu gives me a “invalid interface specification,” and rfkill list all gives this:

0: hci0: Bluetooth
        Soft blocked: no
        Hard blocked: no

ip a

1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1000
    link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
    inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
    inet6 ::1/128 scope host 
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
2: enp0s13f0u3u1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc fq_codel state UP group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 00:05:1b:6a:22:fe brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    inet 10.129.23.226/23 brd 10.129.23.255 scope global dynamic noprefixroute enp0s13f0u3u1
       valid_lft 1580sec preferred_lft 1580sec
    inet6 fe80::11e1:c0d6:efae:a24b/64 scope link noprefixroute 
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever

lspci -k (the important part)

        Subsystem: Rivet Networks Device a501
        Kernel modules: ath11k_pci

^ no kernel driver in use, but i’m not sure what to do about that

And finally general information:

System:
  Kernel: 5.14.10-1-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.1.0
  parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.14-x86_64
  root=UUID=73f64c48-669c-441a-a105-5fdb4b98758c rw quiet apparmor=1
  security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3
  Desktop: i3 4.19.1 info: i3bar vt: 1 dm: SDDM Distro: Manjaro Linux
  base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: Dell product: XPS 13 9310 v: N/A serial: <filter>
  Chassis: type: 10 serial: <filter>
  Mobo: Dell model: 0DMPXV v: A00 serial: <filter> UEFI: Dell v: 3.0.4
  date: 07/16/2021
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 39.0 Wh (86.1%) condition: 45.3/51.0 Wh (88.9%)
  volts: 8.5 min: 7.6 model: BYD DELL FP86V0A type: Li-poly serial: <filter>
  status: Charging
Memory:
  RAM: total: 31.08 GiB used: 2.74 GiB (8.8%)
  RAM Report: permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
  Info: Quad Core model: 11th Gen Intel Core i7-1185G7 bits: 64 type: MT MCP
  arch: Tiger Lake family: 6 model-id: 8C (140) stepping: 1 microcode: 88
  cache: L2: 12 MiB bogomips: 47936
  Speed: 1247 MHz min/max: 400/4800 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1247 2: 1259
  3: 1052 4: 1347 5: 1134 6: 1238 7: 1014 8: 942
  Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm acpi adx aes aperfmperf apic arat arch_capabilities
  arch_perfmon art avx avx2 avx512_bitalg avx512_vbmi2 avx512_vnni
  avx512_vp2intersect avx512_vpopcntdq avx512bw avx512cd avx512dq avx512f
  avx512ifma avx512vbmi avx512vl bmi1 bmi2 bts cat_l2 cdp_l2 clflush
  clflushopt clwb cmov constant_tsc cpuid cpuid_fault cx16 cx8 de ds_cpl
  dtes64 dtherm dts epb ept ept_ad erms est f16c flexpriority flush_l1d fma
  fpu fsgsbase fsrm fxsr gfni ht hwp hwp_act_window hwp_epp hwp_notify
  hwp_pkg_req ibpb ibrs ibrs_enhanced ida intel_pt invpcid invpcid_single
  lahf_lm lm mca mce md_clear mmx monitor movbe movdir64b movdiri msr mtrr
  nonstop_tsc nopl nx ospke pae pat pbe pcid pclmulqdq pdcm pdpe1gb pebs pge
  pku pln pni popcnt pse pse36 pts rdpid rdrand rdseed rdt_a rdtscp rep_good
  sdbg sep sha_ni smap smep smx split_lock_detect ss ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1
  sse4_2 ssse3 stibp syscall tm tm2 tme tpr_shadow tsc tsc_adjust
  tsc_deadline_timer tsc_known_freq umip vaes vme vmx vnmi vpclmulqdq vpid
  x2apic xgetbv1 xsave xsavec xsaveopt xsaves xtopology xtpr
  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: Enhanced IBRS, IBPB: conditional, RSB filling
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel TigerLake-LP GT2 [Iris Xe Graphics] vendor: Dell
  driver: i915 v: kernel bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:9a49 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: USB C USB C Video Adaptor type: USB driver: N/A bus-ID: 3-4.4:8
  chip-ID: 25a4:9311 class-ID: 1100 serial: <filter>
  Device-3: Microdia Integrated_Webcam_HD type: USB driver: uvcvideo
  bus-ID: 3-6:4 chip-ID: 0c45:672a class-ID: 0e02
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.13 driver: loaded: modesetting
  alternate: fbdev,vesa display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3840x1200 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 1014x317mm (39.9x12.5")
  s-diag: 1062mm (41.8")
  Monitor-1: eDP-1 res: 1920x1200 hz: 60 dpi: 169 size: 288x180mm (11.3x7.1")
  diag: 340mm (13.4")
  Monitor-2: DP-1-3 res: 1920x1080 dpi: 92 size: 531x299mm (20.9x11.8")
  diag: 609mm (24")
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel Xe Graphics (TGL GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 21.2.3
  direct render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Tiger Lake-LP Smart Sound Audio vendor: Dell
  driver: sof-audio-pci-intel-tgl
  alternate: snd_hda_intel,snd_sof_pci_intel_tgl bus-ID: 00:1f.3
  chip-ID: 8086:a0c8 class-ID: 0401
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.14.10-1-MANJARO running: yes
  Sound Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.19 running: no
  Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: no
  Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.38 running: yes
Network:
  Device-1: Qualcomm QCA6390 Wireless Network Adapter [AX500-DBS ]
  vendor: Rivet Networks driver: N/A modules: ath11k_pci bus-ID: 72:00.0
  chip-ID: 17cb:1101 class-ID: 0280
  Device-2: Realtek RTL8153 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter type: USB driver: r8152
  bus-ID: 2-3.1:3 chip-ID: 0bda:8153 class-ID: 0000 serial: <filter>
  IF: enp0s13f0u3u1 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
  broadcast: <filter>
  IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
  WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Message: No bluetooth data found.
Logical:
  Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
  Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 982.98 GiB used: 121.92 GiB (12.4%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Western Digital
  model: PC SN730 NVMe WDC 1024GB size: 953.87 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
  logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter>
  rev: 11150012 temp: 46.9 C scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 type: USB vendor: SanDisk model: Cruzer Glide
  size: 29.11 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: N/A
  serial: <filter> rev: 1.27 scheme: MBR
  SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
  Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 390.62 GiB size: 383.43 GiB (98.16%)
  used: 35.65 GiB (9.3%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p7 maj-min: 259:7
  label: N/A uuid: 73f64c48-669c-441a-a105-5fdb4b98758c
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 190 MiB size: 186 MiB (97.89%)
  used: 105.4 MiB (56.7%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
  label: ESP uuid: FE71-E7E0
  ID-3: /mnt/OS raw-size: 544.93 GiB size: 544.93 GiB (100.00%)
  used: 86.16 GiB (15.8%) fs: ntfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3
  label: OS uuid: 56D87038D8701907
Swap:
  Alert: No swap data was found.
Unmounted:
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2 size: 128 MiB fs: <superuser required>
  label: N/A uuid: N/A
  ID-2: /dev/nvme0n1p4 maj-min: 259:4 size: 990 MiB fs: ntfs label: WINRETOOLS
  uuid: 920EF7E40EF7BEF3
  ID-3: /dev/nvme0n1p5 maj-min: 259:5 size: 15.66 GiB fs: ntfs label: Image
  uuid: 60DEF82ADEF7F65E
  ID-4: /dev/nvme0n1p6 maj-min: 259:6 size: 1.37 GiB fs: ntfs
  label: DELLSUPPORT uuid: C05E64EA5E64DAA4
  ID-5: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 size: 29.11 GiB fs: vfat label: UBUNTU 20_0
  uuid: 06BF-64E6
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 1 rev: 2.0
  speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s
  chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-3: 2-3:2 info: VIA Labs USB3.0 Hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1 speed: 5 Gb/s
  chip-ID: 2109:0817 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 2-3.1:3 info: Realtek RTL8153 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
  type: Network driver: r8152 interfaces: 1 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s
  power: 288mA chip-ID: 0bda:8153 class-ID: 0000 serial: <filter>
  Hub-4: 3-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 12 rev: 2.0
  speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 3-3:2 info: Shenzhen Goodix FingerPrint type: <vendor specific>
  driver: N/A interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA
  chip-ID: 27c6:533c class-ID: ff00
  Hub-5: 3-4:3 info: VIA Labs USB2.0 Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s
  chip-ID: 2109:2817 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 3-4.2:6 info: SanDisk Cruzer Glide type: Mass Storage
  driver: usb-storage interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 200mA
  chip-ID: 0781:5575 class-ID: 0806 serial: <filter>
  Device-2: 3-4.4:8 info: USB C USB C Video Adaptor type: Billboard
  driver: N/A interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s chip-ID: 25a4:9311
  class-ID: 1100 serial: <filter>
  Device-3: 3-6:4 info: Microdia Integrated_Webcam_HD type: Video
  driver: uvcvideo interfaces: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 500mA
  chip-ID: 0c45:672a class-ID: 0e02
  Hub-6: 3-8:5 info: Terminus USB 2.0 Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
  power: 100mA chip-ID: 1a40:0801 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 3-8.1:7 info: VIA Labs USB 2.0 BILLBOARD type: Billboard
  driver: N/A interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s chip-ID: 2109:0103
  class-ID: 1100 serial: <filter>
  Device-2: 3-8.2:9 info: Razer USA RZ01-0325 Gaming Mouse [Viper Mini]
  type: Mouse,Keyboard driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 3 rev: 2.0
  speed: 12 Mb/s power: 500mA chip-ID: 1532:008a class-ID: 0300
  Device-3: 3-8.3:10 info: Wacom CTL-472 [One by Wacom (S)] type: Mouse,HID
  driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s
  power: 498mA chip-ID: 056a:037a class-ID: 0300 serial: <filter>
  Device-4: 3-8.4:11 info: Kingston HyperX Alloy Origins Core
  type: Keyboard,HID driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 3 rev: 2.0
  speed: 12 Mb/s power: 500mA chip-ID: 0951:16e6 class-ID: 0300
  Hub-7: 4-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s
  chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: N/A mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 4681 fan-2: 4418
Info:
  Processes: 250 Uptime: 12m wakeups: 25 Init: systemd v: 249 tool: systemctl
  Compilers: gcc: 11.1.0 clang: 12.0.1 Packages: 1381 pacman: 1374 lib: 400
  flatpak: 0 snap: 7 Shell: Zsh v: 5.8 default: Bash v: 5.1.8
  running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.08

Lets start with

sudo modprobe ath11k_pci

(and post results, if any)

But I dont expect much there.
Then we have the ‘hail mary’ of adding this to boot options

memmap=12M\$20M

If you dont know how … add that code to /etc/default/grub on line GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX, like so:

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="memmap=12M\$20M"

Then run

sudo update-grub

and reboot.

sudo modprobe ath11k_pci
no results
added memmap=12M\$20M to GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX
when picking manjaro in GRUB my system goes to a black screen and does not boot - windows works fine

sudo dmesg | grep -i ath11k gives this:

[    2.241520] ath11k_pci 0000:72:00.0: BAR 0: assigned [mem 0xa2500000-0xa25fffff 64bit]
[    2.241552] ath11k_pci 0000:72:00.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0002)
[    2.241589] ath11k_pci 0000:72:00.0: failed to get 32 MSI vectors, only -28 available
[    2.241590] ath11k_pci 0000:72:00.0: failed to enable msi: -28
[    2.241603] ath11k_pci: probe of 0000:72:00.0 failed with error -28

ok update:
i reset my bios settings to factory defaults (i’m not sure why this changed anything, i haven’t touched my bios in forever) and wifi has reappeared

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