[SOLVED] No Wifi Option for Linux Mint 21.2 with Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX201 (Acer Aspire 3)

[reeses-eggs]

Hello,

I've run into an issue trying to get the Wifi to show up under the Network settings. Right now, the only options are 'Wired' and 'Network proxy'. I've tried a few solutions from other posts but nothing has worked yet.

I know it is possible to get it to work because when I do a fresh install of Linux Mint 20.3, the Wifi pops up immediately. I've noticed a discrepancy between the firmware Intel suggests, iwlwifi-Qu-48.13675109.0 (https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en ... eless.html) what dmesg is reporting, QuZ-a0-hr-b0-66.ucode and what works for Linux Mint 20.3, 50.3e391d3e.0 so that might be the issue.

I've updated everything in the Update Manager and there are no drivers in the Driver Manager. Here are all the relevant commands I could find from other posts and thank you for your help in advance!

inxi

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System:
  Kernel: 5.15.0-76-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.3.0
    Desktop: Cinnamon 5.8.4 Distro: Linux Mint 21.2 Victoria
    base: Ubuntu 22.04 jammy
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: Acer product: Aspire A315-58 v: V1.34
    serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: TGL model: Camellia_TL v: V1.34 serial: <superuser required>
    UEFI: Insyde v: 1.34 date: 04/21/2023
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX201 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel
    bus-ID: 0000:00:14.3
  Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
    vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: r8169 v: kernel port: 3000
    bus-ID: 0000:01:00.0
  IF: enp1s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel AX201 Bluetooth type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8
    bus-ID: 1-10:3
  Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: down
    bt-service: enabled,running rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes
    address: <filter>

iwconfig

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lo        no wireless extensions.

enp1s0    no wireless extensions.

lspci

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0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Device 9a04 (rev 01)
0000:00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Device 9a78 (rev 01)
0000:00:08.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation GNA Scoring Accelerator module (rev 01)
0000:00:0e.0 RAID bus controller: Intel Corporation Volume Management Device NVMe RAID Controller
0000:00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Tiger Lake-LP USB 3.2 Gen 2x1 xHCI Host Controller (rev 20)
0000:00:14.2 RAM memory: Intel Corporation Tiger Lake-LP Shared SRAM (rev 20)
0000:00:14.3 Network controller: Intel Corporation Wi-Fi 6 AX201 (rev 20)
0000:00:15.0 Serial bus controller: Intel Corporation Tiger Lake-LP Serial IO I2C Controller #0 (rev 20)
0000:00:15.3 Serial bus controller: Intel Corporation Tiger Lake-LP Serial IO I2C Controller #3 (rev 20)
0000:00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation Tiger Lake-LP Management Engine Interface (rev 20)
0000:00:17.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 09ab
0000:00:19.0 Serial bus controller: Intel Corporation Tiger Lake-LP Serial IO I2C Controller #4 (rev 20)
0000:00:19.1 Serial bus controller: Intel Corporation Tiger Lake-LP Serial IO I2C Controller #5 (rev 20)
0000:00:1d.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Tiger Lake-LP PCI Express Root Port #9 (rev 20)
0000:00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Tiger Lake-LP LPC Controller (rev 20)
0000:00:1f.3 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation Tiger Lake-LP Smart Sound Technology Audio Controller (rev 20)
0000:00:1f.4 SMBus: Intel Corporation Tiger Lake-LP SMBus Controller (rev 20)
0000:00:1f.5 Serial bus controller: Intel Corporation Tiger Lake-LP SPI Controller (rev 20)
0000:01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 15)
10000:e0:17.0 SATA controller: Intel Corporation Device a0d3 (rev 20)
10000:e0:1c.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 09ab
10000:e0:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device a0bc (rev 20)
10000:e1:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller: Micron Technology Inc Device 5411 (rev 01)

rfkill list all

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0: hci0: Bluetooth
	Soft blocked: no
	Hard blocked: no
1: acer-wireless: Wireless LAN
	Soft blocked: no
	Hard blocked: no
2: acer-bluetooth: Bluetooth
	Soft blocked: no
	Hard blocked: no

mokutil --sb-state

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SecureBoot disabled

dmesg | grep iwl

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[    3.502779] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: api flags index 2 larger than supported by driver
[    3.502789] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: TLV_FW_FSEQ_VERSION: FSEQ Version: 89.3.35.37
[    3.502977] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: loaded firmware version 66.f1c864e0.0 QuZ-a0-hr-b0-66.ucode op_mode iwlmvm
[    3.565508] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Detected Intel(R) Wi-Fi 6 AX101, REV=0x354
[    3.691822] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Detected RF HR1 B3, rfid=0x10c000
[    4.704661] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: WRT: Collecting data: ini trigger 13 fired (delay=0ms).
[    4.705772] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Start IWL Error Log Dump:
[    4.705778] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Transport status: 0x0000004A, valid: 6
[    4.705781] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Loaded firmware version: 66.f1c864e0.0 QuZ-a0-hr-b0-66.ucode
[    4.705785] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: 0x00000084 | NMI_INTERRUPT_UNKNOWN       
[    4.705789] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: 0x000022F0 | trm_hw_status0
[    4.705792] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: 0x00000000 | trm_hw_status1
[    4.705795] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: 0x004CB01A | branchlink2
[    4.705797] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: 0x004C183E | interruptlink1
[    4.705800] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: 0x004C183E | interruptlink2
[    4.705802] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: 0x004C9CEE | data1
[    4.705804] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: 0x01000000 | data2
[    4.705807] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: 0x00000000 | data3
[    4.705809] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: 0x00000000 | beacon time
[    4.705811] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: 0x0010BD03 | tsf low
[    4.705814] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: 0x00000000 | tsf hi
[    4.705816] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: 0x00000000 | time gp1
[    4.705818] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: 0x00111BAB | time gp2
[    4.705820] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: 0x00000001 | uCode revision type
[    4.705823] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: 0x00000042 | uCode version major
[    4.705825] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: 0xF1C864E0 | uCode version minor
[    4.705828] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: 0x00000351 | hw version
[    4.705830] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: 0x18C89004 | board version
[    4.705833] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: 0x8003F502 | hcmd
[    4.705835] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: 0x00020000 | isr0
[    4.705837] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: 0x00000000 | isr1
[    4.705840] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: 0x08F00002 | isr2
[    4.705842] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: 0x00C0000C | isr3
[    4.705844] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: 0x00000000 | isr4
[    4.705847] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: 0x00000000 | last cmd Id
[    4.705849] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: 0x004C9CEE | wait_event
[    4.705851] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: 0x00000000 | l2p_control
[    4.705854] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: 0x00000000 | l2p_duration
[    4.705856] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: 0x00000000 | l2p_mhvalid
[    4.705858] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: 0x00000000 | l2p_addr_match
[    4.705860] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: 0x0000000B | lmpm_pmg_sel
[    4.705863] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: 0x00000000 | timestamp
[    4.705865] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: 0x00000020 | flow_handler
[    4.705909] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Start IWL Error Log Dump:
[    4.705911] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Transport status: 0x0000004A, valid: 7
[    4.705914] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: 0x20000066 | NMI_INTERRUPT_HOST
[    4.705917] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: 0x00000000 | umac branchlink1
[    4.705920] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: 0x80455AE6 | umac branchlink2
[    4.705922] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: 0x8047430E | umac interruptlink1
[    4.705924] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: 0xC00814FC | umac interruptlink2
[    4.705927] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: 0x01000000 | umac data1
[    4.705929] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: 0xC00814FC | umac data2
[    4.705931] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: 0x00000000 | umac data3
[    4.705934] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: 0x00000042 | umac major
[    4.705936] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: 0xF1C864E0 | umac minor
[    4.705938] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: 0x00111BA9 | frame pointer
[    4.705941] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: 0xC0887F14 | stack pointer
[    4.705943] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: 0x00010C00 | last host cmd
[    4.705945] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: 0x00000004 | isr status reg
[    4.705968] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: IML/ROM dump:
[    4.705970] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: 0x00000003 | IML/ROM error/state
[    4.705995] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: 0x0000593D | IML/ROM data1
[    4.706006] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: 0x00000080 | IML/ROM WFPM_AUTH_KEY_0
[    4.706029] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Fseq Registers:
[    4.706049] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: 0x20000000 | FSEQ_ERROR_CODE
[    4.706053] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: 0x80290033 | FSEQ_TOP_INIT_VERSION
[    4.706073] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: 0x00090006 | FSEQ_CNVIO_INIT_VERSION
[    4.706078] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: 0x0000A482 | FSEQ_OTP_VERSION
[    4.706098] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: 0x00000003 | FSEQ_TOP_CONTENT_VERSION
[    4.706103] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: 0x4552414E | FSEQ_ALIVE_TOKEN
[    4.706123] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: 0x20000302 | FSEQ_CNVI_ID
[    4.706127] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: 0x00000501 | FSEQ_CNVR_ID
[    4.706146] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: 0x20000302 | CNVI_AUX_MISC_CHIP
[    4.706153] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: 0x00000501 | CNVR_AUX_MISC_CHIP
[    4.706174] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: 0x05B0905B | CNVR_SCU_SD_REGS_SD_REG_DIG_DCDC_VTRIM
[    4.706196] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: 0x0000025B | CNVR_SCU_SD_REGS_SD_REG_ACTIVE_VDIG_MIRROR
[    5.050035] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Failed to run INIT ucode: -110
[    5.062316] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: retry init count 0

[sleeper12]

Install the 6.2 kernel in Update Manager, View, Linux Kernels & reboot.

[reeses-eggs]

Just installed the newest 6.2, rebooted and still no luck.

uname -r

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6.2.0-37-generic

[sleeper12]

Maybe the 6.5:

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sudo apt-get install linux-oem-22.04d

Reboot

[reeses-eggs]

That worked, thank you very much!!

[sleeper12]

Glad that worked for you.

[bytesabit]

Maybe the 6.5:

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sudo apt-get install linux-oem-22.04d

Reboot

You're a ROCKSTAR! Helped me too! Thanks.

[sleeper12]

You're a ROCKSTAR! Helped me too! Thanks.

Good to hear.

[Cobalt4697]

Maybe the 6.5:

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sudo apt-get install linux-oem-22.04d

Reboot

This helped me as well, thank you very much!

[dennybobva]

Please
How did you install the new kernel if you did not have Internet access ?

I am having the same problem after installing 21.2 fresh install, not upgrade.

Thank you for your help.

[sleeper12]

dennybobva,

Get a temporary connection like this: https://easylinuxtipsproject.blogspot.c ... ernet.html

[dennybobva]

Please
How did you install the new kernel if you did not have Internet access ?

I am having the same problem after installing 21.2 fresh install, not upgrade.

Thank you for your help.

I ran a 100 foot Ethernet cable to my router in another room. Had to buy the cable first, of course, since I did not own one at the time.