Intel 9260 Wireless Card doesn't play nice with LM

[IonParticles]

Hey LM community!

Recently I've replaced the faulty Killer Wireless card in my Dell XPS 13 9360 with the Intel 9260 since I heard it was a great replacement. However, ever since I installed it, it seems to not integrate that well into Mint. What I mean is that it *is* recognized as a device:

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ion@ion-XPS-13-9360:~$ lspci -v | grep Network
3a:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Wireless-AC 9260 (rev 29)

Yet is not in use at all. Doesn't work, and isn't listed as a wireless device:

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ion@ion-XPS-13-9360:~$ iwconfig
docker0   no wireless extensions.

lo        no wireless extensions.

HOWEVER, Bluetooth still works as proven by rfkill (I had it disabled here for the moment):

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ion@ion-XPS-13-9360:~$ rfkill
ID TYPE      DEVICE      SOFT      HARD
 0 bluetooth hci0     blocked unblocked

I've scoured many, many solutions to similar situations yet I've tried almost all of them and absolutely none of them worked. These include: Installing Drivers from intel, installing the latest driver from intel, reinstalling linux-firmware, using the backports (backtree?), using FN + F10 to switch on wireless, reenabling the iwlwifi using modprobe, removing it and readding it with modprobe, downgrading the kernel, upgrading the kernel, reinstalling iwlwifi, turning off Fast Boot in Windows. Yes, I do have a Dual-Boot setup and yet I've triple checked that everything relating to fastboot is turned off.

I know it's not related to hardware since when I've used it in Windows, it just works without a hitch, smoothly. Even identified it off the bat. But in LM, it seems to have some serious issues when using it for WiFi, confirming it's an issue on the software side. But I'm at a loss.

Here's my kernel:

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ion@ion-XPS-13-9360:~$ uname -r
5.4.0-70-generic

Also here are some logs from dmesg that should be helpful, but I couldn't find too much with it:

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ion@ion-XPS-13-9360:~$ dmesg | grep -i iwlwifi
[    5.585279] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0002)
[    5.614130] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: Found debug destination: EXTERNAL_DRAM
[    5.614134] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: Found debug configuration: 0
[    5.614488] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: loaded firmware version 46.6bf1df06.0 op_mode iwlmvm
[    5.752727] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: Detected Intel(R) Wireless-AC 9260 160MHz, REV=0x324
[    5.760482] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: Applying debug destination EXTERNAL_DRAM
[    5.760938] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: Allocated 0x00400000 bytes for firmware monitor.
[    5.804881] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: Can't parse empty family 8000 OTP/NVM sections
[    5.804886] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: Failed to read NVM: -61
[    5.804889] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: Collecting data: trigger 16 fired.
[    5.806126] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: Start IWL Error Log Dump:
[    5.806129] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: Status: 0x00000040, count: 6
[    5.806131] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: Loaded firmware version: 46.6bf1df06.0
[    5.806133] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0x00000084 | NMI_INTERRUPT_UNKNOWN       
[    5.806135] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0x000022F0 | trm_hw_status0
[    5.806137] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0x00000000 | trm_hw_status1
[    5.806139] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0x000214E4 | branchlink2
[    5.806141] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0x00022FA6 | interruptlink1
[    5.806143] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0x00003E7A | interruptlink2
[    5.806145] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0x0000CF92 | data1
[    5.806146] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0xFF000000 | data2
[    5.806148] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0xF0000008 | data3
[    5.806150] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0x00000000 | beacon time
[    5.806152] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0x00002CBF | tsf low
[    5.806154] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0x00000000 | tsf hi
[    5.806155] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0x00000000 | time gp1
[    5.806157] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0x00002CC0 | time gp2
[    5.806159] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0x00000009 | uCode revision type
[    5.806161] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0x0000002E | uCode version major
[    5.806163] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0x6BF1DF06 | uCode version minor
[    5.806164] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0x00000321 | hw version
[    5.806166] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0x00C89004 | board version
[    5.806168] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0x000C0188 | hcmd
[    5.806170] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0x00022000 | isr0
[    5.806172] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0x00000000 | isr1
[    5.806174] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0x08001802 | isr2
[    5.806175] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0x004000C0 | isr3
[    5.806177] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0x00000001 | isr4
[    5.806179] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0x000C0188 | last cmd Id
[    5.806181] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0x0000CF92 | wait_event
[    5.806183] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0x00000000 | l2p_control
[    5.806184] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0x00000000 | l2p_duration
[    5.806186] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0x00000000 | l2p_mhvalid
[    5.806188] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0x00000000 | l2p_addr_match
[    5.806190] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0x0000000F | lmpm_pmg_sel
[    5.806192] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0x08081424 | timestamp
[    5.806194] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0x0000002C | flow_handler
[    5.806277] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: Start IWL Error Log Dump:
[    5.806279] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: Status: 0x00000040, count: 7
[    5.806281] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0x20000066 | NMI_INTERRUPT_HOST
[    5.806283] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0x00000000 | umac branchlink1
[    5.806285] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0xC008888E | umac branchlink2
[    5.806286] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0xC0084414 | umac interruptlink1
[    5.806288] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0xC0084414 | umac interruptlink2
[    5.806290] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0x01000000 | umac data1
[    5.806292] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0xC0084414 | umac data2
[    5.806294] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0xDEADBEEF | umac data3
[    5.806295] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0x0000002E | umac major
[    5.806297] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0x6BF1DF06 | umac minor
[    5.806299] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0x00002CBA | frame pointer
[    5.806301] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0xC088627C | stack pointer
[    5.806303] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0x000C0188 | last host cmd
[    5.806305] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0x00000000 | isr status reg
[    5.806359] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: Fseq Registers:
[    5.806411] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0xC21DB78A | FSEQ_ERROR_CODE
[    5.806462] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0x00000000 | FSEQ_TOP_INIT_VERSION
[    5.806512] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0xC4DEDFA8 | FSEQ_CNVIO_INIT_VERSION
[    5.806564] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0x0000A371 | FSEQ_OTP_VERSION
[    5.806615] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0x0BCA4881 | FSEQ_TOP_CONTENT_VERSION
[    5.806666] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0x3AD991C6 | FSEQ_ALIVE_TOKEN
[    5.806717] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0x3DC7BF83 | FSEQ_CNVI_ID
[    5.806768] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0xA0C633CA | FSEQ_CNVR_ID
[    5.806819] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0x01000200 | CNVI_AUX_MISC_CHIP
[    5.806873] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0x01300202 | CNVR_AUX_MISC_CHIP
[    5.806927] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0x0000485B | CNVR_SCU_SD_REGS_SD_REG_DIG_DCDC_VTRIM
[    5.807031] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0x0BADCAFE | CNVR_SCU_SD_REGS_SD_REG_ACTIVE_VDIG_MIRROR
[    5.807082] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: Firmware not running - cannot dump error
[    5.819224] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: Failed to run INIT ucode: -61

[sleeper12]

Is secure boot off in Bios as well?

[sleeper12]

And maybe Fast Startup in Windows.

[IonParticles]

Is secure boot off in Bios as well?

Forgot to mention it but yeah, has always been off since I started Dual Booting. Everything Fast Startup is off too. Un-checked them both for the power button and the lid

[hglee]

Recently I've replaced the faulty Killer Wireless card in my Dell XPS 13 9360 with the Intel 9260 since I heard it was a great replacement. However, ever since I installed it, it seems to not integrate that well into Mint.

Greetings.


With XPS online: Open a Terminal (Ctrl-Alt-T), then click CODE:SELECT ALL to copy-and-paste the following as one block of text, then tap Enter...

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W=wireless-info;I=/usr/local/bin;sudo wget -q -nv -t 5 -T 10 https://github.com/UbuntuForums/$W/raw/master/$W -P $I/;\
cd ~/Downloads;sudo chmod +x $I/$W;$W>/dev/null;(inxi -Fxxxrz;modinfo `inxi -n|grep -Po 'ver: \K[^ ]+'`|grep parm)>>$W.txt;\
(lspci -nnk;lsusb -tv;rfkill list;(lsmod;dmesg)|egrep -i "wl|firm|fail|unab";dkms status;cat /proc/cmdline)>>$W.txt;\
(2>&1 iwconfig;2>&1 lshw -c network;mokutil --sb-state)>>$W.txt;tr -cd '\11\12\15\40-\176'<$W.txt|nc termbin.com 9999

There'll be a somewhat lengthy pause as detailed wifi info is collected, and finally a termbin.com URL will appear in the Terminal.

Post that URL in a reply here.

[Larry78723]

Is Fast Startup turned off in Win10 power options?

[IonParticles]

Post that URL in a reply here.

https://termbin.com/gn9u

You might see some references to a Realtek 8811cu Wifi Dongle, using that as a placeholder for now

[IonParticles]

Is Fast Startup turned off in Win10 power options?

Yep! Made sure. I'll take conformation screenshots when I have the chance

[sleeper12]

Have you tried the 5.8 kernel?

[IonParticles]

Have you tried the 5.8 kernel?

Just saw this while installing it, will get back to you if it does

[IonParticles]

Have you tried the 5.8 kernel?

No dice Same exact error in dmesg

[hglee]

Post that URL in a reply here.

https://termbin.com/gn9u
You might see some references to a Realtek 8811cu Wifi Dongle, using that as a placeholder for now

The iwlwifi backport does you no good, so just remove it to declutter:

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sudo dkms remove backport-iwlwifi/8324 --all

To download and install the available Intel 9260 firmware files (more than what's in the linux-firmware package):


Open a Terminal window (Ctrl-Alt-T), click CODE:SELECT ALL to copy-and-paste the following as one block of text, then tap Enter...

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sudo apt install -y aria2;cd ~/Downloads;L=/lib/firmware;I=iwlwifi-9260-th-b0-jf-b0;\
D=https://kernel.googlesource.com/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git;\
E=/+/687d64a4da5ad8bbc9e95d51af75374d13c4bd0d;for F in 46 43 41 38 34 33;do G=$I-$F.ucode;\
H=$L/$G;aria2c $D/$E/$G;[ -f $H ]&&sudo cp $H{,-`date +%s`};sudo mv -f $G $L;done

Reboot.

[IonParticles]

Post that URL in a reply here.

https://termbin.com/gn9u
You might see some references to a Realtek 8811cu Wifi Dongle, using that as a placeholder for now

The iwlwifi backport does you no good, so just remove it to declutter:

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sudo dkms remove backport-iwlwifi/8324 --all

To download and install the available Intel 9260 firmware files (more than what's in the linux-firmware package):


Open a Terminal window (Ctrl-Alt-T), click CODE:SELECT ALL to copy-and-paste the following as one block of text, then tap Enter...

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sudo apt install -y aria2;cd ~/Downloads;L=/lib/firmware;I=iwlwifi-9260-th-b0-jf-b0;\
D=https://kernel.googlesource.com/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git;\
E=/+/687d64a4da5ad8bbc9e95d51af75374d13c4bd0d;for F in 46 43 41 38 34 33;do G=$I-$F.ucode;\
H=$L/$G;aria2c $D/$E/$G;[ -f $H ]&&sudo cp $H{,-`date +%s`};sudo mv -f $G $L;done

Reboot.

Didn't work unfortunately

dmesg now says there is no firmware:

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ion@ion-XPS-13-9360:~$ dmesg | grep -i iwlwifi
[    6.026778] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0002)
[    6.030586] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: uCode file size 3252 does not match expected size
[    6.030728] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-9260-th-b0-jf-b0-45.ucode failed with error -2
[    6.030746] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-9260-th-b0-jf-b0-44.ucode failed with error -2
[    6.030933] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: uCode file size 3252 does not match expected size
[    6.031114] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-9260-th-b0-jf-b0-42.ucode failed with error -2
[    6.031243] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: uCode file size 3252 does not match expected size
[    6.031262] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-9260-th-b0-jf-b0-40.ucode failed with error -2
[    6.031278] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-9260-th-b0-jf-b0-39.ucode failed with error -2
[    6.031401] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: uCode file size 3252 does not match expected size
[    6.031419] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-9260-th-b0-jf-b0-37.ucode failed with error -2
[    6.031434] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-9260-th-b0-jf-b0-36.ucode failed with error -2
[    6.031448] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-9260-th-b0-jf-b0-35.ucode failed with error -2
[    6.031561] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: uCode file size 3252 does not match expected size
[    6.031700] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: uCode file size 3252 does not match expected size
[    6.031720] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-9260-th-b0-jf-b0-32.ucode failed with error -2
[    6.031735] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-9260-th-b0-jf-b0-31.ucode failed with error -2
[    6.031751] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-9260-th-b0-jf-b0-30.ucode failed with error -2
[    6.031753] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: no suitable firmware found!
[    6.031755] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: minimum version required: iwlwifi-9260-th-b0-jf-b0-30
[    6.031756] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: maximum version supported: iwlwifi-9260-th-b0-jf-b0-46
[    6.031758] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: check git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git

[hglee]

Didn't work unfortunately

dmesg now says there is no firmware:

Looks like it's complaining more now that it has more to see!


Tell it to reinstall the linux-firmware package, but one more recent than you now have:

Copy-and-paste these 2 command-lines, one by one...

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cd ~/Downloads && wget http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/l/linux-firmware/linux-firmware_1.197_all.deb
sudo dpkg -i linux-firmware_1.197_all.deb

[IonParticles]

Copy-and-paste these 2 command-lines, one by one...

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cd ~/Downloads && wget http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/l/linux-firmware/linux-firmware_1.197_all.deb
sudo dpkg -i linux-firmware_1.197_all.deb

Now identified the correct firmware on the 1.197 version of linux-firmware, yet same exact error as before occurred:

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ion@ion-XPS-13-9360dmesg | grep -i iwlwifi
[    6.417668] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0002)
[    6.434427] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: loaded firmware version 46.6f9f215c.0 op_mode iwlmvm
[    6.548490] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: Detected Intel(R) Wireless-AC 9260 160MHz, REV=0x324
[    6.604318] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: Can't parse empty family 8000 OTP/NVM sections
[    6.604323] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: Failed to read NVM: -61
[    6.604326] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: Collecting data: trigger 16 fired.
[    6.605496] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: Start IWL Error Log Dump:
[    6.605500] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: Status: 0x00000040, count: 6
[    6.605502] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: Loaded firmware version: 46.6f9f215c.0
[    6.605505] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0x00000084 | NMI_INTERRUPT_UNKNOWN       
[    6.605507] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0x000022F0 | trm_hw_status0
[    6.605509] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0x00000000 | trm_hw_status1
[    6.605511] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0x00021C34 | branchlink2
[    6.605513] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0x00023756 | interruptlink1
[    6.605515] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0x00023756 | interruptlink2
[    6.605516] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0x0000D2EE | data1
[    6.605518] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0xFF000000 | data2
[    6.605520] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0xF0000008 | data3
[    6.605522] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0x00000000 | beacon time
[    6.605524] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0x00002A47 | tsf low
[    6.605526] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0x00000000 | tsf hi
[    6.605528] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0x00000000 | time gp1
[    6.605529] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0x00002A48 | time gp2
[    6.605531] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0x00000009 | uCode revision type
[    6.605533] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0x0000002E | uCode version major
[    6.605535] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0x6F9F215C | uCode version minor
[    6.605537] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0x00000321 | hw version
[    6.605539] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0x00C89004 | board version
[    6.605541] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0x000C0188 | hcmd
[    6.605543] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0x00022000 | isr0
[    6.605544] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0x00000000 | isr1
[    6.605546] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0x08001802 | isr2
[    6.605548] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0x004000C0 | isr3
[    6.605550] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0x00000001 | isr4
[    6.605552] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0x000C0188 | last cmd Id
[    6.605554] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0x0000D2EE | wait_event
[    6.605555] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0x00000000 | l2p_control
[    6.605557] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0x00000000 | l2p_duration
[    6.605559] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0x00000000 | l2p_mhvalid
[    6.605561] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0x00000000 | l2p_addr_match
[    6.605563] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0x0000000F | lmpm_pmg_sel
[    6.605565] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0x28010826 | timestamp
[    6.605567] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0x0000082C | flow_handler
[    6.605650] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: Start IWL Error Log Dump:
[    6.605652] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: Status: 0x00000040, count: 7
[    6.605654] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0x20000066 | NMI_INTERRUPT_HOST
[    6.605656] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0x00000000 | umac branchlink1
[    6.605658] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0xC0088BEE | umac branchlink2
[    6.605660] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0xC0084484 | umac interruptlink1
[    6.605661] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0xC0084484 | umac interruptlink2
[    6.605663] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0x01000000 | umac data1
[    6.605665] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0xC0084484 | umac data2
[    6.605667] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0xDEADBEEF | umac data3
[    6.605669] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0x0000002E | umac major
[    6.605671] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0x6F9F215C | umac minor
[    6.605673] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0x00002A42 | frame pointer
[    6.605675] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0xC088627C | stack pointer
[    6.605677] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0x000C0188 | last host cmd
[    6.605678] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0x00000000 | isr status reg
[    6.605733] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: Fseq Registers:
[    6.605784] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0x821C378A | FSEQ_ERROR_CODE
[    6.605835] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0x00000000 | FSEQ_TOP_INIT_VERSION
[    6.605886] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0xCCDE5EA8 | FSEQ_CNVIO_INIT_VERSION
[    6.605937] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0x0000A371 | FSEQ_OTP_VERSION
[    6.605989] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0x0BCA508B | FSEQ_TOP_CONTENT_VERSION
[    6.606040] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0xBAD98186 | FSEQ_ALIVE_TOKEN
[    6.606091] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0x1DC7BF8B | FSEQ_CNVI_ID
[    6.606142] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0xA4E6334A | FSEQ_CNVR_ID
[    6.606194] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0x01000200 | CNVI_AUX_MISC_CHIP
[    6.606246] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0x01300202 | CNVR_AUX_MISC_CHIP
[    6.606301] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0x0000485B | CNVR_SCU_SD_REGS_SD_REG_DIG_DCDC_VTRIM
[    6.606405] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: 0x0BADCAFE | CNVR_SCU_SD_REGS_SD_REG_ACTIVE_VDIG_MIRROR
[    6.606459] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: Firmware not running - cannot dump error
[    6.617920] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: Failed to run INIT ucode: -61

Starting to think this might be a new bug...

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Booted into 5.8.0 Kernel to see if it made any difference and the output was different and interesting, yet same result:

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ion@ion-XPS-13-dmesg | grep -i iwlwifi
[    6.663067] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0002)
[    6.667311] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: WRT: Overriding region id 0
[    6.667314] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: WRT: Overriding region id 1
[    6.667315] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: WRT: Overriding region id 2
[    6.667317] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: WRT: Overriding region id 3
[    6.667318] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: WRT: Overriding region id 4
[    6.667319] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: WRT: Overriding region id 6
[    6.667321] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: WRT: Overriding region id 8
[    6.667322] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: WRT: Overriding region id 9
[    6.667323] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: WRT: Overriding region id 10
[    6.667324] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: WRT: Overriding region id 11
[    6.667325] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: WRT: Overriding region id 15
[    6.667326] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: WRT: Overriding region id 16
[    6.667328] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: WRT: Overriding region id 18
[    6.667329] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: WRT: Overriding region id 19
[    6.667330] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: WRT: Overriding region id 20
[    6.667331] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: WRT: Overriding region id 21
[    6.667332] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: WRT: Overriding region id 28
[    6.667668] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: loaded firmware version 46.6f9f215c.0 9260-th-b0-jf-b0-46.ucode op_mode iwlmvm
[    6.667695] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwl-debug-yoyo.bin failed with error -2
[    6.739149] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: Detected Intel(R) Wireless-AC 9260 160MHz, REV=0x324
[    6.793212] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: Can't parse empty family 8000 OTP/NVM sections
[    6.793216] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: Failed to read NVM: -61
[    6.805801] iwlwifi 0000:3a:00.0: Failed to run INIT ucode: -61

At least we're getting something else

[hglee]

Booted into 5.8.0 Kernel to see if it made any difference and the output was different and interesting, yet same result:
...
loaded firmware version 46.6f9f215c.0 9260-th-b0-jf-b0-46.ucode op_mode iwlmvm
...
At least we're getting something else

Yeah, before it complained Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-9260-th-b0-jf-b0-46.ucode failed with error -2.


Load another useful utility:

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sudo apt install sysfsutils

Then post the output of this command-line...

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systool -vm iwlwifi && systool -vm iwlmvm

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Load another useful utility:

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sudo apt install sysfsutils

Then post the output of this command-line...

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systool -vm iwlwifi && systool -vm iwlmvm

Hmm something to do with the parameters?

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ion@ion-XPS-13-9360:~$ systool -vm iwlwifi && systool -vm iwlmvm
Module = "iwlwifi"

  Attributes:
    coresize            = "352256"
    initsize            = "0"
    initstate           = "live"
    refcnt              = "1"
    srcversion          = "E3A308F6AFCA99CA4F4BB33"
    taint               = ""
    uevent              = <store method only>

  Parameters:
    11n_disable         = "0"
    amsdu_size          = "0"
    bt_coex_active      = "Y"
    disable_11ac        = "N"
    disable_11ax        = "N"
    enable_ini          = "Y"
    fw_restart          = "Y"
    led_mode            = "0"
    nvm_file            = "(null)"
    power_level         = "0"
    power_save          = "N"
    remove_when_gone    = "N"
    swcrypto            = "0"
    uapsd_disable       = "3"

  Sections:

Module = "iwlmvm"

  Attributes:
    coresize            = "393216"
    initsize            = "0"
    initstate           = "live"
    refcnt              = "0"
    srcversion          = "B92D5E8D3793142AE51EF76"
    taint               = ""
    uevent              = <store method only>

  Parameters:
    init_dbg            = "N"
    power_scheme        = "2"

  Sections:

[hglee]

Booted into 5.8.0 Kernel to see if it made any difference and the output was different and interesting, yet same result:

Is Bluetooth working normally?


The last time we did this the firmware hadn't loaded, so let's see what all has changed:

With XPS online: Open a Terminal (Ctrl-Alt-T), then click CODE:SELECT ALL to copy-and-paste the following as one block of text, then tap Enter...

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W=wireless-info;I=/usr/local/bin;sudo wget -q -nv -t 5 -T 10 https://github.com/UbuntuForums/$W/raw/master/$W -P $I/;\
cd ~/Downloads;[ -f $W.* ]&&rm $W.*;sudo chmod +x $I/$W;$W>/dev/null;(modinfo `inxi -n|grep -Po 'ver: \K[^ ]+'`|grep firm)>>$W.txt;\
(lspci -nnk;lsusb -tv;rfkill list;(lsmod;dmesg)|egrep -i "wl|firm|fail|unab";dkms status;cat /proc/cmdline)>>$W.txt;\
(2>&1 iwconfig;2>&1 sudo lshw -c network -businfo)>>$W.txt;tr -cd '\11\12\15\40-\176'<$W.txt|nc termbin.com 9999

There'll be a somewhat lengthy pause as detailed wifi info is collected, and finally a termbin.com URL will appear in the Terminal.

Post that URL in a reply here.

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Booted into 5.8.0 Kernel to see if it made any difference and the output was different and interesting, yet same result:

Is Bluetooth working normally?

The last time we did this the firmware hadn't loaded, so let's see what all has changed:

Yes, Bluetooth is confirmed to be working without issues. Connected a couple devices to it and it works flawlessly, so no worries there

Post that URL in a reply here.

https://termbin.com/mntv