iwlwifi driver not loaded
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Re: iwlwifi driver not loaded
What would be disabled in Bios? Secure boot? I can try to secure boot if you'd like. I think you're right about the firmware, do you think updating the kernel to a more recent version would be of any help? Thank you so much for your help and patience, as you can tell I'm fairly new to all of this haha
Re: iwlwifi driver not loaded
See if you can find and disable secure boot in Bios.
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Re: iwlwifi driver not loaded
So I went into the bios and found where it said secure boot enabled but I couldn’t figure out how to turn it off. The “enabled” text box was grey and unclickable… any thoughts?
Re: iwlwifi driver not loaded
If I remember right, you might need to set an administrator password in the BIOS first.
Re: iwlwifi driver not loaded
Let's see if we can fix the firmware issue. Please get these files on some other computer and transfer them to the desktop of your Mint computer by USB key or similar:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/ke ... 0-46.ucode
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/ke ... 0-48.ucode
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/ke ... 0-50.ucode
Now, on the Mint computer, open a terminal and do:
Reboot and show us:
The reason that your USB wireless stopped working is that backport-iwlwif-dkms installs its own versions of mac80211 and cfg80211 that don't work correctly with the USB wireless driver.
I doubt this all would even be an issue if you installed the very latest Mint version.
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/ke ... 0-46.ucode
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/ke ... 0-48.ucode
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/ke ... 0-50.ucode
Now, on the Mint computer, open a terminal and do:
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cd ~/Desktop
sudo mv *.ucode /lib/firmware
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sudo modprobe iwlwifi && sudo dmesg | grep iwl
I doubt this all would even be an issue if you installed the very latest Mint version.
Re: iwlwifi driver not loaded
It might be easier to try wifi in a live session of Mint 20.2. If it works, you can install it. You will likely still need to disable secure boot though.
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Re: iwlwifi driver not loaded
Here's the output you asked for. Should i just upgrade to the latest version of MINT?
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$ sudo modprobe iwlwifi && sudo dmesg | grep iwl
[ 38.536798] Loading modules backported from iwlwifi
[ 38.536799] iwlwifi-stack-public:master:7906:7773a757
[ 38.606941] iwlwifi 0000:05:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwl-dbg-cfg.ini failed with error -2
[ 38.612160] iwlwifi 0000:05:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-cc-a0-51.ucode failed with error -2
[ 38.636049] iwlwifi 0000:05:00.0: TLV_FW_FSEQ_VERSION: FSEQ Version: 58.3.35.22
[ 38.636051] iwlwifi 0000:05:00.0: Found debug destination: EXTERNAL_DRAM
[ 38.636052] iwlwifi 0000:05:00.0: Found debug configuration: 0
[ 38.636192] iwlwifi 0000:05:00.0: loaded firmware version 50.3e391d3e.0 op_mode iwlmvm
[ 38.660902] iwlwifi 0000:05:00.0: Detected Intel(R) Wi-Fi 6 AX200 160MHz, REV=0x340
[ 38.671746] iwlwifi 0000:05:00.0: Applying debug destination EXTERNAL_DRAM
[ 38.671872] iwlwifi 0000:05:00.0: Allocated 0x00400000 bytes for firmware monitor.
[ 38.842537] iwlwifi 0000:05:00.0: base HW address: 14:f6:d8:7d:78:82
[ 38.857524] iwlwifi 0000:05:00.0 wlp5s0: renamed from wlan0
[ 39.158110] WARNING: CPU: 4 PID: 559 at /var/lib/dkms/backport-iwlwifi/7906/build/net/wireless/core.c:865 wiphy_register+0x915/0x940 [cfg80211]
[ 39.158110] Modules linked in: snd_hda_codec_hdmi(+) arc4 nf_conntrack_ipv4 nf_defrag_ipv4 xt_conntrack snd_hda_codec_realtek(+) snd_hda_codec_generic nvidia_uvm(POE) intel_rapl x86_pkg_temp_thermal intel_powerclamp coretemp snd_hda_intel snd_seq_midi snd_hda_codec nvidia_drm(POE) kvm_intel nvidia_modeset(POE) snd_hda_core snd_seq_midi_event snd_hwdep rtl8xxxu(+) btusb btrtl btbcm eeepc_wmi nvidia(POE) iwlmvm(OE) asus_wmi btintel wmi_bmof mxm_wmi sparse_keymap kvm joydev snd_rawmidi snd_pcm bluetooth irqbypass mac80211(OE) crct10dif_pclmul crc32_pclmul ghash_clmulni_intel input_leds pcbc snd_seq iwlwifi(OE) snd_seq_device snd_timer ecdh_generic aesni_intel aes_x86_64 crypto_simd glue_helper cryptd ip6table_filter intel_cstate ipmi_devintf ipmi_msghandler intel_rapl_perf mei_me ip6_tables snd nf_conntrack_netbios_ns
[ 40.036834] iwlwifi 0000:05:00.0: Applying debug destination EXTERNAL_DRAM
[ 40.259467] iwlwifi 0000:05:00.0: FW already configured (0) - re-configuring
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Re: iwlwifi driver not loaded
Wait, the wifi card seems to be working after the firmware fix!!!!!
Re: iwlwifi driver not loaded
Great, is the wifi dongle working again too?
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Re: iwlwifi driver not loaded
I don't think so, Ifconfig looks the same regardless of whether or not the dongle is it. Though maybe there's a better way to check that I'm not aware of
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$ ifconfig
enp0s31f6: flags=4099<UP,BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
ether 0c:9d:92:c9:51:6e txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet)
RX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B)
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0
device interrupt 16 memory 0xf7300000-f7320000
lo: flags=73<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING> mtu 65536
inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 255.0.0.0
inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 scopeid 0x10<host>
loop txqueuelen 1000 (Local Loopback)
RX packets 476 bytes 41336 (41.3 KB)
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 476 bytes 41336 (41.3 KB)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0
wlp5s0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet 10.0.0.139 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 10.0.0.255
inet6 fe80::1e86:17cd:cb6b:57 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x20<link>
inet6 2601:740:8280:40e0:73a5:8318:4291:31c5 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x0<global>
inet6 2601:740:8280:40e0::a7ab prefixlen 128 scopeid 0x0<global>
inet6 2601:740:8280:40e0:a1fd:cbae:8124:e4d7 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x0<global>
ether 14:f6:d8:7d:78:82 txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet)
RX packets 18799 bytes 21530011 (21.5 MB)
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 8193 bytes 1150611 (1.1 MB)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0
Re: iwlwifi driver not loaded
Maybe chili555 will know if the backport-iwlwif-dkms should be removed now or not. I'm thinking that might get the dongle working again, but mess up the card.
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Exactly.get the dongle working again, but mess up the card.
Unless you try a later kernel version; that is Mint 20.2, it will be one or the other. Either the internal Intel OR the USB but not both. Frankly, the Intel should outperform any USB so I'd stick with it.
If you try a live session of 20.2, we'd be interested to hear the result. Does the internal work? The USB? Both? Neither?
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Ok, we agree on that then.chili555 wrote: ⤴Fri Oct 22, 2021 3:45 pmExactly.get the dongle working again, but mess up the card.
Unless you try a later kernel version; that is Mint 20.2, it will be one or the other. Either the internal Intel OR the USB but not both. Frankly, the Intel should outperform any USB so I'd stick with it.
If you try a live session of 20.2, we'd be interested to hear the result. Does the internal work? The USB? Both? Neither?
Re: iwlwifi driver not loaded
It would also be wise to update your kernel to 4.15.0-161. Your current kernel 4.15.0-50 is quite old.