Wifi Not Working with qualcomm atheros qca6174 on MInt 18.2

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Wifi Not Working with qualcomm atheros qca6174 on MInt 18.2

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Hello Team

I just got a Lenovo Yoga 920, and I am trying to get Linux running on it.
The first problem I run into is the wifi, which is not working, below is a screen shoot from the commands:
$ sudo modprobe ath10k_pci && dmesg | grep ath
[sudo] password for XXXX:
[ 3.937858] ath10k_pci 0000:6b:00.0: pci irq msi oper_irq_mode 2 irq_mode 0 reset_mode 0
[ 4.259887] ath10k_pci 0000:6b:00.0: Direct firmware load for ath10k/pre-cal-pci-0000:6b:00.0.bin failed with error -2
[ 4.259893] ath10k_pci 0000:6b:00.0: Direct firmware load for ath10k/cal-pci-0000:6b:00.0.bin failed with error -2
[ 4.261947] ath10k_pci 0000:6b:00.0: qca6174 hw3.2 target 0x05030000 chip_id 0x00340aff sub 17aa:0827
[ 4.261948] ath10k_pci 0000:6b:00.0: kconfig debug 0 debugfs 1 tracing 1 dfs 0 testmode 0
[ 4.262310] ath10k_pci 0000:6b:00.0: firmware ver WLAN.RM.2.0-00180-QCARMSWPZ-1 api 5 features wowlan,ignore-otp,no-4addr-pad crc32 75dee6c5
[ 4.325078] ath10k_pci 0000:6b:00.0: board_file api 2 bmi_id N/A crc32 414716a3
[ 6.437129] ath10k_pci 0000:6b:00.0: htt-ver 3.26 wmi-op 4 htt-op 3 cal otp max-sta 32 raw 0 hwcrypto 1
[ 6.543230] ath: EEPROM regdomain: 0x6c
[ 6.543231] ath: EEPROM indicates we should expect a direct regpair map
[ 6.543232] ath: Country alpha2 being used: 00
[ 6.543232] ath: Regpair used: 0x6c
[ 6.546087] ath10k_pci 0000:6b:00.0 wlp107s0: renamed from wlan0

$ rfkill list all
0: ideapad_wlan: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
1: ideapad_bluetooth: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
3: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
4: hci0: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no

I have read some similar articles in the forum but I havent found a solution that works.
I will appreciate your help.
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Re: Wifi Not Working with qualcomm atheros qca6174 on MInt 18.2

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Install the latest stable kernel. Use the Update Manager, under the View > kernels area. You may need to try a couple to find one that works. After it's all working OK, you can remove the older kernel.

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Re: Wifi Not Working with qualcomm atheros qca6174 on MInt 18.2

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Thanks for your reply.

I updated to Kernel 4.13.0-17 one of the latest ones hoping it would have the latest drivers and the problem persists.
Any other suggestion?

Thanks in advance
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Re: Wifi Not Working with qualcomm atheros qca6174 on MInt 18.2

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Re: Wifi Not Working with qualcomm atheros qca6174 on MInt 18.2

Post by Dragon »

Hi,
Again thanks for your prompt reply.
I found this link https://askubuntu.com/questions/398581/ ... is-enabled
and installed WICD which is a wireless network manager. I was able to get the WIFI running. However the WICD icon at the right hand of the panel shows that there is connectivity while the "Linux Network Manager" shows that there is no connectivity. And if I type "nmcli general status" shows the WIFI as disable.

Not sure what is it is, but it seems that WICD at least is getting the Wifi running.

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