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noobcoder
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by noobcoder » Sat Mar 27, 2021 1:47 pm
Hello guys,
Over the last few weeks my wireless network has been randomly shutting off and showing up as unavailable. Restarting my laptop usually works (although within the past few days I've needed to do it more than once to get it working). Its frequency was tolerable until a week ago, but it's not now. I did try solutions for the related questions on this forum but they didn't work for me.
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inxi -Fxz
System:
Host: TUF-Gaming-FX505DT-FX505DT Kernel: 5.0.0-32-generic x86_64
bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 7.4.0 Desktop: Cinnamon 4.4.5
Distro: Linux Mint 19.3 Tricia base: Ubuntu 18.04 bionic
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: ASUSTeK product: TUF Gaming FX505DT_FX505DT v: 1.0
serial: <filter>
Mobo: ASUSTeK model: FX505DT v: 1.0 serial: <filter>
UEFI: American Megatrends v: FX505DT.310 date: 12/24/2019
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 29.0 Wh condition: 37.8/48.1 Wh (79%) model: FX50442
status: Discharging
CPU:
Topology: Quad Core model: AMD Ryzen 5 3550H with Radeon Vega Mobile Gfx
bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen rev: 1 L2 cache: 2048 KiB
flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
bogomips: 33534
Speed: 1850 MHz min/max: 1400/2100 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1222 2: 1223
3: 1227 4: 1222 5: 1223 6: 1256 7: 1271 8: 1298
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA vendor: ASUSTeK driver: nvidia v: 460.32.03
bus ID: 01:00.0
Device-2: AMD Picasso vendor: ASUSTeK driver: amdgpu v: kernel
bus ID: 05:00.0
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.4 driver: amdgpu,ati
unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,nouveau,nvidia,vesa
resolution: 1920x1080~120Hz
OpenGL: renderer: AMD RAVEN (DRM 3.27.0 5.0.0-32-generic LLVM 10.0.0)
v: 4.6 Mesa 20.0.8 direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: NVIDIA vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
bus ID: 01:00.1
Device-2: AMD vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
bus ID: 05:00.6
Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.0.0-32-generic
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: ASUSTeK driver: r8169 v: kernel port: e000 bus ID: 02:00.0
IF: enp2s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek vendor: AzureWave driver: rtw_pci v: N/A port: d000
bus ID: 04:00.0
IF: wlp4s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 476.94 GiB used: 136.95 GiB (28.7%)
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Intel model: SSDPEKNW512G8 size: 476.94 GiB
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 467.96 GiB used: 136.95 GiB (29.3%) fs: ext4
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 60.6 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 60 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 0
Info:
Processes: 347 Uptime: 10m Memory: 7.29 GiB used: 3.68 GiB (50.5%)
Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 7.5.0 clang: 6.0.0-1ubuntu2
Shell: bash v: 4.4.20 inxi: 3.0.32
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rfkill list
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
1: hci0: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
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sleeper12
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by sleeper12 » Sat Mar 27, 2021 2:11 pm
You're also using the unsupported 5.0 kernel. Update to the 5.4 kernel.
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by noobcoder » Sat Mar 27, 2021 2:15 pm
So my connection is currently working but here's the output
enp2s0 no wireless extensions.
wlp4s0 IEEE 802.11 ESSID:"wifihub"
Mode:Managed Frequency:5.22 GHz Access Point: A8:DA:0C:1E:95:B4
Bit Rate=6.5 Mb/s Tx-Power=20 dBm
Retry short limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality=53/70 Signal level=-57 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:181 Missed beacon:0
lo no wireless extensions.
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by sleeper12 » Sat Mar 27, 2021 2:18 pm
Ok, see if the 5.4 kernel helps.
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by noobcoder » Sat Mar 27, 2021 10:53 pm
Hi, so I did update to 5.4 but upon doing that, my wifi was permanently unavailable so I downgraded back to 5.0.
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by sleeper12 » Sun Mar 28, 2021 1:01 am
That's strange, not sure why the 5.4 kernel would be a problem on that newer machine. You could try the 4.15 kernel. Or, maybe try a live session of Mint 20.1 & see if wifi works better for you there on the 5.4.
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by sleeper12 » Sun Mar 28, 2021 1:10 am
Another thought, be sure secure boot is off. Check:
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by noobcoder » Sun Mar 28, 2021 1:15 am
It is, also I installed virtualbox recently, could that be causing any issue by any chance ?
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by noobcoder » Sun Mar 28, 2021 1:15 am
sleeper12 wrote: ⤴ Sun Mar 28, 2021 1:01 am
That's strange, not sure why the 5.4 kernel would be a problem on that newer machine. You could try the 4.15 kernel. Or, maybe try a live session of Mint 20.1 & see if wifi works better for you there on the 5.4.
I'll try that, thank you.
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by sleeper12 » Sun Mar 28, 2021 1:17 am
noobcoder wrote: ⤴ Sun Mar 28, 2021 1:15 am
It is, also I installed virtualbox recently, could that be causing any issue by any chance ?
I'm not sure about that. Are you dual booting with Windows?
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by noobcoder » Sun Mar 28, 2021 1:20 am
No, windows in VM though
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by sleeper12 » Sun Mar 28, 2021 1:22 am
Ok, I'm not familiar enough to know if that would be a problem.
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by sleeper12 » Sun Mar 28, 2021 1:30 am
I know that in dual booting with Windows, fast boot & fast startup can cause wifi problems. Whether that means anything here, I don't know.
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by noobcoder » Sun Mar 28, 2021 5:54 am
sleeper12 wrote: ⤴ Sun Mar 28, 2021 1:01 am
That's strange, not sure why the 5.4 kernel would be a problem on that newer machine. You could try the 4.15 kernel. Or, maybe try a live session of Mint 20.1 & see if wifi works better for you there on the 5.4.
Ok the 4.15 kernel didn't work for me, it just showed a black screen.
20.1 had the same issue for wireless as in Mint 19
Also, my driver manager just shows this.
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by AZgl1800 » Sun Mar 28, 2021 7:30 am
Not sure if this has any effect on the OP's problem or not,
but with my WiFi Hotspots, they go to sleep after a period of time.
I have to open a new tab and look for a different URL,
and then it wakes up, and all is well provided we keep accessing it regularly.