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LoaD Accumulator

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Registered: 2023-06-08

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Updating to Kernel 6.3.6 breaks my Intel Wi-Fi.

I've installed Arch on some Intel netbook with an Intel Wi-Fi card(`lspci` reports this: `Intel Corporation Wireless 3165`), and it works fine.

However, when I've tried updating to 6.3.6, my Wi-Fi broke, the card just wasn't recognized by the kernel, at all. The trackpad had similar issues though, but I can't really check on that.
I was able to downgrade the kernel to 6.3.5, which worked fine, but I'd still very much like to upgrade.

`dmesg` also didn't seem to show anything useful related to Wi-Fi(but I can try to get some logs if needed.)

Thanks(and sorry for the rather newb question),
LDA

loqs

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Registered: 2014-03-06

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Re: Updating to Kernel 6.3.6 breaks my Intel Wi-Fi.

If you can locate the journal for the boot after the 6.3.6 update,  check if the booted kernel is 6.3.6 or 6.3.5 as the kernel image not being updated due to /boot not being mounted would cause it mismatch with the kernel module which would be updated so would be the simplest match for your symptoms.  If that is not the cause please post the whole system journal for that boot.

LoaD Accumulator

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Registered: 2023-06-08

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Re: Updating to Kernel 6.3.6 breaks my Intel Wi-Fi.

I kinda gave up on that and installed the LTS kernel, and there seems to be a bug report on the tracker as well.

https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/74528

seth

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Re: Updating to Kernel 6.3.6 breaks my Intel Wi-Fi.

Please post a journal from a supposed 6.3.6 start, eg.

sudo journalctl -b -3 | curl -F 'f:1=<-' ix.io

for 3 boots ago.
The bug you linked is from 2022 and has a firmware crash what doesn't explain "the card just wasn't recognized by the kernel, at all. The trackpad had similar issues"

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