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nikitarevenco

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Registered: 2024-09-16

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[Resolved] No driver for MediaTeK MT7902 cant use wifi

Resolved: I will be replacing this card with a different wifi card. There is no linux driver for it

My asus laptop is unable to access my wifi , I tried several things to fix it but none of them worked.

lspci -k

Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd, RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev15)
DeviceName: GLAN
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 1873
Kernel driver in use: r8168
Kernel modules: r8169, r8168

ip link shows

lo

(state UNKNOWN)

eno2

(state DOWN) but not anything related to wifi

I used to have the r8169 driver but I installed the r8168-dkms driver and it still does not work.

sudo dmesg | grep r8168

r8168: loading out-of-tree module taints kernel
r8168: module verification failed: signature and/or required key missing - tainting kernel
r8168: Gigabit Ethernet driver 8.053.00-NAPI loaded
r8168: eno2: renamed from eth0

dmesg | grep wifi

and

dmesg | grep wlan

show nothing

dmesg | grep firmware

does not show any related messages

rfkill shows this:

ID  TYPE         DEVICE              SOFT                 HARD
 0  bluetooth    hci0                 unblocked        unblocked
 1  wlan         asus-wlan            unblocked        unblocked
 2  bluetooth    asus-bluetooth       unblocked        unblocked

NetworkManager has active status

kernel: 6.10.10-arch1-1
fast boot is OFF, secure boot is OFF

Last edited by nikitarevenco (2024-09-17 10:03:24)

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

Posts: 23,300

Re: [Resolved] No driver for MediaTeK MT7902 cant use wifi

r8168/9 is an ethernet driver and not related to wifi. Remove r8168-dkms again, and then post

lspci -k
lsusb
sudo journalctl -b | curl -F 'file=@-' 0x0.st #Assuming you have internet access in some shape or form, otherwise redirect into a file with > file.txt instead of | curl and usb walk that to a system with internet

fwiw unless you sudo'd all of these dmesgs they will have had no output, but assuming a grep for firmware did actually not contain anything you absolutely need to have linux-firmware installed.

There have been some recent reports with especially ath12k chipsets having a firmware issue, you might have to grab an older linux-firmware version, see e.g. https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=299286

What exact laptop model?

Last edited by V1del (2024-09-16 21:14:34)

nikitarevenco

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Registered: 2024-09-16

Posts: 7

Re: [Resolved] No driver for MediaTeK MT7902 cant use wifi

r8168/9 is an ethernet driver and not related to wifi. Remove r8168-dkms again, and then post

lspci -k
lsusb
sudo journalctl -b | curl -F 'file=@-' 0x0.st #Assuming you have internet access in some shape or form, otherwise redirect into a file with > file.txt instead of | curl and usb walk that to a system with internet

fwiw unless you sudo'd all of these dmesgs they will have had no output, but assuming a grep for firmware did actually not contain anything you absolutely need to have linux-firmware installed.

There have been some recent reports with especially ath12k chipsets having a firmware issue, you might have to grab an older linux-firmware version, see e.g. https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=299286

What exact laptop model?

ASUS Laptop Vivobook Pro 16 K6604JI

Version: 13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3650HX

lsusb: https://pastebin.com/BXD2QSzG

lspci -k: https://pastebin.com/0LZnFG3b

dmesg: https://pastebin.com/9Ar8XEfM

journalctl: https://pastebin.com/Eq5hPsB2

Last edited by nikitarevenco (2024-09-16 21:53:35)

nikitarevenco

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Posts: 7

Re: [Resolved] No driver for MediaTeK MT7902 cant use wifi

Updated the journalctl pastebin

Last edited by nikitarevenco (2024-09-16 21:53:54)

seth

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Registered: 2012-09-03

Posts: 59,041

Re: [Resolved] No driver for MediaTeK MT7902 cant use wifi

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=290808
There's no support for MT7902 chips - the interwebs is full of threads about it

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nikitarevenco

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Registered: 2024-09-16

Posts: 7

Re: [Resolved] No driver for MediaTeK MT7902 cant use wifi

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=290808
There's no support for MT7902 chips - the interwebs is full of threads about it

Guess I am forced to use windows then...

Last edited by nikitarevenco (2024-09-16 22:47:56)

nikitarevenco

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Registered: 2024-09-16

Posts: 7

Re: [Resolved] No driver for MediaTeK MT7902 cant use wifi

I guess I am going to try replace my MediaTeK card with Intel Ax 210 NGW

Seems like that one has actual linux support and is fairly cheap

Thank you for trying to help me <3

Last edited by nikitarevenco (2024-09-16 23:03:08)

seth

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Registered: 2012-09-03

Posts: 59,041

Re: [Resolved] No driver for MediaTeK MT7902 cant use wifi

Please always remember to mark resolved threads by editing your initial posts subject - so others will know that there's no task left, but maybe a solution to find.
Thanks.

(You might also want to generally fix the subject to inidcate that this is about an MT7902 (not the R8168))

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