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buidai

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Registered: 2025-04-03

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MT7921E Wi-Fi driver errors ('driver own failed', 'chip reset failed')

Hi everyone,

I'm experiencing sudden Wi-fi disconnects on my ASUS TUF Gaming F15 FX506LHB laptop. The system runs fine for a while after booting, but then the wifi connection dropts. and i can't reconnect without a reboot

Hardware/software:

    Laptop: ASUS TUF Gaming F15 FX506LHB

    Wi-Fi Card: Mediatek MT7921E (PCI ID 14c3:7961)

    Kernel: 6.13.8-arch1-1 (uname -r)

    NetworkManager is managing the connection.

checking the journal see a flood of errors related to mt7921e driver shortly before and after disconnect. The key errors seem to be

Apr 03 09:09:32 Arch kernel: mt7921e 0000:03:00.0: driver own failed
Apr 03 09:09:33 Arch kernel: mt7921e 0000:03:00.0: Timeout for driver own
Apr 03 09:09:34 Arch kernel: mt7921e 0000:03:00.0: driver own failed
Apr 03 09:09:35 Arch kernel: mt7921e 0000:03:00.0: Timeout for driver own
Apr 03 09:09:35 Arch kernel: mt7921e 0000:03:00.0: chip reset failed
Apr 03 09:09:35 Arch kernel: wlp3s0: Driver requested disconnection from AP 00:00:00:00:00:00
Apr 03 09:09:38 Arch kernel: mt7921e 0000:03:00.0: Message 00020001 (seq 11) timeout
Apr 03 09:09:39 Arch kernel: mt7921e 0000:03:00.0: driver own failed
Apr 03 09:09:41 Arch kernel: mt7921e 0000:03:00.0: driver own failed
Apr 03 09:09:42 Arch kernel: mt7921e 0000:03:00.0: Timeout for driver own
Apr 03 09:09:43 Arch kernel: mt7921e 0000:03:00.0: driver own failed
Apr 03 09:09:44 Arch kernel: mt7921e 0000:03:00.0: Timeout for driver own
Apr 03 09:09:45 Arch kernel: mt7921e 0000:03:00.0: driver own failed
Apr 03 09:09:46 Arch kernel: mt7921e 0000:03:00.0: Timeout for driver own
Apr 03 09:09:47 Arch kernel: mt7921e 0000:03:00.0: driver own failed

Logs:
here's the full log with journalctl -b -1 output

http://0x0.st/82Ys.txt

What i've done

- I've looked through several posts regarding mt7921e issues but haven't found a working solution for this specific pattern of errors yet.
- Not dual Boot
- I tried disabling NetworkManager's MAC address randomization but the issue persists
- Some posts suggest a hard reset by unplug the battery for a few minutes. I haven't done this yet as I don't have easy access to tools right now.

Question:

Does anyone have further suggestion on what might be causing these driver own failed errors and chip resets? Could this be related to firmware, a kernel regression, power management issue with the card, or something else i should investigate?

Thanks in advance for any help

Last edited by buidai (2025-04-03 03:09:15)

gromit

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Re: MT7921E Wi-Fi driver errors ('driver own failed', 'chip reset failed')

Is this a new problem on your machine i.e. did this only recently start to happen?

Also could you test if it's still an issue with the next version of the kernel?

sudo pacman -U https://archive.archlinux.org/packages/l/linux/linux-6.14.arch1-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst

buidai

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Registered: 2025-04-03

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Re: MT7921E Wi-Fi driver errors ('driver own failed', 'chip reset failed')

Hi, thanks a lot for the suggestion. The issue did pop up relatively recently for me. The only tricky thing is that the wifi drops are pretty intermittent, sometimes the connection is solid for hours, other times it might drop much sooner, it's not predictable unfortunately

So, even after i boot into 6.14 kernel, it'll likely take a bit of time before i can reasonably confident whether the issue is gone, i'll report back here once i feel i've test it enough to see if it makes a different

Really appreciate you helping me!

frosth

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Re: MT7921E Wi-Fi driver errors ('driver own failed', 'chip reset failed')

Hi everyone,

- Some posts suggest a hard reset by unplug the battery for a few minutes. I haven't done this yet as I don't have easy access to tools right now.

don't do that. unplug wall, power off and press and hold power button for about 60sec. power led should blink once or twice during the proccess. and thats hard reset

buidai

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Registered: 2025-04-03

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Re: MT7921E Wi-Fi driver errors ('driver own failed', 'chip reset failed')

Hi everyone,

- Some posts suggest a hard reset by unplug the battery for a few minutes. I haven't done this yet as I don't have easy access to tools right now.

don't do that. unplug wall, power off and press and hold power button for about 60sec. power led should blink once or twice during the proccess. and thats hard reset

if so, then a hard reset doesn't work here, i've tried it several time already

Last edited by buidai (2025-04-03 13:58:16)

seth

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Re: MT7921E Wi-Fi driver errors ('driver own failed', 'chip reset failed')

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php … 0#p2215900

Is there a parallel windows installation?
Does it help to disable aspm (in the driver or pcie_aspm=off)?

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buidai

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Registered: 2025-04-03

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Re: MT7921E Wi-Fi driver errors ('driver own failed', 'chip reset failed')

i'm not running windows
i just disabled aspm let's see if it helps

thanks for your help!