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thea

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Registered: 2006-12-22

Posts: 89

After special update no internet [SOLVED]

Hello,
After upgrade 2025-06-21 my wifi network no longer works. I am assuming this has something to do with the upgrade, this being a special case: linux-firmware >= 20250613.12fe085f-5 upgrade requires manual intervention

I followed the instructions and the upgrade seemed to be fine, but afterwards I noticed that I had no internet. This affects my two laptops (both with the same update), but neither of my two tablets or smartphone. So the router works fine.

A few diagnostics:
- ip link shows just "lo"
- nmcli device shows just "lo"
- nmcli connection shows "Livebox-4B80" (my router) and "WIFI-DIVIO" (an external router)

Last edited by thea (2025-06-28 06:00:06)

Scimmia

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Registered: 2012-09-01

Posts: 12,908

Re: After special update no internet [SOLVED]

What does `pacman -Qs linux-firmware` show? What adapters are you using?

Last edited by Scimmia (2025-06-25 16:32:17)

seth

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Registered: 2012-09-03

Posts: 66,327

Re: After special update no internet [SOLVED]

The instructions on the homepage look like

# pacman -Rdd linux-firmware # pacman -Syu linux-firmware

It's kinda obvious how less attention paying users can fuck this up royally.

The instructions if you open the message look much better

# pacman -Rdd linux-firmware
 # pacman -Syu linux-firmware

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thea

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Registered: 2006-12-22

Posts: 89

Re: After special update no internet [SOLVED]

Many thanks Scimmia!
pacman -Qs linux-firmware` shows
"local/linux-firmware-whence 20250613.12fe085f-5
Firmware files for Linux - WHENCE file (vendor licences)"

I'm in France, 6 hours ahead

-thc

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Registered: 2017-03-15

Posts: 936

Re: After special update no internet [SOLVED]

A simple

pacman -Syu linux-firmware

followed by a reboot should do it.

@seth: Funny how I only realized the stupid "#" after reading your post (my-brain-autocorrection was working)

thea

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Registered: 2006-12-22

Posts: 89

Re: After special update no internet [SOLVED]

Thanks so much -thc ! I kind of suspected. Of course I couldn't do pacman -Syu (no network), but I used the latest linux-firmware from /var/cache/pacman/pkg
... and that worked just fine. My system works normally now. Next time I will pay more attention to the manual update message.
Again thanks!

seth

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Registered: 2012-09-03

Posts: 66,327

Re: After special update no internet [SOLVED]

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.

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Minihawk

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Registered: 2017-08-27

Posts: 20

Re: After special update no internet [SOLVED]

The instructions on the homepage look like

# pacman -Rdd linux-firmware # pacman -Syu linux-firmware

It's kinda obvious how less attention paying users can fuck this up royally.

The instructions if you open the message look much better

# pacman -Rdd linux-firmware
 # pacman -Syu linux-firmware

Thanks a lot, solved my problem, my system is acive again after minues of search here...

seth

Member

Registered: 2012-09-03

Posts: 66,327

Re: After special update no internet [SOLVED]

... and that worked just fine. My system works normally now. Next time I will pay more attention to the manual update message.!

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.

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