Wireless network driver issues (i think) [RESOLVED]

Toodths · 2024-12-07 06:34:25

Hi so soon im moving somewhere that wont have access to ethernet so was attempting to get my wireless connection working and noticed that doing "ip link" only shows the loopback and my ethernet connection (enp4s0) however no wireless network. I then checked my loaded drivers in "lspci -v" and on the wiki for network configuration/wireless and in there they have a device for a "Network controller" however i have nothing of the sort. Just below they seem to mention something about a USB device and i dont know if mine is a USB device, i have 2 of the "USB Controller" in the lspci output one for ASMedia and one for Gugabyte, are these related to the network managing for wireless networks, my ethernet device and driver work fine its only wireless. Are these the issue or is it a different issue? help is appreciated as this is likely the last time i can actually download things onto my pc before im already stuck without ethernet. Thanks a bunch!

heres the output of "lspci - v":

00:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Starship/Matisse Root Complex
	Subsystem: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Starship/Matisse Root Complex
	Flags: fast devsel

00:00.2 IOMMU: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Starship/Matisse IOMMU
	Subsystem: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Starship/Matisse IOMMU
	Flags: fast devsel, IRQ 25
	Capabilities: <access denied>

00:01.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Starship/Matisse PCIe Dummy Host Bridge
	Flags: fast devsel, IOMMU group 0

00:01.1 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Starship/Matisse GPP Bridge (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
	Subsystem: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Device 1453
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 27, IOMMU group 1
	Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0
	I/O behind bridge: [disabled] [32-bit]
	Memory behind bridge: fc700000-fc7fffff [size=1M] [32-bit]
	Prefetchable memory behind bridge: [disabled] [64-bit]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport

00:01.2 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Starship/Matisse GPP Bridge (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
	Subsystem: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Device 1453
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 28, IOMMU group 2
	Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=04, sec-latency=0
	I/O behind bridge: f000-ffff [size=4K] [16-bit]
	Memory behind bridge: fc500000-fc6fffff [size=2M] [32-bit]
	Prefetchable memory behind bridge: [disabled] [64-bit]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport

00:02.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Starship/Matisse PCIe Dummy Host Bridge
	Flags: fast devsel, IOMMU group 3

00:03.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Starship/Matisse PCIe Dummy Host Bridge
	Flags: fast devsel, IOMMU group 4

00:03.1 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Starship/Matisse GPP Bridge (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
	Subsystem: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Device 1453
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 29, IOMMU group 5
	Bus: primary=00, secondary=05, subordinate=05, sec-latency=0
	I/O behind bridge: e000-efff [size=4K] [16-bit]
	Memory behind bridge: fb000000-fc0fffff [size=17M] [32-bit]
	Prefetchable memory behind bridge: d0000000-e1ffffff [size=288M] [32-bit]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport

00:04.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Starship/Matisse PCIe Dummy Host Bridge
	Flags: fast devsel, IOMMU group 6

00:05.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Starship/Matisse PCIe Dummy Host Bridge
	Flags: fast devsel, IOMMU group 7

00:07.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Starship/Matisse PCIe Dummy Host Bridge
	Flags: fast devsel, IOMMU group 8

00:07.1 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Starship/Matisse Internal PCIe GPP Bridge 0 to bus[E:B] (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
	Subsystem: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Starship/Matisse Internal PCIe GPP Bridge 0 to bus[E:B]
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 31, IOMMU group 9
	Bus: primary=00, secondary=06, subordinate=06, sec-latency=0
	I/O behind bridge: [disabled] [32-bit]
	Memory behind bridge: [disabled] [32-bit]
	Prefetchable memory behind bridge: [disabled] [64-bit]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport

00:08.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Starship/Matisse PCIe Dummy Host Bridge
	Flags: fast devsel, IOMMU group 10

00:08.1 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Starship/Matisse Internal PCIe GPP Bridge 0 to bus[E:B] (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
	Subsystem: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Starship/Matisse Internal PCIe GPP Bridge 0 to bus[E:B]
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 32, IOMMU group 11
	Bus: primary=00, secondary=07, subordinate=07, sec-latency=0
	I/O behind bridge: [disabled] [32-bit]
	Memory behind bridge: fc200000-fc4fffff [size=3M] [32-bit]
	Prefetchable memory behind bridge: [disabled] [64-bit]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport

00:14.0 SMBus: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH SMBus Controller (rev 61)
	Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Device 5001
	Flags: 66MHz, medium devsel, IOMMU group 12
	Kernel modules: i2c_piix4, sp5100_tco

00:14.3 ISA bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH LPC Bridge (rev 51)
	Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Device 5001
	Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0, IOMMU group 12

00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Matisse/Vermeer Data Fabric: Device 18h; Function 0
	Flags: fast devsel, IOMMU group 13

00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Matisse/Vermeer Data Fabric: Device 18h; Function 1
	Flags: fast devsel, IOMMU group 13

00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Matisse/Vermeer Data Fabric: Device 18h; Function 2
	Flags: fast devsel, IOMMU group 13

00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Matisse/Vermeer Data Fabric: Device 18h; Function 3
	Flags: fast devsel, IOMMU group 13
	Kernel driver in use: k10temp
	Kernel modules: k10temp

00:18.4 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Matisse/Vermeer Data Fabric: Device 18h; Function 4
	Flags: fast devsel, IOMMU group 13

00:18.5 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Matisse/Vermeer Data Fabric: Device 18h; Function 5
	Flags: fast devsel, IOMMU group 13

00:18.6 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Matisse/Vermeer Data Fabric: Device 18h; Function 6
	Flags: fast devsel, IOMMU group 13

00:18.7 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Matisse/Vermeer Data Fabric: Device 18h; Function 7
	Flags: fast devsel, IOMMU group 13

01:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller: Sandisk Corp WD PC SN540 / Green SN350 NVMe SSD 1 TB (DRAM-less) (prog-if 02 [NVM Express])
	Subsystem: Sandisk Corp WD PC SN540 / Green SN350 NVMe SSD 1 TB (DRAM-less)
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 57, IOMMU group 14
	Memory at fc700000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
	Memory at fc704000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: nvme
	Kernel modules: nvme

02:00.0 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] 500 Series Chipset USB 3.1 XHCI Controller (prog-if 30 [XHCI])
	Subsystem: ASMedia Technology Inc. ASM1042A USB 3.0 Host Controller
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 37, IOMMU group 15
	Memory at fc6a0000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=32K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd

02:00.1 SATA controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] 500 Series Chipset SATA Controller (prog-if 01 [AHCI 1.0])
	Subsystem: ASMedia Technology Inc. ASM1062 Serial ATA Controller
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 36, IOMMU group 15
	Memory at fc680000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128K]
	Expansion ROM at fc600000 [disabled] [size=512K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: ahci

02:00.2 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] 500 Series Chipset Switch Upstream Port (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
	Subsystem: ASMedia Technology Inc. Device 0201
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 33, IOMMU group 15
	Bus: primary=02, secondary=03, subordinate=04, sec-latency=0
	I/O behind bridge: f000-ffff [size=4K] [16-bit]
	Memory behind bridge: fc500000-fc5fffff [size=1M] [32-bit]
	Prefetchable memory behind bridge: [disabled] [64-bit]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport

03:09.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Device 43ea (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
	Subsystem: ASMedia Technology Inc. Device 3308
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 35, IOMMU group 15
	Bus: primary=03, secondary=04, subordinate=04, sec-latency=0
	I/O behind bridge: f000-ffff [size=4K] [16-bit]
	Memory behind bridge: fc500000-fc5fffff [size=1M] [32-bit]
	Prefetchable memory behind bridge: [disabled] [64-bit]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport

04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 16)
	Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Onboard Ethernet
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 34, IOMMU group 15
	I/O ports at f000 [size=256]
	Memory at fc504000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
	Memory at fc500000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: r8169
	Kernel modules: r8169

05:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GA104 [GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Lite Hash Rate] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
	Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Device 405e
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 56, IOMMU group 16
	Memory at fb000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
	Memory at d0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
	Memory at e0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=32M]
	I/O ports at e000 [size=128]
	Expansion ROM at 000c0000 [virtual] [disabled] [size=128K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: nvidia
	Kernel modules: nouveau, nvidia_drm, nvidia

05:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation GA104 High Definition Audio Controller (rev a1)
	Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Device 405e
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 75, IOMMU group 16
	Memory at fc080000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
	Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel

06:00.0 Non-Essential Instrumentation [1300]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Starship/Matisse PCIe Dummy Function
	Subsystem: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Starship/Matisse PCIe Dummy Function
	Flags: fast devsel, IOMMU group 17
	Capabilities: <access denied>

07:00.0 Non-Essential Instrumentation [1300]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Starship/Matisse Reserved SPP
	Subsystem: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Starship/Matisse Reserved SPP
	Flags: fast devsel, IOMMU group 18
	Capabilities: <access denied>

07:00.1 Encryption controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Starship/Matisse Cryptographic Coprocessor PSPCPP
	Subsystem: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Starship/Matisse Cryptographic Coprocessor PSPCPP
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 71, IOMMU group 19
	Memory at fc300000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1M]
	Memory at fc408000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: ccp
	Kernel modules: ccp

07:00.3 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Matisse USB 3.0 Host Controller (prog-if 30 [XHCI])
	Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Device 5007
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 46, IOMMU group 20
	Memory at fc200000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1M]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd

07:00.4 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Starship/Matisse HD Audio Controller
	DeviceName: Realtek ALC1220
	Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Device a194
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 77, IOMMU group 21
	Memory at fc400000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=32K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
	Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel

edit: also back when i was attempting to use iwd to set up a network, whenever i would run "device list" in iwctl it would return nothing, dunno if thats helpful but it feels like it must be my driver/device because it seems to be incapable of picking up any wireless network at all

Last edited by Toodths (2024-12-07 10:25:05)

Gregory_M · 2024-12-07 07:15:34

"USB Controller" in the lspci output one for ASMedia and one for Gugabyte, are these related to the network managing for wireless networks,

Hi, no, I don't think so.

Use

lsusb

Toodths · 2024-12-07 07:19:59

oh yes checking that i get this returned

Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 048d:5702 Integrated Technology Express, Inc. RGB LED Controller
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 046d:c08b Logitech, Inc. G502 SE HERO Gaming Mouse
Bus 003 Device 003: ID 046d:c336 Logitech, Inc. G213 Prodigy Gaming Keyboard
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 046d:085e Logitech, Inc. BRIO Ultra HD Webcam

so yea it doesnt seem like i have any usb network connection device, so surely that would mean i would have the aforementioned device for a "Network controller" in lspci... except i dont?

Last edited by Toodths (2024-12-07 07:20:34)

Gregory_M · 2024-12-07 07:33:34

But you think that you have integrated WiFi? Have you used it before, e.g. another OS?

https://security.archlinux.org/package/lshw

sudo lshw -C network

Toodths · 2024-12-07 07:40:57

well i would kinda expect at least the driver to work. i understand the wifi not working immediately with a manager but theres not even a device that can pick it up i can find.
running "sudo lshw -C network" gives:

  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
       vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:04:00.0
       logical name: enp4s0
       version: 16
       serial: 9a:af:d2:5e:65:5d
       size: 1Gbit/s
       capacity: 1Gbit/s
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=6.12.1-arch1-1 duplex=full firmware=rtl8168h-2_0.0.2 02/26/15 ip=131.227.223.221 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=1Gbit/s
       resources: irq:34 ioport:f000(size=256) memory:fc504000-fc504fff memory:fc500000-fc503fff

edit: oh and i also havent used wifi before on any other OS, always had the priv of ethernet. so not exactly sure how it all goes down, any help explaining it to my dumbass would be a massive help haha

Last edited by Toodths (2024-12-07 07:42:45)

Gregory_M · 2024-12-07 07:56:39

Apparently, you have no wireless device. You could try to buy one that works easily with Linux. I can't recommend one. I have a Linksys USB WiFi, but I have to manually install an open source driver and it may need update e.g. if install new kernel, so you want to spare yourself that if you can. Perhaps someone here can recommend a USB WiFi brand that's easy to use with Linux (if you decide to buy one).

Toodths · 2024-12-07 08:03:04

Oh really because, sorry i should have specified, im almost certain back when i used windows with this pc i connected to the wifi at least once or twice(then again i could be misremembering). I notice i should have specified that. If that really does mean that i need to get a whole new device for wifi then yea, anybody that might be tuned in, do you have any recommendations? If not ill prob just go with some TP-Link one that prob has a driver that i can easily get, assuming i need one

Last edited by Toodths (2024-12-07 08:03:41)

Gregory_M · 2024-12-07 08:07:07

Yes, I sympathize with the confusion but there's no indication of a WiFi device on your machine. Perhaps you used a USB before and it has been removed since?

Best wishes!

Toodths · 2024-12-07 08:12:35

Ok thank you and best wishes!

seth · 2024-12-07 09:14:15

Oh really because, sorry i should have specified, im almost certain back when i used windows with this pc i connected to the wifi at least once or twice(then again i could be misremembering).

Sanity check: which board is this? Is windows still installed?

Toodths · 2024-12-07 09:57:39

Oh no i cleared all my partitions when i installed arch a while back, assuming u mean motherboard im on a Gigabyte B550 GAMING X V2

seth · 2024-12-07 10:04:47

There're multiple revisions of the board, but none seems to come w/ wifi
https://www.gigabyte.com/at/Motherboard … v-13/sp#sp

If you didn't install a wifi adapter yourself, there's simply none.

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.

Toodths · 2024-12-07 10:23:30

yes ok got it thank you for the clarification on that because im really not great with hardware standards ect so its nice to know i wasnt messing up some major part of network setup and i simply was supidly missing components XD.
thanks again and will mark post as resolved as i forgot to do so!

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