[SOLVED] Intel Wifi disappeared

mipi · 2025-08-05 15:12:32

Hi,
I noticed that the Wifi adapter does not show up in the network config in Gnome anymore (don't know the reason, I did not do significant changes except installing package updates regularly).

The wireless device is recognized:

$ lspci -k | grep -A 3 -i network
aa:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Wi-Fi 6E(802.11ax) AX210/AX1675* 2x2 [Typhoon Peak] (rev 1a)
	Subsystem: Intel Corporation Wi-Fi 6 AX210 160MHz
	Kernel modules: iwlwifi

But it does not show up with

ip link show

In the Gnome network config, no WLAN section is shown. When I connect an USB WLAN device, the section shows up, but the wireless scan does not show any wireless network.

How can I investigate this further?

Thanks!

Last edited by mipi (2025-08-05 15:29:56)

mipi · 2025-08-05 15:20:08

I found out that the iwlwifi firmware could not be loaded:

$ dmesg | grep firmware         
[    1.646359] i915 0000:00:02.0: Direct firmware load for i915/tgl_dmc_ver2_12.bin failed with error -2
[    1.646364] i915 0000:00:02.0: [drm] Failed to load DMC firmware i915/tgl_dmc_ver2_12.bin (-ENOENT). Disabling runtime power management.
[    1.646368] i915 0000:00:02.0: [drm] DMC firmware homepage: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git
[   69.065769] systemd[1]: Clear Stale Hibernate Storage Info was skipped because of an unmet condition check (ConditionPathExists=/sys/firmware/efi/efivars/HibernateLocation-8cf2644b-4b0b-428f-9387-6d876050dc67).
[   69.518356] platform regulatory.0: Direct firmware load for regulatory.db failed with error -2
[   69.550281] iwlwifi 0000:aa:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-ty-a0-gf-a0-89.ucode failed with error -2
[   69.550308] iwlwifi 0000:aa:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-ty-a0-gf-a0-88.ucode failed with error -2
[   69.550411] iwlwifi 0000:aa:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-ty-a0-gf-a0-87.ucode failed with error -2
[   69.550434] iwlwifi 0000:aa:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-ty-a0-gf-a0-86.ucode failed with error -2
[   69.550455] iwlwifi 0000:aa:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-ty-a0-gf-a0-85.ucode failed with error -2
[   69.550476] iwlwifi 0000:aa:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-ty-a0-gf-a0-84.ucode failed with error -2
[   69.550497] iwlwifi 0000:aa:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-ty-a0-gf-a0-83.ucode failed with error -2
[   69.550518] iwlwifi 0000:aa:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-ty-a0-gf-a0-82.ucode failed with error -2
[   69.550538] iwlwifi 0000:aa:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-ty-a0-gf-a0-81.ucode failed with error -2
[   69.550559] iwlwifi 0000:aa:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-ty-a0-gf-a0-80.ucode failed with error -2
[   69.550580] iwlwifi 0000:aa:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-ty-a0-gf-a0-79.ucode failed with error -2
[   69.550601] iwlwifi 0000:aa:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-ty-a0-gf-a0-78.ucode failed with error -2
[   69.550620] iwlwifi 0000:aa:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-ty-a0-gf-a0-77.ucode failed with error -2
[   69.550622] iwlwifi 0000:aa:00.0: no suitable firmware found!
[   69.550626] iwlwifi 0000:aa:00.0: check git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git
[   70.696659] Bluetooth: hci0: Minimum firmware build 1 week 10 2014
[   70.697814] Bluetooth: hci0: Failed to load Intel firmware file intel/ibt-0041-0041.sfi (-2)
[  913.186967] r8152 3-6.4.4.2:1.0: Direct firmware load for rtl_nic/rtl8156b-2.fw failed with error -2
[  913.186970] r8152 3-6.4.4.2:1.0: unable to load firmware patch rtl_nic/rtl8156b-2.fw (-2)

I have no idea why that happened. Hints are appreciated. Thanks!

mipi · 2025-08-05 15:29:15

Explicitly installing linux-firmware solved the problem. I guess that it has to do with the recent split of the linux-firmware package.

close2zero · 2025-08-05 16:19:34

There might be a good reason for the linux-firmware to be split up into pieces. The package containing all propriety drivers from all of the different vendors made it bloated. By explicitly installed linux-firmware did you install linux-firmware-intel or did you install linux-firmware? If the last one is the case you have just installed all of them - The ones you need, and the ones you don't need. Then loosing the benefit of the split. Just saying.

mipi · 2025-08-05 16:22:43

I installed linux-firmware (i.e., all of them). I was happy that my problem got solved and do not care too much about too many packages. But of course course you are right. Thanks for the hint.

Last edited by mipi (2025-08-05 16:22:59)

close2zero · 2025-08-05 16:49:09

Just try out uninstalling the whole linux-fimware (if you dare), and just try the linux-firmware-intel. But there might be other firmware packages you also need, so you just have to check it out. There is no big deal having them all on your install. But all of the packages are to be updated/upgraded. So if you will try to keep it down to what you need. Try just the intel firmware. If everything works as it should, then you don't have more than you need. Good luck. And I am glad you figured it out anyway

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#1 2025-08-05 15:12:32

[SOLVED] Intel Wifi disappeared

#2 2025-08-05 15:20:08

Re: [SOLVED] Intel Wifi disappeared

#3 2025-08-05 15:29:15

Re: [SOLVED] Intel Wifi disappeared

#4 2025-08-05 16:19:34

Re: [SOLVED] Intel Wifi disappeared

#5 2025-08-05 16:22:43

Re: [SOLVED] Intel Wifi disappeared

#6 2025-08-05 16:49:09

Re: [SOLVED] Intel Wifi disappeared

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