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#26 2025-09-21 19:07:08

seth
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Re: [SOLVED] mt7921e Wi-Fi fails to initialize on kernel 6.16.7-arch1-1

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@amadeuspaulussen if the chip remains stable w/ the patched firmware package and in general 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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#27 2025-09-24 10:41:36

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Re: [SOLVED] mt7921e Wi-Fi fails to initialize on kernel 6.16.7-arch1-1

Hi, I have a thinkpad z13 gen2 with the same wifi card and it's also no longer working. Moreover even shutting down or rebooting failed at the end with "reached poweroff target" or something like that but never really turned off. Downgrading with as described above fixed it

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#28 2025-09-24 11:04:03

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Re: [SOLVED] mt7921e Wi-Fi fails to initialize on kernel 6.16.7-arch1-1

seth wrote:

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@amadeuspaulussen if the chip remains stable w/ the patched firmware package and in general 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.

OK, thanks, I marked it as solved and added an update section to my original post containing the fix.

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#29 2025-09-24 11:30:21

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Re: [SOLVED] mt7921e Wi-Fi fails to initialize on kernel 6.16.7-arch1-1

Does the firmware package from https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php … 5#p2262695 also work?

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#30 2025-09-25 00:05:28

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Re: [SOLVED] mt7921e Wi-Fi fails to initialize on kernel 6.16.7-arch1-1

seth wrote:

Does the firmware package from https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php … 5#p2262695 also work?

Yes, that works too. Shall I mention this as well in my update?

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#31 2025-09-25 00:35:24

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Re: [SOLVED] mt7921e Wi-Fi fails to initialize on kernel 6.16.7-arch1-1

Please try adding the Kernel module option disable_clc=1 for the mt7921_common module and see if cab reproduce the issue with the broken firmware.

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#32 2025-10-06 14:07:06

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Re: [SOLVED] mt7921e Wi-Fi fails to initialize on kernel 6.16.7-arch1-1

Same issue here. 20250917 is not working for me. Had to downgrade to `linux-firmware-mediatek 20250708-1` from my pacman cache since I didn't have internet. This alone didn't work out.
I ALSO had to unplug my laptop to wait 5 minutes like someone mentioned here. Can't believe that solved my issue.

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#33 2025-10-10 05:50:30

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Re: [SOLVED] mt7921e Wi-Fi fails to initialize on kernel 6.16.7-arch1-1

raykomayko wrote:

Same issue here. 20250917 is not working for me. Had to downgrade to `linux-firmware-mediatek 20250708-1` from my pacman cache since I didn't have internet. This alone didn't work out.
I ALSO had to unplug my laptop to wait 5 minutes like someone mentioned here. Can't believe that solved my issue.

running a different distro (fedora -- so YMMV), but was having the same issue as everybody here. But I read the comments about having to unplug the machine, so I decided to try that _without_ downgrading linux-firmware. And it worked. Powered off and unplugged for a few minutes, turned on again, all issues resolved -- no packages changed or anything.

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#34 2025-10-10 10:22:16

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Re: [SOLVED] mt7921e Wi-Fi fails to initialize on kernel 6.16.7-arch1-1

kujeger wrote:
raykomayko wrote:

Same issue here. 20250917 is not working for me. Had to downgrade to `linux-firmware-mediatek 20250708-1` from my pacman cache since I didn't have internet. This alone didn't work out.
I ALSO had to unplug my laptop to wait 5 minutes like someone mentioned here. Can't believe that solved my issue.

running a different distro (fedora -- so YMMV), but was having the same issue as everybody here. But I read the comments about having to unplug the machine, so I decided to try that _without_ downgrading linux-firmware. And it worked. Powered off and unplugged for a few minutes, turned on again, all issues resolved -- no packages changed or anything.

I tried to replicate this on Arch by removing the "linux-firmware-mediatek" package from IgnorePkg in "/etc/pacman.conf", then updating with "pacman -Syu". The package updated successfully. I shut down the machine, disconnected it from power, and let it sit for three hours.

When I started it up after that, my Wi-Fi was gone.

I reinstalled "linux-firmware-mediatek-20250808-1-any.pkg.tar.zst" and put "linux-firmware-mediatek" back on the IgnorePkg list for now.

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#35 2025-10-10 12:41:43

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Re: [SOLVED] mt7921e Wi-Fi fails to initialize on kernel 6.16.7-arch1-1

There're two independent problems (and some users ITT seem to have encountered both)
1. a specific issue w/ the latest mediatek firmwares (very likely depends on the exact chip)
2. a general problem w/ mediatek chips suffering from some volatile memory corruption (can occur for any number of reasons) that can (only) be overcome by completely cutting the chip from power

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#36 2025-10-11 04:38:24

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Re: [SOLVED] mt7921e Wi-Fi fails to initialize on kernel 6.16.7-arch1-1

I'm using ASUS Vivobook s16 and got the same problem. Also temporarily resolved by locking the version of

linux-firmware-mediatek-20250808-1-any

Thanks @amadeuspaulussen. My dmesg is almost the same as @jimangel2001 's, so I don't want to post again.

raykomayko wrote:

Same issue here. 20250917 is not working for me. Had to downgrade to `linux-firmware-mediatek 20250708-1` from my pacman cache since I didn't have internet. This alone didn't work out.
I ALSO had to unplug my laptop to wait 5 minutes like someone mentioned here. Can't believe that solved my issue.

However, I didn't completely power off the laptop, SysRq reboot worked after the downgrading (as it hung on reboots)

Last edited by Catoverflow (2025-10-11 18:22:37)

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#37 2025-10-12 14:21:43

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Re: [SOLVED] mt7921e Wi-Fi fails to initialize on kernel 6.16.7-arch1-1

I had the same problem and initially got wi-fi working again with the downgrade of the linux-firmware-mediatek package as suggested above in this thread.

However, the latest linux-firmware-mediatek 20251011-1 package fixes this and everything works once again after this upgrade.

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#38 2025-10-12 15:10:44

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Re: [SOLVED] mt7921e Wi-Fi fails to initialize on kernel 6.16.7-arch1-1

vinumoses wrote:

I had the same problem and initially got wi-fi working again with the downgrade of the linux-firmware-mediatek package as suggested above in this thread.

However, the latest linux-firmware-mediatek 20251011-1 package fixes this and everything works once again after this upgrade.

I am happy to confirm this! \°/

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#39 2025-10-12 16:09:09

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Re: [SOLVED] mt7921e Wi-Fi fails to initialize on kernel 6.16.7-arch1-1

vinumoses wrote:

the latest linux-firmware-mediatek 20251011-1 package fixes this and everything works once again after this upgrade.

upgpkg: 20250917-2: fix #29 revert mediatek firmware update, breakage experienced which was released just before 20251011-1 reverted the problematic commit. Please follow and assist with the issue upstream https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mediatek/ … entoo.org/.

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