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FS#79660 - m7921e - System doesnt detect the Wi-Fi adapter.

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Davut (DavutHaxor) - Monday, 11 September 2023, 18:43 GMT
Last edited by Toolybird (Toolybird) - Monday, 11 September 2023, 22:57 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

I turned off my computer for an hour then opened it. At boot screen it showed some text (attached the picture).

My kernel is 6.5.2-arch1-1. And my wifi adapter is MEDIATEK Corp. MT7921K (RZ608) Wi-Fi 6E 80MHz.

I did some tests and:

In lspci -k, it doesnt show kernel driver in use.

output:

04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 15)
Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
Kernel driver in use: r8169
Kernel modules: r8169
05:00.0 Network controller: MEDIATEK Corp. MT7921K (RZ608) Wi-Fi 6E 80MHz
Subsystem: MEDIATEK Corp. MT7921K (RZ608) Wi-Fi 6E 80MHz
Kernel modules: mt7921e

as you can see it shows for my ethernet driver but not for Wi-Fi driver.
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I solved the issue by powering my laptop off, unplugging the charging cable then waiting for 5-10 minutes. When i booted up, the Wi-Fi was working.

I found this solution on the internet and it worked. And i dont think this is the first time i live this issue. I lived issues about Wi-Fi hardware not working in both my Windows and Endeavour OS with this same hardware. I think the problem is bigger than some OS specific driver. I do not use Windows nor Endeavour now. I use Arch and i still saw this. Back then i had no idea about this and problem got solved itself (i didnt care so much about it back then). So i solved the problem unconciously, if you can call it a solve.


Here are the people who lived the issue on other distros.

https://askubuntu.com/a/1348844 -- Here is the solution abd bug by a guy who lived the problem in Ubuntu.

https://github.com/openwrt/mt76/issues/548 -- And here is an upstream bug report. Reported wrote the solution too.
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Closed by  Toolybird (Toolybird)
Monday, 11 September 2023, 22:57 GMT
Reason for closing:  Upstream
Additional comments about closing:  See comments
Comment by Toolybird (Toolybird) - Monday, 11 September 2023, 22:57 GMT
Thanks for the report...but this sounds like an upstream kernel problem. It's definitely not an Arch packaging issue which means you might have better luck by reporting this upstream to the kernel folks. But before doing that, you should probably visit the proper Arch support channels (Forum/IRC/Mailing Lists/Reddit/etc) to see if any of the very smart folks in there have any ideas to help troubleshoot the issue for you. Please also see related tickets  FS#77627   FS#75170   FS#73572 

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