[solved] Old machine, updated to 21.3 no internet

[briholt]

Edit:

The iommu settings may have been the cultprit. I'm at least able to use the wifi wireless.

I did 2 things

changed the grub command line to :

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GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash iommu=soft amd_iommu=off"

iommu = soft wasn't enough.


And I also disabled IOMMU in the bios.

I"m not sure which one worked.


My usb3 ports appear to be working now, and I have wifi so that's good enough for now.

odd behavior is that if my wired/Ethernet connection is "up", even if unconnected...no ethernet cable plugged in, my wireless won't connect.

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It's the drivers. These were working with mint 19. But I think it's the new kernel. Maybe I need to try an older one? Would like to avoid that.


I have a dual boot system but it's older and I'm not sure if bios has changed...does the bios get changed with a new Operating system install? Doesn't seem like it.

I can see the different wireless networks/ access points...I can click on them and am prompted for a password, but nothing ever connects.

Here is the inxi -Fxxx

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System:
  Host: Dater Kernel: 5.15.0-91-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc
    v: 11.4.0 Desktop: MATE 1.26.0 info: mate-panel wm: marco 1.26.0
    dm: LightDM 1.30.0 Distro: Linux Mint 21.3 Virginia
    base: Ubuntu 22.04 jammy
Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: Gigabyte model: 990FXA-UD3 serial: N/A
    UEFI: American Megatrends v: F2 date: 07/15/2013
CPU:
  Info: 6-core model: AMD FX-6300 bits: 64 type: MT MCP smt: enabled
    arch: Piledriver rev: 0 cache: L1: 288 KiB L2: 6 MiB L3: 8 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 1400 min/max: 1400/3500 boost: enabled volts: 1.3 V
    ext-clock: 200 MHz cores: 1: 1400 2: 1400 3: 1400 4: 1400 5: 1400 6: 1400
    bogomips: 42194
  Flags: avx ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GK106 [GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost] vendor: Gigabyte
    driver: nouveau v: kernel pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16 ports:
    active: DVI-I-1 empty: DP-1,DVI-D-1,HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 01:00.0
    chip-ID: 10de:11c2 class-ID: 0300
  Display: server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.4 compositor: marco v: 1.26.0 driver: X:
    loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa gpu: nouveau display-ID: :0.0
    screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1366x768 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 361x203mm (14.2x8.0")
    s-diag: 414mm (16.3")
  Monitor-1: DVI-I-1 model: HP Compaq S1922 serial: CNC011PDG9
    res: 1366x768 hz: 60 dpi: 84 size: 413x234mm (16.3x9.2")
    diag: 475mm (18.7") modes: max: 1366x768 min: 720x400
  OpenGL: renderer: NVE6 v: 4.3 Mesa 23.0.4-0ubuntu1~22.04.1
    direct render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: AMD SBx00 Azalia vendor: Gigabyte driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
    bus-ID: 00:14.2 chip-ID: 1002:4383 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: NVIDIA GK106 HDMI Audio vendor: Gigabyte driver: snd_hda_intel
    v: kernel pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.1
    chip-ID: 10de:0e0b class-ID: 0403
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.15.0-91-generic running: yes
  Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 15.99.1 running: yes
  Sound Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.48 running: yes
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
    vendor: Gigabyte driver: r8168 v: 8.052.01-NAPI pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s
    lanes: 1 port: b000 bus-ID: 05:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp5s0 state: down mac: 74:d4:35:09:a8:1d
  Device-2: Qualcomm Atheros AR9485 Wireless Network Adapter driver: ath9k
    v: kernel pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 06:00.0 chip-ID: 168c:0032
    class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlp6s0 state: down mac: 68:1c:a2:01:db:c1
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 1.39 TiB used: 11.2 GiB (0.8%)
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Western Digital model: WD10EZEX-00KUWA0
    size: 931.51 GiB speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: N/A serial: WD-WCC1S5874955
    rev: 1H15 scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/sdb vendor: Toshiba model: DT01ACA050 size: 465.76 GiB
    speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: 24BG17AGS rev: A750 scheme: MBR
  ID-3: /dev/sdc type: USB vendor: Kingston model: DataTraveler 2.0
    size: 28.87 GiB type: N/A serial: 50E549C20249C251F93FED5C rev: 1.00
    scheme: MBR
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 91.68 GiB used: 11.13 GiB (12.1%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda4
  ID-2: /boot/efi size: 548.9 MiB used: 74.5 MiB (13.6%) fs: vfat
    dev: /dev/sda1
Swap:
  ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 2 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
    file: /swapfile
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 13.6 C mobo: N/A gpu: nouveau temp: 29.0 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: nouveau fan: 1290
Info:
  Processes: 252 Uptime: 4m wakeups: 0 Memory: 15.64 GiB
  used: 1.01 GiB (6.5%) Init: systemd v: 249 runlevel: 5 Compilers:
  gcc: 11.4.0 alt: 11/12 Packages: apt: 2069 Shell: Sudo (sudo) v: 1.9.9
  default: Bash v: 5.1.16 running-in: mate-terminal inxi: 3.3.13

rfkill list

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0: phy0: Wireless LAN
	Soft blocked: no
	Hard blocked: no

iwconfig

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lo        no wireless extensions.

enp5s0    no wireless extensions.

wlp6s0    IEEE 802.11  ESSID:off/any  
          Mode:Managed  Access Point: Not-Associated   Tx-Power=15 dBm   
          Retry short limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Power Management:off

mokutil --sb-state

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This system doesn't support Secure Boot

Where should I begin?

Thanks for the look.

[sleeper12]

You should disable fast startup in Windows: https://easylinuxtipsproject.blogspot.c ... html#ID1.1

Also, post what this shows:

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rfkill list ; iwconfig ; mokutil --sb-state

[briholt]

There are not any blocks...I"m on the window side right now so I can't run those until I switch out...

Fast start up wouldn't have been enabled by installing mint 23 would it?...and it's old windows 8 not 10 or 11.

I'll see what I can get

[briholt]

I've updated the original post to include new output.

Thanks for looking and help.

[sleeper12]

Right, no fast startup then. Are you using a VPN? If so, a killswitch maybe.

[briholt]

Not using a VPN.

[sleeper12]

Have you tried restarting the router/modem & machine?
You can also try shut down & unplug the machine, remove battery (if possible), hold the power button down for 40 seconds, & try wifi again.

[briholt]

The machine gets shut down every day...I'd have to wait on the modem as others are using it but I could try that tonight.

Since I'm seeing a lot of posts about wifi and bluetooth not working with the newer kernel, would it make sense to just buy a new PCI wifi/ethernet card?

I'd have to find one compatiable with the older motherboard:

Gigabyte model: 990FXA-UD3 serial: N/A
UEFI: American Megatrends v: F2 date: 07/15/2013

but would that be the only thing to consider?

[briholt]

The other problem is that the ethernet/wired connection also does not work. I've disabled it's driver (blacklisted it) and installed a newer realtek but that doesn't work either.

[briholt]

I think I solved it by changing grub settings regarding iommu.

I also made a change to the bios regarding iommu.

Not sure which did the trick, (note to others...make one change at a time)...actually (edit 2024/4/2) it was the grub settings. My dual boot windows needs the bios to have the iommu enabled.

full info in original post.