Hey, all. I’m new to Linux in general, and have switched my older laptop over to Fedora 43 with no dual boot. I’ve been able to resolve every issue I’ve had by simple internet searches except this one:
On a clean boot-up, my ethernet connection works fine. After waking the laptop from suspend, Settings lists the LAN as “Cable Unplugged”, and nothing I do short of rebooting will bring it back. USB, WiFi, and Bluetooth remain unaffected.
It seems like this has been an off-and-on issue with Linux as a whole and Realtek ethernet adapters for a long time, and I’ve found a multitude of different solutions/workarounds, none of which have worked for me so far. I’m tearing my hair out. Hoping for a little direct human help at this point.
I’ll list specs at the end of this message that will hopefully help. I don’t fully understand terminal commands yet, but I’m learning and not afraid to use it. If there are any other outputs I can put here that would help please let me know. I’m also happy to be pointed to other solutions that I can try or re-try before moving forward. I’m just a little lost right now.
INFO
Hardware: Dell XPS 15 9560, Dell TB16 Thunderbolt Dock
Proc: Intel Core i7-7700HQ
Firmware - 1.31.0 (recently updated)
OS: Fedora 43 Workstation, GNOME 49, Wayland
Kernel: 6.18.9-200.fc43.x86_64
inxi -Fxxxz Output RE: Network:
Network:
Device-1: Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter
vendor: Rivet Networks Killer Wireless-n/a/ac 1535 driver: ath10k_pci
v: kernel pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 02:00.0
chip-ID: 168c:003e class-ID: 0280 temp: 44.0 C
IF: wlp2s0 state: up mac: -filter-
Device-2: Realtek RTL8153 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter driver: r8152 type: USB
rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 4-1.2:3 chip-ID: 0bda:8153
class-ID: 0000 serial: -filter-
IF: enp14s0u1u2 state: down mac: -filter-
(Note it currently says “state: down” because I haven’t rebooted again yet.)
Thank you in advance for any help. I really appreciate it.