So I do the in-place update from Fedora spin KDE Plasma 41, and when I log in, no WiFi. Not even the on-off switch or neighbor’s networks. Bluetooth tethering works, so I use it to update an additional 10 packages and reboot but still nothing. Ran “sudo dmesg | grep iwlwifi” and I see errors. “Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-so-a0-jf-b0-[number].ucode failed with error -2” is repeated several times, with [number] counting down from 89 to 78. I can see right before that in the log that it did detect the wireless card.
Are you running the 6.14.2-300 kernel? If no update and see if WiFi returns.
Otherwise booting from the Fedora 41 kernel which should be a 6.13.9.
Does that restore Wifi?
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Fedora 42 does have 6.14.2-300, yes. Should note, I tried running dnf reinstall linux-firmware via Bluetooth tether with that booted, and it completed, but to no effect.
Booted from 41’s kernel 6.13.11-200 (the latest shown in GRUB2), and WiFi is restored.
Please raise a bug report about the Wifi problem so the developers know about the issue.
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Done. Let me know if you think anything should be added or changed, and I’ll do my best to fix. Thanks!
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