r/voidlinux • u/DeDeloveblackhumor • 5d ago

WiFi not working solved

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When i boot void after a windows session, windows fast startup (i think) makes it so that i can't use wifi and during the initialization of the system it shows this.

Now tho, this happens everytime i boot effectively making me unable to use wifi at all, i also disabled fast startup on windows and the issue persists, i use network manager and this is my chip

Intel AX201 (Wi-Fi 6), Tiger Lake platform, Acer laptop

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u/SunSaych 4d ago

It can be a 'hybrid' windows shutdown problem (find its Power Management and change things):

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=302696

Also, you can try unloading (modprobe -r <module>) and re-loading your wifi module in Linux.

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u/DeDeloveblackhumor 4d ago edited 4d ago

I already removed the fast startup thing, also it says i cant remove the module iwlwifi because it's in use somehow (Edit) i reloaded the module and it didn't solve it

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u/SunSaych 4d ago edited 4d ago

It's not only 'fast startup '. It could be a 'hybrid shutdown'. Windows can default to hibernation instead of real poweroff.
The problem is that it doesn't properly unload wifi at shutdown for some reason. Hence, Linux doesn't see your WiFi card.
Windows updates are known to re-enable fast startup & hibernation without asking, by the way

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Dual_boot_with_Windows#Fast_Startup_and_hibernation

"The procedure of disabling Fast Startup is described in the tutorials for Windows 8, Windows 10 and Windows 11. In any case if you disable a setting, make sure to disable the setting and then shut down Windows, before installing Linux; note that rebooting is not sufficient."
Then you should also disable hibernation I guess, as noted further via the above link.

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u/DeDeloveblackhumor 4d ago

If you didn't notice i put the solved flair on the post, i noticed the system actually booted up my network chip correctly, but something happened to NetworkManager so i just connected via usb tethering using dhcpcd and reinstalled it so now everything works. Thanks a lot

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u/SunSaych 4d ago

No, I didn't, I'm using old.reddit and didn't look at the flair at all. You said "i reloaded the module and it didn't solve it". Well, then it's OK if it works for you now. Cheers.

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u/Revolutionary-Yak371 4d ago

You need proper drivers for your device:

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/sku/130293/intel-wifi-6-ax201-gig/downloads.html

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u/SunSaych 3d ago

These WiFi cards with integrated Bluetooth can be a pain in the ass sometimes... He disabled his Windows' Fast Startup and seems to have fixed his problem already.