Ethernet, wifi and graphics card stopped working

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Hi all!

I had everything up and running for almost a year when I decided to update the nvidia drivers (huge mistake). Wanted to update because I was unable to connect an external display, or rather the monitor was working during login screen, but after login, only internal laptop display was working and no external display detected (HDMI).

I used the "Additional drivers" setting and selected a newer driver than I was using before and KABOOM, after reboot I have only x-org drivers and ofcourse, wifi and network stopped working as well, so I cant revert my changes (due to download not possible).

I tried to install using nvidia installer, but it complained about missing linux headers (and it also informed me that it would be better to use the dists own drivers)

What I dont understand is why wifi and eth stopped working.
The wifi is internal and eth is USB-C dongle (I borrowed an USB-A dongle as well but no luck).

lsusb/lspci shows that the system at least detects the devices.

Here are some outputs from relevant commands that I know of (I'm by no means an expert.)

~$ uname -a
Linux 5.15.0-46-generic #49~20.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Thu Aug 4 19:15:44 UTC 2022 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

~$ sudo lshw -c network
  *-network UNCLAIMED       
       description: Network controller
       product: Wi-Fi 6 AX201
       vendor: Intel Corporation
       physical id: 14.3
       bus info: pci@0000:00:14.3
       version: 00
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix cap_list
       configuration: latency=0
       resources: iomemory:600-5ff memory:601411c000-601411ffff

~$ iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 10th Gen Core Processor Host Bridge/DRAM Registers (rev 02)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v5/E3-1500 v5/6th Gen Core Processor PCIe Controller (x16) (rev 02)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation UHD Graphics (rev 05)
00:04.0 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v5/E3-1500 v5/6th Gen Core Processor Thermal Subsystem (rev 02)
00:12.0 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Comet Lake PCH Thermal Controller
00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Comet Lake USB 3.1 xHCI Host Controller
00:14.2 RAM memory: Intel Corporation Comet Lake PCH Shared SRAM
00:14.3 Network controller: Intel Corporation Wi-Fi 6 AX201
00:15.0 Serial bus controller [0c80]: Intel Corporation Comet Lake PCH Serial IO I2C Controller #0
00:15.2 Serial bus controller [0c80]: Intel Corporation Comet Lake PCH Serial IO I2C Controller #2
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation Comet Lake HECI Controller
00:1b.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Comet Lake PCI Express Root Port #21 (rev f0)
00:1d.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Comet Lake PCI Express Root Port #9 (rev f0)
00:1e.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation Comet Lake PCH Serial IO UART Host Controller #0
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Comet Lake LPC Controller
00:1f.3 Audio device: Intel Corporation Comet Lake PCH cAVS
00:1f.4 SMBus: Intel Corporation Comet Lake PCH SMBus Controller
00:1f.5 Serial bus controller [0c80]: Intel Corporation Comet Lake PCH SPI Controller
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation TU116M [GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile] (rev a1)
01:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation TU116 High Definition Audio Controller (rev a1)
01:00.2 USB controller: NVIDIA Corporation TU116 USB 3.1 Host Controller (rev a1)
01:00.3 Serial bus controller [0c80]: NVIDIA Corporation TU116 [GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER] (rev a1)
02:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd Device a809
03:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd NVMe SSD Controller SM981/PM981/PM983

~$ lsusb
Bus 002 Device 006: ID 0bda:8153 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8153 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
Bus 002 Device 005: ID 2109:0817 VIA Labs, Inc. USB3.0 Hub             
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 1532:0268 Razer USA, Ltd Razer Blade
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 04f2:b65a Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd HD Webcam
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 046d:c52b Logitech, Inc. Unifying Receiver
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 8087:0aaa Intel Corp. 
Bus 001 Device 016: ID 2109:8888 VIA Labs, Inc. 
Bus 001 Device 015: ID 05e3:0751 Genesys Logic, Inc. microSD Card Reader
Bus 001 Device 014: ID 2109:0102 VIA Labs, Inc. 
Bus 001 Device 013: ID 1a40:0801 Terminus Technology Inc. 
Bus 001 Device 012: ID 2109:2817 VIA Labs, Inc. USB2.0 Hub             
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

~$ systemctl status NetworkManager
● NetworkManager.service - Network Manager
     Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/NetworkManager.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
     Active: active (running) since Fri 2022-08-19 11:17:52 CEST; 1min 27s ago
       Docs: man:NetworkManager(8)
   Main PID: 1102 (NetworkManager)
      Tasks: 3 (limit: 18815)
     Memory: 10.6M
     CGroup: /system.slice/NetworkManager.service
             └─1102 /usr/sbin/NetworkManager --no-daemon

aug 19 11:17:52 shuttle NetworkManager[1102]: <info>  [1660900672.5897] settings: Loaded settings plugin: ifupdown ("/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/NetworkManager/1.22.10/libnm-settings-plugin-ifupdown.so")
aug 19 11:17:52 shuttle NetworkManager[1102]: <info>  [1660900672.5897] settings: Loaded settings plugin: keyfile (internal)
aug 19 11:17:52 shuttle NetworkManager[1102]: <info>  [1660900672.5898] ifupdown: management mode: unmanaged
aug 19 11:17:52 shuttle NetworkManager[1102]: <warn>  [1660900672.5899] ifupdown: interfaces file /etc/network/interfaces doesn't exist
aug 19 11:17:52 shuttle NetworkManager[1102]: <info>  [1660900672.5959] device (lo): carrier: link connected
aug 19 11:17:52 shuttle NetworkManager[1102]: <info>  [1660900672.5961] manager: (lo): new Generic device (/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/1)
aug 19 11:17:52 shuttle NetworkManager[1102]: <warn>  [1660900672.5972] Error: failed to open /run/network/ifstate
aug 19 11:17:52 shuttle NetworkManager[1102]: <info>  [1660900672.6002] modem-manager: ModemManager available
aug 19 11:17:52 shuttle NetworkManager[1102]: <info>  [1660900672.6008] manager: startup complete
aug 19 11:18:43 shuttle NetworkManager[1102]: <info>  [1660900723.0456] agent-manager: agent[07114c0c1c8220c2,:1.124/org.gnome.Shell.NetworkAgent/1000]: agent registered
~

~$ lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
ip6table_filter        16384  0
ip6_tables             32768  1 ip6table_filter
iptable_filter         16384  0
bpfilter               16384  0
nls_iso8859_1          16384  1
joydev                 32768  0
input_leds             16384  0
kvm_intel             376832  0
kvm                  1011712  1 kvm_intel
efi_pstore             16384  0
video                  57344  0
acpi_pad              184320  0
acpi_tad               16384  0
sch_fq_codel           24576  1
msr                    16384  0
parport_pc             53248  0
ppdev                  24576  0
drm                   618496  0
lp                     28672  0
parport                69632  3 parport_pc,lp,ppdev
ip_tables              32768  1 iptable_filter
x_tables               53248  4 ip6table_filter,iptable_filter,ip6_tables,ip_tables
autofs4                49152  2
uas                    28672  0
usb_storage            77824  1 uas
dm_crypt               53248  1
hid_generic            16384  0
usbhid                 65536  0
hid                   147456  2 usbhid,hid_generic
crct10dif_pclmul       16384  1
crc32_pclmul           16384  0
ghash_clmulni_intel    16384  0
aesni_intel           376832  2
nvme                   49152  3
xhci_pci               24576  0
crypto_simd            16384  1 aesni_intel
cryptd                 24576  3 crypto_simd,ghash_clmulni_intel
nvme_core             131072  4 nvme
xhci_pci_renesas       20480  1 xhci_pci

I'm grateful for any help :slight_smile:

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I think if it were me I would bite the bullet, use a live version of Zorin, copy your entire /home directory, including hidden files and then do a fresh install. This is when Timeshift could have saved you this hassle.

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Yeah, Im leaning in that direction.
How unfortunate that a single click can cause a couple of hours of work :stuck_out_tongue:

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I have seen a lot of problems like this, the drivers get corrupted or the hardware get's old.
I understand it could be a WiFi problem but the graphic card malfunctioning makes it weird and difficult to understand what is wrong. As @swarfendor437 suggested try a reinstall, if that does not work try contacting a hardware specialist. Hope you will find a sollution :smile:

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Thanks all :slight_smile:

The laptop is just a 2 yrs old razer blade 15", so no old hw :slight_smile:

I just did a reinstall and the first thing I did after that was to update the nvidia drivers. Worked like a charm!
Weird that it corrupted my system earlier....

Will look into timeshift or similar to help with recovery in the future!

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