Since the latest system update, I have had a few WIFI problem and my system just completely crashed and rebooted. I see this as the last entry in the logs (as well as a number of times earlier today).
nl80211: kernel reports: key addition failed
Any ideas?
First thing to try is roll back to previous linux kernel. (Problem may be due to new 6.17 kernel)
From grub screen select "Additional Options for Zorin" then choose a 6.14 kernel generic and boot with that.
Thanks, @zabadabadoo!! I tried that and the error was not in my logs on boot this time. I'll try this for a few days to make sure it fixes the problem.
Is there something else I should do to try to get the issue fixed in the next kernel?
Oh, and i had a lot of these in the logs as well, which seems to be related.
rtw89_8922ae 0000:06:00.0: [ERR]fw PC = 0x201461ac
Could You post the Output of the Terminal Command sudo lshw -C network please? It shows Details about Your Network Stuff.
Await your reply to Ponce-De-Leon's call for output from sudo lshw -C network.
In the meantime, from my websearch using "Realtek rtw89_8922ae driver ubuntu 24.04"
I found this, which may help or give a steer regarding the Realtek driver. See: https://askubuntu.com/questions/1547403/triage-ubuntu-24-04-wifi-connectivity-issue-with-8922ae-driver
Thanks for the replies!! I am at the office today but will run that command as soon as I get home tonight. I did look around a bit and found that the actual Realtek device is not rtw8922a, but rather RTL8125 2.5GE. Maybe I need a different driver.
In any case, I will send the output from that command as soon as I get home, and thanks again for the help!
Isn't that Ethernet device, not WiFi?
Sorry, I just realised that I did not push send on this last night.
Here is the output from the command.
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: RTL8125 2.5GbE Controller
vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:05:00.0
logical name: enp5s0
version: 0c
serial: 10:ff:e0:db:e7:15
capacity: 1Gbit/s
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix vpd bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=6.14.0-37-generic firmware=rtl8125d-1_0.0.7 10/15/24 latency=0 link=no multicast=yes port=twisted pair
resources: irq:25 ioport:e000(size=256) memory:dd300000-dd30ffff memory:dd310000-dd313fff
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:06:00.0
logical name: wlp6s0
version: 01
serial: ac:36:1b:f8:e5:6a
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=rtw89_8922ae driverversion=6.14.0-37-generic firmware=N/A ip=192.168.1.101 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes
resources: irq:146 ioport:d000(size=256) memory:dd200000-dd2fffff
It is worth noting that this is Wifi 7. When I first had this computer built, I was on Zorin 17, which did not support Wifi 7 so I put a Wifi 6 card in it. However, once I upgraded to Zorin 18, I removed the other card and started using the built in card. Since then I have been having some problems.
I appreciate your help on this.
Brian
Wifi7 ... I think, this has such a good Support in Linux at the Moment. Did You still have the Wifi6 Card? If yes, try it with this.
I just wanted to update you on what I have done. I found that there was an r8125 firmware package in the repositories, so I installed that. What I noticed right away was a big speed increase. However, I found that it was still unstable, at least with the 6.17 kernel.
In the meantime, I have re-installed the Wifi 6 adapter, which seems to be working fine (though not as fast). I will probably try again when we move to kernel 6.18.
Thanks again for your help on this issue.
You could install this Kernel (or an even newer one) manually:
hola amigo te aconsejo que mires esto y lo siento no se ingles pero usa traductor GitHub - bogdansaniuta/BE6500-Zorin-WIFI7-Driver: Driver experimental para WiFi 7 BE6500 en Zorin OS (basado en rtw89) · GitHub es mi pagina y a mi me va fenomenal.. espero haberte ayudado.