Description of problem: Upgrading iwl7260-firmware to version 25.30.13.0-89.fc29 result in failure to establish network connection on Intel Corporation Wireless 8265 / 8275 [8086:24fd] (rev 78). This is regression because downgrading to previous version 25.30.13.0-87 solves the issue. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): iwl7260-firmware-25.30.13.0-89.fc29.noarch How reproducible: Always. Steps to Reproduce: 1. dnf update iwl7260-firmware 2. rmmod iwlmvm iwlwifi 3. modprobe iwlwifi Actual results: $ nmcli connection up wifi Error: Connection activation failed: The Wi-Fi network could not be found Hardware: 02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation Wireless 8265 / 8275 [8086:24fd] (rev 78) Subsystem: Intel Corporation Dual Band Wireless-AC 8265 [8086:1010] Kernel driver in use: iwlwifi Kernel modules: iwlwifi Logs: NetworkManager[790]: <info> [1545834611.5527] device (wlp2s0): supplicant interface state: disconnected -> scanning NetworkManager[790]: <warn> [1545834636.5428] device (wlp2s0): Activation: (wifi) association took too long, failing activation
This hit me on a Dell Precision 5530 on Fedora 30 now. Hardware: Network controller: Intel Corporation Wireless-AC 9260 (rev 29) Error: iwlwifi 0000:3b:00.0: FW error in SYNC CMD GEO_TX_POWER_LIMIT Faulty firmware: iwl7260-firmware-25.30.13.0-99.fc30.noarch Workaround: sudo dnf downgrade -y iwl7260-firmware sudo rmmod iwlmvm iwlwifi sudo modprobe iwlwifi Working firmware: iwl7260-firmware-25.30.13.0-94.fc30.noarch
Even after updating to Fedora 30, WiFi is almost unusable. Sometimes it manages to connect once in ~10 attempts but the connection is very unstable. The last stable version for me is still 25.30.13.0-87. This workaround is the only way to get stable WiFi: ``` sudo dnf install "https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/29/Everything/x86_64/os/Packages/i/iwl7260-firmware-25.30.13.0-87.fc29.noarch.rpm" sudo dnf versionlock add iwl7260-firmware sudo rmmod iwlmvm iwlwifi sudo modprobe iwlwifi ```
A guaranteed way to reproduce the issue is to make the SSID hidden. This way it can't find the network no matter how many connection attempts I make. But as soon as I downgrade to the version 25.30.13.0-87, it connects and works fine.
It seems resolved with the latest update and power cycle: iwl7260-firmware-25.30.13.0-101.fc30.noarch