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Description of problem: Recently-released wifi firmware package iwl7260-firmware-1:25.30.13.0-99.fc30.noarch causes the wifi card to endlessly reset, rendering it dead to the user. Reverting to a previous version solves the issue, tested with iwl7260-firmware-1:25.30.13.0-94.fc30.noarch . Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): iwl7260-firmware-1:25.30.13.0-99.fc30.noarch How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install the affected version of the firmware package listed above. 2. Restart the driver, either by rebooting the system or doing "rmmod iwlmvm iwlwifi ; modprobe iwlwifi" 3. Wifi card is now non-functional. Note errors in dmesg. Actual results: Wifi does not work Expected results: Wifi works. Additional info:
Created attachment 1592811 [details] dmesg with version -94 (good)
Created attachment 1592812 [details] dmesg with -99 (bad)
These bugs seem to be related: > Latest iwlwifi driver crash at startup https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1732165 > dnf update 22nd July 2019 included WiFi Update; WiFi stopped working after update reboot https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1732079
Can confirm this bug. dnf undo transaction doesn't work either, as it tries to downgrade to 25.30.13.0-98 instead of 25.30.13.0-94. Manual downgrade to 25.30.13.0-94 fixes issue.
Thanks for the workaround advice. Took it. Downgraded to iwl7260-firmware-25.30.13.0-94.fc30.noarch.rpm. Added a line to /etc/dnf/dnf.conf: exclude=iwl7260-firmware* WiFi confirmed working again. Awaiting the iwlwifi bug fix.
@khalsa, thank you for the steps to downgrade the driver firware. It resolved the issue for me (using a Dell precision 5530 laptop). I executed > sudo dnf downgrade iwl7260-firmware It is very annoying that upgrading can result in loss of wifi (happened multiple times now). New laptops do not have a wired connection option by default (or you need to have something like an usb-c to rj45 adapter at hand). Searching for a solution on the internet is more difficult and sometimes the downgrade is also only possible if there is an internet connection...
A new release is out, 25.30.13.0-101, can anyone confirm if the issue is fixed or not?
Confirmed that 101 fixes the issue. This can probably be closed.
Hi- the problem is fixed now, not because of an upgrade to this package, but because of a new kernel. Old kernel + -94 = works Old kernel + -99 = broken Old kernel + -101 = broken New kernel + -101 = works ... where 'new kernel' is 5.2.9-200.fc30.x86_64. I'll mark the ticket as closed. Thanks to everyone who helped take a look!
Confirmed. Working as described by Jason.
Confirmed. Working with 5.2.9-200.fc30.x86_64 and iwl7260-firmware 25.30.13.0-101.fc30
*** Bug 1732079 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***