Hello, on a new laptop, I am trying to setup Qubes OS 4.0. I have installed the latest point release (i.e., 4.0.3). I have bunch of issues, the most important one is that I cannot connect to any network. I have made some progress, but now, I am asking for some assistance.
The command lspci shows the adapter as Intel Corporation Wi-Fi 6 AX200 (rev 1a). 1. Problem: Domain sys-net did not boot at all because of issues with attaching ethernet PCI device. Workaround: I don't care much about ethernet, so I removed the PCI device. Not optimal, but easy and good enough for now. 2. Domain sys-net does not even load iwlwifi kernel module. Cause: I have found that I need kernel 5.1 or 5.2 (depending on the source). Solution: Use a backup of up-to-date Fedora 30 VM. Configure the mode to HVM and the kernel to “(none)”. This will use up-to-date kernel from Fedora, which is new-enough. Relevant link: https://www.reddit.com/r/ManjaroLinux/comments/bx0skx/iwlwifi_driver_not_loading_for_intel_ax200_wifi/ Relevant link: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000005511/network-and-i-o/wireless-networking.html 3. Domain sys-net loads iwlwifi kernel module, but the Wi-Fi fails immediately with “Microcode SW error detected. Restarting 0x2000000”. It seems that Fedora automatically retries again and again and spams the log. This is the issue I am struggling with. What I have tried: * Use Fedora 31. I just cloned Fedora 30 on other laptop, created backup and transferred to the other laptop. See https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/5289#issuecomment-582442319 * Download ucode from https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000005511/network-and-i-o/wireless-networking.html * Replace /usr/lib/firmware/iwlwifi-cc-a0-48.ucode by /usr/lib/firmware/iwlwifi-cc-a0-46.ucode if `sudo dmesg | grep 'firmware version'` suggests that the 48 is being loaded. I did it in the TemplateVM, rebooted sys-net and ensured that 46 is being loaded. According to the https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000005511/network-and-i-o/wireless-networking.html , the version 46 is for AX200 and 48 is for AX201. No combination of those has helped, I am still getting the errors. Logs (Fedora 31, ucode from Intel): * Log sample (truncated, because it was too large, but it seems that messages are repeating): https://gist.github.com/v6ak/1cb7b172f63f8c20d7c4004f7996de39 * Just unique messages (just proves there is nothing more interesting, computed before the truncation): https://gist.github.com/v6ak/f429774566cca097f51445ed93305136 What I haven't tried: * Updating the dom0 – a bit chicken-egg problem, since I don't have Internet connection on this laptop. I probably could transfer updates from the other laptop, but I don't think this would make a difference. * Use Debian. Due to the kernel version, it does not seem to be worth trying. Any ideas? Regards, Vít Šesták 'v6ak' -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to qubes-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/58e60320-c1a0-4684-9a89-0e4b1a5b72bc%40googlegroups.com.
