Ask Ubuntu Asked by Ayiti on December 27, 2021
So after the clean install (of Ubuntu 20.04), everything worked perfect. I downloaded some files, used internet, all was OK. But after the first reboot the Wi-Fi just doesn’t work at all.
The Wi-Fi card is an RTL8723AE . I have the same issues as: wifi networks lost after updating
I have tried the following:
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install build-essential git dkms
sudo apt-get install mokutil && mokutil --sb-state
sudo apt-get install git build-essential linux-headers-$(uname -r)
git clone https://github.com/lwfinger/rtlwifi_new.git
cd rtlwifi_new
make
sudo make install
rm -v -R --interactive=never rtlwif*
Also some variants as:
git clone -b extended https://github.com/lwfinger/rtlwifi_new.git
sudo dkms add ./rtlwifi_new
sudo dkms install rtlwifi-new/0.6
sudo modprobe -r rtl8723ae && sudo modprobe rtl8723ae
echo "options rtl8723ae ant_sel=3" | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/rtl8723ae.conf
But I have no good result.
The point is: It was already working fine, why it all went wrong with a reboot? If it was working properly at first, what could be happening now?
I also attach the text file generated by the Wireless Script (created when I made this question in ubuntu forums: https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=370108): https://pastebin.com/fHEDL5Yk
Thank you very much for your help.
(I made this question here before but 20.04 was not already oficial so they closed it. Now it is available, and I’ve re-verified with another fresh install with the oficial 20.04, and I still have no Wi-Fi. Not even in the beggining with the installation.)
Results for $ lsmod | grep rtl
rtl8723ae 90112 0
btcoexist 155648 1 rtl8723ae
rtl8723_common 24576 1 rtl8723ae
rtl_pci 28672 1 rtl8723ae
rtlwifi 90112 4 rtl_pci,btcoexist,rtl8723ae,rtl8723_common
mac80211 843776 3 rtl_pci,rtl8723ae,rtlwifi
btrtl 24576 1 btusb
cfg80211 704512 2 rtlwifi,mac80211
bluetooth 581632 31 btrtl,btintel,btbcm,bnep,btusb,rfcomm
Results for $ lspci -knn | grep Net -A3; rfkill list:
04:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8723AE PCIe Wireless Network Adapter [10ec:8723]
Subsystem: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8723AE PCIe Wireless Network Adapter [10ec:0726]
Kernel driver in use: rtl8723ae
Kernel modules: rtl8723ae
05:00.0 Unassigned class [ff00]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8411 PCI Express Card Reader [10ec:5289] (rev 01)
0: hci0: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
1: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
Output for $ dmesg | grep 8723 :
[ 0.147894] pci 0000:04:00.0: [10ec:8723] type 00 class 0x028000
[ 1.077465] usb 3-7: New USB device found, idVendor=0bda, idProduct=8723, bcdDevice= 2.00
[ 3.344439] Bluetooth: hci0: RTL: loading rtl_bt/rtl8723a_fw.bin
[ 3.426191] rtl8723ae: Using firmware rtlwifi/rtl8723fw_B.bin
[ 3.556218] rtl8723ae 0000:04:00.0 wlp4s0: renamed from wlan0
[ 6.943635] rtl8723ae: ***** Before switch (c2h_event.cmd_id)
[ 6.943849] rtl8723ae: ***** Before switch (c2h_event.cmd_id)
[ 6.944286] rtl8723ae: ***** Before switch (c2h_event.cmd_id)
[ 6.945908] rtl8723ae: ***** Before switch (c2h_event.cmd_id)
[ 6.947019] rtl8723ae: ***** Before switch (c2h_event.cmd_id)
[ 6.947880] rtl8723ae: ***** Before switch (c2h_event.cmd_id)
[ 6.948227] rtl8723ae: ***** Before switch (c2h_event.cmd_id)
[ 6.948663] rtl8723ae: ***** Before switch (c2h_event.cmd_id)
[ 6.948948] rtl8723ae: ***** Before switch (c2h_event.cmd_id)
[ 6.949191] rtl8723ae: ***** Before switch (c2h_event.cmd_id)
[ 6.949457] rtl8723ae: ***** Before switch (c2h_event.cmd_id)
[ 10.442737] rtl8723ae: ***** Before switch (c2h_event.cmd_id)
[ 33.450917] rtl8723ae: ***** Before switch (c2h_event.cmd_id)
[ 47.134911] rtl8723ae: ***** Before switch (c2h_event.cmd_id)
[ 90.457744] rtl8723ae: ***** Before switch (c2h_event.cmd_id)
[ 108.088089] rtl8723ae: ***** Before switch (c2h_event.cmd_id)
[ 172.090897] rtl8723ae: ***** Before switch (c2h_event.cmd_id)
[ 208.602618] rtl8723ae: ***** Before switch (c2h_event.cmd_id)
[ 273.115580] rtl8723ae: ***** Before switch (c2h_event.cmd_id)
Installed kernel 5.6.7-050607-generic but didn’t result. Wi-Fi still not working
Output for $ dmesg | grep 8723
[ 0.148284] pci 0000:04:00.0: [10ec:8723] type 00 class 0x028000
[ 1.221886] usb 3-7: New USB device found, idVendor=0bda, idProduct=8723, bcdDevice= 2.00
[ 3.415513] Bluetooth: hci0: RTL: loading rtl_bt/rtl8723a_fw.bin
[ 3.458617] rtl8723ae: Using firmware rtlwifi/rtl8723fw_B.bin
[ 3.589877] rtl8723ae 0000:04:00.0 wlp4s0: renamed from wlan0
[ 11.540903] rtl8723ae: ***** Before switch (c2h_event.cmd_id)
[ 34.532879] rtl8723ae: ***** Before switch (c2h_event.cmd_id)
[ 67.661409] rtl8723ae: ***** Before switch (c2h_event.cmd_id)
[ 110.646875] rtl8723ae: ***** Before switch (c2h_event.cmd_id)
[ 163.705916] rtl8723ae: ***** Before switch (c2h_event.cmd_id)
[ 226.648493] rtl8723ae: ***** Before switch (c2h_event.cmd_id)
[ 289.698981] rtl8723ae: ***** Before switch (c2h_event.cmd_id)
[ 352.723416] rtl8723ae: ***** Before switch (c2h_event.cmd_id)
LAST EDIT, I MADE IT WORK FOR A WHILE Since it’s a totally random thing, I re-run the ubuntuforums script to see the differences between when it works and when it doesn’t. The major differences are as follows:
GENERAL.DEVICE: enp5s0f2
GENERAL.TYPE: ethernet
GENERAL.NM-TYPE: NMDeviceEthernet
GENERAL.DBUS-PATH: /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/2
GENERAL.VENDOR: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
GENERAL.PRODUCT: RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
GENERAL.DRIVER: r8169
GENERAL.DRIVER-VERSION: --
GENERAL.FIRMWARE-VERSION: --
GENERAL.HWADDR: <MAC 'enp5s0f2' [IF1]>
GENERAL.MTU: 1500
GENERAL.STATE: 20 (unavailable)
GENERAL.REASON: 2 (Device is now managed)
##When there was NO WIFI the value of GENERAL.REASON was: 40 (Carrier/link changed)
Also dmesg has changed a lot from this (WIFI NOT Working):
##### dmesg #############################
[ 6.990240] r8169 0000:05:00.2 enp5s0f2: Link is Down
[ 7.387187] rtlwifi: ****** Calling c2h_command_handle with hw 00000000a4ada57c
[ 7.387215] rtl8723ae: ***** Before switch (c2h_event.cmd_id)
[ 7.387218] rtlwifi: ****** back from c2h_command_handle
[ 11.502458] rtlwifi: ****** Calling c2h_command_handle with hw 00000000a4ada57c
[ 11.520833] rtl8723ae: ***** Before switch (c2h_event.cmd_id)
[ 11.523569] rtlwifi: ****** back from c2h_command_handle
[ 34.572875] rtlwifi: ****** Calling c2h_command_handle with hw 00000000a4ada57c
[ 34.928824] rtl8723ae: ***** Before switch (c2h_event.cmd_id)
[ 34.932942] rtlwifi: ****** back from c2h_command_handle
To this (WIFI working):
##### dmesg #############################
[ 7.380836] rtl8723ae: ***** Before switch (c2h_event.cmd_id)
[ 7.380841] rtlwifi: ****** back from c2h_command_handle
[ 7.381140] rtlwifi: ****** Calling c2h_command_handle with hw 00000000950d7059
[ 7.381161] rtl8723ae: ***** Before switch (c2h_event.cmd_id)
[ 7.381164] rtlwifi: ****** back from c2h_command_handle
[ 34.411323] rtlwifi: ****** Calling c2h_command_handle with hw 00000000950d7059
[ 34.411342] rtlwifi: ****** back from c2h_command_handle
[ 34.412444] rtlwifi: ****** Calling c2h_command_handle with hw 00000000950d7059
[ 34.412466] rtl8723ae: ***** Before switch (c2h_event.cmd_id)
[ 34.412469] rtlwifi: ****** back from c2h_command_handle
[ 35.380432] wlp4s0: authenticate with <MAC 'PROVIDER_85' [AC1]>
I had the same problem on an old laptop. After a lot of troubleshooting this is what worked for me:
Installed systool to check module parameters (optional).
Created a file 'rtl8723ae.conf' at /etc/modprobe.d with the following line:
options rtl8723ae ant_sel=2 msi=1 swlps=0 ips=0
Shut down.
After some tries to turn on the laptop (it froze at startup) wifi was there!
My systool -vm rtl8723ae:
Module = "rtl8723ae"
Attributes:
coresize = "90112"
initsize = "0"
initstate = "live"
refcnt = "0"
srcversion = "6828B67B4471E494CE27C12"
taint = ""
uevent = <store method only>
Parameters:
aspm = "1"
debug_level = "0"
debug_mask = "0"
disable_watchdog = "N"
fwlps = "N"
ips = "N"
msi = "Y"
swenc = "N"
swlps = "N"
Answered by user1244383 on December 27, 2021
I have the same adapter and the same problem. I have notebook with dead battery, so it always connected to the power. If I disable my notebook and leave it connected to the power, and enable it, wifi adapter is not working. If I disable the notebook, disconnect it from power, connect again, enable notebook, wifi works. Hope this information will help someone.
Answered by Andrew on December 27, 2021
I have exactly the same problem, but I found a workaround: each time I suspend my computer, I get the wifi connection back after waking up. I've noticed a few lines that were not there initially in dmesg:
[ 1045.522721] wlp5s0: authenticate with 0a:47:17:b9:79:d8
[ 1045.539247] wlp5s0: send auth to 0a:47:17:b9:79:d8 (try 1/3)
[ 1045.549974] wlp5s0: authenticated
[ 1045.550150] rtl8723ae 0000:05:00.0 wlp5s0: disabling HT/VHT/HE due to WEP/TKIP use
[ 1045.550840] wlp5s0: associate with 0a:47:17:b9:79:d8 (try 1/3)
[ 1045.554430] wlp5s0: RX AssocResp from 0a:47:17:b9:79:d8 (capab=0x411 status=0 aid=3)
[ 1045.554621] wlp5s0: associated
[ 1046.143069] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlp5s0: link becomes ready
I don't know what makes it do that after waking up, especially that part: rtl8723ae 0000:05:00.0 wlp5s0: disabling HT/VHT/HE due to WEP/TKIP use
And sometimes, the wifi connection works straight away after booting up my computer. Then those previous lines are also in dmesg.
Answered by Liam on December 27, 2021
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