After updating to 20261009 release, my WiFi won't work

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I updated to 20261009 release and my system won’t connect to WiFi at all. The system froze for a while (2-3 minutes) and after that I am able to click System Tray network icon. The following message appears: NetworkManager 0.9.8 required, found . My motherboard does not have builtin WiFi, so I am using a separate USB WiFi adapter . I tried reinstalling the update twice, but the issue persists.
In addition, there has been long time the case where binutils-package does not update at all, I have answered always i) ignore and system seem to work despite that.

2

You start your PC, than you have the timeout before you can work with it?

Post:
inxi -F
to get something about your hardware.

3

My system setup is the following: https://paste.opensuse.org/pastes/cb74f59b2bf5

When I boot up and get the desktop up and running then there is 2-3 minutes froze of user interface. After that 2-3 minutes, I can operate the desktop, but without network and there is text “NetworkManager 0.9.8 required, found .” when I press the network icon.
But using the AI, it instructed me to start NetworkManager service by hand and check the journalctl logs. So I will update the system again and check logs if that helps the case.

4

Ok, I updated ‘zypper dup’ and got the following information using
systemctl and journalctl https://paste.opensuse.org/pastes/b630ff804d2f

Same phenomenon as before: the desktop froze for a while. The terminal was working, but running ‘sudo systemctl’ caused bash to freeze as well due to sudo. However, I was able to run commands without sudo in new terminal tab.

5

You did not update for > 1 month

6

@knurpht US date? YYYY/MM/DD

7

I know, but this is how the TW snapshots are named, why would I make it confusing by calling those DDMMYYYY. Your slashes should not be there BTW :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:
From @Tame’s 1st paste: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20260822

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Yep, that have I done, didn’t update regulary, lat update was on August. My bad :frowning: obviously.

9

TW is rolling, but Aug should not be a problem. Show:
sudo journalctl -u NetworkManager --since 2026-08-01
`

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Sorry, I upgraded already with latest snapshot using iso-image.

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So post, executed as root:
journalctl -b | grep -Ei "wlan|firm|rtw88|error
and
zypper lr -d

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