Hi there, hoping for some support to help me understand what the motherboard is doing.
Installed 20260101 (KDE), and it has generally been fine. Internet via RTL8126 worked great until an outage today, so tried using the QCNCM865 wifi/bt chip today via phone hotspot only to realise there is no wifi functionality operational. No networks seen.
The wifi chip is has apparently been in the kernel since ~6.13:
Motherboard here:
https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/X870-AORUS-STEALTH-ICE/sp
I didn’t notice initially, because the bluetooth icon in taskmanager was showing, but I don’t think that is entirely functional either as it only displays my samsung tv, not any of the other active BT devices in the house…
What can I run that might reveal what is going on with the Wifi firmware?
Thank you.
me@localhost:~> /sbin/lspci -nnk | grep -iA3 net
04:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller [0108]: Netac Technology Co.,Ltd PCIe 4 NVMe SSD (DRAM-less) [1f40:0001]
Subsystem: Netac Technology Co.,Ltd Device [1f40:0280]
Kernel driver in use: nvme
Kernel modules: nvme
05:00.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] 600 Series Chipset PCIe Switch Upstream Port [1022:43f4] (rev 01)
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0a:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8126 5GbE Controller [10ec:8126] (rev 01)
Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Device [1458:e000]
Kernel driver in use: r8169
Kernel modules: r8169
me@localhost:~> journalctl -b | grep -Ei 'firm|wlan|net|err'
Hint: You are currently not seeing messages from other users and the system.
Users in the 'systemd-journal' group can see all messages. Pass -q to
turn off this notice.
Jan 05 15:51:58 localhost.localdomain kwin_wayland_wrapper[1889]: Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server
Jan 05 15:51:58 localhost.localdomain kwin_wayland_wrapper[1906]: Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server
Jan 05 15:51:59 localhost.localdomain org_kde_powerdevil[2079]: Starting libddcutil. library built Not set at Not set. stdout_stderr_redirected=true
Jan 05 15:52:00 localhost.localdomain kwin_wayland[1731]: Failed to register with host portal QDBusError("org.freedesktop.portal.Error.Failed", "Could not register app ID: Unable to open /proc/1731/root")
Jan 05 15:52:00 localhost.localdomain ksmserver[1916]: Failed to register with host portal QDBusError("org.freedesktop.portal.Error.Failed", "Could not register app ID: App info not found for 'org.kde.ksmserver'")
Jan 05 15:52:00 localhost.localdomain kded6[1919]: Failed to register with host portal QDBusError("org.freedesktop.portal.Error.Failed", "Could not register app ID: App info not found for 'org.kde.kded6'")
Jan 05 15:52:00 localhost.localdomain kactivitymanagerd[2074]: Failed to register with host portal QDBusError("org.freedesktop.portal.Error.Failed", "Could not register app ID: App info not found for 'org.kde.ActivityManager'")
Jan 05 15:52:00 localhost.localdomain gmenudbusmenuproxy[2076]: Failed to register with host portal QDBusError("org.freedesktop.portal.Error.Failed", "Could not register app ID: App info not found for 'org.kde.gmenudbusmenuproxy'")
Jan 05 15:52:00 localhost.localdomain xembedsniproxy[2081]: Failed to register with host portal QDBusError("org.freedesktop.portal.Error.Failed", "Could not register app ID: App info not found for 'org.kde.xembedsniproxy'")
Jan 05 15:52:00 localhost.localdomain polkit-kde-authentication-agent-1[2078]: Failed to register with host portal QDBusError("org.freedesktop.portal.Error.Failed", "Could not register app ID: Unable to open /proc/2078/root")
Jan 05 15:52:00 localhost.localdomain org_kde_powerdevil[2079]: Failed to register with host portal QDBusError("org.freedesktop.portal.Error.Failed", "Could not register app ID: App info not found for 'org.kde.org_kde_powerdevil'")
Jan 05 15:52:00 localhost.localdomain xembedsniproxy[2081]: Failed to register with host portal QDBusError("org.freedesktop.portal.Error.Failed", "Could not register app ID: App info not found for 'org.kde.xembedsniproxy'")
Jan 05 15:52:00 localhost.localdomain ksmserver[1916]: Failed to register with host portal QDBusError("org.freedesktop.portal.Error.Failed", "Could not register app ID: App info not found for 'org.kde.ksmserver'")
Jan 05 15:52:00 localhost.localdomain kded6[1919]: Failed to register with host portal QDBusError("org.freedesktop.portal.Error.Failed", "Could not register app ID: App info not found for 'org.kde.kded6'")
Jan 05 15:52:00 localhost.localdomain org_kde_powerdevil[2079]: Failed to register with host portal QDBusError("org.freedesktop.portal.Error.Failed", "Could not register app ID: Connection already associated with an application ID")
Jan 05 15:52:00 localhost.localdomain DiscoverNotifier[2282]: Failed to register with host portal QDBusError("org.freedesktop.portal.Error.Failed", "Could not register app ID: Connection already associated with an application ID")
Jan 05 15:52:00 localhost.localdomain ksecretd[1689]: Failed to register with host portal QDBusError("org.freedesktop.portal.Error.Failed", "Could not register app ID: Connection already associated with an application ID")
Jan 05 15:52:00 localhost.localdomain xdg-desktop-portal-kde[2080]: Failed to register with host portal QDBusError("org.freedesktop.portal.Error.Failed", "Could not register app ID: Connection already associated with an application ID")
Jan 05 15:52:00 localhost.localdomain gmenudbusmenuproxy[2076]: Failed to register with host portal QDBusError("org.freedesktop.portal.Error.Failed", "Could not register app ID: App info not found for 'org.kde.gmenudbusmenuproxy'")
Jan 05 15:52:00 localhost.localdomain kwin_wayland[1731]: Failed to register with host portal QDBusError("org.freedesktop.portal.Error.Failed", "Could not register app ID: Unable to open /proc/1731/root")
Jan 05 15:52:00 localhost.localdomain kactivitymanagerd[2074]: Failed to register with host portal QDBusError("org.freedesktop.portal.Error.Failed", "Could not register app ID: App info not found for 'org.kde.ActivityManager'")
Jan 05 15:52:00 localhost.localdomain polkit-kde-authentication-agent-1[2078]: Failed to register with host portal QDBusError("org.freedesktop.portal.Error.Failed", "Could not register app ID: Unable to open /proc/2078/root")
Jan 05 15:52:00 localhost.localdomain kaccess[2077]: Failed to register with host portal QDBusError("org.freedesktop.portal.Error.Failed", "Could not register app ID: Connection already associated with an application ID")
Jan 05 15:52:00 localhost.localdomain kdeconnectd[2271]: Failed to register with host portal QDBusError("org.freedesktop.portal.Error.Failed", "Could not register app ID: Connection already associated with an application ID")
Jan 05 15:52:00 localhost.localdomain plasmashell[2050]: Failed to register with host portal QDBusError("org.freedesktop.portal.Error.Failed", "Could not register app ID: Connection already associated with an application ID")
Jan 05 15:52:00 localhost.localdomain kalendarac[2288]: Failed to register with host portal QDBusError("org.freedesktop.portal.Error.Failed", "Could not register app ID: App info not found for 'org.kde.kalendarac'")
Jan 05 15:52:01 localhost.localdomain kwalletd6[2580]: Failed to register with host portal QDBusError("org.freedesktop.portal.Error.Failed", "Could not register app ID: App info not found for 'org.kde.kwalletd'")
Jan 05 15:52:01 localhost.localdomain flatpak[2425]: [2:0105/155201.979763:ERROR:ui/ozone/platform/wayland/host/wayland_wp_color_manager.cc:273] Unable to set image transfer function.
Jan 05 15:52:01 localhost.localdomain flatpak[2425]: [2:0105/155201.979773:ERROR:ui/ozone/platform/wayland/host/wayland_wp_color_manager.cc:191] Failed to populate image description for color space {primaries:BT709, transfer:SRGB, matrix:RGB, range:FULL}
Jan 05 15:52:05 localhost.localdomain element-desktop[2569]: [2569:0105/155205.676773:ERROR:ui/gl/gl_surface_presentation_helper.cc:260] GetVSyncParametersIfAvailable() failed for 1 times!
Jan 05 15:52:30 localhost.localdomain kdeconnectd[2271]: Missing CAP_NET_ADMIN permission. Cannot determine whether a found address is of random or public type.
Jan 05 15:56:40 localhost.localdomain DiscoverNotifie[2282]: Warning: Treating remote fetch error as non-fatal since runtime/org.gtk.Gtk3theme.Breeze/x86_64/3.22 is already installed: No such ref 'runtime/org.gtk.Gtk3theme.Breeze/x86_64/3.22' in remote flathub
Jan 05 15:56:40 localhost.localdomain DiscoverNotifie[2282]: Warning: Treating remote fetch error as non-fatal since runtime/org.freedesktop.Platform/x86_64/25.08 is already installed: No such ref 'runtime/org.freedesktop.Platform/x86_64/25.08' in remote flathub
Jan 05 15:56:40 localhost.localdomain DiscoverNotifie[2282]: Warning: Treating remote fetch error as non-fatal since runtime/org.freedesktop.Platform.codecs-extra/x86_64/25.08-extra is already installed: No such ref 'runtime/org.freedesktop.Platform.codecs-extra/x86_64/25.08-extra' in remote flathub
Jan 05 15:56:40 localhost.localdomain DiscoverNotifie[2282]: Warning: Treating remote fetch error as non-fatal since runtime/org.freedesktop.Platform.Locale/x86_64/25.08 is already installed: No such ref 'runtime/org.freedesktop.Platform.Locale/x86_64/25.08' in remote flathub
Jan 05 15:56:40 localhost.localdomain DiscoverNotifie[2282]: Warning: Treating remote fetch error as non-fatal since runtime/org.freedesktop.Platform.GL.default/x86_64/25.08-extra is already installed: No such ref 'runtime/org.freedesktop.Platform.GL.default/x86_64/25.08-extra' in remote flathub
Jan 05 15:56:40 localhost.localdomain DiscoverNotifie[2282]: Warning: Treating remote fetch error as non-fatal since runtime/org.freedesktop.Platform.GL.default/x86_64/25.08 is already installed: No such ref 'runtime/org.freedesktop.Platform.GL.default/x86_64/25.08' in remote flathub
Jan 05 15:56:40 localhost.localdomain DiscoverNotifie[2282]: Warning: Treating remote fetch error as non-fatal since app/org.signal.Signal/x86_64/stable is already installed: No such ref 'app/org.signal.Signal/x86_64/stable' in remote flathub
Jan 05 16:00:38 localhost.localdomain plasmashell[2050]: qrc:/qt/qml/plasma/applet/org/kde/plasma/networkmanagement/PopupDialog.qml:36:13: QML PlasmoidHeading: Binding loop detected for property "leftInset":
Jan 05 16:01:04 localhost.localdomain systemsettings[3107]: Failed to register with host portal QDBusError("org.freedesktop.portal.Error.Failed", "Could not register app ID: Connection already associated with an application ID")
Jan 05 16:02:50 localhost.localdomain systemsettings[3107]: qrc:/qt/qml/org/kde/kcmutils/SimpleKCM.qml:70: TypeError: Cannot read property 'name' of null
Jan 05 16:05:04 localhost.localdomain baloorunner[3294]: Failed to register with host portal QDBusError("org.freedesktop.portal.Error.Failed", "Could not register app ID: App info not found for 'org.kde.baloorunner'")
Jan 05 16:05:07 localhost.localdomain kinfocenter[3313]: file:///usr/lib64/qt6/qml/org/kde/kirigami/ScrollablePage.qml:260: TypeError: Cannot read property 'right' of null
Jan 05 16:05:07 localhost.localdomain kinfocenter[3313]: file:///usr/lib64/qt6/qml/org/kde/kirigami/ScrollablePage.qml:259: TypeError: Cannot read property 'left' of null
Jan 05 16:05:07 localhost.localdomain kinfocenter[3313]: file:///usr/lib64/qt6/qml/org/kde/kirigami/ScrollablePage.qml:258: TypeError: Cannot read property 'bottom' of null
Jan 05 16:05:07 localhost.localdomain kinfocenter[3313]: Failed to register with host portal QDBusError("org.freedesktop.portal.Error.Failed", "Could not register app ID: Connection already associated with an application ID")
Jan 05 16:05:18 localhost.localdomain kinfocenter[3313]: file:///usr/lib64/qt6/qml/org/kde/kirigami/ScrollablePage.qml:257: TypeError: Cannot read property 'top' of null
Jan 05 16:05:24 localhost.localdomain systemsettings[3392]: Failed to register with host portal QDBusError("org.freedesktop.portal.Error.Failed", "Could not register app ID: Connection already associated with an application ID")
Jan 05 16:06:03 localhost.localdomain plasmashell[2050]: currency conversion table network error "Socket operation timed out"
Jan 05 16:06:03 localhost.localdomain systemsettings[3392]: qrc:/qt/qml/org/kde/kcmutils/SimpleKCM.qml:70: TypeError: Cannot read property 'name' of null
Jan 05 16:11:37 localhost.localdomain plasmashell[2050]: PendingCall Error: "Busy"
Jan 05 16:11:40 localhost.localdomain plasmashell[2050]: PendingCall Error: ""
Jan 05 16:13:02 localhost.localdomain plasmashell[2050]: PendingCall Error: "Busy"
Jan 05 16:13:03 localhost.localdomain plasmashell[2050]: PendingCall Error: ""
Jan 05 16:13:52 localhost.localdomain systemsettings[3785]: Failed to register with host portal QDBusError("org.freedesktop.portal.Error.Failed", "Could not register app ID: Connection already associated with an application ID")
Jan 05 16:17:43 localhost.localdomain kde-open[4818]: Failed to register with host portal QDBusError("org.freedesktop.portal.Error.Failed", "Could not register app ID: App info not found for 'org.kde.kioclient'")
Jan 05 16:17:43 localhost.localdomain firefox[4835]: Error: Failed to open Wayland display, fallback to X11. WAYLAND_DISPLAY='wayland-0' DISPLAY=':1'
Jan 05 16:18:40 localhost.localdomain element-desktop[5022]: [5022:0105/161840.363517:ERROR:ui/gl/gl_surface_presentation_helper.cc:260] GetVSyncParametersIfAvailable() failed for 1 times!
Jan 05 16:18:46 localhost.localdomain element-desktop[5022]: [5022:0105/161846.302963:ERROR:ui/gl/gl_surface_presentation_helper.cc:260] GetVSyncParametersIfAvailable() failed for 2 times!
Jan 05 16:18:47 localhost.localdomain element-desktop[5022]: [5022:0105/161847.813964:ERROR:ui/gl/gl_surface_presentation_helper.cc:260] GetVSyncParametersIfAvailable() failed for 3 times!
Jan 05 16:18:52 localhost.localdomain plasmashell[2050]: error creating screencast "Could not find window id {470df813-e2a6-4acb-b5ae-805631a602c1}"
Jan 05 16:19:45 localhost.localdomain flatpak[5350]: [2:0105/161945.075066:ERROR:ui/ozone/platform/wayland/host/wayland_wp_color_manager.cc:273] Unable to set image transfer function.
Jan 05 16:19:45 localhost.localdomain flatpak[5350]: [2:0105/161945.075074:ERROR:ui/ozone/platform/wayland/host/wayland_wp_color_manager.cc:191] Failed to populate image description for color space {primaries:BT709, transfer:SRGB, matrix:RGB, range:FULL}
Jan 05 16:20:52 localhost.localdomain plasmashell[2050]: file:///usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.plasma.systemtray/contents/ui/items/PlasmoidItem.qml:208: TypeError: Cannot read property 'fullRepresentationItem' of null
Jan 05 16:20:52 localhost.localdomain plasmashell[2050]: file:///usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.plasma.systemtray/contents/ui/items/PlasmoidItem.qml:201: TypeError: Cannot read property 'compactRepresentationItem' of null
Jan 05 16:20:52 localhost.localdomain plasmashell[2050]: file:///usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.plasma.systemtray/contents/ui/items/PlasmoidItem.qml:24: TypeError: Cannot read property 'toolTipMainText' of null
Jan 05 16:25:25 localhost.localdomain steam[6510]: XRRGetOutputInfo Workaround: initialized with override: 0 real: 0xf6073030
Jan 05 16:25:25 localhost.localdomain steam[6510]: XRRGetCrtcInfo Workaround: initialized with override: 0 real: 0xf60716a0
Jan 05 16:25:25 localhost.localdomain /usr/libexec/xdg-desktop-portal[1739]: Realtime error: Could not get pidns for pid 6597: Could not fstatat ns/pid: Not a directory
Jan 05 16:25:25 localhost.localdomain /usr/libexec/xdg-desktop-portal[1739]: Realtime error: Could not get pidns for pid 6597: Could not fstatat ns/pid: Not a directory
Jan 05 16:25:28 localhost.localdomain steam[6510]: /usr/share/themes/Breeze-Dark/gtk-2.0/widgets/entry:70: error: unexpected identifier 'direction', expected character '}'
Jan 05 16:25:28 localhost.localdomain steam[6510]: /usr/share/themes/Breeze-Dark/gtk-2.0/widgets/styles:36: error: invalid string constant "combobox_entry", expected valid string constant
it seems to see the ATH12k firmware in the repo:
me@localhost:~> zypper se -si firmware
Loading repository data...
Reading installed packages...
S | Name | Type | Version | Arch | Repository
---+-----------------------------+---------+--------------+--------+----------------------
i+ | gnome-firmware | package | 49.0-1.1 | x86_64 | Main Repository (OSS)
i | gnome-firmware-lang | package | 49.0-1.1 | noarch | Main Repository (OSS)
i | kernel-firmware-all | package | 20250206-1.1 | noarch | Main Repository (OSS)
i | kernel-firmware-amdgpu | package | 20251228-1.1 | noarch | Main Repository (OSS)
i | kernel-firmware-ath10k | package | 20251205-1.1 | noarch | Main Repository (OSS)
i | kernel-firmware-ath11k | package | 20251202-1.1 | noarch | Main Repository (OSS)
i | kernel-firmware-ath12k | package | 20250919-2.1 | noarch | Main Repository (OSS)
i | kernel-firmware-atheros | package | 20250206-2.1 | noarch | Main Repository (OSS)
i | kernel-firmware-bluetooth | package | 20251228-1.1 | noarch | Main Repository (OSS)
i | kernel-firmware-bnx2 | package | 20250627-1.1 | noarch | Main Repository (OSS)
i | kernel-firmware-brcm | package | 20250623-2.1 | noarch | Main Repository (OSS)
i | kernel-firmware-chelsio | package | 20250627-1.1 | noarch | Main Repository (OSS)
i | kernel-firmware-dpaa2 | package | 20250206-2.1 | noarch | Main Repository (OSS)
i | kernel-firmware-i915 | package | 20251228-1.1 | noarch | Main Repository (OSS)
i | kernel-firmware-intel | package | 20251228-1.1 | noarch | Main Repository (OSS)
i | kernel-firmware-iwlwifi | package | 20251217-1.1 | noarch | Main Repository (OSS)
i | kernel-firmware-liquidio | package | 20250206-2.1 | noarch | Main Repository (OSS)
i | kernel-firmware-marvell | package | 20250206-2.1 | noarch | Main Repository (OSS)
i | kernel-firmware-media | package | 20251228-1.1 | noarch | Main Repository (OSS)
i | kernel-firmware-mediatek | package | 20251228-1.1 | noarch | Main Repository (OSS)
i | kernel-firmware-mellanox | package | 20250717-1.1 | noarch | Main Repository (OSS)
i | kernel-firmware-mwifiex | package | 20250206-2.1 | noarch | Main Repository (OSS)
i | kernel-firmware-network | package | 20250912-2.1 | noarch | Main Repository (OSS)
i | kernel-firmware-nfp | package | 20250206-2.1 | noarch | Main Repository (OSS)
i | kernel-firmware-nvidia | package | 20251018-1.1 | noarch | Main Repository (OSS)
i | kernel-firmware-platform | package | 20251228-1.1 | noarch | Main Repository (OSS)
i | kernel-firmware-prestera | package | 20250206-2.1 | noarch | Main Repository (OSS)
i | kernel-firmware-qcom | package | 20251228-1.1 | noarch | Main Repository (OSS)
i | kernel-firmware-qlogic | package | 20250926-1.1 | noarch | Main Repository (OSS)
i | kernel-firmware-radeon | package | 20250627-1.1 | noarch | Main Repository (OSS)
i | kernel-firmware-realtek | package | 20251217-1.1 | noarch | Main Repository (OSS)
i | kernel-firmware-serial | package | 20251004-1.1 | noarch | Main Repository (OSS)
i | kernel-firmware-sound | package | 20251217-1.1 | noarch | Main Repository (OSS)
i | kernel-firmware-ti | package | 20250206-2.1 | noarch | Main Repository (OSS)
i | kernel-firmware-ueagle | package | 20251004-1.1 | noarch | Main Repository (OSS)
i | kernel-firmware-usb-network | package | 20250717-1.1 | noarch | Main Repository (OSS)
me@localhost:~> /usr/sbin/rfkill list all
0: hci0: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no