No WiFi after install

Issues & Assistance
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I just got Cachy set up and was trying to setup KDE connect and when I go into WiFi & Networking there is no Wifi listed. I have an MSI Meg X570 Ace motherboard with onboard WiFi. Can anyone help me out please?

inxi -N
Network:
Device-1: Intel I211 Gigabit Network driver: igb
Device-2: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE driver: r8169
Device-3: Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 driver: iwlwifi

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Please post results from this command from Terminal, it might help out;

inxi -N

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inxi -N
Network:
Device-1: Intel I211 Gigabit Network driver: igb
Device-2: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE driver: r8169
Device-3: Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 driver: iwlwifi

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I have run into this similar problem with the Asus Strix X870-I ITX motherboard, neither CachyOS or Arch Linux’s “iwctl” program sees the wifi chipset that is on this motherboard. I was forced to install Windows 11 to get this system up and running. I will search for the usb with CachyOS on it and post the results.

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This is a 4 year old ongoing problem with this wifi chipset.

It seems you need to disable fast boot if windows was installed to get it to work. Look here and here.

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inxi -N
Network:
Device-1: MEDIATEK driver: N/A
Device-2: Intel Ethernet I226-V driver: igc

Not sure what this all indicates, would appreciate any help that will help.

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The wifi chipset doesn’t seem detected. And searching the web only returns that Asus hasn’t communicated what chipset this board is using.

Have you tried:

  1. the rc kernel 6.13 to see if it detects it
  2. “sudo dmesg” to see what it detects with the messages it outputs.

Last resort: ask Asus… and eventually the kernel mailing list.

Edit: according to the windows 11 driver package (Asus has no driver for windows 10), which installs support for MT7925 and MT7927, it seems to be the Mediatek MT7925 (which is in the kernel) or MT7927 (which isn’t in the kernel yet). You could find the exact version out from the hardware manager in a windows 11 install.

→ as it isn’t detected, my guess is that it’s probably the MT7927.

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I was pretty sure I had already disabled that and I just checked and fast start is unchecked.

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Try using nmcli in the console to connect to WiFi that way.

nmcli device wifi connect access_point_name password your_password