Problems in f44 with WIFI Adapters

Robert McBroom via test <[email protected]> Thu, 11 Jun 2026 23:11:41 -0400
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Atheros AR928X WIFI adapter is not found on f44 test. Connects on f43 
installation on the same machine.

Fully updated f44 from rawhide

:~# dnf install atheros-firmware
Updating and loading repositories:
  Fedora 44 - x86_64 - Updates                         100% |  24.0 
KiB/s |  12.8 KiB | 00m01s
  Fedora 44 - x86_64                         100% | 512.0 KiB/s |   1.5 
KiB | 00m00s
Repositories loaded.
Package "atheros-firmware-20260519-1.fc44.noarch" is already installed.

~# lspci -nnk | grep -iA3 network
05:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Qualcomm Atheros AR928X Wireless 
Network Adapter (PCI-Express) [168c:002a] (rev 01)
         Subsystem: Qualcomm Atheros Device [168c:1000]
         Kernel driver in use: ath9k
         Kernel modules: ath9k

:~# nmcli
eno1: connected to eno1
         "Intel I218-LM"
         ethernet (e1000e), 18:60:24:B1:DC:82, hw, mtu 1500
         ip4 default
         inet4 10.41.1.168/24
         route4 10.41.1.0/24 metric 100
         route4 default via 10.41.1.1 metric 100
         inet6 fe80::1a60:24ff:feb1:dc82/64
         route6 fe80::/64 metric 1024

lo: connected (externally) to lo
         "lo"
         loopback (unknown), 00:00:00:00:00:00, sw, mtu 65536
         inet4 127.0.0.1/8
         inet6 ::1/128

wlp5s0: unmanaged
         "Qualcomm Atheros AR928X"
         wifi (ath9k), 00:26:82:5F:48:61, plugin missing, hw, mtu 1500

DNS configuration:
         servers: 10.41.1.1
         domains: lan

Same problem with a Realtek dongle

wlp0s20u13u1: unmanaged
         "Realtek RTL8188FTV 1T1R 2.4G"
         wifi (rtl8xxxu), 00:2E:2D:F0:67:E9, plugin missing, hw, mtu 1500

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    <p>Atheros 
      <span style="font-family:monospace"><span
          style="color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;">AR928X WIFI
          adapter is not found on f44 test. Connects on f43 installation
          on the same machine.</span></span></p>
    <p><span style="font-family:monospace"><span
          style="color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;">Fully updated
          f44 from rawhide</span></span></p>
    <p><span style="font-family:monospace"><span
          style="color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;">:~# dnf
          install atheros-firmware<br>
          Updating and loading repositories:<br>
           Fedora 44 - x86_64 - Updates                                 
                                  100% |  24.0 KiB/s |  12.8 KiB | 
          00m01s<br>
           Fedora 44 - x86_64                                           
                                  100% | 512.0 KiB/s |   1.5 KiB | 
          00m00s<br>
          Repositories loaded.<br>
          Package "atheros-firmware-20260519-1.fc44.noarch" is already
          installed.<br>
        </span><br>
      </span></p>
    <p><span style="font-family:monospace">~# lspci -nnk | grep -iA3
        network<br>
        05:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Qualcomm Atheros AR928X
        Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) [168c:002a] (rev 01)<br>
                Subsystem: Qualcomm Atheros Device [168c:1000]<br>
                Kernel driver in use: ath9k<br>
                Kernel modules: ath9k<br>
        <br>
      </span><font size="2">:~# nmcli<br>
        eno1: connected to eno1<br>
                "Intel I218-LM"<br>
                ethernet (e1000e), 18:60:24:B1:DC:82, hw, mtu 1500<br>
                ip4 default<br>
                inet4 10.41.1.168/24<br>
                route4 10.41.1.0/24 metric 100<br>
                route4 default via 10.41.1.1 metric 100<br>
                inet6 fe80::1a60:24ff:feb1:dc82/64<br>
                route6 fe80::/64 metric 1024<br>
        <br>
        lo: connected (externally) to lo<br>
                "lo"<br>
                loopback (unknown), 00:00:00:00:00:00, sw, mtu 65536<br>
                inet4 127.0.0.1/8<br>
                inet6 ::1/128<br>
        <br>
        wlp5s0: unmanaged<br>
                "Qualcomm Atheros AR928X"<br>
                wifi (ath9k), 00:26:82:5F:48:61, plugin missing, hw, mtu
        1500<br>
        <br>
        DNS configuration:<br>
                servers: 10.41.1.1<br>
                domains: lan<br>
         </font></p>
    <p><font size="2">Same problem with a Realtek dongle</font></p>
    <p><font size="2">wlp0s20u13u1: unmanaged<br>
                "Realtek RTL8188FTV 1T1R 2.4G"<br>
                wifi (rtl8xxxu), 00:2E:2D:F0:67:E9, plugin missing, hw,
        mtu 1500<br>
        <br>
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