Installation failed and network problems

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garuda-inxi

System:
  Kernel: 6.13.5-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.2.1
    clocksource: tsc avail: acpi_pm parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-x86_64
    lang=en_US keytable=us tz=UTC misobasedir=garuda
    root=miso:LABEL=GARUDA_HYPRLAND_BROADWING quiet systemd.show_status=1
    checksum=y driver=free nouveau.modeset=1 i915.modeset=1 radeon.modeset=1
  Desktop: Hyprland v: 0.47.2 with: waybar tools: hypridle avail: swaylock
    vt: 1 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: ASUSTeK product: Vivobook_ASUSLaptop X1504ZA_X1504ZA
    v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: ASUSTeK model: X1504ZA v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required>
    uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends LLC. v: X1504ZA.312
    date: 09/21/2023
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 36.8 Wh (87.4%) condition: 42.1/42.1 Wh (100.0%)
    power: 14.1 W volts: 13.0 min: 11.8 model: ASUSTeK ASUS Battery type: Li-ion
    serial: N/A status: charging cycles: 39
CPU:
  Info: model: 12th Gen Intel Core i5-1235U bits: 64 type: MST AMCP
    arch: Alder Lake level: v3 note: check built: 2021+
    process: Intel 7 (10nm ESF) family: 6 model-id: 0x9A (154) stepping: 4
    microcode: 0x436
  Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 4 cores: 10 threads: 12 mt: 2 tpc: 2
    st: 8 smt: enabled cache: L1: 928 KiB desc: d-8x32 KiB, 2x48 KiB; i-2x32
    KiB, 8x64 KiB L2: 6.5 MiB desc: 2x1.2 MiB, 2x2 MiB L3: 12 MiB
    desc: 1x12 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 400 min/max: 400/4400:3300 scaling: driver: intel_pstate
    governor: powersave cores: 1: 400 2: 400 3: 400 4: 400 5: 400 6: 400 7: 400
    8: 400 9: 400 10: 400 11: 400 12: 400 bogomips: 59904
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
  Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel Alder Lake-UP3 GT2 [UHD Graphics] vendor: ASUSTeK
    driver: i915 v: kernel alternate: xe arch: Xe process: Intel 10nm
    built: 2020-21 ports: active: eDP-1 empty: HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 0000:00:02.0
    chip-ID: 8086:4628 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: Sonix ASUS HD webcam driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-9:3 chip-ID: 2b7e:b868
    class-ID: fe01 serial: <filter>
  Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.16 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.6
    compositor: Hyprland v: 0.47.2 driver: X: loaded: modesetting
    alternate: fbdev,intel,vesa dri: iris gpu: i915 display-ID: 1
  Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: BOE Display 0x0c02 built: 2023 res:
    mode: 1920x1080 hz: 60 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 142 gamma: 1.2
    size: 344x194mm (13.54x7.64") diag: 395mm (15.5") ratio: 16:9
    modes: 1920x1080
  API: Vulkan v: 1.4.304 layers: 4 device: 0 type: integrated-gpu name: Intel
    Graphics (ADL GT2) driver: N/A device-ID: 8086:4628
    surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland device: 1 type: cpu name: llvmpipe (LLVM
    19.1.7 256 bits) driver: N/A device-ID: 10005:0000
    surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland
  API: EGL Message: EGL data requires eglinfo. Check --recommends.
  Info: Tools: api: vulkaninfo wl: kanshi, wdisplays, wlr-randr x11: xprop
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Alder Lake PCH-P High Definition Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_avs,snd_sof_pci_intel_tgl
    bus-ID: 0000:00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:51c8 class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.13.5-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api
    tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: sndiod v: N/A status: off tools: aucat,midicat,sndioctl
  Server-2: PipeWire v: 1.2.7 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
    status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
    4: pw-jack type: plugin tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Alder Lake-P PCH CNVi WiFi driver: iwlwifi v: kernel
    bus-ID: 0000:00:14.3 chip-ID: 8086:51f0 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlo1 state: up mac: <filter>
  Info: services: NetworkManager, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel Bluetooth 9460/9560 Jefferson Peak (JfP) driver: btusb
    v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-10:4
    chip-ID: 8087:0aaa class-ID: e001
  Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 5.1
    lmp-v: 10 status: discoverable: no pairing: no class-ID: 6c010c
RAID:
  Hardware-1: Intel Volume Management Device NVMe RAID Controller driver: vmd
    v: 0.6 port: N/A bus-ID: 0000:00:0e.0 chip-ID: 8086:467f rev: class-ID: 0104
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 505.85 GiB used: 5.8 MiB (0.0%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung
    model: MZVL4512HBLU-00BTW size: 476.94 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
    logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter>
    fw-rev: HXC70W1Q temp: 28.9 C scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 model: General USB Flash Disk size: 28.91 GiB
    block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: USB rev: 2.0 spd: 480 Mb/s
    lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 1100 scheme: MBR
  SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
Partition:
  Message: No partition data found.
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
  ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 7.44 GiB used: 4.8 MiB (0.1%) priority: 100
    comp: zstd avail: lzo-rle,lzo,lz4,lz4hc,deflate,842 max-streams: 12
    dev: /dev/zram0
  ID-2: swap-2 type: partition size: 8.8 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:6
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 52.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (rpm): cpu: 0
Info:
  Memory: total: 8 GiB note: est. available: 7.44 GiB used: 3.14 GiB (42.2%)
  Processes: 311 Power: uptime: 17m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: s2idle
    avail: deep wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
    suspend, test_resume image: 2.94 GiB services: upowerd Init: systemd
    v: 257 default: graphical tool: systemctl
  Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1259 libs: 363 tools: pacseek,paru Compilers:
    gcc: 14.2.1 Shell: garuda-inxi default: fish v: 4.0.0 running-in: foot
    inxi: 3.3.37
Garuda (2.7.2-1):
  System install date:     2025-04-13
  Last full system update: 2025-04-12 ↻
  Is partially upgraded:   No
  Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager dracut
  Windows dual boot:       <superuser required>
  Failed units:            snapper-cleanup.service

calamares installer failed after setting up partitions:

'Installation Failed'
Bad main script file
Details:
Main script file /usr/lib/calamares/modules/mount/main.py for python job mount raised an exception.

i think if i manually setup the partitions i will be able to install hyprland… but then the network manager stop recognizing networks.
i’ve been trying to install hyprland for some hours now so i have some ideas (i wont be able to post the results as i cant connect to network after rebooting)
does linux-firmware recognize my network device? ill try to sudo systemctl start NetworkManager.service
there is ‘linux-firmware-asus’ and ‘linux-firmware-git’ ill try one at a time and seet if one of those does any good
and lastly ill try some iwlwifi aur packages to see if they fix anything

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i cant screenshot in the installation media but now i can only do a manual partitioning.

regarding network issues ill paste some terminal output (before installing hyprland):

ip link
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
    link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
2: wlo1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state UP mode DORMANT group default qlen 1000
    link/ether dc:45:46:d4:2b:f0 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    altname wlp0s20f3
    altname wlxdc4546d42bf0

 ╰─λ sudo systemctl status NetworkManager.service
● NetworkManager.service - Network Manager
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/NetworkManager.service; enabled; preset: disabled)
     Active: active (running) since Sat 2025-04-12 21:35:28 -03; 32min ago
 Invocation: 2bfd4ebf4abf4045aa4fd8fefa9629a3
       Docs: man:NetworkManager(8)
   Main PID: 872 (NetworkManager)
      Tasks: 4 (limit: 8876)
     Memory: 33.3M (peak: 35M)
        CPU: 2.384s
     CGroup: /system.slice/NetworkManager.service
             └─872 /usr/bin/NetworkManager --no-daemon

sudo dmesg | grep -i iwlwifi
[  144.611217] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Detected Intel(R) Wireless-AC 9560 160MHz
[  144.693909] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-so-a0-jf-b0-89.ucode failed with error -2
...
[  144.844819] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-so-a0-jf-b0-78.ucode failed with error -2
[  144.850434] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: TLV_FW_FSEQ_VERSION: FSEQ Version: 0.0.2.36
[  144.865521] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: loaded firmware version 77.f92b5fed.0 so-a0-jf-b0-77.ucode op_mode iwlmvm
[  145.154347] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: WFPM_UMAC_PD_NOTIFICATION: 0x1f
[  145.154399] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: WFPM_LMAC2_PD_NOTIFICATION: 0x1f
[  145.154451] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: WFPM_AUTH_KEY_0: 0x90
[  145.154467] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: CNVI_SCU_SEQ_DATA_DW9: 0x0
[  145.154576] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Detected RF JF, rfid=0x105110
[  145.155874] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: RFIm is deactivated, reason = 4
[  145.213613] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: base HW address: dc:45:46:d4:2b:f0
[  145.421493] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: timeout waiting for FW reset ACK (inta_hw=0x0)
[  145.421600] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Start IWL Error Log Dump:
[  145.421602] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Transport status: 0x0000004A, valid: 6
[  145.421604] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Loaded firmware version: 77.f92b5fed.0 so-a0-jf-b0-77.ucode
...
[  145.422233] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: WRT: Collecting data: ini trigger 4 fired (delay=0ms).
[  145.977142] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3 wlo1: renamed from wlan0
[  147.544714] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: WFPM_UMAC_PD_NOTIFICATION: 0x1f
[  147.544771] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: WFPM_LMAC2_PD_NOTIFICATION: 0x1f
[  147.544780] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: WFPM_AUTH_KEY_0: 0x90
[  147.544788] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: CNVI_SCU_SEQ_DATA_DW9: 0x0
[  147.546363] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: RFIm is deactivated, reason = 4
[  147.610822] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Registered PHC clock: iwlwifi-PTP, with index: 0
[  147.836588] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: timeout waiting for FW reset ACK (inta_hw=0x0)
[  147.836704] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Start IWL Error Log Dump:
[  147.836705] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Transport status: 0x0000004A, valid: 6
[  147.836707] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Loaded firmware version: 77.f92b5fed.0 so-a0-jf-b0-77.ucode
[  147.836708] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: 0x00000084 | NMI_INTERRUPT_UNKNOWN       
...
[  148.416774] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: CNVI_SCU_SEQ_DATA_DW9: 0x0
[  148.418232] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: RFIm is deactivated, reason = 4

 ╰─λ sudo lspci -k | grep -A 3 -i network
0000:00:14.3 Network controller: Intel Corporation Alder Lake-P PCH CNVi WiFi (rev 01)
	DeviceName: WLAN
	Subsystem: Intel Corporation Dual Band Wi-Fi 5(802.11ac) Wireless-AC 9560 160MHz 2x2 [Jefferson Peak]
	Kernel driver in use: iwlwifi

 ╰─λ lsmod | grep iwlwifi
iwlwifi               630784  1 iwlmvm
cfg80211             1425408  3 iwlmvm,iwlwifi,mac80211
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Hi there, welcome to the forum.

This might be a recently closed kernel regression:

Due to

wifi: iwlwifi: disable 160 MHz based on subsystem device ID

The driver should not send 160 MHz BW support for 5 GHz
band in HE if PCI subsystem device ID  indicates no 160 MHz support.

In my opinion you should try, using tethering with a mobile phone, to:

  • fully update your system (so including kernel and firmware) and install the LTS and mainline kernels
garuda-update linux-lts linux-lts-headers linux-mainline linux-mainline-headers
  • test all the kernels selecting them each time in the GRUB
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  • bios update and pls think on the relevant entries inside bios (f-boot + secure-b), then
    ASUS Vivobook 15 (X1504) - Support

  • you have dualboot → disable hibernation + fastboot inside M$ + only cold start inside linux then.

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Welcome to the forum @brianmatozo :waving_hand: :smiley:

Changing Iwlwifi driver options (parameters) is the most likely fix for Intel WiFi adapters.

See:

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Hi! sorry for the abstract post, i was really tired at that time.. really liking hyprland so far!

yes! for me switching to LTS fixed the network issues

I’ll need to install windows to update the bios :frowning: . not really sure if the update will last trough the switch, i will try tho

i havent tried this yet as switching to lts fixed the issue, but ill keep this in mind ty!!

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no… open the site…and scroll down ..
you can “read” BIOS for ASUS EZ Flash Utility

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Hi and Welcome,

lol would write the same as @gampel . i can update my bios over the bios when you put the update file on a flash drive and start it over the bios ez update?upgrade tool;)

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Asus is not Acer

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did i overread something? i did not wrote acer? i was on the asus website and i have asus too.

Since some models are not able to update BIOS in Windows, this article will introduce how to update BIOS in BIOS Utility.

on my asus mainboard i have a button i can press to flash a new bios even with no other hardware only power supply but is not on a laptop .

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Only typing..acer.. have only default bios update over M$. Almost all others offer several options. Alphabet thinking..sorry.

Because of his inxi I thought M$ is installed.

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ah i got it yeah acer is very shitti i would say had problems on a acer pc to install hypr or even kde or mokka to it because there is some missing usb support in the isos or whatever :wink:

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one last question.. can i use Wine to install drivers from the asus page?

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I strongly advise against this, they are all windows drivers and do not work on Linux. :wink:

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