So just to let you know, I am having issues with my ROG Strix g531GT and it’s wifi.
onyx@onyx-pc ~]$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 8th Gen Core Processor Host Bridge/DRAM Registers (rev 07)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6th-10th Gen Core Processor PCIe Controller (x16) (rev 07)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation CoffeeLake-H GT2 [UHD Graphics 630]
00:04.0 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v5/E3-1500 v5/6th Gen Core Processor Thermal Subsystem (rev 07)
00:08.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v5/v6 / E3-1500 v5 / 6th/7th/8th Gen Core Processor Gaussian Mixture Model
00:12.0 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Cannon Lake PCH Thermal Controller (rev 10)
00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Cannon Lake PCH USB 3.1 xHCI Host Controller (rev 10)
00:14.2 RAM memory: Intel Corporation Cannon Lake PCH Shared SRAM (rev 10)
00:14.3 Network controller: Intel Corporation Cannon Lake PCH CNVi WiFi (rev 10)
00:15.0 Serial bus controller: Intel Corporation Cannon Lake PCH Serial IO I2C Controller #0 (rev 10)
00:15.1 Serial bus controller: Intel Corporation Cannon Lake PCH Serial IO I2C Controller #1 (rev 10)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation Cannon Lake PCH HECI Controller (rev 10)
00:17.0 SATA controller: Intel Corporation Cannon Lake Mobile PCH SATA AHCI Controller (rev 10)
00:1d.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Cannon Lake PCH PCI Express Root Port #9 (rev f0)
00:1d.6 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Cannon Lake PCH PCI Express Root Port #15 (rev f0)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation HM470 Chipset LPC/eSPI Controller (rev 10)
00:1f.3 Audio device: Intel Corporation Cannon Lake PCH cAVS (rev 10)
00:1f.4 SMBus: Intel Corporation Cannon Lake PCH SMBus Controller (rev 10)
00:1f.5 Serial bus controller: Intel Corporation Cannon Lake PCH SPI Controller (rev 10)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation TU117M [GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile / Max-Q] (rev a1)
01:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation Device 10fa (rev a1)
02:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller: Intel Corporation SSD 660P Series (rev 03)
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 15)
[onyx@onyx-pc ~]$ uname -a
Linux onyx-pc 5.16.0-zen1-1-zen #1 ZEN SMP PREEMPT Mon, 10 Jan 2022 20:12:01 +0000 x86_64 GNU/Linux
journalctl -xe=
an 15 16:44:31 onyx-pc wpa_supplicant[22484]: wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-SSID-REENABLED id=0 ssid="chal24"
Jan 15 16:44:31 onyx-pc wpa_supplicant[22484]: wlan0: SME: Trying to authenticate with 3c:84:6a:f7:d2:b4 (SSID='chal24' freq=2462 MHz)
Jan 15 16:44:31 onyx-pc kernel: wlan0: authenticate with 3c:84:6a:f7:d2:b4
Jan 15 16:44:31 onyx-pc kernel: wlan0: send auth to 3c:84:6a:f7:d2:b4 (try 1/3)
Jan 15 16:44:31 onyx-pc NetworkManager[733]: <info> [1642218271.0257] device (wlan0): supplicant interface state: scanning -> authenticating
Jan 15 16:44:31 onyx-pc NetworkManager[733]: <info> [1642218271.0257] device (p2p-dev-wlan0): supplicant management interface state: scanning -> authenticating
Jan 15 16:44:31 onyx-pc kernel: wlan0: authenticated
Jan 15 16:44:31 onyx-pc wpa_supplicant[22484]: wlan0: Trying to associate with 3c:84:6a:f7:d2:b4 (SSID='chal24' freq=2462 MHz)
Jan 15 16:44:31 onyx-pc NetworkManager[733]: <info> [1642218271.0658] device (wlan0): supplicant interface state: authenticating -> associating
Jan 15 16:44:31 onyx-pc NetworkManager[733]: <info> [1642218271.0658] device (p2p-dev-wlan0): supplicant management interface state: authenticating -> associating
Jan 15 16:44:31 onyx-pc kernel: wlan0: associate with 3c:84:6a:f7:d2:b4 (try 1/3)
Jan 15 16:44:31 onyx-pc kernel: wlan0: associate with 3c:84:6a:f7:d2:b4 (try 2/3)
Jan 15 16:44:31 onyx-pc kernel: wlan0: associate with 3c:84:6a:f7:d2:b4 (try 3/3)
Jan 15 16:44:31 onyx-pc kernel: wlan0: association with 3c:84:6a:f7:d2:b4 timed out
Jan 15 16:44:31 onyx-pc wpa_supplicant[22484]: wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-SSID-TEMP-DISABLED id=0 ssid="chal24" auth_failures=2 duration=20 reason=CONN_FAILED
Jan 15 16:44:31 onyx-pc NetworkManager[733]: <info> [1642218271.4096] device (wlan0): supplicant interface state: associating -> disconnected
Jan 15 16:44:31 onyx-pc NetworkManager[733]: <info> [1642218271.4096] device (p2p-dev-wlan0): supplicant management interface state: associating -> disconnected
Jan 15 16:44:32 onyx-pc audit[733]: USYS_CONFIG pid=733 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 msg='op=statistics interface="eno2" ifindex=4 args=0 pid=1221 uid=1000 result=success exe="/usr/bin/NetworkManager" hostname=? addr=? terminal>
Jan 15 16:44:32 onyx-pc NetworkManager[733]: <info> [1642218272.7805] audit: op="statistics" interface="eno2" ifindex=4 args="0" pid=1221 uid=1000 result="success"
Jan 15 16:44:32 onyx-pc kernel: audit: type=1111 audit(1642218272.779:230): pid=733 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 msg='op=statistics interface="eno2" ifindex=4 args=0 pid=1221 uid=1000 result=success exe="/usr/bin/NetworkManager>
Jan 15 16:44:41 onyx-pc NetworkManager[733]: <info> [1642218281.4189] device (wlan0): supplicant interface state: disconnected -> scanning
Jan 15 16:44:41 onyx-pc NetworkManager[733]: <info> [1642218281.4190] device (p2p-dev-wlan0): supplicant management interface state: disconnected -> scanning
Jan 15 16:44:43 onyx-pc NetworkManager[733]: <warn> [1642218283.5054] device (wlan0): Activation: (wifi) association took too long
Jan 15 16:44:43 onyx-pc NetworkManager[733]: <info> [1642218283.5054] device (wlan0): state change: config -> failed (reason 'no-secrets', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
Jan 15 16:44:43 onyx-pc NetworkManager[733]: <info> [1642218283.5077] device (wlan0): set-hw-addr: set MAC address to 06:17:AA:91:F6:7D (scanning)
Jan 15 16:44:43 onyx-pc NetworkManager[733]: <warn> [1642218283.5118] device (wlan0): Activation: failed for connection 'chal24'
Jan 15 16:44:43 onyx-pc NetworkManager[733]: <info> [1642218283.5123] device (wlan0): state change: failed -> disconnected (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
Jan 15 16:44:43 onyx-pc NetworkManager[733]: <info> [1642218283.5310] device (wlan0): supplicant interface state: scanning -> disconnected
Jan 15 16:44:43 onyx-pc NetworkManager[733]: <info> [1642218283.5311] device (p2p-dev-wlan0): supplicant management interface state: scanning -> disconnected
Jan 15 16:44:43 onyx-pc NetworkManager[733]: <info> [1642218283.5363] device (wlan0): supplicant interface state: disconnected -> inactive
Jan 15 16:44:43 onyx-pc NetworkManager[733]: <info> [1642218283.5363] device (p2p-dev-wlan0): supplicant management interface state: disconnected -> inactive
Jan 15 16:44:53 onyx-pc xdg-desktop-portal-kde[1983]: xdp-kde-background: GetAppState called: no parameters
The problem is I cannot connect to a 2.4 Ghz wifi access point in my office any more, even after forgetting the connection. My phone connects to the AP just fine, as do the other phones here. My laptop connects to the AP in 5.0Ghz mode just fine. Not so for 2.4 Ghz. I have copied the password directly from the admin control panel, so no typo errors.
All I can put it down to is the recent update to 5.16. Not a deal breaker, as I mostly run ethernet anyhow, it just surprised me.