New installation on an old PC - Wifi not working

[stevef]

Was just going to post asking for more information - take trinidad's advice first to avoid confusing things.

[christinej]

Thank you both for your help!

I'm sorry trinidad I'm not that skilled and don't understand the "adding the kernel param to boot" part
Also I searched in the Bios for powersave options but could not find any. I have an old legacy BIOS with only a few options. Where could I find this?

Thank you!
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Update: I tried with "pcie_aspm=force", but this does not seem to have changed anything.
Is this what you had in mind @trinidad?

@stevef, happy to get you more information to help solve this issue

[stevef]

reposting due to a formatting error.

I've not seen an obvious problem yet, so any additional help is welcome.
It's important just to change one thing at a time.
If you change something which doesn't have a positive effect, change it back to the original setting.

I'll try not to ask you to change anything (unless we find something obvious).

To try to see what NetworkManager is doing, please open a terminal.
Click 'Edit' on the terminal window, then 'Preferences'.
Under the 'General' tab, put a tick in the 'Unlimited Scrollback', then 'Close'

Once done, enter these commands in turn.
These reports may display one screen at a time, with a line like

lines 1-23

after each screen. Press space bar to view the whole of the report. When you see the

(END)

marker, press 'q' to return to the system prompt.

Code:

nmcli

Code:

nmcli general

Code:

nmcli device show

Code:

nmcli connection show

Code:

service NetworkManager status

Code:

journalctl -b -u NetworkManager

Once done, scroll up the terminal window to the first command and copy the results back to the thread.

Thank you

[christinej]

First, I changed back the "pcie_aspm=off"

Here are the results you asked for:

Thanks!

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 christinej  ~  nmcli
enp5s0: connecté à Wired connection 1
        "Qualcomm Atheros AR8151 v2.0"
        ethernet (atl1c), 10:BF:48:9C:C4:B6, hw, mtu 1500
        ip4 par défaut, ip6 par défaut
        inet4 192.168.1.183/24
        route4 192.168.1.0/24 metric 100
        route4 default via 192.168.1.254 metric 100
        inet6 2001:861:5b83:28d0:84ed:4e78:30e:e27/64
        inet6 2001:861:5b83:28d0:4aa9:c764:24a5:10cb/64
        inet6 fe80::c975:cc6e:7455:e50/64
        route6 fe80::/64 metric 1024
        route6 2001:861:5b83:28d0::/64 metric 100
        route6 default via fe80::b2fc:88ff:fe8c:2c6c metric 100

lo: connecté (en externe) à lo
        "lo"
        loopback (unknown), 00:00:00:00:00:00, sw, mtu 65536
        inet4 127.0.0.1/8
        inet6 ::1/128

wlp3s0: déconnecté
        "Intel Centrino 100"
        wifi (iwlwifi), 78:92:9C:A1:3A:FE, hw, mtu 1500

DNS configuration:
        servers: 192.168.1.254
        domains: lan
        interface: enp5s0

        servers: 2001:861:5b83:28d0:b2fc:88ff:fe8c:2c6c
        domains: lan
        interface: enp5s0

Utilisez « nmcli device show » pour obtenir des informations complètes sur les >

Consultez les pages de manuel nmcli(1) et nmcli-examples(7) pour les détails co>
 christinej  ~  nmcli general
STATE    CONNECTIVITY  WIFI-HW  WIFI    WWAN-HW  WWAN 
connecté  plein        activé  activé  missing  activé
 christinej  ~  nmcli device show
GENERAL.DEVICE:                        enp5s0
GENERAL.TYPE:                          ethernet
GENERAL.HWADDR:                        10:BF:48:9C:C4:B6
GENERAL.MTU:                            1500
GENERAL.STATE:                          100 (connecté)
GENERAL.CONNECTION:                    Wired connection 1
GENERAL.CON-PATH:                      /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/ActiveC>
WIRED-PROPERTIES.CARRIER:              marche
IP4.ADDRESS[1]:                        192.168.1.183/24
IP4.GATEWAY:                            192.168.1.254
IP4.ROUTE[1]:                          dst = 192.168.1.0/24, nh = 0.0.0.0, mt >
IP4.ROUTE[2]:                          dst = 0.0.0.0/0, nh = 192.168.1.254, mt>
IP4.DNS[1]:                            192.168.1.254
IP4.DOMAIN[1]:                          lan
IP6.ADDRESS[1]:                        2001:861:5b83:28d0:84ed:4e78:30e:e27/64
IP6.ADDRESS[2]:                        2001:861:5b83:28d0:4aa9:c764:24a5:10cb/>
IP6.ADDRESS[3]:                        fe80::c975:cc6e:7455:e50/64
IP6.GATEWAY:                            fe80::b2fc:88ff:fe8c:2c6c
IP6.ROUTE[1]:                          dst = fe80::/64, nh = ::, mt = 1024
IP6.ROUTE[2]:                          dst = 2001:861:5b83:28d0::/64, nh = ::,>
IP6.ROUTE[3]:                          dst = ::/0, nh = fe80::b2fc:88ff:fe8c:2>
IP6.DNS[1]:                            2001:861:5b83:28d0:b2fc:88ff:fe8c:2c6c
IP6.SEARCHES[1]:                        lan

GENERAL.DEVICE:                        lo
GENERAL.TYPE:                          loopback
GENERAL.HWADDR:                        00:00:00:00:00:00
GENERAL.MTU:                            65536
GENERAL.STATE:                          100 (connecté (en externe))
GENERAL.CONNECTION:                    lo
GENERAL.CON-PATH:                      /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/ActiveC>
IP4.ADDRESS[1]:                        127.0.0.1/8
IP4.GATEWAY:                            --
IP6.ADDRESS[1]:                        ::1/128
IP6.GATEWAY:                            --

GENERAL.DEVICE:                        wlp3s0
GENERAL.TYPE:                          wifi
GENERAL.HWADDR:                        78:92:9C:A1:3A:FE
GENERAL.MTU:                            1500
GENERAL.STATE:                          30 (déconnecté)
GENERAL.CONNECTION:                    --
GENERAL.CON-PATH:                      --
IP4.GATEWAY:                            --
IP6.GATEWAY:                            --
 christinej  ~  nmcli connection show
NAME                UUID                                  TYPE      DEVICE
Wired connection 1  a1cdef1a-d4fd-3e44-bc49-3e365082ec78  ethernet  enp5s0
lo                  4496cde7-8e69-49ac-92d0-690bf0ce2465  loopback  lo   
 christinej  ~  service NetworkManager status
● NetworkManager.service - Network Manager
    Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/NetworkManager.service; enabled; p>
    Active: active (running) since Fri 2025-07-04 20:55:32 CEST; 7min ago
      Docs: man:NetworkManager(8)
  Main PID: 912 (NetworkManager)
      Tasks: 4 (limit: 6727)
    Memory: 13.0M (peak: 29.7M)
        CPU: 724ms
    CGroup: /system.slice/NetworkManager.service
            └─912 /usr/sbin/NetworkManager --no-daemon

Jul 04 20:55:33 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[912]: <info>  [1751655333.1851]>
Jul 04 20:55:33 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[912]: <info>  [1751655333.1856]>
Jul 04 20:55:33 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[912]: <info>  [1751655333.1862]>
Jul 04 20:55:33 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[912]: <info>  [1751655333.1867]>
Jul 04 20:55:33 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[912]: <info>  [1751655333.1877]>
Jul 04 20:55:33 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[912]: <info>  [1751655333.4927]>
Jul 04 20:55:34 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[912]: <info>  [1751655334.8136]>
Jul 04 20:55:34 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[912]: <info>  [1751655334.8157]>
Jul 04 20:55:34 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[912]: <info>  [1751655334.8207]>
Jul 04 20:56:06 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[912]: <info>  [1751655366.5215]>
 christinej  ~  journalctl -b -u NetworkManager
Jul 04 20:55:31 christinej-K53SD systemd[1]: Starting NetworkManager.service - >
Jul 04 20:55:31 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[912]: <info>  [1751655331.6707]>
Jul 04 20:55:31 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[912]: <info>  [1751655331.6712]>
Jul 04 20:55:31 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[912]: <info>  [1751655331.6843]>
Jul 04 20:55:31 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[912]: <info>  [1751655331.6844]>
Jul 04 20:55:31 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[912]: <info>  [1751655331.8560]>
Jul 04 20:55:31 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[912]: <info>  [1751655331.8561]>
Jul 04 20:55:31 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[912]: <info>  [1751655331.8599]>
Jul 04 20:55:31 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[912]: <info>  [1751655331.8628]>
Jul 04 20:55:31 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[912]: <info>  [1751655331.8640]>
Jul 04 20:55:31 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[912]: <info>  [1751655331.8678]>
Jul 04 20:55:31 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[912]: <info>  [1751655331.8678]>
Jul 04 20:55:31 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[912]: <info>  [1751655331.8772]>
Jul 04 20:55:31 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[912]: <info>  [1751655331.8789]>
Jul 04 20:55:31 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[912]: <info>  [1751655331.8820]>
Jul 04 20:55:31 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[912]: <info>  [1751655331.8837]>
Jul 04 20:55:31 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[912]: <info>  [1751655331.8872]>
Jul 04 20:55:31 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[912]: <info>  [1751655331.8904]>
Jul 04 20:55:31 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[912]: <info>  [1751655331.8906]>
Jul 04 20:55:31 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[912]: <info>  [1751655331.8907]>
Jul 04 20:55:31 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[912]: <info>  [1751655331.8931]>
Jul 04 20:55:31 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[912]: <info>  [1751655331.8932]>
Jul 04 20:55:31 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[912]: <info>  [1751655331.8933]>
Jul 04 20:55:31 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[912]: <info>  [1751655331.8933]>
Jul 04 20:55:31 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[912]: <info>  [1751655331.8933]>
Jul 04 20:55:31 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[912]: <info>  [1751655331.8934]>
Jul 04 20:55:32 christinej-K53SD generate[976]: Permissions for /etc/netplan/01>
Jul 04 20:55:32 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[912]: <info>  [1751655332.8086]>
Jul 04 20:55:32 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[912]: <info>  [1751655332.8091]>
Jul 04 20:55:32 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[912]: <info>  [1751655332.8135]>
Jul 04 20:55:32 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[912]: <info>  [1751655332.8149]>
Jul 04 20:55:32 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[912]: <info>  [1751655332.8169]>
Jul 04 20:55:32 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[912]: <info>  [1751655332.8196]>
Jul 04 20:55:32 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[912]: <info>  [1751655332.8227]>
Jul 04 20:55:32 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[912]: <info>  [1751655332.8227]>
Jul 04 20:55:32 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[912]: <info>  [1751655332.8306]>
Jul 04 20:55:32 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[912]: <info>  [1751655332.8311]>
Jul 04 20:55:32 christinej-K53SD systemd[1]: Started NetworkManager.service - N>
Jul 04 20:55:32 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[912]: <info>  [1751655332.9519]>
Jul 04 20:55:32 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[912]: <info>  [1751655332.9536]>
Jul 04 20:55:32 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[912]: <info>  [1751655332.9541]>
Jul 04 20:55:32 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[912]: <info>  [1751655332.9569]>
Jul 04 20:55:32 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[912]: <info>  [1751655332.9576]>
Jul 04 20:55:32 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[912]: <info>  [1751655332.9588]>
Jul 04 20:55:32 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[912]: <info>  [1751655332.9603]>
Jul 04 20:55:32 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[912]: <info>  [1751655332.9616]>
Jul 04 20:55:32 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[912]: <info>  [1751655332.9617]>
Jul 04 20:55:32 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[912]: <info>  [1751655332.9624]>
Jul 04 20:55:32 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[912]: <info>  [1751655332.9627]>
Jul 04 20:55:32 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[912]: <info>  [1751655332.9631]>
Jul 04 20:55:32 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[912]: <info>  [1751655332.9634]>
Jul 04 20:55:32 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[912]: <info>  [1751655332.9645]>
Jul 04 20:55:32 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[912]: <info>  [1751655332.9650]>
Jul 04 20:55:32 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[912]: <info>  [1751655332.9658]>
Jul 04 20:55:32 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[912]: <info>  [1751655332.9667]>
Jul 04 20:55:32 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[912]: <info>  [1751655332.9677]>
Jul 04 20:55:32 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[912]: <info>  [1751655332.9762]>
Jul 04 20:55:32 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[912]: <info>  [1751655332.9898]>
Jul 04 20:55:32 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[912]: <info>  [1751655332.9899]>
Jul 04 20:55:33 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[912]: <info>  [1751655333.1694]>
Jul 04 20:55:33 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[912]: <info>  [1751655333.1710]>
Jul 04 20:55:33 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[912]: <info>  [1751655333.1816]>
Jul 04 20:55:33 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[912]: <info>  [1751655333.1851]>
Jul 04 20:55:33 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[912]: <info>  [1751655333.1856]>
Jul 04 20:55:33 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[912]: <info>  [1751655333.1862]>
Jul 04 20:55:33 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[912]: <info>  [1751655333.1867]>
Jul 04 20:55:33 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[912]: <info>  [1751655333.1877]>
Jul 04 20:55:33 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[912]: <info>  [1751655333.4927]>
Jul 04 20:55:34 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[912]: <info>  [1751655334.8136]>
Jul 04 20:55:34 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[912]: <info>  [1751655334.8157]>
Jul 04 20:55:34 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[912]: <info>  [1751655334.8207]>
Jul 04 20:56:06 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[912]: <info>  [1751655366.5215]>
 christinej  ~ 

[stevef]

Thank you

We need to understand this line

GENERAL.STATE:                          30 (déconnecté)

Unfortunately, the log you've posted is incomplete - my fault for not explaining properly.
The '>' character at the right hand side means there is more information, but the output has been truncated to fit in the terminal window.

Please can you make your terminal as wide as possible and repeat the nmcli and Networkmanager commands.
If the '>' character still appears on the right, try reducing the font size (found under Edit, Preferences on the 'Appearance' tab) until the whole of each line is visible.
Then copy and paste the results back.

[christinej]

So sorry about that
Here are the full results:

Thanks!

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nmcli device show
GENERAL.DEVICE:                        enp5s0
GENERAL.TYPE:                          ethernet
GENERAL.HWADDR:                        10:BF:48:9C:C4:B6
GENERAL.MTU:                            1500
GENERAL.STATE:                          100 (connecté)
GENERAL.CONNECTION:                    Wired connection 1
GENERAL.CON-PATH:                      /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/ActiveConnection/2
WIRED-PROPERTIES.CARRIER:              marche
IP4.ADDRESS[1]:                        192.168.1.183/24
IP4.GATEWAY:                            192.168.1.254
IP4.ROUTE[1]:                          dst = 192.168.1.0/24, nh = 0.0.0.0, mt = 100
IP4.ROUTE[2]:                          dst = 0.0.0.0/0, nh = 192.168.1.254, mt = 100
IP4.DNS[1]:                            192.168.1.254
IP4.DOMAIN[1]:                          lan
IP6.ADDRESS[1]:                        2001:861:5b83:28d0:a10b:6d36:c058:fa23/64
IP6.ADDRESS[2]:                        2001:861:5b83:28d0:4aa9:c764:24a5:10cb/64
IP6.ADDRESS[3]:                        fe80::c975:cc6e:7455:e50/64
IP6.GATEWAY:                            fe80::b2fc:88ff:fe8c:2c6c
IP6.ROUTE[1]:                          dst = fe80::/64, nh = ::, mt = 1024
IP6.ROUTE[2]:                          dst = 2001:861:5b83:28d0::/64, nh = ::, mt = 100
IP6.ROUTE[3]:                          dst = ::/0, nh = fe80::b2fc:88ff:fe8c:2c6c, mt = 100
IP6.DNS[1]:                            2001:861:5b83:28d0:b2fc:88ff:fe8c:2c6c
IP6.SEARCHES[1]:                        lan

GENERAL.DEVICE:                        lo
GENERAL.TYPE:                          loopback
GENERAL.HWADDR:                        00:00:00:00:00:00
GENERAL.MTU:                            65536
GENERAL.STATE:                          100 (connecté (en externe))
GENERAL.CONNECTION:                    lo
GENERAL.CON-PATH:                      /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/ActiveConnection/1
IP4.ADDRESS[1]:                        127.0.0.1/8
IP4.GATEWAY:                            --
IP6.ADDRESS[1]:                        ::1/128
IP6.GATEWAY:                            --

GENERAL.DEVICE:                        wlp3s0
GENERAL.TYPE:                          wifi
GENERAL.HWADDR:                        78:92:9C:A1:3A:FE
GENERAL.MTU:                            1500
GENERAL.STATE:                          30 (déconnecté)
GENERAL.CONNECTION:                    --
GENERAL.CON-PATH:                      --
IP4.GATEWAY:                            --
IP6.GATEWAY:                            --

---

nmcli connection show
NAME                UUID                                  TYPE      DEVICE
Wired connection 1  a1cdef1a-d4fd-3e44-bc49-3e365082ec78  ethernet  enp5s0
lo                  1b0593e5-6012-42e5-ab7f-4b4d0ac43bbe  loopback  lo   

---

service NetworkManager status
● NetworkManager.service - Network Manager
    Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/NetworkManager.service; enabled; preset: enabled)
    Active: active (running) since Fri 2025-07-04 22:16:58 CEST; 9min ago
      Docs: man:NetworkManager(8)
  Main PID: 913 (NetworkManager)
      Tasks: 4 (limit: 6727)
    Memory: 12.9M (peak: 29.6M)
        CPU: 722ms
    CGroup: /system.slice/NetworkManager.service
            └─913 /usr/sbin/NetworkManager --no-daemon

Jul 04 22:16:59 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[913]: <info>  [1751660219.0579] device (enp5s0): state change: ip-check -> secondaries (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
Jul 04 22:16:59 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[913]: <info>  [1751660219.0582] device (enp5s0): state change: secondaries -> activated (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
Jul 04 22:16:59 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[913]: <info>  [1751660219.0589] manager: NetworkManager state is now CONNECTED_SITE
Jul 04 22:16:59 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[913]: <info>  [1751660219.0594] device (enp5s0): Activation: successful, device activated.
Jul 04 22:16:59 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[913]: <info>  [1751660219.0604] manager: NetworkManager state is now CONNECTED_GLOBAL
Jul 04 22:16:59 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[913]: <info>  [1751660219.4265] manager: startup complete
Jul 04 22:17:00 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[913]: <info>  [1751660220.6489] dhcp6 (enp5s0): activation: beginning transaction (timeout in 45 seconds)
Jul 04 22:17:00 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[913]: <info>  [1751660220.6509] policy: set 'Wired connection 1' (enp5s0) as default for IPv6 routing and DNS
Jul 04 22:17:00 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[913]: <info>  [1751660220.6555] dhcp6 (enp5s0): state changed new lease
Jul 04 22:17:29 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[913]: <info>  [1751660249.7540] agent-manager: agent[c6758fcc94bf550a,:1.50/org.freedesktop.nm-applet/1000]: agent registered

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journalctl -b -u NetworkManager
Jul 04 22:16:57 christinej-K53SD systemd[1]: Starting NetworkManager.service - Network Manager...
Jul 04 22:16:57 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[913]: <info>  [1751660217.7133] NetworkManager (version 1.46.0) is starting... (boot:16f6b452-5f3e-4631-b593-1b29b462c36b)
Jul 04 22:16:57 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[913]: <info>  [1751660217.7138] Read config: /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf (lib: 10-dns-resolved.conf, no-mac-addr-change.conf) (etc: 10-globally-managed-devi>
Jul 04 22:16:57 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[913]: <info>  [1751660217.7331] manager[0x5dbb25e81460]: monitoring kernel firmware directory '/lib/firmware'.
Jul 04 22:16:57 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[913]: <info>  [1751660217.7332] monitoring ifupdown state file '/run/network/ifstate'.
Jul 04 22:16:57 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[913]: <info>  [1751660217.8760] hostname: hostname: using hostnamed
Jul 04 22:16:57 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[913]: <info>  [1751660217.8762] hostname: static hostname changed from (none) to "christinej-K53SD"
Jul 04 22:16:57 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[913]: <info>  [1751660217.8780] dns-mgr: init: dns=systemd-resolved rc-manager=unmanaged (auto), plugin=systemd-resolved
Jul 04 22:16:57 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[913]: <info>  [1751660217.8821] rfkill1: found Wi-Fi radio killswitch (at /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.1/0000:03:00.0/ieee80211/phy0/rfkill1) (driver iwlwifi)
Jul 04 22:16:57 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[913]: <info>  [1751660217.8826] rfkill0: found Wi-Fi radio killswitch (at /sys/devices/platform/asus-nb-wmi/rfkill/rfkill0) (platform driver asus-nb-wmi)
Jul 04 22:16:57 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[913]: <info>  [1751660217.8840] manager[0x5dbb25e81460]: rfkill: Wi-Fi hardware radio set enabled
Jul 04 22:16:57 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[913]: <info>  [1751660217.8841] manager[0x5dbb25e81460]: rfkill: WWAN hardware radio set enabled
Jul 04 22:16:57 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[913]: <info>  [1751660217.8915] Loaded device plugin: NMBluezManager (/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/NetworkManager/1.46.0/libnm-device-plugin-bluetooth.so)
Jul 04 22:16:57 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[913]: <info>  [1751660217.8924] Loaded device plugin: NMWwanFactory (/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/NetworkManager/1.46.0/libnm-device-plugin-wwan.so)
Jul 04 22:16:57 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[913]: <info>  [1751660217.8934] Loaded device plugin: NMAtmManager (/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/NetworkManager/1.46.0/libnm-device-plugin-adsl.so)
Jul 04 22:16:57 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[913]: <info>  [1751660217.8952] Loaded device plugin: NMWifiFactory (/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/NetworkManager/1.46.0/libnm-device-plugin-wifi.so)
Jul 04 22:16:57 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[913]: <info>  [1751660217.8986] Loaded device plugin: NMTeamFactory (/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/NetworkManager/1.46.0/libnm-device-plugin-team.so)
Jul 04 22:16:57 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[913]: <info>  [1751660217.8992] manager: rfkill: Wi-Fi enabled by radio killswitch; enabled by state file
Jul 04 22:16:57 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[913]: <info>  [1751660217.8993] manager: rfkill: WWAN enabled by radio killswitch; enabled by state file
Jul 04 22:16:57 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[913]: <info>  [1751660217.8994] manager: Networking is enabled by state file
Jul 04 22:16:57 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[913]: <info>  [1751660217.9019] settings: Loaded settings plugin: ifupdown ("/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/NetworkManager/1.46.0/libnm-settings-plugin-ifupdown.so")
Jul 04 22:16:57 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[913]: <info>  [1751660217.9020] settings: Loaded settings plugin: keyfile (internal)
Jul 04 22:16:57 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[913]: <info>  [1751660217.9020] ifupdown: management mode: managed
Jul 04 22:16:57 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[913]: <info>  [1751660217.9022] ifupdown:      interface-parser: parsing file /etc/network/interfaces
Jul 04 22:16:57 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[913]: <info>  [1751660217.9023] ifupdown:      interface-parser: source line includes interfaces file(s) /etc/network/interfaces.d
Jul 04 22:16:57 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[913]: <info>  [1751660217.9025] ifupdown:      interface-parser: finished parsing file /etc/network/interfaces
Jul 04 22:16:58 christinej-K53SD generate[978]: Permissions for /etc/netplan/01-netcfg.yaml are too open. Netplan configuration should NOT be accessible by others.
Jul 04 22:16:58 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[913]: <info>  [1751660218.7608] dhcp: init: Using DHCP client 'internal'
Jul 04 22:16:58 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[913]: <info>  [1751660218.7613] manager: (lo): new Loopback device (/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/1)
Jul 04 22:16:58 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[913]: <info>  [1751660218.7635] device (lo): state change: unmanaged -> unavailable (reason 'connection-assumed', sys-iface-state: 'external')
Jul 04 22:16:58 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[913]: <info>  [1751660218.7646] device (lo): state change: unavailable -> disconnected (reason 'connection-assumed', sys-iface-state: 'external')
Jul 04 22:16:58 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[913]: <info>  [1751660218.7660] device (lo): Activation: starting connection 'lo' (1b0593e5-6012-42e5-ab7f-4b4d0ac43bbe)
Jul 04 22:16:58 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[913]: <info>  [1751660218.7677] manager: (enp5s0): new Ethernet device (/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/2)
Jul 04 22:16:58 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[913]: <info>  [1751660218.7697] settings: (enp5s0): created default wired connection 'Wired connection 1'
Jul 04 22:16:58 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[913]: <info>  [1751660218.7698] device (enp5s0): state change: unmanaged -> unavailable (reason 'managed', sys-iface-state: 'external')
Jul 04 22:16:58 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[913]: <info>  [1751660218.7767] manager: (wlp3s0): new 802.11 Wi-Fi device (/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/3)
Jul 04 22:16:58 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[913]: <info>  [1751660218.7773] device (wlp3s0): state change: unmanaged -> unavailable (reason 'managed', sys-iface-state: 'external')
Jul 04 22:16:58 christinej-K53SD systemd[1]: Started NetworkManager.service - Network Manager.
Jul 04 22:16:58 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[913]: <info>  [1751660218.8888] bus-manager: acquired D-Bus service "org.freedesktop.NetworkManager"
Jul 04 22:16:58 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[913]: <info>  [1751660218.8908] device (lo): state change: disconnected -> prepare (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'external')
Jul 04 22:16:58 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[913]: <info>  [1751660218.8913] device (lo): state change: prepare -> config (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'external')
Jul 04 22:16:58 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[913]: <info>  [1751660218.8917] device (lo): state change: config -> ip-config (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'external')
Jul 04 22:16:58 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[913]: <info>  [1751660218.8924] device (enp5s0): carrier: link connected
Jul 04 22:16:58 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[913]: <info>  [1751660218.8939] device (lo): state change: ip-config -> ip-check (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'external')
Jul 04 22:16:58 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[913]: <info>  [1751660218.8951] device (enp5s0): state change: unavailable -> disconnected (reason 'carrier-changed', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
Jul 04 22:16:58 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[913]: <info>  [1751660218.8965] modem-manager: ModemManager available
Jul 04 22:16:58 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[913]: <info>  [1751660218.8966] policy: auto-activating connection 'Wired connection 1' (a1cdef1a-d4fd-3e44-bc49-3e365082ec78)
Jul 04 22:16:58 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[913]: <info>  [1751660218.8976] device (enp5s0): Activation: starting connection 'Wired connection 1' (a1cdef1a-d4fd-3e44-bc49-3e365082ec78)
Jul 04 22:16:58 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[913]: <info>  [1751660218.8978] device (enp5s0): state change: disconnected -> prepare (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
Jul 04 22:16:58 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[913]: <info>  [1751660218.8983] manager: NetworkManager state is now CONNECTING
Jul 04 22:16:58 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[913]: <info>  [1751660218.8985] device (enp5s0): state change: prepare -> config (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
Jul 04 22:16:58 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[913]: <info>  [1751660218.9000] device (lo): state change: ip-check -> secondaries (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'external')
Jul 04 22:16:58 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[913]: <info>  [1751660218.9014] device (enp5s0): state change: config -> ip-config (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
Jul 04 22:16:58 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[913]: <info>  [1751660218.9021] dhcp4 (enp5s0): activation: beginning transaction (timeout in 45 seconds)
Jul 04 22:16:58 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[913]: <info>  [1751660218.9027] device (lo): state change: secondaries -> activated (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'external')
Jul 04 22:16:58 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[913]: <info>  [1751660218.9036] device (lo): Activation: successful, device activated.
Jul 04 22:16:58 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[913]: <info>  [1751660218.9120] dhcp4 (enp5s0): state changed new lease, address=192.168.1.183, acd pending
Jul 04 22:16:58 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[913]: <info>  [1751660218.9223] device (wlp3s0): supplicant interface state: internal-starting -> disconnected
Jul 04 22:16:58 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[913]: <info>  [1751660218.9235] device (wlp3s0): state change: unavailable -> disconnected (reason 'supplicant-available', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
Jul 04 22:16:59 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[913]: <info>  [1751660219.0454] dhcp4 (enp5s0): state changed new lease, address=192.168.1.183
Jul 04 22:16:59 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[913]: <info>  [1751660219.0459] policy: set 'Wired connection 1' (enp5s0) as default for IPv4 routing and DNS
Jul 04 22:16:59 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[913]: <info>  [1751660219.0544] device (enp5s0): state change: ip-config -> ip-check (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
Jul 04 22:16:59 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[913]: <info>  [1751660219.0579] device (enp5s0): state change: ip-check -> secondaries (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
Jul 04 22:16:59 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[913]: <info>  [1751660219.0582] device (enp5s0): state change: secondaries -> activated (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
Jul 04 22:16:59 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[913]: <info>  [1751660219.0589] manager: NetworkManager state is now CONNECTED_SITE
Jul 04 22:16:59 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[913]: <info>  [1751660219.0594] device (enp5s0): Activation: successful, device activated.
Jul 04 22:16:59 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[913]: <info>  [1751660219.0604] manager: NetworkManager state is now CONNECTED_GLOBAL
Jul 04 22:16:59 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[913]: <info>  [1751660219.4265] manager: startup complete
Jul 04 22:17:00 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[913]: <info>  [1751660220.6489] dhcp6 (enp5s0): activation: beginning transaction (timeout in 45 seconds)
Jul 04 22:17:00 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[913]: <info>  [1751660220.6509] policy: set 'Wired connection 1' (enp5s0) as default for IPv6 routing and DNS
Jul 04 22:17:00 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[913]: <info>  [1751660220.6555] dhcp6 (enp5s0): state changed new lease
Jul 04 22:17:29 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[913]: <info>  [1751660249.7540] agent-manager: agent[c6758fcc94bf550a,:1.50/org.freedesktop.nm-applet/1000]: agent registered

[stevef]

So sorry about that

No need to be - I didn't anticipate it would be a problem.

The log appears normal up to and including this line

Jul 04 22:16:58 christinej-K53SD NetworkManager[913]: <info>  [1751660218.9235] device (wlp3s0): state change: unavailable -> disconnected (reason 'supplicant-available', sys-iface-state: 'managed')

It should progress from the 'disconnected' state but just appears to stop.

Further commands to try

Code:

systemctl status NetworkManager

Code:

nmcli device status

Code:

nmcli device wifi

Code:

nmcli device show wlp3s0

Code:

lspci -vvnn | grep -i network

Did you ever try the wifi after booting a Linux Lite version 6 Live Media ?
If so, did it work ?