Update: the card is working right now. I'll continue to monitor the situation and report back if it ceases to work again. What I just did was open up the laptop, disconnect the wifi card from its m.2 slot (leaving antennas connected - those connectors feel fragile), tape it into an empty part of the laptop case, and then boot the machine. Obviously, no iwl-related dmesg log contents for that boot, since the card wasn't detected. I then turned off the machine, reinserted the card into its m.2 slot, rebooted the machine, and - success!
[ 11.576031] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: WRT: Overriding region id 0 [ 11.576036] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: WRT: Overriding region id 1 [ 11.576038] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: WRT: Overriding region id 2 [ 11.576040] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: WRT: Overriding region id 3 [ 11.576041] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: WRT: Overriding region id 4 [ 11.576043] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: WRT: Overriding region id 6 [ 11.576044] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: WRT: Overriding region id 8 [ 11.576046] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: WRT: Overriding region id 9 [ 11.576047] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: WRT: Overriding region id 10 [ 11.576049] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: WRT: Overriding region id 11 [ 11.576051] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: WRT: Overriding region id 15 [ 11.576052] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: WRT: Overriding region id 16 [ 11.576054] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: WRT: Overriding region id 18 [ 11.576056] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: WRT: Overriding region id 19 [ 11.576057] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: WRT: Overriding region id 20 [ 11.576059] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: WRT: Overriding region id 21 [ 11.576060] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: WRT: Overriding region id 28 [ 11.576456] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: loaded firmware version 46.fae53a8b.0 9000-pu-b0-jf-b0-46.ucode op_mode iwlmvm [ 12.010398] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Detected Intel(R) Wireless-AC 9560 160MHz, REV=0x318 [ 12.082283] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: base HW address: 98:2c:bc:0e:74:0a [ 12.150970] ieee80211 phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'iwl-mvm-rs' [ 12.157671] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3 wlp0s20f3: renamed from wlan0 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux-firmware in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1898301 Title: Intel 9462 and 9560 wifi cards detected but not functional on boot Status in linux-firmware package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: I have made the upgrade from 18.04 to 20.04 since my wifi card raise an error during the boot and is no longer detected. ➜ ~ dmesg | grep iwl [ 8.037224] Loading modules backported from iwlwifi [ 8.037225] iwlwifi-stack-public:master:8794:f51dd362 [ 8.129071] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: WRT: Overriding region id 1 [ 8.129073] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: WRT: Overriding region id 2 [ 8.129074] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: WRT: Overriding region id 3 [ 8.129075] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: WRT: Overriding region id 4 [ 8.129076] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: WRT: Overriding region id 6 [ 8.129077] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: WRT: Overriding region id 8 [ 8.129078] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: WRT: Overriding region id 9 [ 8.129079] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: WRT: Overriding region id 10 [ 8.129080] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: WRT: Overriding region id 11 [ 8.129080] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: WRT: Overriding region id 15 [ 8.129081] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: WRT: Overriding region id 16 [ 8.129082] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: WRT: Overriding region id 18 [ 8.129083] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: WRT: Overriding region id 19 [ 8.129087] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Found debug destination: EXTERNAL_DRAM [ 8.129088] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Found debug configuration: 0 [ 8.129421] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: loaded firmware version 46.6bf1df06.0 9000-pu-b0-jf-b0-46.ucode op_mode iwlmvm [ 8.169443] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Detected Intel(R) Wireless-AC 9462, REV=0x318 [ 9.203265] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: SecBoot CPU1 Status: 0x0, CPU2 Status: 0x0 [ 9.451146] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Not valid error log pointer 0x00000000 for Init uCode [ 9.451160] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Fseq Registers: [ 9.451168] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: 0xBFDB4F7D | FSEQ_ERROR_CODE [ 9.451176] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: 0x00000000 | FSEQ_TOP_INIT_VERSION [ 9.451184] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: 0x7BFDEDBF | FSEQ_CNVIO_INIT_VERSION [ 9.451193] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: 0x0000A384 | FSEQ_OTP_VERSION [ 9.451201] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: 0xB200CDD2 | FSEQ_TOP_CONTENT_VERSION [ 9.451209] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: 0x49441488 | FSEQ_ALIVE_TOKEN [ 9.451218] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: 0x7A4BFC3D | FSEQ_CNVI_ID [ 9.451226] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: 0x4382210F | FSEQ_CNVR_ID [ 9.451234] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: 0x01000100 | CNVI_AUX_MISC_CHIP [ 9.451275] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: 0xA5A5A5A2 | CNVR_AUX_MISC_CHIP [ 9.451349] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: 0xA5A5A5A2 | CNVR_SCU_SD_REGS_SD_REG_DIG_DCDC_VTRIM [ 9.451423] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: 0xA5A5A5A2 | CNVR_SCU_SD_REGS_SD_REG_ACTIVE_VDIG_MIRROR [ 9.451432] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Failed to start INIT ucode: -110 [ 9.464970] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Failed to run INIT ucode: -110 ➜ ~ linux-firmware/focal-updates,focal-updates,now 1.187.3 all [installed] To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-firmware/+bug/1898301/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp