Ubuntu Version: Ubuntu Studio 26.04
Desktop Environment (if applicable): KDE Plasma
Problem Description:
After installing Ubuntu Studio 26.04, my Wi-Fi dongle is not working.
It worked fine under Ubuntu Studio 22.04 and 24.04.
Relevant System Information:
Wi-Fi dongle brand is TP-LINK TL-WN422G.
Screenshots or Error Messages:
When I insert this Wi-Fi dongle to USB port, this notification appears: “USB Device Detected. ATHEROS USB2.0 WLAN has been connected.”
But I cannot see it in System Settings - Wi-Fi & Internet - Wi-Fi & Networking.
What I’ve Tried:
Result of wireless-info script:
########## wireless info START ##########
/home/wahyu/wireless-info: line 148: last: command not foundReport from: 02 May 2026 22:44 WIB +0700
Booted last: 02 May 2026 00:00 WIB +0700
Script from: 27 Aug 2024 10:55 UTC +0000
release
Distributor ID: UbuntuDescription: Ubuntu 26.04 LTSRelease: 26.04Codename: resolute
kernel
Linux 7.0.0-15-generic #15-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Wed Apr 22 16:06:43 UTC 2026 x86_64 unknown unknown GNU/Linux
Parameters: ro, quiet, splash, preempt=full, threadirqs, rcu_nocbs=all
desktop
plasma
lspci
03:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller [10ec:8168] (rev 06)Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Onboard Ethernet [1458:e000]Kernel driver in use: r8169Kernel modules: r8169
lsusb
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hubBus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching HubBus 001 Device 006: ID 0cf3:1006 Qualcomm Atheros Communications TP-Link TL-WN322G v3 / TL-WN422G v2 802.11g [Atheros AR9271]Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hubBus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching HubBus 002 Device 004: ID 046d:c542 Logitech, Inc. M185 compact wireless mouseBus 002 Device 005: ID 058f:6366 Alcor Micro Corp. Multi Flash ReaderBus 002 Device 006: ID 046d:c534 Logitech, Inc. Nano ReceiverBus 002 Device 007: ID 046d:c534 Logitech, Inc. Nano ReceiverBus 002 Device 016: ID 2717:ff80 Xiaomi Inc. Mi/Redmi series (RNDIS)
PCMCIA card info
rfkill
secure boot
This system doesn’t support Secure Boot
lsmod
ath9k_htc 122880 0ath9k_common 53248 1 ath9k_htcmac80211 1933312 1 ath9k_htcath9k_hw 671744 2 ath9k_htc,ath9k_commonath 40960 3 ath9k_htc,ath9k_common,ath9k_hwcfg80211 1536000 4 ath9k_htc,ath9k_common,ath,mac80211libarc4 12288 1 mac80211mxm_wmi 12288 1 nouveauwmi 36864 3 video,mxm_wmi,nouveau
dkms
/home/wahyu/wireless-info: line 206: dkms: command not found
interfaces
ifconfig
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1000link/loopback brd inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lovalid_lft forever preferred_lft foreverinet6 ::1/128 scope host noprefixroutevalid_lft forever preferred_lft forever2: enp3s0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc fq_codel state DOWN group default qlen 1000link/ether <MAC ‘enp3s0’ [IF1]> brd altname enx94de80bdcf396: enx<IF from MAC [IF2]>: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc fq_codel state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1000link/ether <MAC ‘enx<IF from MAC [IF2]>’ [IF2]> brd inet 172.19.14.30/24 brd 172.19.14.255 scope global dynamic noprefixroute enx<IF from MAC [IF2]>valid_lft 3143sec preferred_lft 3143secinet6 fe80::ce9f:9e0e:21ee:f3f3/64 scope link noprefixroutevalid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
iwconfig
/home/wahyu/wireless-info: line 233: iwconfig: command not found
route
default via 172.19.14.245 dev enx<IF from MAC [IF2]> proto dhcp src 172.19.14.30 metric 100172.19.14.0/24 dev enx<IF from MAC [IF2]> proto kernel scope link src 172.19.14.30 metric 100
resolv.conf
[777 root ‘/etc/resolv.conf’ → ‘../run/systemd/resolve/stub-resolv.conf’]
nameserver 127.0.0.53options edns0 trust-adsearch .
network managers
Installed:
NetworkManager
Running:
root 1630 1 0 21:14 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/NetworkManager --no-daemon
NetworkManager info
GENERAL.DEVICE: enx<IF from MAC [IF2]>GENERAL.TYPE: ethernetGENERAL.NM-TYPE: NMDeviceEthernetGENERAL.DBUS-PATH: /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/6GENERAL.VENDOR: Xiaomi Inc.GENERAL.PRODUCT: Mi/Redmi series (RNDIS)GENERAL.DRIVER: rndis_hostGENERAL.DRIVER-VERSION: 7.0.0-15-genericGENERAL.FIRMWARE-VERSION: RNDIS deviceGENERAL.HWADDR: <MAC ‘enx<IF from MAC [IF2]>’ [IF2]>GENERAL.MTU: 1500GENERAL.STATE: 100 (connected)GENERAL.REASON: 0 (No reason given)GENERAL.IP4-CONNECTIVITY: 4 (full)GENERAL.IP6-CONNECTIVITY: 4 (full)GENERAL.UDI: /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb2/2-1/2-1.1/2-1.1:1.0/net/enx<IF from MAC [IF2]>GENERAL.PATH: pci-0000:00:1d.0-usb-0:1.1:1.0GENERAL.IP-IFACE: enx<IF from MAC [IF2]>GENERAL.IS-SOFTWARE: noGENERAL.NM-MANAGED: yesGENERAL.AUTOCONNECT: yesGENERAL.FIRMWARE-MISSING: noGENERAL.NM-PLUGIN-MISSING: noGENERAL.PHYS-PORT-ID: –GENERAL.CONNECTION: Redmi 10C USB tetheringGENERAL.CON-UUID: 47b51bf0-b116-3d36-a5bb-f1e2faa07354GENERAL.CON-PATH: /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/ActiveConnection/5GENERAL.METERED: yes (guessed)CAPABILITIES.CARRIER-DETECT: yesCAPABILITIES.SPEED: unknownCAPABILITIES.IS-SOFTWARE: noCAPABILITIES.SRIOV: noINTERFACE-FLAGS.UP: yesINTERFACE-FLAGS.LOWER-UP: yesINTERFACE-FLAGS.CARRIER: yesINTERFACE-FLAGS.PROMISC: noWIRED-PROPERTIES.CARRIER: onIP4.ADDRESS[1]: 172.19.14.30/24IP4.GATEWAY: 172.19.14.245IP4.ROUTE[1]: dst = 172.19.14.0/24, nh = 0.0.0.0, mt = 100IP4.ROUTE[2]: dst = 0.0.0.0/0, nh = 172.19.14.245, mt = 100IP4.DNS[1]: 172.19.14.245DHCP4.OPTION[1]: broadcast_address = 172.19.14.255DHCP4.OPTION[2]: dhcp_client_identifier = 01:<MAC ‘enx<IF from MAC [IF2]>’ [IF2]>DHCP4.OPTION[3]: dhcp_lease_time = 3599DHCP4.OPTION[4]: dhcp_server_identifier = 172.19.14.245DHCP4.OPTION[5]: domain_name_servers = 172.19.14.245DHCP4.OPTION[6]: expiry = 1777739785DHCP4.OPTION[7]: host_name = GA-H61M-DS2-R3DHCP4.OPTION[8]: ip_address = 172.19.14.30DHCP4.OPTION[9]: next_server = 172.19.14.245DHCP4.OPTION[10]: requested_broadcast_address = 1DHCP4.OPTION[11]: requested_domain_name = 1DHCP4.OPTION[12]: requested_domain_name_servers = 1DHCP4.OPTION[13]: requested_domain_search = 1DHCP4.OPTION[14]: requested_host_name = 1DHCP4.OPTION[15]: requested_interface_mtu = 1DHCP4.OPTION[16]: requested_ms_classless_static_routes = 1DHCP4.OPTION[17]: requested_nis_domain = 1DHCP4.OPTION[18]: requested_nis_servers = 1DHCP4.OPTION[19]: requested_ntp_servers = 1DHCP4.OPTION[20]: requested_rfc3442_classless_static_routes = 1DHCP4.OPTION[21]: requested_root_path = 1DHCP4.OPTION[22]: requested_routers = 1DHCP4.OPTION[23]: requested_static_routes = 1DHCP4.OPTION[24]: requested_subnet_mask = 1DHCP4.OPTION[25]: requested_time_offset = 1DHCP4.OPTION[26]: requested_wpad = 1DHCP4.OPTION[27]: routers = 172.19.14.245DHCP4.OPTION[28]: subnet_mask = 255.255.255.0IP6.ADDRESS[1]: fe80::ce9f:9e0e:21ee:f3f3/64IP6.GATEWAY: –IP6.ROUTE[1]: dst = fe80::/64, nh = ::, mt = 1024CONNECTIONS.AVAILABLE-CONNECTION-PATHS: /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/6CONNECTIONS.AVAILABLE-CONNECTIONS[1]: 47b51bf0-b116-3d36-a5bb-f1e2faa07354 | Redmi 10C USB tethering
GENERAL.DEVICE: enp3s0GENERAL.TYPE: ethernetGENERAL.NM-TYPE: NMDeviceEthernetGENERAL.DBUS-PATH: /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/2GENERAL.VENDOR: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.GENERAL.PRODUCT: RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Onboard Ethernet)GENERAL.DRIVER: r8169GENERAL.DRIVER-VERSION: 7.0.0-15-genericGENERAL.FIRMWARE-VERSION: –GENERAL.HWADDR: <MAC ‘enp3s0’ [IF1]>GENERAL.MTU: 1500GENERAL.STATE: 20 (unavailable)GENERAL.REASON: 2 (Device is now managed)GENERAL.IP4-CONNECTIVITY: 1 (none)GENERAL.IP6-CONNECTIVITY: 1 (none)GENERAL.UDI: /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.4/0000:03:00.0/net/enp3s0GENERAL.PATH: pci-0000:03:00.0GENERAL.IP-IFACE: –GENERAL.IS-SOFTWARE: noGENERAL.NM-MANAGED: yesGENERAL.AUTOCONNECT: yesGENERAL.FIRMWARE-MISSING: noGENERAL.NM-PLUGIN-MISSING: noGENERAL.PHYS-PORT-ID: –GENERAL.CONNECTION: –GENERAL.CON-UUID: –GENERAL.CON-PATH: –GENERAL.METERED: unknownCAPABILITIES.CARRIER-DETECT: yesCAPABILITIES.SPEED: unknownCAPABILITIES.IS-SOFTWARE: noCAPABILITIES.SRIOV: noINTERFACE-FLAGS.UP: yesINTERFACE-FLAGS.LOWER-UP: noINTERFACE-FLAGS.CARRIER: noINTERFACE-FLAGS.PROMISC: noWIRED-PROPERTIES.CARRIER: offIP4.GATEWAY: –IP6.GATEWAY: –CONNECTIONS.AVAILABLE-CONNECTION-PATHS: –
NetworkManager.state
[main]NetworkingEnabled=trueWirelessEnabled=trueWWANEnabled=true
NetworkManager config
[[/etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/default-wifi-powersave-on.conf]][connection]wifi.powersave = 3
[[/etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf]][main]plugins=ifupdown,keyfile[ifupdown]managed=false[device]wifi.scan-rand-mac-address=no
[[/usr/lib/NetworkManager/conf.d/10-default-firewall-use-iptables.conf]][main]firewall-backend = iptables
[[/usr/lib/NetworkManager/conf.d/10-globally-managed-devices.conf]][keyfile]unmanaged-devices=*,except:type:wifi,except:type:gsm,except:type:cdma
[[/usr/lib/NetworkManager/conf.d/no-mac-addr-change.conf]][device-31-mac-addr-change]match-device=driver:eagle_sdio,driver:wlwifi.scan-rand-mac-address=no
NetworkManager profiles
Netplan config
grep: /etc/netplan/01-network-manager-all.yaml: Permission deniedgrep: /etc/netplan/90-NM-47b51bf0-b116-3d36-a5bb-f1e2faa07354.yaml: Permission denied
iw reg get
Region: Asia/Jakarta (based on set time zone)
globalcountry 00: DFS-UNSET(755 - 928 @ 2), (N/A, 20), (N/A), PASSIVE-SCAN(2402 - 2472 @ 40), (N/A, 20), (N/A)(2457 - 2482 @ 20), (N/A, 20), (N/A), AUTO-BW, PASSIVE-SCAN(2474 - 2494 @ 20), (N/A, 20), (N/A), NO-OFDM, PASSIVE-SCAN(5170 - 5250 @ 80), (N/A, 20), (N/A), AUTO-BW, PASSIVE-SCAN(5250 - 5330 @ 80), (N/A, 20), (0 ms), DFS, AUTO-BW, PASSIVE-SCAN(5490 - 5730 @ 160), (N/A, 20), (0 ms), DFS, PASSIVE-SCAN(5735 - 5835 @ 80), (N/A, 20), (N/A), PASSIVE-SCAN(57240 - 63720 @ 2160), (N/A, 0), (N/A)
iwlist channels
‘iwlist’ is not installed (package “wireless-tools”).
iwlist scan
‘iwlist’ is not installed (package “wireless-tools”).
module infos
[ath9k_htc]filename: /lib/modules/7.0.0-15-generic/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k_htc.ko.zstdescription: Atheros driver 802.11n HTC based wireless deviceslicense: Dual BSD/GPLdepends: ath9k_hw,ath9k_common,mac80211,ath,cfg80211intree: Yname: ath9k_htcretpoline: Yvermagic: 7.0.0-15-generic SMP preempt mod_unload modversionsparm: debug:Debugging mask (uint)parm: nohwcrypt:Disable hardware encryption (int)parm: btcoex_enable:Enable wifi-BT coexistence (int)parm: ps_enable:Enable WLAN PowerSave (int)parm: use_dev_fw:Use development FW version (int)parm: blink:Enable LED blink on activity (int)
[ath9k_common]filename: /lib/modules/7.0.0-15-generic/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k_common.ko.zstlicense: Dual BSD/GPLdescription: Shared library for Atheros wireless 802.11n LAN cards.depends: ath9k_hw,ath,cfg80211intree: Yname: ath9k_commonretpoline: Yvermagic: 7.0.0-15-generic SMP preempt mod_unload modversions
[mac80211]filename: /lib/modules/7.0.0-15-generic/kernel/net/mac80211/mac80211.ko.zstlicense: GPLdescription: IEEE 802.11 subsystemdepends: cfg80211,libarc4intree: Yname: mac80211retpoline: Yvermagic: 7.0.0-15-generic SMP preempt mod_unload modversionsparm: minstrel_vht_only:Use only VHT rates when VHT is supported by sta. (bool)parm: max_nullfunc_tries:Maximum nullfunc tx tries before disconnecting (reason 4). (int)parm: max_probe_tries:Maximum probe tries before disconnecting (reason 4). (int)parm: beacon_loss_count:Number of beacon intervals before we decide beacon was lost. (int)parm: probe_wait_ms:Maximum time(ms) to wait for probe response before disconnecting (reason 4). (int)parm: ieee80211_default_rc_algo:Default rate control algorithm for mac80211 to use (charp)
[ath9k_hw]filename: /lib/modules/7.0.0-15-generic/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k_hw.ko.zstlicense: Dual BSD/GPLdescription: Support for Atheros 802.11n wireless LAN cards.depends: athintree: Yname: ath9k_hwretpoline: Yvermagic: 7.0.0-15-generic SMP preempt mod_unload modversions
[ath]filename: /lib/modules/7.0.0-15-generic/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath.ko.zstlicense: Dual BSD/GPLdescription: Shared library for Atheros wireless LAN cards.depends: cfg80211intree: Yname: athretpoline: Yvermagic: 7.0.0-15-generic SMP preempt mod_unload modversions
[cfg80211]filename: /lib/modules/7.0.0-15-generic/kernel/net/wireless/cfg80211.ko.zstdescription: wireless configuration supportlicense: GPLdepends:intree: Yname: cfg80211retpoline: Yvermagic: 7.0.0-15-generic SMP preempt mod_unload modversionsparm: bss_entries_limit:limit to number of scan BSS entries (per wiphy, default 1000) (int)parm: ieee80211_regdom:IEEE 802.11 regulatory domain code (charp)parm: cfg80211_disable_40mhz_24ghz:Disable 40MHz support in the 2.4GHz band (bool)
module parameters
[ath9k_htc]blink: 1btcoex_enable: 0nohwcrypt: 0ps_enable: 0use_dev_fw: 0
[mac80211]beacon_loss_count: 7ieee80211_default_rc_algo: minstrel_htmax_nullfunc_tries: 2max_probe_tries: 5minstrel_vht_only: Yprobe_wait_ms: 500
[cfg80211]bss_entries_limit: 1000cfg80211_disable_40mhz_24ghz: Nieee80211_regdom: 00
/etc/modules
modprobe options
[/etc/modprobe.d/amd64-microcode-blacklist.conf]blacklist microcode
[/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-ath_pci.conf]blacklist ath_pci
[/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf]blacklist evbugblacklist usbmouseblacklist usbkbdblacklist eepro100blacklist de4x5blacklist eth1394blacklist snd_intel8x0mblacklist snd_aw2blacklist prism54blacklist bcm43xxblacklist garmin_gpsblacklist asus_acpiblacklist snd_pcspblacklist pcspkrblacklist amd76x_edac
[/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-rare-network.conf]alias net-pf-3 offalias net-pf-6 offalias net-pf-9 offalias net-pf-11 offalias net-pf-12 offalias net-pf-19 offalias net-pf-21 offalias net-pf-36 off
[/etc/modprobe.d/intel-microcode-blacklist.conf]blacklist microcode
[/etc/modprobe.d/iwlwifi.conf]remove iwlwifi (/sbin/lsmod | grep -o -e ^iwlmvm -e ^iwldvm -e ^iwlwifi | xargs /sbin/rmmod) && /sbin/modprobe -r mac80211
[/etc/modprobe.d/osspd.conf]blacklist snd-pcm-ossblacklist snd-mixer-ossblacklist snd-seq-oss
rc.local
grep: /etc/rc.local: No such file or directory
pm-utils
udev rules
dmesg
[ 3074.155954] r8169 0000:03:00.0 enp3s0: Link is Down[ 3144.893426] rndis_host 2-1.1:1.0 enx<IF from MAC [IF2]>: renamed from usb0[ 3892.265598] usbcore: deregistering interface driver ath9k_htc[ 3892.265674] ath9k_htc: Driver unloaded[ 3900.617694] usb 1-1.2: ath9k_htc: Firmware ath9k_htc/htc_9271-1.4.0.fw requested[ 3900.617743] usb 1-1.2: Direct firmware load for ath9k_htc/htc_9271-1.4.0.fw failed with error -2[ 3900.617751] usb 1-1.2: ath9k_htc: Firmware htc_9271.fw requested[ 3900.617779] usb 1-1.2: Direct firmware load for htc_9271.fw failed with error -2[ 3900.617784] usb 1-1.2: no suitable firmware found![ 3900.617789] usb 1-1.2: ath9k_htc: Failed to get firmware htc_9271.fw[ 3900.618562] usb 1-1.2: ath9k_htc: USB layer deinitialized[ 3900.618710] usbcore: registered new interface driver ath9k_htc
########## wireless info END ############
Sorry I’m just a Linux newbie. I hope someone can help to resolve this issue.
