iwctl shows no devices (installing arch)

[dawn walrus]

Hey, I am trying to install arch linux on my asus laptop but I'm having trouble connecting to the wifi.
I ran iwctl then device list but there were no devices listed

Then I ran a few more commands to try debug but it didn't work

output from iwctl:

NetworkConfigurationEnabled: disabled
StateDirectory: /var/lib/iwd
Version: 2.20

output from 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: eno2: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc fq_codel state DOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 08:bf:b8:xx:xx:xx brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    altname enp60s0

output from rfkill:

ID TYPE       DEVICE               SOFT       HARD
0  wlan       asus-wlan       unblocked  unblocked
1  bluetooth  asus-bluetooth  unblocked  unblocked
2  bluetooth  hci0            unblocked  unblocked

then I ran lspci, some of the lines I think could be important are here:

Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 15)
  DeviceName: GLAN
  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 1873
  Kernel driver in use: r8169
  Kernel modules: r8169

Network controller: MEDIATEK Corp. Device 7902
  DeviceName: WLAN
  Subsystem: AzureWave Device 5520
  Kernel modules: wl

I tried ip link set eno2 up and modprobe mt7921e (no output) and nothing was printed or changed

I tried dmesg | grep wl and there wasn't any relevant output
dmesg | grep firmware did not have any relevat result either
No output from dmesg | grep mt7921

Some output from dmesg | grep r8169:

r8169 0000:3c:00.0 eno2: Link is Down

[hearty fable]

Pretty sure it would be wlan0

Does station wlan0 scan
Then station wlan0 get-networks work?

[dawn walrus]

It just says

Device wlan0 not found

No station on device: 'wlan0'

for both of those commands

Some output from journalctl +xeu iwd.service

A start job for unit iwd.service has finished successfully

iwd[917]: station: Network configuration is disabled
iwd[917]: rfkill id 0 can't be matched to a wiphy

Before this , laptop used to run windows and internet worked fine

[hearty fable]

Secure boot is disabled?

[dawn walrus]

yes

I had to go through quite a bit to disable it but I had to do it to be able to boot the installation media

[hearty fable]

Okay, is rebooting an option rn? Or maybe use ethernet to do the arch install?

You tried powering on the adapter?

Not sure what the exact command is in your case
adapter phy0 set-property Powered on or adapter wlan0 set-property Powered on

[dawn walrus]

Ok so I tried to reboot but it didn't work
powering on the adapter? I have other computers in my house and they are able to use the internet, so it's on. do you mean turn it off then on again?

maybe I could connect an ethernet cable, I would have to take it from my pc though

Oh, thats what you mean. I tried both of those commands but it said that Adapter wlan0 not found / Adapter phy0 not found

[hearty fable]

iwctl adapter list

[dawn walrus]

No adapters

[hearty fable]

Im not exactly sure I tried all the basic troubleshot I could find.

Rfkill did report wlan0 unblocked so Im a bit lost too.

[dawn walrus]

even if i connect wired internet to my laptop and complete the installation i'll have to remove the ethernet cable at some point, so that means i'll have to figure out how to connect wifi at that point or now, it doesn't matter. or if I have a ready system things will somehow sort themselves out? hmm

[hearty fable]

Yes but sometimes it magically fixes itself.

Least from testamony across the forums/reddit post I could stumble upon.

[dawn walrus]

hmmm ok, worth giving a shot

[bronze cave]

same problem thanks for helping

[south slate]

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[bronze cave]

yours atleast adapter shows

on my pc it has got no adapters

not even wlan0

[dawn walrus]

so you managed to fix it? i didn't , lol

atm trying to do an offline install

and then also install the r8168-dkms driver aswell, since it seems the default r8169 is not working well. at least i hope this approach will work

[bronze cave]

Nah man tried 4 times. I am done now

[dawn walrus]

done as in? gonna use windows lol?

[bronze cave]

Is there a way to dwnload offline?

[bronze cave]

I've mint.

Shifting from mint to arch

[dawn walrus]

yes but it isn't working for me so i connect ethernet cable

[bronze cave]

Stopped using win since 2019

[dawn walrus]

and now i have internet so ill try the r8168-dkms driver

[bronze cave]

Damn man

[dawn walrus]

i stopped using it 8 months ago, then started 3 weeks ago, now switchig back to arch since i am tired of windows's being so slow 😂

[bronze cave]

I don't like it. It's bloated and cringe imo

All those stupid features just to eat up your ram and make things slow bruh

[dawn walrus]

i agree, i though the win11debloat script would make it bearable (removes telemetery and 100+ apps) but apparently not...

like even neovim takes like 1 second to open wtf

on arch its like 50ms

[bronze cave]

Never tried it stopped at win10

[bronze cave]

Yea thats why I am shifting to arch

And I want total control over OS