ubuntu 23.10 fails to find wi-fi adapter

For diagnostic purposes, what outptu do ýou receive for the following commands

unam e-a
lsb_release -crid
sudo modprobe -v iwlwifi
sudo dmesg | grep -E '00:14.3|80211|acx|at76|ath|b43|bcm|brcm|CX|eth|ipw|ireless|irmware|isl|lbtf|orinoco|ndiswrapper|NPE|ound|p54|prism|rror|rtl|RTL|rt2|RT2|rt3|RT3|rt5|RT5|rt6|RT6|rt7|RT7|usb|witch|wl'

Thank you for responding. In the transcript below I am logged in as root so there was no need for sudo.

The problem I am having just appeared immediately after I did the standard ubuntu upgrade. The machine restarted at the end without a wifi connection.

root:~#
root:~# uname -a
Linux ejk-XPS-13-9310 5.10.0-1052-oem #54-Ubuntu SMP Tue Nov 23 09:06:13 UTC 2021 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
root:~#
root:~# lsb_release -crid
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 23.10
Release: 23.10
Codename: mantic
root:~#
root:~# modprobe -v iwlwifi
root:~#
root:~# sudo dmesg | grep -E '00:14.3|80211|acx|at76|ath|b43|bcm|brcm|CX|eth|ipw|ireless|irmware|isl|lbtf|orinoco|ndiswrapper|NPE|ound|p54|prism|rror|rtl|RTL|rt2|RT2|rt3|RT3|rt5|RT5|rt6|RT6|rt7|RT7|usb|witch|wl'
[ 0.008734] No NUMA configuration found
[ 0.045857] APIC: Switch to symmetric I/O mode setup
[ 0.047704] Switched APIC routing to cluster x2apic.
[ 0.055083] Spectre V2 : Spectre v2 / SpectreRSB mitigation: Filling RSB on context switch
[ 0.472732] pci 0000:00:14.3: [8086:a0f0] type 00 class 0x028000
[ 0.472753] pci 0000:00:14.3: reg 0x10: [mem 0x60531dc000-0x60531dffff 64bit]
[ 0.472876] pci 0000:00:14.3: PME# supported from D0 D3hot D3cold
[ 0.508379] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
[ 0.508379] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
[ 0.508379] usbcore: registered new device driver usb
[ 0.528289] clocksource: Switched to clocksource tsc-early
[ 0.541892] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 9 devices
[ 0.751295] DMAR: No ATSR found
[ 0.751569] pci 0000:00:14.3: Adding to iommu group 10
[ 0.751936] clocksource: Switched to clocksource tsc
[ 0.761775] ACPI: \_SB_.PR00: Found 3 idle states
[ 0.762895] input: Lid Switch as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0C0D:00/input/input0
[ 0.762911] ACPI: Lid Switch [LID0]
[ 0.961561] ima: No architecture policies found
[ 0.963617] RAS: Correctable Errors collector initialized.
[ 1.017906] x86/mm: Checked W+X mappings: passed, no W+X pages found.
[ 1.095376] wmi_bus wmi_bus-PNP0C14:02: WQBC data block query control method not found
[ 1.099748] usb usb1: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0002, bcdDevice= 5.10
[ 1.099749] usb usb1: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 1.099750] usb usb1: Product: xHCI Host Controller
[ 1.099754] usb usb1: Manufacturer: Linux 5.10.0-1052-oem xhci-hcd
[ 1.099755] usb usb1: SerialNumber: 0000:00:0d.0
[ 1.099877] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.100348] usb usb2: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0003, bcdDevice= 5.10
[ 1.100349] usb usb2: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 1.100350] usb usb2: Product: xHCI Host Controller
[ 1.100353] usb usb2: Manufacturer: Linux 5.10.0-1052-oem xhci-hcd
[ 1.100354] usb usb2: SerialNumber: 0000:00:0d.0
[ 1.100443] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.102565] usb usb3: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0002, bcdDevice= 5.10
[ 1.102566] usb usb3: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 1.102569] usb usb3: Product: xHCI Host Controller
[ 1.102571] usb usb3: Manufacturer: Linux 5.10.0-1052-oem xhci-hcd
[ 1.102571] usb usb3: SerialNumber: 0000:00:14.0
[ 1.102662] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.103615] usb usb4: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0003, bcdDevice= 5.10
[ 1.103616] usb usb4: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 1.103617] usb usb4: Product: xHCI Host Controller
[ 1.103617] usb usb4: Manufacturer: Linux 5.10.0-1052-oem xhci-hcd
[ 1.103618] usb usb4: SerialNumber: 0000:00:14.0
[ 1.103711] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.103921] usb: port power management may be unreliable
[ 1.151500] fb0: switching to inteldrmfb from EFI VGA
[ 1.153220] i915 0000:00:02.0: Direct firmware load for i915/tgl_dmc_ver2_08.bin failed with error -2
[ 1.153221] i915 0000:00:02.0: [drm] Failed to load DMC firmware i915/tgl_dmc_ver2_08.bin. Disabling runtime power management.
[ 1.153222] i915 0000:00:02.0: [drm] DMC firmware homepage: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git/tree/i915
[ 1.364285] usb 3-3: new full-speed USB device number 2 using xhci_hcd
[ 1.514904] usb 3-3: New USB device found, idVendor=27c6, idProduct=533c, bcdDevice= 1.00
[ 1.514914] usb 3-3: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
[ 1.514915] usb 3-3: Product: FingerPrint
[ 1.514916] usb 3-3: Manufacturer: Goodix
[ 1.648276] usb 3-6: new high-speed USB device number 3 using xhci_hcd
[ 1.810739] usb 3-6: New USB device found, idVendor=0c45, idProduct=672a, bcdDevice= 5.29
[ 1.810746] usb 3-6: New USB device strings: Mfr=2, Product=1, SerialNumber=0
[ 1.810747] usb 3-6: Product: Integrated_Webcam_HD
[ 1.810748] usb 3-6: Manufacturer: CN03GGY48LG0016GB2M5A01
[ 2.012298] usb 3-8: new high-speed USB device number 4 using xhci_hcd
[ 2.162390] usb 3-8: New USB device found, idVendor=18a5, idProduct=0238, bcdDevice=11.00
[ 2.162392] usb 3-8: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[ 2.162393] usb 3-8: Product: Store n Go Drive
[ 2.162394] usb 3-8: Manufacturer: Verbatim
[ 2.162395] usb 3-8: SerialNumber: 04HX000000000440
[ 2.288290] usb 3-10: new full-speed USB device number 5 using xhci_hcd
[ 2.442523] usb 3-10: New USB device found, idVendor=8087, idProduct=0026, bcdDevice= 0.02
[ 2.442528] usb 3-10: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=0, SerialNumber=0
[ 2.451733] usb-storage 3-8:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected
[ 2.452094] scsi host0: usb-storage 3-8:1.0
[ 2.452445] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
[ 2.454190] usbcore: registered new interface driver uas
[ 4.059084] systemd[1]: Started systemd-ask-password-wall.path - Forward Password Requests to Wall Directory Watch.
[ 4.065945] systemd[1]: Starting lvm2-monitor.service - Monitoring of LVM2 mirrors, snapshots etc. using dmeventd or progress polling...
[ 4.070069] systemd[1]: systemd-fsck-root.service - File System Check on Root Device was skipped because of an unmet condition check (ConditionPathExists=!/run/initramfs/fsck-root).
[ 4.070998] systemd[1]: systemd-pcrmachine.service - TPM2 PCR Machine ID Measurement was skipped because of an unmet condition check (ConditionPathExists=/sys/firmware/efi/efivars/StubPcrKernelImage-4a67b082-0a4c-41cf-b6c7-440b29bb8c4f).
[ 4.076535] EXT4-fs (nvme0n1p3): re-mounted. Opts: errors=remount-ro
[ 4.082651] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[ 4.338699] intel_rapl_common: Found RAPL domain package
[ 4.348941] idma64 idma64.0: Found Intel integrated DMA 64-bit
[ 4.379681] cfg80211: Loading compiled-in X.509 certificates for regulatory database
[ 4.379890] cfg80211: Loaded X.509 cert 'sforshee: 00b28ddf47aef9cea7'
[ 4.389863] Intel(R) Wireless WiFi driver for Linux
[ 4.389990] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: enabling device (0000 -> 0002)
[ 4.408506] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-hr-b0-59.ucode failed with error -2
[ 4.408655] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-hr-b0-58.ucode failed with error -2
[ 4.408668] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-hr-b0-57.ucode failed with error -2
[ 4.408681] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-hr-b0-56.ucode failed with error -2
[ 4.408839] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-hr-b0-55.ucode failed with error -2
[ 4.408852] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-hr-b0-54.ucode failed with error -2
[ 4.408862] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-hr-b0-53.ucode failed with error -2
[ 4.408952] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-hr-b0-52.ucode failed with error -2
[ 4.409040] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-hr-b0-51.ucode failed with error -2
[ 4.409111] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-hr-b0-50.ucode failed with error -2
[ 4.409123] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-hr-b0-49.ucode failed with error -2
[ 4.409134] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-hr-b0-48.ucode failed with error -2
[ 4.409146] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-hr-b0-47.ucode failed with error -2
[ 4.409158] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-hr-b0-46.ucode failed with error -2
[ 4.409169] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-hr-b0-45.ucode failed with error -2
[ 4.409272] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-hr-b0-44.ucode failed with error -2
[ 4.409288] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-hr-b0-43.ucode failed with error -2
[ 4.409363] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-hr-b0-42.ucode failed with error -2
[ 4.409377] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-hr-b0-41.ucode failed with error -2
[ 4.409390] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-hr-b0-40.ucode failed with error -2
[ 4.409404] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-hr-b0-39.ucode failed with error -2
[ 4.409406] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: no suitable firmware found!
[ 4.409407] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: minimum version required: iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-hr-b0-39
[ 4.409408] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: maximum version supported: iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-hr-b0-59
[ 4.409409] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: check git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git
[ 4.504448] mei_hdcp 0000:00:16.0-b638ab7e-94e2-4ea2-a552-d1c54b627f04: bound 0000:00:02.0 (ops i915_hdcp_component_ops [i915])
[ 4.507451] intel_rapl_common: Found RAPL domain package
[ 4.507453] intel_rapl_common: Found RAPL domain core
[ 4.507454] intel_rapl_common: Found RAPL domain uncore
[ 4.507455] intel_rapl_common: Found RAPL domain psys
[ 4.559266] snd_hda_intel 0000:00:1f.3: Digital mics found on Skylake+ platform, using SOF driver
[ 4.604894] sof-audio-pci 0000:00:1f.3: Digital mics found on Skylake+ platform, using SOF driver
[ 4.605650] sof-audio-pci 0000:00:1f.3: bound 0000:00:02.0 (ops i915_audio_component_bind_ops [i915])
[ 4.637928] sof-audio-pci 0000:00:1f.3: hda codecs found, mask 5
[ 4.638186] sof-audio-pci 0000:00:1f.3: Direct firmware load for intel/sof/sof-tgl.ri failed with error -2
[ 4.638189] sof-audio-pci 0000:00:1f.3: error: request firmware intel/sof/sof-tgl.ri failed err: -2
[ 4.638189] sof-audio-pci 0000:00:1f.3: error: failed to load DSP firmware -2
[ 4.638962] sof-audio-pci 0000:00:1f.3: error: sof_probe_work failed err: -2
[ 4.801008] idma64 idma64.1: Found Intel integrated DMA 64-bit
[ 5.009965] i2c_hid i2c-DLL0945:00: supply vdd not found, using dummy regulator
[ 5.009995] i2c_hid i2c-DLL0945:00: supply vddl not found, using dummy regulator
[ 5.096907] idma64 idma64.2: Found Intel integrated DMA 64-bit
[ 5.404795] idma64 idma64.3: Found Intel integrated DMA 64-bit
[ 5.480700] usbcore: registered new interface driver btusb
[ 5.482124] Bluetooth: hci0: Minimum firmware build 1 week 10 2014
[ 5.482219] bluetooth hci0: Direct firmware load for intel/ibt-19-0-4.sfi failed with error -2
[ 5.482220] Bluetooth: hci0: Failed to load Intel firmware file (-2)
[ 5.497710] uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device Integrated_Webcam_HD (0c45:672a)
[ 5.508753] input: Integrated_Webcam_HD: Integrate as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb3/3-6/3-6:1.0/input/input12
[ 5.509779] uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device Integrated_Webcam_HD (0c45:672a)
[ 5.518275] input: Integrated_Webcam_HD: Integrate as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb3/3-6/3-6:1.2/input/input13
[ 5.518334] usbcore: registered new interface driver uvcvideo
[ 6.868410] power_ctrl_logic: probe of 0000:00:00.0 failed with error -16
[ 24.159952] audit: type=1107 audit(1699188693.720:160): pid=1605 uid=103 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 subj=unconfined msg='apparmor="DENIED" operation="dbus_method_call" bus="system" path="/org/freedesktop/login1" interface="org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties" member="GetAll" mask="send" name=":1.14" pid=3630 label="snap.firefox.firefox" peer_pid=1655 peer_label="unconfined"
[ 24.160118] audit: type=1107 audit(1699188693.720:161): pid=1605 uid=103 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 subj=unconfined msg='apparmor="DENIED" operation="dbus_method_call" bus="system" path="/org/freedesktop/timedate1" interface="org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties" member="GetAll" mask="send" name=":1.25" pid=3630 label="snap.firefox.firefox" peer_pid=1804 peer_label="unconfined"
[ 26.381770] audit: type=1107 audit(1699188695.944:162): pid=1605 uid=103 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 subj=unconfined msg='apparmor="DENIED" operation="dbus_method_call" bus="system" path="/org/freedesktop/login1" interface="org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties" member="GetAll" mask="send" name=":1.14" pid=4435 label="snap.firefox.firefox" peer_pid=1655 peer_label="unconfined"
[ 26.381859] audit: type=1107 audit(1699188695.944:163): pid=1605 uid=103 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 subj=unconfined msg='apparmor="DENIED" operation="dbus_method_call" bus="system" path="/org/freedesktop/timedate1" interface="org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties" member="GetAll" mask="send" name=":1.25" pid=4435 label="snap.firefox.firefox" peer_pid=1804 peer_label="unconfined"
[ 29.300104] audit: type=1107 audit(1699188698.860:164): pid=1605 uid=103 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 subj=unconfined msg='apparmor="DENIED" operation="dbus_method_call" bus="system" path="/org/freedesktop/PolicyKit1/Authority" interface="org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties" member="GetAll" mask="send" name=":1.15" pid=3676 label="snap.snap-store.ubuntu-software" peer_pid=1626 peer_label="unconfined"
[ 29.300377] audit: type=1107 audit(1699188698.864:165): pid=1605 uid=103 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 subj=unconfined msg='apparmor="DENIED" operation="dbus_method_call" bus="system" path="/org/freedesktop/PolicyKit1/Authority" interface="org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1.Authority" member="CheckAuthorization" mask="send" name=":1.15" pid=3676 label="snap.snap-store.ubuntu-software" peer_pid=1626 peer_label="unconfined"
[ 29.302482] audit: type=1107 audit(1699188698.864:166): pid=1605 uid=103 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 subj=unconfined msg='apparmor="DENIED" operation="dbus_method_call" bus="system" path="/org/freedesktop/PolicyKit1/Authority" interface="org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties" member="GetAll" mask="send" name=":1.15" pid=3676 label="snap.snap-store.ubuntu-software" peer_pid=1626 peer_label="unconfined"
[ 29.302667] audit: type=1107 audit(1699188698.864:167): pid=1605 uid=103 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 subj=unconfined msg='apparmor="DENIED" operation="dbus_method_call" bus="system" path="/org/freedesktop/PolicyKit1/Authority" interface="org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1.Authority" member="CheckAuthorization" mask="send" name=":1.15" pid=3676 label="snap.snap-store.ubuntu-software" peer_pid=1626 peer_label="unconfined"
[ 31.136318] audit: type=1107 audit(1699188700.696:169): pid=1605 uid=103 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 subj=unconfined msg='apparmor="DENIED" operation="dbus_signal" bus="system" path="/org/freedesktop/login1" interface="org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties" member="PropertiesChanged" name=":1.14" mask="receive" pid=4435 label="snap.firefox.firefox" peer_pid=1655 peer_label="unconfined"
[ 34.106356] audit: type=1107 audit(1699188703.668:170): pid=1605 uid=103 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 subj=unconfined msg='apparmor="DENIED" operation="dbus_signal" bus="system" path="/org/freedesktop/login1" interface="org.freedesktop.login1.Manager" member="UserRemoved" name=":1.14" mask="receive" pid=4435 label="snap.firefox.firefox" peer_pid=1655 peer_label="unconfined"
[ 48.022606] audit: type=1107 audit(1699188717.584:171): pid=1605 uid=103 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 subj=unconfined msg='apparmor="DENIED" operation="dbus_signal" bus="system" path="/org/freedesktop/login1" interface="org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties" member="PropertiesChanged" name=":1.14" mask="receive" pid=4435 label="snap.firefox.firefox" peer_pid=1655 peer_label="unconfined"
[ 81.442808] usb 3-8: USB disconnect, device number 4
[ 88.784384] usb 3-8: new full-speed USB device number 6 using xhci_hcd
[ 89.004113] usb 3-8: New USB device found, idVendor=046d, idProduct=c52f, bcdDevice=22.01
[ 89.004123] usb 3-8: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
[ 89.004124] usb 3-8: Product: USB Receiver
[ 89.004124] usb 3-8: Manufacturer: Logitech
[ 89.555940] input: Logitech USB Receiver as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb3/3-8/3-8:1.0/0003:046D:C52F.0003/input/input17
[ 89.556070] hid-generic 0003:046D:C52F.0003: input,hidraw1: USB HID v1.11 Mouse [Logitech USB Receiver] on usb-0000:00:14.0-8/input0
[ 89.557265] input: Logitech USB Receiver Consumer Control as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb3/3-8/3-8:1.1/0003:046D:C52F.0004/input/input18
[ 89.616563] hid-generic 0003:046D:C52F.0004: input,hiddev0,hidraw2: USB HID v1.11 Device [Logitech USB Receiver] on usb-0000:00:14.0-8/input1
[ 89.616622] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbhid
[ 89.616624] usbhid: USB HID core driver
[ 89.684560] logitech-djreceiver 0003:046D:C52F.0003: hidraw1: USB HID v1.11 Mouse [Logitech USB Receiver] on usb-0000:00:14.0-8/input0
[ 89.796995] logitech-djreceiver 0003:046D:C52F.0004: hiddev0,hidraw2: USB HID v1.11 Device [Logitech USB Receiver] on usb-0000:00:14.0-8/input1
[ 89.857067] input: Logitech Wireless Mouse PID:101f Mouse as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb3/3-8/3-8:1.1/0003:046D:C52F.0004/0003:046D:101F.0005/input/input21
[ 89.857195] input: Logitech Wireless Mouse PID:101f Consumer Control as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb3/3-8/3-8:1.1/0003:046D:C52F.0004/0003:046D:101F.0005/input/input22
[ 89.857284] hid-generic 0003:046D:101F.0005: input,hidraw3: USB HID v1.11 Mouse [Logitech Wireless Mouse PID:101f] on usb-0000:00:14.0-8/input1:1
[ 90.050930] input: Logitech M305 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb3/3-8/3-8:1.1/0003:046D:C52F.0004/0003:046D:101F.0005/input/input26
[ 90.051264] logitech-hidpp-device 0003:046D:101F.0005: input,hidraw3: USB HID v1.11 Mouse [Logitech M305] on usb-0000:00:14.0-8/input1:1
[13554.235628] mei_hdcp 0000:00:16.0-b638ab7e-94e2-4ea2-a552-d1c54b627f04: bound 0000:00:02.0 (ops i915_hdcp_component_ops [i915])
[13554.635464] audit: type=1400 audit(1699202223.772:174): apparmor="DENIED" operation="open" profile="snap.firmware-updater.firmware-notifier" name="/proc/sys/vm/max_map_count" pid=5813 comm="firmware-notifi" requested_mask="r" denied_mask="r" fsuid=1001 ouid=0
[14939.193905] audit: type=1400 audit(1699203608.328:175): apparmor="DENIED" operation="open" profile="snap.firmware-updater.firmware-notifier" name="/proc/sys/vm/max_map_count" pid=11878 comm="firmware-notifi" requested_mask="r" denied_mask="r" fsuid=1001 ouid=0
[17049.355379] usb 3-8: USB disconnect, device number 6
[17055.822244] usb 3-8: new high-speed USB device number 7 using xhci_hcd
[17056.040127] usb 3-8: New USB device found, idVendor=0781, idProduct=5406, bcdDevice= 0.10
[17056.040132] usb 3-8: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[17056.040134] usb 3-8: Product: U3 Cruzer Micro
[17056.040136] usb 3-8: Manufacturer: SanDisk Corporation
[17056.040138] usb 3-8: SerialNumber: 000017E6CA61244C
[17056.042034] usb-storage 3-8:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected
[17056.042427] scsi host0: usb-storage 3-8:1.0
[17057.055547] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] No Caching mode page found
root:~#
root:~#

Obviously a problem with loading the firmware.

What i the output of the command

apt policy linux-firmware

root:~#
root:~# apt policy linux-firmware
linux-firmware:
  Installed: 20230919.git3672ccab-0ubuntu2.1
  Candidate: 20230919.git3672ccab-0ubuntu2.1
  Version table:
 *** 20230919.git3672ccab-0ubuntu2.1 500
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu mantic/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
root:~#
root:~#

What is the ouput of

ls -l /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-hr-b0*

root:~#
root:~# ls -l /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-hr-b0*
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 422916 Oct 9 10:16 /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-hr-b0-50.ucode.zst
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 480032 Oct 9 10:16 /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-hr-b0-59.ucode.zst
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 493634 Oct 9 10:16 /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-hr-b0-66.ucode.zst
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 502780 Oct 9 10:16 /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-hr-b0-72.ucode.zst
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 505221 Oct 9 10:16 /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-hr-b0-73.ucode.zst
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 510394 Oct 9 10:16 /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-hr-b0-74.ucode.zst
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 518748 Oct 9 10:16 /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-hr-b0-77.ucode.zst
root:~#

May help
https://community.intel.com/t5/Wireless/Ubuntu-driver-for-Intel-AX201/td-p/1355123

The firmware files are there (albeit in compressed format). There are several messages also for other devices that the firmware could not be loaded. So it seems to me that the program for loading the firmware does not work as desired.

I am sorry. but I do not know how to search further. There is https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/Firmware but that seems very outdated.
Maybe somebody else has some additional ideas. I am at my wits' end.

Thank you very much Manfred for all your help. If/when I resolve this issue I will post here with the solution.

When I go into the "sound" section of the Settings application it lists the "Device Output" as "Dummy Output"---and nothing more. It used to give a menu containing "internal speakers" and "headphone." Either this is a separate issue or it is related and the problem is more basic than just networking as you suggest.

I uncompressed all the zst files directly under /lib/firmware and now
the system recognizes my wifi adapter and I can connect! Some of the
zst entries were actually symlinks to files in subdirectories so I was
careful to follow them and uncompress and relink there as well, but as
of right now I haven't uncompressed everything rooted under
/lib/firmware and maybe I need to because I am still having problems
with audio.

I consider this problem solved. Thank you Manfred and Andrew for
helping me with this.

Thanks You Edkademan you help me