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ChasHenry

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Registered: 2019-03-13

Posts: 44

[SOLVED] No available (Wi-Fi) connections.

I just bought a brand new ASUS X515FA BR301W Notebook PC. Upon my request the technician removed Windows completely.

On an other Q4OS based computer I downloaded Q4OS 4.10, Gemini, stable which I wrote to an USB stick.

I installed Q4OS successfully to the ASUS Notebook using an Ethernet connection during the installation; Q4OS is fully updated but am unable detecting Wi-Fi network - 'No available connections'.

It seems that the 'Network Manager' for the Wireless network setup is not available anymore in the Software Center.

Since it is a brand-new machine I really would like the Wi-Fi operational.

I searched this forum for a possible solution but couldn't find a suitable fix other then running inxi -F to be posted here.

:~$ inxi -F
System:
  Host: kanjana Kernel: 5.10.0-17-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64
  Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.20.5 Distro: Q4OS 4.10.1-n1
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: ASUSTeK
  product: VivoBook_ASUSLaptop X515FAC_X515FA v: 1.0
  serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: ASUSTeK model: X515FAC v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required>
  UEFI: American Megatrends v: X515FAC.202 date: 07/08/2021
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 29.9 Wh condition: 37.5/37.1 Wh (101%)
CPU:
  Info: Dual Core model: Intel Core i3-10110U bits: 64 type: MT MCP
  L2 cache: 4 MiB
  Speed: 700 MHz min/max: 400/4100 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 700 2: 700
  3: 700 4: 700
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel CometLake-U GT2 [UHD Graphics] driver: i915 v: kernel
  Device-2: IMC Networks USB2.0 HD UVC WebCam type: USB driver: uvcvideo
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.11 driver: loaded: modesetting
  unloaded: fbdev,vesa resolution: 1366x768~60Hz
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics (CML GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 20.3.5
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Comet Lake PCH-LP cAVS driver: snd_hda_intel
  Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.10.0-17-amd64
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8821CE 802.11ac PCIe Wireless Network Adapter
  driver: N/A
  Device-2: TP-Link UE300 10/100/1000 LAN (ethernet mode) [Realtek
  RTL8153]
  type: USB driver: r8152
  IF: enx14ebb6cdcc94 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full
  mac: 14:eb:b6:cd:cc:94
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: IMC Networks Bluetooth Radio type: USB driver: btusb
  Report: ID: hci0 state: up running bt-v: 2.1
  address: B4:8C:9D:41:F1:82
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 480.72 GiB used: 9.21 GiB (1.9%)
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Micron model: 2210 MTFDHBA512QFD
  size: 476.94 GiB
  ID-2: /dev/sda type: USB vendor: Kingston model: DataTraveler 2.0
  size: 3.78 GiB
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 460.12 GiB used: 9.21 GiB (2.0%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/dm-0
  ID-2: /boot/efi size: 299.4 MiB used: 3.4 MiB (1.1%) fs: vfat
  dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1
Swap:
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 8.09 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
  dev: /dev/dm-1
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 44.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 0
Info:
  Processes: 201 Uptime: 3m Memory: 3.68 GiB used: 1.03 GiB (28.0%)
  Shell: Bash inxi: 3.3.01
 
As far as I can determine the Wireless Network Adapter is missing. Could someone please provide an easy fix, thanks.

Last edited by ChasHenry (2022-08-17 23:51)

Dai_trying

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From: UK

Registered: 2015-12-14

Posts: 2,989

Re: [SOLVED] No available (Wi-Fi) connections.

This might help
https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/installin … in-ubuntu/

It is for Ubuntu but should work the same with Q4OS.

Another user (Linux Mint) says this works with kernel 5.13 so maybe using the backport kernel will just work too?

Last edited by Dai_trying (2022-08-17 08:31)

ChasHenry

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Registered: 2019-03-13

Posts: 44

Re: [SOLVED] No available (Wi-Fi) connections.

Thanks for responding.

I disabled secure boot and installed Realtek RTL8821CE Driver as per instructions but no joy.

"Another user (Linux Mint) says this works with kernel 5.13 so maybe using the backport kernel will just work too"

Would you be so kind explaining on how to access, use or install the backport kernel? Sorry, I am a little lost...

q4osteam

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Registered: 2015-12-06

Posts: 4,230

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Re: [SOLVED] No available (Wi-Fi) connections.

Would you be so kind explaining on how to access, use or install the backport kernel? Sorry, I am a little lost...

Please see https://www.q4os.org/dqa011.html#system.6

ChasHenry

Member

Registered: 2019-03-13

Posts: 44

Re: [SOLVED] No available (Wi-Fi) connections.

Wow, that worked like a charm, thank you! The available Wi-Fi networks are visible and my Wi-Fi is now working.

I used the method found here:
https://www.how2shout.com/linux/how-to- … -bullseye/
But stopped after I did sudo apt update.
The configuration of my new ASUS notebook is now complete.

Re: "The old good default kernel will not be uninstalled, so you can anytime choose and boot it from the grub boot menu, if you will fall into any issues."
I encrypted the entire system and actually never see the grub boot menu. Just in case if I encounter issues, would you please advise on how to access the grub menu, thanks.

Also, prior asking for advice here I installed two codes from GitHub repositories viz:
https://github.com/tomaspinho/rtl8821ce
https://github.com/lwfinger/rtw88

I don't know the complexities or if they present possible glitches for retaining these on the OS. Should these codes/drivers/repositories now be removed and if so what is the recommended method, thanks.

Last edited by ChasHenry (2022-08-18 00:47)