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roberto66

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Registered: 2023-08-03

Posts: 2

wifi connectivity down

I've very limited Linux skills, so apologies in advance.

I replaced Windows Vista with Q4OS Aquarius, Trinity, install-cd - 32bit / i386 on a DELL Inspiron 6400. The install went well and I updated it over a wired connection. Now I'm trying to get the wifi working but not having much luck. The wifi light is lit above the F6 key.

Device: wlan0
Status: Disconnected

so I started looking for help online. They refer to RealTek drivers and I wasn't able to follow. I ran sudo apt update in Konsole and rebooted but still no connection.

user@q4os-desktop:~$ inxi -F
System:
  Host: q4os-desktop Kernel: 6.1.0-10-686-pae arch: i686 bits: 32
    Desktop: Trinity v: R14.1.1 Distro: Q4OS 5.2.1-n1
Machine:
  Type: Portable System: Dell product: MM061 v: N/A
    serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Dell model: 0KD882 serial: <superuser required> BIOS: Dell v: A17
    date: 06/13/2007
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 11.4 Wh (27.4%) condition: 41.6/53.3 Wh (78.1%)
    volts: 11.0 min: 11.1
CPU:
  Info: dual core model: Intel T2080 bits: 32 type: MCP cache: L2: 1024 KiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 798 min/max: 800/1733 cores: 1: 798 2: 798
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel Mobile 945GM/GMS 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics
    driver: i915 v: kernel
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 driver: X: loaded: intel
    unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa dri: i915 gpu: i915
    resolution: 1280x800~60Hz
  API: OpenGL v: 2.1 Mesa 22.3.6 renderer: i915 (: 945GM)
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel NM10/ICH7 Family High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
  API: ALSA v: k6.1.0-10-686-pae status: kernel-api
  Server-1: PulseAudio v: 16.1 status: active
Network:
  Device-1: Broadcom BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX driver: b44
  Device-2: Broadcom BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN driver: b43-pci-bridge
  IF-ID-1: eth0 state: down mac: 00:19:b9:87:e8:eb
  IF-ID-2: wlan0 state: down mac: 00:19:7e:b3:72:a2
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 111.79 GiB used: 6.65 GiB (5.9%)
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Western Digital model: WD1200BEVS-75RST0
    size: 111.79 GiB
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 108.54 GiB used: 6.65 GiB (6.1%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1
Swap:
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 975 MiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) dev: /dev/sda5
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 47.0 C mobo: N/A sodimm: SODIMM C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 0
Info:
  Processes: 148 Uptime: 7m Memory: 988.8 MiB used: 460.6 MiB (46.6%)
  Shell: Bash inxi: 3.3.26

Any help would be much appreciated.
Regards,
Rob

roberto66

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Registered: 2023-08-03

Posts: 2

Re: wifi connectivity down

EUREKA! replaced the replace TDE network manager with Q4OS network manager

Rademes

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From: Latvia

Registered: 2015-12-13

Posts: 636

Re: wifi connectivity down

If installing Q4OS network manager helped, please mark the topic as [SOLVED].

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Before asking for help please read this topic: https://www.q4os.org/forum/viewtopic.php?id=3502   If you have problems with WiFi network, try to install the Network Manager using Q4OS Software Centre.