HP Xbox360 M WIFI Driver Fixed!!

[Tomgin5]

I procured a nice small laptop that has pretty good specs but no wired internet connection. There is built in WIFI but I have no driver for it. Here is the inxi -Fxzd for it.

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  Kernel: 5.4.0-74-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 9.3.0 Desktop: Cinnamon 5.0.4 Distro: Linux Mint 20.2 Uma 
           base: Ubuntu 20.04 focal 
Machine:   Type: Convertible System: HP product: HP Pavilion x360 Convertible 11m-ap0xxx v: Type1ProductConfigId 
           serial: <filter> 
           Mobo: HP model: 85CA v: 26.21 serial: <filter> UEFI: Insyde v: F.03 date: 09/03/2019 
Battery:   ID-1: BAT0 charge: 33.3 Wh condition: 33.3/33.3 Wh (100%) model: 333-1C-3D-A PO02037XL status: Discharging 
           Device-1: hid-0018:04F3:2420.0002-battery model: ELAN0732:00 04F3:2420 charge: N/A status: N/A 
           Device-2: hidpp_battery_1 model: Logitech Wireless Mouse M325 charge: 55% (should be ignored) status: Discharging 
CPU:       Topology: Quad Core model: Intel Pentium Silver N5000 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Goldmont Plus rev: 1 
           L2 cache: 4096 KiB 
           flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 8755 
           Speed: 796 MHz min/max: 800/2700 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 794 2: 796 3: 796 4: 795 
Graphics:  Device-1: Intel UHD Graphics 605 vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: i915 v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.9 driver: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa resolution: 1366x768~60Hz 
           OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics 605 (GLK 3) v: 4.6 Mesa 20.2.6 direct render: Yes 
Audio:     Device-1: Intel vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:0e.0 
           Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.4.0-74-generic 
Network:   Device-1: Realtek RTL8821CE 802.11ac PCIe Wireless Network Adapter vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: N/A port: 1000 
           bus ID: 02:00.0 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 126.65 GiB used: 7.49 GiB (5.9%) 
           ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: LITE-ON model: CV8-8E128-HP size: 119.24 GiB 
           ID-2: /dev/sdb type: USB model: Multiple Card Reader size: 7.41 GiB 
           Message: No Optical or Floppy data was found. 
Partition: ID-1: / size: 115.43 GiB used: 6.31 GiB (5.5%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/dm-0 
           ID-2: swap-1 size: 980.0 MiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/dm-1 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 24.0 C mobo: 24.0 C 
           Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A 
Info:      Processes: 253 Uptime: 1d 4m Memory: 3.42 GiB used: 742.0 MiB (21.2%) Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Compilers: 
           gcc: 9.3.0 Shell: bash v: 5.0.17 inxi: 3.0.38 
steve@steve-HP-Pavilion-x360-Convertible-11m-ap0xxx:~$ 

I can probably get the driver with a different computer, put it on a flash drive and install it. Any hints?

[sleeper12]

First, you need a temporary connection: https://easylinuxtipsproject.blogspot.c ... ernet.html
Be sure secure boot is disabled in Bios. Then do:

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 sudo apt-get install rtl8821ce-dkms 

Reboot

[Tomgin5]

I ran down to the store and bought a USB C to ethernet adapter and plugged it in. It appeared to work and began the updates before I tried to download the wifi driver. it locked up and the notebook now refuses to TURN OFF!. I cannot get back to make secure is off. The laptop says that 2 updates are needed and a new loader. It then says that it cannot do either because it is busy?

[sleeper12]

If you can open the Terminal, type shutdown & press Enter. If that won't work, you might be forced to hold the power button down until it shuts off.

[Tomgin5]

Thank You sleeper. The xbox is now taking the updates and installing them. I am not sure the WIFI is working yet now that the security is now turned off. I also found the bios was not set for legacy. It must have not take the first time around.
It reboots smoothly now in about 20 seconds and ges through all of the steps
The WIFI works now also!

[sleeper12]

Good to hear it worked for you.