[SOLVED] Wifi adapter not detected

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[SOLVED] Wifi adapter not detected

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Hello everybody, I have recently installed Linux Mint XFCE on my PC. After managing to get it to boot, I realised I could not connect to wifi, as when I select the wifi tab it tells me no wifi adapters are connected. I have since installed Nvidia drivers (with the driver manager), Budgie DE, and written this forum post by USB tethering from my phone. I also had a shot at installing https://github.com/xtknight/mt7610u-lin ... wifi-fixes and https://github.com/aircrack-ng/rtl8812au drivers, with no success. The instructions were not entirely clear, so if you have some better and more detailed methods, please share them. I have a "TP-LINK Archer T2E Wireless-AC600 Dual Band PCIe Adapter" which worked fine when I was using Win11. This is the result of the command "iwconfig":

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usb0      no wireless extensions.

lo        no wireless extensions.

When searching about drivers, I have seen the word USB tossed around a bit, so is it worth mentioning my adapter has a female port which screws onto the circular male port on the PC (definitely NOT a USB)?
Any help is appreciated - I don't think USB tethering is a very good permanent solution. Thanks
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Re: Wifi adapter not detected

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Try this, one line at a time:

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sudo apt install git dkms
git clone https://github.com/aircrack-ng/rtl8812au.git
cd rtl8812au
sudo make dkms_install 
Reboot
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Re: Wifi adapter not detected

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no luck :/

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lo        no wireless extensions.

there were no errors and it built and installed fine, but still no luck after reboot

Edit: that was iwconfig btw
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Re: Wifi adapter not detected

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Did you try it with tethering disconnected?

Also, can you post what this shows:

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 rfkill list && lsusb 
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Re: Wifi adapter not detected

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yes, and here:

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Bus 002 Device 002: ID 1058:2623 Western Digital Technologies, Inc. Elements SE 2623
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 248a:8366 Maxxter Wireless Optical Mouse ACT-MUSW-002
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 045e:07b2 Microsoft Corp. 2.4GHz Transceiver v8.0 used by mouse Wireless Desktop 900
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 2e04:f00e HMD Global Nokia 5.3
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
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Re: Wifi adapter not detected

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I don't see the adapter there, what about:

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 lspci 

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 inxi -Nn 
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Re: Wifi adapter not detected

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$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Device 9b53 (rev 05)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v5/E3-1500 v5/6th Gen Core Processor PCIe Controller (x16) (rev 05)
00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Device 43ed (rev 11)
00:14.2 RAM memory: Intel Corporation Device 43ef (rev 11)
00:15.0 Serial bus controller [0c80]: Intel Corporation Device 43e8 (rev 11)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation Device 43e0 (rev 11)
00:17.0 SATA controller: Intel Corporation Device 43d2 (rev 11)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 43bc (rev 11)
00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 43bd (rev 11)
00:1d.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 43b0 (rev 11)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Device 4387 (rev 11)
00:1f.3 Audio device: Intel Corporation Device f0c8 (rev 11)
00:1f.4 SMBus: Intel Corporation Device 43a3 (rev 11)
00:1f.5 Serial bus controller [0c80]: Intel Corporation Device 43a4 (rev 11)
00:1f.6 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation Ethernet Connection (14) I219-V (rev 11)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation Device 2487 (rev a1)
01:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation Device 228b (rev a1)
03:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Device b821
04:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller: Kingston Technology Company, Inc. Device 2262 (rev 03)

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$ inxi -Nn
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Ethernet I219-V driver: N/A 
  Device-2: Realtek driver: N/A 
  IF-ID-1: usb0 state: unknown speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: 1a:2d:44:ee:57:68 
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Re: Wifi adapter not detected

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post results for

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lspci -nnk | grep -iA3 net
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Re: Wifi adapter not detected

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$ lspci -nnk | grep -iA3 net
00:1f.6 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation Ethernet Connection (14) I219-V [8086:15fa] (rev 11)
	DeviceName: Onboard - Ethernet
	Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Ethernet Connection (14) I219-V [1043:8672]
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: NVIDIA Corporation Device [10de:2487] (rev a1)
	Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] Device [1462:8e90]
	Kernel driver in use: nvidia
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03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Device [10ec:b821]
	Subsystem: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Device [10ec:b821]
04:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller [0108]: Kingston Technology Company, Inc. Device [2646:2262] (rev 03)
	Subsystem: Kingston Technology Company, Inc. Device [2646:2262]
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Re: Wifi adapter not detected

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Everything points to that using the RTL8821CE chip.

Run the following, 1 line at a time:

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sudo apt install git dkms build-essential
git clone https://github.com/tomaspinho/rtl8821ce.git 
cd rtl8821ce 
sudo ./dkms-install.sh
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Re: Wifi adapter not detected

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no difference
still says there isn't a wifi adapter connected
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Re: Wifi adapter not detected

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Let's see what this shows:

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 inxi -Fxxxrz && rfkill list && mokutil --sb-state 
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Re: Wifi adapter not detected

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$ inxi -Fxxxrz && rfkill list && mokutil --sb-state
System:
  Kernel: 5.4.0-96-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 9.3.0 
  Desktop: Budgie 10.5.1 info: budgie-panel wm: budgie-wm dm: LightDM 1.30.0 
  Distro: Linux Mint 20.3 Una base: Ubuntu 20.04 focal 
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: ASUS product: N/A v: N/A serial: <filter> 
  Mobo: ASUSTeK model: PRIME B560M-K v: Rev 1.xx serial: <filter> 
  BIOS: American Megatrends v: 1203 date: 10/27/2021 
CPU:
  Topology: 6-Core model: Intel Core i5-10400F bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: N/A 
  L2 cache: 12.0 MiB 
  flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 69597 
  Speed: 800 MHz min/max: 800/4300 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 800 2: 800 3: 801 
  4: 800 5: 801 6: 800 7: 800 8: 801 9: 801 10: 800 11: 800 12: 800 
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: nvidia v: 470.86 bus ID: 01:00.0 
  chip ID: 10de:2487 
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.13 driver: nvidia 
  unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,nouveau,vesa compositor: budgie-wm 
  resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz 
  OpenGL: renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060/PCIe/SSE2 v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 470.86 
  direct render: Yes 
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:1f.3 
  chip ID: 8086:f0c8 
  Device-2: NVIDIA vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel 
  bus ID: 01:00.1 chip ID: 10de:228b 
  Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.4.0-96-generic 
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Ethernet I219-V vendor: ASUSTeK driver: N/A port: efa0 
  bus ID: 00:1f.6 chip ID: 8086:15fa 
  Device-2: Realtek driver: N/A port: 3000 bus ID: 03:00.0 chip ID: 10ec:b821 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 2.27 TiB used: 80.11 GiB (3.4%) 
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Kingston model: SKC2500M8500G size: 465.76 GiB 
  speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 serial: <filter> rev: S7780101 scheme: GPT 
  ID-2: /dev/sda vendor: Seagate model: ST1000DM010-2EP102 size: 931.51 GiB 
  speed: 6.0 Gb/s rotation: 7200 rpm serial: <filter> rev: CC46 scheme: GPT 
  ID-3: /dev/sdb type: USB vendor: Western Digital model: WD Elements SE 2623 
  size: 931.48 GiB speed: <unknown> serial: <filter> rev: 1026 scheme: GPT 
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 456.19 GiB used: 12.39 GiB (2.7%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p4 
  ID-2: /home size: 915.88 GiB used: 67.72 GiB (7.4%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2 
  ID-3: swap-1 size: 128.0 MiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 27.8 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 34 C 
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 35% 
Repos:
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list 
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/brave-browser-release.list 
  1: deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/brave-browser-archive-keyring.gpg arch=amd64] https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com/ stable main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list 
  1: deb http://packages.linuxmint.com una main upstream import backport #id:linuxmint_main
  2: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal main restricted universe multiverse
  3: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates main restricted universe multiverse
  4: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-backports main restricted universe multiverse
  5: deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal-security main restricted universe multiverse
  6: deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ focal partner
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vscodium.list 
  1: deb [ signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/vscodium-archive-keyring.gpg ] https://download.vscodium.com/debs vscodium main
Info:
  Processes: 303 Uptime: 2m Memory: 15.49 GiB used: 782.2 MiB (4.9%) Init: systemd 
  v: 245 runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 9.3.0 alt: 9 Shell: bash v: 5.0.17 
  running in: xfce4-terminal inxi: 3.0.38 
EFI variables are not supported on this system
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Re: Wifi adapter not detected

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While connected, install the 5.13 kernel in Update Manager, View, Linux Kernels & reboot.
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Re: Wifi adapter not detected

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  • 5.13.0-27
  • 5.13.0-25
  • 5.13.0-23
  • 5.13.0-22
  • 5.13.0-21
take your pick
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Re: Wifi adapter not detected

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nvm i picked 27
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Re: Wifi adapter not detected

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Good pick. Is wifi working now or no?
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Re: Wifi adapter not detected

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installed, did updates, then rebooted again without tethering. still not working :'(
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Re: Wifi adapter not detected

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$ iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

eno1      no wireless extensions.

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Re: Wifi adapter not detected

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What does this show now:

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 lspci -nnk | grep -iA3 net 
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