Lenovo Ideapad 510 Wifi not working after installation linux mint 18.3 sylvia

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Lenovo Ideapad 510 Wifi not working after installation linux mint 18.3 sylvia

Post by gonzzlo90 »

Hi,

I'm a need use a Wi-fi, I can not find a solution,
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Re: Lenovo Ideapad 510 Wifi not working after installation linux mint 18.3 sylvia

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Hello gonzzlo90 and welcome to Linux Mint Forums,
We will need a bit more info on your machine in order to be of help.
Which wifi card does it use?
What does this command in a terminal show?

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inxi -Nn
and this one

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rfkill list
That would be a start.
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Re: Lenovo Ideapad 510 Wifi not working after installation linux mint 18.3 sylvia

Post by gonzzlo90 »

kc1di wrote: Wed Apr 04, 2018 9:41 am Hello gonzzlo90 and welcome to Linux Mint Forums,
We will need a bit more info on your machine in order to be of help.
Which wifi card does it use?
What does this command in a terminal show?

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inxi -Nn
and this one

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rfkill list
That would be a start.
inxi-Nn

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 gonzalo@gonzalo-Lenovo-ideapad-510-15IKB:~$ inxi -Nn
Network:   Card-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
           driver: r8169
           IF: enp1s0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full
           mac: c8:5b:76:ae:67:cb
           Card-2: Qualcomm Atheros Device 0042
           IF: N/A state: N/A speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: N/A
           Card-3: Atheros
           IF: null-if-id state: N/A speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: N/A
When I write this "rfkill list" nothing happend
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Re: Lenovo Ideapad 510 Wifi not working after installation linux mint 18.3 sylvia

Post by asinoro »

Can you post this command?

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nmcli radio wifi on ; lspci -nnk | grep -A2 0280 ; rfkill list all
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Re: Lenovo Ideapad 510 Wifi not working after installation linux mint 18.3 sylvia

Post by JeremyB »

Reboot after running this command

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sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install linux-firmware
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