I migrated from Win10 to Linux Mint 19 for different reasons. Love it! Only thing it doesn't seem to accept the wifi card. But I know there is an Atheros AR9485 somewhere...Wired connection works fine though. Also tried Mint 18.3 and Ubuntu 18.04 but same results. I'm using a Dell N4030 laptop 64-bit Cinnamon.
I had a look around on different websites and tried various suggestions via command line etc. but this got me nowhere so I started this new topic. Just made a clean Mint 19 install and only updated the system via Update Manager. I tried a few things in the terminal and of course the wifi-button, Fn+F2 etc. Please see the output. Thanks for any help in advance.
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marcy@marcy-Inspiron-N4030:~$ inxi -Fxz
System: Host: marcy-Inspiron-N4030 Kernel: 4.15.0-24-generic x86_64
bits: 64 gcc: 7.3.0
Desktop: Cinnamon 3.8.6 (Gtk 3.22.30-1ubuntu1)
Distro: Linux Mint 19 Tara
Machine: Device: portable System: Dell product: Inspiron N4030 v: A05 serial: N/A
Mobo: Dell model: 0R2XK8 v: A05 serial: N/A
BIOS: Dell v: A05 date: 10/14/2010
CPU: Dual core Intel Core i3 M 370 (-MT-MCP-)
arch: Nehalem rev.5 cache: 3072 KB
flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx) bmips: 9575
clock speeds: max: 2394 MHz 1: 1386 MHz 2: 1439 MHz 3: 1344 MHz
4: 1125 MHz
Graphics: Card: Intel Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller
bus-ID: 00:02.0
Display Server: x11 (X.Org 1.19.6 )
drivers: modesetting (unloaded: fbdev,vesa)
Resolution: 1366x768@60.00hz
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel Ironlake Mobile
version: 2.1 Mesa 18.0.0-rc5 Direct Render: Yes
Audio: Card Intel 5 Series/3400 Series High Def. Audio
driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.15.0-24-generic
Network: Card-1: Qualcomm Atheros Device abcd bus-ID: 12:00.0
IF: N/A state: N/A speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: N/A
Card-2: Qualcomm Atheros AR8152 v2.0 Fast Ethernet
driver: atl1c v: 1.0.1.1-NAPI port: e000 bus-ID: 13:00.0
IF: enp19s0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Drives: HDD Total Size: 320.1GB (2.8% used)
ID-1: /dev/sda model: SAMSUNG_HM321HI size: 320.1GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 293G used: 8.4G (4%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1
RAID: No RAID devices: /proc/mdstat, md_mod kernel module present
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 44.0C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info: Processes: 191 Uptime: 2:05 Memory: 1373.1/3746.2MB
Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: 7.3.0
Client: Shell (bash 4.4.191) inxi: 2.3.56
marcy@marcy-Inspiron-N4030:~$ iwconfig
enp19s0 no wireless extensions.
lo no wireless extensions.
marcy@marcy-Inspiron-N4030:~$ lspci | grep -i wireless
marcy@marcy-Inspiron-N4030:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor DRAM Controller (rev 02)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset HECI Controller (rev 06)
00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 05)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset High Definition Audio (rev 05)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev 05)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev 05)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 3 (rev 05)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 5 (rev 05)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 05)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev a5)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation HM57 Chipset LPC Interface Controller (rev 05)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset 6 port SATA AHCI Controller (rev 05)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset SMBus Controller (rev 05)
00:1f.6 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset Thermal Subsystem (rev 05)
12:00.0 Ethernet controller: Qualcomm Atheros Device abcd (rev 01)
13:00.0 Ethernet controller: Qualcomm Atheros AR8152 v2.0 Fast Ethernet (rev c1)
ff:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture Generic Non-core Registers (rev 02)
ff:00.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture System Address Decoder (rev 02)
ff:02.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Link 0 (rev 02)
ff:02.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 1st Generation Core i3/5/7 Processor QPI Physical 0 (rev 02)
ff:02.2 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 1st Generation Core i3/5/7 Processor Reserved (rev 02)
ff:02.3 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 1st Generation Core i3/5/7 Processor Reserved (rev 02)
marcy@marcy-Inspiron-N4030:~$