I am a new user of the linux os. I installed linux mint 19 MATE yesterday on my new laptop making a new partition for it. Problem is, without an externat wifi USB like the ones netgear sells, i have no wifi. However I was able to establish a connection using ethernet. To be more specific: On the taskbar, on its right side, i see rectangle with a small "x" on its down-right corner. When I click on it there are no wifi options shown, as I have seen on videos and such. Any ideas on how to fix this? Here are some info:
64-bit arch
Result of lnxi -Fxz:
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System: Host: kostis-HP-Laptop Kernel: 4.15.0-34-generic x86_64
bits: 64 gcc: 7.3.0
Desktop: MATE 1.20.1 (Gtk 3.22.30-1ubuntu1)
Distro: Linux Mint 19 Tara
Machine: Device: laptop System: HP product: HP Laptop 15-bw0xx v: Type1ProductConfigId serial: N/A
Mobo: HP model: 8333 v: 28.32 serial: N/A
UEFI: Insyde v: F.21 date: 11/17/2017
Battery BAT1: charge: 3.9 Wh 9.3% condition: 41.9/41.6 Wh (101%)
model: Hewlett-Packard PABAS0241231 status: Charging
CPU: Quad core AMD A12-9720P RADEON R7 12 COMPUTE CORES 4C+8G (-MCP-)
arch: Excavator rev.1 cache: 4096 KB
flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm) bmips: 21558
clock speeds: max: 2700 MHz 1: 1460 MHz 2: 1410 MHz 3: 1539 MHz
4: 1497 MHz
Graphics: Card-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Carrizo bus-ID: 00:01.0
Card-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Topaz XT [Radeon R7 M260/M265 / M340/M360 / M440/M445]
bus-ID: 05:00.0
Display Server: x11 (X.Org 1.19.6 )
drivers: ati,amdgpu (unloaded: modesetting,fbdev,vesa,radeon)
Resolution: 1920x1080@60.10hz
OpenGL: renderer: AMD Radeon R7 Graphics (CARRIZO / DRM 3.23.0 / 4.15.0-34-generic, LLVM 6.0.0)
version: 4.5 Mesa 18.0.5 Direct Render: Yes
Audio: Card-1 Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Device 157a
driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:09.2
Card-2 Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Kabini HDMI/DP Audio
driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:01.1
Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.15.0-34-generic
Network: Card-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCIE Gigabit Ethernet Controller
driver: r8169 v: 2.3LK-NAPI port: 4000 bus-ID: 01:00.0
IF: enp1s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Card-2: Realtek Device d723 port: 3000 bus-ID: 02:00.0
IF: N/A state: N/A speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: N/A
Card-3: Realtek RTL8192CU 802.11n WLAN Adapter usb-ID: 002-006
IF: null-if-id state: N/A mac: N/A
Drives: HDD Total Size: 1000.2GB (1.7% used)
ID-1: /dev/sda model: ST1000LM035 size: 1000.2GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 436G used: 16G (4%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda6
RAID: No RAID devices: /proc/mdstat, md_mod kernel module present
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 65.0C mobo: 20.0C gpu: N/A,62.0
Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info: Processes: 215 Uptime: 2:46 Memory: 898.4/5549.0MB
Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: 7.3.0
Client: Shell (bash 4.4.191) inxi: 2.3.56
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