Fresh installation

[Gouki]

Hello, first time using linux, fresh installation today.
I can't get wifi dongle and sound to work,i have xonar dgx sound card with headphones connected to it, i updated the system, i used the terminal to install drivers and everything, i tried using Ndiswrapper to install windows drivers for the wifi dongle that worked on windows but the dongle just isn't blinking or working and nothing helps. The model is Air live wn-370usb, from the driver download online its 8192su, but on the system info it says RTL8188SU, if that helps any...

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System:    Kernel: 5.4.0-72-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 9.3.0 Desktop: Cinnamon 4.8.6 
           wm: muffin dm: LightDM Distro: Linux Mint 20.1 Ulyssa base: Ubuntu 20.04 focal 
Machine:   Type: Desktop Mobo: ASRock model: AB350M serial: <filter> 
           UEFI [Legacy]: American Megatrends v: P5.60 date: 08/02/2019 
CPU:       Topology: Quad Core model: AMD Ryzen 3 1200 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Zen rev: 1 
           L2 cache: 2048 KiB 
           flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm bogomips: 24796 
           Speed: 1377 MHz min/max: 1550/3100 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1377 2: 3135 3: 1377 
           4: 1378 
Graphics:  Device-1: AMD Ellesmere [Radeon RX 470/480/570/570X/580/580X/590] 
           vendor: Sapphire Limited Nitro+ driver: amdgpu v: kernel bus ID: 09:00.0 
           chip ID: 1002:67df 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.9 driver: amdgpu,ati unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa 
           resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz 
           OpenGL: 
           renderer: Radeon RX 580 Series (POLARIS10 DRM 3.35.0 5.4.0-72-generic LLVM 11.0.0) 
           v: 4.6 Mesa 20.2.6 direct render: Yes 
Audio:     Device-1: C-Media CMI8788 [Oxygen HD Audio] vendor: ASUSTeK CMI8786 driver: snd_oxygen 
           v: kernel bus ID: 07:04.0 chip ID: 13f6:8788 
           Device-2: AMD Ellesmere HDMI Audio [Radeon RX 470/480 / 570/580/590] 
           vendor: Sapphire Limited driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 09:00.1 
           chip ID: 1002:aaf0 
           Device-3: AMD Family 17h HD Audio vendor: ASRock driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel 
           bus ID: 0b:00.3 chip ID: 1022:1457 
           Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.4.0-72-generic 
Network:   Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet vendor: ASRock 
           driver: r8169 v: kernel port: d000 bus ID: 08:00.0 chip ID: 10ec:8168 
           IF: enp8s0 state: down mac: <filter> 
           Device-2: Ovislink WN-370USB 802.11bgn Wireless Adapter [Realtek RTL8188SU] type: USB 
           driver: ndiswrapper bus ID: 1-10:5 chip ID: 1b75:8171 
           IF-ID-1: usb0 state: unknown speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: <filter> 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 465.76 GiB used: 15.80 GiB (3.4%) 
           ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Toshiba model: DT01ACA050 size: 465.76 GiB speed: 6.0 Gb/s 
           serial: <filter> 
Partition: ID-1: / size: 456.95 GiB used: 15.80 GiB (3.5%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda5 
USB:       Hub: 1-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 10 rev: 2.0 chip ID: 1d6b:0002 
           Device-1: 1-7:2 info: ZTE WCDMA MSM Spreadtrum Phone type: Bluetooth,CDC-Data 
           driver: rndis_host rev: 2.0 chip ID: 19d2:1365 
           Device-2: 1-10:5 
           info: Ovislink WN-370USB 802.11bgn Wireless Adapter [Realtek RTL8188SU] 
           type: <vendor specific> driver: ndiswrapper rev: 2.0 chip ID: 1b75:8171 
           Hub: 2-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1 chip ID: 1d6b:0003 
           Hub: 3-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.0 chip ID: 1d6b:0002 
           Device-3: 3-3:2 info: Pixart Imaging Optical Mouse type: Mouse 
           driver: hid-generic,usbhid rev: 1.1 chip ID: 093a:2521 
           Device-4: 3-4:3 info: Logitech Logicool HID-Compliant Keyboard (106 key) 
           type: Keyboard,HID driver: hid-generic,usbhid rev: 1.1 chip ID: 046d:c30f 
           Hub: 4-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 4 rev: 3.0 chip ID: 1d6b:0003 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 32.6 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 29 C 
           Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: amdgpu fan: 830 
Repos:     No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list 
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list 
           1: deb http: //ftp.energotel.sk/pub/linux/linuxmint-packages ulyssa main upstream import backport
           2: deb http: //ubuntu.grad.hr/ubuntu focal main restricted universe multiverse
           3: deb http: //ubuntu.grad.hr/ubuntu focal-updates main restricted universe multiverse
           4: deb http: //ubuntu.grad.hr/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
Info:      Processes: 231 Uptime: 14m Memory: 15.57 GiB used: 1.61 GiB (10.4%) Init: systemd 
           v: 245 runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 9.3.0 alt: 9 Client: Unknown python3.8 client 
           inxi: 3.0.38 

[Gouki]

Im going to try and disable safe boot tonight, if it's not already disabled. next i was thinking blacklisting my current driver... and try another, any other ideas? But for the no sound i have no idea what to do
edit: id hate to make a new topic for this quick question, but how would i unnistall the driver that i installed with Ndiswrapper
, if all else fails , ill just get a new Usb dongle and avoid airlive.
Thanks for reading and cheers!

[spamegg]

You have 3 audio devices. I guess they are: onboard sound chip from the motherboard, sound card, and GPU's HDMI output.
Try disabling the onboard sound from your BIOS. Not sure about the GPU. Maybe switch to the sound card in Sound settings?

You installed drivers for the sound card? Normally you don't have to do that, I had the same kind of sound card before and it worked out of the box. Maybe the driver is the issue?

Where do you plug-in your headphones? Front-panel jack or directly to the sound card behind the PC? If it's the front panel, is the sound card correctly connected to the front panel with the cable?

[Gouki]

You have 3 audio devices. I guess they are: onboard sound chip from the motherboard, sound card, and GPU's HDMI output.
Try disabling the onboard sound from your BIOS. Not sure about the GPU. Maybe switch to the sound card in Sound settings?

You installed drivers for the sound card? Normally you don't have to do that, I had the same kind of sound card before and it worked out of the box. Maybe the driver is the issue?

Where do you plug-in your headphones? Front-panel jack or directly to the sound card behind the PC? If it's the front panel, is the sound card correctly connected to the front panel with the cable?

i have a sound card sound and i guess intrgrated gpu sound , and a monitor sound(hdmi), i didnt install any drivers but i suspect secure boot might be the issue, im not sure if its on or not tho ill have to check,
its connected in the back to the green jack, directly to the sound card. i tries changing settings in the sound , the monitor sound works fine.
when i turn off secure boot, do i have to reinstall mint?