Wifi not available in settings nor is the wifi icon?

[Rodolf]

I have tried the majority of solutions online and none of them worked.
My laptop was windows 7 I think and it had wifi normally, after mint, only cable is an option.
This is a command I saw you're supposed to use:

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  inxi -Fxxxrz && rfkill list && iwconfig && mokutil --sb-state
System:
  Kernel: 5.15.0-100-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.4.0
    Desktop: Cinnamon 6.0.4 tk: GTK 3.24.33 wm: muffin vt: 7 dm: LightDM 1.30.0
    Distro: Linux Mint 21.3 Virginia base: Ubuntu 22.04 jammy
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: ASUSTeK product: U35JC v: 1.0
    serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: ASUSTeK model: U35JC v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required>
    BIOS: American Megatrends v: U35JC.207 date: 07/12/2010
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 0 Wh (0.0%) condition: 42.4/61.6 Wh (68.9%) volts: 3.4
    min: 14.4 model: ASUSTek type: Li-ion serial: N/A status: Charging
CPU:
  Info: dual core model: Intel Core i3 M 370 bits: 64 type: MT MCP
    smt: enabled arch: Westmere rev: 5 cache: L1: 128 KiB L2: 512 KiB L3: 3 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 1231 high: 1507 min/max: 933/2399 cores: 1: 1306
    2: 1507 3: 1057 4: 1055 bogomips: 19726
  Flags: ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel Core Processor Integrated Graphics vendor: ASUSTeK
    driver: i915 v: kernel ports: active: LVDS-1 empty: DP-1,HDMI-A-1,VGA-1
    bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:0046 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: NVIDIA GT218M [GeForce 310M] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: nouveau
    v: kernel pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 8 ports: active: none off: VGA-2
    empty: none bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:0a70 class-ID: 0300
  Device-3: Suyin Asus Integrated Webcam [CN031B] type: USB
    driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-1.2:3 chip-ID: 064e:a136 class-ID: 0e02
    serial: <filter>
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.4 driver: X: loaded: modesetting
    unloaded: fbdev,vesa gpu: i915 display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1366x768 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 361x203mm (14.2x8.0")
    s-diag: 414mm (16.3")
  Monitor-1: LVDS-1 model: AU Optronics res: 1366x768 hz: 60 dpi: 118
    size: 293x164mm (11.5x6.5") diag: 336mm (13.2") modes: 1366x768
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics (ILK)
    v: 2.1 Mesa 23.2.1-1ubuntu3.1~22.04.2 direct render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 5 Series/3400 Series High Definition Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:3b56
    class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: NVIDIA High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
    pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 8 bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:0be3
    class-ID: 0403
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.15.0-100-generic running: yes
  Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 15.99.1 running: yes
  Sound Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.48 running: yes
Network:
  Device-1: Qualcomm Atheros AR8131 Gigabit Ethernet vendor: ASUSTeK
    driver: atl1c v: kernel pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: b000
    bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 1969:1063 class-ID: 0200
  IF: ens5 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: ASUSTek BT-270 Bluetooth Adapter type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8
    bus-ID: 1-1.5:4 chip-ID: 0b05:1788 class-ID: fe01 serial: <filter>
  Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 2 state: up address: <filter>
    bt-v: 2.0 lmp-v: 3.0 sub-v: 4203 hci-v: 3.0 rev: 1c1
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 465.76 GiB used: 13.66 GiB (2.9%)
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Seagate model: ST9500325AS size: 465.76 GiB
    speed: 3.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter> rev: SDM1 scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 456.88 GiB used: 13.65 GiB (3.0%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda3
  ID-2: /boot/efi size: 512 MiB used: 6.1 MiB (1.2%) fs: vfat
    dev: /dev/sda2
Swap:
  ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 2 GiB used: 149.2 MiB (7.3%) priority: -2
    file: /swapfile
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 82.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nouveau temp: 88.0 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Repos:
  Packages: apt: 2190
  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] 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 virginia main upstream import backport
    2: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy main restricted universe multiverse
    3: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates main restricted universe multiverse
    4: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-backports main restricted universe multiverse
    5: deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jammy-security main restricted universe multiverse
Info:
  Processes: 248 Uptime: 29m wakeups: 2 Memory: 3.61 GiB
  used: 1.95 GiB (53.8%) Init: systemd v: 249 runlevel: 5 Compilers:
  gcc: 11.4.0 alt: 11/12 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.16 running-in: gnome-terminal
  inxi: 3.3.13
0: asus-wwan: Wireless WAN
	Soft blocked: no
	Hard blocked: no
1: asus-wimax: WiMAX
	Soft blocked: no
	Hard blocked: no
2: hci0: Bluetooth
	Soft blocked: no
	Hard blocked: no
lo        no wireless extensions.

ens5      no wireless extensions.

EFI variables are not supported on this system

Thank in advance <3

[Pjotr]

What do these two commands say:

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lspci

and:

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lsusb

[Rodolf]

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meee@meee-U35JC:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor DRAM Controller (rev 18)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor PCI Express x16 Root Port (rev 18)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 18)
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 06)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset High Definition Audio (rev 06)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev 06)
00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 6 (rev 06)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 06)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev a6)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation HM55 Chipset LPC Interface Controller (rev 06)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset 4 port SATA AHCI Controller (rev 06)
00:1f.6 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset Thermal Subsystem (rev 06)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GT218M [GeForce 310M] (rev a2)
01:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation High Definition Audio Controller (rev a1)
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Qualcomm Atheros AR8131 Gigabit Ethernet (rev c0)
ff:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture Generic Non-core Registers (rev 05)
ff:00.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture System Address Decoder (rev 05)
ff:02.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Link 0 (rev 05)
ff:02.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 1st Generation Core i3/5/7 Processor QPI Physical 0 (rev 05)
ff:02.2 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 1st Generation Core i3/5/7 Processor Reserved (rev 05)
ff:02.3 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 1st Generation Core i3/5/7 Processor Reserved (rev 05)


meee@meee-U35JC:~$ lsusb
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0b05:1788 ASUSTek Computer, Inc. BT-270 Bluetooth Adapter
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 064e:a136 Suyin Corp. Asus Integrated Webcam [CN031B]
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

[Pjotr]

I can't see any WiFi chipset in that output.... This is weird.

[Rodolf]

I'm not so sure why there would be a difference after installing Linux, since the piece inside the laptop exists. Could it be something with how Linux is detecting it or something?
Also, I changed my other laptop to Kali and had no problems, I assume it's a mint thing then?
This laptop is a lot older though, so maybe mint doesn't work well on it?

[sleeper12]

What does this show:

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lspci -nnk | grep -iA3 net

[Rodolf]

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meee@meee-U35JC:~$ lspci -nnk | grep -iA3 net
03:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Qualcomm Atheros AR8131 Gigabit Ethernet [1969:1063] (rev c0)
	Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. AR8131 Gigabit Ethernet [1043:1820]
	Kernel driver in use: atl1c
	Kernel modules: atl1c
ff:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture Generic Non-core Registers [8086:2c62] (rev 05)

[sleeper12]

No wifi shows there either. Are you able to remove & reinsert the wifi card? That sometimes will wake it up. If not, you can get a usb adapter that works in linux.

[Rodolf]

doubtful but if that's the only way then I guess I gotta