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    no wifi adapter found ubuntu 18.04

    hello
    i installed ubuntu 18.04 recently and everything works fine except wifi.
    i tried every solution i have seen on this forum none worked, like "sudo apt-get install bcmwl-kernel-source".
    i use Lenovo ideapad 320 and my network adapter is RTL8821CE.
    please help me
    also output for lspci:

    Code:
    00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v6/7th Gen Core Processor Host Bridge/DRAM Registers (rev 08)
    00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation UHD Graphics 620 (rev 07)
    00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP USB 3.0 xHCI Controller (rev 21)
    00:14.2 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP Thermal subsystem (rev 21)
    00:15.0 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP Serial IO I2C Controller #0 (rev 21)
    00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP CSME HECI #1 (rev 21)
    00:17.0 SATA controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 21)
    00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP PCI Express Root Port (rev f1)
    00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP PCI Express Root Port #5 (rev f1)
    00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP PCI Express Root Port #6 (rev f1)
    00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Device 9d4e (rev 21)
    00:1f.2 Memory controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP PMC (rev 21)
    00:1f.3 Audio device: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio (rev 21)
    00:1f.4 SMBus: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP SMBus (rev 21)
    01:00.0 3D controller: NVIDIA Corporation GP108M [GeForce MX150] (rev a1)
    02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 10)
    03:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8821CE 802.11ac PCIe Wireless Network Adapter
    output for lsusb:
    Code:
    Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
    Bus 001 Device 004: ID 5986:210f Acer, Inc 
    Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0bda:c024 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. 
    Bus 001 Device 008: ID 04e8:6863 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd GT-I9500 [Galaxy S4] / GT-I9250 [Galaxy Nexus] (network tethering)
    Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
    Last edited by jeremy31; August 19th, 2018 at 12:09 PM.

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    Re: no wifi adapter found ubuntu 18.04

    See the wireless script link in my signature and post results

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    Re: no wifi adapter found ubuntu 18.04

    here is my ubuntu pastebin
    http://paste.ubuntu.com/p/mWdXzGJRkC/

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    Re: no wifi adapter found ubuntu 18.04

    Code:
    03:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8821CE 802.11ac PCIe Wireless Network Adapter
    There it is. Driver installation

    Code:
    sudo apt-get install --reinstall git dkms build-essential linux-headers-$(uname -r)
    git clone https://github.com/tomaspinho/rtl8821ce
    cd rtl8821ce
    chmod +x dkms-install.sh
    chmod +x dkms-remove.sh
    sudo ./dkms-install.sh
    Reboot and deactivate SecureBoot

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    Re: no wifi adapter found ubuntu 18.04

    how to deactivate secureboot ? (im new to ubuntu)

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    Re: no wifi adapter found ubuntu 18.04

    Secure Boot is a setting in UEFI/BIOS

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    Re: no wifi adapter found ubuntu 18.04

    Quote Originally Posted by praseodym View Post
    There it is. Driver installation

    Code:
    sudo apt-get install --reinstall git dkms build-essential linux-headers-$(uname -r)
    git clone https://github.com/tomaspinho/rtl8821ce
    cd rtl8821ce
    chmod +x dkms-install.sh
    chmod +x dkms-remove.sh
    sudo ./dkms-install.sh
    Reboot and deactivate SecureBoot
    Thanks, This worked for me
    Laptop - HP 15g-dr0006tx model.

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    Re: no wifi adapter found ubuntu 18.04

    I did this in Ubunto 18.1 on a new HP laptop 17-ca0044cl purchased at Costco in 2018. It worked! Thank you,,thank you,,thank you

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    Re: no wifi adapter found ubuntu 18.04

    I've been fighting this problem for months. THANK YOU praseodym!!! This worked like a charm.

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    Re: no wifi adapter found ubuntu 18.04

    you are a god send! I salute you, I've spent so long trying different fixes for this!

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