Results 1 to 2 of 2

Thread: New install -- No wifi drivers, no wifi icon, anything

  1. #1
    Join Date
    Oct 2021
    Beans
    1

    New install -- No wifi drivers, no wifi icon, anything

    Hi!

    I just installed Ubuntu (for the first time) on a brand new Lenovo Yoga 6, with a Ryzen 5 AMD chip. Ubuntu 20.04.3, Gnome 3.36.8.

    Everything installed perfectly, except there is no wireless, at all. I looked at some forums and ran some commands, and basically confirmed this.

    I am only able to get it to connect via phone tethering (because it has no ethernet port). Can't seem to find appropriate drivers to install.

    I don't have the terminal history (having restarted the computer and tried some BIOS boot stuff several times) and can't find the articles I followed, but I tried a number of commands that would ideally have unearthed some drivers, with no luck. Happy to try anything again.

    Thanks!

    PS, some debugging attempts:

    Some debugging attempts:

    lspci
    00:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Renoir Root Complex
    00:00.2 IOMMU: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Renoir IOMMU
    00:01.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Renoir PCIe Dummy Host Bridge
    00:02.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Renoir PCIe Dummy Host Bridge
    00:02.1 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Renoir PCIe GPP Bridge
    00:02.4 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Renoir PCIe GPP Bridge
    00:08.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Renoir PCIe Dummy Host Bridge
    00:08.1 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Renoir Internal PCIe GPP Bridge to Bus
    00:08.2 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Renoir Internal PCIe GPP Bridge to Bus
    00:14.0 SMBus: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH SMBus Controller (rev 51)
    00:14.3 ISA bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH LPC Bridge (rev 51)
    00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Renoir Device 24: Function 0
    00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Renoir Device 24: Function 1
    00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Renoir Device 24: Function 2
    00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Renoir Device 24: Function 3
    00:18.4 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Renoir Device 24: Function 4
    00:18.5 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Renoir Device 24: Function 5
    00:18.6 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Renoir Device 24: Function 6
    00:18.7 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Renoir Device 24: Function 7
    01:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller: Sandisk Corp Device 5008 (rev 01)
    02:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Device 8852
    03:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Device 164c (rev c2)
    03:00.1 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Device 1637
    03:00.2 Encryption controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h (Models 10h-1fh) Platform Security Processor
    03:00.3 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Renoir USB 3.1
    03:00.4 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Renoir USB 3.1
    03:00.5 Multimedia controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raven/Raven2/FireFlight/Renoir Audio Processor (rev 01)
    03:00.6 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h (Models 10h-1fh) HD Audio Controller
    04:00.0 SATA controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 81)
    04:00.1 SATA controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 81)

    sudo service network-manager restart
    (no effect)

    sudo lshw -C network
    Code:
     *-network UNCLAIMED       
           description: Network controller
           product: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
           vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
           physical id: 0
           bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
           version: 00
           width: 64 bits
           clock: 33MHz
           capabilities: pm msi pciexpress cap_list
           configuration: latency=0
           resources: ioport:2000(size=256) memory:c0700000-c07fffff
      *-network
           description: Ethernet interface
           physical id: 2
           bus info: usb@1:1
           logical name: usb0
           serial: 0a:85:f9:a1:25:d3
           capabilities: ethernet physical
           configuration: broadcast=yes driver=rndis_host driverversion=5.11.0-27-generic firmware=RNDIS device ip=192.168.79.33 link=yes multicast=yes
    cat /etc/netplan/*.yaml
    # Let NetworkManager manage all devices on this system
    network:
    version: 2
    renderer: NetworkManager

    sudo lshw
    Code:
    me-yoga-6-13alc6            
        description: Convertible
        product: 82ND (LENOVO_MT_82ND_BU_idea_FM_Yoga 6 13ALC6)
        vendor: LENOVO
        version: Yoga 6 13ALC6
        serial: MP22XVJN
        width: 64 bits
        capabilities: smbios-3.3.0 dmi-3.3.0 smp vsyscall32
        configuration: administrator_password=disabled boot=normal chassis=convertible family=Yoga 6 13ALC6 frontpanel_password=disabled keyboard_password=disabled power-on_password=disabled sku=LENOVO_MT_82ND_BU_idea_FM_Yoga 6 13ALC6 uuid=4F89BBE6-7E0C-EC11-810C-7C8AE19C5DFB
      *-core
           description: Motherboard
           product: LNVNB161216
           vendor: LENOVO
           physical id: 0
           version: SDK0T76465 WIN
           serial: MP22XVJN
           slot: Base Board Chassis Location
         *-firmware
              description: BIOS
              vendor: LENOVO
              physical id: 0
              version: H6CN11WW(V1.04)
              date: 07/07/2021
              size: 128KiB
              capacity: 16MiB
              capabilities: pci upgrade shadowing cdboot bootselect edd int13floppynec int13floppytoshiba int13floppy360 int13floppy1200 int13floppy720 int13floppy2880 int9keyboard int10video acpi usb biosbootspecification uefi
         *-cpu
              description: CPU
              product: AMD Ryzen 5 5500U with Radeon Graphics
              vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
              physical id: 4
              bus info: cpu@0
              version: AMD Ryzen 5 5500U with Radeon Graphics
              serial: Unknown
              slot: FP6
              size: 1568MHz
              capacity: 4056MHz
              width: 64 bits
              clock: 100MHz
              capabilities: lm fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt pdpe1gb rdtscp x86-64 constant_tsc rep_good nopl nonstop_tsc cpuid extd_apicid aperfmperf pni pclmulqdq monitor ssse3 fma cx16 sse4_1 sse4_2 movbe popcnt aes xsave avx f16c rdrand lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy abm sse4a misalignsse 3dnowprefetch osvw ibs skinit wdt tce topoext perfctr_core perfctr_nb bpext perfctr_llc mwaitx cpb cat_l3 cdp_l3 hw_pstate ssbd mba ibrs ibpb stibp vmmcall fsgsbase bmi1 avx2 smep bmi2 cqm rdt_a rdseed adx smap clflushopt clwb sha_ni xsaveopt xsavec xgetbv1 xsaves cqm_llc cqm_occup_llc cqm_mbm_total cqm_mbm_local clzero irperf xsaveerptr rdpru wbnoinvd arat npt lbrv svm_lock nrip_save tsc_scale vmcb_clean flushbyasid decodeassists pausefilter pfthreshold avic v_vmsave_vmload vgif umip rdpid overflow_recov succor smca cpufreq
              configuration: cores=6 enabledcores=6 threads=12
            *-cache:0
                 description: L1 cache
                 physical id: 5
                 slot: L1 - Cache
                 size: 384KiB
                 capacity: 384KiB
                 clock: 1GHz (1.0ns)
                 capabilities: pipeline-burst internal write-back unified
                 configuration: level=1
            *-cache:1
                 description: L2 cache
                 physical id: 6
                 slot: L2 - Cache
                 size: 3MiB
                 capacity: 3MiB
                 clock: 1GHz (1.0ns)
                 capabilities: pipeline-burst internal write-back unified
                 configuration: level=2
            *-cache:2
                 description: L3 cache
                 physical id: 7
                 slot: L3 - Cache
                 size: 8MiB
                 capacity: 8MiB
                 clock: 1GHz (1.0ns)
                 capabilities: pipeline-burst internal write-back unified
                 configuration: level=3
         *-memory
              description: System Memory
              physical id: d
              slot: System board or motherboard
              size: 8GiB
            *-bank:0
                 description: Row of chips DDR4 Synchronous Unbuffered (Unregistered) 3200 MHz (0.3 ns)
                 product: HMA851S6DJR6N-XN
                 vendor: Hynix
                 physical id: 0
                 serial: 00000000
                 slot: DIMM 0
                 size: 4GiB
                 width: 64 bits
                 clock: 3200MHz (0.3ns)
            *-bank:1
                 description: Row of chips DDR4 Synchronous Unbuffered (Unregistered) 3200 MHz (0.3 ns)
                 product: HMA851S6DJR6N-XN
                 vendor: Hynix
                 physical id: 1
                 serial: 00000000
                 slot: DIMM 0
                 size: 4GiB
                 width: 64 bits
                 clock: 3200MHz (0.3ns)
         *-pci:0
              description: Host bridge
              product: Renoir Root Complex
              vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
              physical id: 100
              bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0
              version: 00
              width: 32 bits
              clock: 33MHz
            *-generic UNCLAIMED
                 description: IOMMU
                 product: Renoir IOMMU
                 vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
                 physical id: 0.2
                 bus info: pci@0000:00:00.2
                 version: 00
                 width: 32 bits
                 clock: 33MHz
                 capabilities: msi ht cap_list
                 configuration: latency=0
            *-pci:0
                 description: PCI bridge
                 product: Renoir PCIe GPP Bridge
                 vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
                 physical id: 2.1
                 bus info: pci@0000:00:02.1
                 version: 00
                 width: 32 bits
                 clock: 33MHz
                 capabilities: pci pm pciexpress msi ht normal_decode bus_master cap_list
                 configuration: driver=pcieport
                 resources: irq:34 memory:c0800000-c08fffff
               *-storage
                    description: Non-Volatile memory controller
                    product: Sandisk Corp
                    vendor: Sandisk Corp
                    physical id: 0
                    bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
                    version: 01
                    width: 64 bits
                    clock: 33MHz
                    capabilities: storage pm msi msix pciexpress nvm_express bus_master cap_list
                    configuration: driver=nvme latency=0
                    resources: irq:53 memory:c0800000-c0803fff memory:c0804000-c08040ff
                  *-nvme0
                       description: NVMe device
                       product: WDC PC SN530 SDBPMPZ-256G-1101
                       physical id: 0
                       logical name: /dev/nvme0
                       version: 21160001
                       serial: 21225A807227
                       configuration: nqn=nqn.2018-01.com.wdc:guid:E8238FA6BF53-0001-001B448B414E4893 state=live
                     *-namespace
                          description: NVMe namespace
                          physical id: 1
                          logical name: /dev/nvme0n1
                          size: 238GiB (256GB)
                          capabilities: gpt-1.00 partitioned partitioned:gpt
                          configuration: guid=bc5180af-adbc-4978-b0f6-76fca9a6018c logicalsectorsize=512 sectorsize=512
                        *-volume:0 UNCLAIMED
                             description: Windows FAT volume
                             vendor: mkfs.fat
                             physical id: 1
                             version: FAT32
                             serial: 95e4-25bc
                             size: 510MiB
                             capacity: 511MiB
                             capabilities: boot fat initialized
                             configuration: FATs=2 filesystem=fat name=EFI System Partition
                        *-volume:1
                             description: EXT4 volume
                             vendor: Linux
                             physical id: 2
                             logical name: /dev/nvme0n1p2
                             logical name: /
                             version: 1.0
                             serial: fe9033e2-7195-43d8-a4f9-7e5045eda1a9
                             size: 237GiB
                             capabilities: journaled extended_attributes large_files huge_files dir_nlink recover 64bit extents ext4 ext2 initialized
                             configuration: created=2021-10-12 17:21:45 filesystem=ext4 lastmountpoint=/ modified=2021-10-12 17:46:41 mount.fstype=ext4 mount.options=rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro mounted=2021-10-12 17:46:42 state=mounted
            *-pci:1
                 description: PCI bridge
                 product: Renoir PCIe GPP Bridge
                 vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
                 physical id: 2.4
                 bus info: pci@0000:00:02.4
                 version: 00
                 width: 32 bits
                 clock: 33MHz
                 capabilities: pci pm pciexpress msi ht normal_decode bus_master cap_list
                 configuration: driver=pcieport
                 resources: irq:35 ioport:2000(size=4096) memory:c0700000-c07fffff
               *-network UNCLAIMED
                    description: Network controller
                    product: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
                    vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
                    physical id: 0
                    bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
                    version: 00
                    width: 64 bits
                    clock: 33MHz
                    capabilities: pm msi pciexpress cap_list
                    configuration: latency=0
                    resources: ioport:2000(size=256) memory:c0700000-c07fffff
            *-pci:2
                 description: PCI bridge
                 product: Renoir Internal PCIe GPP Bridge to Bus
                 vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
                 physical id: 8.1
                 bus info: pci@0000:00:08.1
                 version: 00
                 width: 32 bits
                 clock: 33MHz
                 capabilities: pci pm pciexpress msi normal_decode bus_master cap_list
                 configuration: driver=pcieport
                 resources: irq:36 ioport:1000(size=4096) memory:c0300000-c06fffff ioport:b0000000(size=270532608)
               *-display
                    description: VGA compatible controller
                    product: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]
                    vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]
                    physical id: 0
                    bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
                    version: c2
                    width: 64 bits
                    clock: 33MHz
                    capabilities: pm pciexpress msi msix vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
                    configuration: driver=amdgpu latency=0
                    resources: irq:56 memory:b0000000-bfffffff memory:c0000000-c01fffff ioport:1000(size=256) memory:c0600000-c067ffff memory:c0000-dffff
               *-multimedia:0
                    description: Audio device
                    product: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]
                    vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]
                    physical id: 0.1
                    bus info: pci@0000:03:00.1
                    version: 00
                    width: 32 bits
                    clock: 33MHz
                    capabilities: pm pciexpress msi bus_master cap_list
                    configuration: driver=snd_hda_intel latency=0
                    resources: irq:89 memory:c06c8000-c06cbfff
               *-generic
                    description: Encryption controller
                    product: Family 17h (Models 10h-1fh) Platform Security Processor
                    vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
                    physical id: 0.2
                    bus info: pci@0000:03:00.2
                    version: 00
                    width: 32 bits
                    clock: 33MHz
                    capabilities: pm pciexpress msi msix bus_master cap_list
                    configuration: driver=ccp latency=0
                    resources: irq:53 memory:c0500000-c05fffff memory:c06cc000-c06cdfff
               *-usb:0
                    description: USB controller
                    product: Renoir USB 3.1
                    vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
                    physical id: 0.3
                    bus info: pci@0000:03:00.3
                    version: 00
                    width: 64 bits
                    clock: 33MHz
                    capabilities: pm pciexpress msi msix xhci bus_master cap_list
                    configuration: driver=xhci_hcd latency=0
                    resources: irq:41 memory:c0300000-c03fffff
                  *-usbhost:0
                       product: xHCI Host Controller
                       vendor: Linux 5.11.0-27-generic xhci-hcd
                       physical id: 0
                       bus info: usb@1
                       logical name: usb1
                       version: 5.11
                       capabilities: usb-2.00
                       configuration: driver=hub slots=4 speed=480Mbit/s
                     *-usb:0
                          description: Wireless interface
                          product: Pixel 3a
                          vendor: Google
                          physical id: 1
                          bus info: usb@1:1
                          version: 4.40
                          serial: 937AY07PZP
                          capabilities: usb-2.00
                          configuration: driver=rndis_host maxpower=500mA speed=480Mbit/s
                     *-usb:1
                          description: Video
                          product: Integrated Camera
                          vendor: Chicony Electronics Co.,Ltd.
                          physical id: 3
                          bus info: usb@1:3
                          version: 26.83
                          serial: 0001
                          capabilities: usb-2.01
                          configuration: driver=uvcvideo maxpower=500mA speed=480Mbit/s
                  *-usbhost:1
                       product: xHCI Host Controller
                       vendor: Linux 5.11.0-27-generic xhci-hcd
                       physical id: 1
                       bus info: usb@2
                       logical name: usb2
                       version: 5.11
                       capabilities: usb-3.10
                       configuration: driver=hub slots=2 speed=10000Mbit/s
               *-usb:1
                    description: USB controller
                    product: Renoir USB 3.1
                    vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
                    physical id: 0.4
                    bus info: pci@0000:03:00.4
                    version: 00
                    width: 64 bits
                    clock: 33MHz
                    capabilities: pm pciexpress msi msix xhci bus_master cap_list
                    configuration: driver=xhci_hcd latency=0
                    resources: irq:56 memory:c0400000-c04fffff
                  *-usbhost:0
                       product: xHCI Host Controller
                       vendor: Linux 5.11.0-27-generic xhci-hcd
                       physical id: 0
                       bus info: usb@3
                       logical name: usb3
                       version: 5.11
                       capabilities: usb-2.00
                       configuration: driver=hub slots=4 speed=480Mbit/s
                     *-usb:0
                          description: Mass storage device
                          product: Infinitive
                          vendor: Walgreens
                          physical id: 2
                          bus info: usb@3:2
                          version: 1.00
                          serial: 03027224052521073511
                          capabilities: usb-2.00 scsi
                          configuration: driver=usb-storage maxpower=200mA speed=480Mbit/s
                     *-usb:1 UNCLAIMED
                          description: Generic USB device
                          product: Goodix FingerPrint Device
                          vendor: Generic
                          physical id: 3
                          bus info: usb@3:3
                          version: 1.00
                          capabilities: usb-2.00
                          configuration: maxpower=100mA speed=480Mbit/s
                     *-usb:2
                          description: Bluetooth wireless interface
                          product: Bluetooth Radio
                          vendor: Realtek
                          physical id: 4
                          bus info: usb@3:4
                          version: 0.00
                          serial: 00e04c000001
                          capabilities: bluetooth usb-1.00
                          configuration: driver=btusb maxpower=500mA speed=12Mbit/s
                  *-usbhost:1
                       product: xHCI Host Controller
                       vendor: Linux 5.11.0-27-generic xhci-hcd
                       physical id: 1
                       bus info: usb@4
                       logical name: usb4
                       version: 5.11
                       capabilities: usb-3.10
                       configuration: driver=hub slots=2 speed=10000Mbit/s
               *-multimedia:1
                    description: Multimedia controller
                    product: Raven/Raven2/FireFlight/Renoir Audio Processor
                    vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
                    physical id: 0.5
                    bus info: pci@0000:03:00.5
                    version: 01
                    width: 32 bits
                    clock: 33MHz
                    capabilities: pm pciexpress msi bus_master cap_list
                    configuration: driver=snd_rn_pci_acp3x latency=0
                    resources: irq:84 memory:c0680000-c06bffff
               *-multimedia:2
                    description: Audio device
                    product: Family 17h (Models 10h-1fh) HD Audio Controller
                    vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
                    physical id: 0.6
                    bus info: pci@0000:03:00.6
                    version: 00
                    width: 32 bits
                    clock: 33MHz
                    capabilities: pm pciexpress msi bus_master cap_list
                    configuration: driver=snd_hda_intel latency=0
                    resources: irq:55 memory:c06c0000-c06c7fff
            *-pci:3
                 description: PCI bridge
                 product: Renoir Internal PCIe GPP Bridge to Bus
                 vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
                 physical id: 8.2
                 bus info: pci@0000:00:08.2
                 version: 00
                 width: 32 bits
                 clock: 33MHz
                 capabilities: pci pm pciexpress msi normal_decode bus_master cap_list
                 configuration: driver=pcieport
                 resources: irq:37 memory:c0200000-c02fffff
               *-sata:0
                    description: SATA controller
                    product: FCH SATA Controller [AHCI mode]
                    vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
                    physical id: 0
                    bus info: pci@0000:04:00.0
                    version: 81
                    width: 32 bits
                    clock: 33MHz
                    capabilities: sata pm pciexpress msi ahci_1.0 bus_master cap_list
                    configuration: driver=ahci latency=0
                    resources: irq:51 memory:c0201000-c02017ff
               *-sata:1
                    description: SATA controller
                    product: FCH SATA Controller [AHCI mode]
                    vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
                    physical id: 0.1
                    bus info: pci@0000:04:00.1
                    version: 81
                    width: 32 bits
                    clock: 33MHz
                    capabilities: sata pm pciexpress msi ahci_1.0 bus_master cap_list
                    configuration: driver=ahci latency=0
                    resources: irq:54 memory:c0200000-c02007ff
            *-serial
                 description: SMBus
                 product: FCH SMBus Controller
                 vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
                 physical id: 14
                 bus info: pci@0000:00:14.0
                 version: 51
                 width: 32 bits
                 clock: 66MHz
                 configuration: driver=piix4_smbus latency=0
                 resources: irq:0
            *-isa
                 description: ISA bridge
                 product: FCH LPC Bridge
                 vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
                 physical id: 14.3
                 bus info: pci@0000:00:14.3
                 version: 51
                 width: 32 bits
                 clock: 66MHz
                 capabilities: isa bus_master
                 configuration: latency=0
         *-pci:1
              description: Host bridge
              product: Renoir PCIe Dummy Host Bridge
              vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
              physical id: 101
              bus info: pci@0000:00:01.0
              version: 00
              width: 32 bits
              clock: 33MHz
         *-pci:2
              description: Host bridge
              product: Renoir PCIe Dummy Host Bridge
              vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
              physical id: 102
              bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
              version: 00
              width: 32 bits
              clock: 33MHz
         *-pci:3
              description: Host bridge
              product: Renoir PCIe Dummy Host Bridge
              vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
              physical id: 103
              bus info: pci@0000:00:08.0
              version: 00
              width: 32 bits
              clock: 33MHz
         *-pci:4
              description: Host bridge
              product: Renoir Device 24: Function 0
              vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
              physical id: 104
              bus info: pci@0000:00:18.0
              version: 00
              width: 32 bits
              clock: 33MHz
         *-pci:5
              description: Host bridge
              product: Renoir Device 24: Function 1
              vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
              physical id: 105
              bus info: pci@0000:00:18.1
              version: 00
              width: 32 bits
              clock: 33MHz
         *-pci:6
              description: Host bridge
              product: Renoir Device 24: Function 2
              vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
              physical id: 106
              bus info: pci@0000:00:18.2
              version: 00
              width: 32 bits
              clock: 33MHz
         *-pci:7
              description: Host bridge
              product: Renoir Device 24: Function 3
              vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
              physical id: 107
              bus info: pci@0000:00:18.3
              version: 00
              width: 32 bits
              clock: 33MHz
              configuration: driver=k10temp
              resources: irq:0
         *-pci:8
              description: Host bridge
              product: Renoir Device 24: Function 4
              vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
              physical id: 108
              bus info: pci@0000:00:18.4
              version: 00
              width: 32 bits
              clock: 33MHz
         *-pci:9
              description: Host bridge
              product: Renoir Device 24: Function 5
              vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
              physical id: 109
              bus info: pci@0000:00:18.5
              version: 00
              width: 32 bits
              clock: 33MHz
         *-pci:10
              description: Host bridge
              product: Renoir Device 24: Function 6
              vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
              physical id: 10a
              bus info: pci@0000:00:18.6
              version: 00
              width: 32 bits
              clock: 33MHz
         *-pci:11
              description: Host bridge
              product: Renoir Device 24: Function 7
              vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
              physical id: 10b
              bus info: pci@0000:00:18.7
              version: 00
              width: 32 bits
              clock: 33MHz
         *-pnp00:00
              product: PnP device PNP0c02
              physical id: 1
              capabilities: pnp
              configuration: driver=system
         *-pnp00:01
              product: PnP device PNP0b00
              physical id: 2
              capabilities: pnp
              configuration: driver=rtc_cmos
         *-pnp00:02
              product: PnP device FUJ7401
              physical id: 3
              capabilities: pnp
              configuration: driver=i8042 kbd
         *-pnp00:03
              product: PnP device PNP0c02
              physical id: 5
              capabilities: pnp
              configuration: driver=system
         *-pnp00:04
              product: PnP device PNP0c01
              physical id: 6
              capabilities: pnp
              configuration: driver=system
         *-scsi
              physical id: 7
              logical name: scsi2
              capabilities: emulated scsi-host
              configuration: driver=usb-storage
            *-disk
                 description: SCSI Disk
                 product: Infinitive
                 vendor: Walgreen
                 physical id: 0.0.0
                 bus info: scsi@2:0.0.0
                 logical name: /dev/sda
                 version: 1.00
                 serial: 03027224052521073511
                 size: 28GiB (30GB)
                 capabilities: removable
                 configuration: ansiversion=6 logicalsectorsize=512 sectorsize=512
               *-medium
                    physical id: 0
                    logical name: /dev/sda
                    size: 28GiB (30GB)
                    capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
                    configuration: signature=000358c0
                  *-volume
                       description: Windows FAT volume
                       vendor: SYSLINUX
                       physical id: 1
                       logical name: /dev/sda1
                       logical name: /media/me/UBUNTU 20_0
                       version: FAT32
                       serial: 7cd7-cb58
                       size: 28GiB
                       capacity: 28GiB
                       capabilities: primary bootable fat initialized
                       configuration: FATs=2 filesystem=fat label=UBUNTU 20_0 mount.fstype=vfat mount.options=rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,uid=1000,gid=1000,fmask=0022,dmask=0022,codepage=437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,showexec,utf8,flush,errors=remount-ro state=mounted
      *-battery
           description: Zinc Air Battery
           product: CRB Battery 0
           vendor: -Virtual Battery 0-
           physical id: 1
           version: 08/08/2010
           serial: Battery 0
           slot: Fake
      *-network
           description: Ethernet interface
           physical id: 2
           bus info: usb@1:1
           logical name: usb0
           serial: 0a:85:f9:a1:25:d3
           capabilities: ethernet physical
           configuration: broadcast=yes driver=rndis_host driverversion=5.11.0-27-generic firmware=RNDIS device ip=192.168.79.33 link=yes multicast=yes
    Last edited by completelymadeup; October 14th, 2021 at 12:35 AM.

  2. #2
    Join Date
    Mar 2010
    Location
    Squidbilly-Land
    Beans
    Hidden!
    Distro
    Ubuntu

    Re: New install -- No wifi drivers, no wifi icon, anything

    Really new hardware seldom has great support by any Linux when first released. I try to buy 1-2 yr old laptops and check out the actual chips used for the key components to be 100% certain they are supported in the kernel, without any drivers to be manually added, downloaded, or maintained. I learned this over decades.

    New is the enemy of "supported."

    Did you look up the exact wifi chip used?

    I don't use wifi much - actually in my laptop, I only use it outside the house. Inside the house, I have $20 USB3-to-GigE adapter that "just works". That adapter adds 3 more USB3 ports in addition to the GigE adapter.

    To get the wifi chip used can be a challenge. Try these commands:
    • lspci -vk |egrep --after-context=8 'Ethernet|Network'
    • lspci -vk |perl -lne 'print if /Ethernet|Network/ .. /^[\w]*$/'
    • sudo lsusb -v |egrep 'Ether|Network'
    • lsmod |grep usbnet
    • inxi -Nxx
    • sudo lshw -sanitize -C network


    One of those should work.

    Code:
    02:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Device 8852
    Based on some of the other output, it appears the driver isn't shipped https://askubuntu.com/questions/1336...tek-8852-20-10 has some steps for a solution. Seems you'll need to narrow down the exact version of this wifi adapter to manually pick the correct driver, since Realtek makes a few different versions of the 8852.

    Good luck. I try to only get Intel network adapters ... wifi or wired. This avoids most issues, I've found, assuming the NIC isn't too new.

Tags for this Thread

Bookmarks

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •