i have been using windows for pretty much my entire life, only using linux mint for about a month or two before messing everything up, so basically, ive got little to no experience. after installing cachy, it doesnt show any wireless networks, only allowing for ethernet.
could someone walk me through fixing it?
Please return the order : hwinfo --netcard ?
❯ hwinfo --netcard
11: PCI 200.0: 0280 Network controller
[Created at pci.395]
Unique ID: B35A.xAYM4vg2qzD
Parent ID: hoOk.sjtXPQHGp32
SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.2/0000:02:00.0
SysFS BusID: 0000:02:00.0
Hardware Class: network
Model: “Intel Wireless 8265 / 8275”
Vendor: pci 0x8086 “Intel Corporation”
Device: pci 0x24fd “Wireless 8265 / 8275”
SubVendor: pci 0x8086 “Intel Corporation”
SubDevice: pci 0x0050
Revision: 0x78
Memory Range: 0xef000000-0xef001fff (rw,non-prefetchable)
IRQ: 18 (no events)
Module Alias: “pci:v00008086d000024FDsv00008086sd00000050bc02sc80i00”
Driver Info #0:
Driver Status: iwlwifi is active
Driver Activation Cmd: “modprobe iwlwifi”
Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
Attached to: #24 (PCI bridge)
20: PCI 1f.6: 0200 Ethernet controller
[Created at pci.395]
Unique ID: AhzA.xWN0OAGpstF
SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.6
SysFS BusID: 0000:00:1f.6
Hardware Class: network
Model: “Intel Ethernet Connection (4) I219-LM”
Vendor: pci 0x8086 “Intel Corporation”
Device: pci 0x15d7 “Ethernet Connection (4) I219-LM”
SubVendor: pci 0x1028 “Dell”
SubDevice: pci 0x081a
Revision: 0x21
Driver: “e1000e”
Driver Modules: “e1000e”
Device File: enp0s31f6
Memory Range: 0xef200000-0xef21ffff (rw,non-prefetchable)
IRQ: 131 (151990 events)
HW Address: e4:b9:7a:06:62:10
Permanent HW Address: e4:b9:7a:06:62:10
Link detected: yes
Module Alias: “pci:v00008086d000015D7sv00001028sd0000081Abc02sc00i00”
Driver Info #0:
Driver Status: e1000e is active
Driver Activation Cmd: “modprobe e1000e”
Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
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this?
At first glance, your Wi-Fi card driver does not appear to be installed.
What does the command do?: sudo dmesg | grep iwlwifi
❯ sudo dmesg | grep iwlwifi
[ 6.498009] iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: enabling device (0000 → 0002)
[ 7.668202] iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: probe with driver iwlwifi failed with error -110
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i do want to say as well, just a few hours ago, before i installed CachyOS, i was using wifi with windows, so it does work
What’s the result? : sudo modprobe iwlwifi
Search the internet using your card wifi Intel Wireless 8265 / 8275
Maybe a problem with the dual-boot Windows/CachyOS
result gave nothing, and its not duel booting, i completely wiped the drive during installation
I found that :
https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=399427
Just to clarify, I don’t have that card in my PC.
That’s all I can do to help. Sorry !!
i appriciate you trying to help. thanks
though, as i said i dont really have any experience with linux, what exactly am i meant to do with the .tar.xz
I don’t know where you downloaded this file from, but I think I saw the method on the Intel website.
Otherwise, what does this file contain? It’s an archive, like a ZIP file. You can open it with ark if you’re using KDE.
Good morning, you haven’t specified the model of your Wi-Fi card or USB adapter. Some, for example, those from TP-Link, don’t have native Windows drivers, and unless someone has compiled them for Linux, there’s no way to get them working.
You could try searching online for your adapter model and see if drivers are available.
Regards.
The model is given in this post
The solution I found online regarding that Wi-Fi card: Shutdown, unplug machine, hold power button down for 30 seconds, then boot & test wifi again.
My college had the exact same symptoms a while back and it was due to Windows leaving the WIFI card in some weird state for Windows Fast Startup. The fix was to boot Windows and then restart (not shutdown) into BIOS. Unlike on a regular shutdown on a restart Windows does not leave the device in a Fast Startup state. You can also disable Fast Startup in Windows power settings.
Now since you wiped your drive @boxbunny disconnecting the power supply and holding the power button as @rsgauna1986 suggested can achieve the same effect.