i am at a loss now, i have put in the install usb and reloaded it, tried it as Try Zorin view but still no access to either wifi or ethernet. just fired it back up in windows and it all works fine
Are you dual booting?
Is "Fast Boot" or "Fast startup" enabled in Windows? Control panel > Power configuration, I think...
Is secure boot enabled (You may have been asked this already).
I disabled them in windows and disabled secure boot in Bios
I wonder if the module is blacklisted. Check /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf or other blacklist files there.
Try:
sudo modprobe 8192ee
sudo systemctl restart network-manager
You might try turning off Wifi Powersaver with this complicated command:
sudo sed -i 's/3/2/' /etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/default-wifi-powersave-on.conf
mark@mark-main-PC:~$ sudo modprobe 8192ee
[sudo] password for mark:
Sorry, try again.
[sudo] password for mark:
modprobe: FATAL: Module 8192ee not found in directory /lib/modules/5.11.0-27-generic
mark@mark-main-PC:~$ sudo systemctl restart network-manager
mark@mark-main-PC:~$ sudo sed -i 's/3/2/'/etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/default-wifi-powersave-on.conf
sed: -e expression #1, char 7: unknown option to `s'
mark@mark-main-PC:~$ ^C
mark@mark-main-PC:~$ sudo sed -i's/3/2/'/etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/default-wifi-powersave-on.conf
Usage: sed [OPTION]... {script-only-if-no-other-script} [input-file]...
-n, --quiet, --silent
suppress automatic printing of pattern space
--debug
annotate program execution
-e script, --expression=script
add the script to the commands to be executed
-f script-file, --file=script-file
add the contents of script-file to the commands to be executed
--follow-symlinks
follow symlinks when processing in place
-i[SUFFIX], --in-place[=SUFFIX]
edit files in place (makes backup if SUFFIX supplied)
-l N, --line-length=N
specify the desired line-wrap length for the `l' command
--posix
disable all GNU extensions.
-E, -r, --regexp-extended
use extended regular expressions in the script
(for portability use POSIX -E).
-s, --separate
consider files as separate rather than as a single,
continuous long stream.
--sandbox
operate in sandbox mode (disable e/r/w commands).
-u, --unbuffered
load minimal amounts of data from the input files and flush
the output buffers more often
-z, --null-data
separate lines by NUL characters
--help display this help and exit
--version output version information and exit
If no -e, --expression, -f, or --file option is given, then the first
non-option argument is taken as the sed script to interpret. All
remaining arguments are names of input files; if no input files are
specified, then the standard input is read.
GNU sed home page: <https://www.gnu.org/software/sed/>.
General help using GNU software: <https://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>.
mark@mark-main-PC:~$
i take it that it is not supported or is blacklisted??
We can do this manually by navigating to /etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/default-wifi-powersave-on.conf and setting it from 2 to 3. But first...
This may be the clue... Looking at another thread:
Let's try it 
sudo apt install -y linux-modules-extra-5.4.0-80-generic
mark@mark-main-PC:~$ sudo apt install -y linux-modules-extra-5.4.0-80-generic
[sudo] password for mark:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package linux-modules-extra-5.4.0-80-generic
E: Couldn't find any package by glob 'linux-modules-extra-5.4.0-80-generic'
mark@mark-main-PC:~$
Right.
No internet.
Ok we are back to use another computer or OS with networking enabled and use USB stick to transfer packages.
The more I look at this, the more I think it is the 5.11 kernel. But... let me see if drivers installed will help
Ok, I found here:
Installation is done with three commands or so that we can help walk you through:
sudo make install
You must also blacklist the kernel driver, or it will override this one.
echo "blacklist rtl8192ee" | sudo tee -a /etc/modprobe.d/50-blacklist.conf
Now, tell the system to load the module on boot.
echo "8192ee" | sudo tee -a /etc/modules-load.d/8192ee.conf
Interestingly, while looking for the drivers I can across this:
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Why does PopOs work, isn't PopOS also Ubuntu based? Did the devs change something within it, like Manjaro did with Arch? @Aravisian can you link to where you found it?
ok, i went to the link and downloaded it as a zip, put it on a usb and plugged it in to the main PC.
i then done this:
mark@mark-main-PC:~$ sudo make install
[sudo] password for mark:
make: *** No rule to make target 'install'. Stop.
mark@mark-main-PC:~$
Am i doing something wrong?
Where should i put the zip file (or extracted)on the main pc?
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You need to go to the directory to the unzipped file:
#some commands might require superuser access
unzip #the package←(Unzip the package)
cd #the directory where you place the package←(Goes to the place where you storedunziped package)
make←(Invokes the execution of the.makefile)
make install←(Install ~ takes the binaries from the previous step [make] and copies them into some appropriate locations so that they can be accessed)
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Extract the file - whereever you want, really. Whatever suits your organizing... I would put it in Downloads, then extract it there.
Once extracted, open the newly extracted directory.
It should be named rtl8192ee-master
You need to change to that directory in order for the terminal to See it... (Assuming you put it in Downloads):
cd ~/Downloads/rtl8192ee-master
sudo make install
echo "blacklist rtl8192ee" | sudo tee -a /etc/modprobe.d/50-blacklist.conf
echo "8192ee" | sudo tee -a /etc/modules-load.d/8192ee.conf
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done that i think:
mark@mark-main-PC:~$ sudo apt install -y linux-modules-extra-5.4.0-80-generic
[sudo] password for mark:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package linux-modules-extra-5.4.0-80-generic
E: Couldn't find any package by glob 'linux-modules-extra-5.4.0-80-generic'
mark@mark-main-PC:~$ cd ~/Downloads/rtl8192ee-master
mark@mark-main-PC:~/Downloads/rtl8192ee-master$ sudo make install
[sudo] password for mark:
install -p -m 644 8192ee.ko /lib/modules/5.11.0-27-generic/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/
install: cannot stat '8192ee.ko': No such file or directory
make: *** [Makefile:1833: install] Error 1
mark@mark-main-PC:~/Downloads/rtl8192ee-master$ echo "blacklist rtl8192ee" | sudo tee -a /etc/modprobe.d/50-blacklist.conf
blacklist rtl8192ee
mark@mark-main-PC:~/Downloads/rtl8192ee-master$ echo "8192ee" | sudo tee -a /etc/modules-load.d/8192ee.conf
8192ee
mark@mark-main-PC:~/Downloads/rtl8192ee-master$
rebooted and still no connection and now the wifi is not visible at all
Sorry for being a pain, i appreciate all your help
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U can't install the headers because there aren't any Wi-Fi.
you lost me there
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You don't have internet access to install the kernal headers
so it cant be done then?
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