I'm sorry about all the confusion between the two. The older one did install Zorin from the USB. However, I couldn't get it to do a re-install since it wouldn't boot off the USB again. The newer one will not even recognize the USB with Zorin on it at all.
I took it back out and unhooked it and sending you the photos so you can see exactly what it is.
I could use an external hard drive, couldn't I?
Got a new hard drive in now with Zorin Pro on it (not Lite this time) and it's super fast booting! Still have problems with it going into airplane mode though. I did find a bit of help on the topic, but none of it worked. Did all the recommended updates and everything hoping it would help... At least it's much faster now and for that I'm grateful.
Sorry I missed your post of the images. I noticed the picture of the HDD with label on it, was this the old one? With regards to your airplane mode, please open a terminal (just type terminal in search bar of menu) and enter:
sudo lshw -C network
and copy and paste the results back here please.
Yes, that's the old one. Got an SSD now. Here are the results:
-network
description: Wireless interface
product: RTL8188EE Wireless Network Adapter
vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:08:00.0
logical name: wlo1
version: 01
serial: 30:52:cb:97:59:1e
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=rtl8188ee driverversion=6.8.0-57-generic firmware=N/A ip=192.168.1.105 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11
resources: irq:49 ioport:4000(size=256) memory:b2500000-b2503fff
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: RTL810xE PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller
vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:09:00.0
logical name: eno1
version: 0a
serial: b0:5a:da:e5:83:6a
capacity: 100Mbit/s
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=6.8.0-57-generic firmware=rtl8107e-2_0.0.2 02/26/15 latency=0 link=no multicast=yes port=twisted pair
resources: irq:19 ioport:3000(size=256) memory:b2404000-b2404fff memory:b2400000-b2403fff
artcountry1@artcountry1-HP-Pavilion-Notebook:~$
Hi, using Brave A.I. search gives:
RTL8188EE Drops to Aeroplane Mode
Users experiencing issues with the RTL8188EE wireless network adapter dropping connections and switching to airplane mode on Ubuntu 22.04 can try several troubleshooting steps. One approach is to disable background Wi-Fi scanning, which can sometimes cause errors and lead to connection drops. This can be done by adding certain options to the /etc/modprobe.d/rtl8188ee.conf file.
Another method involves disabling power saving features for the Wi-Fi adapter. This can be achieved by adding options such as ips=0 , swlps=0 , fwlps=0 , and aspm=0 to the /etc/modprobe.d/rtl8188ee.conf file and then rebooting the system.
Additionally, updating the system and installing the net-tools package might resolve connectivity issues. Running the following commands can help:
sudo apt update && sudo apt -y dist-upgrade
sudo apt install net-tools
sudo reboot
If these steps do not resolve the issue, users may need to replace the old kernel module with a newer version from the Realtek driver repository.
For more detailed troubleshooting, users can use the dmesg command to gather information about the wireless adapter's behavior and look for specific error messages related to the RTL8188EE driver.
/etc/modprobe.d/rtl8188ee.conf
I did a search for this file, but there is no such file found.
Put in net-tools and it did some stuff and then I put in the other commands one at a time and rebooted. Still goes into airplane mode when closing the lid.
I changed the settings in Power to opposite of what it was. If I just let the screen black out and don't close the lid, I still have wifi when I open it back up.
Ok, if there isn't a .conf file you can create one via the terminal with:
sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/rtl8188ee.conf
the nano editor will open with no entries. Add those items in the previous post on separate lines within the .conf file. After you have made the changes to the .conf file press Ctrl+ O, you will be asked if you want to save the changes, Press Enter to accept, then Ctrl+ X to exit, then reboot your machine.
When I do that and look for the file, it says permission denied. I still added the other commands but it didn't do or help anything.
Sorry friend, I'm stumped. However, because you have purchased Pro you can get help from Team Zorin directly using this request form:
It would be useful if you could share any solution they provide for the benefit of Core users.
Just had another thought. If you don't need Bluetooth, turn it off as most notebook manufacyurers put wifi and bluetooth on one chip and this causes interference with wifi.
You might try this after ensuring that any physical Airplane mode switch on the computer is set to "Off":
Zorin is trying to help, but so far no luck in changing anything.
Went to the askubuntu and tried what they said, but still no luck. Going to try again after I get back home later with one of their other suggestions.
Still no luck in getting the airplane to stay off when closing the lid. I even got a new USB stick and downloaded the 17.3 OS onto it and reinstalled Zorin. Zorin support gave me 2 methods to try in the terminal. Had done the New Method before this reinstall and they said the Old Method might work this time. It didn't.
Everything went well with the install until it was done and said to restart in order to use Zorin. I took the USB out before hitting restart and it gave me a bunch of "smash" errors - a big long list of them. Did I do something wrong by taking the USB out before restarting? I let Zorin support know this also.
No, that was the right thing to do.
Did you put ubuntu (=Zorin) at the top of the boot options in your BIOS/UEFI settings? This is important in order to be able to boot.
That depends. Did You take the Stick out when You get the Screen to take it out? When You don't get that and it was only Restart, that was wrong.
It did boot properly from the stick, but I took it out too early. Did not have a prompt. Forgot that from when I did it before... So I thought - what the heck - and did it again. Everything went like it was supposed to and no problems or errors. Except I still get stuck in airplane mode...