Hi again!
Have a bit of a dilemma here. I cannot seem to get my WiFi card to detect. BT is showing up, but no WiFi.
It is a Qualcom NCM865 chipset and is supported by kernel 6.11.
After I upgraded to that kernel, it worked. But, screwing around as I do, I borked something else and had to do a timeshift restore. To be clear, I have done this many times and it always sets me right back to where I was.
This time, however, I noticed that my WiFi toggle is no longer available and sure enough, in settings, it is not there.
I have tried downgrading the kernel to 6.8.X , rebooting, and then upgrading once more back to 6.11 and still nothing.
Is there a way I can force it to look for the card? Otherwise, what do I do here?
Assuming it's not (I have no /etc/iwd directory), how do I get and install it?
note: When I do a sudo dmesg, and then search for the string "ath12k", nothing is found at all.
I didn't have to before, as it just worked, upon installing 6.11...
Hey. Sorry for the late reply. Busy weekend, winterizing the trailer.
Anyway, let me bring you up to speed.
I updated the kernel following these instructions:
All went well after I was given updated instructions as you can see towards the end of that thread. My Wi-Fi worked and I was good for a week or so.
Since then I've had some issues with apt not wanting to install things (at the time, it was Github and Retroarch being installed). When it wouldn't work I just built Git from source myself and got it installed that way.
Eventually I found the solution for getting apt to install Retroarch as well. There was a file being held and I had to go delete the lockfile. Probably from an unfinished install or something that got aborted. But you know what Linux is like on the internet. While trying to solve one problem, you can create three more, by following scripts and code and commands that are deprecated, or wind up installing libraries that break other things, which was my situation. The proverbial straw was when Steam froze on me and then crashed and refused to load after I would click the icon after that. I would then go into terminal and try and load Steam that way and it would just return me to the $prompt and not do anything. I finally gave up and just Timeshifted back to a week prior, landing me back to right after I had installed the 6.11 kernel.
All seemed well, but for the fact that my Wi-Fi was no longer available. And here we are.
You are now up to speed lol
edit
Incidentally, and while I have your attention, I've also just noticed that my computer will not shut down. I can't quite tell if it is shutting off and immediately starting back up again or if it is simply restarting when I hit the shutdown button. Either way, I'm getting irritated lol
I did a search and tried this, to no avail...
sudo -i (to get a root shell, sudo gedit is not recommended)
gedit /etc/default/grub
Find the line: GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"
Change this to: GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash acpi=force"
And with adding the Kernel: Did you took TuxInvader or the Mainline Tool?
For the Shutdown Issue it would be maybe better to open another Thread. So, it wouldn't be too mixed up with the Issues.
But for the Beginning: When You write ''I hit the shutdown button'': Do you mean the Power Button on Your Machine or the button in the system to shutdown and power off Your System?
Makes no difference. Either one does the same. Anyway, yeah. I'll start a new thread.
As for the kernel, I first updated using Tux. I did install the Mainline Tool, and have since done it that way to try different kernels, trying to fix my issue. I have also added the Tuxinvader repo again and installed the kernel via cli as per the instructions.
The install goes fine, I update grub, reboot, and all is as it should be...'cept the wifi. Oh, and I am on 17.2
Okay, maybe it would be better to use the Mainline Tool instead of Tux I would think because the Mainline Tool takes the Kernels from Ubuntu. And because Zorin is based on Ubuntu this could maybe work better together.
So, maybe it would be good if you would try it with removing the Tux Stuff and then use a Kernel from Mainline.
So tonight, the wifi card just randomly appeared...
I haven't even had a chance to do what you suggested yet. I've been busy. I was just playing with geekbench a bit, and then decided it's bed time. So I figured I'd try again to power down the system and the wifi button was in the dashboard window. Why would it just appear after days of not being there?
That is a Question ... Maybe turn off and on helps. Maybe the Ghost in the Machine had a good Day ... You should keep an Eye on this. But does Your Wifi work now?
