So their is a weird error. Every once in a while, I boot up linux, and there is no WiFi Adapter found. I restart boot into windows, use windows for a bit. Upon next Linux boot up it’s back.
Custom Built Desktop PC, windows 10 / zorin os 15 - ult (dual boot)
Help me to fix this issue.
If you want more information please let me know.
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Zorin
Description: Zorin OS 15.3
Release: 15
Codename: bionic
Can you try https://askubuntu.com/questions/230766/how-lsb-module-affects-system-and-can-be-made-available-to-the-system ?
I’ll give it a try, I’ll keep everyone updated! Thanks!
Update:
I followed the above thread. It worked for a bit, I got wifi back, but upon system startup today, no wifi adapter found again.
➜ ~ lsb_release -a
LSB Version: core-9.20170808ubuntu1-noarch:security-9.20170808ubuntu1-noarch
Distributor ID: Zorin
Description: Zorin OS 15.3
Release: 15
Codename: bionic
Post the output of sudo lshw -c network
In after thought, straight text might be better. Same as text in terminal screen.
➜ ~ sudo lshw -c network
[sudo] password for greenthingsjump:
*-network UNCLAIMED
description: Network controller
product: Wireless-AC 9260
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
version: 29
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix cap_list
configuration: latency=0
resources: memory:f7700000-f7703fff
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:04:00.0
logical name: enp4s0
version: 26
serial: 24:4b:fe:59:42:23
size: 1Gbit/s
capacity: 1Gbit/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 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 duplex=full firmware=rtl8168h-2_0.0.2 02/26/15 ip=192.168.254.20 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=MII speed=1Gbit/s
resources: irq:37 ioport:f000(size=256) memory:f7604000-f7604fff memory:f7600000-f7603fff
Try these steps (specific posts linked but you’re welcome to browse the entire thread) and let us know if any of them fixes it:
For some reason zorin updated and now it is detecting the Wi-Fi adapter… I’ll check in a few days or so. If it’s still here, I’ll accept your latest answer as the answer. Thanks for all the help @carmar!
For step one:
I had to find out what kernal version I was using. So I did this:
➜ ~ uname -r
5.4.0-56-generic
Then I usedd that info in the post specified as follows:
sudo apt update && sudo apt install linux-generic-hwe-5.4.0-56-generic linux firmware
.
(a few seconds later...)
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9.5 kB]
Get:32 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/multiverse amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [2,464 B]
Fetched 966 kB in 2s (517 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
5 packages can be upgraded. Run 'apt list --upgradable' to see them.
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package linux-generic-hwe-5.4.0-56-generic
E: Couldn't find any package by glob 'linux-generic-hwe-5.4.0-56-generic'
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'linux-generic-hwe-5.4.0-56-generic'
E: Unable to locate package linux
E: Unable to locate package firmware
I stopped after the first step, because something between where I started and now qued and update and it’s currently being found. Meaning the wifi adapter.
You’re missing a hyphen at the end, try with linux-firmware.
Here is the updated entry per your suggestion:
➜ ~ sudo apt install linux-generic-hwe-5.4.0-56-generic linux-firmware
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package linux-generic-hwe-5.4.0-56-generic
E: Couldn't find any package by glob 'linux-generic-hwe-5.4.0-56-generic'
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'linux-generic-hwe-5.4.0-56-generic'
I dont think I missed anything…?
Try sudo apt install linux-generic-hwe-18.04 linux-firmware - I know this is weird but there is a package listed as that on Synaptic, so may as well see if the firmware updates using this syntax.
And also try sudo apt full-upgrade
If neither of these help, go to step 2 on my post.
I’ll give it a whirl tomorrow. Thanks for the help again. As you probably suspected, it’s still a problem. But im not giving up.
Your command:
➜ ~ sudo apt install linux-generic-hwe-18.04 linux-firmware
E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem.
Oh My Zsh Reccomended Command:
➜ ~ sudo dpkg --configure -a
Setting up linux-headers-5.4.0-58-generic (5.4.0-58.64~18.04.1) ...
/etc/kernel/header_postinst.d/dkms:
* dkms: running auto installation service for kernel 5.4.0-58-generic
Error! This module/version has already been built on: 5.4.0-58-generic
Directory: /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/450.80.02/5.4.0-58-generic/x86_64
already exists. Use the dkms remove function before trying to build again.
Kernel preparation unnecessary for this kernel. Skipping...
Building module:
cleaning build area...
make -j12 KERNELRELEASE=5.4.0-58-generic -C /lib/modules/5.4.0-58-generic/build M=/var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/5.2.42/build.....
Signing module:
- /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/5.2.42/5.4.0-58-generic/x86_64/module/vboxpci.ko
- /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/5.2.42/5.4.0-58-generic/x86_64/module/vboxnetflt.ko
- /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/5.2.42/5.4.0-58-generic/x86_64/module/vboxnetadp.ko
- /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/5.2.42/5.4.0-58-generic/x86_64/module/vboxdrv.ko
Secure Boot not enabled on this system.
cleaning build area...
DKMS: build completed.
vboxdrv.ko:
Running module version sanity check.
- Original module
- No original module exists within this kernel
- Installation
- Installing to /lib/modules/5.4.0-58-generic/updates/
vboxnetadp.ko:
Running module version sanity check.
- Original module
- No original module exists within this kernel
- Installation
- Installing to /lib/modules/5.4.0-58-generic/updates/
vboxnetflt.ko:
Running module version sanity check.
- Original module
- No original module exists within this kernel
- Installation
- Installing to /lib/modules/5.4.0-58-generic/updates/
vboxpci.ko:
Running module version sanity check.
- Original module
- No original module exists within this kernel
- Installation
- Installing to /lib/modules/5.4.0-58-generic/updates/
depmod...........
DKMS: install completed.
...done.
Setting up linux-modules-extra-5.4.0-58-generic (5.4.0-58.64~18.04.1) ...
Setting up linux-image-generic-hwe-18.04 (5.4.0.58.64~18.04.53) ...
Setting up linux-headers-generic-hwe-18.04 (5.4.0.58.64~18.04.53) ...
Setting up linux-generic-hwe-18.04 (5.4.0.58.64~18.04.53) ...
Processing triggers for linux-image-5.4.0-58-generic (5.4.0-58.64~18.04.1) ...
/etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms:
* dkms: running auto installation service for kernel 5.4.0-58-generic
Error! This module/version has already been built on: 5.4.0-58-generic
Directory: /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/450.80.02/5.4.0-58-generic/x86_64
already exists. Use the dkms remove function before trying to build again.
...done.
/etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools:
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-5.4.0-58-generic
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8125a-3.fw for module r8169
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168fp-3.fw for module r8169
/etc/kernel/postinst.d/zz-update-grub:
Sourcing file `/etc/default/grub'
Generating grub configuration file ...
Found theme: /usr/share/grub/themes/zorin/theme.txt
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-5.4.0-58-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-5.4.0-58-generic
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-5.4.0-56-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-5.4.0-56-generic
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-5.4.0-54-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-5.4.0-54-generic
Found Windows Boot Manager on /dev/sdc1@/efi/Microsoft/Boot/bootmgfw.efi
Adding boot menu entry for EFI firmware configuration
done
full upgrade command:
➜ ~ sudo apt full-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
linux-headers-5.4.0-54-generic linux-hwe-5.4-headers-5.4.0-54
linux-image-5.4.0-54-generic linux-modules-5.4.0-54-generic
linux-modules-extra-5.4.0-54-generic
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
The following packages have been kept back:
wine-stable winehq-stable
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded.
Your reccomended command, again, after the oh my zosh reccomendation:
➜ ~ sudo apt install linux-generic-hwe-18.04 linux-firmware
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
linux-firmware is already the newest version (1.173.19).
linux-generic-hwe-18.04 is already the newest version (5.4.0.58.64~18.04.53).
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
linux-headers-5.4.0-54-generic linux-hwe-5.4-headers-5.4.0-54
linux-image-5.4.0-54-generic linux-modules-5.4.0-54-generic
linux-modules-extra-5.4.0-54-generic
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 4 not upgraded.
Should I uninstall wine? I dont use it that much.
Should I follow the terminal’s advise, I am using ohmyzosh?
Should I use sudo autoremove?
Something I did caused my second monitor not to be recognized and the resolution got reduced… /sigh…
I went to the below filepath and updated the driver to the latest driver I have, problem fixed.
systemtools > software updater > settings
Is this the monitor resolution problem or the WiFi problem that was fixed?
Yes, running the software updater before anything else is a good idea.
For future reference, you can also use xrandr, see first section here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Config/Resolution#Dynamically_testing_different_resolutions - for the monitor.
Regarding your earlier questions, it’s fine to use autoremove and fine to remove wine.
If this hasn’t fixed your problem, I recommend moving to my earlier suggested step #2.
In the Addional Drivers Tab:
This part is grayed out.
Intel Corp: unknown
this device is not working
*using iwlwifi driver backport in DKMS format from packport-iwlwifi-dkms
*continue using a manually installed driver
*do not use the device (selected)
Does this shed anylight on the problem?
The monitor resolution was fixed, by changing to a newer driver, I dont know why it what i did caused it to revert to an older driver.
Additonally, this seems to be an intermittent error. It’s working fine now, will check back in a week if i have no problems OR if it breaks again.