I installed Zorin OS 16 , and randomly Wifi completely disappears.
I have also noticed when the PC goes to standby or sleep , Wifi completely disappears.
There's no additional drivers as it keeps on saying no proprietary drivers installed.
sudo lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Atom/Celeron/Pentium Processor x5-E8000/J3xxx/N3xxx Series SoC Transaction Register (rev 20)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Atom/Celeron/Pentium Processor x5-E8000/J3xxx/N3xxx Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 20)
00:03.0 Multimedia controller: Intel Corporation Atom/Celeron/Pentium Processor x5-E8000/J3xxx/N3xxx Series Imaging Unit (rev 20)
00:0b.0 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Atom/Celeron/Pentium Processor x5-E8000/J3xxx/N3xxx Series Power Management Controller (rev 20)
00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Atom/Celeron/Pentium Processor x5-E8000/J3xxx/N3xxx Series USB xHCI Controller (rev 20)
00:1a.0 Encryption controller: Intel Corporation Atom/Celeron/Pentium Processor x5-E8000/J3xxx/N3xxx Series Trusted Execution Engine (rev 20)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Atom/Celeron/Pentium Processor x5-E8000/J3xxx/N3xxx Series PCI Express Port #1 (rev 20)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Atom/Celeron/Pentium Processor x5-E8000/J3xxx/N3xxx Series PCU (rev 20)
01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88W8897 [AVASTAR] 802.11ac Wireless
You might turn off the Powersave option as a first attempt at resolving this:
sudo nano /etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/default-wifi-powersave-on.conf
arrow key down to and change the 3
to a 2
so that it looks like
wifi.powersave = 2
Tap ctrl+x to exit, then the y
key to say yes to save, then the enter
key to close the saved file.
appl3_droid:
802.11ac Wireless
This should be well supported. But if the above does not work, we can try exploring other options.
So I did try the above , Now I dont see the WIfi disappearing but after a few minutes it goes to Wifi Connecting and doesn't connect.
can you please post the output of
sudo lshw -c network
OR
sudo apt install inxi && inxi -N
Here's the output
sudo lshw -c network
*-network
description: Wireless interface
product: 88W8897 [AVASTAR] 802.11ac Wireless
vendor: Marvell Technology Group Ltd.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
logical name: wlp1s0
version: 00
serial: c0:33:5e:e1:8e:4b
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=mwifiex_pcie driverversion=5.11.0-38-generic ip=10.10.60.183 latency=0 multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11
resources: irq:48 memory:d1900000-d19fffff memory:d1800000-d18fffff
Network:
Device-1: Marvell 88W8897 [AVASTAR] 802.11ac Wireless driver: mwifiex_pcie
Device-2: Marvell Bluetooth and Wireless LAN Composite Device type: USB
driver: btusb
appl3_droid:
88W8897 [AVASTAR]
Are you on a Surface Notebook?
Now, I understand.
The Surface Notebooks are built exclusively for Microsoft- using Proprietary drivers.
Getting a Surface Notebook to work on Linux is like pulling teeth - By Design. You can see this from Microsofts point of view- They Want only Microsoft Windows on their notebooks.
Let's try a couple more things...
sudo nano /etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/default-wifi-powersave-on.conf
Add the following line beneath the powersave change you did earlier:
[device]
wifi.scan-rand-mac-address=false
ctrl+x, y
, enter
...
Now, run
sudo systemctl restart NetworkManager.service
Test connection... fingers crossed.
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I agree, but Zorin seems to be working better than ■■■■■■ Windows Bloatware.
So far connection has been stable , hopefully stays the same . Will keep you posted. Thanks for your help.
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