Zorin 16 - Realtek wifi 8852AE not recognized

Installing Zorin OS
#23

after reboot, I'm not sure how to know if it's working now.
Here are some things I tried:

stan@stan-Gaming3-15ACH6:~$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
enp2s0 no wireless extensions.

stan@stan-Gaming3-15ACH6:~$ ifconfig
enp2s0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet 192.168.1.44 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.1.255
inet6 fe80::5277:3388:fc1:b5b2 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x20
ether 7c:8a:e1:8c:16:84 txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet)
RX packets 3859 bytes 3451390 (3.4 MB)
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 2615 bytes 278861 (278.8 KB)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0

lo: flags=73<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING> mtu 65536
inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 255.0.0.0
inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 scopeid 0x10
loop txqueuelen 1000 (Local Loopback)
RX packets 691 bytes 64602 (64.6 KB)
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 691 bytes 64602 (64.6 KB)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0

When I open WiFi from Settings menu it says "No Wi-Fi Adapter Found"
Is there need to enable it?
I tried this:
stan@stan-Gaming3-15ACH6:~$ iwconfig enp2s0 enable
iwconfig: unknown command "enable"
stan@stan-Gaming3-15ACH6:~$ ifconfig enp2s0 enable
enable: Host name lookup failure
ifconfig: `--help' gives usage information.

#24

No, it should do so on reboot...

can you post the terminal output of

inxi -nx

#25

stan@stan-Gaming3-15ACH6:~$ inxi -nx
Command 'inxi' not found, but can be installed with:
sudo apt install inxi

stan@stan-Gaming3-15ACH6:~$ sudo apt install inxi
[sudo] password for stan:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
.........

stan@stan-Gaming3-15ACH6:~$ inxi -nx
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: Lenovo driver: r8169 v: kernel port: 3000 bus ID: 02:00.0
IF: enp2s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: 7c:8a:e1:8c:16:84
Device-2: Realtek vendor: Lenovo driver: N/A port: 2000 bus ID: 03:00.0

#26

Realtek wifi 8852AE not recognized

....

Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet

Grumble... gripe....

#27

yep... wired internet works fine

#28

Yeah....
In terminal, can you try:
sudo apt install r8168-dkms

#29

stan@stan-Gaming3-15ACH6:~$ sudo apt install r8168-dkms
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
dctrl-tools dkms
Suggested packages:
debtags menu
The following NEW packages will be installed:
dctrl-tools dkms r8168-dkms
0 upgraded, 3 newly installed, 0 to remove and 4 not upgraded.
..........

afterwards I tried this again:

stan@stan-Gaming3-15ACH6:~$ inxi -nx
Network: Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet vendor: Lenovo
driver: r8169 v: kernel port: 3000 bus ID: 02:00.0
IF: enp2s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: 7c:8a:e1:8c:16:84
Device-2: Realtek vendor: Lenovo driver: N/A port: 2000 bus ID: 03:00.0

#30

I did this:
sudo apt upgrade
but the results from inxi -nx were unchanged

#31

Can you please reboot and test again?

#32

Just did just reboot again... same results from inxi -nx

#33

Ok but your wireless? No good?

Can you run

rfkill unblock all

rfkill list all

and post the results here?

#34

Should I try running LIVE versions of other recent distros to see what they do? If so, what terminal commands would you like me to record?

#35

k, one sec

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#36

stan@stan-Gaming3-15ACH6:~$ rfkill unblock all
stan@stan-Gaming3-15ACH6:~$ rfkill list all
0: hci0: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
1: ideapad_wlan: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
2: ideapad_bluetooth: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
stan@stan-Gaming3-15ACH6:~$

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#37

Zorin is installed alongside windows, so I can provide details from that OS if you desire

#38

Secure boot is disabled, right? IF unsure run:

sudo apt-get install mokutil && mokutil --sb-state

Otherwise:

sudo apt-get install mokutil && mokutil

Wanting to punch me yet?

sudo apt-get install git build-essential linux-headers-$(uname -r)

git clone https://github.com/lwfinger/rtw88.git

cd rtw88

make

sudo make install

Remove the junk left over:

rm -v -R --interactive=never ~/rtw88

sudo reboot

...and test. Sorry about all this rebooting... at least your RAM is getting a cleaning.

#39

secure boot is enabled. I entered a password to setup zorin. Should disable it?

#40

stan@stan-Gaming3-15ACH6:~$ sudo apt-get install mokutil && mokutil --sb-state
[sudo] password for stan:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
mokutil is already the newest version (0.3.0+1538710437.fb6250f-1).
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
SecureBoot enabled
stan@stan-Gaming3-15A

#41

Secure boot must be disabled for this to work...

#42

just return from reboot... okay, disabling secure boot... one sec