Yeah....
In terminal, can you try:
sudo apt install r8168-dkms
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
I did this:
sudo apt upgrade
but the results from inxi -nx were unchanged
Can you please reboot and test again?
Just did just reboot again... same results from inxi -nx
Ok but your wireless? No good?
Can you run
rfkill unblock all
rfkill list all
and post the results here?
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?
k, one sec
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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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Zorin is installed alongside windows, so I can provide details from that OS if you desire
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-$(uname -r)
git clone https://github.com/lwfinger/rtw88.git
cd rtw88
make
sudo make install
Remove the junk left over:
rm -v -R --interactive=never ~/rtw88
sudo reboot
...and test. Sorry about all this rebooting... at least your RAM is getting a cleaning.
secure boot is enabled. I entered a password to setup zorin. Should disable it?
stan@stan-Gaming3-15ACH6:~$ 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
Secure boot must be disabled for this to work...
just return from reboot... okay, disabling secure boot... one sec
stan@stan-Gaming3-15ACH6:~$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
enp2s0 no wireless extensions.
wlo1 IEEE 802.11 ESSID:"Reflection"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.427 GHz Access Point: 14:91:82:86:11:ED
Bit Rate=144.4 Mb/s Tx-Power=30 dBm
Retry short limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:on
Link Quality=70/70 Signal level=-23 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:48 Missed beacon:0
\o/
so it was something basic that I needed to do.
should I leave 'Secure Boot' off or can I turn it back on now that we have wifi in zorin ?
If you feel up for testing that with another couple of reboots... You might flip it on to see what happens. But I was actually getting STUMPED there... I wonder if it was Secure Boot all along...
no prob.. I'll reboot, turn it on and reboot again... brb
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rebooted, turned it off, rebooted and no wifi, rebooted, turned it on, rebooted and wifi was on same time wallpaper displayed.
it appears secure boot must remain off