Zorin 16 - Realtek wifi 8852AE not recognized

Installing Zorin OS
#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

1 Like
#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:~$

1 Like
#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

#43

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/

#44

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 ?

#45

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...

#46

no prob.. I'll reboot, turn it on and reboot again... brb

1 Like
#47

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

#48

let me know if you'd like me to try something more... no problem. You can also reach out to me in the future to test stuff.

1 Like
#49

For now, unless something new comes up- am going with "Secure Boot disabled" as the solution on this...