When I run "nmcli dev wifi list" it doesn't return anything. I already went through a couple of forum posts to try and fix it and can't figure it out.
#Fresh arch linux install doesn't detect any wifi signals
vernal jay
also sorry I am new so probably don't know much
The wifi worked before I rebooted, but after I rebooted and removed the ISO flashdrive, it stopped working and can't detect anything at all
inland snow
@vernal jay if you just want the easy solution, install networkmanager and wpa_supplicant
vernal jay
I did but I must have done something wrong
inland snow
are you in GUI ?
vernal jay
no I am still in the basic terminal from a fresh install
inland snow
do you have ethernet at all ?
vernal jay
I am using my phone to tether to it rn
vernal jay
what does that mean?
inland snow
Network Interface Card
fathom oar
send output of lspci
vernal jay
TP-Link AC1200 PCIe WiFi Card for PC (Archer T5E)
fathom oar
btw network manager doesn't connect on it's own, it uses wpa_supplicant or iwd to connect
vernal jay
inland snow
inland snow
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Broadcom_wireless
read this
fathom oar
you need to connect with wpa_supplicant first and then network manager for it to remember the connection
or iwd with iwctl if you installed iwd
heck someone else had an issue earlier with intel chip that we couldn't figure out, he had to rollback kernel
vernal jay
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Broadcom_wireless
would I need to install new drivers? it was working before?
inland snow
well what caused it to not work ?
i've been assuming that this was a fresh install cause i read it from another question and got mixed up
vernal jay
it is a fresh install, but it was working while I had the flash drive plugged in. After I finished the install and rebooted it stopped working
fathom oar
it has tools that you don't have
inland snow
it comes with a bunch of binaries that the iso actual isntall doesn't
fathom oar
you need drivers for your card
inland snow
besides, what do you lose? 🐱
fathom oar
maybe install hw-probe from the aur and run sudo hw-probe -all -upload and give us the link
it will list all your hardware and missing drivers
fathom oar
yeah it's life changing lol
vernal jay
trying to install it through yay, and it is telling me "could not find all required packages: edid-decode"
fathom oar
strange
inland snow
yay -S edid-decode-git ???
vernal jay
OK that worked👍
fathom oar
idk why it doesn't come with libgcc
vernal jay
fathom oar
type nmcli and tell me what interfaces it lists
your chip should be working fine
but it is known to have issues
mainly seeing if it recognizes your wifi card as an interface
if so we can just connect with wpa_supplicant or iwctl
vernal jay
it lists enp9s0 and lo
the first one is ethernet it says but I don't have anything plugged in
fathom oar
but with a previous issue with someone else with an intel card a couple hours ago, we had to roll back kernel, tried everything and couldn't find the issue. Except lots of other issues lately on forums same way
yeah that's normal
what does sudo rfkill list say
it's not showing your wifi card as an interface atm
vernal jay
it says 0: hci0: bluetooth
fathom oar
what about ifconfig -a
vernal jay
just the same ones as earlier
vernal jay
I installed Linux-firmware
now there is another interface listed, but it also says ethernet
well the ifconfig did but nmcli doesn't
fathom oar
what does lspci -k say
vernal jay
I see network controller intel wireless 7265
fathom oar
can you ls /lib/iwlwifi-7265*
if that returns any ucode files
sorry it's ls /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-7265*
that's your driver location
if you have it or not
should return this
vernal jay
yes it does
fathom oar
does it return exactly all of those?
vernal jay
yes it has all 4
fathom oar
when you did lspci -k, what did it say under your device for kernel driver in use?
and/or kernel modules
vernal jay
iwlwifi
fathom oar
are you dual booting windows by chance? did you disable fast boot in the bios?
some people on forums had same issue and they fixed it by disabling fast boot, unplugging power for a minute, and rebooting
inland snow
some people on forums had same issue and they fixed it by disabling fast boot, u...
????
god, the shit windows makes a motherfucker do 💀
vernal jay
no I'm not dual booting windows
fathom oar
is fast boot disabled?
vernal jay
but I am about to have to go to work
so I'll have to work on it more when I get back
might have to go back to using Ubuntu lol
fathom oar
okay, also you can try just rolling back the kernel to lts
new kernel patch fixed some intel cpu vulnerabilities but seems to have broke some other intel drivers
vernal jay
I should be using LTS, cuz that is what I chose to install
fathom oar
check with uname -r
vernal jay
@fathom oar just checked and fast boot was enabled, is that bad?
fathom oar
yeah that can cause the issue you are having
turn it off and then shut your pc down, then unplug your desktop for ~2 minutes
it's a known issue on the wiki
vernal jay
OK I'll shut it off and try to ping when it turns back on
hmm still can't ping google
storm axle
Try iwctl
fathom oar
can you ping 8.8.8.8
if you can ping 8.8.8.8 but not google, you don't have dns resolution
.aw dns
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