Hey i just downloaded the latest version of mint for a lenovo laptop and for some reason my WiFi does not work is there any fixes? i tried looking it up on reddit and most people recommended to get a usb-wifi dongle to update my drivers. is there a workaround?
#WiFi not showing up
feral seal
warm nebula
Hey i just downloaded the latest version of mint for a lenovo laptop and for so...
Can you run the 2 commands at https://gist.github.com/jeremyb31/a2bee9856d8c13f42f1835bc31bf9480 in terminal and post the URL after the second command is done?
feral seal
for the first command it says unable to resolve host addess 'github..com' and the 2nd command it says no such file or directory
warm nebula
No internet access at all to the Lenovo?
feral seal
nope no internet at all when i right click on the wifi icon its 2 options Network settings and Network connections
warm nebula
Can you use USB tethering to a smart phone?
feral seal
i cannot, im willing to just order a usb wifi dongle if thats what it takes but after i get the dongle what should i do?
update the drivers?
warm nebula
i cannot, im willing to just order a usb wifi dongle if thats what it takes but ...
Can you copy results for this command in terminal lspci -nnk | grep -iA3 net
feral seal
Network Controller [0280]: Realtek Semiconductor
warm nebula
Anything more?
warm nebula
Try the Mint 21.3 edge version, it has the 6.5 kernel that supports that wifi device
warm nebula
https://www.linuxmint.com/edition.php?id=314
That appears to be the correct one, at least it shows Edge ISO and that has the newer kernel
feral seal
so this is basically the same as the one i installed just has an updated kernel?
warm nebula
so this is basically the same as the one i installed just has an updated kernel?
In terminal uname -r
It likely shows 5.15 if you installed the normal version
feral seal
yes it does
warm nebula
The Edge ISO should fix it as I know it supports that wifi
feral seal
ok thankyou for your help!