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Old 12-01-2021, 06:52 PM   #1
Husseinbaashen
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Getting "No Wifi Adapter Found" after installing ubuntu 20.04 in my Lenovo


I have checked in my windows boot if the wifi is working there and it works fine but when checking in my ubuntu there is no wifi I can only connect using ethernet cable or hotspot.

I tried sudo apt update then sudo apt upgrade but no changes occurred.

I even tried updating the software in the ubuntu system but still no changes occured.

And when I type lshw -C network in terminal it shows the below text

WARNING: you should run this program as super-user.
*-network
description: Network controller
product: Intel Corporation
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:09:00.0
version: 1a
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=iwlwifi latency=0
resources: irq:18 memory:be100000-be103fff
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
physical id: 1
logical name: bnep0
serial: 28:df:eb:f9:69:37
capabilities: ethernet physical
configuration: broadcast=yes ip=172.20.10.14 multicast=yes
WARNING: output may be incomplete or inaccurate, you should run this program as super-user.

When I type in lsmod | grep iwl it shows the below text

iwlmvm 413696 0
mac80211 1024000 1 iwlmvm
iwlwifi 372736 1 iwlmvm
cfg80211 888832 4 wl,iwlmvm,iwlwifi,mac80211
 
Old 12-01-2021, 07:50 PM   #2
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Try lspci. That should return the wireless chipset.

Also, check out this article: https://itsfoss.com/install-additional-drivers-ubuntu/
 
Old 12-01-2021, 08:41 PM   #3
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@frankbell when I try lspci I get the following but no wireless chipset

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Device 9a36 (rev 05)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 9a01 (rev 05)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Device 9a60 (rev 01)
00:04.0 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Device 9a03 (rev 05)
00:06.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 9a0f (rev 05)
00:07.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 9a2d (rev 05)
00:07.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 9a2f (rev 05)
00:0d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Device 9a17 (rev 05)
00:0d.2 USB controller: Intel Corporation Device 9a1f (rev 05)
00:0d.3 USB controller: Intel Corporation Device 9a21 (rev 05)
00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Device 43ed (rev 11)
00:14.2 RAM memory: Intel Corporation Device 43ef (rev 11)
00:15.0 Serial bus controller [0c80]: Intel Corporation Device 43e8 (rev 11)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation Device 43e0 (rev 11)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 43b8 (rev 11)
00:1c.6 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 43be (rev 11)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Device 4389 (rev 11)
00:1f.3 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation Device 43c8 (rev 11)
00:1f.4 SMBus: Intel Corporation Device 43a3 (rev 11)
00:1f.5 Serial bus controller [0c80]: Intel Corporation Device 43a4 (rev 11)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation Device 25a0 (rev a1)
01:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation Device 2291 (rev a1)
04:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd Device a80a
09:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Device 2725 (rev 1a)
0a:00.0 Unassigned class [ff00]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTS525A PCI Express Card Reader (rev 01)
 
Old 12-01-2021, 08:47 PM   #4
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And when I click on Additional Drivers I can only see NVIDIA Corporation drivers nothing else in terms of wireless wise.
 
Old 12-01-2021, 08:55 PM   #5
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That's odd. I don't see any reference to a wireless adapter, unless I'm missing something (which is quite possible).

Have you tried checking out the link to the article. It tells how to use Ubuntu's "Additional Drivers" function, which has worked quite nicely for me in the past.

As an aside, when you post terminal output, please surround it by "code" tags, which become available when you click the "Go Advanced" button beneath the compose/edit post window. It makes terminal output easier to read.

Last edited by frankbell; 12-01-2021 at 08:57 PM.
 
Old 12-01-2021, 09:11 PM   #6
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I just tried lsusb and I got the following

Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 003: ID 06cb:00f9 Synaptics, Inc.
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 13d3:5271 IMC Networks Integrated RGB Camera
Bus 003 Device 004: ID 8087:0032 Intel Corp.
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
 
Old 12-01-2021, 09:19 PM   #7
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I believe the wireless adapter is the Intel 2725 which is the ax210. The kernel version that supports the adapter is 5.10+ which is Ubuntu version 21.
 
Old 12-01-2021, 09:27 PM   #8
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Yes thats true I thought so too but the kernel version is correct too set to 5.11 when I checked using sudo dpkg --list | grep linux-image I got the following:

ii linux-image-5.11.0-27-generic 5.11.0-27.29~20.04.1 amd64 Signed kernel image generic
ii linux-image-5.11.0-41-generic 5.11.0-41.45~20.04.1 amd64 Signed kernel image generic
ii linux-image-generic-hwe-20.04 5.11.0.41.45~20.04.19 amd64 Generic Linux kernel image

So not sure why the wifi is not working though?
 
Old 12-01-2021, 09:30 PM   #9
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Assuming michaelk is right, you have two easy ways to get your kernel to new enough version.

Hardware Enablement (HWE) Currently at 5.11 or 5.13...
Code:
 sudo apt install linux-generic-hwe-20.04
-OR-

OEM currently at 5.14
Code:
sudo apt install linux-oem-20.04d
Then reboot.

edit:didnt see the message that you're already at 5.11 before posting this, so maybe not solution, but still wouldn't hurt to try, intel drivers are almost always included in kernel in my experience...

Last edited by enigma9o7; 12-01-2021 at 10:28 PM.
 
Old 12-01-2021, 09:32 PM   #10
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Maybe you need to install the firmware
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us.../wireless.html
 
Old 12-01-2021, 09:33 PM   #11
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Hi @enigma9o7 when I tried the one for hardware enablement (HWE) I got this

linux-generic-hwe-20.04 is already the newest version (5.11.0.41.45~20.04.19).
 
Old 12-01-2021, 09:39 PM   #12
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Check this thread

https://askubuntu.com/questions/1326...e-ax210-160mhz
 
Old 12-01-2021, 10:17 PM   #13
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Anytime I try to do git clone so that I can install from the available installers in github its not working either.
 
Old 12-01-2021, 10:22 PM   #14
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Most likely since you're running a 5.11+ kernel, your issue is firmware. Can you post the output of a
Code:
dmesg | grep iwlwifi
 
Old 12-01-2021, 10:28 PM   #15
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In https://www.intel.com/content/www/us.../wireless.html

When I downloaded the kernel I needed and extract the files I cant copy them to the firmware either
 
  


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