Wifi not working on new install
Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2024 11:20 am
My son-in-law tried to "upgrade" his Win 7 PC to Win 11 yesterday. It wouldn't install and destroyed his existing Windows install. I recommended that he try MX Linux. He successfully installed MX-23.2_x64 but can't get wifi to work. He emailed a copy of Quick System Info to me that is provided below. He and his wife (my daughter) tried using MX Network Assistant, but didn't really know what to do.The PC apparently uses an ASRock motherboard with a I219-v wifi card.
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System:
Kernel: 6.1.0-17-amd64 [6.1.69-1] arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.1.0-17-amd64 root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash
Desktop: Xfce v: 4.18.1 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.36 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm v: 4.18.0 vt: 7
dm: LightDM v: 1.26.0 Distro: MX-23.2_x64 Libretto January 21 2024 base: Debian GNU/Linux 12
(bookworm)
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: ASRock model: Z170 Extreme4 serial: <superuser required>
UEFI-[Legacy]: American Megatrends v: P1.20 date: 07/30/2015
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core i3-6100 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Skylake-S gen: core 6 level: v3
note: check built: 2015 process: Intel 14nm family: 6 model-id: 0x5E (94) stepping: 3
microcode: 0xF0
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 2 tpc: 2 threads: 4 smt: enabled cache: L1: 128 KiB
desc: d-2x32 KiB; i-2x32 KiB L2: 512 KiB desc: 2x256 KiB L3: 3 MiB desc: 1x3 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 800 min/max: 800/3700 scaling: driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave
cores: 1: 800 2: 800 3: 800 4: 800 bogomips: 29598
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities:
Type: gather_data_sampling status: Vulnerable: No microcode
Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT vulnerable
Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
Type: mmio_stale_data mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
Type: retbleed mitigation: IBRS
Type: spec_rstack_overflow status: Not affected
Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: IBRS, IBPB: conditional, STIBP: conditional, RSB filling,
PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected
Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA GM206 [GeForce GTX 960] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: nouveau v: kernel
non-free: 530.xx+ status: current (as of 2023-03) arch: Maxwell code: GMxxx process: TSMC 28nm
built: 2014-19 pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s ports:
active: DP-3,HDMI-A-1 empty: DP-1,DP-2,DVI-I-1 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1401
class-ID: 0300 temp: 20.0 C
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 compositor: xfwm v: 4.18.0 driver: X:
loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa dri: nouveau gpu: nouveau display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3046x1050 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 805x277mm (31.69x10.91") s-diag: 851mm (33.52")
Monitor-1: DP-3 pos: right model: Dell E1920H serial: <filter> built: 2020 res: 1366x768 hz: 60
dpi: 85 gamma: 1.2 size: 410x230mm (16.14x9.06") diag: 470mm (18.5") ratio: 16:9 modes:
max: 1366x768 min: 720x400
Monitor-2: HDMI-A-1 mapped: HDMI-1 pos: primary,left model: LG (GoldStar) L203WT
serial: <filter> built: 2006 res: 1680x1050 hz: 60 dpi: 98 gamma: 1.2
size: 434x270mm (17.09x10.63") diag: 511mm (20.1") ratio: 16:10 modes: max: 1680x1050
min: 720x400
API: OpenGL v: 4.3 Mesa 22.3.6 renderer: NV126 direct-render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel 100 Series/C230 Series Family HD Audio vendor: ASRock driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:a170 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: NVIDIA GM206 High Definition Audio vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s bus-ID: 01:00.1
chip-ID: 10de:0fba class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.1.0-17-amd64 status: kernel-api tools: alsamixer,amixer
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.0 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: active
2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin 4: pw-jack type: plugin
tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: Intel Ethernet I219-V vendor: ASRock driver: e1000e v: kernel port: N/A bus-ID: 00:1f.6
chip-ID: 8086:15b8 class-ID: 0200
IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: NetGear A6200 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wireless Adapter [Broadcom BCM43526] type: USB
driver: N/A bus-ID: 1-14:6 chip-ID: 0846:9050 class-ID: ff00 serial: <filter>
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 223.57 GiB used: 11.25 GiB (5.0%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Toshiba model: TR150 size: 223.57 GiB block-size:
physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 12.3 scheme: MBR
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 223.57 GiB size: 219 GiB (97.96%) used: 11.25 GiB (5.1%) fs: ext4
dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 3 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 file: /swap/swap
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 23.0 C pch: 24.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nouveau temp: 20.0 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: nouveau fan: 0
Repos:
Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 2047 libs: 1045 tools: apt,apt-get,aptitude,nala,synaptic pm: rpm
pkgs: 0
No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list
1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list
1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
2: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list
1: deb http://mirrors.rit.edu/mxlinux/mx-packages/mx/repo/ bookworm main non-free
Info:
Processes: 211 Uptime: 0m wakeups: 1 Memory: 7.71 GiB used: 971.7 MiB (12.3%) Init: SysVinit
v: 3.06 runlevel: 5 default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.0 alt: 12
Client: shell wrapper v: 5.2.15-release inxi: 3.3.26
Boot Mode: BIOS (legacy, CSM, MBR)