WiFi in MX is recognized, but anti-X does not.

[ripxrip]

I'm not sure which forum to post this in, but since this forum gets more traffic, and it is mostly about getting the wifi driver from MX so I can use it...

MX-23.4_x64 “ahs” recognize my wifi card, but antiX-23.2 does not. Is there a way to take the drivers from mx and add them to anti-x? I like MX Linux, but its too heavy for the system I'm trying to use it on. Anti-x works wonderfully, but it doesn't recognize my wifi.

My wifi is listed as Network controller: Intel Corporation CNVi

Thanks in advance for the help. I'm an ex-Windows IT tech trying to learn Linux. There have been ups and downs, but in general, I'm happy with the switch.

ripX





the obligatory info:

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System:
  Kernel: 6.10.10-1-liquorix-amd64 [6.10-12~mx23ahs] arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0 parameters: audit=0
    intel_pstate=disable BOOT_IMAGE=/antiX/vmlinuz quiet splasht nosplash
  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-23.4_ahs_x64 Libretto September 15  2024 base: Debian GNU/Linux
    12 (bookworm)
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: Trigkey product: Green G4 v: N/A serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Trigkey model: Green G4 v: 10 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends LLC.
    v: ADLNV104 date: 07/17/2023
Battery:
  Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Wireless Mouse M510 serial: <filter>
    charge: 55% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes status: discharging
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel N100 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Alder Lake level: v3 note: check built: 2021+
    process: Intel 7 (10nm ESF) family: 6 model-id: 0xBE (190) stepping: 0 microcode: 0xE
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 smt: <unsupported> cache: L1: 384 KiB desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x64 KiB
    L2: 2 MiB desc: 1x2 MiB L3: 6 MiB desc: 1x6 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 700 min/max: 700/801 boost: enabled scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq
    governor: ondemand cores: 1: 700 2: 700 3: 700 4: 700 bogomips: 6451
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected
  Type: mds status: Not affected
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected
  Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
  Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Vulnerable: No microcode
  Type: retbleed status: Not affected
  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: Enhanced / Automatic IBRS; IBPB: conditional; RSB filling;
    PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: BHI_DIS_S
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel Alder Lake-N [UHD Graphics] driver: i915 v: kernel alternate: xe arch: Gen-12.2
    process: Intel 10nm built: 2021-22+ ports: active: HDMI-A-2 empty: HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0
    chip-ID: 8086:46d1 class-ID: 0300
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 compositor: xfwm v: 4.18.0 driver: X:
    loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa dri: iris gpu: i915 display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1280x800 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 338x211mm (13.31x8.31") s-diag: 398mm (15.69")
  Monitor-1: HDMI-A-2 mapped: HDMI-2 model: Dell DELL3007WFPHC serial: <filter> built: 2008
    res: 1280x800 hz: 60 dpi: 50 gamma: 1.2 size: 646x406mm (25.43x15.98") diag: 755mm (29.7")
    ratio: 16:10 modes: 1280x800
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 23.1.2-1~mx23ahs renderer: Mesa Intel Graphics (ADL-N)
    direct-render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_avs,snd_sof_pci_intel_tgl
    bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:54c8 class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.10.10-1-liquorix-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 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel modules: wl port: N/A bus-ID: 00:14.3
    chip-ID: 8086:54f0 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie:
    gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: 3000 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
  IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel AX201 Bluetooth type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-10:6 chip-ID: 8087:0026
    class-ID: e001
  Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 2 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 3.0 lmp-v: 5.2
    sub-v: 362e hci-v: 5.2 rev: 362e
  Info: acl-mtu: 1021:4 sco-mtu: 96:6 link-policy: rswitch sniff link-mode: peripheral accept
    service-classes: rendering, capturing, object transfer, audio, telephony
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 6.6 TiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Western Digital model: WD BLACK SN770 2TB
    size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD
    serial: <filter> rev: 731100WD temp: 58.9 C scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Western Digital model: WD Blue SA510 2.5 1000GB
    size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: SSD
    serial: <filter> rev: 6100 scheme: GPT
  ID-3: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 type: USB vendor: Samsung model: Flash Drive FIT size: 239.02 GiB
    block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 1100 scheme: MBR
  SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
  ID-4: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 type: USB vendor: Micron model: CT4000X9SSD9 size: 3.64 TiB
    block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: PMAP scheme: GPT
  SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
Partition:
  Message: No partition data found.
Swap:
  Alert: No swap data was found.
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 78.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Repos:
  Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 2119 libs: 1052 tools: apt,apt-get,aptitude,nala,synaptic pm: rpm
    pkgs: 0 pm: flatpak 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 https://mxrepo.com/mx/repo/ bookworm main non-free
    2: deb https://mxrepo.com/mx/repo/ bookworm ahs
Info:
  Processes: 293 Uptime: 2m wakeups: 3 Memory: 15.41 GiB used: 1.21 GiB (7.8%) 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: UEFI

[Kermit the Frog]

... but antiX-23.2 does not. Is there a way to take the drivers ...

If you like you can also post the QSI from antiX (just to compare). ("System Info" or so on antiX .. or you can inxi -Fxxxrza )

Your device seems to be supported since kernel 5.12 . You can still install a more recent kernel and/or most recent "firmware" (on antiX) directly from the original source (if you like only).. We'll go on...

Just: Is antiX installed or just live system? (Cause the steps will be different according to that).

[siamhie]

Are you booting antiX with the 6.1 kernel?

[ripxrip]

i'm just using the default iso boot disk. I will go ahead and install it if that will help. I didn't want to install it if I couldn't get wifi working because eventually it's going to be away from eathernet.

[Kermit the Frog]

Yes.

antiX-full (c1.8GB)... x64 versions come with 2 kernels. Legacy 5.10 and Modern 6.1
...
Note: After installation of antiX-23.2_x64-full editions, the default kernel will be Modern 6.1 even if Legacy 5.10 was booted during the live boot.

And, as above, if it was the 5.10 kernel on live session, it was normal, cause you need 5.12 +
It may begin working after installation due to 6.1 kernel.

[ripxrip]

ahh, I tried with both and neither seems to recognize my wifi chip.

[ripxrip]

ok here is the inxi for anti-x

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demo@antix1:~
$ inxi -Fxxxrza
System:
  Kernel: 6.1.105-antix.1-amd64-smp arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc
    v: 12.2.0 clocksource: tsc avail: acpi_pm
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/antiX/vmlinuz1 quiet splasht disable=lxF
  Desktop: IceWM v: 3.6.0 tools: avail: slock,xlock dm: slimski v: 1.5.0
    Distro: antiX-23.2_x64-full Arditi del Popolo 5 October 2024 base: Debian
    GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: Trigkey product: Green G4 v: N/A
    serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Trigkey model: Green G4 v: 10 serial: <superuser required>
    part-nu: 01 uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends LLC.
    v: ADLNV104 date: 07/17/2023
Battery:
  Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Wireless Mouse M510
    serial: <filter> charge: Normal status: discharging
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel N100 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Alder Lake level: v3
    note: check built: 2021+ process: Intel 7 (10nm ESF) family: 6
    model-id: 0xBE (190) stepping: 0 microcode: 0x17
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 smt: <unsupported> cache: L1: 384 KiB
    desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x64 KiB L2: 2 MiB desc: 1x2 MiB L3: 6 MiB desc: 1x6 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 700 min/max: 700/3400 scaling: driver: intel_pstate
    governor: powersave cores: 1: 700 2: 700 3: 700 4: 700 bogomips: 6451
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected
  Type: mds status: Not affected
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected
  Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
  Type: reg_file_data_sampling mitigation: Clear Register File
  Type: retbleed status: Not affected
  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: Enhanced / Automatic IBRS; IBPB:
    conditional; RSB filling; PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: BHI_DIS_S
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel Alder Lake-N [UHD Graphics] driver: i915 v: kernel
    arch: Gen-12.2 process: Intel 10nm built: 2021-22+ ports: active: HDMI-A-1
    empty: HDMI-A-2 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:46d1 class-ID: 0300
  Display: server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 driver: X: loaded: modesetting
    unloaded: fbdev,vesa dri: iris gpu: i915 display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1280x800 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 338x211mm (13.31x8.31")
    s-diag: 398mm (15.69")
  Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 mapped: HDMI-1 model: Dell DELL3007WFPHC
    serial: <filter> built: 2008 res: 1280x800 hz: 60 dpi: 50 gamma: 1.2
    size: 646x406mm (25.43x15.98") diag: 755mm (29.7") ratio: 16:10
    modes: 1280x800
  API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel iris platforms: device: 0 drv: iris
    device: 1 drv: swrast gbm: drv: iris surfaceless: drv: iris x11: drv: iris
    inactive: wayland
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 vendor: intel mesa v: 22.3.6 glx-v: 1.4 es-v: 3.2
    direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa Intel Graphics (ADL-N)
    device-ID: 8086:46d1 memory: 15.04 GiB unified: yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
    alternate: snd_sof_pci_intel_tgl bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:54c8
    class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.1.105-antix.1-amd64-smp status: kernel-api with: apulse
    type: pulse-emulator tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.3 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
    status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
    4: pw-jack type: plugin tools: pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
  Device-1: Intel driver: N/A modules: iwlwifi, wl port: N/A bus-ID: 00:14.3
    chip-ID: 8086:54f0 class-ID: 0280
  Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
    driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: 3000
    bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
  IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter>
  Info: services: mld,wpa_supplicant
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel AX201 Bluetooth driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.0
    speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-10:5 chip-ID: 8087:0026
    class-ID: e001
  Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: down bt-service: stopped
    rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes address: <filter>
  Info: acl-mtu: 0:0 sco-mtu: 0:0 link-mode: peripheral accept
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 2.76 TiB used: 8.7 MiB (0.0%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Western Digital
    model: WD BLACK SN770 2TB size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B
    logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter>
    fw-rev: 731100WD temp: 61.9 C scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Western Digital model: WD Blue SA510
    2.5 1000GB size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B
    speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 6100 scheme: GPT
  ID-3: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Samsung model: Flash Drive FIT
    size: 29.88 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: USB
    rev: 3.1 spd: 5 Gb/s lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 tech: SSD serial: <filter>
    fw-rev: 1100 scheme: MBR
  SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
Partition:
  Message: No partition data found.
Swap:
  Alert: No swap data was found.
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 71.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Repos:
  Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 1754 libs: 836 tools: apt,apt-get,aptitude,synaptic
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/antix.list
    1: deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/antix-archive-keyring.gpg] http://la.mxrepo.com/antix/bookworm bookworm main nonfree nosystemd
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/bookworm-backports.list
    1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-backports main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list
    1: deb http://ftp.us.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://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ bookworm main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
    2: deb http://security.debian.org/ bookworm-security main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/librewolf.list
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/liquorix.list
Info:
  Memory: total: 16 GiB note: est. available: 15.4 GiB used: 667 MiB (4.2%)
  Processes: 128 Power: uptime: 10m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
    avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
    suspend, test_resume image: 6.15 GiB Init: SysVinit v: 3.06 runlevel: 2
    default: 2 tool: service
  Compilers: gcc: 12.2.0 Shell: Bash v: 5.2.15 running-in: roxterm
    inxi: 3.3.34

[Kermit the Frog]

Ok, since it's 6.1 on MX, too it must be firmware.


You can perform an update chrooting from MX: "Chroot Rescue Scan" from menu, it'll find your antiX, proceed, when you see the prompt:

chroot>

issue:

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apt update ; apt dist-upgrade -y

Yes, no need to sudo.... Then boot with antiX ... (If still not we'll install the most recent firmware).


You can also:

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sudo dmesg | grep -i iwlwifi

to see whether it shows something's missing and we can "pinpoint" .

[ripxrip]

I have an appt. I'll have to mess with this tomorrow. thank you for the help so far.

[ripxrip]

FYI MX says Kernel: 6.10.10-1-liquorix-amd64 [6.10-12~mx23ahs]
Anti-X says Kernel: 6.1.105-antix.1-amd64-smp

is that both 6.1 or is anti-x 6.1 and MX 6.10?

it could just be the way they are written

from my phone