[TriLUG] Updated to Ubuntu 20.04 and no wifi

Roger W. Broseus via TriLUG trilug at trilug.org
Thu Feb 3 18:27:17 EST 2022


When I had a similar issue, I went to Intel's site and downloaded tools to 
diagnose what is needed and and installer. Presto: done.

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Roger W. Broseus - Linux User
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On 2/3/22 14:35, Matthew Glassman via TriLUG wrote:
> So I decided to upgrade my Linux distro from 18.04 to 20.04.  Now i my wifi doesn’t exist.  It’s an Intel dual band wireless 7265.
>
> Lspci shows the device
> Network controller: Intel Corporation Wireless 7265 (rev 99)
>
> lshw -C network shows
>
> *-network UNCLAIMED
>    description: Network controller
>    product: Wireless 7265
>    vendor: Intel Corporation
>    physical id: 0
>    bus info:pci at 0000:03:00.0
>    version: 99
>    width: 64 bits
>    clock:  33MHz
>    capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
>    configuration: latency=0
>    resources: memory:f1000000-f1001fff
>
> And sudo modprobe wl returns a FATAL: module not found in /lib/modules/5.4.0-1061.gke
>
> Any suggestions on a fix or what modprobe command can get it up and running.
>
> I didn’t find any literature saying it was incompatible.


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