I am using this usb Wifi device: Amazon.com
I have installed latest version of Fedora Silverblue. I have not installed any additional drivers.
I see Wifi networks on setting screen. When I am trying to connect after some time of trying to connect I am getting error “Activation of network connection failed”. How to fix this and connect to Wifi?
We would need to know the chipset used in that device to know what driver may be required.
Please post the output of lsusb inside the preformatted text tags (the </> button on the toolbar) so we may see the detailed info. Each line should show the chip ID for that device.
The connection may also fail if
The command inxi -Fzxx would also give us much usable info.
Thank you so much for your answer.
This is the output of lsusb:
my_user@fedora:~$ lsusb
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 004: ID 046d:08b6 Logitech, Inc. Logi Webcam C920e
Bus 003 Device 003: ID 04d9:fa58 Holtek Semiconductor, Inc. USB Laser Game Mouse
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 045e:07f8 Microsoft Corp. Wired Keyboard 600 (model 1576)
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 002: ID 0bda:b812 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL88x2bu [AC1200 Techkey]
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
When I am running inxi -Fzxx in terminal it gives me:
my_user@fedora:~$ inxi -Fzxx
bash: inxi: command not found
IPv6 from connection properties but it does not helps.Please let me know if I can provide any additional details that may help.
That is the clue that you must install inxi.
sudo dnf install inxi
This would be the wifi adapter. It has a realtek chipset and some of those have problems.
If you were to replace that adapter with one having an intel chipset things should work without any additional config.
With that chipset you need to verify which driver you have installed as well as which driver supports the chip.
A quick search for RTL88x2bu 0bda:b812 driver for linux will give several links related to that chipset and drivers.
Thank you.
Your command gives me:
sudo: dnf: command not found
Thank you
Do you think this one will work? https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BTHQNK5S/
Copy and paste from the terminal the command you typed and its output.
Here is an example from my system:
$ sudo dnf install inxi
[sudo] password for barry:
Last metadata expiration check: 1:48:06 ago on Wed 22 Nov 2023 14:43:51 GMT.
Dependencies resolved.
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Package Architecture Version Repository Size
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Installing:
inxi noarch 3.3.31-1.fc39 updates 540 k
Installing dependencies:
freeipmi x86_64 1.6.11-1.fc39 updates 2.0 M
hddtemp x86_64 0.3-0.54.beta15.fc39 fedora 63 k
ipmitool x86_64 1.8.19-4.fc39 fedora 1.9 M
lm_sensors x86_64 3.6.0-14.fc39 fedora 141 k
perl-Compress-Raw-Bzip2 x86_64 2.206-1.fc39 fedora 35 k
perl-Compress-Raw-Zlib x86_64 2.206-1.fc39 fedora 64 k
perl-Cpanel-JSON-XS x86_64 4.37-4.fc39 fedora 149 k
perl-File-Find noarch 1.43-501.fc39 updates 25 k
perl-JSON-XS x86_64 1:4.03-11.fc39 fedora 107 k
perl-Types-Serialiser noarch 1.01-9.fc39 fedora 19 k
perl-XML-Dumper noarch 0.81-47.fc39 fedora 25 k
perl-XML-Parser x86_64 2.46-15.fc39 fedora 234 k
perl-common-sense x86_64 3.7.5-14.fc39 fedora 29 k
wmctrl x86_64 1.07-35.fc39 fedora 34 k
xrandr x86_64 1.5.2-3.fc39 fedora 46 k
Installing weak dependencies:
perl-IO-Compress noarch 2.206-1.fc39 fedora 272 k
Transaction Summary
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Install 17 Packages
Total download size: 5.7 M
Installed size: 20 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
(1/17): hddtemp-0.3-0.54.beta15.fc39.x86_64.rpm 339 kB/s | 63 kB 00:00
(2/17): perl-Compress-Raw-Bzip2-2.206-1.fc39.x86_64.rpm 718 kB/s | 35 kB 00:00
(3/17): lm_sensors-3.6.0-14.fc39.x86_64.rpm 578 kB/s | 141 kB 00:00
(4/17): perl-Compress-Raw-Zlib-2.206-1.fc39.x86_64.rpm 1.8 MB/s | 64 kB 00:00
(5/17): perl-Cpanel-JSON-XS-4.37-4.fc39.x86_64.rpm 3.6 MB/s | 149 kB 00:00
(6/17): perl-JSON-XS-4.03-11.fc39.x86_64.rpm 3.1 MB/s | 107 kB 00:00
(7/17): ipmitool-1.8.19-4.fc39.x86_64.rpm 5.3 MB/s | 1.9 MB 00:00
(8/17): perl-IO-Compress-2.206-1.fc39.noarch.rpm 2.9 MB/s | 272 kB 00:00
(9/17): perl-Types-Serialiser-1.01-9.fc39.noarch.rpm 417 kB/s | 19 kB 00:00
(10/17): perl-XML-Dumper-0.81-47.fc39.noarch.rpm 1.0 MB/s | 25 kB 00:00
(11/17): perl-common-sense-3.7.5-14.fc39.x86_64.rpm 1.4 MB/s | 29 kB 00:00
(12/17): perl-XML-Parser-2.46-15.fc39.x86_64.rpm 7.1 MB/s | 234 kB 00:00
(13/17): wmctrl-1.07-35.fc39.x86_64.rpm 1.4 MB/s | 34 kB 00:00
(14/17): xrandr-1.5.2-3.fc39.x86_64.rpm 1.6 MB/s | 46 kB 00:00
(15/17): perl-File-Find-1.43-501.fc39.noarch.rpm 202 kB/s | 25 kB 00:00
(16/17): inxi-3.3.31-1.fc39.noarch.rpm 2.0 MB/s | 540 kB 00:00
(17/17): freeipmi-1.6.11-1.fc39.x86_64.rpm 6.2 MB/s | 2.0 MB 00:00
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Total 3.7 MB/s | 5.7 MB 00:01
Running transaction check
Transaction check succeeded.
Running transaction test
Transaction test succeeded.
Running transaction
Preparing : 1/1
Installing : perl-common-sense-3.7.5-14.fc39.x86_64 1/17
Installing : perl-Types-Serialiser-1.01-9.fc39.noarch 2/17
Installing : perl-JSON-XS-1:4.03-11.fc39.x86_64 3/17
Installing : perl-File-Find-1.43-501.fc39.noarch 4/17
Installing : freeipmi-1.6.11-1.fc39.x86_64 5/17
Installing : xrandr-1.5.2-3.fc39.x86_64 6/17
Installing : wmctrl-1.07-35.fc39.x86_64 7/17
Installing : perl-XML-Parser-2.46-15.fc39.x86_64 8/17
Installing : perl-Cpanel-JSON-XS-4.37-4.fc39.x86_64 9/17
Installing : perl-Compress-Raw-Zlib-2.206-1.fc39.x86_64 10/17
Installing : perl-Compress-Raw-Bzip2-2.206-1.fc39.x86_64 11/17
Installing : perl-IO-Compress-2.206-1.fc39.noarch 12/17
Installing : perl-XML-Dumper-0.81-47.fc39.noarch 13/17
Installing : lm_sensors-3.6.0-14.fc39.x86_64 14/17
Running scriptlet: lm_sensors-3.6.0-14.fc39.x86_64 14/17
Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/lm_sensors.service → /usr/lib/systemd/system/lm_sensors.service.
Installing : ipmitool-1.8.19-4.fc39.x86_64 15/17
Installing : hddtemp-0.3-0.54.beta15.fc39.x86_64 16/17
Running scriptlet: hddtemp-0.3-0.54.beta15.fc39.x86_64 16/17
Installing : inxi-3.3.31-1.fc39.noarch 17/17
Running scriptlet: inxi-3.3.31-1.fc39.noarch 17/17
Verifying : hddtemp-0.3-0.54.beta15.fc39.x86_64 1/17
Verifying : ipmitool-1.8.19-4.fc39.x86_64 2/17
Verifying : lm_sensors-3.6.0-14.fc39.x86_64 3/17
Verifying : perl-Compress-Raw-Bzip2-2.206-1.fc39.x86_64 4/17
Verifying : perl-Compress-Raw-Zlib-2.206-1.fc39.x86_64 5/17
Verifying : perl-Cpanel-JSON-XS-4.37-4.fc39.x86_64 6/17
Verifying : perl-IO-Compress-2.206-1.fc39.noarch 7/17
Verifying : perl-JSON-XS-1:4.03-11.fc39.x86_64 8/17
Verifying : perl-Types-Serialiser-1.01-9.fc39.noarch 9/17
Verifying : perl-XML-Dumper-0.81-47.fc39.noarch 10/17
Verifying : perl-XML-Parser-2.46-15.fc39.x86_64 11/17
Verifying : perl-common-sense-3.7.5-14.fc39.x86_64 12/17
Verifying : wmctrl-1.07-35.fc39.x86_64 13/17
Verifying : xrandr-1.5.2-3.fc39.x86_64 14/17
Verifying : freeipmi-1.6.11-1.fc39.x86_64 15/17
Verifying : inxi-3.3.31-1.fc39.noarch 16/17
Verifying : perl-File-Find-1.43-501.fc39.noarch 17/17
Installed:
freeipmi-1.6.11-1.fc39.x86_64 hddtemp-0.3-0.54.beta15.fc39.x86_64
inxi-3.3.31-1.fc39.noarch ipmitool-1.8.19-4.fc39.x86_64
lm_sensors-3.6.0-14.fc39.x86_64 perl-Compress-Raw-Bzip2-2.206-1.fc39.x86_64
perl-Compress-Raw-Zlib-2.206-1.fc39.x86_64 perl-Cpanel-JSON-XS-4.37-4.fc39.x86_64
perl-File-Find-1.43-501.fc39.noarch perl-IO-Compress-2.206-1.fc39.noarch
perl-JSON-XS-1:4.03-11.fc39.x86_64 perl-Types-Serialiser-1.01-9.fc39.noarch
perl-XML-Dumper-0.81-47.fc39.noarch perl-XML-Parser-2.46-15.fc39.x86_64
perl-common-sense-3.7.5-14.fc39.x86_64 wmctrl-1.07-35.fc39.x86_64
xrandr-1.5.2-3.fc39.x86_64
Complete!
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@vasili111 is using silverblue. Dnf is not available to him.
Oh missed that thanks!
Update.
On Fedora silverblue:
I was able to connect without installing additional drivers by plugging out and plugging in usb Wifi adapter. But the connection is not stable and is dropping very often. I was also able to fully update system but it did not helped. So, on silverblue it does not works well.
On Fedora Workstation:
After I tried to install Fedora workstation and usb Wifi adapter worked without any problem.
So, the problem seems to be only silverblue specific.
After more testing it seems that Fedora workstation also has same problem.