Hi, I installed Fedora dual boot. But after the installation finished and I updated the entire system, it’s not detecting my Wi-Fi network, and I need help, please.
Not sure if it will resolve your issue, but others have seen similar issues. Please see this link for details about troubleshooting a similar issue.
Others will likely provide assistance as well, but it wouldn’t hurt to check out the above link as it includes troubleshooting information which you will almost certainly need to identify and resolve your issue.
Good luck!
Hi, thanks for your reply and the link. I’ve been looking at the user comments, but since each PC has a different computer manufacturer, I’m going to wait for a Fedora developer to give me a solution and guide me step-by-step through resolving this issue.
I’m going to wait for a Fedora developer to give me a solution and guide me step-by-step through resolving this issue.
This site is not watched by “Fedora Developers” per se. If there’s a bug, such reports go elsewhere and developers will look at those.
However, this is (IIRC) a configuration issue and not a bug – not that the distinction makes much difference to you – you need your wifi working, as it should have been from the outset.
I linked to a similar problem you’re having because it’s it may well be the same problem, and even if it isn’t, you will be asked for the same information about your system as the other user with a similar problem:
I don’t use KDE, so I will likely be less useful than someone (and there are many) who does.
I’ll see if i can help!
Provide the outputs of:
nmcli n
nmcli -p d
Don’t worry it won’t reveal your IP address.
Can you please do the following and provide your outputs?
Just shows statuses of radios (Screenshot or copy/paste is good)
nmcli r
This pulls back the interface status (UP or DOWN). I only need to know if the interface name that starts with “w” is UP or DOWN, and it would be helpful to include the actual full interface name but not required.
I do not need to know your MAC address or anything else. (I do not need a screenshot or any copy/paste)
ip link
Edit: rfkill would be a good thing to run also now that I look at the Arch Wiki. That will tell you if something is blocked. These outputs are also okay to screenshot or copy/paste if you would like.
Maybe a stupid question, but is your wifi on in the BIOS? I assume you have a built-in wifi, but just in case it is an external device, is it connected and is it switched on?
What chipset is powering your WiFi card?
lspci
will tell.
Hi, would you install inxi and post the output of the following commands. so we can see the hardware setup you are using.
sudo dnf install inxi
Then
inxi -Fxxzr
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Is it not listing any Wi-fi networks near you or just yours?
If its not listing any Wi-fi networks near you, then reinstall Network manager to see if that helps.
sudo dnf reinstall NetworkManager
@kc1di david here is part 4 of my capture
You’ll need to add the rpmfusion repositories and install the broadcome wl driver for that card. You will need to connect to the internet via Lan cable to start with.
This page should be of help
Broadcom driver
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Just do these 3 these things from the tutorial david provided:
Install RPM fusion repositories:
sudo dnf install https://mirrors.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpm
sudo dnf install https://mirrors.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpm
then install the broadcom wifi package:
sudo dnf install akmod-wl
Then safely start the driver build:
sudo akmods
sudo modprobe wl
A broadcom BCM43142 wifi chipset.
Need to install broadcom-wl from the rpmfusion repos.
then install the driver with sudo dnf install broadcom-wl
FYI, please don’t post screenshots of text - just post the text.
This isn’t because we are pedantic buggers but because it means no-one else can cut and paste your output to quote it, it cannot be indexed, no other users can ever search for it or easily find it and thus anyone else with your exact issue may never see this post thread.
@kc1di @computersavvy I followed all the steps you indicated, but the Wi-Fi network isn’t working, and the connection didn’t work either. Is there another way to fix this?
