I have a HP desktop, it as a realtek rtl8821ce as wifi card, i installed the driver but wifi doesn’t show any connection, i tried many solution but nothing seems to work.
This is the output of $ ip link show:
wlp2s0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state DOWN mode DORMANT group default qlen 1000
At the moment i’m using a wired connection on the pc.
Post the link you followed to install the driver.
Verify the driver in use matches the installed one:
lspci -n -n -k
this is the link of the “guide” i used to install the driver: Reddit - Dive into anything
the command say the modules in use is the rtw_8821ce while the kernel modules is rtw88_8821ce so i think it’s not the right driver
i’ve done the solution of the post, i rebooted and also just to be sure updated but i still don’t have any wifi connection showing up
Verify that the module is loaded, otherwise try loading it manually:
lsmod | grep -e 8821ce
sudo modprobe 8821ce
this is the output of $ lsmod | grep -e 8821ce If i’m not wrong this mean the module is loaded but not used right?
Check the driver in use once again.
Blacklist the current driver in use and reboot to apply the changes:
sudo tee -a /etc/modprobe.d/rtl8821ce.conf << EOF > /dev/null
blacklist rtl8821ce
install rtl8821ce /bin/false
EOF
I have abother problem i blacklist the modules and then reboot but the pc doesn’t reboot, instead it shows the logo and don’t power off, so I can’t understand if the driver is blacklisted correctly
Try to manually load the proper module:
sudo rmmod rtl8821ce
sudo rmmod rtw88_8821ce
sudo modprobe 8821ce
same problem, i can’t reboot or turn off, maybe i should try to switch back to fedora 37 since i didn’t had these problems and try to solve this problem in a virtual machine maybe
It is best to fully upgrade using a wired connection or USB tethering before you proceed.
You can try rebooting with SysRq, or perform a hard reset by pressing the power button for a few seconds if the issue persists.
Ok, so i installed another distro in a different storage (ubuntu to be precise) and i used the driver manager to check if the problem are actually the driver and it says that the device isn’t working, i will try to check in the BIOS if some settings cause these problems, otherwise i will buy a new wifi card maybe an intel one, if i fix it i will post it just in case someone have the same problem.
Added rtl8821ce