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Title: I can’t enable WiFi on Linux Lite
Post by: SuperSpruce on April 29, 2021, 10:19:48 PM
The button to enable Wi-Fi stopped working out of nowhere (Linux Lite). Tried rebooting and updating the system, nothing worked. It’s not that I can’t connect to a specific network, it’s that there’s a unchecked check box that says “enable WiFi,” but when I click it the check box stays unchecked.

Yes, I looked at tutorials that use the terminal, and I still couldn’t get it to work.

If this all doesn’t work, I’m gonna try switching to Xubuntu.

(I posted this here instead of “other software issues” to not ruin the exactly 6969 posts in that category lol)
Title: Re: I can’t enable WiFi on Linux Lite
Post by: Jerry on April 29, 2021, 10:27:09 PM
Moved to Network.
Title: Re: I can’t enable WiFi on Linux Lite
Post by: Jesse R Bassett on April 30, 2021, 03:02:35 PM
What device do you have for wifi? Is it internal or external?
Title: Re: I can’t enable WiFi on Linux Lite
Post by: j8a on May 03, 2021, 03:26:11 PM
Hi @SuperSpruce ,
Maybe I could gave you a hint on what is the problem.
I need some information about who is your system and why the whifi is blocked or not.

Could you post the output of the following terminal commands?
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inxi -FN
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rfkill list all
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dmesg | grep NetworkManager
Title: Re: I can’t enable WiFi on Linux Lite
Post by: f23948 on April 04, 2022, 01:19:54 AM
You do NOT need switch to Xubuntu, it does same thing
Title: Re: I can’t enable WiFi on Linux Lite
Post by: Mountain Giant on May 19, 2022, 05:19:13 AM
For me connections sometimes stops and need to restart system.

Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:8000 Intel Corp.
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:8008 Intel Corp.
Bus 001 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 04ca:7032 Lite-On Technology Corp. HP HD Webcam
Bus 003 Device 003: ID 138a:003f Validity Sensors, Inc. VFS495 Fingerprint Reader
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 18f8:0f99 [Maxxter] Optical gaming mouse
Bus 003 Device 005: ID 0e8d:763e MediaTek Inc. MT7630e Bluetooth Adapter
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub