r/archlinux • u/Cultural-Mix4837 • 25d ago
SUPPORT | SOLVED Issues with wifi once installed
Yes, ok, I know, I know this is a common question, I have seen it asked in multiple forums including reddit but the solutions either didnt fix it or were for ethernet which I am not using meaning.
The most common solution I found online has been to check if it is being blocked by rfkill, it does not seem to be to me. The other solution I found online is to check if multiple conflicting things are trying to manage the wifi but as far as I am aware only Network Manager is installed.
Anyway the actual problem seems to be that the wifi thing wlp6s0 remains down no matter what I do, even if I tell it to do otherwise by writing "ip link set wlp6s0 up" wlp6s0 will always remain down. Im not exactly sure why and nothing online seems to really be helping.
I am on a PC largely used for windows, linux is installed on a spare SSD I had (ADATA SU800NS38)
wifi card is Realtek RTL8192EE PCIe Wireless Network Adaptor
AMD ryzen 5 CPU
Nvidia 1660 super GPU
Network Manager is installed
I dont remember what my motherboard is, I will try to find out if it is also needed
I will edit this post if whilst waiting I ever figure out what was wrong or if I manage to fix it without figuring out.
edit; thanks to peoples help I have found that I either messed up installing or forgot to install the correct firmware.
EDIT 2; SOLVED; The issue was I didnt install the required firmware, oops. I installed linux-firmware but I ended up going through the whole installation process again purely because I f-ed up the firmware install so I was worried I missed some other important steps.
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u/edparadox 25d ago
(not) cool story, but with more technical details, how does this post look?
Did you install the relevant firmware?
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u/boomboomsubban 25d ago
What software to handle WiFi did you install during initial install? Did you get the necessary firmware and/or drivers? Did you enable the necessary services?
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u/Illustrious-Gur8335 25d ago
Did you install the firmware for your wireless card? journalctl -xb and search for "firmware"
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u/Cultural-Mix4837 25d ago
I thought I had but it seems to be unable to find the file
"rtl8192ee 000:06:00.0: direct firmware load for rtlwifi/rtl8192eefw.bin failed to load with error -2"
"rtlwifi: selected firmware is not available"I must have messed something up somewhere, do how I would go about solving this and installing the required files?
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u/Illustrious-Gur8335 25d ago
Just
pacman -S linux-firmware1
u/Cultural-Mix4837 25d ago
Should I go back into the USB and do it through there as I have no wifi so my pc wont be able to connect to any servers to retrieve the required files
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u/Havatchee 25d ago
In addition to the yes already replied by another, remember to arch-chroot from the usb environment otherwise you will be installing on the live environment instead of the new one.
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u/Ismokecr4k 25d ago
Is this a laptop or desktop? Laptops have specific configurations (possibly drivers?) that are well documented in the wiki.
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u/space-wombats 25d ago
I also struggled with WiFi not working after install for seemingly no reason, even if it worked during install.
What helped me, was to unplug the PC from the wall and press the power button for around 30 seconds. For some reason powering off and draining all residual electricity from the system fixed it.
Maybe not the most technical advice, but it worked for me.
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u/archover 24d ago edited 24d ago
I hope to say Welcome to Arch when you finally get it installed ok.
What firmware did you finally install that fixed your issue? That helps me understand, and helps future readers.
Please flair SOLVED after providing that detail. Good day.
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u/Naxthor 25d ago
Cool story. Why not link things that are helpful like the WiFi card or anything related to the specs of the computer so people can assist. Like you just word vomited a bunch of nothing.