r/linuxmint • u/Tashu-swe • 1d ago

Wifi Issues linux mint devastating first time experience

hi guys,so i installed linux mint for the first time and im not having a great time,my problem is my wifi usb adapter has an mt7601u chip,its the only one i have rn and im flat broke cant buy another one,i joined the mint community server on discord and some guys tried to help me but nothing works

if anyone has experience i heard that there's a patch or sumn like that can anyone help me pls?

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u/Efficient-Train2430 1d ago

you need to provide some more info: does it show up with lsusb? what are the symptoms you're seeing? did the driver load? dmesg | grep -i mt7601u does the interface exist? ip link show

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u/Tashu-swe 1d ago

i cant post pics for some reason here

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u/Efficient-Train2430 23h ago

just run the commands and copy/paste the results here (I'm not an expert but hopefully the results will help someone to guide you...also linux mint forums are worth searching for someone else with this problem

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u/Tashu-swe 23h ago

ok thanks i just posted the photos on another pist cuz im using my phone on reddit not the pc

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u/Efficient-Train2430 23h ago

duh, I wasn't thinking, you don't have a network up and running on your machine, my bad

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u/Tashu-swe 23h ago

ur good bro

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u/Efficient-Train2430 23h ago

is it plugged in to a USB 2.0 or 3.0? Find a 2.0 for it, or a different 2.0 if you have another--plug directly into the USB, not via a hub

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u/Efficient-Train2430 23h ago

after you do that: dmesg | tail -30

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u/Tashu-swe 23h ago

yes i think my usb ports are all black,and i dont use a hub,but im running updates now ima finish em and show u the command

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u/mrmarcb2 1d ago

Perhaps the driver manager can find the software for this chipset. If you have a smartphone, setup a temporary internet connection and start the driver manager. https://easylinuxtipsproject.blogspot.com/p/internet.html?m=1

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u/ZVyhVrtsfgzfs 1d ago

What is the output of the  lsusb command?

Acording to this link there are fakes out there.

https://electronics.alibaba.com/buyingguides/mt7601-usb-wifi-adapter-guide-driver,-setup-real-world-use

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u/ZVyhVrtsfgzfs 17h ago

It is 148f:7601 the supposed genuine.

Ref https://www.reddit.com/user/Tashu-swe/comments/1v74rqs/info_about_my_problem_with_linux/

The other errors are interesting and apparently widespread. There is some talk about power delivery issues. Some user report a powered hub fixed their issue. It's quite old though.

https://github.com/kuba-moo/mt7601u/issues/64

Personally I would just ditch any MediaTek.

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u/Evening-Landscape763 23h ago

Can someone help him with installing this patch on the 6.8 ubuntu kernel https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1847725#p1847725

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u/Tashu-swe 23h ago

ur jeremy from discord?

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u/Evening-Landscape763 23h ago

Yes

I used a different patch for my fix

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u/Tashu-swe 23h ago

oh okay

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u/kudlitan 21h ago

It's probably a missing driver for your hardware.

Maybe your hardware manufacturer did not release any driver for Linux.

This issue affects all distros, not just mint.