No wifi for install screen
I booted up the install usb (flashed through balena etcher). I get the Jade UI but it says no internet connection. The network icon is disabled and I think it doesn't recognize the wifi adapter. This is a brand new MSI Prestige 16 with i7-13700H and 32GB RAM with Intel graphics and integrated Wifi 6. How do I enable wifi?
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what blendOS edition are you using
v3 Bhatura - KDE version
open the terminal and type
nmtui
from there in the menu go to Activate Connection
find your networkJust tried that. It doesn't show any connection to activate. The list is blank.
BTW, I also tried the GNOME edition. Same result. No internet. However, nmtui gave ma a new option called 'Radio' which shows "Wi-Fi: Hardware Missing, Software: Enabled". But the install downloaded 1.5GB worth of data while loading and I have no issues connecting to Wi-FI when I boot into Windows 11. So, I guess it is probably a driver issue in BlendOS?
is your wifi card made by Broadcom?
No, it's Intel integrated Wi-FI. Killer Wifi 6E AX1675i is what I see in the Device Manager
I checked the Intel website https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000088040/wireless.html for drivers. They advise to use the generic Wi-Fi drivers for the model (Intel® Wi-Fi 6E AX210) which according to their website should be in the upstream kernel. I think that is true because it just works out of the box when I installed Debian 12 (without DE). I lost the connection when I installed KDE minimal on top of it (similar results as blendOS - adapter not detected) but it worked again when I replaced the KDE minimal with KDE standard version (via the Debian installer). Guess blendOS uses the KDE minimal version so we might look to include the drivers from the full version?
Intel
Linux* Drivers Support for Intel® Killer™ Wireless Products
To use Intel® Killer™ Wireless Products with Linux operating system install generic Linux WiFi and Bluetooth drivers.
This should work in v4
Thank you. I'll try it and let you know.