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LoganIsJesus

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Registered: 2022-05-31

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Network Adapter Disappearing after Linux Install [SOLVED]

I am back with a new installation after following the previous threads comments and I have run into the same issue.

However this time I think the issue is because the driver that my network card is using is not the correct open source one that is loaded with the kernel.

I am unsure if there is a way but I believe this could be fixed by changing the driver on the device but I cannot seem to figure out how.

Would appreciate any useful response, Thanks

Last edited by LoganIsJesus (2022-06-01 17:37:17)

V1del

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Re: Network Adapter Disappearing after Linux Install [SOLVED]

There's no useful information in this post, repost the outputs you've been asked for from the previous thread and post them here.

Did you make sure to install linux-firmware this time? What do you get from

sudo dmesg

LoganIsJesus

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Re: Network Adapter Disappearing after Linux Install [SOLVED]

Yeah sure, this is what I had before:

Network controller: Qualcomm Atheros QCA9377 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter (rev 31)
Subsystem: Dell Device 1810
Kernel driver in use: ath10k_pci
Kernel modules: ath10k_pci

bash: lsusb: command not found

Linux 5.15.44-1-lts #1 SMP Mon, 30 May 2022 13:45:47 +0000 x86_64 GNU/Linux

local/archlinux-keyring20220424-1
Arch Linux PGP keyring
local/base 2-2
Minimal package set to define a basic Arch Linux installation
local/ef ibootmgr 17-2
Linux user-space application to modify the EFI Boot Manager
local/filesystem 2021.12.07-1
Base Arch Linux files
local/iptables 1:1.8.8-1
Linux kernel packet control tool (using legacy interface)
local/keyutils 1.6.3-1
Linux Key Management Utilities
local/kmod 29-3
Linux kernel module management tools and library
local/libaio 0.3.113-1
The Linux-native asynchronous I/0 facility (aio) library
local/libcap-ng 0.8.3-1
A library for Linux that makes using posix capabilities easy
local/linux 5.18.1.arch1-1
The Linux kernel and modules
local/linux-api-headers5.17.5-2
Kernel headers sanitized for use in userspace
local/linux-headers 5.18.1.arch1-1
Headers and scripts for building modules for the Linux kernel
local/linux-lts 5.15.44-1
The LIS Linux kernel and modules
local/linux-lts-headers 5.15.44-1
Headers and scripts for building modules for the LTS Linux kernel
local/pacman-mirrorlist 20220501-1
Arch Linux mirror list for use by pacman
local/util-linux 2.38-1
Miscellaneous system utilities for Linux
local/util-linux-libs 2.38-1
util-linux runtime libraries

And there is also

3.255707] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: Failed to find firmware-N.bin (N between 2 and 6) from ath10k/QCA9377/hw1.0:
-2
3.255732] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: could not fetch firmware files (-2)
3.255745] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: could not probe fw (-2)

Last edited by LoganIsJesus (2022-06-01 16:38:54)

V1del

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Re: Network Adapter Disappearing after Linux Install [SOLVED]

You still did not install linux-firmware. Did you still follow the same flawed tutorial that doesn't contain this information? Stop doing that, read: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Installation_guide follow links if you don't understand something and pay particular attention to https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Instal … l_packages

What you will minimally need to do now is boot the live disk, chroot into your system and install linux-firmware with a working internet connection. But under the assumption you still followed a youtube tutorial that might've still given you bad advice, I strongly urge you to read through the Installation Guide/going through the install the proper way,

LoganIsJesus

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Re: Network Adapter Disappearing after Linux Install [SOLVED]

I think I must have missed that package as this time I refrained from heavily relying on online tutorials this time.

How am I going to chroot into my installation if there are no mountpoints available on the installer?

V1del

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Re: Network Adapter Disappearing after Linux Install [SOLVED]

Judging by the [SOLVED] flag I assume you figured that out, but for prosperity, the mount point doesn't matter as long as you mount your partitions logically sane (root first and auxiliary ones as relevant on top of it) you can just do arch-chroot $mountpoint$. The logical/usual spot to do that is use the directory that's basically present for this purpose and is called /mnt and empty by default