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I apologize if this seems like a trivial matter, but I have a laptop (a Lenovo Ideapad 3 to be exact) and I can’t get WiFi (or Bluetooth) to work on anything other than Ubuntu 23.04 and its flavors. I tried OpenSUSE Leap and Debian 12, both couldn’t detect the built-in WiFi card. I also tried Ubuntu-based distros such as Linux Mint, KDE Neon, and Zorin OS, same problem. I tried Kubuntu 22.04 LTS and even that couldn’t detect the WiFi card! So for the mean time, I’m stuck with using Ubuntu 23.04. Any ideas to get around this? Can I use Ubuntu to figure the exact WiFi card that’s being used then download its driver? If so, how do I do that exactly? Note that my Laptop doesn’t have a built-in Ethernet port, and I don’t want to buy a USB Ethernet adapter only for it not work out of the box either! Any help would be appreciated!

josephsh98
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  • Does this answer your question? [Will my device work with Ubuntu?](https://askubuntu.com/questions/986878/will-my-device-work-with-ubuntu) – Artur Meinild Aug 09 '23 at 10:48
  • The best suggestion I have is to buy a WiFi module from here: https://www.thinkpenguin.com/catalog/networking-gear-gnu-linux (for instance the Wifi N USB adapter). Then you're sure it actually works with Linux. – Artur Meinild Aug 09 '23 at 10:49
  • Related video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nd38CVgSsMI – Artur Meinild Aug 09 '23 at 10:51
  • Also: If you don't want to buy a USB WiFI module, then I'm afraid there is no help to get - sorry! – Artur Meinild Aug 09 '23 at 10:53
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    `lsusb`, `lspci` or `dmesg` might show information about the existing network adapter or which driver is used. – Bodo Aug 09 '23 at 11:14
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    23.04 most likely works because of updated 6.2 kernel with your driver. You could try updating the kernel on older distros to have the same effect – R A Aug 09 '23 at 15:06
  • The hwe packages for 22.04 just started offering the 6.2 kernel, maybe try installing those. – ubfan1 Aug 09 '23 at 15:41
  • Does this answer your question? [My wireless/WiFi connection does not work. What information is needed to diagnose the issue?](https://askubuntu.com/questions/425155/my-wireless-wifi-connection-does-not-work-what-information-is-needed-to-diagnos) – karel Aug 10 '23 at 01:35

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