Network Controller Issue

General system Kernel, boot, graphics & hardware
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Hi,
I have an hp620 with ralink rt3090bc4.
Following the arch linux guide to setup network I runned the lspci and lspci -k commands and both showed Ethernet Controller but not Network Controller, so I runned rfkill list and it only showed bluetooth; thinking it was a driver problem I went under module-load.b created the file program.conf and added rt2800pci(a driver compatible with rt3090), then I restarted the pc.
Runned lsmod and now I could see rt2800pci(before it was not present) but the outcome of the above commands didn’t change.
I am new to linux, I’b be glad if any of you could help, thanks.
Edit: Forgot to mention that iw dev returned nothing and ip link returned the loopback(lo) and ens5 which to my understanding should be Ethernet

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I think you mean it shows the Ethernet controller but not WiFi.

Are you able to run

inxi -Na
3

Yeah essentially, I need wifi.

The command returned

Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL810xE PCI Express Fast Ethernet
    vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1
    speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: 2000 bus-ID: 84:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8136
    class-ID: 0200
4

So it’s not even showing the WiFi after you created the program.conf

5

Exactly

6

I would remove that file and try something different. That chip is very problematic. Most ralink are.

7

Ok thanks, what should I try?

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Give me a minute.

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Try the following

sudo modprobe -r rt2800pci

sudo modprobe rt2800pci
10

I just removed the file should I restart the pc before trying this commands?

11

Sure why not it won’t hurt.

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I also wanted to ask for you to make sure the WiFi is actually turned on? I don’t know what F keys it is but you should double check that.

Edit: Until we get it to recognize and list the hardware it’s not going to work.

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You mean the physical key?

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Yes… the key that turns WiFi on and off.

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I tried to run all the previosly mentioned command with the key on and off, and the only difference that in rfkill list bluetooth was hard blocked

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Just make sure WiFi is on.

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I runned these command then tried inxi -Na and other command but the outcome was the same

18

Have you tried the lts kernel?

You can install the package akm that is a kernel manager. It makes it easy to install another kernel.

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No. Is there a guide I can follow?

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Just install akm

sudo pacman -S akm

Then install the lts kernel. It will automatically install the headers required.

Edit:

Then reboot into lts kernel and see if it recognizes the wifi chip.

Edit2: akm should be in the menu somewhere once you install it. Not sure what desktop you are using.