#21 2024-07-21 03:20:43

Bearded_Blunder

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Re: [NOT RESOLVABLE---HARDWARE INCOMPATIBLE] Wifi Troubles on new install

I guess I am going to be doing a lot of cable work in this place, which I swore I would never do again (out of sheer laziness).

Or buy a cheap USB WiFi dongle, plenty of them work well with Linux. Some are low profile & barely protrude.

Alternative, open the laptop & replace the wifi-card with an Intel one, it's usually quite feasible to replace those cards & the brand/chipset does not have to match the original. They're a standardised form factor (or one of a couple, depending on age).

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dhalgren

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Re: [NOT RESOLVABLE---HARDWARE INCOMPATIBLE] Wifi Troubles on new install

For what it's worth, I too had very similar issues. My wifi and bluetooth wouldn't work or when working behaved in a bizarre way. I got rid of Windows on both my desktop and laptop. The problems I was having stopped. Just my severely uninformed opinion but it worked for me.

I am about to try that also. If it works, I'll re-edit the title, but it is clearly not resolvable with win 11 on the same machine.
   Which is fair enough, as tis not worth having, imho, now that I have tried it.

marens

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Re: [NOT RESOLVABLE---HARDWARE INCOMPATIBLE] Wifi Troubles on new install

^ Over 10 years ago I got a free USB 3G modem (mobile internet) from my phone provider at the time.
It worked great, wherever there was a phone signal I could connect my laptop.

When you first insert the USB modem, a GUI appears that allows you to easily set everything up and of course enable automatic connection so you don't have to enter the password every time.
I think the modem is made by HUAWEI.

At the time I was using dual boot (Windows XP and Lubuntu) and everything worked fine.

If (when) you decide to buy, bring your laptop and test in the store.

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Re: [NOT RESOLVABLE---HARDWARE INCOMPATIBLE] Wifi Troubles on new install

Not sure you can really classify this as a bug but thought I'd let the powers that be know. When I open VLC, the transparency within conky and tint2 stops and is replaced by just a black background. If I open even the menu, it resorts back to transparency. A very small thing which I'm more than happy to live with guys. Just thought I'd let y'all know. 

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dhalgren

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Re: [NOT RESOLVABLE---HARDWARE INCOMPATIBLE] Wifi Troubles on new install

Having been a bit ill, I haven't done much yet, but:

Using my phone and USB tethering and my fibre internet, I get a respectable download speed of 359.3 Mbps, so I am quite happy with that for the moment.

But I will be much more careful with my next purchase.

Thank you everyone for your assistance, and the eventual solution.

Last edited by dhalgren (2024-08-10 07:12:49)