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Linux Cinnamon Mint live session Wi-Fi issues (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Linux noob using mint for the first time, decided to boot from a flash drive before fully installing on my PC, just to try it out first. I'm having issues getting Wi-Fi to work during the live session though; clicking the Wi-Fi icon only brings up Network Settings and Network connections. Network connections lets me try to set it up manually, but I can't figure out how to get it to connect after putting in all the info I can find for my Wi-Fi. Is this normal? Did I mess up the installation somehow, or is a drivers problem?

Hardware: HP laptop, AMD Ryzen 5 7520U w/ Radeon Graphics (Model # 15-fc0025dx). OS: Linux kernel 5.15.0-91 generic, Linux Mint version 21.3, Cinnamon version 6.0.4. Booted off a flash drive (live session).

edit: I also get the following screen when I try to shut my laptop down from the Mint boot:

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

I just had this experience on a Dell XPS 9530 in live usb, and the subsequent install. I used my phone over usb to update kernel to 6.5 then WiFi worked.