How to connect Lenovo IdeaPad wifi in FossaPup?

[samsara]

I have a new laptop (Lenovo IdeaPad 1-14AST-05 model 81VS) I am trying to get the wireless connectivity to work on. I have a bootflash install on usb of the new Fossapup 9.5. I have used Puppy Linux off and on for years, and am always using some form of Linux, so I am not a total newbie, but I also hate nothing more in life than trying to make Linux work. My mind doesn't work like that.

After hours wading through the jungles of tangentially related topics and half-answered questions and endless reams of indecipherable jargon, I have concluded my laptop is not recognizing my wireless card. I believe it to be a Realtek 8822CE. I located a BIN file I believe to be the correct driver (can a BIN file be a driver? I don't ultimately care and will forget in a month but care about nothing more in the world at the moment): rtw8822c_fw.bin.

Do I copy this to the /lib/firmware folder? Tried that and the network wizard doesn't show the file for me to select in order to load and hope my wireless network appears. I am of course having other problems that I will inevitably start other threads for, but right now I just can't figure out how to make this work. Nothing about Linux is ever straightforward.

[TerryH]

Looking at the fossapup64 9.5 iso, the fdrv contained in that release has that firmware you have mentioned above. It is contained in the directory /lib/firmware/rtw88. So do you have the fdrv in your installation? How do you have fossapup64 installed?

[bigpup]

Fossapup64 9.5 has a generic firmware and driver that is generally for rtl8822be, rtl8822ce.
It is rtw88.
It is working for my rtll8822be adapter.

Your problem could be not loading fdrv.

Also look for switch to turn WIFI on/off on the idea pad. (airplane mode switch)
If turned off Fossapup is not going to auto turn it on.

In any of the network connection programs.
The WIFI adapter is not listed???

Run this in a terminal

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lspci -nn | grep etwork

Should give specific info on what the WIFI adapter is.

[elroy]

Are you sure that's the module you need? I looked up the specs and it appears that you need the module ath10k_pci (Qualcomm Atheros QCA9377 Wireless Network Adapter). This is in Fossapup's kernel, and may not be automatically loading for one reason or another.

First, check to see if another wifi module got loaded when it shouldn't have

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lspci | grep -i wireless

If you get output, remove the module if it isn't the ath10k_pci

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modprobe -r <module-name>

Then enter

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modprobe ath10k_pci

into the terminal and try to connect to your wifi.