Problem with WIFI and Language (solved)

[EvilOne]

Good morning. I have a problem, I can't find the option to search for wifi networks... can you help me?

[Aulddood]

Good morning. I have a problem, I can't find the option to search for wifi networks... can you help me?

I have the same issue on my Acer travelmate and am looking for a solution? I suspect COS is not seeing the Wifi hardware and not installing the driver. Still trying to discover how to see what drivers are installed

[EvilOne]

My laptop is an HP... but I'm not an expert in Linux, I wouldn't know how to install drivers on the COS...

[LeoNigro]

Hi EvilOne,

If you know your laptop's model code you could look that up to determine your Wifi chip.
Then we can determine what package/s to install.
COS has access to non-free repositories, so we should be good to access proprietary drivers.

You might try the following CLI incantation to see if you can get any hints about your wifi driver.
lspci | grep -i net

Let me know how you go.

Also, it would seem every page covering wifi asks you to check if your laptop has a WiFi switch or key that needs to be turned on.

I think it's ridiculous that there isn't a simple script to determine all of this. I'm tempted to try to write one.

Also if you can get to the internet via an ethernet cable try, Update Commodore OS from the Commodore OS menu, which does a regular linux update and upgrade (before checking for specific COS updates). It..... should..... take.... a.... while.....

[EvilOne]

So... with the CLI command I can't understand anything, I'm not familiar with Linux and, above all, everything is in English and I don't understand it that well. Then, I entered the option to update the OS, but it asks me for a password that I don't know! And also, when I entered the laptop's BIOS, I couldn't find the WiFi options...HELP!!!

[EvilOne]

At least someone explain to me how to install wifi drivers on this OS! Maybe from a USB stick, since I have no way of connecting online! Then I wonder... how do you release an OS without the possibility of connecting to WiFi?!

[LeoNigro]

Linux is supposed to install with all the drivers it recognises.
Debian traditionally doesn't install with proprietary drivers but our does.
Unfortunately, WiFi drivers on Linux are a bit hit and miss. Sometimes an arcane setting needs to be made.

I appreciate it is difficult, and that everything seems like gobbeldygook.
There is nothing much I can personally do about it, except attempt to help via the forum.

As for your default password. On first boot you would have been told what it is and asked to change it.
If you haven't changed it then it is still set to the default one which is:
"C=" or the capital C key followed by the equals key.

[LeoNigro]

@EvilOne

And also, when I entered the laptop's BIOS, I couldn't find the WiFi options...HELP!!!

I didn't mean in the BIOS. I mean there might actually be a switch on your laptop to engage it.

You might try the following CLI command to see if you can get any hints about your wifi driver.

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lspci | grep -i net

Let me know how you go.
Yes these commands seem alien to me also. I pretty much Google what I can and this command is the first step to diagnosing the problem.

[EvilOne]

Thanks Leo. With the password you provided me I updated the system. It still doesn't see wifi, but I bought a USB wifi and it works with that! There are no buttons on the laptop to activate wifi. Can I ask you for OT info? I have set the Italian language for the OS, but everything remains in English... any suggestions?

[LeoNigro]

I have set the Italian language for the OS, but everything remains in English... any suggestions?

This is probably the fastest way to deal with all the language issues.

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sudo apt install locales-all

I haven't tested this.
Let us know how you go.