ThinkPad E480 Wifi and Bluetooth Adapter not working Linux

ayad on 14/11/2018 - 12:54
Last edited 14/11/2018 - 13:16

RTL8822BE on Thinkpad E480
Ubuntu 18.04

Has anyone encountered this problem? Basically unable to use wifi. Tried kernal 4.4 and 4.15

some info, not sure if useful or not:

sudo lshw -class network
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
logical name: enp3s0
version: 10
serial: e8:6a:64:31:eb:8a
size: 100Mbit/s
capacity: 1Gbit/s
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix vpd bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=2.3LK-NAPI duplex=full firmware=rtl8168g-3_0.0.1 04/23/13 ip=192.168.1.107 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=MII speed=100Mbit/s
resources: irq:16 ioport:c000(size=256) memory:f1304000-f1304fff memory:f1300000-f1303fff
*-network UNCLAIMED
description: Network controller
product: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:05:00.0
version: 00
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress cap_list
configuration: latency=0
resources: ioport:b000(size=256) memory:f1100000-f110ffff

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Comments

  • o53djz7qTPY4der on 14/11/2018 - 13:03

    Which distro?

    • ayad on 14/11/2018 - 13:16

      Ubuntu 18.04

      • o53djz7qTPY4der on 14/11/2018 - 13:26
        +1

        Plug the USB installer in. Boot to you SSD (NOT USB). Go to additional software, and additional drivers. It should let you install from there. Keep the installer USB plugged in though. Make sure you're connected via Ethernet too.

  • HighAndDry on 14/11/2018 - 13:26

    Not a linux person, barely have any real IT knowledge, but I can google and google says this:

    https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2364383

    Honestly I don't understand half (90%) of what's on that page, maybe it'll make sense to you though. Good luck?

    • ayad on 14/11/2018 - 13:39

      yeah i tried the solution on this page but ended in an error most likely coz it's for 16.04 and i'm running 18.04

  • aarn on 14/11/2018 - 13:27

    google search: <<<If you press the wireless control button (which is F9 on my E420), a wireless control UI appears. It looks like this: From there, you can press either button to turn the wireless feature on or off. You can also click on 'Individual control' to turn on/off Wireless and Bluetooth separately.>>> Good luck

    • ayad on 14/11/2018 - 13:38

      Yeah it's simple on windows but on linux it just pulls up the settings for wifi in which it says no wifi adapter found.

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