Wi-fi dropping on kubuntu

[avocadofish]

Hi. I'm new to linux. hope can get help here.


I have installed kubuntu 24.04 on my hp pavilion, liking it so far, but there is an issue with the wifi. it works for as long as what I'm doing requires connection (reddit, youtube, downloading smth, etc.), but when it doesn't, even for a brief moment, it just stops working and I have to turn wifi off and back on (have been doing it every minute, literally. It's very irritating). i have tried turning power management off, didn't work.


i ran `sudo lshw -C network` and `iwconfig` (if thats helpful, idk, im noob)


*-network
description: Wireless interface
product: RTL8822CE 802.11ac PCIe Wireless Network Adapter
vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
logical name: wlo1
version: 00
serial: cc:47:40:7d:57:8d
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=rtw_8822ce driverversion=6.11.0-19-generic firmware=N/A ip=192.168.
0.109 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11
resources: irq:167 ioport:3000(size=256) memory:50400000-5040ffff


lo no wireless extensions.

wlo1 IEEE 802.11 ESSID:"TP-Link_3367_5G"
Mode:Managed Frequency:5.18 GHz Access Point: 98:25:4A:5D:33:69
Bit Rate=866.7 Mb/s Tx-Power=20 dBm
Retry short limit:7 RTS thr: off Fragment thr: off
Power Management: off
Link Quality=70/70 Signal level=-23 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:3 Missed beacon:0


i read that the realtek card is poorly compatible with linux or smth, and i should change the driver, but i couldnt find any specific instructions for my case (or didnt understand what i read).

I have used zorin os for about half a year before that (without going into terminal and stuff, just using), but after realizing some things didn't work right decided to look for a better distro.



Please help, im really looking forward to using kubuntu (if not, some other linux distro). if u need any info from my side, or need me to run any commands in terminal, do write. thanks in advance.

[deadsplash]

I hope this cloud help you: https://itsfoss.com/install-additional-drivers-ubuntu/

In Kubuntu in System Setting/Drivers Manager there is where you find if you need install additional drivers for your hardware.

[oshunluvr]

https://tutorialforlinux.com/2022/01...based-systems/

[skyfishgoo]

I hope this cloud help you: https://itsfoss.com/install-additional-drivers-ubuntu/

In Kubuntu in System Setting/Drivers Manager there is where you find if you need install additional drivers for your hardware.

on the LTS you are still using plasma 5, so no driver manager.

so you need to use

sudo software-properties-qt

[claydoh]

on the LTS you are still using plasma 5, so no driver manager.

The Driver Manager has been around for ages and ages.

[skyfishgoo]

the most reliable way to get to it is with the command line provided

when i type "driver" into krunner it does not offer that settings page... i can only find it by browsing the settings menu

in 22.04 it used to accessible via discover > settings.

no idea why it keeps moving around or is so hard to find but that command line has always worked.

[claydoh]

in 22.04 it used to accessible via discover > settings.

The bug in Discover's apt backend not supporting the new Debian source file format breaks the shortcut button in Discover's settings.
The Driver Manager, and later it's tab from the Software Sources tool, has pretty much always been in System Settings, long before Plasma Discover ever existed.

It shows up in System Settings' search just fine.

I will assume that the reason it isn't seen in krunner is that it isn't a separate app, and Kubuntu haven't provided an application menu entry for the Software Sources tool that opens to the desired tab, much like the button in Plasma Discover does, or would do if it was present. Nor added any sort of metadata for the kcm module that provides any search result for it that krunner can use.

But using System Settings is a way to get to the Software Sources tool without needing to open a terminal or to know which command to use.

[skyfishgoo]

so krunner is not the easiest way to find a settings page since not all of them are available that way.

that's good to know, thanks.

i wonder how many other settings cannot be found by using krunner search?

a quick test shows that the very first configure setting on the context menu will not appear in krunner, so i guess i've been doing it wrong these least 2 years.

[claydoh]

The Software Sources tool, and the system settings module are very much Ubuntu-specific, plus the fact that the entry for the driver manager's tab is nothing more than a shortcut is probably a reason.

I highly doubt you have been doing anything wrong at all. I'd say the lack of it showing in search is a bug.