I dual booted my Windows computer with Ubuntu 14.04 because my professor needed me to be compatible with the lab. On my Windows partition, the wifi works. On Linux, it does not work at all. I have tried to sudo-apt get install many backports, and none of them worked.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: linux-image-4.15.0-112-generic 4.15.0-112.113
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-112.113-generic 4.15.18
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-112-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.14
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/snd/controlC0: shruti 1646 F.... pulseaudio
CRDA: Error: command ['iw', 'reg', 'get'] failed with exit code 1: nl80211 not found.
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
Date: Wed Jul 22 13:55:27 2020
InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-07-12 (375 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180426)
IwConfig:
enp2s0 no wireless extensions.
lo no wireless extensions.
MachineType: Dell Inc. Inspiron 5570
ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.15.0-112-generic root=UUID=1ec45041-4809-46e0-a1d5-94d4bbbb380a ro quiet splash vt.handoff=1
RelatedPackageVersions:
linux-restricted-modules-4.15.0-112-generic N/A
linux-backports-modules-4.15.0-112-generic N/A
linux-firmware 1.173.18
RfKill:
0: hci0: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
SourcePackage: linux
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 09/26/2018
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 1.1.9
dmi.board.name: 0YDF7T
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.board.version: A00
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvr1.1.9:bd09/26/2018:svnDellInc.:pnInspiron5570:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0YDF7T:rvrA00:cvnDellInc.:ct10:cvr:
dmi.product.family: Inspiron
dmi.product.name: Inspiron 5570
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
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