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Hello,

I've been trying to do my first stride in Linux's world by installing Ubuntu on my laptop (Lenovo X1 Carbon 3rd Gen) to replace W10 who was working well but is loosing support soon.

Well the test result is... unclear. Ubuntu itself is fast and working rather well but... my Wifi card seem to have problem with Ubuntu.

Before giving up and re-installing W10 I'm trying to find help to solve this issue. I created a full description of the issue on the Ubuntu forum, here: https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/lenovo-x1-carbon-ubuntu-24-04-03-lts-no-wireless-connection-error-activation-of-network-connection-failed/69286

Any help would be very appreciated

Edit: After trying the suggestion below to power down and remove the battery without any success, I'll try to use a "windows to go" w10 USB drive to try to change the WiFi card power settings as suggested in some other answers.

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[–] Quazatron@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I faced a similar problem when converting my wife's laptop from Windows 10 to Endeavour OS. The issue was related to Windows hibernation. It seems that that process does some strange stuff to hardware, especially to wifi adapters.

To solve it I had to boot back to Windows, disable fast boot, reboot again, shutdown, and then I could install Linux properly.

Maybe you face a different issue, but I hope this helps.

[–] chonkyninja@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

This, the only way to fix it is to unplug it, take out the battery and leave it for hours.

Or, if you still have windows installed, you have to literally go into the power profiles and customize the wireless power down settings and then power it down. Upon booting to Linux it should all work.

[–] BrowseMan@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 days ago

I unplugged battery and power for 48 hours, but the problem unfortunately persists...

I guess I'll try to see if I can reinstall W10. Problem is I only have a W8 key (in had upgraded from W8 a while ago) so I'm not sure I'll be able to.