Ok... I managed to get wifi working ... The steps I took after booting from the initial image: # rkill unblock wlan # copy /etc/netctl/examples/wireless-wpa /etc/netctl/mywifi <edit /etc/netctl/mywifi and replace MyNetwork with the correct networkname and fill in the correct WirelessKey # cd /etc/netctl # netctl start mywifi # netctl enable mywifi # ping 8.8.8.8 Now I can continue with the installation :0 Thanks all for the 'nudges' in the right direction Leo On Thu, Dec 5, 2019 at 10:59 PM David C. Rankin < drankinatty@suddenlinkmail.com> wrote:
did you check "ip l" when booting the arch live image, to see if the interface is really not detected? Did you try unblocking it with rfkill? Maybe
On 12/05/2019 01:50 PM, L. Rose wrote: there is
a hardware switch on your device, or a key combination with fn + f8 or similar?
I would second this. Many newer laptops have soft-buttons for wifi/sound/etc.. that traditionally would just save states between boots. I have 2 SSDs in my laptop, one with the original W10, the other with Arch. I've noticed the soft-buttons are configured differently depending on whether I boot windows (once a month for updates) or a normal boot of Arch. (behaves the same with openSUSE as well) I wouldn't be surprised if the wifi soft-button defaults to off. I have a light within 4 independent buttons that show the state of wifi, sound, etc... Double-check yours when you boot the Arch installer.
With the arch installer, if the wifi chip is enable, it should be picked up and enabled automatically. As others have said, save the output of
lspci -v
(write it to a usb drive or something) and post the output just to confirm that there isn't some left-field chipset used (doubt it, but that would confirm)
If you have a RJ45 connection for a wired connection, that's always an option.
-- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.