This tutorial is a quick fix for HP laptops that wireless does not work on Ubuntu 18.04 Gnome desktop.
On my cheap laptop HP 246 G6 I found that the wireless network does not work out-of-box after installed Ubuntu 18.04. No wifi option in system tray menu, and System Settings says ‘No Wifi adapter found‘.
This happens on many HP devices including HP 15-bs000, 15-bs100, 15g-br000, 15q-bu000, and Pavilion 15-br000, HP 280 G3, 290 G1, and more. And the reason is Ubuntu does not support RTL8723de wifi driver.
Here’s what I did to fix no wifi adapter issue in Ubuntu 18.04:
1. Reboot and go to BIOS to make sure wireless network are enabled. And plug laptop into a wired connection.
2. Open terminal either via Ctrl+Alt+T shortcut key or by searching for ‘terminal’ from software launcher.
3.1 You may first install the building tools first via command:
4. In this terminal window, install the drivers via command:
5. If the installation success, run 2 commands load the new driver:
6. If that does not work, you may remove and blacklist the broadcom drivers and restart:
On my cheap laptop HP 246 G6 I found that the wireless network does not work out-of-box after installed Ubuntu 18.04. No wifi option in system tray menu, and System Settings says ‘No Wifi adapter found‘.
This happens on many HP devices including HP 15-bs000, 15-bs100, 15g-br000, 15q-bu000, and Pavilion 15-br000, HP 280 G3, 290 G1, and more. And the reason is Ubuntu does not support RTL8723de wifi driver.
Here’s what I did to fix no wifi adapter issue in Ubuntu 18.04:
1. Reboot and go to BIOS to make sure wireless network are enabled. And plug laptop into a wired connection.
2. Open terminal either via Ctrl+Alt+T shortcut key or by searching for ‘terminal’ from software launcher.
3.1 You may first install the building tools first via command:
sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r) build-essential git
3.2 Run command to get the newest Realtek rtlwifi codes that includes rtl8192ce, rtl8192cu, rtl8192se, rtl8192de, rtl8188ee, rtl8192ee, rtl8723ae, rtl8723be, and rtl8821ae.:git clone https://github.com/lwfinger/rtlwifi_new.git
And then check out extended branch for rtl8822be or rtl8723de:cd rtlwifi_new/ && git checkout origin/extended -b extended
4. In this terminal window, install the drivers via command:
sudo make install
Type your password (no asterisks feedback) when it prompts and hit Enter.5. If the installation success, run 2 commands load the new driver:
sudo modprobe -r rtl8723de
sudo modprobe rtl8723de
Wireless network starts working in my case:6. If that does not work, you may remove and blacklist the broadcom drivers and restart:
