Long story short, I accidentally deleted a part of my ubuntu-desktop trying to remove KDE. I tried to reinstall the missing packages through the virtual terminal but it didn't work as there was no internet connection (WiFI was working fine on the desktop). I tried nmcli dev but neither the Ethernet nor wireless device was shown.
I checked for the network controller using sudo lspci and lshw -C network and it popped up both times. It's a Intel Wireless 3160.
I then thought it was because I was missing the firmware so I went onto Windows (I have a Windows 10 dual-boot) and downloaded the firmware from the Intel website onto my USB.
I then went back into the Linux virtual terminal and copied the firmware to /lib/firmware. The Intel guide said to check the kernel configuration to check if Config_FW_Loader is on but I'm not sure how to do that. I checked the firmware directory and the firmware I downloaded is on there but it's the only one in green text.
I then tried to load the driver. I did lsmod and I couldn't see the wireless driver so I then did sudo modprobe iwlwifi to see:
modprobe: ERROR: ../libkmod/libkmod-module.c:832 kmod_module_insert_module() could not find module by name='iwlwifi'
modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'iwlwifi': Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
I tried sudo modprobe iwlmvm and I got something different:
modeprobe: FATAL: Module iwlmvm not found in directory /lib/module/5.3.0-28-generic.
I don't know what to do from here. Can anyone help me?
nmcli dev? I thought it was because the drivers weren't working, it must be something else then? – Allajo Mar 27 '20 at 20:16lshw -class networkboth the wireless and ethernet controllers are labeled "unclaimed". Which makes me think this is a problem with the drivers. – Allajo Mar 27 '20 at 21:12