[Internet] Kubuntu 16.04 WiFi doesn't work

[Knecht]

Hey, new to Kubuntu 16.04 (somewhat familiar with 13.10). My old laptop went down, so I got a new one, Lenovo V310 and after getting rid of Windows, I installed Kubuntu 16.04 which I was recommended. Things are much different from the 13.10 and I really need some help, need the laptop running to finish my dissertation ASAP.
WiFi doesn't work at all, can't even check the box for it. Where I currently am, I have no option to do a wire connection, using someone else's computer to ask about this, so I can't even spend much time looking for the solution, as the other person needs his computer too. Can anyone please recommend a quick fix for this?
Thanks!!!

P.S. in the short time it had windows, it was able to connect to the wifi, so technically it should be ok.

[Snowhog]

The real issue at the moment, for you, is that you will need a wired connection to the Internet in order to get wireless properly installed/configured.

[GreyGeek]

There are several versions of the V310 and they have different firmware chips. What does lspci tell you about the specific wifi chip (or, use lswh)?

One ideapad uses the QC9377 chip and a known bug prevents it from working properly. If that is your chip then perhaps a cheap USB wifi dongle will get you connected until the bug is resolved.

[Knecht]

good point with the usb wifi, I think I could find one. Will see if it works.

[Knecht]

Oh and the model specifications are 15IKB 80T3

[Knecht]

Here's what lshw gets:

knecht@knecht-Lenovo-V310-15IKB:~$ sudo lshw
knecht-lenovo-v310-15ikb
description: Notebook
product: 80T3 (LENOVO_MT_80T3_BU_idea_FM_Lenovo V310-15IKB)
vendor: LENOVO
version: Lenovo V310-15IKB
serial: QT75PV70800400
width: 64 bits
capabilities: smbios-3.0 dmi-3.0 vsyscall32
configuration: administrator_password=disabled boot=normal chassis=notebook family=IDEAPAD frontpanel_password=disabled keyboard_password=disabled power-on_password=disabled sku=LENOVO_MT_80T3_BU_idea_FM_Lenovo V310-15IKB uuid=3085B414-6C54-66B5-57AD-A81E84709183
*-core
description: Motherboard
vendor: LENOVO
physical id: 0
version: SDK0J40697 WIN
serial: LR08EX3M
slot: Part Component
*-memory
description: System Memory
physical id: 2
slot: System board or motherboard
size: 4GiB
*-bank:0
description: SODIMM Synchronous 2133 MHz (0,5 ns)
product: R6N-UH ���
vendor: 4D41
physical id: 0
serial: 53364146
slot: ChannelA-DIMM0
size: 4GiB
width: 64 bits
clock: 2133MHz (0.5ns)
*-bank:1
description: [empty]
physical id: 1
slot: ChannelA-DIMM1
*-bank:2
description: [empty]
physical id: 2
slot: ChannelB-DIMM0
*-bank:3
description: [empty]
physical id: 3
slot: ChannelB-DIMM1
*-cache:0
description: L1 cache
physical id: 8
slot: L1 Cache
size: 128KiB
capacity: 128KiB
capabilities: synchronous internal write-back unified
configuration: level=1
*-cache:1
description: L2 cache
physical id: 9
slot: L2 Cache
size: 512KiB
capacity: 512KiB
capabilities: synchronous internal write-back unified
configuration: level=2
*-cache:2
description: L3 cache
physical id: a
slot: L3 Cache
size: 3MiB
capacity: 3MiB
capabilities: synchronous internal write-back unified
configuration: level=3
*-cpu
description: CPU
product: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-7200U CPU @ 2.50GHz
vendor: Intel Corp.
physical id: b
bus info: cpu@0
version: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-7200U CPU @ 2.50GHz
serial: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
slot: U3E1
size: 510MHz
capacity: 3100MHz
width: 64 bits
clock: 100MHz
capabilities: x86-64 fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx pdpe1gb rdtscp constant_tsc art arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good nopl xtopology nonstop_tsc aperfmperf tsc_known_freq pni pclmulqdq dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 sdbg fma cx16 xtpr pdcm pcid sse4_1 sse4_2 x2apic movbe popcnt tsc_deadline_timer aes xsave avx f16c rdrand lahf_lm abm 3dnowprefetch epb intel_pt tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid fsgsbase tsc_adjust bmi1 avx2 smep bmi2 erms invpcid mpx rdseed adx smap clflushopt xsaveopt xsavec xgetbv1 xsaves dtherm ida arat pln pts hwp hwp_notify hwp_act_window hwp_epp cpufreq
configuration: cores=2 enabledcores=2 threads=4
*-firmware
description: BIOS
vendor: LENOVO
physical id: c
version: 2WCN22WW
date: 12/06/2016
size: 1MiB
capacity: 8128KiB
capabilities: pci upgrade shadowing cdboot bootselect edd int5printscreen int9keyboard int14serial int17printer acpi usb ls120boot zipboot biosbootspecification netboot uefi
*-pci
description: Host bridge
product: Intel Corporation
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 100
bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
*-display
description: VGA compatible controller
product: Intel Corporation
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 2
bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
version: 02
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pciexpress msi pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
configuration: driver=i915 latency=0
resources: irq:126 memory:d0000000-d0ffffff memory:c0000000-cfffffff ioport:f000(size=64) memory:c0000-dffff
*-pci:0
description: PCI bridge
product: Intel Corporation
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1c
bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.0
version: f1
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:120
*-pci:1
description: PCI bridge
product: Intel Corporation
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1c.4
bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.4
version: f1
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:121 ioport:e000(size=4096) memory:d1200000-d12fffff
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
logical name: enp2s0
version: 15
serial: a8:1e:84:70:91:83
size: 10Mbit/s
capacity: 1Gbit/s
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=2.3LK-NAPI duplex=half firmware=rtl8168h-2_0.0.2 02/26/15 latency=0 link=no multicast=yes port=MII speed=10Mbit/s
resources: irq:125 ioport:e000(size=256) memory:d1204000-d1204fff memory:d1200000-d1203fff
*-pci:2
description: PCI bridge
product: Intel Corporation
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1c.5
bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.5
version: f1
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:122 memory:d1000000-d11fffff
*-network DISABLED
description: Wireless interface
product: Qualcomm Atheros
vendor: Qualcomm Atheros
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
logical name: wlp3s0
version: 31
serial: 58:00:e3:e0:53:03
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ath10k_pci driverversion=4.10.0-28-generic firmware=WLAN.TF.1.0-00267-1 latency=0 link=no multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11
resources: irq:128 memory:d1000000-d11fffff
*-isa
description: ISA bridge
product: Intel Corporation
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.0
version: 21
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: isa bus_master
configuration: latency=0
*-memory
description: Memory controller
product: Intel Corporation
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f.2
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.2
version: 21
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz (30.3ns)
configuration: driver=intel_pmc_core latency=0
resources: irq:0 memory:d1324000-d1327fff
*-multimedia
description: Audio device
product: Intel Corporation
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f.3
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.3
version: 21
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=snd_hda_intel latency=64
resources: irq:129 memory:d1320000-d1323fff memory:d1310000-d131ffff
*-serial UNCLAIMED
description: SMBus
product: Intel Corporation
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f.4
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.4
version: 21
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
configuration: latency=0
resources: memory:d132e000-d132e0ff ioport:1000(size=32)
*-usb
description: USB controller
product: Intel Corporation
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 14
bus info: pci@0000:00:14.0
version: 21
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi xhci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=xhci_hcd latency=0
resources: irq:123 memory:d1300000-d130ffff
*-usbhost:0
product: xHCI Host Controller
vendor: Linux 4.10.0-28-generic xhci-hcd
physical id: 0
bus info: usb@1
logical name: usb1
version: 4.10
capabilities: usb-2.00
configuration: driver=hub slots=12 speed=480Mbit/s
*-usb:0 UNCLAIMED
description: Generic USB device
product: VFS5011 Fingerprint Reader
vendor: Validity Sensors, Inc.
physical id: 6
bus info: usb@1:6
version: 0.78
serial: 2eaa50a3641d
capabilities: usb-1.10
configuration: maxpower=100mA speed=12Mbit/s
*-usb:1
description: Generic USB device
product: USB2.0-CRW
vendor: Generic
physical id: 7
bus info: usb@1:7
version: 39.60
serial: 20100201396000000
capabilities: usb-2.00
configuration: driver=rtsx_usb maxpower=500mA speed=480Mbit/s
*-usb:2
description: Bluetooth wireless interface
vendor: Atheros Communications, Inc.
physical id: 8
bus info: usb@1:8
version: 0.01
capabilities: bluetooth usb-2.01
configuration: driver=btusb maxpower=100mA speed=12Mbit/s
*-usb:3
description: Video
product: EasyCamera
vendor: SunplusIT Inc
physical id: 9
bus info: usb@1:9
version: 53.09
capabilities: usb-2.00
configuration: driver=uvcvideo maxpower=500mA speed=480Mbit/s
*-usbhost:1
product: xHCI Host Controller
vendor: Linux 4.10.0-28-generic xhci-hcd
physical id: 1
bus info: usb@2
logical name: usb2
version: 4.10
capabilities: usb-3.00
configuration: driver=hub slots=6 speed=5000Mbit/s
*-generic
description: Signal processing controller
product: Intel Corporation
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 14.2
bus info: pci@0000:00:14.2
version: 21
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi cap_list
configuration: driver=intel_pch_thermal latency=0
resources: irq:18 memory:d132a000-d132afff
*-communication
description: Communication controller
product: Intel Corporation
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 16
bus info: pci@0000:00:16.0
version: 21
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=mei_me latency=0
resources: irq:127 memory:d132c000-d132cfff
*-storage
description: SATA controller
product: Intel Corporation
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 17
bus info: pci@0000:00:17.0
version: 21
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: storage msi pm ahci_1.0 bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ahci latency=0
resources: irq:124 memory:d1328000-d1329fff memory:d132f000-d132f0ff ioport:f080(size=8) ioport:f088(size=4) ioport:f060(size=32) memory:d132d000-d132d7ff
*-scsi:0
physical id: 0
logical name: scsi0
capabilities: emulated
*-cdrom
description: DVD-RAM writer
product: DVD-RW DA8AESH
vendor: PLDS
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/cdrom
logical name: /dev/cdrw
logical name: /dev/dvd
logical name: /dev/dvdrw
logical name: /dev/sr0
logical name: /media/knecht/Kubuntu 13.10 i386
version: XL61
capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd dvd-r dvd-ram
configuration: ansiversion=5 mount.fstype=iso9660 mount.options=ro,nosuid,nodev,relatime,uid=1000,gi d=1000,iocharset=utf8,mode=0400,dmode=0500 state=mounted status=ready
*-medium
physical id: 0
logical name: /dev/cdrom
logical name: /media/knecht/Kubuntu 13.10 i386
capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
configuration: mount.fstype=iso9660 mount.options=ro,nosuid,nodev,relatime,uid=1000,gi d=1000,iocharset=utf8,mode=0400,dmode=0500 signature=50a3ef20 state=mounted
*-volume UNCLAIMED
description: Hidden HPFS/NTFS partition
physical id: 1
capacity: 1006MiB
capabilities: primary bootable hidden
*-scsi:1
physical id: 1
logical name: scsi1
capabilities: emulated
*-disk
description: ATA Disk
product: WDC WD10JPCX-24U
vendor: Western Digital
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@1:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sda
version: 1A01
serial: WD-WXK1AC63TFJJ
size: 931GiB (1TB)
capabilities: gpt-1.00 partitioned partitioned:gpt
configuration: ansiversion=5 guid=c92dc029-d252-4009-a020-734c94968267 logicalsectorsize=512 sectorsize=4096
*-volume:0
description: Windows FAT volume
vendor: mkfs.fat
physical id: 1
bus info: scsi@1:0.0.0,1
logical name: /dev/sda1
logical name: /boot/efi
version: FAT32
serial: 8a47-f8e0
size: 510MiB
capacity: 511MiB
capabilities: boot fat initialized
configuration: FATs=2 filesystem=fat mount.fstype=vfat mount.options=rw,relatime,fmask=0077,dmask=0077,co depage=437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,errors=remount-ro name=EFI System Partition state=mounted
*-volume:1
description: EXT4 volume
vendor: Linux
physical id: 2
bus info: scsi@1:0.0.0,2
logical name: /dev/sda2
logical name: /
version: 1.0
serial: c682112d-0f01-47eb-9717-bf654da103e0
size: 927GiB
capabilities: journaled extended_attributes large_files huge_files dir_nlink recover extents ext4 ext2 initialized
configuration: created=2017-10-20 17:39:16 filesystem=ext4 lastmountpoint=/ modified=2017-10-23 21:55:25 mount.fstype=ext4 mount.options=rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered mounted=2017-10-23 21:55:36 state=mounted
*-volume:2
description: Linux swap volume
vendor: Linux
physical id: 3
bus info: scsi@1:0.0.0,3
logical name: /dev/sda3
version: 1
serial: dfe72c47-f4ed-46b2-a351-13ff152325b8
size: 3985MiB
capacity: 3985MiB
capabilities: nofs swap initialized
configuration: filesystem=swap pagesize=4095
knecht@knecht-Lenovo-V310-15IKB:~$

[Knecht]

so, the usb wifi adapter didn't work...computer won't even recognize it

[WaltS48]

so, the usb wifi adapter didn't work...computer won't even recognize it

What USB Wi-Fi adapter did you get?

I had to find and install a driver for my USB-AC53 Nano.

It appears that I have to reinstall it after every kernel update.

[Snowhog]

@WaltS48

Do you have the package dkms installed?

dkms (Dynamic Kernel Module Support)

[WaltS48]

@WaltS48

Do you have the package dkms installed?

dkms (Dynamic Kernel Module Support)

Yes.

Is that supposed to maintain the adapter driver when a Linux kernel updates?

[Snowhog]

Possibly, but not guaranteed to do so. If it would, it would have done so.

[Knecht]

I found the solution to my problem yesterday. The very least reply on that page has a command that seems to work for me:
https://askubuntu.com/questions/878492/wifi-disabled-on-lenovo-v310-with-atheros-168c0042-rev-30-on-16-04

[Knecht]

So, with wifi working, I was finally able to start using the new computer. Just to find out that it won't play audio or video files either. Both Amarok and Dragon do nothing. Here comes some more time waste to fix that.
Is there some kind of conspiracy going on lately, to make people hate Kubunbtu? I loved the 13.10. Why is the 16.04 so crappy in everything??

[vinnywright]

So, with wifi working, I was finally able to start using the new computer. Just to find out that it won't play audio or video files either. Both Amarok and Dragon do nothing. Here comes some more time waste to fix that.
Is there some kind of conspiracy going on lately, to make people hate Kubunbtu? I loved the 13.10. Why is the 16.04 so crappy in everything??

did you bother to install the restricted codecs ?

vinny@vinny-Bonobo-Extreme:~$ apt search kubuntu-rest
Sorting... Done
Full Text Search... Done
kubuntu-restricted-addons/xenial,now 23 amd64 [installed,automatic]
 Commonly used restricted packages for Kubuntu

kubuntu-restricted-extras/xenial,now 65 amd64 [installed]
 Commonly used media codecs and fonts for Kubuntu

VINNY

[Knecht]

Thanks, I'll see if that works. I had to switch to my old laptop that I managed to get working again (somewhat) and leave the new one alone, untill I'm done with my writing. Several evenings I got stuck on some problem and instead of adding the text I need to publish soon, I was googling for some help. I believe I'll get to like the new machine and the new OS once it's all set and working, but it was quite a bummer to have that and nothing else, tons of work to do with it and nothing seemed to run properly.
I still need to find out how to make the original function keys and key combinations work (so far none of the F keys seem to work, except of screen brightness on F11 and 12, that is supposed to work with the Fn key but works by itself...