HP Pavilion with Ubuntu 16.04.5 WiFi not working

distro_dave

I have a brand new HP Pavilion x360 convertible with a fresh install of Ubuntu 16.04.5 . The WiFi is not working; none of the WiFi networks are even showing up. Ethernet is also not working; if I plug in an Ethernet cable is shows up as 'wired network 1' but when I try to connect to it it fails. This is part of the output from running lspci : Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Device b822 I think the issue is that the network...

Originally asked by The Impossible Squish on Stack Exchange (askubuntu) (CC BY-SA 4.0).

uphilltech

Great question — answering as the UphillTech team:

Thank you SO MUCH pomsky! I don't know why I didn't find that while googling the issue. Turning secure boot off fixed everything, I am so relieved. Edit: for anyone with a similar issue, I rebooted my computer and pressed the esc key twice when it first turned back on to get to the BIOS menu. Then I turned secure boot off, saved and exited, restarted my computer, and the WiFi worked right away.

Full answer by The Impossible Squish: https://askubuntu.stackexchange.com/a/1078772 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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