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On 02/04/2020 22:01, Julian Hall wrote:
Does it? That's news to me.. I installed clean from the ISO I downloaded from Mint's own website. Weirdly their Update Manager claims 4.18.* and 5.* are not supported as long as 4.15.* which is the only reason I have not installed a 5.* kernel yet. And yes oops, I read this biit /after/ following your instructions.. d'oh!It detects now in lsusb, which it wasn't before, However when I try to add a Wireless Network connection I don't know its MAC address etc. How do I actually use it now? Daft question I know!
Well you're most of the way there then which is a good start.The Mint update thingy is more trouble than it's worth so just completely ignore it and do all updating through apt. Updating to newer release kernels from Mint they've managed to turn into a mess so just do it as normal with:
sudo apt install linux-image- [tab tab to get autocompletes] -version.You _always_ want the latest and greatest version available no matter what. Always install the matching linux-headers-blah-blah package to go with it otherwise dkms will fail to build modules for you automatically.
On an Ubuntu system (functionally similar to your Mint box) that might look like this:
sudo apt update && sudo apt dist-upgrade -y sudo apt install linux-image-5.3.0-46-generic sudo apt install linux-headers-5.3.0-46-genericIt'll pull in any dependencies you need automatically like the matching linux-modules package - I think you'll see the exact same package versions on your Mint 19.3 system as listed above as it's based on Ubuntu 19.10 (?)
Mint is really weird at handling this for "reasons" as they insist on hiding this stuff off to the side in their strange stratified Mint Updater: it should be automatic. You'll have to keep doing this every now and then just to make sure your kernel is getting updated continuously. Don't fall into the trap of settling with LTS kernels for their extended lifetimes - that's meaningless for end users who need modern hardware support and fixes far more than guarantees they can use the same tired outmoded kernel for the next X years. With kernels, newer is always better unless you are in a very specific use case: in which case you will be a professional, know exactly what you're doing and won't need my advice. For everyone else, newest kernel available is what you want, always, no exceptions.
Network management should be entirely automatic once you've installed the new kernel, fully updated and rebooted. I'm guessing you're using NetworkManager? You should be able to just disable your old onboard chipset and toggle on the new one without any issues but I can't guarantee that of course so good luck and report back.
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