How to emable wifi in ubuntu 14.04LTS

Asked by Suhas More

suhas-more@gravity-computings:~$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:hanipouspilot/rtlwifi
 This is ppa for Realtek drivers from Larry Finger's github.

rtl8192eu is packaged from the Realtek site with some compat patches.
 More info: https://launchpad.net/~hanipouspilot/+archive/ubuntu/rtlwifi
Press [ENTER] to continue or ctrl-c to cancel adding it

gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmp0gtb77gl/secring.gpg' created
gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmp0gtb77gl/pubring.gpg' created
gpg: requesting key 2F22E44A from hkp server keyserver.ubuntu.com
gpg: /tmp/tmp0gtb77gl/trustdb.gpg: trustdb created
gpg: key 2F22E44A: public key "Launchpad PPA for Pilot6" imported
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg: imported: 1 (RSA: 1)
OK
suhas-more@gravity-computings:~$ sudo apt-get update
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suhas-more@gravity-computings:~$ sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install usbutils pciutils hwinfo grep rfkill; sudo lshw -C network; rfkill list; sudo iwlist scan | grep -Ei 'chan|ssid'; cat /etc/network/interfaces; cat /etc/lsb-release; lspci -nnk | grep -iA2 net; lsusb; nmcli nm status; sudo lshw -short; uname -a; sudo updatedb; dmesg | grep -E '02:00|80211|acx|at76|ath|b43|bcm|brcm|CX|eth|ipw|ireless|irmware|isl|lbtf|orinoco|ndiswrapper|NPE|ound|p54|prism|rror|rtl|RTL|rt2|RT2|rt3|RT3|rt5|RT5|rt6|RT6|rt7|RT7|usb|witch|wl';sudo dmidecode|grep -E 'anufact|roduct|erial|elease'; iwconfig; grep -E '80211|acx|at76|ath|b43|bcm|brcm|CX|eth|ipw|irmware|isl|lbtf|orinoco|ndiswrapper|NPE|p54|prism|rtl|rt2|rt3|rt6|rt7|wmi|witch|wl' /etc/modprobe.d/*; cat /var/lib/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.state; sudo hwinfo --netcard ; ps -aux|grep -E 'wpa|icd|etwork'; netstat -rn ; cat /etc/resolv.conf; ls -lia /boot; grep tmpfs /etc/fstab; ubuntu-support-status; sudo update-pciids; sudo update-usbids; sudo lsmod
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Package hwinfo is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
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E: Package 'hwinfo' has no installation candidate
  *-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: eth0
       version: 15
       serial: 2c:60:0c:c6:e4:eb
       size: 100Mbit/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=full ip=192.168.0.108 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=MII speed=100Mbit/s
       resources: irq:47 ioport:3000(size=256) memory:c1204000-c1204fff memory:c1200000-c1203fff
  *-network UNCLAIMED
       description: Network controller
       product: QCA9377 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter
       vendor: Qualcomm Atheros
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
       version: 30
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
       configuration: latency=0
       resources: memory:c1000000-c11fffff
0: hci0: Bluetooth
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: no
1: acer-wireless: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: no
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

# interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8)
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=14.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=trusty
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS"
02:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller [10ec:8168] (rev 15)
 Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:098a]
 Kernel driver in use: r8169
03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Qualcomm Atheros QCA9377 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter [168c:0042] (rev 30)
 Subsystem: Lite-On Communications Inc Device [11ad:0806]
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 8087:8001 Intel Corp.
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0bda:0129 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTS5129 Card Reader Controller
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 1bcf:2c81 Sunplus Innovation Technology Inc.
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 04ca:3015 Lite-On Technology Corp.
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
RUNNING STATE WIFI-HARDWARE WIFI WWAN-HARDWARE WWAN
running connected enabled enabled enabled disabled
H/W path Device Class Description
======================================================
                            system Aspire E5-573 (Aspire E5-573_098A_1_3
/0 bus ZORO_BH
/0/0 memory 128KiB BIOS
/0/4 processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-5005U CPU @ 2.00
/0/4/8 memory 32KiB L1 cache
/0/4/9 memory 256KiB L2 cache
/0/4/a memory 3MiB L3 cache
/0/7 memory 32KiB L1 cache
/0/10 memory 4GiB System Memory
/0/10/0 memory DIMM [empty]
/0/10/1 memory 4GiB SODIMM DDR3 Synchronous 1600 MHz
/0/100 bridge Broadwell-U Host Bridge -OPI
/0/100/2 display HD Graphics 5500
/0/100/3 multimedia Broadwell-U Audio Controller
/0/100/14 bus Wildcat Point-LP USB xHCI Controller
/0/100/16 communication Wildcat Point-LP MEI Controller #1
/0/100/1b multimedia Wildcat Point-LP High Definition Audi
/0/100/1c bridge Wildcat Point-LP PCI Express Root Por
/0/100/1c.2 bridge Wildcat Point-LP PCI Express Root Por
/0/100/1c.2/0 eth0 network RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit
/0/100/1c.3 bridge Wildcat Point-LP PCI Express Root Por
/0/100/1c.3/0 network QCA9377 802.11ac Wireless Network Ada
/0/100/1d bus Wildcat Point-LP USB EHCI Controller
/0/100/1f bridge Wildcat Point-LP LPC Controller
/0/100/1f.2 storage Wildcat Point-LP SATA Controller [AHC
/0/100/1f.3 bus Wildcat Point-LP SMBus Controller
/0/1 scsi0 storage
/0/1/0.0.0 /dev/sda disk 1TB WDC WD10JPVX-22J
/0/1/0.0.0/1 /dev/sda1 volume 927GiB EXT4 volume
/0/1/0.0.0/2 /dev/sda2 volume 4015MiB Extended partition
/0/1/0.0.0/2/5 /dev/sda5 volume 4015MiB Linux swap / Solaris partitio
/0/2 scsi1 storage
/0/2/0.0.0 /dev/cdrom disk DVD-RAM UJ8HC
Linux gravity-computings 4.2.0-42-generic #49~14.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Wed Jun 29 20:22:11 UTC 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
[ 0.000000] x86/fpu: Using 'eager' FPU context switches.
[ 0.000000] found SMP MP-table at [mem 0x000fe1c0-0x000fe1cf] mapped at [ffff8800000fe1c0]
[ 0.000000] No NUMA configuration found
[ 0.135213] [Firmware Bug]: ACPI: BIOS _OSI(Linux) query ignored
[ 0.160921] pci 0000:02:00.0: [10ec:8168] type 00 class 0x020000
[ 0.160941] pci 0000:02:00.0: reg 0x10: [io 0x3000-0x30ff]
[ 0.160970] pci 0000:02:00.0: reg 0x18: [mem 0xc1204000-0xc1204fff 64bit]
[ 0.160988] pci 0000:02:00.0: reg 0x20: [mem 0xc1200000-0xc1203fff 64bit]
[ 0.161070] pci 0000:02:00.0: supports D1 D2
[ 0.161071] pci 0000:02:00.0: PME# supported from D0 D1 D2 D3hot D3cold
[ 0.161099] pci 0000:02:00.0: System wakeup disabled by ACPI
[ 0.176374] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
[ 0.176384] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
[ 0.176404] usbcore: registered new device driver usb
[ 0.184767] clocksource: Switched to clocksource hpet
[ 0.192628] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 6 devices
[ 0.575202] pci 0000:02:00.0: Signaling PME through PCIe PME interrupt
[ 0.575423] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 170x48
[ 0.576181] input: Lid Switch as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0C0D:00/input/input2
[ 0.576256] ACPI: Lid Switch [LID0]
[ 0.583207] usb usb1: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0002
[ 0.583209] usb usb1: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 0.583211] usb usb1: Product: xHCI Host Controller
[ 0.583212] usb usb1: Manufacturer: Linux 4.2.0-42-generic xhci-hcd
[ 0.583214] usb usb1: SerialNumber: 0000:00:14.0
[ 0.583329] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.584727] usb usb2: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0003
[ 0.584729] usb usb2: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 0.584730] usb usb2: Product: xHCI Host Controller
[ 0.584732] usb usb2: Manufacturer: Linux 4.2.0-42-generic xhci-hcd
[ 0.584733] usb usb2: SerialNumber: 0000:00:14.0
[ 0.584897] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.585387] usb: failed to peer usb2-port4 and usb1-port9 by location (usb2-port4:none) (usb1-port9:usb2-port3)
[ 0.585389] usb usb2-port4: failed to peer to usb1-port9 (-16)
[ 0.585390] usb: port power management may be unreliable
[ 0.600807] usb usb3: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0002
[ 0.600809] usb usb3: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 0.600811] usb usb3: Product: EHCI Host Controller
[ 0.600812] usb usb3: Manufacturer: Linux 4.2.0-42-generic ehci_hcd
[ 0.600814] usb usb3: SerialNumber: 0000:00:1d.0
[ 0.600938] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.604146] PCCT header not found.
[ 0.614306] ima: No TPM chip found, activating TPM-bypass!
[ 0.615241] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 0.654230] r8169 0000:02:00.0: can't disable ASPM; OS doesn't have ASPM control
[ 0.662100] r8169 0000:02:00.0 eth0: RTL8168h/8111h at 0xffffc9000069c000, 2c:60:0c:c6:e4:eb, XID 14100800 IRQ 47
[ 0.662105] r8169 0000:02:00.0 eth0: jumbo features [frames: 9200 bytes, tx checksumming: ko]
[ 0.896817] usb 1-5: new full-speed USB device number 2 using xhci_hcd
[ 0.912827] usb 3-1: new high-speed USB device number 2 using ehci-pci
[ 1.026477] usb 1-5: New USB device found, idVendor=04ca, idProduct=3015
[ 1.026480] usb 1-5: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=0, SerialNumber=0
[ 1.045223] usb 3-1: New USB device found, idVendor=8087, idProduct=8001
[ 1.045228] usb 3-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=0, SerialNumber=0
[ 1.045656] hub 3-1:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.192829] usb 1-7: new high-speed USB device number 3 using xhci_hcd
[ 1.330082] usb 1-7: New USB device found, idVendor=1bcf, idProduct=2c81
[ 1.330085] usb 1-7: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
[ 1.330087] usb 1-7: Product: HD WebCam
[ 1.330088] usb 1-7: Manufacturer: NC2141103M5210612CLM05
[ 1.496829] usb 1-8: new high-speed USB device number 4 using xhci_hcd
[ 1.625250] usb 1-8: New USB device found, idVendor=0bda, idProduct=0129
[ 1.625254] usb 1-8: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[ 1.625255] usb 1-8: Product: USB2.0-CRW
[ 1.625257] usb 1-8: Manufacturer: Generic
[ 1.625258] usb 1-8: SerialNumber: 20100201396000000
[ 2.568845] clocksource: Switched to clocksource tsc
[ 6.586453] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[ 7.357370] usbcore: registered new interface driver rtsx_usb
[ 8.027542] usbcore: registered new interface driver btusb
[ 8.264452] i2c_hid i2c-SYN1B81:01: error in i2c_hid_init_report size:6 / ret_size:4
[ 8.314801] EXT4-fs (sda1): re-mounted. Opts: errors=remount-ro
[ 8.401728] fb: switching to inteldrmfb from VESA VGA
[ 8.401776] Console: switching to colour dummy device 80x25
[ 8.427508] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 170x48
[ 8.534732] uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device HD WebCam (1bcf:2c81)
[ 8.542165] input: HD WebCam as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-7/1-7:1.0/input/input10
[ 8.542257] usbcore: registered new interface driver uvcvideo
[ 9.289257] input: HDA Intel PCH Front Headphone as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card1/input11
[ 9.757536] intel_rapl: Found RAPL domain package
[ 9.757541] intel_rapl: Found RAPL domain core
[ 9.757544] intel_rapl: Found RAPL domain uncore
[ 9.757547] intel_rapl: Found RAPL domain dram
[ 9.940453] snd_hda_intel 0000:00:03.0: bound 0000:00:02.0 (ops i915_audio_component_bind_ops [i915])
[ 9.970913] input: HDA Intel HDMI HDMI/DP,pcm=3 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:03.0/sound/card0/input12
[ 9.971003] input: HDA Intel HDMI HDMI/DP,pcm=7 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:03.0/sound/card0/input13
[ 9.971094] input: HDA Intel HDMI HDMI/DP,pcm=8 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:03.0/sound/card0/input14
[ 15.724625] r8169 0000:02:00.0: Direct firmware load for rtl_nic/rtl8168h-2.fw failed with error -2
[ 15.724632] r8169 0000:02:00.0 eth0: unable to load firmware patch rtl_nic/rtl8168h-2.fw (-2)
[ 15.735515] r8169 0000:02:00.0 eth0: link down
[ 15.735551] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 177.571259] r8169 0000:02:00.0 eth0: link up
[ 177.571270] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
[ 299.873010] mce: [Hardware Error]: Machine check events logged
 Release Date: 02/16/2016
 Manufacturer: Acer
 Product Name: Aspire E5-573
 Serial Number: NXMVHSI0445331286D7600
 Manufacturer: Acer
 Product Name: ZORO_BH
 Serial Number: NBC48110015331286D7600
 Manufacturer: Chassis Manufacturer
 Serial Number: Chassis Serial Number
 Manufacturer: Intel(R) Corporation
 Serial Number: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
 Manufacturer: Not Specified
 Serial Number: Not Specified
 Manufacturer: Hynix/Hyundai
 Serial Number: 28982011
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

/etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf:install snd-rawmidi /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-rawmidi $CMDLINE_OPTS && { /sbin/modprobe --quiet --use-blacklist snd-seq-midi ; : ; }
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-ath_pci.conf:# which ath5k cannot recover. To prevent this condition, stop
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-ath_pci.conf:blacklist ath_pci
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf:blacklist eth1394
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf:# replaced by p54pci
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf:blacklist prism54
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf:# replaced by b43 and ssb.
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf:#blacklist bcm43xx
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf~:blacklist eth1394
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf~:# replaced by p54pci
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf~:blacklist prism54
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf~:# replaced by b43 and ssb.
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf~:blacklist bcm43xx
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-oss.conf:blacklist uart6850
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-watchdog.conf:blacklist twl4030_wdt
/etc/modprobe.d/iwlwifi.conf:# /etc/modprobe.d/iwlwifi.conf
/etc/modprobe.d/iwlwifi.conf:# iwlwifi will dyamically load either iwldvm or iwlmvm depending on the
/etc/modprobe.d/iwlwifi.conf:# microcode file installed on the system. When removing iwlwifi, first
/etc/modprobe.d/iwlwifi.conf:# remove the iwl?vm module and then iwlwifi.
/etc/modprobe.d/iwlwifi.conf:remove iwlwifi \
/etc/modprobe.d/iwlwifi.conf:(/sbin/lsmod | grep -o -e ^iwlmvm -e ^iwldvm -e ^iwlwifi | xargs /sbin/rmmod) \
/etc/modprobe.d/iwlwifi.conf:&& /sbin/modprobe -r mac80211
[main]
NetworkingEnabled=true
WirelessEnabled=true
WWANEnabled=true
WimaxEnabled=true
sudo: hwinfo: command not found
root 809 0.0 0.2 356600 11344 ? Ssl 23:42 0:00 NetworkManager
root 2271 0.0 0.1 10240 5080 ? S 23:45 0:00 /sbin/dhclient -d -sf /usr/lib/NetworkManager/nm-dhcp-client.action -pf /run/sendsigs.omit.d/network-manager.dhclient-eth0.pid -lf /var/lib/NetworkManager/dhclient-dc875da5-a26b-424c-82b6-6892eaf23367-eth0.lease -cf /var/lib/NetworkManager/dhclient-eth0.conf eth0
nobody 2274 0.0 0.0 35232 3304 ? S 23:45 0:00 /usr/sbin/dnsmasq --no-resolv --keep-in-foreground --no-hosts --bind-interfaces --pid-file=/run/sendsigs.omit.d/network-manager.dnsmasq.pid --listen-address=127.0.1.1 --conf-file=/var/run/NetworkManager/dnsmasq.conf --cache-size=0 --proxy-dnssec --enable-dbus=org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.dnsmasq --conf-dir=/etc/NetworkManager/dnsmasq.d
suhas-m+ 2878 0.0 0.0 15952 2244 pts/1 S+ 23:52 0:00 grep --color=auto -E wpa|icd|etwork
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window irtt Iface
0.0.0.0 192.168.0.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0
192.168.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
# Dynamic resolv.conf(5) file for glibc resolver(3) generated by resolvconf(8)
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE BY HAND -- YOUR CHANGES WILL BE OVERWRITTEN
nameserver 127.0.1.1
total 61692
5242881 drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 May 30 23:41 .
      2 drwxr-xr-x 23 root root 4096 May 30 23:41 ..
5242884 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1207386 Jan 15 2015 abi-3.16.0-30-generic
5242892 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1313590 Jun 30 2016 abi-4.2.0-42-generic
5242885 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 171768 Jan 15 2015 config-3.16.0-30-generic
5243175 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 184934 Jun 30 2016 config-4.2.0-42-generic
5242882 drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 May 30 23:42 grub
5243172 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 19445093 May 30 21:24 initrd.img-3.16.0-30-generic
5242891 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 19923605 May 30 23:41 initrd.img-4.2.0-42-generic
5242886 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 176500 Mar 12 2014 memtest86+.bin
5242887 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 178176 Mar 12 2014 memtest86+.elf
5242888 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 178680 Mar 12 2014 memtest86+_multiboot.bin
5242883 -rw------- 1 root root 3511040 Jan 15 2015 System.map-3.16.0-30-generic
5243173 -rw------- 1 root root 3760051 Jun 30 2016 System.map-4.2.0-42-generic
5242890 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6345120 May 30 21:20 vmlinuz-3.16.0-30-generic
5243174 -rw------- 1 root root 6736496 Jun 30 2016 vmlinuz-4.2.0-42-generic
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/ubuntu-support-status", line 133, in <module>
    pkg.name, support_tag)
  File "/usr/bin/ubuntu-support-status", line 49, in get_maintenance_status
    raise Exception("No date tag found")
Exception: No date tag found
Downloaded daily snapshot dated 2017-05-25 03:15:02
--2017-05-30 23:52:53-- http://www.linux-usb.org/usb.ids
Resolving www.linux-usb.org (www.linux-usb.org)... 216.34.181.97
Connecting to www.linux-usb.org (www.linux-usb.org)|216.34.181.97|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 579005 (565K) [text/plain]
Saving to: ‘/var/lib/usbutils/usb.ids.new’

100%[======================================================================================================>] 5,79,005 98.2KB/s in 9.0s

2017-05-30 23:53:04 (63.0 KB/s) - ‘/var/lib/usbutils/usb.ids.new’ saved [579005/579005]

Done.
Module Size Used by
cmac 16384 2
rfcomm 69632 8
bnep 20480 2
snd_hda_codec_hdmi 49152 1
intel_rapl 20480 0
x86_pkg_temp_thermal 16384 0
intel_powerclamp 16384 0
coretemp 16384 0
snd_hda_codec_realtek 86016 1
snd_hda_codec_generic 73728 1 snd_hda_codec_realtek
kvm_intel 167936 0
snd_hda_intel 36864 5
kvm 512000 1 kvm_intel
snd_hda_codec 135168 4 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_intel
uvcvideo 90112 0
snd_hda_core 65536 5 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel
crct10dif_pclmul 16384 0
snd_hwdep 16384 1 snd_hda_codec
acer_wmi 20480 0
joydev 20480 0
rtsx_usb_ms 20480 0
rtsx_usb_sdmmc 28672 0
memstick 20480 1 rtsx_usb_ms
crc32_pclmul 16384 0
i915 1130496 5
videobuf2_vmalloc 16384 1 uvcvideo
hid_multitouch 20480 0
sparse_keymap 16384 1 acer_wmi
aesni_intel 167936 2
videobuf2_memops 16384 1 videobuf2_vmalloc
aes_x86_64 20480 1 aesni_intel
snd_pcm 106496 4 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_core
btusb 45056 0
videobuf2_core 49152 1 uvcvideo
lrw 16384 1 aesni_intel
btrtl 16384 1 btusb
gf128mul 16384 1 lrw
btbcm 16384 1 btusb
btintel 16384 1 btusb
snd_seq_midi 16384 0
snd_seq_midi_event 16384 1 snd_seq_midi
v4l2_common 16384 1 videobuf2_core
snd_rawmidi 32768 1 snd_seq_midi
drm_kms_helper 126976 1 i915
bluetooth 512000 25 bnep,btbcm,btrtl,btusb,rfcomm,btintel
snd_seq 69632 2 snd_seq_midi_event,snd_seq_midi
videodev 172032 3 uvcvideo,v4l2_common,videobuf2_core
drm 360448 6 i915,drm_kms_helper
glue_helper 16384 1 aesni_intel
ablk_helper 16384 1 aesni_intel
rtsx_usb 24576 2 rtsx_usb_sdmmc,rtsx_usb_ms
media 24576 2 uvcvideo,videodev
cryptd 20480 2 aesni_intel,ablk_helper
snd_seq_device 16384 3 snd_seq,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_midi
snd_timer 32768 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
input_leds 16384 0
serio_raw 16384 0
i2c_hid 20480 0
mei_me 36864 0
snd 81920 21 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hwdep,snd_timer,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_pcm,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi,snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel,snd_seq_device
hid 118784 2 i2c_hid,hid_multitouch
mei 98304 1 mei_me
dell_smo8800 16384 0
soundcore 16384 1 snd
dw_dmac 16384 0
dw_dmac_core 24576 1 dw_dmac
tpm_crb 16384 0
wmi 20480 1 acer_wmi
8250_dw 16384 0
acpi_pad 20480 0
video 40960 2 i915,acer_wmi
shpchp 36864 0
i2c_algo_bit 16384 1 i915
lpc_ich 24576 0
spi_pxa2xx_platform 24576 0
mac_hid 16384 0
i2c_designware_platform 16384 0
i2c_designware_core 16384 1 i2c_designware_platform
parport_pc 32768 0
ppdev 20480 0
lp 20480 0
parport 49152 3 lp,ppdev,parport_pc
r8169 81920 0
ahci 36864 2
libahci 32768 1 ahci
mii 16384 1 r8169
sdhci_acpi 16384 0
sdhci 45056 1 sdhci_acpi
suhas-more@gravity-computings:~$

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said :
#1

Maybe https://askubuntu.com/a/702443 helps, or any other recommendation in that thread

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said :
#2

Your Terminal output shows the following issue:

Linux gravity-computings 4.2.0-42-generic #49~14.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Wed Jun 29 20:22:11 UTC

  *-network UNCLAIMED
       description: Network controller
       product: QCA9377 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter

03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Qualcomm Atheros QCA9377 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter [168c:0042] (rev 30)

======================================================================================================

A quick look in the table in

https://wikidevi.com/wiki/List_of_Wi-Fi_Device_IDs_in_Linux

shows that your wireless adapter (168c_0042) is only supported by kernel version v4.4 or newer and supported by wireless driver ath10k.

But your PC is running kernel version 4.2 which is too old.

So I suggest running the following Terminal commands using a WORKING, wirED Internet connection:

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install linux-headers-4.4.0-31-generic linux-image-4.4.0-31-generic linux-image-extra-4.4.0-31-generic

Then reboot and retest wireless.

If that does not help, I suggest testing Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS in a LiveUSB session where wireless should work out-of-the-box.

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