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Wifi not working on MSI Modern 14 A10M

Asked by José Rodrigues

I bought a MSI Modern 14 A10M and made a fresh installation of Ubuntu 18.04 LTS but the wifi isn't working at all. Here's the logs:
EDIT: Fixed

Solution:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:canonical-hwe-team/backport-iwlwifi
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt install backport-iwlwifi-dkms

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#1

If the problem has been resolved, then please set the status of your querstion document https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-nettool/+question/688896 to "solved"

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José Rodrigues (imzj) said : 		#2

solved

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

What was the fix please, it may help others

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José Rodrigues (imzj) said : 		#4

You're right. I tried a lot of "solutions" i found in forums and none seemed to work. I made a new fresh installation and used iwlwifi backport dkms.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:canonical-hwe-team/backport-iwlwifi
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt install backport-iwlwifi-dkms