After installing the eLxr in physical laptop we are not able to see wifi. is iwlwifi is part of kernel

[schenna]

Hi,
iwlwifi is dynamically build in the kernel and it is part of kernel with eLxr?.If yes

After installing the eLxr in physical laptop we are not able to see wifi.

can i know why?

[zemingl]

@schenna

firmware-iwlwifi is not part of kernel. Could you please try to install firmware-iwlwifi to see if it’s working on your laptop?

# apt update 
# apt list | grep wifi
firmware-iwlwifi/aria 20230210-5 all
# apt install firmware-iwlwifi -y
# sudo modprobe iwlwifi

[schenna]

Hi @zemingl ,

• I think iwlwifi is part of kernel and built as dynamically loaded module(.ko) so it won’t load at boot time. so we are running modprobe to load the module after boot.
  sudo modprobe iwlwifi
• And you suggested to install it is a “firmware-iwlwifi“ is a firmware blob and you suggested for intel hardware.
  apt install firmware-iwlwifi -y
• In my knowledge if i compare with ubuntu installation ubuntu doesn’t require these steps to enable wifi.
• So it could be a bug with respect to eLxr right?

[zemingl]

Hi @schenna ,

I think it deserves a bug for better user experiences as you mentioned though I’m not sure if any restrictions to include non-free firmware in ISO image.