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* First, check the privacy switches to make sure your WiFi is enabled. They are persistant. See [[Pinebook_Pro#Privacy_Switches|Privacy Switches]] | * First, check the privacy switches to make sure your WiFi is enabled. They are persistant. See [[Pinebook_Pro#Privacy_Switches|Privacy Switches]] | ||
* Next, you may have to modify the <code>/etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf</code> as root user, and replace <code>managed=false</code> with <code>managed=true</code>. Then reboot. | * Next, you may have to modify the <code>/etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf</code> as root user, and replace <code>managed=false</code> with <code>managed=true</code>. Then reboot. | ||
* If that doesn't work, and if <code>dmesg | grep brcmfmac</code> reports missing firmware, you will need to manually add the brcmfmac43455-sdio.* firmware files. This is due to a quiet change in the 2022 hardware revision. This [https://github.com/reMarkable/brcmfmac-firmware repo] has been tested and confirmed to work by no112. | |||
* For connections that drop and resume too often, it might be due to WiFi power management from earlier OS releases. Later OS releases either removed WiFi power management, or default to full power. (Power management can be turned off via command line with <code>iw dev wlan0 set power_save off</code> or <code>iwconfig wlan0 power off</code>, although it is not persistent through re-boot.) | * For connections that drop and resume too often, it might be due to WiFi power management from earlier OS releases. Later OS releases either removed WiFi power management, or default to full power. (Power management can be turned off via command line with <code>iw dev wlan0 set power_save off</code> or <code>iwconfig wlan0 power off</code>, although it is not persistent through re-boot.) | ||
* For connections that drop under load on the default Debian, remove <code>iwconfig wlan0 power off</code> in the file <code>/etc/rc.local</code>. | * For connections that drop under load on the default Debian, remove <code>iwconfig wlan0 power off</code> in the file <code>/etc/rc.local</code>. | ||