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I'm new to this but I've run out of places to ask for help.

Desktop Specs (for future reference):

  • Ryzen 9 3950X
  • ASUS ROG Crosshair VIII Hero (with WiFi)
  • 64 GB Corsair Vengence Pro RGB (2 x 32 GB)
  • NVIDIA GeForce GT 240 (temp card because I'm waiting on the RTX 3000 to drop soon)
  • Corsair AX 850W PSU
  • Kraken Z73 AIO Cooler
  • Samsung Evo 970 1 TB NVMe

I am Dual-Booting this desktop with 750 GB going to Windows and 250 GB going to Ubuntu 20.04

uname -a yields Linux omega 5.4.0-26-generic #30-Ubuntu SMP Mon Apr 20 16:58:30 UTC 2020 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

I've reached multiple problems in trying to install Ubuntu 20.04 LTS on my desktop. The first problem is that Ubuntu doesn't "claim" my integrated WiFi card on the motherboard. Running lshw -C network yields:

WARNING: you should run this program as super-user.
  *-network                 
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: RTL8125 2.5GbE Controller
       vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:04:00.0
       logical name: enp4s0
       version: 00
       serial: d4:5d:64:d2:1c:8c
       capacity: 1Gbit/s
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: bus_master cap_list rom ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 firmware=rtl8125a-3_0.0.1 08/24/19 latency=0 link=no multicast=yes port=MII
       resources: irq:61 ioport:e000(size=256) memory:f7810000-f781ffff memory:f7820000-f7823fff memory:f7800000-f780ffff memory:f7830000-f789ffff memory:f78a0000-f78bbfff
  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: I211 Gigabit Network Connection
       vendor: Intel Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:05:00.0
       logical name: enp5s0
       version: 03
       serial: d4:5d:64:d2:1c:8b
       capacity: 1Gbit/s
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=igb driverversion=5.6.0-k firmware=0. 6-1 latency=0 link=no multicast=yes port=twisted pair
       resources: irq:39 memory:f7700000-f771ffff ioport:d000(size=32) memory:f7720000-f7723fff
  *-network UNCLAIMED
       description: Network controller
       product: Wi-Fi 6 AX200
       vendor: Intel Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:06:00.0
       version: 1a
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: cap_list
       configuration: latency=0
       resources: memory:f7600000-f7603fff
  *-network
       description: Wireless interface
       physical id: 1
       bus info: usb@3:4
       logical name: wlxe84e060a4643
       serial: e8:4e:06:0a:46:43
       capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=rtl8192cu driverversion=5.4.0-26-generic firmware=N/A ip=192.168.1.128 link=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11
WARNING: output may be incomplete or inaccurate, you should run this program as super-user.

I am currently using a USB Dongle for WiFi, but I'd much rather the free USB port. I've tried installing the right driver for the Intel WiFi and put it into /lib/firmware but nothing has changed

Second error is on terms of glitches with the UI. For some reason, if I drag my cursor to the very bottom left of my screen to the point where my cursor seems gone, my system "purple screens" but a very light purple color. I haven't found what is the source of this error but my money is on the graphics card.

I'm a beginner to this Linux stuff and have tried a lot of things on the web, and I would really like to solve both of these issues. Please let me know if I have to run anything more on my desktop to find a solution.

1 Answers1

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Alright turns out that Windows is really greedy. By default Windows 10 has Fast Boot active, meaning that it hoards the builtin Wi-Fi card for itself, and doesn't let Ubuntu have it. If you turn off fast boot then Ubuntu will be able to register the Intel AX 200 card that is builtin the ASUS ROG Crosshair VIII Hero (Wi-Fi) board all fine and dandy.

I'm also convinced that my graphical error is a limitation of my NVIDIA GeForce GT 240 GPU. It only has 1 GB of VRAM and I assume that that is causing the purple screens for me.

TL;DR if you want to fix the Wi-Fi issue and you have Windows 10 installed on the same machine, consider turning off fast boot.