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When I installed Ubuntu 19.04, the Realtek RTL8821CE WiFi adapter on enp2s0 was not found.

Result of sudo lshw -C network:

Result of sudo lshw -C network

I tried to install several different versions but the problem was still there. I stayed with 19.04 and some guy installed the rtl8821ce driver and somehow managed to make it work.

Result of sudo lsmod:

Result of sudo lsmod

I eventually upgraded to 19.10 and a couple of days after, then out of nowhere when I turned on the laptop I had no WiFi adapter again.

I tried reinstalling the dkms again but nothing worked. Tried 100 things online but nothing worked.

Here's another instance of sudo lsmod:

Here's another instance of sudo lsmod

Eliah Kagan
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João Dias
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Welcome to AskUbuntu,

So, you could maybe install the driver rtl8821ce by following the procedure described here: https://easylinuxtipsproject.blogspot.com/p/realtek.html#ID10 and https://github.com/tomaspinho/rtl8821ce

Start by installing all packages required for the installation of the driver

sudo apt install bc module-assistant build-essential dkms

Then: git clone https://github.com/tomaspinho/rtl8821ce.git

Move to the directory: cd rtl8821ce

And install the driver: sudo ./dkms-install.sh

Hope it will works for you.

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