How can I update my Wi-Fi drivers and such

Hi, I am new to Linux and recently transitioned from W11, after transitioning my internet speeds got slower both on wi-fi and ethernet so i thought updating them might be the solution but I don’t know how, I installed my graphic card’s drivers.

I use an Asus Tuf laptop with a 4060 and Ryzen 7 7735HS
(Asus Tuf Gaming A15 (2023) FA507NV is the exact name of the model)

@agah:

First, welcome to the openSUSE Forums.


The I/O drivers are part of the Linux Kernel – they get updated when the Kernel package is updated.

  • But, you need to check that, you’ve included the packages containing the Firmware for the hardware you’re using.

You have an AMD system – therefore the following Firmware and Microcode packages have to be installed –

  • kernel-firmware-amdgpu
  • libdrm_amdgpu1
  • ucode-amd
  • xf86-video-amdgpu

And, you can check which Firmware packages have been installed for the Hardware detected on your system at installation time by executing the following CLI command in a Terminal window:

> zypper search firmware

Depending on which Graphical User Interface (GUI) you’re using, there’s usually a Widget to display the current system details.

In addition you can install the “inxi” package to provide more detail concerning your current hardware – for example on this machine –

 > inxi --graphics
Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD Picasso/Raven 2 [Radeon Vega Series / Radeon Mobile Series]
    driver: amdgpu v: kernel
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.11 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.4 driver:
    X: loaded: amdgpu dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu resolution: 3840x2160~60Hz
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 23.3.4 renderer: AMD Radeon Vega 11 Graphics
    (radeonsi raven LLVM 17.0.6 DRM 3.57 6.4.0-150600.23.14-default)
 > 
 > inxi --network
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
    driver: r8169
 > 
 > inxi --network-advanced --filter
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
    driver: r8169
  IF: eth0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
 > 

Please, when posting machine details on this (open) Forum, use CLI options such as “–filter” and “–no-hostname” to ensure that, you don’t leak private information onto the network.


Thank you so much!

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