"No Wi-Fi Adapter Found" Error

Hello,
I am a Windows user. But I tried to install Manjaro Linux several times. Unfortunately, I always had a problem. I encountered this error after installing Manjaro (and even Ubuntu): “No Wi-Fi Adapter Found”!

Please guide me.

Which version of Manjaro are you using?
Can you start the Manjaro USB stick and post the output of inix- Fza on console ?

Yes:

System:
  Kernel: 5.15.49-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.1.0
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.15-x86_64
    root=UUID=ade58fba-d7aa-4bd8-ba26-efc13f52ea16 rw quiet splash apparmor=1
    security=apparmor resume=UUID=56865c30-2a72-4631-aec6-26ccea6b985f
    udev.log_priority=3
  Desktop: GNOME v: 42.2 tk: GTK v: 3.24.34 wm: gnome-shell dm: GDM v: 42.0
    Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: ASUSTeK product: VivoBook_ASUSLaptop X509FB_R521FB
    v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: ASUSTeK model: X509FB v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required>
    UEFI: American Megatrends v: X509FB.304 date: 02/01/2021
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 24.8 Wh (100.0%) condition: 24.8/32.1 Wh (77.2%)
    volts: 7.8 min: 7.8 model: ASUSTeK ASUS Battery type: Li-ion serial: N/A
    status: not charging cycles: 421
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i7-8565U bits: 64 type: MT MCP
    arch: Comet/Whiskey Lake note: check gen: core 8 built: 2018
    process: Intel 14nm family: 6 model-id: 0x8E (142) stepping: 0xC (12)
    microcode: 0xF0
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 tpc: 2 threads: 8 smt: enabled cache:
    L1: 256 KiB desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x32 KiB L2: 1024 KiB desc: 4x256 KiB
    L3: 8 MiB desc: 1x8 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 736 high: 800 min/max: 400/4600 scaling:
    driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave cores: 1: 617 2: 700 3: 700 4: 700
    5: 774 6: 800 7: 800 8: 800 bogomips: 32012
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected
  Type: mds status: Not affected
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected
  Type: mmio_stale_data mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
  Type: spec_store_bypass
    mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp
  Type: spectre_v1
    mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 status: Vulnerable: eIBRS with unprivileged eBPF
  Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel WhiskeyLake-U GT2 [UHD Graphics 620] vendor: ASUSTeK
    driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen9.5 process: Intel 14nm built: 2016-20
    ports: active: eDP-1 empty: HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:3ea0
    class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: NVIDIA GM108M [GeForce MX110] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: nvidia
    v: 515.48.07 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 515.xx+
    status: current (as of 2022-06) arch: Maxwell process: TSMC 28nm
    built: 2014-19 pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 4 link-max: gen: 3
    speed: 8 GT/s bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:174e class-ID: 0302
  Device-3: IMC Networks USB2.0 VGA UVC WebCam type: USB driver: uvcvideo
    bus-ID: 1-5:4 chip-ID: 13d3:5a11 class-ID: 0e02
  Display: x11 server: X.org v: 1.21.1.3 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.2
    compositor: gnome-shell driver: X: loaded: modesetting,nvidia
    unloaded: nouveau alternate: fbdev,nv,vesa gpu: i915 display-ID: :0
    screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-size: <missing: xdpyinfo>
  Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: AU Optronics 0x61ed built: 2018 res: 1920x1080
    hz: 60 dpi: 142 gamma: 1.2 size: 344x194mm (13.54x7.64")
    diag: 395mm (15.5") ratio: 16:9 modes: 1920x1080
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics 620 (WHL GT2)
    v: 4.6 Mesa 22.1.2 direct render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Cannon Point-LP High Definition Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
    alternate: snd_soc_skl,snd_sof_pci_intel_cnl bus-ID: 00:1f.3
    chip-ID: 8086:9dc8 class-ID: 0403
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.15.49-1-MANJARO running: yes
  Sound Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.21 running: no
  Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 16.1 running: yes
  Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.52 running: yes
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8821CE 802.11ac PCIe Wireless Network Adapter
    vendor: AzureWave driver: N/A modules: rtw88_8821ce, wl pcie: gen: 1
    speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: 3000 bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:c821
    class-ID: 0280
  IF-ID-1: enp0s20f0u1 state: unknown speed: -1 duplex: half mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Samsung Galaxy series misc. (tethering mode) type: USB
    driver: rndis_host v: kernel bus-ID: 1-1:12 chip-ID: 04e8:6863
    class-ID: 0a00 serial: <filter>
  Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: see --recommends
  Device-2: IMC Networks Bluetooth Radio type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8
    bus-ID: 1-10:5 chip-ID: 13d3:3529 class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
  Report: This feature requires one of these tools: hciconfig/bt-adapter
RAID:
  Hardware-1: Intel 82801 Mobile SATA Controller [RAID mode] driver: ahci
    v: 3.0 port: 5060 bus-ID: 00:17.0 chip-ID: 8086:282a rev: N/A
    class-ID: 0104
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 1.83 TiB used: 338.2 GiB (18.1%)
  SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Toshiba model: MQ04ABF100
    size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B
    speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter> rev: 1J scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 type: USB vendor: Western Digital
    model: WD Elements size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
    logical: 512 B type: N/A serial: <filter> rev: 2210 scheme: GPT
  ID-3: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 type: USB model: General USB Flash Disk
    size: 7.47 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: SSD
    serial: <filter> rev: 1100 scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 922.42 GiB size: 906.86 GiB (98.31%)
    used: 10.65 GiB (1.2%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
    used: 312 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 8.8 GiB used: 612 KiB (0.0%)
    priority: -2 dev: /dev/sda3 maj-min: 8:3
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 53.0 C pch: 50.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 1800
Info:
  Processes: 352 Uptime: 1h 5m wakeups: 2 Memory: 7.62 GiB
  used: 2.39 GiB (31.3%) Init: systemd v: 251 default: graphical
  tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.1.0 clang: 13.0.1 Packages: pacman: 1227
  lib: 309 flatpak: 0 Shell: Zsh v: 5.9 running-in: gnome-terminal
  inxi: 3.3.19

Then show ip a on console.

when i use wired connect with my phone:

1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1000
    link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
    inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
    inet6 ::1/128 scope host 
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
2: enp0s20f0u1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc fq_codel state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 16:39:3c:82:3a:28 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    inet 192.168.92.111/24 brd 192.168.92.255 scope global dynamic noprefixroute enp0s20f0u1
       valid_lft 3540sec preferred_lft 3540sec
    inet6 fe80::cb3d:4f01:805a:cf00/64 scope link noprefixroute 
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever

Normal mode without phone connection:

1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1000
    link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
    inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
    inet6 ::1/128 scope host 
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever

I have the same Realtek WIFI adapter.
My installation works fine.
I am using kernel 5.15 an 5.17.

This is strange…
I have installed Manjaro now. This will show the result when I enter the rfkill list command:

0: hci0: Bluetooth
	Soft blocked: no
	Hard blocked: no
1: asus-wlan: Wireless LAN
	Soft blocked: no
	Hard blocked: no
2: asus-bluetooth: Bluetooth
	Soft blocked: no
	Hard blocked: no

but Wi-Fi option is not available. When I search for it. Indicates “No Wi-Fi Adapter Found”!

I am using KDE and Manjaro is installed on a HP laptop.

you need to install dkms drivers from aur, but first post output from this:
mhwd-kernel -li

Output:

Currently running: 5.15.49-1-MANJARO (linux515)
The following kernels are installed in your system:
   * linux515

so install one kernel as a backup, the 5.10:
sudo mhwd-kernel -i linux510
then create this file:
sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
put inside it this line:
blacklist rtw88_8821ce
press ctrl+x to save the file

install headers:
pamac install linux515-headers linux510-headers
install dkms driver:
pamac build rtl8821ce-dkms-git
reboot and see if it helped

Thank you very much.
Your solution helped me and the WiFi problem was solved.

I would install another kernel alongside to kernel 5.15, e.g. 5.17 (soon EOL) or 5.18.

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