How to Fix Can't get wifi working, "itlwm is not running", online instructions suck
This mini-guide provides a structural approach to troubleshoot and fix the issue.
Prerequisites
- Confirm your hardware specifications (CPU, GPU, Motherboard).
- Ensure you have a bootable recovery USB and backup your EFI.
Fix Steps
- Verify your network controller model (Intel, Broadcom, Realtek).
- Ensure the correct kext (e.g., AirportItlwm or BrcmPatchRAM) is loaded in your config.
- Clear network interfaces and reset NVRAM if changes don't apply.
Verification
- Reboot and verify if the functionality is restored and stable under typical usage.
Original Question:
I installed Catalina onto my HP X360 laptop with intel wifi. I used Nirech Catalina w/Clover, but no wifi as expected. Did some research, and stumbled upon several sites and videos talking about itlwm and airportitlwm. I followed along with several videos, by using Cloverconfigurator to mount the EFI partition, went to EFI>CLOVER>kexts>other and then I placed itlwm.kext into the folder per the guide. I then mounted Heliport, and dragged the heliport application into the applications folder, and then added it as a startup app under the users settings. In the videos, it works, and they get wifi. On mine, when Heliport loads it gives error message saying "itlwm is not running". Alternately, I've tried removing itlwm.kext and instead placing airportitlwm.kext into the same folder mentioned above. That appears to do nothing either.
The wonderful /s instructions online seem to indicate:
- Unzip.
- Copy the kext files into your Bootloader's kext folder in your EFI partition.
- Make necessary adjustments to your Bootloader's config.
- Reboot and enjoy!
Like the guide assumes I need help navigating to the proper folder to drop the kext file into, but I'll just fucking figure out "make necessary adjustments to your bootloader's config" on my own. Can someone with a halfway decent ability to explain stuff clearly help me figure out what I need to do to get one of these kexts to load in and get wifi working.
I have the same problem and am not able to solve it.
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