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Kubuntu - can not enter wifi credentials after adding external wifi card My ethernet connection is quite unreliable (It uses powerline adapters) so I bought an external wifi adapter. I have plugged it in and run the command sudo ip address add 192.168.0.39/24 brd + dev enp7s0, and KDE has detected it. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to realise it is a wireless network and therefore needs credentials. Where I could normally find a place to enter credentials (the network widget, system settings) there are none. KDE reports that the device is connected in the UI. How do I make it work out that it is wireless and therefore needs credentials? Edit: With ethernet plugged out, (USB) adapter plugged in: $ ip address show 1: lo: &lt;LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP&gt; 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: enp7s0: &lt;NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP&gt; mtu 1500 qdisc fq_codel state DOWN group default qlen 1000     link/ether 04:d9:f5:8a:f5:e0 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff  With ethernet plugged in, adapter plugged in: 1: lo: &lt;LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP&gt; 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: enp7s0: &lt;BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP&gt; mtu 1500 qdisc fq_codel state UP group default qlen 1000     link/ether 04:d9:f5:8a:f5:e0 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff     inet 192.168.0.51/24 brd 192.168.0.255 scope global dynamic noprefixroute enp7s0        valid_lft 863988sec preferred_lft 863988sec     inet6 fe80::7eb1:eca2:96a0:fe5c/64 scope link noprefixroute         valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever  With just ethernet: 1: lo: &lt;LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP&gt; 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: enp7s0: &lt;BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP&gt; mtu 1500 qdisc fq_codel state UP group default qlen 1000     link/ether 04:d9:f5:8a:f5:e0 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff     inet 192.168.0.51/24 brd 192.168.0.255 scope global dynamic noprefixroute enp7s0        valid_lft 863960sec preferred_lft 863960sec     inet6 fe80::7eb1:eca2:96a0:fe5c/64 scope link noprefixroute         valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever  With nothing: 1: lo: &lt;LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP&gt; 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: enp7s0: &lt;NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP&gt; mtu 1500 qdisc fq_codel state DOWN group default qlen 1000     link/ether 04:d9:f5:8a:f5:e0 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff  lsusb, adapter plugged in: Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub Bus 003 Device 002: ID 046d:c31c Logitech, Inc. 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The B/W masked texture is going to be connected to the Fac of the mixed shader along with its UV coordinates. Make sure the image is on clip instead of repeat. the 1st shader is going to be the black part of the B/W masked texture. An important thing to note is if you have a texture already for the object, be sure to connect the other UV coordinates! the 2nd shader will be the white part of the B/W masked texture.   B: This section is the UV layout called "mainUV" where all the color goes.  C: This section is the B/W masked texture to focus on the lips.  D: Just the render view  E: Best way to texture something is to be able to see it in 3D view and texture paint.  F: Just showing that there are two textures to keep track of. One is the main UV and the 2nd is to focus on the lip.   That was it. Once again thanks to those who replied and helped me figure this problem. In the process I learned other things that I didn't know about blender even though I've been using it for years. 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