We might be able to help you more if we had some idea of the hardware of your computer and also the USB wifi adapter that you are using.
Where did you get the driver package that you installed?
Is secure boot enabled or disabled and if enabled have you tried installing the driver with secure boot disabled?
With the adapter attached please run command inxi -Fzx and post the output back here.
There are many USB wifi adapters which are known to work without needing a new driver to be installed so don’t give up.
Dell OptiPlex 5090
It was a UGREEN WiFi Adapter for Desktop PC, AX900 USB WiFi 6 Adapter with 5GHz/2.4GHz Dual Band, Built-in Driver for Windows 10/11 ](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DK14GTR2)
From their website, in Chinesium.
Don’t know. No longer matters, I sent the adapter back.
I already sent it back to Amazon, as it is unsupported on Linux. So, I already gave up on this one. I really don’t have the time to fight this right now.
I have more info on the attempted install over here:
It no longer matters, as that adapter is gone. Someone posted a list of supported adapters somewhere, and I will try to pick one of those.
It is a shame that more of the probably common ones are not supported. This is why Windows and Apple continue to lead.