On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 11:15:52AM -0500, Brian Wood wrote: > I installed Debian on an Acer Travelmate laptop and am having > trouble getting a wireless connection. I looked at the output > from dmesg, but didn't find anything helpful. I typed in the key > three times to make sure I hadn't messed that up. Any ideas > on what to do? Maybe a different distro? Tia. > If I plug in an ethernet cable, the laptop gets connected fine. I find this to be an on-going issue with Linux and wireless. I've reached the point where I start grabbing various distros, and running their live version via USB until I find one that finds (and starts!) the wireless. FWIW, I usually start with an Ubuntu and a Mint - the winner for an older laptop recently was Peppermint 2. -- Scott Raun sraun at fireopal.org