Iznogoud writes: >> I've installed Linux Mint on an Acer Travelmate laptop and am >> having trouble getting the wireless stuff working. >> >> iwconfig says the access point is not associated. >> >> lspci says this: >> >> 01:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Wireless 7260 (rev bb) >> Subsystem: Intel Corporation Dual Band Wireless-N 7260 >> >> dmesg says link is not ready. It seem like I've had a similar >> problem at least once before and that I might have been able >> to get it fixed one time. But I am not sure what to do next. > > There is most likely a module for hte wireless ethernet device 9card or > itnernal) that has to be loaded. Some "bleeding edge" drivers are not yet > in the kernel, depending on the age of the hardware and how popular it was > in terms of volume sold. What we used to do is use "ndiswarpper" which is > exactly that. an NDIS wrapper, to use drivers that come straight from > Windows. You typically build the ndiswrapper with the drivers for the device > you have. Look it up. I wound up installing True OS -- trueos.org -- and things are working, including the wireless. The Linux Mint install encrypted the hard drive. I don't think I have that with True OS. That encryption may have helped in terms of browsing/popups. Does that ring any bells? Tia. -- Brian Ebenezer Enterprises - In G-d we trust. http://webEbenezer.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20161023/d100699a/attachment.html>