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