[SOLVED] linux mint xfce 4.8 wireless not working on system76 starling netbook
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linux mint xfce 4.8 wireless not working on system76 starling netbook
To whom it may concern,
I am having a problem with linux mint xfce version 4.8, it detects my internal wifi card but the card has no label for network manager. When I run the command mintwifi this is what comes up:
I. scanning WIFI PCI devices...
-- Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8191SEvB Wireless LAN Controller (rev 10)
==> PCI ID = 10ec:8172 (rev 10)
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* II. querying ndiswrapper...
sh: ndiswrapper: not found
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* III. querying iwconfig...
sh: iwconfig: not found
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* IV. querying ifconfig...
sh: ifconfig: not found
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* V. querying DHCP...
[sudo] password for tyon:
Reloading /etc/samba/smb.conf: smbd only.
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* VI. querying nslookup google.com...
Server: 10.0.1.1
Address: 10.0.1.1#53
I'm not familiar with Mint, but the output suggests that for some reason you don't have the wi-fi utilities installed. Do you have wireless-tools and Network Manager installed?
Update: Silly me. Didn't read the last lines of your post. Question: Does your wifi radio need some firmware? Check that.
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