Linux mint 17.1 can't enable wifi

Dtringman58 · 07-02-2018, 04:51 PM

Hi All,
I recently installed Linux Mint 17.1 The OS has disabled my wifi card. I had a spare card i know is good, so changed out the wifi card. linux still only sees my ethernet card. The wifi card is an intel wifi 1000. Being new to Linux I'm a little stumped. Any advice would be welcomed. Thanks in advance.

Mill J · 07-02-2018, 04:58 PM

What is the output of

Code:

rfkill list

?

Here's the man page for rfkill https://linux.die.net/man/1/rfkill

Dtringman58 · 07-02-2018, 05:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mill J

What is the output of

Code:

rfkill list

?

Here's the man page for rfkill https://linux.die.net/man/1/rfkill

no output just a new command line

AwesomeMachine · 07-02-2018, 07:30 PM

You need to install the firmware package for you wifi adapter. Look at 'lspci' and which adapter you have. Then, install the firmware package from the distro repos.

hydrurga · 07-02-2018, 07:42 PM

Out of interest, can I ask why you only installed Mint 17.1?

The latest version of Mint is 19.

https://linuxmint.com/download.php

frankbell · 07-02-2018, 08:37 PM

The key bit of information is what wireless chipset your system is using.

Running the command lspci in a terminal should provide that information. You may need to run the command as root. It would also help to know make/model of the computer.