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need Realtek 8723 driver via Windows
Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2012 1:37 am
by GekkoRoman
My new laptop has a Realtek 8723 network controller. I just installed Mint 13 and need a driver, but I have no wired internet on that machine. I am sending from a Windows machine. Can I find a linux driver and put it on a USB drive and transfer it? I've seen other posts for this driver, but all the solutions have been apt-get this or that, which I can't do at the moment. The Toshiba website only has a Win 8 driver.
Much thanks.
Edit: Here, I'll be a good boy.
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02:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Device 8723
Subsystem: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Device 0723
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11
01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR8162 Fast Ethernet (rev 10)
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device ff1e
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 3
Re: need Realtek 8723 driver via Windows
Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2012 3:11 am
by caf4926
The fact that neither wired or wireless work is bad news IMO.
If it were mine, I'd probably just buy myself a cheap USB wireless that I know works
Eg: Tenda Wireless-N150 USB Adapter
I have one, my Son uses it and it's fantastic.
Ebay should turn something up
There is an option to windows drivers with ndiswrapper but in my experience they are poor.
Re: need Realtek 8723 driver via Windows
Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2012 3:23 am
by GekkoRoman
The wireless card worked in Windows just fine. It's brand new. I don't have wired because I don't have access to the ethernet. My landlord provides wireless. I'm sort of thinking of bringing my laptop some other place I can plug in and see if it would connect that way.
Re: need Realtek 8723 driver via Windows
Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2012 3:31 am
by caf4926
I don't doubt it works in windows
But the devices look to be poorly supported by your vendor/s in Linux
Hence my comments.
The wired device in that output doesn't seem to have a driver loaded either, so I can't see it working.. But sure, try it if you can.
Re: need Realtek 8723 driver via Windows
Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2012 3:38 am
by GekkoRoman
Ah, I see what you're saying. Could you educate me on the output? What indicates whether or not the driver is loaded?
Much thanks.
Edit: I think I understand. lspci -k should list the Kernel driver in use, but nothing is showing for either. Is that it?
Re: need Realtek 8723 driver via Windows
Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2012 3:53 am
by caf4926
This is from my eeepc
01:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Atheros Communications Inc. AR8132 Fast Ethernet [1969:1062] (rev c0)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:838a]
Kernel driver in use: atl1c
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02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Ralink corp. RT3090 Wireless 802.11n 1T/1R PCIe [1814:3090]
Subsystem: AzureWave Device [1a3b:1087]
Kernel driver in use: rt2800pci
I made bold the kernel module
Re: need Realtek 8723 driver via Windows
Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2012 3:55 am
by caf4926
Yes
will list all your hardware and kernel module if any
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Re: need Realtek 8723 driver via Windows
Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2012 4:36 am
by GekkoRoman
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Oh, wow. That's wonderful. Thanks.
Re: need Realtek 8723 driver via Windows
Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2013 7:18 pm
by tambura_man
Hi! I also had problems with realtek 8723, there is a solution for that ->
http://askubuntu.com/questions/139632/w ... recognized
This is what I did with fresh installed LMDE and it works:
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wget -O- http://dl.dropbox.com/u/57056576/DRIVERS/REALTEK/rtl_92ce_92se_92de_8723ae_linux_mac80211_0006.0514.2012.tar.gz | tar -xz
cd rtl_92ce_92se_92de_8723ae_linux_mac80211_0006.0514.2012
make
sudo make install
sudo modprobe rtl8723e