Hello, this is my first post on the Linux Mint forums, I am a big fan of the Mint.
I recently got a Lenovo Edge 11 (AMD Nile version) which comes with the Realtek 8192ce (a.k.a 8188ce, not sure if they are exactly the same but the drivers are the same).
In Mint 10, the procedure to make wireless work is:
1. Download the driver from Realtek
http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/dow ... loads=true
scroll down to the RTL8188ce or RTL8192CE-VA4 (drivers are identical) and download the unix driver
2. Extract the driver to somewhere in your home directory:
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tar xvf rtl8192ce_linux_2.6.0005.1116.2010.tar.gz
3. Enter the directory you just created:
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cd ./rtl8192ce_linux_2.6.0005.1116.2010
4. Compile the driver:
5. You cannot install the driver with sudo, you have to swith to root, so:
6. Install the driver:
7. Insert the driver into the running kernel:
8. Wireless should now work
Note, this also worked from the LiveCD, I downloaded the drivers onto a usb key, ran this procedure from the Mint 10 live cd and could use wireless during the install. The installer did not copy the module over, so I have to run exactly the same procedure upon reboot, but now it works like a charm.
Note 2, the source for the rtl8192ce is included into the 2.6.38 kernel:
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/g ... 7b4f881d8d
when Mint updates to this kernel, our wireless woes will be over