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The saga ends! Wifi, BT and ethernet all work fine, as far as I can tell.

Thanks so much for all your efforts, Jeremy B. - I am very grateful for the time and effort you've put into this.

Regards,

Michael P

seems the firmware isn't present: michael@michael-Alienware-17-R3:~ > git clone https://github.com/jeremyb31/ath10k-firmware.git Cloning into 'ath10k-firmware'... remote: Counting objects: 370, done. remote: Total 370 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0), pack-reused 370 Receiving objects: 100% (370/370), ...

From the first: michael@michael-Alienware-17-R3:~ > dmesg | egrep -i 'ath10k|blue|firm' [ 0.224203] [Firmware Bug]: ACPI: BIOS _OSI(Linux) query ignored [ 1.881375] Bluetooth: Core ver 2.20 [ 1.881389] Bluetooth: HCI device and connection manager initialized [ 1.881392] Bluetooth: HCI socket layer i...

Any errors from sudo apt-get install build-essential None Also install sudo apt-get install libc6-dev as that package has the locale.h file That also seems to have gone smoothly. Then you should be able to cd ~/backports-4.4.2-1 make defconfig-wifi make sudo make install Did that - it took several ...

Thanks Jeremy, but still no success - it fell over in the same place. Reading state information... Done linux-headers-generic is already the newest version. The following extra packages will be installed: git-man liberror-perl Suggested packages: git-daemon-run git-daemon-sysvinit git-doc git-el git...

Thanks again for stepping up and helping, Jeremy B. The instructions were going well until: michael@michael-Alienware-17-R3:~/backports-4.4.2-1 > make defconfig-wifi Generating local configuration database from kernel ... done. cc -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -fomit-frame-point...

I have an Alienware 17 R3, dual booting into Win 10 ans Mint KDE, and have kernel 3.19.0-59 installed. So far, I have managed t get the ethernet working fine, but the wireless has me somewhat stumped. I've been following essentially the same instructions from these locations: http://unix.stackexchan...

In Mint 17.3, I was having the same issue with the applet not detecting the connected tablet.

GWI's solution worked a treat. Kudos! Very much appreciated.

Congrats on getting it done. Please go to your first post, click EDIT, and add [SOLVED] to the title, so that others can find solutions. Many thanks for your help. I truly appreciate it. Re editing original post: done. I know I had to do that, but needed a hint. <smile> Then I tried to boot it and ...

Just as an FYI, I managed to get the installation done with a little tweaking of my process. As an aside, I was booting from a thumb drive. My machine failed/refused to recognise it as having a bootable OS unless I used a particular USB port and not the one it was created on. When I was installing 1...

Many thanks for your reply - I intend to install just as you indicated - UEFI, and using the existing ESP.

Hi all, I have an Asus N750JV, dual-booting to Mint 17.2 and Win8, on the same SSD. The laptop has a UEFI BIOS, and I had Win on the HD first, and then added Mint. Space is becoming scarce on this drive. I decided to add a second SSD to the empty bay on the laptop - the N750JV is a 17" machine,...

Will do, Jeremy. And thanks for your help - much appreciated.

Sorry to take so long to get back to you - for some reason this part of the forum kept giving me a SQL error.

The results of the command are:

Linux N750JV 3.16.0-30-generic #40~14.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Thu Jan 15 17:43:14 UTC 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Hi all, after finally losing patience with my Atheros BT card (http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=49&t=171003), I located a dual channel, wifi BT combo - the Intel 7260 - and installed it on my machine (Asus N750JV). Wifi is working fine, as far as I can tell, but I'm still getting some...

richyrich wrote:I don't hear a thing . .

Ha!

Found something even better - but I'm not that good at posting images - in the Preferences | Sound then the "Sound Effects" tab. Allows me to turn off "Starting Cinnamon" sound.

I offer my appreciation, too. I think my first Linux was Mandrake V4 or 5, which is quite a while ago. I tried Linux off and on over the years, never staying for more than a few weeks. The potential was there, but my knowledge was lacking, and there were issues that proved insurmountable. With 17/17...

HI all, I've been keen on Linux for quite a few years, and gave Mint 17 a try, expecting to leave it after a few weeks, returning to the execrable Win 8. Happily no, I'm still here, 6 months or so on. I have a VB for a piece of Windows software essential for my writing, but otherwise I'm exclusively...

<snip> The IP is a rawtherapee repository, which Metal Mick probably added to his sources list. In http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=74757 someone says "Note that the repo is unsigned, which on top of it being a 3rd party repo; means it is more unsafe than usual. You would be b...

I fired up my machine as per usual and Update Manager informed me there were updates. I duly elected to install them all. During the update, I got an error message that essentially said certain files cold not be found. On reboot, I get the message: "Cinnamon just crashed. You are currently runn...