Hi all, sorry if this should be in a different area, but here goes...
I have a Lenovo Ideapad 310. And surprise, surprise I want to install Linux.#
But...in 'live' mode everything seems find, but when installed the wifi drops after an apparently random amount of time, could be 5 minutes could be 10.
I've googled this somewhat and each of the 'fixed' doesn't appear to work.
So question is does anyone have Linux running on one of these and if so how did you get wifi running reliably.
BTW the wifi card is a Realtek 8821A
Cheers
P.S. alternately...if anyone knows a distro that 'works' with this laptop, please also let me know
Ideapad 310 keeps dropping wifi
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Ideapad 310 keeps dropping wifi
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Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
Mark Twain
Mark Twain
Re: Ideapad 310 keeps dropping wifi
No one have any ideas?
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
Mark Twain
Mark Twain
Re: Ideapad 310 keeps dropping wifi
I would actually try
This will disable wireless power management and should help
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sudo sed -i 's/wifi.powersave = 3/wifi.powersave = 2/' /etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/default-wifi-powersave-on.conf
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systemctl restart network-manager.service
Re: Ideapad 310 keeps dropping wifi
Thanks for the suggestion, unfortunately it didn't work. Looks like Linux has issues with Realtek cards, guess I'll stick with Win10 on the laptop for now
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
Mark Twain
Mark Twain
Re: Ideapad 310 keeps dropping wifi
If that's what you prefer, then sure, go ahead. Otherwise you could try other solutions, such as a wifi USB dongle. Many of them work out of the box on Linux Mint.
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