Drivers not working
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Marco1992
Drivers not working
Hello! I have a laptop that had windows vista ! I tried to setup linux mint 18and delete window vista ! Now my wifi and other drivers are not working ! When i open drive manager it show me this message :drivers cannot be installed. Please connect to the internet or insert linux mint instalation ! And the wifi signal on the laptop is not activated either
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deepakdeshp
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Re: Drivers not working
Try conneting LM to the net through ethernet sable till all driver are download
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gm10
Re: Drivers not working
Did you have Internet when trying out the live medium? Or did you just install it blindly without testing for compatibility first?Marco1992 wrote: ⤴Sat Aug 04, 2018 12:54 pm Hello! I have a laptop that had windows vista ! I tried to setup linux mint 18and delete window vista ! Now my wifi and other drivers are not working ! When i open drive manager it show me this message :drivers cannot be installed. Please connect to the internet or insert linux mint instalation ! And the wifi signal on the laptop is not activated either
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Re: Drivers not working
If it's a Broadcom wifi chipset, simply do what Driver Manager says: insert the Linux Mint installation medium (DVD, live-USB). The Broadcom driver should be installable then.
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