<Solved> Reatek rlt8188ce on Acer Aspire 5250 - Help!

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<Solved> Reatek rlt8188ce on Acer Aspire 5250 - Help!

Post by Cinammon32 »

I can not get this card to work! I've reading reading everything i can find and am having zero success. Buying a wifi usb is probably easier but, darn it, it's the principle of the thing!
Aspire-5250 Kernel: 4.10.0-38-generic x86_64 (64 bit)
Desktop: Xfce 4.12.3 Distro: Linux Mint 18.3 Sylvia
Machine: Mobo: Acer model: JE50-BZ v: V1.08
Bios: Acer v: V1.08 date: 09/26/2012
CPU: Dual core AMD C-50 (-MCP-) cache: 1024 KB
clock speeds: max: 1000 MHz 1: 1000 MHz 2: 800 MHz
Graphics: Card: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Wrestler [Radeon HD 6250]
Display Server: X.Org 1.18.4 drivers: ati,radeon (unloaded: fbdev,vesa)
Resolution: 1366x768@60.01hz
GLX Renderer: Gallium 0.4 on AMD PALM (DRM 2.49.0 / 4.10.0-38-generic, LLVM 4.0.0)
GLX Version: 3.0 Mesa 17.0.7
Audio: Card Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA)
driver: snd_hda_intel
Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.10.0-38-generic
Network: Card-1: Qualcomm Atheros AR8152 v2.0 Fast Ethernet driver: atl1c
IF: enp6s0 state: down mac: b8:70:f4:92:4a:ba
Card-2: Realtek RTL8188CE 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adapter
driver: rtl8192ce
IF: wlp7s0 state: down mac: 20:16:d8:4d:a5:08
Drives: HDD Total Size: 500.1GB (1.9% used)
ID-1: /dev/sda model: WDC_WD5000BPVT size: 500.1GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 455G used: 5.2G (2%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1
ID-2: swap-1 size: 4.00GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda5
RAID: No RAID devices: /proc/mdstat, md_mod kernel module present
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 55.0C mobo: N/A gpu: 55.0
Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info: Processes: 161 Uptime: 3 min Memory: 341.5/3677.0MB
Client: Shell (bash) inxi: 2.2.35
If it comes to compiling from git I will need a lot of hand holding. I have never done this. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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Cinammon32

Re: Reatek rlt8188ce on Acer Aspire 5250 - Help!

Post by Cinammon32 »

The silence here is deafening. I think I've got my answer. :lol:
Usb wifi dongle is on order. Thank you.
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