I installed Linux Mint xfce and ran into nvidia video and RealTek rt8192ce wireless card issues.
I had previously remarked on the video issue, but the wireless issue is new because, well, I didn’t have a wireless card to deal with before.
Updating the nvidia video drivers:
http://www.howtoeverything.net/linux/hardware/installing-nvidia-drivers-in-linux-mint
In summary
- sudo apt-get install nvidia-detect
- after the install: sudo nvidia-detect
- in the following command replace nvidia-glx if nvidia-detect tells you a different package is needed
- sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx nvidia-settings nvidia-xconfig
- sudo nvidia-xconfig
- reboot
Why a reboot? The nvidia driver installs a kernel module that has to be loaded on startup.
Installing the wireless drivers:
The RealTek rt8192ce wireless card was found, and network broadcasts were listed but the password constantly failed to be acknowledged. I’m gong to have to come back and update this with the results, but so far I have the following to test:
- Make a change in a system-connections file:
- First, try to connect even though the password will fail — this creates the file referred to below.
- Go to </etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/SSID of net> and changed <system-ca-certs=true> to false.
- I haven’t gotten far in it, but here’s a site with a list of wireless drivers
http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers - Google linux mint realtek 8192cu for more info to research.
- http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=43055&f=49
Good luck to me~