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Caution: the draft tips on this provisional page are raw material. They're as yet untested, unedited and lack explanation.
.... nevertheless, they're promising and generally well worth a try. Make a Timeshift snapshot before you apply them, though. Good luck!
Contents of this page:
- 1. Drivers for many Realtek WiFi chipsets from the kelebek333 PPA (draft, untested!)
- 2. Another important PPA for Realtek WiFi drivers: the morrownr PPA
Drivers for many Realtek WiFi chipsets from the kelebek333 PPA (draft, untested!)
1. Proceed as follows:a. Establish temporary internet connection by means of your cell phone.
b. Execute this terminal command (use copy/paste to transfer it to the terminal):
sudo apt-get install mokutil && mokutil --sb-state
Press Enter.
If it reports that Secure Boot is enabled: reboot and disable Secure Boot in the BIOS. In order to do this, you might need to set an administrator password in the BIOS first.
No worries: although Secure Boot is a fairly reasonable idea in theory, it provides little real-life security anyway. So disabling it is no loss. In practice, Secure Boot is primarily an obstacle for using another operating system than Microsoft Windows. Which might or might not be an intended side effect.
c. Check whether your Realtek chipset is present in this list. If so, proceed like this:
d. Execute the following terminal commands, one by one:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kelebek333/kablosuz
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install name-of-your-chipset
e. Reboot and test.
Another important PPA for Realtek WiFi drivers: the morrownr PPA
2. This is also an important PPA for Realtek wifi drivers:The PPA of Nick (morrownr)
For usage instructions, see the home page of that PPA.
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