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[Discuss] Upgraded to Ubuntu 14.04...can't connect to wifi with rtl8723ae driver
- Subject: [Discuss] Upgraded to Ubuntu 14.04...can't connect to wifi with rtl8723ae driver
- From: tmetro+blu at gmail.com (Tom Metro)
- Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2014 18:44:31 -0400
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Randy Cole wrote: > Sees the router, keeps trying but never connects. Could be many things. WiFi seems to offer woefully inadequate diagnostics for the connection and authentication process. > Can I install the module(s) from one of the old kernels, or will that cause > a crash? My understanding that is compiled modules are not portable across kernels. There may be qualifiers on that, such as it'll work, as long as the ABI hasn't changed. > Anybody got any ideas? Assuming there aren't alternate driver packages that work with your interface, I'd seek out the upstream project responsible for the driver, see if there is a newer version, and compile it for your current kernel. -Tom -- Tom Metro The Perl Shop, Newton, MA, USA "Predictable On-demand Perl Consulting." http://www.theperlshop.com/
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