Public bug reported: I have installed Linux Mint 17.2 Mate(64bit) on my new Acer Aspire E5-573. I am having a problem with wifi. Wireless connection is not working, only wired connection is working.
I have a Qualcomm Atheros Device 0042 Wifi card. Here is a output. splinter@splinter ~ $ inxi -Fxz System: Host: splinter Kernel: 3.16.0-38-generic x86_64 (64 bit, gcc: 4.8.2) Desktop: N/A Distro: Linux Mint 17.2 Rafaela Machine: System: Acer product: Aspire E5-573 version: V3.72 Mobo: Acer model: ZORO_BH version: Type2 - A01 Board Version Bios: Insyde version: V1.11 date: 04/20/2015 CPU: Dual core Intel Core i3-4005U CPU (-HT-MCP-) cache: 3072 KB flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx) bmips: 6784.64 Clock Speeds: 1: 1700.00 MHz 2: 1700.00 MHz 3: 1700.066 MHz 4: 1699.867 MHz Graphics: Card: Intel Haswell-ULT Integrated Graphics Controller bus-ID: 00:02.0 X.Org: 1.15.1 drivers: intel (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: 1366x768@60.0hz GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI Intel Haswell Mobile GLX Version: 3.0 Mesa 10.1.3 Direct Rendering: Yes Audio: Card-1: Intel Lynx Point-LP HD Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 Card-2: Intel Haswell-ULT HD Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:03.0 Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture ver: k3.16.0-38-generic Network: Card-1: Qualcomm Atheros Device 0042 bus-ID: 03:00.0 IF: N/A state: N/A speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: N/A Card-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller driver: r8169 ver: 2.3LK-NAPI port: 3000 bus-ID: 02:00.0 IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter> Drives: HDD Total Size: 1032.1GB (0.5% used) 1: id: /dev/sda model: WDC_WD10JPVX size: 1000.2GB 2: id: /dev/sdb model: SD/MMC size: 31.9GB Partition: ID: / size: 230G used: 4.9G (3%) fs: ext4 ID: swap-1 size: 8.19GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap RAID: No RAID devices detected - /proc/mdstat and md_mod kernel raid module present Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 41.0C mobo: N/A Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A Info: Processes: 189 Uptime: 19 min Memory: 336.0/3879.3MB Runlevel: 2 Gcc sys: 4.8.4 Client: Shell (bash 4.3.11) inxi: 1.9.17 splinter@splinter ~ $ sudo rfkill list all 0: hci0: Bluetooth Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no 1: acer-wireless: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no Please help. ** Affects: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: Incomplete ** Tags: 0042 atheros utopic -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1483494 Title: WIFI not working on Acer Aspire E5-573 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1483494/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs