Intel 8260 Wifi Card issue

Elive System Live
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Hi,

Just booted "elive_3.0.6_stable_usb" in my Lenovo T460s and it doesn't recognise the Intel 8260 (rev 3a) wifi card. Should it? Or do I need to download/install additional drivers for it?

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When was the computer released, and what are its other specifications?

If it's relatively new then you'll have better luck on the beta.

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It should be a iwl device.

  1. lspci -nn | grep -i net - should show something like:
    00:1f.6 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation Ethernet Connection I219-LM [8086:156f] (rev 21)
    03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation Wireless 8260 [8086:24f3] (rev 3a)
  2. iwconfig - is interesting to see if anything is loaded ...
  3. dmesg | grep iwlwifi - here should stand more about the device and how the kernel tries to load a driver.

Further i think a firmware is missing ... which one is shown in our dmesg output. hopefully.
ls -l /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-*.ucode <- here is a list about the available modules.
New firmwares can be found at Linux* Support for IntelĀ® Wireless Adapters

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Hmmm, that wont be really helpful considering Stable comes with a 3.16 kernel and the 8260 only has support from 4.2 up.

Methinks Beta is the better option there unless you love tinkering around with the kernel. :thinking:

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Ah, I see. Our 'stable is a little ancient' problem. Sorry, I don't get the point of your answer in the first place. Of course you are right, @triantares

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Well, on the bright side:

Your answer is a very nice step by step way to diagnose wifi problems.
Very usable to pinpoint issues. :smiley:

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Hi @triantares, @LupusE

Thanks both for your help and advice on this. Not really in to kernel tinkering so, as a percentage, how 'stable' is Beta?

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In stability and usability: 100%
It's a very different experience to Stable as that uses E17 desktop where Beta uses E16 for the moment.
Beta can have E24 as a desktop but isn't as well customized and still a moving target i.e E24 is still in full development.

So, Beta is as stable as can be. Including the tried and tested E16 environment.

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Thanks - just burning the USB now. Fingers crossed :crossed_fingers:

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My main computer is the same model :slight_smile:

I remember that wifi and graphic cards (3d acceleration for special effects) are not supported on that version of Elive, beta works but of course is a different experience