SteamOS dos not detect my wifi card!

[Kanyenke]

Ive just installed SteamOS on my new HP Envy17 laptop, but it cant deteect my wireless card.

Any suggestions on this?

Thanks!

[Balderick]

AFAIK the only "officialy" supported hadware for steamos is that which is found in the 300 beta protoypes and the 1200 Brix dev days machines. So reviewing hardware specs before purchase could of been helpful if intending to use new machine with steamos.

Use your user manual to identify the wifi adapter make and model and go to the vendor of that device's website to download the linux driver manualy which would allow installation of the correct driver for your wifi adapter.

Using an ethernet connection is probably the easiest option to get steamos working for you on your new laptop.

[Shark]

which wireless card is that?

[Kanyenke]

Windows driver name is:
Realtek RT8188EE 802.11bgn WiFI Adapter

[Balderick]

Not sure what installer you used but this was/is should be sorted... A How To describing what you could do to get wifi adapter working is described in the steam discussions thread found at http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamuniverse/discussions/1/648817378112380479/

If you can not find the directory as described in previous link you can find the driver you need here: http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/downloadsView.aspx?Langid=1&PNid=21&PFid=48&Level=5&Conn=4&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false&Downloads=true

[Shark]

The RT8188EE is supported by SteamOS, you just need to make sure that the firmware-realtek package is installed.

You can do that like this:

1. Boot SteamOS.
   
2. Press Ctrl+Alt+F4
   
3. login as desktop, just press enter when it asks for a password.
   
4. Use this command to configure a password:
   

   passwd
   

5. Now install the driver with this command:
   

   sudo apt-get install firmware-realtek -y
   

6. Reboot the system with:
   

   sudo reboot
   

7. Now it should work.

I hope that helps, please tell me if any of these commands doesn't work. Good luck.

[Wedge]

I can't seem to get it working with my LG R570 which has Realtek RTL8191SE card.

[directhex]

Originally posted by Wedge:

I can't seem to get it working with my LG R570 which has Realtek RTL8191SE card.

rtl8192se driver should be included already.

[Wedge]

Originally posted by directhex:

Originally posted by Wedge:

I can't seem to get it working with my LG R570 which has Realtek RTL8191SE card.

rtl8192se driver should be included already.

Reals? Strange... Is it because I installed SteamOS using the non-UEFI version (Ye Olde SteamOSe)?

[Kaz]

I tried to follow that,but when it asks for login,password is always denied.