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TheWizardofOdds · LXF regular Joined: Sun Sep 28, 2008 2:37 pm Posts: 180

I had a look at the Thunderbird Help and I couldn't see anything there.

I'll try the BTYahoo Help. maybe something will come up there.

I entered the username as my email add and my BT password but it suggest one is wrong when neither is?

As for the Mint Forum, I'm using the trackpad on the laptop and have never used one before, but i'll be damned if I can drag those words heheh !

The Java is enabled.

Thanks, I've plenty to get on with! ( I'm dealing with the posts one by one as I can't select to copy and paste either)

TheWizardofOdds · LXF regular Joined: Sun Sep 28, 2008 2:37 pm Posts: 180

I can scratch one of the list...

I was getting nowhere fast with Thunderbird, so I installed good old Evolution, it seems to work for me. I done a manual install and it worked no problem.

I may go back to Thunderbird at a later date and remove then reinstall and start from scratch again, just because it irritates me that I couldn't get it... Laughing

xenopeek · Joined: Mon Dec 24, 2012 1:19 pm Posts: 34

The Realtek Device 8723 would be your Wi-Fi, but is seems it had very bad support on Linux. I'm not sure if this has been improved. Some users have a received a file from Realtek on Dropbox, that they can compile to get a working driver on Linux Mint 13. I'm not sure it will work on 14. You may be happier getting a Wi-Fi dongle that just works on Linux Mint 14. (The hardware compatibility database for Linux Mint is here: http://community.linuxmint.com/hardware/search. Suggest you search for type "USB wireless adapter", status "Works perfectly" and release "Maya" as "Nadia" has no entries yet.)

Anyway, the bits I found from other users are:
- Dowload + instructions: http://askubuntu.com/a/165002
- Alternative compilation instructions: http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=12081092&postcount=8

Fíona · Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2013 7:40 pm Post subject:

Last year I had problems with my toshiba satellite's wifi, it connected ok but dropped connections which could only be restored by rebooting. I also believed that the problem was the realtek driver.
I compiled and installed a driver I downloaded from the site and thereafter no probs. I work with linuxmint 13 so don't know if 14 is a problem.

Maybe this howto will help;
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1930475

TheWizardofOdds · LXF regular Joined: Sun Sep 28, 2008 2:37 pm Posts: 180

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Fíona · Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2013 5:52 pm Post subject:

TheWizardofOdds · LXF regular Joined: Sun Sep 28, 2008 2:37 pm Posts: 180

I think the driver thing is a bit beyond my skill-set at the moment.

With an adapter/dongle is it a case of inserting to the usb slot(Mint compatible of course) and it picks up the wi-fi from my bt hub? would I need to install anything for it? It's not really a long term solution I think, but I will mainly be using the laptop in my house so it would be ok for the meantime.

Rhakios · Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 12:06 am Post subject:

I have an atheros based USB stick that works fine with Mint14, as I can't disable the onboard wifi chip in the BIOS, I just select the USB device in Mint's network manager and disable the onboard wifi from there.
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TheWizardofOdds · LXF regular Joined: Sun Sep 28, 2008 2:37 pm Posts: 180

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