@remus the package was already uinstalled and the directory is still not there. happy to install manually (wget or whatever the process), but need step by step instructions :-)
xxx@Lenovo:~$ sudo apt-get install linux-firmware [sudo] password for xxx: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done linux-firmware is already the newest version. The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: linux-headers-3.5.0-23-generic linux-headers-3.5.0-23 Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them. 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 18 not upgraded. xxx@Lenovo:~$ ls -ila /lib/firmware/rtlwifi/rtl8188efw.bin ls: cannot access /lib/firmware/rtlwifi/rtl8188efw.bin: No such file or directory ps - in case this may help: xxx@Lenovo:~$ ls -ila /lib/firmware/rtlwifi total 336 262323 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jul 30 23:42 . 262150 drwxr-xr-x 65 root root 20480 Aug 1 15:55 .. 283632 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 13540 Dec 11 2012 rtl8192cfw.bin 283622 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 16014 Dec 11 2012 rtl8192cufw.bin 283624 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 20526 Dec 11 2012 rtl8192defw.bin 283630 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 88856 Dec 11 2012 rtl8192sefw.bin 283628 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 129304 Dec 11 2012 rtl8712u.bin 283634 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 22996 Jul 11 05:43 rtl8723fw_B.bin 283626 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 11662 Jul 11 05:43 rtl8723fw.bin -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1096989 Title: 10ec:8179 No wireless support for Lenovo IdeaCentre Q190 (RTL8188E) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/hwe-next/+bug/1096989/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
