Добрый день.
Проблема в том, что у свеже-установленного linux mint 17.3 отсутствует даже возможность поиска беспроводных сетей.
(Отсутствует кнопка 'wifi', только 'Проводные сети')
Имеем:
Ноутбут - msi gl72 6qf
$ uname -a
Linux mintPC 3.19.0-32-generic #37~14.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Thu Oct 22 09:41:40 UTC 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
$ lspci -nnk | grep -i net -A2
02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:3165] (rev 81)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device [8086:4010]
03:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Qualcomm Atheros QCA8171 Gigabit Ethernet [1969:10a1] (rev 10)
Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] Device [1462:115b]
Kernel driver in use: alx
$ rfkill list
0: hci0: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
$ ip a
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default
link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
inet6 ::1/128 scope host
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UP group default qlen 1000
link/ether d8:cb:8a:f0:8a:49 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
inet 192.168.0.100/24 brd 192.168.0.255 scope global eth0
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
inet6 2a02:2168:cd9:3a00:d15c:db81:fc4b:2c84/64 scope global temporary dynamic
valid_lft 1757sec preferred_lft 1757sec
inet6 2a02:2168:cd9:3a00:dacb:8aff:fef0:8a49/64 scope global dynamic
valid_lft 1757sec preferred_lft 1757sec
inet6 fe80::dacb:8aff:fef0:8a49/64 scope link
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
$ dmesg | grep alx
[ 0.949169] alx 0000:03:00.0 eth0: Qualcomm Atheros AR816x/AR817x Ethernet [d8:cb:8a:f0:8a:49]
[ 3.812120] alx 0000:03:00.0 eth0: NIC Up: 1 Gbps Full
[ 397.971337] alx 0000:03:00.0 eth0: NIC Up: 1 Gbps Full
[ 447.273064] alx 0000:03:00.0 eth0: NIC Up: 1 Gbps Full
[ 451.340191] alx 0000:03:00.0 eth0: NIC Up: 1 Gbps Full
[ 451.399661] alx 0000:03:00.0 eth0: NIC Up: 1 Gbps Full
[ 534.210553] alx 0000:03:00.0 eth0: NIC Up: 1 Gbps Full
[ 536.330194] alx 0000:03:00.0 eth0: NIC Up: 1 Gbps Full
Так же имеется перекопанный интернет. Кучу вероятных "решений" проблем. Ни одно из которых не помогает.