Installing Linux Mint 17.3 on Acer Aspire E5-573G

First steps

As usual, download the iso for Linux Mint 17.3 at their website. Burn it to a USB drive and install it on you PC

Fixing broken stuff

Once the system is installed, you will notice that some hardware does not work. In my case, the touchpad is not always enabled, and the WiFi card is not recognized. In this step, they will be fixed.

Upgrading the kernel

Upgrading the kernel to (at least) 4.4.2 will fix the touchpad and help to fix the WiFi in a later step.

First, download the deb packages:

wget kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.4.2-wily/linux-headers-4.4.2-040402_4.4.2-040402.201602171633_all.deb
wget kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.4.2-wily/linux-headers-4.4.2-040402-generic_4.4.2-040402.201602171633_amd64.deb
wget kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.4.2-wily/linux-image-4.4.2-040402-generic_4.4.2-040402.201602171633_amd64.deb

Then, install them:

sudo dpkg -i linux-headers-4.4.2*.deb linux-image-4.4.2*.deb

Finally, reboot:

sudo reboot

Installing additional Atheros firmware

In addition to the kernel upgrade, you will need to install additional Atheros firmware to make the WiFi work.

Modify the config files

echo "options ath10k_core skip_otp=y" | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/ath10k_core.conf

Download the firmware for the WiFi card

git clone https://github.com/kvalo/ath10k-firmware.git

Copy the firmware to appropriate locations.

sudo cp -r ath10k-firmware/QCA9377 /lib/firmware/ath10k/
sudo cp /lib/firmware/ath10k/QCA9377/hw1.0/firmware-5.bin_WLAN.TF.1.0-00267-1 /lib/firmware/ath10k/QCA9377/hw1.0/firmware-5.bin

Reboot your machine.

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