I've also read up on a bunch of discussions on the issue, if there any chance that there will be an official solution any time soon?
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sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-generic
wget https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/projects/backports/stable/v4.1.1/backports-4.1.1-1.tar.xz
tar xvfJ backports-4.1.1-1.tar.xz
cd backports-4.1.1-1
make defconfig-ath10k
make
sudo make install
[ 2.225341] nouveau [ PGRAPH][0000:01:00.0] using external firmware
[ 2.225352] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Direct firmware load failed with error -2
[ 2.225581] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Direct firmware load failed with error -2
[ 13.456343] ath10k_pci 0000:07:00.0: Direct firmware load failed with error -2
[ 13.456655] ath10k_pci 0000:07:00.0: Direct firmware load failed with error -2
[ 13.456917] ath10k_pci 0000:07:00.0: could not fetch firmware file 'ath10k/QCA6174/hw2.1/firmware-4.bin': -12
[ 13.456926] ath10k_pci 0000:07:00.0: Direct firmware load failed with error -2
[ 13.457195] ath10k_pci 0000:07:00.0: could not fetch firmware file 'ath10k/QCA6174/hw2.1/firmware-3.bin': -12
[ 13.457226] ath10k_pci 0000:07:00.0: Direct firmware load failed with error -2
[ 13.457481] ath10k_pci 0000:07:00.0: could not fetch firmware file 'ath10k/QCA6174/hw2.1/firmware-2.bin': -12
[ 13.457487] ath10k_pci 0000:07:00.0: Direct firmware load failed with error -2
[ 13.457754] ath10k_pci 0000:07:00.0: could not fetch firmware files (-12)
Or replace the card with an Intel 7260 if your BIOS doesn't have a whitelist. If it does have a whitelist a USB dongle like the TP Link WN722N 150 Mbps works well in Linux
soph wrote:So I'm supposed to buy additional hardware despite having a brand new perfectly working one? Does that sound like a fair deal to you?
No; it sounds like bad luck. And that's what you appear to have had, when you bought that machine. Sh*t happens.....
Undoubtedly that wireless chipset will become supported in Linux, after some time. But of course that won't help you now, so the advice of JeremyB is sound.
Plug-and-play in Linux Mint 17.x. And always handy to have around, even when you can remove it because the internal wifi chipset has become supported (probably within a year or so).
There is a solution to this problem. That's how I've managed to fix this issue on my Acer V17 nitro. You need to download the ath10k-dkms_1.1_all.deb patch provided in the above mentioned treat, and install dkms. Than download the linux-headers-3.19.0-28_3.19.0-28.30_all.deb; linux-headers-3.19.0-28-generic_3.19.0-28.30_amd64.deb; linux-image-3.19.0-28-generic_3.19.0-28.30_amd64.deb; linux-image-extra-3.19.0-28-generic_3.19.0-28.30_amd64.deb. I've got mine from launchpad.
Run terminal in the directory where are the downloaded files and Install the kernel with:
sudo dpkg -i linux-headers-3.19.0-28_3.19.0-28.30_all.deb linux-headers-3.19.0-28-generic_3.19.0-28.30_amd64.deb linux-image-3.19.0-28-generic_3.19.0-28.30_amd64.deb linux-image-extra-3.19.0-28-generic_3.19.0-28.30_amd64.deb
than reboot
after the reboot install the ath10k-dkms_1.1 patch, reboot again and everything should be fine.
I hope this will help you. Sorry for the bad English but it's not my native language.