@Aere: Thanks for that, but right, it's all about "cost/benefit" ratio . . . I've been through this wifi thing a number of times but ubuntu sort of made me "lazy" as it and LM both offer the "additional drivers" option, and budda-bing . . . wifi was installed. Even thinking that in my previous install of 14.04 I had the wifi set up??? but maybe not . . . .
I have looked over these broadcom driver lists before . . . but, fairly certain that 12.04 provided the "additional drivers" on wifi . . . but, clearly it's been "modified" in 14.04 . . . . F On Sat, Nov 1, 2014 at 11:53 AM, Aere Greenway <a...@dvorak-keyboards.com> wrote: > On 11/01/2014 11:58 AM, Fritz Hudnut wrote: > >> I eagerly ran those commands, and stuff happened . . . but on reboot the >> same error message showed up, checked add'l drivers--no drivers available. >> Maybe the G4 iBook isn't "b43-legacy"?? Same commands but without >> "legacy"?? I know that traditionally wifi has been one of the "snafu's" . >> . . it's not "mission critical" right now, but, benefit of a laptop is--it >> can move . . . . >> > > Fritz: > > I don't know what hardware your machine has, and what will solve the > problem. What you described reminded me of other things I have > encountered, so I suggested something to look at. > > According to the information displayed by Synaptic Package Manager > (probably coming from the packages themselves): > > firmware-b43legacy-installer > > This package downloads and installs the firmware needed by the b43legacy > kernel driver for some Broadcom 43xx wireless network cards. > > Supported chipsets: > * BCM4301; > * BCM4306/2; > * BCM4306. > > firmware-b43-installer > > This package downloads and installs the firmware needed by the b43 > kernel driver for some Broadcom 43xx wireless network cards. > > Supported chipsets: > * BCM4306/3; > * BCM4311; > * BCM4318; > * BCM4321; > * BCM4322 (only 14e4:432b); > * BCM4312 (with Low-Power a.k.a. LP-PHY). > > If your hardware is not one of the above, either package will be of no > help. > > Wireless access is something I struggle with in Linux. To deal with it, I > have a number of wireless dongles that plug into a USB port, that work > out-of-the-box. > > I can plug one of those wireless dongles into the machine until I get the > wireless the machine has working. > > Internet searches have provided useful information on how to get the > wireless to work. But I have not always succeeded in getting it working, > and in some cases, what you have to do to get it working is not (to me) > worth the work (and the risk to the system). > > -- > Sincerely, > Aere > >
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