Almost there Fritz, you will need to run
firmware-b43-installer the legacy one is for oder cards, yours is one of the newer Airport extreme cards. Am 01.11.2014 21:30 schrieb "Fritz Hudnut" <este.el....@gmail.com>: > @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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