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[Fritz Hudnut <este.el.paz@xxxxxxxxx>]

Boris:

Ah, right, that's what I was wondering . . . so if I run
"firmware-b43-installer" . . . will that override the
"firmware-b43-legacy-installer" command that I already ran?  I got confused
in thinking about my experiences with my older iMac, which I think took
"legacy" . . . and the iBook, which does have the AE card . . . .

Anyway, at work on my MBPro . . . have to get back to the iBook tomorrow .
. . .

Thanks for the help, much appreciated,

F

On Sat, Nov 1, 2014 at 2:24 PM, Boris Reinhard <
reinhard.boris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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.paz@xxxxxxxxx>:
>
> @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 <Aere@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > 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
>>>
>>>
>>