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Linux Lite does not see my wi-fi. Slitaz, Watt os, Knoppix everything else does.

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rokytnji:
I guess I need to do the heavy lifting here

http://www.linlap.com/fujitsu_amilo_a1630


--- Quote ---Wireless   Yes   Use the rt2500 driver
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But I still say we need more facts like the outputs of terminal commands before proceeding to trouble shoot this issue.

N4RPS:
Hello!


--- Quote from: ARNOLD SENIOR on April 01, 2015, 05:58:03 AM ---I am just a bit confused by some of the suggestions as to possible causes of the problem. If my wireless hardware is working OK with other Linux distributions and with Windows then one thinks that it should work with Lite. Frt example things like BIOS settings and wireless switch would seem to have universal effect what ever the programme. I am just about brand new to these things so my thinking may well be faulty.  Just thought I would see what you chaps think.
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Sir, if things were only that simple... Hardware switches are just that - hardware. Were this firmware in the BIOS, this would be a non-issue. Sadly, the BIOS is too small to hold the added code. As for 'faulty thoughts', I have more than a few of those MYSELF!

We REALLY *WOULD* like to help you both out with this, so that you can upgrade to 2.X with a minimum of grief. If you (and Dart) will work with us a little, we can most likely get this straightened out for the both of you rather quickly, as we have for many others before.

http://askubuntu.com/questions/55868/installing-broadcom-wireless-drivers explains it in  detail, but if you enter


--- Code: ---lspci -nn -d 14e4:
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into a terminal window as the link says to and reply back with the message it returns, we can then proceed further.

Some of what's mentioned in the link does not apply to Linux Lite, so just enter the aforementioned command and stop there, and we can move on once we know what it tells us. Personally, I think their answer is more complicated that it needs to be...

73 DE N4RPS
Rob

Dart:
Good luck with that - I'm still using Linux Lite Amethyst which includes the Broadcom BCM4318 driver (works 100% for me) - I've tried to install a newer version of Lite and searched on how to manually install the driver since it's no longer included and I just can't get it to work based on instructions found around the net.  There are still a few distros out there which still include it tho... I just happen to like LLite  :-\

rokytnji:
Each Distro is cooked different though made from the same animal.

Example. My AntiX 15 Beta 1 testing install does not have any Systemd in it. Even when I dist-upgrade.
My older AntiX 13.2 install that is current through dist-upgrade has Systemd all through it.

See. Same distro. Different releases. Different recipes.
I am trying to keep this as simple as possible.

It is like People. You have this big family where everyone has the same parent.
But the off spring you hire for a task approach the job differently according to their
own personalities. Same but different.

So different hardware. Interacting with different software. Sometimes the results are different.
Because Computers are complicated things. Especially when you are installing operating systems.

That was why I posted the commands above to see what is going on with your laptop.
Because I am on the Mexican Border.
So I am not standing next to you to see what is going on.
 

ARNOLD SENIOR:
I am just a bit confused by some of the suggestions as to possible causes of the problem. If my wireless hardware is working OK with other Linux distributions and with Windows then one thinks that it should work with Lite. Frt example things like BIOS settings and wireless switch would seem to have universal effect what ever the programme. I am just about brand new to these things so my thinking may well be faulty.  Just thought I would see what you chaps think.

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