I did update my Dell 8200 to Ubuntu 14.04 with no problems at all.Update retained my LXDE. What is the b43 issue? Is it related to USB wireless adapter problem? I just bought Netgear WNA3100M and have not been able to get it to work. After googling I had several conflicting stories about how to fix it. (I have also been wondering if my Belkin N300 could ever work.) 1) First I tried the ndiswrapper approach. I installed ndiswrapper programs and bcmwl-kernel-source and b43-fwcutter. Not too sure what part of broadcom-sta-source is installed. Had weird problem with Synaptic Package Manager -- every time my mouse passed over a display window, all the info disappeared!!! Sometimes if I played with the scroll bar, the info would reappear. WNA3100M never connected. It's possible I may also have Network settings wrong since I never tried to use wireless adapter before. I had same disappearing info. problem. Ubuntu seemed to override some of my settings. DNS was usually set to 127.0.1.1 overriding my DNS setting of 192.168.1.254 for AT&T U-verse router. 2) Then I went to Ask Ubuntu and found the rtl8192cu driver approach. Without uninstalling the stuff from step (1) above, I installed the driver using git clone https://github.com/lwfinger/rtl8192cu.git cd rtl8192cu make sudo make installBut the WNA3100M never worked. It sort of looked like it connected,but there was never any data transferred, and it sort of looked likeI was still on Ethernet (looking at Interfaces with System Profiler and Benchmarkand using lsusb and usb-devices) even though I unplugged the Ethernet cable. 3) FYII was able to use Netgear WNA3100M on Windows 8.1 Pro,but finding device (& rest of installation) failed on Windows 10 Pro. Can you explain what's happening & how to fix it? Dick McCullough Date: Sat, 8 Aug 2015 21:37:00 -0500 From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: Re: upgrade from Lubuntu 12 LTS to Lubuntu 14 LTS on old desktop? @Fritz I am was trying to explain not to use the 12.04 version of LXDE, sorry if that was unclear. To recap: You can install a PPA to have an up-to-date WM/DE (possibly even LXDE). So yes, you CAN stay on 12.04. But Dells usually work pretty well (aside from the b43 issue sometimes, maybe others). 14.04 is quite nice, so if they can upgrade I'd suggest it for sure. On 08/08/2015 12:47 PM, Fritz Hudnut wrote: Hi, In short: Yes you can, and should. Do not use 12.04 as the version of LXDE (what Lubuntu is built on) is not supported. In Long: You can still use 12.04 if you want to use a PPA to install a different interface. But even still 14.04 is a very snappy system. I'd suggest upgrading to 12.04 for many reasons. et al: Just to rebutt on this somewhat confusing advice, "do not use 12.04" followed by "I'd suggest upgrading to 12.04 for many reasons" ????? : - )) I still have Xu 12.04 running on my PM 3,1; I just got a number of updates even last weekend on it. I've considered the software reminders to "upgrade now to 14.04" on it . . . I did move my iBook 933 MHz w/ 546 MB RAM to 14.04, but doing so was not as trouble free as doing a 12.04 install. In 14 I had to do an xorg.conf file to keep display from freezing, and, then among other issues, the i2c thingie so that there is no sound. Of course this is in the **problem area*** of being PPC, but, in comparison, 12.04 installed w/o issues, and, other than not having "suspend" . . . it is fine. There is always a new flavor of linux coming down the pike, but, for the old hardware perhaps whatever runs best/easiest is the best choice. Will I ever bring my PM up to 14??? perhaps; I recently tested the LiveDVD of Lu 14.04.2 on it, and posted my experience of having no need for boot params, it was a bit "snappier" as far as running commands in the Terminal went; but then the window title bar text is illegible . . . whereas everywhere else the display resolution was fine . . . . Very odd, not a total showstopper, but, why take time to upgrade the old machine, and then spend time getting it to do basic stuff, stuff that 12.04 is doing just fine??? Didn't get any comments from the list on that one . . . in terms of suggestions on how to render titlebar text so it would be read-able, or ideas on why it would be un-readable, when the rest is fine. Israel has mentioned "ToriOS" here on the list a few times along with JWM, which is possibly still based on 12.04??? Would that be a way to get an update on 12.04, but still keep the stability and ease of installation . . . rather than increasing system requirements on hardware to move it up to 14?? Just trying to show that there might be benefit for staying with 12 on low spec equipment. F. PS: Someone mentioned qupzilla here and awhile back, so I was looking for a browser that could work on my PPC stuff . . . couldn't get it to show up in 12, but on the iBook with 14 it did, so I installed it . . . when I tried to "go" to Gmail or other webmail pages, it crashed--several times . . . it was "removed." : - ) -- Regards -- Lubuntu-users mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users
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