Re: iBook G4 - Wireless

On Wed, 20 May 2020 at 18:00, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > > On 5/20/20 6:58 PM, Rui Salvaterra wrote: > > On Wed, 20 May 2020 at 17:56, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz > > wrote: > >> > >> I recommend using nmcli for network configuration on the command line, it's > >> convenient and supports

Re: iBook G4 - Wireless

On 5/20/20 6:58 PM, Rui Salvaterra wrote: > On Wed, 20 May 2020 at 17:56, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz > wrote: >> >> I recommend using nmcli for network configuration on the command line, it's >> convenient and supports everything that network-manager supports. > > Nah… nmtui. ;) Ah, I haven't

Re: iBook G4 - Wireless

On Wed, 20 May 2020 at 17:56, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > > I recommend using nmcli for network configuration on the command line, it's > convenient and supports everything that network-manager supports. Nah… nmtui. ;)

Re: iBook G4 - Wireless

On 5/20/20 6:17 PM, Rui Salvaterra wrote: > On Wed, 20 May 2020 at 16:05, Mick Bert wrote: >> >> But when I type the command iwlist, it give me:*| > > iwlist is for very old WEXT-based drivers, IIRC. For modern > mac80211-based drivers (like b43) using the nl80211 configuration > interface, you

Re: iBook G4 - Wireless

https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/drivers/b43 Mick Bert schreef op 2020-05-20 17:05: Il 01/02/19 16:59, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz ha scritto: See: http://snapshot.debian.org/package/b43-fwcutter/1%3A019-3/ Hello I downloaded and installed b43-fwcutter

Re: iBook G4 - Wireless

Hi, Mick, On Wed, 20 May 2020 at 16:05, Mick Bert wrote: > > But when I type the command iwlist, it give me:*| iwlist is for very old WEXT-based drivers, IIRC. For modern mac80211-based drivers (like b43) using the nl80211 configuration interface, you need to use iw. Cheers, Rui

Re: iBook G4 - Wireless

Il 01/02/19 16:59, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz ha scritto: See: http://snapshot.debian.org/package/b43-fwcutter/1%3A019-3/ Hello I downloaded and installed b43-fwcutter and |*firmware-b43-installer_019-3with dpkg -i, and it looks to

Re: iBook G4 - Wireless

On 7/4/19 9:51 PM, Riccardo Mottola wrote: > John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: >> If you find something like those missing packages, put it on the TODO list >> in the Debian Wiki for PowerPC. The b43-fwcutter package is already on the >> list, however, so don’t worry. > > just a kind reminder:

Re: iBook G4 - Wireless

Hi Adrian John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: If you find something like those missing packages, put it on the TODO list in the Debian Wiki for PowerPC. The b43-fwcutter package is already on the list, however, so don’t worry. just a kind reminder: it is still missing :) Riccardo

Re: iBook G4 - Wireless

> On Feb 4, 2019, at 2:22 PM, Riccardo Mottola > wrote: > > PS: it would of course help other users of this card to have b43-fwcutte > readily available in current apt sources. Yes, I am aware of that. We have that already on the list but my time is limited and working on Debian Ports is

Re: iBook G4 - Wireless

Hi Adrian, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: I don't think this error message is related to your CPU but rather to your WiFi chipset. I would try installing the legacy version of the driver. I will be able to test this myself in around a month after I have moved into my new apartment. I will

Re: iBook G4 - Wireless

On 2/2/19 2:23 PM, Riccardo Mottola wrote: > dmesg tells me: > [16259.858142] b43-wlan ERROR: Dual-core devices are not supported > [16259.861747] b43: probe of ssb0:0 failed with error -524 > [16259.878169] Broadcom 43xx driver loaded [ Features: PNLS ] > > my iBook is for sure not Dual-core!

Re: iBook G4 - Wireless

Hi Adrian, On 2/1/19 4:59 PM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: See: http://snapshot.debian.org/package/b43-fwcutter/1%3A019-3/ fine, I downloaded and installed b43-fwcutter using dpkg. Then following this guide: https://wiki.debian.org/bcm43xx#b43-b43legacy I installed apt-get install

Re: iBook G4 - Wireless

> On Feb 1, 2019, at 4:20 PM, Riccardo Mottola > wrote: > > Hi all, > > Riccardo Mottola wrote: >> >> any news on getting b43-fwcutter in our current repositories? >> >> Alternatively, how can I install the sid version: can I somehow download the >> .deb manually (from where?) and install

Re: iBook G4 - Wireless

Hi all, Riccardo Mottola wrote: any news on getting b43-fwcutter in our current repositories? Alternatively, how can I install the sid version: can I somehow download the .deb manually (from where?) and install it with dpkg? may I ask again? I'm still using an USB dongle which is pretty

Re: iBook G4 - Wireless

Hi all! swamprock wrote: You can use Jessie’s fwcutter. This is what I did when I discovered that it hadn’t been updated for sid. any news on getting b43-fwcutter in our current repositories? Alternatively, how can I install the sid version: can I somehow download the .deb manually (from

Re: iBook G4 - Wireless

Sent from ProtonMail Mobile On Mon, Jan 7, 2019 at 2:09 PM, Riccardo Mottola wrote: > Hi, > > Brock suggested me to look here: > > https://wiki.debian.org/PowerPC/FAQ#How_do_I_get_wireless_working.3F > > there is a typo for sure, lscpi is probably lspci,. > > In any case it suggests

Re: iBook G4 - Wireless

Hi, Brock suggested me to look here: https://wiki.debian.org/PowerPC/FAQ#How_do_I_get_wireless_working.3F there is a typo for sure, lscpi is probably lspci,. In any case it suggests firmware-b43-installer, however that one and firmware-b43legacy-installer require the package b43-fwcutter