This is not a call for help but a rather perplexing couple of things that happened to me installing Z17. Running from the installation media it took a while to recognize the WiFi card. And when it did it offered me to either use the proprietary driver (BCM) or not.
What was I supposed to do, wait until there is an open driver? Of course I told it to use it.
And after a while I was convinced to install it. Nice and dandy till it came to drivers. Again, the installation told me there was a problem with the WiFi card driver. Whaaat? It was supposed to be working already. Instead I ended up with a disconnected machine and halfway before complete installation because THE INSTALLER REMOVED THE PREVIOUS DRIVER BEFORE LOADING A NEW ONE. For reasons I'm not near a wired connection so what I did was to hook my phone to the pc and get a wired connection.
This is dumb. I know almost all flavors of linux are free and people do it voluntarily but it doesn't make itself any favors making it unnecesarily convoluted to get into. I'm hardly a n00b (I've been opening computers since the 80s) and I'm loath to go back to CLI just because some guy thinks it's the way to go. How hard is to make a control panel with a device manager??
Also, Chrome. This reliance on snap is good since it doesn't hunt for unsatisfied dependencies (kinda a container format with everything needed to get it running) but again, since google only offers Chrome in APT the system just ignores it. Again, jumping through hoops to get it running. And since it hasn't the metadata snap packages do, it shows no name, maker, only the version.
On the plus side, it properly recognizes my no-name BT usb dongle.
So there you have it. Happy new year to all.
/r
Then can you please provide us with the results of:
sudo lshw -C network
and post back the results please.
I got it already but here it goes:
*-network
descripción: Interfaz inalámbrica
producto: BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY
fabricante: Broadcom Inc. and subsidiaries
id físico: 0
información del bus: pci@0000:06:00.0
nombre lógico: wlp6s0
versión: 01
serie: 00:24:2b:bb:9c:38
anchura: 64 bits
reloj: 33MHz
capacidades: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
configuración: broadcast=yes driver=wl0 driverversion=6.30.223.271 (r587334) ip=192.168.1.69 latency=0 multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11
recursos: irq:19 memoria:f4000000-f4003fff
I thought of getting me a newer wifi card but aliexpress chinese stuff gives me pause.
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Installing BCM4312 Drivers on Ubuntu 22.04
The BCM4312 is an older wireless card, and its support has been deprecated in recent Ubuntu versions. However, you can still install the necessary drivers using the following steps:
- Update your package list: Run the command
sudo apt update to ensure your package list is up-to-date.
- Install the firmware-b43-installer package: Run the command
sudo apt install firmware-b43-installer to install the firmware package for the b43 driver.
- Install the b43 driver: Run the command
sudo apt install b43-fwcutter to install the b43 driver.
- Extract and install the firmware: Run the command
sudo b43-fwcutter -w /lib/firmware wl_apsta-3.130.20.0.o (note: this may require some trial and error to find the correct firmware file).
Alternatively, you can try installing the firmware-b43-lpphy-installer package, which is specifically designed for the BCM4312 chip:
- Install the firmware-b43-lpphy-installer package: Run the command
sudo apt install firmware-b43-lpphy-installer.
- Restart your system: Reboot your Ubuntu 22.04 system to apply the changes.
After installing the drivers, you may need to reload the b43 module using the command sudo modprobe -r b43 && sudo modprobe b43. This will reload the driver and make your wireless interface available.
Note: The b43 driver is an open-source driver, and its performance may not be as good as the proprietary Broadcom STA driver. Additionally, the BCM4312 chip is no longer supported by Broadcom, and the driver may not receive updates or bug fixes.
If you encounter any issues or errors during the installation process, you can refer to the Ubuntu documentation or online forums for further assistance.
I got it already. It was a minor obstacle but a major nuisance for me... IMHO that's not doing it right. Consider it closed.