Hello. I have a Mac Mini 5.1 from 2011 on which I installed Zorin OS 17.2 Pro. Everything works fine, but I sometimes have problems disconnecting the Wifi. It's not frequent but it happens. I've seen that there are quite a few problems with Linux in this respect. I searched via the terminal and my Broadcom card is version [14e4:16b4] (rev10). Does anyone have a clear tutorial for installing the right driver? Thank you.
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Did You take a Look in the ''Additional Drivers'' Tab in Software & Updates if there is a Driver offered?
The Broadcom driver is considered Proprietary.
Distributions are not allowed to include it; however, it is permissible for the user to install it at will. Legalities, funny things.
Because of this, Broadcom users often must manually install the driver.
sudo apt update && sudo apt install firmware-b43-installer
Thanks for the answer. Just type the command in the terminal? I know that Zorin has installed additional drivers, how can I check what has already been installed? What is the terminal command for this?
Hi. I know Zorin installed additional drivers, but did he install the right driver, I don't know.
You can run lspci -k to list PCI connected devices and the associated kernel drivers being used. It should output something like this:
00:14.3 Network controller: Intel Corporation Wi-Fi 6 AX201 (rev 20)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Wi-Fi 6 AX201
Kernel driver in use: iwlwifi
Kernel modules: iwlwifi
What Driver do it show You in the Additional Drivers Tab? Does it show any Driver for it?