Wireless problem

[Clay Weber]

On Sunday, June 06, 2010 01:38:28 pm Harry Hersh wrote:
> Clay,
> 
> When I try to run
> 
> >  sudo apt-get install b43-fwcutter
> 
> the following appears
> 	Reading package lists... Done
> 	Building dependency tree
> 	Reading state information... Done
> 	E: Couldn't find package b43-fwcutter
> 
> > Have you tried the Restricted Driver Manager, found in the 
System
> > section of the K-menu? It should simplify the process for you.
> 
> In my K-menu / System are the following
> 	Adept Manager (Manage Packages)
> 	HPLIP Toolbox (Printer Toolbox)
> 	KCron (Task Scheduler)
> 	Keep (Backup System)
> 	KInfoCenter (Info Center)
> 	Konsole (Terminal Program)
> 	KSysGuard (Performance Monitor)
> 	KSystemLog (System Logs Viewer)
> 	Kubuntu Device Database
> Nothing remotely looking like a Restricted Driver Manager
> 
> Does this make any sense? I am running the 10.04 version of 
Kubuntu.

I don't think you are. Some of the above apps are KDE3, and the 
Kubuntu Device Database has not been around for quite a few years. 
Adept has not been included for the past few releases.

There has been a b43-fwcutter available since 8.04, so you must be 
running a very, very old version. I am not even sure if the kernel you 
have even supports Broadcom wifi cards, and if it does it would take a 
fair amount of work to gt it working.

If you run the command

$ uname -r

we can see which kernel you have, which will also let us know what 
version of Kubuntu you have

Clay


> Harry Hersh
> 
> On Jun 5, 2010, at 3:18 PM, Clay Weber wrote:
> > On Saturday, June 05, 2010 01:14:48 pm Harry Hersh wrote:
> >> I just installed Kubuntu on my Dell Latitude D400. The hardwire
> > 
> > (tcp/ip)
> > 
> >> connection into my router works fine but I cannot get the 
wireless
> >> capability to work, even though it did when I was running XT on 
this
> >> hardware. The wireless modem in the laptop is a Broadcom 
BCM4306,
> > 
> > which I
> > 
> >> understand from browsing around causes problems for many, 
but
> > 
> > being a
> > 
> >> unix/linux user but not a guru, I can't figure this out. When I try 
to
> > 
> > run
> > 
> >> sudo apt-get install ndiswrapper-utils
> >> the response is that ndiswraper-utils doesn't exist. Same for
> >> 
> >> 	sudo apt-get install bcm43xx-fwcutter -w /lib/firmware
> >> 
> >> ~Desktop/wl_apsta.o.
> > 
> > that command is confusing apt-get. Try running this to install the 
b43-
> > fwcutter package, which will download and copy the needed 
firmware
> > files to the correct places:
> > 
> > $ sudo apt-get install b43-fwcutter
> > 
> > Leave off the extra text you added, apt does not understand that
> > portion. It is looking at your command as a set of packages to 
install,
> > and "-w /lib/firmware ~Desktop/wl_apsta.o." is not a package 
name or
> > option string for apt.
> > 
> > Have you tried the Restricted Driver Manager, found in the 
System
> > section of the K-menu? It should simplify the process for you.
> > 
> >> Can someone clarify what the problem is, and how I might be 
able to
> > 
> > resolve
> > 
> >> it.
> > 
> > part of the problem is the extreme abundance of forum posts, 
blogs,
> > wiki pages, email list archives, etc making it really difficult to 
weed
> > out what is relevant to you and the exact version of Kubuntu you 
are
> > using. Sometimes the exact package names changes as the 
years go by (or
> > months even), so searching for problems it is important to see 
you are
> > getting the newest dates possible, or try first searching
> > help.ubuntu.com or wiki.ubuntu.com first as it may be easier to 
find
> > the latest info.
> > 
> > As an example, in more recent versions, there is no package 
called
> > ndiswrapper-utils, it is now called ndiswrapper-utils-1.9 (!??!). This 
is
> > why using a gui package manager still has plenty of advantages 
and
> > uses ;)
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Clay Weber