[Bug 1958038] [NEW] What package to report this about? Wifi driver not by default, but package is available.

Sun Jan 16 01:25:10 UTC 2022

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This is not rare issue, and will be more needed, since people will stop
using 32-bit windows and will want to have Ubuntu 18.04 32-bit to work
out-of-box and even before end of life comming to this in 2023 year,
then it was already not a rare issue. Needs to be fixed before EOL, so
that old 32- bit people can join to fix with old computers that wont
work on windows to fix bug #1

So was trying to find out why i have errors when updating just clean
installed 32 bit 18.04.5 for thinking that i moved lan. I think moved,
but turns out also had another problem- wifi driver isnt automatically
installed even when have lan connection and need to search around.

Some people finding solution (cant find this link now) has been installing also broadcom-sta-dkms, that made lan not work and for newbies and me a little knowing, its hard to think to remove something that im just for testing triaging solution finding process installing wrong one.
So need to have package installed when its been hardware detected or mentions, that need to get new package for wifi thrue manual USB delivery and command help or lan connection, if exists.

Package sudo apt install firmware-b43-installer
installs also b43-fwcutter

It should be that hardware is detected and auto selected to install.

TL:DR

Long story with error commands.
https://askubuntu.com/questions/1387292/old-32-bit-dell-inspiron-1300-18-04-5-kubuntu-installing-with-3rd-party-soft-l?noredirect=1#comment2395343_1387292

Others with problem already SINCE 16.04
https://askubuntu.com/a/1387312/9550

Before people were doing it manually, then was made that firmware-b43-installer using this b43-fwcutter manual solution
https://askubuntu.com/questions/689568/dell-inspiron-1300-installed-now-no-internet

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: xorg 1:7.7+19ubuntu7.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-94.106~18.04.1-generic 5.4.157
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-94-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.27
Architecture: i386
CompositorRunning: None
Date: Sat Jan 15 23:41:10 2022
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: bionic
DistroVariant: ubuntu
GraphicsCard:
 Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller [8086:2592] (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Dell Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller [1028:01c9]
   Subsystem: Dell Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller [1028:01c9]
InstallationDate: Installed on 2022-01-15 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 18.04.5 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release i386 (20200806.1)
Lsusb:
 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
 Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
 Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
 Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
 Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
MachineType: Dell Inc. ME051
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=
 TERM=xterm-256color
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=lv_LV.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.4.0-94-generic root=UUID=8c2d7681-4766-4186-bb7a-845993d56fb2 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=1
SourcePackage: xorg
Symptom: display
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 11/07/2006
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A10
dmi.board.name: 0RJ272
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.type: 8
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA10:bd11/07/2006:svnDellInc.:pnME051:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0RJ272:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr:
dmi.product.name: ME051
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
version.compiz: compiz N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.101-2~18.04.1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 20.0.8-0ubuntu1~18.04.1
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 20.0.8-0ubuntu1~18.04.1
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core N/A
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev N/A
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati N/A
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel N/A
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau N/A

** Affects: kubuntu-meta (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Tags: apport-bug bionic i386 ubuntu
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What package to report this about? Wifi driver not by default, but package is available.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1958038
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