Wireless problem

[Mark Greenwood]

On Sunday 06 Jun 2010 18:38:28 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.

It's normally called 'Hardware Drivers'. Try "sudo apt-get install jockey-kde"

Your system menu looks very strange. Adept hasn't been used in 2 releases, it was phased out in favour of KPackageKit, and you have a host of other missing stuff too. Your installation looks minimal, or broken. Are you sure you installed 10.04? Which installer did you use?

Mark

> 
> 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
> > 
> 
> 
>