<div dir="ltr">Well. Things just weren't going anywhere on the "try it" basis, so I bit the bullet and installed Ubuntu. Now I don't have either ethernet (yes, the cable is connected, and it worked fine during the installation) or WiFi. I'm guessing it would be best to close the present thread and start a new one. If so, where should I start it? FWIW, I am making a little progress (I think) on finding my way around Ubuntu, and am attaching a couple of screen shots: ifconfig, and ispci (wouldn't run). Bob </div><div class="gmail_extra"> <div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jun 1, 2014 at 10:56 PM, Fred Roller <<a href="mailto:fredroller66@gmail.com" target="_blank">fredroller66@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On 06/01/2014 07:53 PM, Robert Miner wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> Using the $ lspci command (I don't yet know what the last part of the recommended command is, or how to type it!), I got a bunch of stuff which shows I definitely have a Broadcom card (BCM 4311). When I used the command to install firmware-b43-installer, the response was "Unable to locate package firmware-b43-installer." Similar reply when I tried the sudo command apt-get install linux-firmware-nonfree. "Unable to locate, etc" </blockquote> Try open the Software Center and cut and paste: linux-firmware-nonfree into the search field (upper right corner). The package is in the apt center as I just looked it up. If you don't see it one of two things may be going on. 1) Double check your Internet connection, or 2) We need to activate additional repository for the package. Though I doubt the latter because I didn't have to with a scratch build on my system. I simply built, updated, and then installed the linux-firmware-nonfree in that order. (note: just tried a Virtual machine build and saw/installed the package. Rebooted to live cd and saw/installed the package. So linux-firmware-nonfree is in there; no tweaks or changes.) As for the screen shots you usually have two options. the "Print Screen" key around the upper right of the keyboard (Fastest - easiest) or Accessories > Screenshot which give a few more options on what you capture. Both work well. There are other wigets you can explore later of course. -- - Fred "Only those who can see the invisible can accomplish the impossible." - Anonymous -- xubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users</a> </blockquote></div> </div>