Running MX Linux on an old MacBook Pro. Your instructions worked a treat. Went from 20 MBS to 295 MBS .Nearly fell off my chair. Linux needs more people like you. I trawled through a mountain of crap before coming across this video. You explain things without being condescending. Well done and thanks a million!!!!!!!!!
I followed you until I found out that for card ID (14e4:43a0) (rev. 3) there is a "special procedure #3" to be used for a MacBook Air 2013 in my situation. I scrolled down the Ubuntu page, followed the special procedures, rebooted the Mac and now I've got connection when before I had no wifi card even recognized. This procedure was used for the most recently released KDE Neon distro. Thanks a bunch for this video!
Worked!! Lubuntu running on an old Macbook Pro Early 2008 with internal Wi-Fi. Had no wired connection, but a old Belkin USB Dongle did the trick to download the necessary driver files.
I am So excited that I have given you a subscription...I have watched almost 20 videos looking for answers but in vain. This is the only video that has worked.. Thank you
signed in to say...this worked for me....good work!....now if I can get my printers to work I'll have an actual computer.....thanks for this video.....again, good work!
@12Krypton The lspci command is part of the pciutils package. Mint 21.1 might not have the complete pciutils package which can be installed by running the command: sudo apt install pciutils Then you'll hopefully be able to run the lspci command without having to reboot.
I'm trying to install a Asus USB-AC53 Nano MyPC@MyPC-Inspiron-5521:~$ sudo apt install pciutils [sudo] password for MyPCName: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Reading state information... Done pciutils is already the newest version (1:3.7.0-6). 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 12 not upgraded. MyPC@MyPC-Inspiron-5521:~$ ^C
I just installed ubuntu 22.10 My first linux. After a reboot, the mouse stops working and I can't check if it's done. It's something wrong with this distribution.😡 same with other updates..
@mateusztracz818 I've tried both Ubuntu 22.10 & 22.04 and have found a few little issues in 22.10 on my system. Ubuntu 22.04 doesn't have those same issues so I've stayed on 22.04.
I've tried following similar instructions before with no success. I'll try again following this video closely. Can't help but notice that you installed the same package you purged (would be the same for my card), and linux-firmware was already installed, so maybe the magic is in updating the PCI IDs? 🤷🏻♂️
it seems Debian (Debian based) distros do well with firmware/drivers despite the kernel being a few generations behind...I'm about to inherit my wife's old Lenovo lappy as she's upgrading and I was thinking of pushing the boat out with an Arch distro (specifically Garuda) but something tells me I'll be reverting to a Deb OS to get it going.....as a long time Windows user it's equal parts excitement and frustration working with Linux but I'm determined to persist, Win11 isn't a pleasant future to look forward to despite the fact it'll no doubt work out of the (modded) box....thanks again for the tips, cheers!
I totally agree, Debian distros do it right in terms of hardware support - one of the many reasons I use MX Linux as a daily driver. I am exploring the world of Ubuntu flavours though due to my multimedia work and some of them are really good. Although Windows works out of the box, none of my hardware is compatible with the newer versions. I still use Windows 8.1 as I've found it more stable and quicker on my machine than Win10. Thanks for your great comment!
First attempt failed as I should have cleared the TPM ready for the new Zorin install as secure boot is required for 3rd party drivers. Also after running "lspci -nn -d 14e4" on the second attempt I got "lspci: -d: ':' expected" instead of displaying BCM...etc, I thought I had bricked the thing but after the install wifi now works. Thanks for this fix, your content is great.
If somebody doesn´t have the ethernet to usb connector to get wired internet, does BT tethering work? I disabled wireless and tethered to my phone through bluetooth but did it in Mantic Minotaur. Will this work once Ubuntu is installed in the Macbook air?
@bsdslacker You should be able to tether to the internet using bluetooth and then you'll be able to install your wifi driver. A few people have asked about doing so on askubuntu.com
Best channel I've ever stumbled upon, thank you so much sir. The information is on point, and so is your personality and your image. Bit thank you again for the tutorial. Thank you thank you thank you. ❤ Edit: you explain it so well too.
Im using a HP Stream 11 and have gotten the broadcom id # but cannot bring up the 14e4- xxxx number your referencing. Im using Bodhi, but have had this issue in Lubuntu, Puppy, Mint and others. Ill try again. But this is a pain, very frustrating!
@trashyaudiophile7301 I've been encountering issues too with Broadcom WiFi cards on a couple of my old laptops with some of the newer distro versions. Fortunately I've managed to fix the issue simply by running the following in terminal: sudo update-pciids Hope this works for you too!
All these steps worked to get the WIFI to technically work but its ridiculously slow on my 2012 late Mac Mini running Pop OS... like barely 4 or 5 Mbps, whereas my Windows laptop gets consistently over 600 Mbps on same network. Any ideas as to what I am missing?
I tried it out but how can I update something if internet is not even working?? This doesn't make any sense! So the command 'sudo apt update -y' tries to update packages but how is it possible withount internet connection? I installed ubuntu lunar on my macbook and cannot connect to the internet because of missing drivers from broadcom. How can I install it from a file? Br Marcel and thank you for your effort!
@iceman280782 Perhaps try connecting to the internet using an ethernet cable. You should be able to run the updates and go online. Thanks for your comment.
@sharathchandra5787 Not sure if the same dependencies will work. Perhaps create a Timeshift snapshot you could go back to if it doesn't work before trying.
Grade job but in my case it doesn't work all the packeges I try are not found... !!!!! I try everything but I seam s that all the packeges are deleted?!!!!!!!😡😡😡😡😡😡
@user-nz8jc6rj3g Getting the error "dpkg was interrupted..." usually occurs if you have other software managers open during an install (eg you're installing something using a command in Terminal while Synaptic Package Manager is still open). Running the command 'sudo dpkg - -configure -a' in Terminal with no other software managers open will usually fix the problem. Then log out and back in and run 'sudo apt autoremove' just to make sure everything is removed and start the wifi fix again. Good luck!
@@StaempunkTVAppeciate the response a year after posting your video, unfortunately for me I tried your fix and still get the ‘sudo dpkg - -configure -a’ to correct the problem message. When I enter the configure -a’ command nothing happens other than a line is created below the command with a ‘ greater than symbol’ > How do I tell if a Software Manager is open? I get a ACPI BIOS error upon boot up, maybe that is part of the problem?
Hi Bro, i have a question before crashing up my Mbp hahaha, this method Could work on Loc-Os based on debian distro? i need to fix my wireless connection and i have the same wireless card. Broadcom Inc. and subsidiaries BCM4322 802.11a/b/g/n Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:432b] (rev 01) Subsystem: Apple Inc. AirPort Extreme [106b:008d] Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17 Memory at d3200000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K] Capabilities: Kernel driver in use: b43-pci-bridge Kernel modules: ssb but i'm not on Ubuntu, i'm on Debian based distro.
@@StaempunkTV Loc-Os Is based in Debian 12. But after days and weeks, i did finally. Heheh just running dpkg-reconfigure firmware-b43-installer and works
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You constantly share very helpful content, thank you.
My pleasure!
Thank you so much. Your tutorial really helped me fix my new ubuntu install.
@ubur2069 Glad it helped!
Running MX Linux on an old MacBook Pro. Your instructions worked a treat. Went from 20 MBS to 295 MBS .Nearly fell off my chair. Linux needs more people like you. I trawled through a mountain of crap before coming across this video. You explain things without being condescending. Well done and thanks a million!!!!!!!!!
@dermottconnolly1312 Great to hear you 10X'd your speed! Thanks for commenting.
Thanks man it works. I was trying other methods and they didn't work but once you told me this method it suddenly worked
after weeks of trying to get a Dell laptop to connect wireless, I found this video. THANK YOU!
I followed you until I found out that for card ID (14e4:43a0) (rev. 3) there is a "special procedure #3" to be used for a MacBook Air 2013 in my situation. I scrolled down the Ubuntu page, followed the special procedures, rebooted the Mac and now I've got connection when before I had no wifi card even recognized. This procedure was used for the most recently released KDE Neon distro. Thanks a bunch for this video!
Worked!! Lubuntu running on an old Macbook Pro Early 2008 with internal Wi-Fi. Had no wired connection, but a old Belkin USB Dongle did the trick to download the necessary driver files.
@BombDaBass2000 WOOO! Love hearing successes such as yours.
I am So excited that I have given you a subscription...I have watched almost 20 videos looking for answers but in vain. This is the only video that has worked.. Thank you
@ssentongohenryatanus4917 Thanks so much for your comment and sub! I appreciate you cheers!
signed in to say...this worked for me....good work!....now if I can get my printers to work I'll have an actual computer.....thanks for this video.....again, good work!
@raythornburg2791RemindMeLater Great to hear of your success!
*Thank you for your video contributions and support. Very beneficial indeed. Best wishes.*
@pendlelancashire Cheers!
Great video, thank you.
You are welcome!
Worth noting also you can use mobile tethering to connect to the internet if you don’t have an Ethernet cable or Wi-Fi dongle to hand
@mabanham A very good point to remember. Thanks!
Absolutamente brillante!!! Muchas gracias
@joseguille1000 ¡Gracias por tu comentario y ver el vídeo!
Thank you so much. Very good !!! 👍
@jhernandez59 Cheers!
I love you bro. Android x86-64 was not detecting the card on my 7 year old HP Notebook but this method worked. THANK YOU!
@arulgandhi9126 You're most welcome my friend!
It worked man. Thanks
@ogog2933 Glad to hear!
After a lot videos, your tuto was very helpful, thank you
@user-ef9yh1en4u Glad to help and thanks for commenting!
Thanks Alot Man, You are a Savior
@adityakhanna919 No problem!
Thank You So Much It Worked For Me❤
YOU ABSOLUTE LEGEND!! Thank you SO much!! I now have a 2010 MBP up and running on Pop!_OS 22.04 🙌😁
@user-pb2ss9cz2h Excellent to hear. Thanks for the comment!
Thanks a lot, I was so frustrated, so when i found your video, was the solution, again thank was verry helpful!
@MyHadessama Glad to help on your Linux journey. Cheers!
I appreciate you taking the time to record this video, buddy!
I'm using Linux Mint 21.1 and the lspci command returns nothing. What should I do?
@12Krypton The lspci command is part of the pciutils package. Mint 21.1 might not have the complete pciutils package which can be installed by running the command:
sudo apt install pciutils
Then you'll hopefully be able to run the lspci command without having to reboot.
Same thing with me...
I'm trying to install a Asus USB-AC53 Nano
MyPC@MyPC-Inspiron-5521:~$ sudo apt install pciutils
[sudo] password for MyPCName:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
pciutils is already the newest version (1:3.7.0-6).
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 12 not upgraded.
MyPC@MyPC-Inspiron-5521:~$ ^C
you are the best.
Cheers!
Wifi is showing but the button of it not being on, can you suggest me that it could resolve
I just installed ubuntu 22.10 My first linux. After a reboot, the mouse stops working and I can't check if it's done. It's something wrong with this distribution.😡 same with other updates..
@mateusztracz818 I've tried both Ubuntu 22.10 & 22.04 and have found a few little issues in 22.10 on my system. Ubuntu 22.04 doesn't have those same issues so I've stayed on 22.04.
Love u really thanks man. ❤❤❤😊😊😊😊😊
@bubbab3963 Happy to help!
Thank you! Also works on Zorin Lite!
@CPop-bi9zz Good to know! Thanks.
@@StaempunkTVYou're welcome!
thank you
@yorgo157 You're welcome
I need that very exact same file for a macbook pro and now it shows that the package is missing obsolete available somewhere else
@raythornburg2791RemindMeLater Yeah, I've just noticed that too.
My wireless card had no problem but somehow it stoped working and now there is no report of the first comand, its empty
I've tried following similar instructions before with no success. I'll try again following this video closely. Can't help but notice that you installed the same package you purged (would be the same for my card), and linux-firmware was already installed, so maybe the magic is in updating the PCI IDs? 🤷🏻♂️
it seems Debian (Debian based) distros do well with firmware/drivers despite the kernel being a few generations behind...I'm about to inherit my wife's old Lenovo lappy as she's upgrading and I was thinking of pushing the boat out with an Arch distro (specifically Garuda) but something tells me I'll be reverting to a Deb OS to get it going.....as a long time Windows user it's equal parts excitement and frustration working with Linux but I'm determined to persist, Win11 isn't a pleasant future to look forward to despite the fact it'll no doubt work out of the (modded) box....thanks again for the tips, cheers!
I totally agree, Debian distros do it right in terms of hardware support - one of the many reasons I use MX Linux as a daily driver. I am exploring the world of Ubuntu flavours though due to my multimedia work and some of them are really good. Although Windows works out of the box, none of my hardware is compatible with the newer versions. I still use Windows 8.1 as I've found it more stable and quicker on my machine than Win10. Thanks for your great comment!
Thank tou so much
2023 and this system has this type of problem?
@yyyelsicnarf Many systems encounter such issues when installing Linux or Windows. In most cases a solution can be found.
First attempt failed as I should have cleared the TPM ready for the new Zorin install as secure boot is required for 3rd party drivers. Also after running "lspci -nn -d 14e4" on the second attempt I got "lspci: -d: ':' expected" instead of displaying BCM...etc, I thought I had bricked the thing but after the install wifi now works. Thanks for this fix, your content is great.
@ivorgripes8440 Thanks for your comment! Your problem solving skills are excellent too btw.
This post deserves a billion likes
You are the life saver
If somebody doesn´t have the ethernet to usb connector to get wired internet, does BT tethering work? I disabled wireless and tethered to my phone through bluetooth but did it in Mantic Minotaur. Will this work once Ubuntu is installed in the Macbook air?
@bsdslacker You should be able to tether to the internet using bluetooth and then you'll be able to install your wifi driver. A few people have asked about doing so on askubuntu.com
Best channel I've ever stumbled upon, thank you so much sir. The information is on point, and so is your personality and your image.
Bit thank you again for the tutorial. Thank you thank you thank you. ❤
Edit: you explain it so well too.
@shaldonvandermerwe305 Thanks for your cool comment. I appreciate you. Cheers!
Great! Just one question, please: will El Capitan (that lives on another disk of the machine) be able to work with Wi-Fi card after that?
@petrov8086 El Capitan should be fine as the Lubuntu Wi-Fi fix only affects how Lubuntu uses the card. The Wi-Fi card itself isn't affected. Cheers!
@@StaempunkTV Thank you 🥴
Hi. thanks alot!! ...wifi works confirmed
@musicrise9476 Great to hear! Cheers
Hi! For BCM4331 doesn’t work, it shows “firmware-b43-installer does not exist”. Help
@dobargento9480 I haven't checked all the links but perhaps this link could help:
packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=firmware-b43-installer
I've a problem with 5G wireless connection alone. Could you pls solve my probs!
Can someone tell me how to do this in CachyOS i'm super new to all this
Can this fix the WiFi issue using fedora 40?
@haibaidzokwomandre1468 Probably not, the fix is for Ubuntu based machines. Thanks for watching!
Im using a HP Stream 11 and have gotten the broadcom id # but cannot bring up the 14e4- xxxx number your referencing. Im using Bodhi, but have had this issue in Lubuntu, Puppy, Mint and others. Ill try again. But this is a pain, very frustrating!
@trashyaudiophile7301 I've been encountering issues too with Broadcom WiFi cards on a couple of my old laptops with some of the newer distro versions. Fortunately I've managed to fix the issue simply by running the following in terminal:
sudo update-pciids
Hope this works for you too!
@@StaempunkTV Stream 11 laptops have no ethernet ports. I ended up buying one fr 11 bucks and ran that command. All is much better now.
All these steps worked to get the WIFI to technically work but its ridiculously slow on my 2012 late Mac Mini running Pop OS... like barely 4 or 5 Mbps, whereas my Windows laptop gets consistently over 600 Mbps on same network. Any ideas as to what I am missing?
perhaps u adding hardware plattform. if amd64, ARM... because: with pi3b+ i have no lspci. with pi4 i have lspci
I tried it out but how can I update something if internet is not even working?? This doesn't make any sense! So the command 'sudo apt update -y' tries to update packages but how is it possible withount internet connection? I installed ubuntu lunar on my macbook and cannot connect to the internet because of missing drivers from broadcom. How can I install it from a file? Br Marcel and thank you for your effort!
@iceman280782 Perhaps try connecting to the internet using an ethernet cable. You should be able to run the updates and go online. Thanks for your comment.
Does this work in ubuntu 24.04? Please help
@sharathchandra5787 Not sure if the same dependencies will work. Perhaps create a Timeshift snapshot you could go back to if it doesn't work before trying.
Grade job but in my case it doesn't work all the packeges I try are not found... !!!!! I try everything but I seam s that all the packeges are deleted?!!!!!!!😡😡😡😡😡😡
@user-jb1nh7kq1l Dang that. What Linux distro are you using and what kind of computer and wireless card do you have?
And did not work for me! Keep getting message “dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run ‘sudo dpkg - -configure -a’ to correct the problem🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
@user-nz8jc6rj3g Getting the error "dpkg was interrupted..." usually occurs if you have other software managers open during an install (eg you're installing something using a command in Terminal while Synaptic Package Manager is still open). Running the command 'sudo dpkg - -configure -a' in Terminal with no other software managers open will usually fix the problem. Then log out and back in and run 'sudo apt autoremove' just to make sure everything is removed and start the wifi fix again. Good luck!
@@StaempunkTVAppeciate the response a year after posting your video, unfortunately for me I tried your fix and still get the ‘sudo dpkg - -configure -a’ to correct the problem message. When I enter the configure -a’ command nothing happens other than a line is created below the command with a ‘ greater than symbol’ >
How do I tell if a Software Manager is open?
I get a ACPI BIOS error upon boot up, maybe that is part of the problem?
Type lspci instead
Hi Bro, i have a question before crashing up my Mbp hahaha, this method Could work on Loc-Os based on debian distro? i need to fix my wireless connection and i have the same wireless card.
Broadcom Inc. and subsidiaries BCM4322 802.11a/b/g/n Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:432b] (rev 01)
Subsystem: Apple Inc. AirPort Extreme [106b:008d]
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17
Memory at d3200000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities:
Kernel driver in use: b43-pci-bridge
Kernel modules: ssb
but i'm not on Ubuntu, i'm on Debian based distro.
@JotaEleBe Perhaps create a system snapshot you could go back to if it doesn't work and then try. What distro are you on?
@@StaempunkTV Loc-Os Is based in Debian 12. But after days and weeks, i did finally. Heheh just running dpkg-reconfigure firmware-b43-installer and works
Thx broo. Wifi ku wes warass
@rommbenkchannel9337 No problem
was struggling to figure out why it wasnt working and then we realized that it already had worked we just didnt click on avalible networks lmao
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☀Thank you very much For your Videos🎬 We Value It Well Explained About Mundo 💗Linux🐧 Community Free Where you feel like the Owner Mundo is the Only Project United to the World without Border Walls and Barriers 🌎🌎🌏Languages of Monopolies ⏰Have a good time in your free and work time⏳