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    I have to downgrade to yakaty, which means a fresh install. Is there a way to tell the installer to use firmware-b43 or whatever the package is for my wireless. It is in my other thread. Can I point to it on the HD? How. Thanks. Apparently it is also needed for the Ethernet as I can't get Internet with the wire in yakaty as well.
    Just to remind users and devs that Ubuntu and its flavors have a long way to go to be as usr friendly as they should be.

    http://www.kubuntu.org/getkubuntu

    #2
    I managed to get the wifi working. I told Yakaty I wanted to try the distro. I ran divermanager which found the wifi firmware. The eathernet is still broken. I am going to try using apt to install it. I have to search for my old thread for the package name.
    Just to remind users and devs that Ubuntu and its flavors have a long way to go to be as usr friendly as they should be.

    http://www.kubuntu.org/getkubuntu

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      #3
      I never could get the Ethernet to work. Since the wireless is now working then I will install it and see If the wired is still broken after rebooting.
      Just to remind users and devs that Ubuntu and its flavors have a long way to go to be as usr friendly as they should be.

      http://www.kubuntu.org/getkubuntu

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        #4
        Is your eth0 chip functioning? After lightening hit my computer my eth0 would give me a name but it would never connect when configured. I purchased a $12 USB 1Gigabit Ethernet adaptor and got my eth0 back.
        "A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.”
        – John F. Kennedy, February 26, 1962.

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          #5
          Originally posted by GreyGeek View Post
          Is your eth0 chip functioning? After lightening hit my computer my eth0 would give me a name but it would never connect when configured. I purchased a $12 USB 1Gigabit Ethernet adaptor and got my eth0 back.
          WiFi and wired work just fine in 16.04.
          Just to remind users and devs that Ubuntu and its flavors have a long way to go to be as usr friendly as they should be.

          http://www.kubuntu.org/getkubuntu

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            #6
            After installing and rebooting into yakaty they're is no internet! No WiFi PR wired. I tried Driver manager but it appears to be broken. It only installs to 50% and then refreshes. How do I get the driver installed?
            Just to remind users and devs that Ubuntu and its flavors have a long way to go to be as usr friendly as they should be.

            http://www.kubuntu.org/getkubuntu

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              #7
              Have you tried to find your driver via Muon or Synaptic? Assuming you actually have a BCM43xx wireless chip, the firmware seems to be available and installable.
              The next brick house on the left
              Intel i7 11th Gen | 16GB | 1TB | KDE Plasma 5.24.7 | Kubuntu 22.04.4 | 6.5.0-18-generic

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                #8
                Originally posted by steve7233 View Post
                I tried Driver manager but it appears to be broken. It only installs to 50% and then refreshes. How do I get the driver installed?
                the GUI driver manager has been broken for a few releases now ,,,,,,, the command line ver. still works .

                Code:
                vinny@vinny-Bonobo-Extreme:~$  ubuntu-drivers -h
                usage: ubuntu-drivers [-h] [--package-list PATH] <command>
                
                List/install driver packages for Ubuntu.
                
                positional arguments:
                <command>            See below
                
                optional arguments:
                -h, --help           show this help message and exit
                --package-list PATH  Create file with list of installed packages (in
                                     autoinstall mode)
                
                [COLOR=#ff0000]Available commands:
                 devices: Show all devices which need drivers, and which packages apply to them.
                 list: Show all driver packages which apply to the current system.
                 debug: Print all available information and debug data about drivers.
                 autoinstall: Install drivers that are appropriate for automatic installation.[/COLOR]
                using the "devices" gives the best readout IMO

                Code:
                vinny@vinny-Bonobo-Extreme:~$  ubuntu-drivers devices
                == /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.0 ==
                modalias : pci:v000010DEd0000119Asv00001558sd00000376bc03sc00i00
                model    : GK104M [GeForce GTX 860M]
                vendor   : NVIDIA Corporation
                driver   : xserver-xorg-video-nouveau - distro free builtin
                driver   : nvidia-381 - third-party free recommended
                driver   : nvidia-340 - third-party free
                driver   : nvidia-370 - third-party free
                driver   : nvidia-378 - third-party free
                driver   : nvidia-375 - distro non-free
                
                == cpu-microcode.py ==
                driver   : intel-microcode - distro non-free
                if you want to take it's "recommendations" then you could use it's "autoinstall" command .

                VINNY
                i7 4core HT 8MB L3 2.9GHz
                16GB RAM
                Nvidia GTX 860M 4GB RAM 1152 cuda cores

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                  #9
                  Dosnt work as no internet. Is there a way to use another computer or the DVD?
                  Just to remind users and devs that Ubuntu and its flavors have a long way to go to be as usr friendly as they should be.

                  http://www.kubuntu.org/getkubuntu

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by vinnywright View Post
                    the GUI driver manager has been broken for a few releases now ,,,,,,, the command line ver. still works .

                    Code:
                    vinny@vinny-Bonobo-Extreme:~$  ubuntu-drivers -h
                    usage: ubuntu-drivers [-h] [--package-list PATH] <command>
                    
                    List/install driver packages for Ubuntu.
                    
                    positional arguments:
                    <command>            See below
                    
                    optional arguments:
                    -h, --help           show this help message and exit
                    --package-list PATH  Create file with list of installed packages (in
                                     autoinstall mode)
                    
                    [COLOR=#ff0000]Available commands:
                    devices: Show all devices which need drivers, and which packages apply to them.
                    list: Show all driver packages which apply to the current system.
                    debug: Print all available information and debug data about drivers.
                    autoinstall: Install drivers that are appropriate for automatic installation.[/COLOR]
                    using the "devices" gives the best readout IMO

                    Code:
                    vinny@vinny-Bonobo-Extreme:~$  ubuntu-drivers devices
                    == /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.0 ==
                    modalias : pci:v000010DEd0000119Asv00001558sd00000376bc03sc00i00
                    model    : GK104M [GeForce GTX 860M]
                    vendor   : NVIDIA Corporation
                    driver   : xserver-xorg-video-nouveau - distro free builtin
                    driver   : nvidia-381 - third-party free recommended
                    driver   : nvidia-340 - third-party free
                    driver   : nvidia-370 - third-party free
                    driver   : nvidia-378 - third-party free
                    driver   : nvidia-375 - distro non-free
                    
                    == cpu-microcode.py ==
                    driver   : intel-microcode - distro non-free
                    if you want to take it's "recommendations" then you could use it's "autoinstall" command .

                    VINNY
                    I selected the disc in my apt sources list so apt will check the disk. When it asks for the disk then I insert it, wait for the read then press enter. Apt didn't seem to see the disk. Perhaps some kind of mount/apt bug? I tried inserting the DVD before entering the command: E: Unable to lock the administration directory (var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it? Unless there is a background process - I just booted the computer - then the answer is no. Can you say bugged?... Next suggestion please?

                    I found out it is looking in /media/CDROM but auto mount is /CDROM. CDROM is lower case but my Kindle changed it to upper case.
                    Last edited by steve7233; Jul 10, 2017, 04:34 PM.
                    Just to remind users and devs that Ubuntu and its flavors have a long way to go to be as usr friendly as they should be.

                    http://www.kubuntu.org/getkubuntu

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