I'm giving a friend my old 2006 MacBook. I've installed Mint 20.1 64-bit and it seems to work well.
I'm able to connect over Ethernet to make updates and get online. However, I can't connect wirelessly using the built-in wifi adapter (Broadcom and Subsidiaries BCM4321). I can see the network SSID and select it. It repeatedly asks for authentication and won't connect.
However, if I plug in a little USB wifi adapter (RTL8188ETV), I can get online just fine. It's what I'm using on the machine right now.
I would like to use the built-in network adapter. What can I look into to?
Much appreciated.
Here's the meat of the configuration...
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System:
Kernel: 5.4.0-72-generic x86_64 bits: 64 Desktop: Xfce 4.14.2
Distro: Linux Mint 20.1 Ulyssa
Machine:
Type: Unknown System: Apple product: MacBook4,1 v: 1.0 serial: <filter>
Mobo: Apple model: Mac-F22788A9 v: PVT serial: <filter> BIOS: Apple
v: MB41.88Z.00C1.B00.0802091535 date: 02/09/08
CPU:
Topology: Dual Core model: Intel Core2 Duo T8100 bits: 64 type: MCP
L2 cache: 3072 KiB
Speed: 1197 MHz min/max: 800/2100 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1197 2: 1197
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics driver: i915
v: kernel
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.9 driver: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa
resolution: 1280x800~60Hz
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel 965GM (CL) v: 2.1 Mesa 20.2.6
Audio:
Device-1: Intel 82801H HD Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.4.0-72-generic
Network:
Device-1: Broadcom and subsidiaries BCM4321 802.11a/b/g/n driver: wl
IF: wls4 state: dormant mac: <filter>
Device-2: Marvell 88E8058 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet driver: sky2
IF: ens5 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-3: Realtek RTL8188ETV Wireless LAN 802.11n Network Adapter
type: USB driver: r8188eu
IF: wlx000f00c8c58e state: up mac: <filter>
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 111.79 GiB used: 8.95 GiB (8.0%)
ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: PNY model: CS900 120GB SSD size: 111.79 GiB
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 109.04 GiB used: 8.95 GiB (8.2%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda3
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 57.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Repos:
No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list
1: deb http://packages.linuxmint.com ulyssa main upstream import backport
2: deb http://la-mirrors.evowise.com/ubuntu focal main restricted universe multiverse
3: deb http://la-mirrors.evowise.com/ubuntu focal-updates main restricted universe multiverse
4: deb http://la-mirrors.evowise.com/ubuntu focal-backports main restricted universe multiverse
5: deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal-security main restricted universe multiverse
6: deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ focal partner
Info:
Processes: 173 Uptime: 17m Memory: 3.81 GiB used: 934.0 MiB (23.9%)
Shell: bash inxi: 3.0.38