[SOLVED] Wireless

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[SOLVED] Wireless

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So I just installed Linux Mint on an emachine m6809 and everything seems to be working great except for the wireless. If I click on the little connection icon next to the volume icon at the bottom of the screen I see "Wireless Networks device not ready (firmware missing)"

Any suggestions as to how I might fix this?

Thanks
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wyrdoak

Re: Wireless

Post by wyrdoak »

in terminal type inxi -N and post the output.
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Re: Wireless

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Network:   Card-1 Broadcom BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller driver b43-pci-bridge
           Card-2 VIA VT6102 [Rhine-II] driver via-rhine
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wyrdoak

Re: Wireless

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I think this might be what you need: http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.p ... 06#p481445
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Re: Wireless

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Wow it worked instantly. sudo apt-get install firmware-b43-installer

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