Hmmm, I am getting that same message: Error: no longer provides linux-firmware. Not sure what is going on with that package, but I am doing a little research into it.
When somebody asks you for the output of a command, you should give them the
entire output of the command, rather than partial information. For example, we now know that you are using Mint 18, but we still don't know which desktop environment you are using. Here's the output from inxi -Fxz on my (Mint 17) computer:
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$ inxi -Fxz
System: Host: jim-P55A-UD3P Kernel: 3.13.0-91-generic x86_64 (64 bit gcc: 4.8.4)
Desktop: Cinnamon 2.8.8 (Gtk 3.10.8~8+qiana) Distro: Linux Mint 17.3 Rosa
Machine: Mobo: Gigabyte model: P55A-UD3P Bios: Award v: F5 date: 11/20/2009
CPU: Quad core Intel Core i7 K 875 (-HT-MCP-) cache: 8192 KB
flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx) bmips: 23447
clock speeds: max: 2926 MHz 1: 1197 MHz 2: 2926 MHz 3: 2926 MHz 4: 1197 MHz 5: 1197 MHz 6: 2926 MHz
7: 2926 MHz 8: 2793 MHz
Graphics: Card: NVIDIA G94 [GeForce 9600 GT] bus-ID: 01:00.0
Display Server: X.Org 1.15.1 drivers: nvidia (unloaded: fbdev,vesa,nouveau)
Resolution: 1440x900@75.0hz
GLX Renderer: GeForce 9600 GT/PCIe/SSE2 GLX Version: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 340.96 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio: Card VIA ICE1712 [Envy24] PCI Multi-Channel I/O Controller
driver: snd_ice1712 ports: de00 dd00 dc00 db00 bus-ID: 06:03.0
Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k3.13.0-91-generic
Network: Card-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
driver: r8169 v: 2.3LK-NAPI port: ae00 bus-ID: 03:00.0
IF: eth0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Card-2: Intel 82557/8/9/0/1 Ethernet Pro 100 driver: e100 v: 3.5.24-k2-NAPI port: df00 bus-ID: 06:02.0
IF: eth1 state: down mac: <filter>
Drives: HDD Total Size: 2160.4GB (42.6% used) ID-1: /dev/sda model: TOSHIBA_DT01ACA2 size: 2000.4GB
ID-2: /dev/sdb model: ST3160023A size: 160.0GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 1.6T used: 855G (59%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1
ID-2: swap-1 size: 4.19GB used: 0.86GB (20%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda2
RAID: No RAID devices: /proc/mdstat, md_mod kernel module present
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 48.0C mobo: N/A gpu: 0.0:58C
Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info: Processes: 269 Uptime: 30 days Memory: 9222.7/12012.4MB Init: Upstart runlevel: 2 Gcc sys: 4.8.4
Client: Shell (bash 4.3.111) inxi: 2.2.28
-F tells inxi to give the full output. x tells it to give extra information, and z tells it not to reveal any information that could be risky to reveal. From the inxi man page:
PRIVACY AND SECURITY
In order to maintain basic privacy and security, inxi filters out automatically on IRC things like your network card mac address, WAN and LAN IP, your /home username directory in partitions, and a few other things.
Because inxi is often used on forums for support, you can also trigger this filtering with the -z option (-Fz, for example). To override the IRC filter, you can use the -Z option. This can be useful to debug network connection issues online in a private chat, for example.
You may be asking "man page?" Most every command in Linux has a man (manual) page. Some of them are quite clear and thorough, but there are also some that suck. So it goes.
I'm going to go do some research to see if I can figure out what happened to the linux-firmware. In the meantime, just hang out until I come back or JeremyB comes back. (I have a suspicion that further progress will have to come from JeremyB or somebody else who is more knowledgeable on this stuff than me.)
“If the government were coming for your TVs and cars, then you'd be upset. But, as it is, they're only coming for your sons.” - Daniel Berrigan
