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🏩 How-to: Install elementaryOS and macOS on a Mac
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Add an instruction for installing wifi drivers #18

Closed Manuel-Kehl closed 10 years ago

Manuel-Kehl commented 10 years ago

I followed the instructions to install Freya on a friend's MBA, which worked like a charm, so thanks a lot.

That being said we struggled a bit trying to get wifi running. Unfortunately the drivers are not included by default, but can be acquired by installing the bcmwl-kernel-source package.

This is why I'd suppose to include a sudo apt-get install bcmwl-kernel-source for those who have problems with their wifi. We used our smartphone's USB tethering to get a connection, that does not rely on wifi, as the MBA does not even have an RJ45 port.

aroman commented 10 years ago

Glad you got it working? Which laptop model are you using? Most MacBook Airs do not seem to need manual driver installs with Freya (mine didn't, and it's the mid-2012 version). That's why I didn't add it to the guide.

Manuel-Kehl commented 10 years ago

I am not that familiar with Apple computer models, but he told me, that its no more than 3 months old. So I assume, that it is probably the newest version of MBAs.

Manuel-Kehl commented 10 years ago

I added the instructions myself and created a pull request ;-)

sdaitzman commented 10 years ago

Actually in more recent builds of Freya the bcmwl-kernel-source package should be included by default... @mank319 what ISO file did you use? Any build since early September should include the package and work OOTB :smile:

Manuel-Kehl commented 10 years ago

Oh well that may be an explanation... I assumed, that there simply is no more up-to-date iso build, than this: http://elementaryos.org/journal/freya-beta-1-available-for-developers-testers

sdaitzman commented 10 years ago

That build is from about 2 weeks before that fix was made... would you be willing to try again with a newer build?