Re: requesting wi-fi help

[David <dlocklear01@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thank you.

I have akmod-wl and wpa_supplicant and broadcomm-wl and kernel-header and kernel-modulues

and kernel-devel, kernel-core, kernel-modules-extras, and both free and non-free of the unofficial

third-party repo.

My recollection was, that there was a well-known developer who had a hack or something that you could

download -     something like dcarati ??   I think I did that once last year in another

install of Fedora 29 or 30, and it worked, as far as getting the wi-fi device

recognized

Somewhere around the house, I have a USB wi-fi dongle, but the reason I do not have it readily

available is that I once tried it and it didn't work either.

I will say that when I was in Rawhide Gnome a few weeks ago, that my wi-fi was recognized ( enabled ?? ), but it

would not connect.     This Rawhide Xfce install is new and I have never installed all the stuff one needs

to get wi-fi recognized ( or enabled ?? ).     Meaning, the Network icon in the panel only shows Ethernet.

David Locklear

On Sat, Mar 7, 2020 at 5:16 PM Zachary Snyder <sadin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi David, you likely need akmod-wl as well as well as kernel development headers 

On Sat, Mar 7, 2020 at 5:05 PM David <dlocklear01@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I am probably asking on the wrong listserve, but this is the only one

I subscribe to.

I have never used wi-fi in Fedora.    I have normally had access to a Ethernet

and all my previous attempts at wi-fi in Fedora have failed.

So today, I purchased a router, and connected it to my cable-modem and was

able to immediately use wi-fi on my $ 30 Android smartphone.

But I can not for the life of me, figure out how to get wi-fi to work in Fedora.

I believe I have third party repo properly installed.  I believe I have Broadcom-wl

and kmod-wl installed.

I am in Xfce, which in my opinion has poor Network Manager menu compared to Gnome.

I have used wi-fi on other distros before and my recollection was that it was not

complicated.

When I click on the Network icon in the panel, it does not show wi-fi.

If I go to the Xfce menu to "Advanced Network Configuration," I get a menu that is

above my IQ.

David Locklear

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