BCM4312/Dell 1397 wlan minicard drivers for Ubuntu 12.10 live usb?
For Dell 1397 wireless card, just search for 'bcmwl-kernel-source' in the Software Center and install it.
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Updated on September 18, 2022Comments
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s_a almost 2 years
I'm trying to run Ubuntu 12.10 32-bit from a live USB, and it doesn't detect my dell 1397 wireless card. (I know there are many seemingly duplicates here but so far I haven't found any other case of this happening.)
I've followed these instructions Where to get Dell Inspiron 1545 drivers for the Dell 1397 wlan minicard wireless card?, ie executing
sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install bcmwl-kernel-source
and the card is inmediately detected. It is however impossible to subsequently boot the USB drive afterwards, as it throws a kernel panic booting up.
Which is the proper way to get the Dell 1397 driver working under Ubuntu 12.10 live USB with a persistance file size of 2GB? I can recreate the live cd, so there's no need for instructions on how to recover that installation. I do need however a definitive answer: there are way too many different responses on seemingly similar questions here.
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s_a about 11 yearsI don't know if this question could be of help for someone else. I wouldn't mind if you closed it: I've written off the hardware in question, having dropped too many hours trying the linux solution to no avail.
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s_a over 11 yearsThat's the device @chili555. However, the first line fails (as I said in the question, I couldn't boot the corrupted image so I recreated the USB drive) and so does the second one (
E: Unable to locate package linux-firmware-nonfree
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chili555 over 11 yearsAre you able to connect to the internet to get the package? If not, here is a method to get the needed firmware without the internet: ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2117874 See post #9.
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s_a over 11 yearsYes, I should've been more clear: wired internet does work and I can use the browser.
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chili555 over 11 yearsIf, for some reason, apt-get is unable to locate the package, I suggest you use the second method I linked.