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I think so.
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Sent: March 7, 2017 12:46 PM To: debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Is it possible to use a 2002 (Titanium) 15" PowerBook G4's wifi with WPA2, PSK, AES, etc.? On Tue, Mar 07, 2017 at 11:01:10AM -0500, Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 07, 2017 at 02:32:55AM -0800, PhiLLip Pi wrote: > > I know Mac OS Xes can't, but I wonder if this is the same issue with > > Debian/Linux. > > Do you know which wifi chip it has? > > As far as I can tell from some searching, it is probably a > broadcom 43xx chip. If it is, then there is some hope, since I > see someone at least got wpa2+psk with aes working apparantly: > http://ramblingfoo.blogspot.ca/2008/02/wpa2-psk-with-aes-on-broadcom-wlan0.html
Here is what I know based on my new Debian PPC v8's installation: dmesg (full log in http://pastebin.ca/3777025 ): $ dmesg |grep airport [ 11.706958] airport 0.15 (Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>) [ 11.707033] airport: Physical address 80030000 [ 12.913489] airport 0.00030000:radio: Hardware identity 0005:0001:0001:0002 [ 12.921204] airport 0.00030000:radio: Station identity 001f:0001:0008:0046 [ 12.928672] airport 0.00030000:radio: Firmware determined as Lucent/Agere 8.70 [ 13.135033] airport 0.00030000:radio: firmware: failed to load agere_sta_fw.bin (-2) [ 13.143969] airport 0.00030000:radio: firmware: failed to load agere_sta_fw.bin (-2) [ 13.151299] airport 0.00030000:radio: Hardware identity 0005:0001:0001:0002 [ 13.158542] airport 0.00030000:radio: Station identity 001f:0001:0008:0046 [ 13.165525] airport 0.00030000:radio: Firmware determined as Lucent/Agere 8.70 [ 13.172456] airport 0.00030000:radio: Ad-hoc demo mode supported [ 13.179321] airport 0.00030000:radio: IEEE standard IBSS ad-hoc mode supported [ 13.186201] airport 0.00030000:radio: WEP supported, 104-bit key As you can see, it only goes up to WEP. No WPA2. I noticed it said missing agere_sta_fw.bin firmware from added "http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian jessie main non-free" in my /etc/apt/sources.list file. So, I rebooted and rechecked. Now, it doesn't say it and shows WPA supported, but not WPA2 (better security)? :( >From uname -a command: ... 3.16.0-4-powerpc #1 Debian 3.16.39-1+deb8u1 (2017-02-22) ppc GNU/Linux However, my LXDE and Xfce (have both installed) seem to crash while I use them. Mouse cursor moves, but don't respond to my clicks. Keyboard is frozen too. I might need to uninstall firmware-linux-nonfree package since it was fine before it. :( -- Quote of the Week: "The great companies did not know that the line between hunger and anger is a thin line. And money that might have gone to wages went for gas, for guns, for agents and spies, for blacklists, for drilling. On the highways the people moved like ants and searched for work, for food. And the anger began to ferment." --John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath Note: A fixed width font (Courier, Monospace, etc.) is required to see this signature correctly. /\___/\ Phil./Ant(Dude) @ http://antfarm.ma.cx (Personal Web Site) / /\ /\ \ Ant's Quality Foraged Links: http://aqfl.net | |o o| | E-mail: philpi@earthlink.net/ant@zimage.com \ _ / If crediting, then please kindly use Ant nickname ( ) and AQFL URL/link. | ||