Re: Is there such a thing as a Debian blend for a MacBook Air 1,1 and/or Mac boxes in general? ...

[Albretch Mueller <lbrtchx@gmail.com>]

> - use a USB wireless dongle instead of your integrated wireless card.

 OK,  I will try that and I will let you know how it went

 I have no other option, so I will have to offer myself as some sort
of guinea pig and waste time/effort exploring such territories

 Thank you very much,
 lbrtchx

>
> So it seems the appropriate firmware is ucode11.fw and it cannot be loaded
> albeit being in /lib/firmware/b43.
>
> I suppose the main problem is that you use a live medium and for whatever
> reason this prevents loading the firmware. I do not know if it  is due to a
> different filesystem (squashfs?), permissions on the /lib/firmware/b43
> directory, or the system expecting the firmwares in a different directory on
> a live system, or... etc...
>
> I am afraid I do not have the necessary knowledge to further help you.
> What I can symply suggest is either:
> - use a USB wireless dongle instead of your integrated wireless card. If you
> use an unofficial Debian Live medium including firmwares, your USB wireless
> dongle will be recognized straight away, given there is a driver in the
> Linux kernel.
> - delve into the docs of the Debian Live universe (
> https://live-team.pages.debian.net/live-manual/ ) and create a tailored
> Debian Live medium for your needs, including the firmware for your Broadcom
> wireless card
>
> I fear there is no easier way because all Linux based systems will have by
> default the same lack of firmwares due to Broadcom policy and I do not think
> you will find a *BSD based live medium able to deal with your integrated
> wireless card (I may be wrong)
>
>