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

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Albretch Mueller wrote: 
> > I suggest using firmware-b43-installer ...
> 
>  Once again, I am using dpkg and installing the deb packages locally
> because I am trying to troubleshoot, make a wireless card work.
> 
>  Why would a package used to make a wireless card come to live, have
> to connect to the Internet to do its things? Isn't it obvious that the
> wireless card is exactly what someone is trying to fix, no?

This is not unusual at all. Many - probably the majority - wireless
cards have non-free firmware packages which must be downloaded
separately.

>  There has to be a way to install the drivers of a wireless card
> without having to connect to the Internet.

Broadcom doesn't let Debian redistribute the driver, so Debian
installs a package which asks Broadcom for the driver.

https://wiki.debian.org/bcm43xx

Do you have access to a wired network with Internet
connectivity? Most USB ethernet adapters work without additional
firmware, so you can plug one in and have it work.

Alternatively, if you have access to the Internet somewhere
else, you could bring back the firmware.

http://linuxwireless.sipsolutions.net/en/users/Drivers/b43/

may be helpful to you.

-dsr-

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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> - 2020-10-20 16:40 +0200
  Re: Is there such a thing as a Debian blend for a MacBook Air 1,1  and/or Mac boxes in general? ... Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2020-10-20 17:00 +0200
  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> - 2020-10-21 14:50 +0200
    Re: Is there such a thing as a Debian blend for a MacBook Air 1,1  and/or Mac boxes in general? ... Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2020-10-21 15:10 +0200
      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> - 2020-10-21 19:00 +0200
        Re: Is there such a thing as a Debian blend for a MacBook Air 1,1  and/or Mac boxes in general? ... Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org> - 2020-10-22 05:40 +0200
          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> - 2020-10-22 12:30 +0200
            Re: Is there such a thing as a Debian blend for a MacBook Air 1,1  and/or Mac boxes in general? ... Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2020-10-22 14:20 +0200
            Re: Is there such a thing as a Debian blend for a MacBook Air 1,1  and/or Mac boxes in general? ... didier gaumet <didier.gaumet@gmail.com> - 2020-10-22 14:40 +0200
              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> - 2020-10-22 16:00 +0200
                Re: Is there such a thing as a Debian blend for a MacBook Air 1,1  and/or Mac boxes in general? ... didier gaumet <didier.gaumet@gmail.com> - 2020-10-22 19:30 +0200
                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> - 2020-10-30 12:40 +0100
                Re: Is there such a thing as a Debian blend for a MacBook Air 1,1  and/or Mac boxes in general? ... Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2020-10-30 13:20 +0100
                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> - 2020-11-03 12:10 +0100
                Re: Is there such a thing as a Debian blend for a MacBook Air 1,1  and/or Mac boxes in general? ... didier gaumet <didier.gaumet@gmail.com> - 2020-11-04 10:00 +0100
                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> - 2020-11-05 12:00 +0100
                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> - 2020-11-05 12:10 +0100
                Re: Is there such a thing as a Debian blend for a MacBook Air 1,1  and/or Mac boxes in general? ... Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2020-11-05 12:50 +0100
                Re: Is there such a thing as a Debian blend for a MacBook Air 1,1  and/or Mac boxes in general? ... didier gaumet <didier.gaumet@gmail.com> - 2020-11-05 13:20 +0100
                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> - 2020-11-10 14:20 +0100
                Re: Is there such a thing as a Debian blend for a MacBook Air 1,1  and/or Mac boxes in general? ... didier gaumet <didier.gaumet@gmail.com> - 2020-11-11 12:30 +0100
                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> - 2020-11-11 17:50 +0100
    Re: Is there such a thing as a Debian blend for a MacBook Air 1,1  and/or Mac boxes in general? ... Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org> - 2020-10-21 15:30 +0200

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