Hello everyone. I am kind of new to Ubuntu. I have tried different versions of Linux in the past and have decided to put Ubuntu on on an extra laptop.…

Hello Hayden and Bryan. Just wanted to let you know that I reinstalled 24.04.3 LTS while connected with ethernet. It went okay. It took longer to ins…

You need temporary internet just once: Plug in Ethernet, or USB-tether internet from your phone. Then run: sudo apt update sudo apt install bcmwl-…

Thanks. I will give it a try. It will take a little time. I have to take it to another room.

rfkill list shows no wifi only bluetooth.

That check is for after you have installed bcmwl-kernel-source using the commands above.

I tried it again and noticed it says: Could ot open (/var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend) Unable to acquire dpkg (/var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend) That was whe…

[image] jwmullins: Could ot open (/var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend) Unable to acquire dpkg (/var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend) that message means another…

@hydn Does the Ubuntu installer allow for third party drivers to be installed? If that option was missed during installation, is there an easy way to…

@shybry747 Good question! Hm. Well, if there was no internet during install, the checkbox effectively does nothing. So it’s often best to make sure y…

Hello Hayden, Tried to update firmware but it appears nothing happened. Is there a way to switch from Legacy BIOS to uefi using the terminal? It st…

Ubuntu 24.04 installed and can't get wifi to connect

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Ubuntu 24.04 installed and can't get wifi to connect

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