[rokytnji]

Well, I got itchy. I recieved my Dell E5500 from fedex. A good friend gave it to me.
It had XP on a slow 5400 rpm 120 gig sata hard drive. On my Compaq CQ57. I had installed Linux Lite
on a GPT  Apple SSD drive.  Info on it coming presently.

Only fix I needed for the swap is this dell has broadcom wireless. I followed my own tutorial I posted at LQ last year on dealing with this.
I hooked up to my hard line and followed my instructions here.
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/...ess-35655/

Rebooted. Posting wirelessly here now on this

Code:

harry@biker1:~$ inxi -zv7 System:    Host: biker1 Kernel: 3.13.0-24-generic i686 (32 bit gcc: 4.8.2)           Desktop: Xfce 4.11.6 (Gtk 2.24.23) info: xfce4-panel dm: lightdm Distro: Ubuntu 14.04 trusty Machine:   System: Dell product: Latitude E5500 Chassis: type: 8           Mobo: Dell model: 0DW635 Bios: Dell v: A17 date: 09/27/2011 CPU:       Dual core Intel Core2 Duo T7250 (-MCP-) cache: 2048 KB           flags: (lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 ssse3 vmx) bmips: 7973           Clock Speeds: 1: 800 MHz 2: 800 MHz Memory:    Using dmidecode: you must be root to run dmidecode Graphics:  Card: Intel Mobile 4 Series Integrated Graphics Controller bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:2a42           Display Server: X.Org 1.15.1 drivers: intel (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: [email protected]           GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI Mobile Intel GM45 Express x86/MMX/SSE2           GLX Version: 2.1 Mesa 10.1.3 Direct Rendering: Yes Audio:     Card Intel 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller           driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:293e           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k3.13.0-24-generic Network:   Card-1: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5756ME Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express           driver: tg3 v: 3.134 bus-ID: 09:00.0 chip-ID: 14e4:1674           IF: eth1 state: down mac: <filter>           Card-2: Broadcom BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY driver: b43-pci-bridge bus-ID: 0c:00.0 chip-ID: 14e4:4315           IF: wlan2 state: up mac: <filter>           WAN IP: <filter> IF: eth1 ip: N/A ip-v6: N/A           IF: wlan2 ip: <filter> ip-v6: <filter> Drives:    HDD Total Size: 121.3GB (34.5% used)           ID-1: /dev/sda model: APPLE_SSD_SM128 size: 121.3GB serial: DFKU604844ED440           Optical: /dev/sr0 model: TSST CDRWDVD TS-L463A rev: D400 dev-links: cdrom           Features: speed: 24x multisession: yes audio: yes dvd: yes rw: cd-r,cd-rw state: running Partition: ID-1: / size: 8.6G used: 4.3G (53%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1           label: / uuid: 24580b54-b3d7-418a-96f2-6bbbf1ccccff           ID-2: /home size: 103G used: 35G (36%) fs: ext3 dev: /dev/sda2           label: /home uuid: 65f560b2-63b4-41e0-9d4e-4597d237493b RAID:      System: supported: N/A           No RAID devices: /proc/mdstat, md_mod kernel module present           Unused Devices: none Unmounted: No unmounted partitions detected Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 40.5C mobo: N/A           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A Info:      Processes: 159 Uptime: 22 min Memory: 457.9/1971.9MB           Init: Upstart v: 1.12.1 runlevel: 2 default: 2 Gcc sys: 4.8.2           Client: Shell (bash 4.3.111 running in x-terminal-emul) inxi: 2.2.1 harry@biker1:~$ xrandr Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1280 x 800, maximum 32767 x 32767 LVDS1 connected 1280x800+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 331mm x 207mm   1280x800       60.0*+   40.0     1024x768       60.0     800x600        60.3     56.2     640x480        59.9   VGA1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) HDMI1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) DP1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) HDMI2 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) DP2 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) DP3 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) TV1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) VIRTUAL1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) harry@biker1:~$ glxgears Running synchronized to the vertical refresh.  The framerate should be approximately the same as the monitor refresh rate. 302 frames in 5.0 seconds = 60.327 FPS 299 frames in 5.0 seconds = 59.631 FPS 299 frames in 5.0 seconds = 59.639 FPS 299 frames in 5.0 seconds = 59.624 FPS 299 frames in 5.0 seconds = 59.636 FPS

Like I said and will reiterate now. The only tweak/fix I needed was


sudo apt-get install firmware-b43-installer

After checking at
http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43
1st to make sure my chip was in the YES part of the column.







[table][tr][td]14e4:4315 [/td]

[td]yes [/td]

[td]BCM4312 [/td]
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Using this to double check

Code:

$ lspci -vnn -d 14e4: 09:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5756ME Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express [14e4:1674] Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:0263] Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 46 Memory at f68f0000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K] Expansion ROM at <ignored> [disabled] Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: tg3 0c:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY [14e4:4315] (rev 01) Subsystem: Dell Wireless 1397 WLAN Mini-Card [1028:000c] Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17 Memory at f69fc000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K] Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: b43-pci-bridge