having wifi issues

[carl4926]

I'm going to PM you a file. Save it to a pen drive or something.

Then boot the Xubuntu cd
Open the file manager
put the folder you extract from what I PM you in the location the file manager opens.
Now open a terminal and do

sudo mv b43 /lib/firmware

The wireless should come to life within a minute

[sly4tehwin]

boot the xbuntu cd? can you please clarify?

[carl4926]

Boot it to a live desktop

[sly4tehwin]

? i still dont understnd :/

[carl4926]

You can boot the cd and try xubuntu
just as if it was installed

just forget your actual installation for the moment

I want you to test the live cd and see if the b43 driver will work there

[sly4tehwin]

ok so restart and boot from my install cd? where do you want me to but that driver? or do i do something with it after i boot from the disk?

[carl4926]

Yes

I told you. Copy the folder to the place where the file manager opens

then open a terminal and do

sudo mv b43 /lib/firmware

the wireless should become active soon after doing that

[sly4tehwin]

im sorry, i still cant figure out what you mean. you have been so patient with me and i appreciate it a lot. do you think you could walk me through what you're talking about?

[sly4tehwin]

i feel like this would be way easier if you could see what i see lol

[carl4926]

OK

SO you have a xubuntu cd,
If you were planning to do a install, most people boot the cd and try it in what is called live mode, that is you get a real desktop but it's running from the cd. I want you to boot your cd as if you were just trying it in live mode. If you wanted to install it from there you will see there is a Install icon to click. So hopefully you understand I want you to boot the cd to a live desktop.

Now, I sent you a .zip archive which contains the folder b43
Which hopefully you have on a flash drive that you can connect to the laptop.
We need to copy that to the live session /home
So open the place where your b43 folder is, right click and copy. Now close that and from the menu open the file manager, and in the window right click and paste - this should copy over b43 folder

Now open a terminal and do

sudo mv b43 /lib/firmware

This will move the folder b43 to the live systems /lib/firmware
And you wireless should come to life