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                            Klaatu <klaatu@straightedgelinux.com>;                            <br>
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                            Re: [wellylug] Linux Mint 16 - Broadcom wireless issue                            <br>
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                                        <td valign="top">Steve,<br clear="none">What kind of Broadcom chip is it, exactly? if you open a terminal and do a<br clear="none">sudo lspci | grep -i broad<br clear="none"><br clear="none">it ought to tell you.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">That would tell you what chipset the wireless card contains, and that<br clear="none">ought to point toward the proper driver. Anyway, it's the best place to<br clear="none">start.<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">-klaatu<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><div class="yqt3797323628" id="yqtfd23852"><br clear="none">On 01/17/2014 08:15 PM, Steve Macdonald wrote:<br clear="none">> Hi Guys,<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> New Linux user here and decided to install Linux Mint, install went fine<br clear="none">> however I am having major wireless issues, if it does work it is<br clear="none">> extremely slow but drops off 99.9% of the
 time.<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> Tried multiple things others have recommended on various site, and<br clear="none">> before I give up I thought I was ask here if anyone was wanting to have<br clear="none">> a crack at getting it going if I drop the laptop off to them in<br clear="none">> Porirua/Wellington somewhere.<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> Regards<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> Steve</div><br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> <br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">-- <br clear="none">Wellington Linux Users Group Mailing List: <a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:wellylug@lists.wellylug.org.nz" href="javascript:return">wellylug@lists.wellylug.org.nz</a><br clear="none">To Leave:  <a shape="rect" href="http://lists.wellylug.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/wellylug" target="_blank">http://lists.wellylug.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/wellylug</a><div class="yqt3797323628"
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