Finally decided to convert to the penguin. I have booted mint from a usb on a macbrook pro 2017. But none of the WiFi networks in my apartment are showing, except for a few weak ones. Help a newbie out :)

  • Baggins@beehaw.org
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    8 months ago

    I’d try another distro - I’ve had issues with Mint and wifi in the past. MXLinux saw wifi when Mint didn’t. Or maybe Ubuntu.

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      8 months ago

      Not sure why this is downvoted? But yeah if this doesn’t work i will try to some others

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    8 months ago

    I had a similar issue with Mint on my Latitude 7480, ended up using Fedora where everything just seems to work.

    Best advice I can suggest is always use a live USB because if something doesn’t work there it won’t after install either.

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      8 months ago

      Yeah luckily this is on a live USB. I’ll try fedora if nothings works thx for the recomendation

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      8 months ago

      None of these modules are found. It’s a live boot so idk of these are only present after install?

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    8 months ago

    Had a similar experience with a '13 air. Everything works, except wifi. F’n Broadcom. Don’t remember how I got a working driver, but the next time it breaks I’ll just try to order some compatible wireless card instead.

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    8 months ago

    I think the Driver Manager may be able to help you select the correct one or at least make the correct one permanent.

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    8 months ago

    The machine is fully supported by Mint, but because it’s a non-free firmware driver, you will need to add either an ethernet cable, or a usb-to-ethernet adapter, or you could tether from your phone. Then you can install either the b43, or the wl driver (depends which chipset you have), and then wifi and bluetooth are going to work like a charm. I had to do the same on my mac mini. Apple uses broadcom chips that don’t have full open source bits, so they’re not part of the live ISO. You’ll first need to find another way to get to the internet, and then fetch the right files.

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    8 months ago

    Use hotspot or tethering from phone to give the Macbook Internet, and update the WiFi drivers and firmware. Or get an ethernet adapter for USB port.

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    8 months ago

    I had constant issues with wifi when running mint ~3 years ago. I never managed to fix it and instead switched to fedora.

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      8 months ago

      Great link mate. I think this explains why none of the suggestions are working.

      "The MacBook Pro models with Touch Bar come with a Broadcom Limited BCM43602 802.11ac Wireless LAN SoC (rev 02) which is also supported by brcmfmac, but has several issues rendering it unusable, caused by the available firmware. The issues are caused by failing country detection and are:

      -Only 2.4Ghz APs are shown -Connecting to an AP barely works or fails directly"

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        8 months ago

        Great. I’m glad you saw them. Yeah, I’ve been watching this device for years hoping for better support. The very technical manual WiFi fixes do seem to work, but I think a usb WiFi adapter might be more pleasant.

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    8 months ago

    Have you by any chance configured the wifi channels on your router/AP by hand? I had a problem a long time ago, where some device would assume it’s in the US, while the AP was set to another country code and you could choose wifi channels that in the US are verboten.