Thank you.
I have akmod-wl and wpa_supplicant and broadcomm-wl and kernel-header and kernel-modulues and kernel-devel, kernel-core, kernel-modules-extras, and both free and non-free of the unofficial third-party repo.
My recollection was, that there was a well-known developer who had a hack or something that you could download - something like dcarati ?? I think I did that once last year in another install of Fedora 29 or 30, and it worked, as far as getting the wi-fi device recognized
Somewhere around the house, I have a USB wi-fi dongle, but the reason I do not have it readily available is that I once tried it and it didn't work either.
I will say that when I was in Rawhide Gnome a few weeks ago, that my wi-fi was recognized ( enabled ?? ), but it would not connect. This Rawhide Xfce install is new and I have never installed all the stuff one needs to get wi-fi recognized ( or enabled ?? ). Meaning, the Network icon in the panel only shows Ethernet.
David Locklear
On Sat, Mar 7, 2020 at 5:16 PM Zachary Snyder sadin@fedoraproject.org wrote:
Hi David, you likely need akmod-wl as well as well as kernel development headers
On Sat, Mar 7, 2020 at 5:05 PM David dlocklear01@gmail.com wrote:
I am probably asking on the wrong listserve, but this is the only one I subscribe to.
I have never used wi-fi in Fedora. I have normally had access to a Ethernet and all my previous attempts at wi-fi in Fedora have failed.
So today, I purchased a router, and connected it to my cable-modem and was able to immediately use wi-fi on my $ 30 Android smartphone.
But I can not for the life of me, figure out how to get wi-fi to work in Fedora. I believe I have third party repo properly installed. I believe I have Broadcom-wl and kmod-wl installed.
I am in Xfce, which in my opinion has poor Network Manager menu compared to Gnome.
I have used wi-fi on other distros before and my recollection was that it was not complicated.
When I click on the Network icon in the panel, it does not show wi-fi.
If I go to the Xfce menu to "Advanced Network Configuration," I get a menu that is above my IQ.
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