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iMac A1225 - Wi-Fi driver/s for Debian.

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iMac A1225 - Wi-Fi driver/s for Debian.

#1 Post by Geekomm »

Is there any way to get the driver/s I need to connect my 13-year-old computer to my Wi-Fi network wirelessly?

I've seached on the web (including this forum, since i'm running Debian on the target) unsuccessfully. I'm making this post as a last resort. u_u

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#2 Post by arochester »

What is the output from

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lspci |grep Network
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lsusb
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#3 Post by Geekomm »

lspci |grep Network | bash: lspci: command not found

lsusb | Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 004: ID 0b38:0010 Gear Head 107-Key Keyboard
Bus 004 Device 003: ID 05ac:8215 Apple, Inc. Built-in Bluetooth 2.0+EDR HCI
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 0a5c:4500 Broadcom Corp. BCM2046B1 USB 2.0 Hub (part of BCM2046 Bluetooth)
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 05ac:8502 Apple, Inc. Built-in iSight
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 003: ID 05ac:8242 Apple, Inc. Built-in IR Receiver
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 046d:c077 Logitech, Inc. M105 Optical Mouse
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

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#5 Post by Geekomm »

oswaldkelso wrote: 2021-08-31 18:25 Good starting places for identifying models and so issues.

https://everymac.com/systems/apple/imac ... minum-faq/

https://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/Apple
There seem to be no drivers for my Mac… 😔

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#7 Post by Geekomm »

I get literally no output, so I assume the Wi-Fi card could just be not working or not being read...

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#8 Post by oswaldkelso »

As the wiki stated if the wifi doesn't show up it's probably Broadcom . So unless your like me a bit of a freetard and going to buy a freedom respecting card I got one for £2 you'll probably need the non-free firmware package.

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If you have an Atheros card, all should work out-of-the-box.

If you have a Broadcom card, follow the Broadcom wireless page.

5.0 and 6.0 generation MacBooks may have a BCM43xx, follow the instructions for the broadcom-wl driver on the Broadcom wireless page. The interfaces can swap during reboot so its best to define them in a udev rule (instructions on the Broadcom wireless page).

If you have the correct broadcom DKMS driver (i.e. broadcom-wl-dkms) installed and your wifi card is still not being recognised, try rebuilding the driver (See Dynamic Kernel Module Support).
If you're a new user the buying a cheap second hand card looks like the easy and ethical solution
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#9 Post by este.el.paz »

I second @oswaldkelso post . . . I have a number of multi-boot Macs and more than likely the b43 or possibly the b43_legacy driver would be the one to try. There used to be a pretty good FAQ for PPC macs that showed the various wifi drivers . . . but you possibly could just do "apt install b43"?????? See what it says back about it, etc.

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#10 Post by stevepusser »

If you have the correct broadcom DKMS driver (i.e. broadcom-wl-dkms) installed and your wifi card is still not being recognised, try rebuilding the driver (See Dynamic Kernel Module Support).
That package is in the nonfree section of the repos, nonfree usually must be added manually to your sources, and the package is "broadcom-sta-dkms" in Debian and derivatives.

You could try a live session of MX Linux, which includes the built module by default, to see if that's the case. Quick System Info from the MX menu should show the networking information if it's working.
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#11 Post by Geekomm »

It worked fine while it ran MacOS X El Capitan... :c

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