Wifi powerbook g4

It has a clearer solution. I have left my original answer, however please note that the wiki lays it out better than I do. You have a newer version? I would try to figure out what the version for If that IS the version, it's because the system hasn't had apt-get update run in a while - since you can't connect to the network, you may need an older version.

You could look into aptoncd as well - this is a way that allows a computer WITH a network connection to serve as a package repository for a computer that doesn't have one - by, say, burning the packages to CD. There are other options. If you need to manually install a. Since you can't do that You may also want to install synaptic so you can do some things a little more manually.

The thing is you'll need a network connection or aptoncd on another machine, or you'll have to install the packages manually. The reason this method is frowned upon is that you're delving into the sausage factory, and if you don't know what you're doing you can end up with some serious dependency problems and broken packages.

Right-clicking the file with archive manager is easily explained -. You could uncompress the file and try to run the contents manually It's not worth the trouble in most cases.

That will at least get you on the network instead of having to play sneakernet. None of those worked? It's time to dive headlong into the sausage factory. You will most likely get warnings - hell it may not even install, it may want dependencies. However this is only HALF the problem - you still need the firmware file to have the cutter cut it. Consult the wiki for the proper firmware file for your card. This is the sort of thing we steer everyone away from here - because it's the sort of thing that was automated so you wouldn't have to do it manually, because it's easy to screw up.

You know those whole "oh I spent all weekend recompiling my kernel so my graphics card would work" stereotypes?

Yeah, we're trying to avoid those. I used the button to install the live cd to the hard drive, then plugged a physical, wired network connection and ran: sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install linux-firmware-nonfree Then I rebooted the computer, because it makes me feel warm and fuzzy it's probably not necessary.

After you reboot you can use the gui in the upper right corner to connect to a wireless network. How do I update the system software? Get to the command line, then run: sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgrade To update all the packages. How do I right-click on this thing?

Middle-click is mapped on F11 Right-click on F You can also right-click by making a "two-finger tap" on the touchpad. How do I get the sound to work? You don't? This site lists it as a known issue, and has a help link, but it was no help to me. You don't, there is no Chrome support for G4 powerpc processors. Sep 19, PM in response to roemerman In response to roemerman. Sep 19, PM. Sep 20, AM in response to roemerman In response to roemerman.

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Mar 18, PM in response to roemerman In response to roemerman. You could try booting your computer with the Option, Cmd, O letter o, that is and F keys all held down while it chimes the boot. This should boot into Open Firmware, in which it presents you with a command line prompt. If you can see the prompt then your hardware is probably OK, and it is a software issue.

If you can't see the prompt then your hardware is likely hosed; sometimes people can still use their computer when this happens by connecting an external display before boot, and leaving the lid down. If it is a software issue then you may need to reinstall the operating system from the restore disk. Mar 18, PM. Question: Q: how do i connect my powerbook g4 to wifi More Less. Communities Get Support. Sign in Sign in Sign in corporate. Browse Search. Ask a question. User profile for user: roemerman roemerman.