[-] HotCoffee@lemm.ee 4 points 3 days ago

SimpleX Chat, no phone number or e-mail registration needed. Truly a privacy pioneer.

[-] HotCoffee@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago

No nothing configured by me on the router

[-] HotCoffee@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago

I got internet by tethering my phone. After that I went through all the managers, tried installing b43 and after that wl. But both did nothing on the live usb boot. @RedNight left a link that suggests this macbook version wifi doesn't work with linux. https://github.com/Dunedan/mbp-2016-linux

[-] HotCoffee@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago

No luck. I used my phone as tether but none of the managers worked.

[-] HotCoffee@lemm.ee 2 points 9 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"

[-] HotCoffee@lemm.ee 2 points 9 months ago

Sadly the driver manager says no drivers needed

[-] HotCoffee@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago

The weird thing is that it picks up 1 or 2 wifi from my neighbours but really weak like 9%. But it doesn't seem te scan my own.

[-] HotCoffee@lemm.ee 3 points 9 months ago

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

[-] HotCoffee@lemm.ee 3 points 9 months ago

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

[-] HotCoffee@lemm.ee 3 points 9 months ago

Only c ports on my device, ill get a plug

[-] HotCoffee@lemm.ee 2 points 9 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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submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by HotCoffee@lemm.ee to c/linux@lemmy.ml

Finally decided to convert to the penguin. I have live booted mint from a usb, without installing it yet, on a macbook pro 2017. But none of the WiFi networks in my apartment are showing, except for a few weak ones. Help a newbie out :)

Edit: To clarify it is not installed yet. Just used it from a live usb.

Edit 2: Used phone as tether for internet and went through all managers. But none had any updates that worked. I also tried installing b43 and after that wl. But both did nothing on the live usb boot, I assume since modprobe doesn't do anything on a live boot. But I ain't installing if it won't even work on the live boot.

@RedNight left a link that suggests this macbook, version 14.2, wifi doesn’t work with linux. https://github.com/Dunedan/mbp-2016-linux

Final edit: Fedora also didn't work. So it's a hardware compatibility issue.

TLDR: If u have a macbook 2017 version 14.2 the wifi won't work on linux so don't try.

[-] HotCoffee@lemm.ee 10 points 10 months ago

Good UX and quality of life features should prevent users from having mishaps like this. So yeah it's shitty in this regard.

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