WiFi

[grindstone]

OK -- Broadcom 4313 explains it.  Shouldn't have replied when I was up too many hours--apology.  You just need to "unblock" all the Broadcomm stuff (Control Center->Maintenance->Network Assistant then the Linux Drivers tab). 

   

Second, we may have to undo any Ceni residual things that I steered you into. 
A) So make sure to choose Connman again (CC->Network->Select Wifi Application->Connman)
B) Inspect the file /etc/network/interfaces -- if it does't look like this vanilla one, make it look like this and then reboot. 

   

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[AZgl1800]

OK -- Broadcom 4313 explains it.  Shouldn't have replied when I was up too many hours--apology.  You just need to "unblock" all the Broadcomm stuff (Control Center->Maintenance->Network Assistant then the Linux Drivers tab). 



Second, we may have to undo any Ceni residual things that I steered you into. 
A) So make sure to choose Connman again (CC->Network->Select Wifi Application->Connman)
B) Inspect the file /etc/network/interfaces -- if it does't look like this vanilla one, make it look like this and then reboot. 



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Been a very long day, bankers can be frustrating
I looked a the Broadcom drivers, and they are already unblocked.

went thru the rest of what you said, and I give up,
the ACER is going in the trash bin.

my friend is as old as I am, he barely manages to use a cellphone, a retired truck driver, all his life.

I will find a Dell Laptop that will do the job and send that to him.
just wish I had not bought a new battery for this Pile of crap old ACER.

it just will not accept a WPA password, it insists on PSK

many thanks for you efforts, I am done with this project.

[grindstone]

Well, it's up to you but I wouldn't pitch-in the towel yet if you haven't. Take one last hack with a usb load of either AntiX base or Antix full. They have firmware that you don't have (yet) (but could if you could phone-tether or use a different dongle to get the "DSL File Restore" done. FWIW. Just a hunch, but my guess is that the authentication method is a driver failure.

[AZgl1800]

okay,
I don't dump stuff immediately,
I wait to see what might show up,
and you have offered two more options.
Will get back after I work with those.

Highly appreciate your Time and Effort towards this bump in the road.
I have been using linux for about 6 years, ever since Win8 was announced, I jumped ship...

[AZgl1800]

Okay, making some progress.
anit-X base 32 bit ISO installed on this little puppy just fine, so we have WiFi connection now.

but SeaMonkey is a super PITA, it refuses to connect to any website that I want to go to.
it claims all websites are UnTrusted....
Even though I disable all of those checks, it refuses to open up.

So, I dropped to Terminal and downloaded Firefox.tar.xz but I can't seem to get it to install.
I am out of my wheelhouse now.

Think I will download the 32bit full pkg and see if the little ACER can handle that.
Base does NOT have a Package Manager, to allow me to get a different browser.

I have hated SeaMonkey since it was invented, it has to go.

[AZgl1800]

Hip Hip Hooray.

It took the Full version of Anti-X,
deleted that funky SeaMonkey and installed Firefox.
Glad that the Package Manager knew about Firefox, it also shows the ESR version, a nice item.

got it tuned up, and packed to mail out tmw,
my Elderly buddy, who is my age, a bit older actually, I am 82....

he is anxious to get off of a cellphone

thank you so much for help me out.

[grindstone]

You're too fast for me today, but glad you resolved something. When I logged-on, I was going to offer you the big tar file to apply to your DSL but... If it weren't packed-up already, I'd be after you to find him a thinner browser like we have with DSL. Would've also asked to see inxi -N again At any rate, good work and thanks for the patience. I use Netsurf a lot in DSL. Dillo sometimes. Badwolf sometimes. Firefox ESR when absolutely needed for some compatibility reason. Quite a bit of time in w3m text browser, etc. Sounds like "full" may be a better fit for your friend if he doesn't glaze-over at all the menu entries. Thanks for the update and thanks for saving another machine from the landfills.