hidden wifi on old iMac works in LXLE but not liteos

[morti]

Ive two iMacs. The newer one is easy to set up wifi under Liteos (has hidden wifi option) but Liteos on my older imac doesn't have this setting.

I just thought its probably older wifi so doesn't get detected...but if I run LXLE on the older iMac the hidden wifi option appears...and sets it up easily.

Can I find out what apts or extras are in LXLE that I can install in Liteos to make this work?

[Valtam]

What kernel version does the other linux OS use, and what are the specs of the older imac?

[morti]

LXLE result from 'uname -r' is
3.13.0-49-generic

iMac spec (from about this Mac)
Model Name: iMac
  Model Identifier: iMac5,1
  Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
  Processor Speed: 2 GHz
  Number Of Processors: 1
  Total Number Of Cores: 2
  L2 Cache: 4 MB
  Memory: 2 GB
  Bus Speed: 667 MHz
  Boot ROM Version: IM51.0090.B09
  SMC Version (system): 1.8f2

'System profiler and benchmarks' in LXLE lists etho, lo and Wlan0 in 'Interfaces' where as in LiteOS it doesn't list Wlan0.

[rokytnji]

LXLE has inxi in it. Post specs using that in terminal in lxle.

Code:

inxi -Fx

example from my other touchscreen netook

Code:

$ inxi -Fx
System:    Host: antix1 Kernel: 3.16.0-4-686-pae i686 (32 bit gcc: 4.8.4)
           Desktop: IceWM 1.3.8+githubmod+20150818+ad97152
           Distro: antiX-15-beta1-V_386-full Killah P 16 March 2015
Machine:   System: Intel product: Intel powered classmate PC v: 3rd Gen
           Mobo: QCI model: Intel powered classmate PC v: 3rd Gen
           Bios: Phoenix v: HP94510A.86A.0035.2009.0427.2020 date: 04/27/2009
CPU:       Single core Intel Atom N270 (-HT-) cache: 512 KB
           flags: (nx pae sse sse2 sse3 ssse3) bmips: 3191
           clock speeds: max: 1600 MHz 1: 1600 MHz 2: 800 MHz
Graphics:  Card: Intel Mobile 945GSE Express Integrated Graphics Controller
           bus-ID: 00:02.0
           Display Server: X.Org 1.17.2 drivers: intel (unloaded: fbdev,vesa)
           Resolution: [email protected]
           GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI Intel 945GME x86/MMX/SSE2
           GLX Version: 2.1 Mesa 10.6.3 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio:     Card Intel NM10/ICH7 Family High Definition Audio Controller
           driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k3.16.0-4-686-pae
Network:   Card-1: Realtek RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller
           driver: r8169 v: 2.3LK-NAPI port: 2000 bus-ID: 02:00.0
           IF: eth0 state: down mac: 00:23:8b:f2:62:4a
           Card-2: Ralink RT2870/RT3070 Wireless Adapter
           driver: rt2800usb v: 2.3.0 usb-ID: 002-004
           IF: wlan0 state: N/A mac: N/A
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 60.0GB (23.6% used)
           ID-1: /dev/sda model: TOSHIBA_MK6028GA size: 60.0GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 15G used: 4.9G (36%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1
           ID-2: swap-1 size: 4.24GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda2
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 46.0C mobo: N/A
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info:      Processes: 112 Uptime: 4:38 Memory: 345.8/2012.9MB
           Init: SysVinit runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: 5.2.1
           Client: Shell (bash 4.3.421) inxi: 2.2.28

[morti]

Ta rokytnji, my live LXLE didn't have it installed but LiteOS did. Result was:

inxi -Fx
System:    Host: linux Kernel: 3.13.0-24-generic i686 (32 bit, gcc: 4.8.2)
          Desktop: Xfce 4.11.8 (Gtk 2.24.23) Distro: Ubuntu 14.04 trusty
Machine:  System: Apple product: iMac5 1 version: 1.0
          Mobo: Apple model: Mac-F42786A9 version: DVT Bios: Apple version: IM51.88Z.0090.B09.0706270921 date: 06/27/07
CPU:      Dual core Intel Core2 CPU T7200 (-MCP-) cache: 4096 KB flags: (lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 ssse3 vmx) bmips: 7989.36
          Clock Speeds: 1: 1000.00 MHz 2: 1000.00 MHz
Graphics:  Card: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] RV530/M56-P [Mobility Radeon X1600] bus-ID: 01:00.0
          X.Org: 1.15.1 drivers: ati,radeon (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: [email protected]
          GLX Renderer: Gallium 0.4 on ATI RV530 GLX Version: 2.1 Mesa 10.1.3 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio:    Card: Intel NM10/ICH7 Family High Definition Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
          Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture ver: k3.13.0-24-generic
Network:  Card-1: Marvell 88E8053 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller driver: sky2 ver: 1.30 port: 1000 bus-ID: 02:00.0
          IF: eth0 state: down mac: 00:1b:63:30:12:3a
          Card-2: Broadcom BCM4321 802.11a/b/g/n driver: b43-pci-bridge bus-ID: 03:00.0
          IF: N/A state: N/A mac: N/A
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 160.0GB (-) 1: id: /dev/sda model: WDC_WD1600JS size: 160.0GB temp: 36C
Partition: ID: / size: 1001M used: 37M (4%) fs: overlayfs
RAID:      No RAID devices detected - /proc/mdstat and md_mod kernel raid module present
Sensors:  System Temperatures: cpu: 36.0C mobo: N/A
          Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: 999
Info:      Processes: 162 Uptime: 6 min Memory: 235.7/2000.8MB Runlevel: 2 Gcc sys: 4.8.2
          Client: Shell (bash 4.3.11) inxi: 1.9.17