I have a garuda xfce bootable USB and I am using it on an old Dell inspiron 1720, and I cannot figure out how to connect it to wifi. (or make it look for wifi networks)
System details
System:
Kernel: 5.10.56-1-lts x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.1.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-x86_64 lang=en_US keytable=us tz=UTC
misobasedir=garuda misolabel=GARUDA_XFCE_SOARING_ quiet
systemd.show_status=1 systemd.unified_cgroup_hierarchy=1 driver=nonfree
nouveau.modeset=0 i915.modeset=1 radeon.modeset=1
Desktop: Xfce 4.16.0 tk: Gtk 3.24.29 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm 4.16.1
vt: 7 dm: LightDM 1.30.0 Distro: Garuda Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Portable System: Dell product: Inspiron 1720 v: N/A serial: <filter>
Chassis: type: 8 serial: <filter>
Mobo: Dell model: 0UW524 serial: <filter> BIOS: Dell v: A09
date: 07/11/2008
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 0% condition: 5.2/86.6 Wh (6.0%) volts: N/A min: 11.1
model: Sanyo DELL UW2807 type: Li-ion serial: <filter> status: Unknown
CPU:
Info: Dual Core model: Intel Core2 Duo T7300 bits: 64 type: MCP
arch: Core Merom family: 6 model-id: F (15) stepping: A (10) microcode: 95
cache: L2: 4 MiB
flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 ssse3 bogomips: 7977
Speed: 1197 MHz min/max: 800/2001 MHz boost: enabled Core speeds (MHz):
1: 1197 2: 1268
Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX unsupported
Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion
Type: mds
status: Vulnerable: Clear CPU buffers attempted, no microcode; SMT disabled
Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
Type: spec_store_bypass status: Vulnerable
Type: spectre_v1
mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
Type: spectre_v2
mitigation: Full generic retpoline, STIBP: disabled, RSB filling
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics vendor: Dell
driver: i915 v: kernel bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:2a02 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: OmniVision OV2640 Webcam type: USB driver: uvcvideo
bus-ID: 2-6:5 chip-ID: 05a9:2640 class-ID: 0e02
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.13 compositor: xfwm4 v: 4.16.1 driver:
loaded: intel unloaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,vesa display-ID: :0.0
screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1440x900 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 381x238mm (15.0x9.4")
s-diag: 449mm (17.7")
Monitor-1: LVDS1 res: 1440x900 hz: 60 dpi: 99 size: 370x230mm (14.6x9.1")
diag: 436mm (17.2")
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel 965GM (CL) v: 2.1 Mesa 21.1.6
direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel 82801H HD Audio vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:284b class-ID: 0403
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.10.56-1-lts running: yes
Sound Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.19 running: no
Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: yes
Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.33 running: no
Network:
Device-1: Broadcom BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX vendor: Dell driver: b44
v: kernel port: 10c0 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 14e4:170c class-ID: 0200
Device-2: Broadcom BCM4321 802.11a/b/g/n
vendor: Dell Wireless 1500 Draft 802.11n WLAN Mini-card
driver: b43-pci-bridge v: N/A modules: ssb port: 10c0 bus-ID: 0c:00.0
chip-ID: 14e4:4328 class-ID: 0280
Device-3: Qualcomm Atheros AR9271 802.11n type: USB driver: ath9k_htc
bus-ID: 2-3:4 chip-ID: 0cf3:9271 class-ID: ff00 serial: <filter>
IF: wlp0s29f7u3 state: down mac: <filter>
IF-ID-1: eth0 state: down mac: <filter>
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 163.89 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Seagate model: ST9160821AS
size: 149.05 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B
speed: 1.5 Gb/s type: N/A serial: <filter> rev: D scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 type: USB model: Mass Storage Device
size: 14.84 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B
speed: <unknown> type: N/A serial: <filter> rev: 1.00 scheme: MBR
SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 3.83 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 55.0 C mobo: N/A sodimm: SODIMM C
Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 0
Info:
Processes: 187 Uptime: 6m wakeups: 1 Memory: 3.83 GiB
used: 1.99 GiB (52.0%) Init: systemd v: 249 tool: systemctl Compilers:
gcc: 11.1.0 clang: 12.0.1 Packages: pacman: 1231 lib: 310 Shell: Bash
v: 5.1.8 running-in: xfce4-terminal inxi: 3.3.06