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ANDFER85

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Registered: 2026-01-26

Posts: 6

Icon wifi there is not on top bar, even update os and update broadcom

Hello Forum XFCE

( I write a basic english, I'm sorry for some grams errors )

I do not see icon of wifi on top bar; I see only data of my current internet connection by hotspot tethering usb by smartphone

1
After installation I used these commands:

apt get update

( Ok updated )

and after:

apt get upgrade

( Ok upgrade )

2
Someone told me to use:
sudo apt-get install broadcom-sta-dkms

And ok, it has installed "broadcom"

But I do not see ico wifi.

3
These are my data of os:
Ufficio Zero Linux Minimal
de - XFCE

By 2 commands: cat /etc/os-release

PRETTY_NAME="Devuan GNU/Linux 5 (daedalus)"
NAME="Devuan GNU/Linux"
VERSION_ID="5"
VERSION="5 (daedalus)"
VERSION_CODENAME="daedalus"
ID=devuan
ID_LIKE=debian
HOME_URL="https://www.devuan.org/"
SUPPORT_URL="https://devuan.org/os/community"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.devuan.org/

lsb_release -a

No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID:    Devuan
Description:    Devuan GNU/Linux 5 (daedalus)
Release:    5
Codename:    daedalus

hosnamect
l
bash: hosnamectl: comando non trovato
andfer@1A:~$ hostnamectl
bash: hostnamectl: comando non trovato
andfer@1A:~$ cat /etc/issue
Devuan GNU/Linux daedalus \n \l

I am new of world Linux and I need learn basic steps fpr a normal use.
( Thanks in advance for patience )

ToZ

Administrator

From: Canada

Registered: 2011-06-02

Posts: 12,598

Re: Icon wifi there is not on top bar, even update os and update broadcom

The icon is usually provided by the network-manager-applet package. Check to see if its installed.

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chardmain

Member

From: South East Asia

Registered: 2020-04-13

Posts: 17

Re: Icon wifi there is not on top bar, even update os and update broadcom

You can check https://wiki.debian.org/wl if you have one of this chipset

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