FYI: That “Additional drivers” option in the previous post worked from the Live desktop. I see access points in nm-tray as soon as that finished. (EDIT: inxi -Fxrz shows it using “driver: wl”).
So, I’m curious to know if that should have worked better (if this situation is a bug, enhancement)? For example, should that support have been in the iso? (I imagine not due to space reasons, and the relative obscurity of this old 11" Thinkpad?).
If not, I think it would be a much better user experience if the install process detected this condition and told the user “A driver exists for your wireless card. You must connect to a network using your laptop’s wired connection, and install ‘xxxxxx xxxx’ from start->preferences->additional drivers”)
Basically, the system knew a driver existed for me. But, I had to know enough to ask it tell me. If the install process could detect conditions like this, that might be a nicer experience for people new to Linux.
If there’s something more I should do (a bug report, enhancement request, etc.) let me know.