THANK Gapan, solved!
I'm writing this post connected to wifi...
Nano

Thank Gapan for your replay,

I connected to internet by wire and followed your instruction:

First I update the system
sudo slapt-src -u

then I installed firmware cutter with
sudo slapt-src -i b43-fwcutter

everything went smooth

but when I launch
sudo slapt-get -i b43-firmware
it exit with ...

Hi everibody,
I've got a netbook Acer Aspire ONE model 751h (alias model ZA3) with 2GB ram and 240 GB SSD.
Wifi under Windows 7 Starter and Linux Mint LDME5 32bit is working out of the box: I can activate/deactivate wifi chip through a small switch in front of the netbook.
BUT...
Windows 7 is TOO ...

Thank for the help both of you, I think the problem is solved even if with a workaround

After several efforts here what I've found about Gslapt.
variable http_proxy is defined for all users, double checked.
PC has been rebooted after every modification

a) If I try to launch Gslapt directly from ...

Thank Gapan for help

I created in /etc/profile.d/ following file: export_proxy.sh

it contains:
cat export_proxy.sh

#!/bin/sh
export http_proxy="http://10.41.10.252:8080/"

made it executable for everybody:
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 136 mag 16 14:45 export_proxy.sh*

but execution of Gslapt still ...

Thank, from command line it works!

installation updated

last question: how can I manage same situation with Gslapt?
Shall i enable root to login directly (no sudo or su)?

Thank

Thank Gapan for suggestion, but no success unfortunately...

As suggested I issued
export http_proxy="http://10.41.10.252:8080/"
and checked (as before) with
export | grep http

it answered with
declare -x http_proxy="http://10.41.10.252:8080/"

Then I issued
sudo slapt-get -u
Password:
Recupero i ...

Hi, I'm triyng to update salix xfce 14.1 just installed, PC is behind a firewall/proxy.
After installation I can surf on Internet without problem (= network settings are ok).
To make update possibile, as standard user I've issued:

export HTTP_PROXY=http://10.41.10.252:8080

then I've checked it has ...