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My laptop acer will not see wireless

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• Started 11 years ago by ooseven
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   ooseven
   

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   I love slitaz so much I install 4.0 on my wifes laptop.
   But now I can't see my wireless which is netgear.

   I'm going to try wired and try hardware detectin to
   see if that works.

   If you know what will help please advize....

   Posted 11 years ago #
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   Tropetre
   

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   What wireless card do you use? Please send a $ lspci so that we would know if there a specific problem with your wireless card or if you need a specific driver. Or it may be as simple as for mine that you just have to type $ ifconfig <networkcard> up

   Posted 11 years ago #
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   ooseven
   

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   Cindie@gauthier:~$ lspci
   00:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 Host Bridge
   00:01.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780/RS880 PCI to PCI bridge (int gfx)
   00:04.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 0)
   00:05.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 1)
   00:11.0 SATA controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 SATA Controller [AHCI mode]
   00:12.0 USB controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller
   00:12.1 USB controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0 USB OHCI1 Controller
   00:12.2 USB controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller
   00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 SMBus Controller (rev 3c)
   00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA)
   00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 LPC host controller
   00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge
   00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
   00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
   00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
   00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
   01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RS780M/RS780MN [Radeon HD 3200 Graphics]
   02:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY (rev 01)
   08:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications AR8132 Fast Ethernet (rev c0)

   Posted 11 years ago #
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   gdesilva
   

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   It would also help if you were to post a copy of your /etc/network.conf (replace passwords with xxxxx before posting)

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   Tropetre
   

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   You have to install a driver for the Broadcom network cards and since you are using a "bcm43xx" you should download b43-fwcutter (exists in tazpanel) and install the firmware. Take a look at this link, it may be usefull!
   http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#Other_distributions_not_mentioned_above

   Posted 11 years ago #
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   ooseven
   

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   If I installed slitaz 4.0 without the wired would it install every thing I need for the wireless?
   I know that is how windows does it.

   Posted 11 years ago #
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   Tropetre
   

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   Unfortunately not as it doesn't have access to the drivers required. As Windows is the most used operating system most hardware has native support for it but Linux needs to add their own drivers. I could probably make a firmware installer script for SliTaz such as the "firmware-b43-installer" but I won't promise anything so please, just follow the instructions in the link above and send a response, keep in mind that b43-fwcutter is already in the tazpanel so just download it and follow the istructions on the page.

   export FIRMWARE_INSTALL_DIR="/lib/firmware"
   wget http://www.lwfinger.com/b43-firmware/broadcom-wl-5.100.138.tar.bz2
   tar xjf broadcom-wl-5.100.138.tar.bz2
   sudo b43-fwcutter -w "$FIRMWARE_INSTALL_DIR" broadcom-wl-5.100.138/linux/wl_apsta.o

   Posted 11 years ago #
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   ooseven
   

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   Installation of : broadcom-wl

   Copying broadcom-wl... [ OK ]
   Extracting broadcom-wl... [ OK ]
   Extracting the pseudo fs... (lzma) [ OK ]
   Installing broadcom-wl... [ OK ]
   Removing all tmp files... [ OK ]
   Processing post-install commands...

   broadcom-wl (5_100_82_112_3.2.14) is installed.

   Posted 11 years ago #
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   Tropetre
   

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   Does it work now?

   Posted 11 years ago #
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    ooseven
    

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    No it does not. I have tried a lot of linux's. I simply love slitaz. I have installed it two other desktops sense I found it two weeks ago.

    The laptop belongs to my boss the wife. I had debian on there, it is a great distro but I like this
    slitaz way better.

    Waiting for next possible help..

    Posted 11 years ago #
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    mojo
    

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    Your wireless chipset:
    02:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY (rev 01)

    Open terminal
    type
    su
    Enter key
    Password:
    type
    root
    Enter key
    If connected to internet:
    type
    wget http://people.slitaz.org/~mojo/stuff/b43-firmware-4.150.10.5.tazpkg
    Enter key
    If not connected to internet:
    Download with internet connected computer => Flash/Floppy/Cdrw drive => Slitaz computer
    Type
    tazpkg install b43-firmware-4.150.10.5.tazpkg
    Enter key
    Type
    modprobe -r b43
    Enter key
    modprobe b43
    Enter key
    Applications/System Tools/Wifi configuration
    root,click OK button
    The wifi access point should appear in a few seconds,dbl click it to connect if open or to enter password if secure and click ok to connect.
    The wifi access point/router must broadcast the ESSID.

    Posted 11 years ago #

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