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RTL8139 on SlitTaz 4.0

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• Started 11 years ago by esorato
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   esorato
   

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   Hello everyone,

   I´m newbie with SliTaz and with linux.
   I have a hold Acer travelmate notebook on the side and decided to install something to play with on it.
   Well, I had a look at internet and found out that SliTaz could be a nice distro to put this old hardware to work.
   I liked very much the distro. It is light and fast.
   However I could not manage to put my wireless to work.
   It is a RTL-8139 from realtek.

   The command #lspci can list it but I could not configure.

   Can someone give me a hint ?

   Thank you very much

   Edson

   Posted 11 years ago #
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   mojo
   

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   Look here: http://forum.slitaz.org/topic/wireless-realtek-8193

   Posted 11 years ago #
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   esorato
   

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   Hi mojo,

   Thank you very much for answering me.
   I´m a little bit confused: the link you sent is for a RTL-8193 wireless pci.
   Is it the same driver for RTL8139 ?

   Best regards,

   Edson

   Posted 11 years ago #
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   mojo
   

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   Whoops,wrong link :^)
   rtl8139 is wired ethernet chipset, not wireless.
   Is the wireless adapter plugged into usb or built-in pci?
   Open a terminal
   If built-in pci
   type
   lspci -nn
   If usb
   type
   lsusb
   hit enter key

   Post the output

   Posted 11 years ago #
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   esorato
   

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   Hi mojo,

   Thank you for answering.

   My falt. I´ve been searching for the wrong driver.
   Bellow the result of lspci (it is a built in pci).

   00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/PM/GMS/910GML Express Processor to DRAM Controller [8086:2590] (rev 03)
   00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller [8086:2592] (rev 03)
   00:02.1 Display controller [0380]: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller [8086:2792] (rev 03)
   00:1d.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #1 [8086:2658] (rev 03)
   00:1d.1 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #2 [8086:2659] (rev 03)
   00:1d.2 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #3 [8086:265a] (rev 03)
   00:1d.3 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #4 [8086:265b] (rev 03)
   00:1d.7 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller [8086:265c] (rev 03)
   00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev d3)
   00:1e.2 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) AC'97 Audio Controller [8086:266e] (rev 03)
   00:1e.3 Modem [0703]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) AC'97 Modem Controller [8086:266d] (rev 03)
   00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801FBM (ICH6M) LPC Interface Bridge [8086:2641] (rev 03)
   00:1f.1 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) IDE Controller [8086:266f] (rev 03)
   00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) SMBus Controller [8086:266a] (rev 03)
   06:05.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:4318] (rev 02)
   06:07.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ [10ec:8139] (rev 10)
   06:09.0 CardBus bridge [0607]: ENE Technology Inc CB1410 Cardbus Controller [1524:1410] (rev 01)

   Well, if can help me a little bit more...

   Best regards

   Edson

   Posted 11 years ago #
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   mojo
   

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   Your wireless chipset:
   06:05.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:4318] (rev 02)

   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.
   To connect the wifi access point must broadcast the ESSID .

   If you need more help.
   Open a second terminal to monitor kernel messages:
   type
   tail -f /var/log/messages
   Enter key

   In first terminal:
   type
   modprobe -r b43
   Enter
   type
   modprobe b43
   Enter

   Post any kernel message errors in the 2nd terminal related to b43 module and firmware loading

   Posted 11 years ago #
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   esorato
   

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   Hi mojo,

   Thank you for your answer.

   An unexpected error occured when typing modprobe:

   root@slitaz:/home/tux# tazpkg install b43-firmware-4.150.10.5.tazpkg

   Installation of : b43-firmware
   ================================================================================
   Copying b43-firmware... [ OK ]
   Extracting b43-firmware... [ OK ]
   Extracting the pseudo fs... (lzma) [ OK ]
   Installing b43-firmware... [ OK ]
   Removing all tmp files... [ OK ]
   ================================================================================
   b43-firmware (4.150.10.5) is installed.

   root@slitaz:/home/tux# modprobe -r b43
   root@slitaz:/home/tux# modprobe b43
   modprobe: can't load module cfg80211 (/lib/modules/2.6.37-slitaz/kernel/net/wireless/cfg80211.ko.gz): No such file or directory
   root@slitaz:/home/tux#

   I´ve downloaded using another computer and instaled it on /tux directory.

   Is this another package missing ?

   Best regards,

   Edson

   Posted 11 years ago #
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   mojo
   

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   linux-wireless-2.6.37.tazpkg which owns b43 and cfg80211 appears to be broken on your slitaz install.
   Download: http://mirror.slitaz.org/packages/4.0/linux-wireless-2.6.37.tazpkg
   Open terminal
   type
   su
   Enter key
   Password:
   type
   root
   Enter key
   type
   tazpkg install linux-wireless-2.6.37.tazpkg --forced
   Enter key

   Posted 11 years ago #
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   esorato
   

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   Uou !!!

   You are the best mojo!
   It worked very well.

   Thank you very much!

   Best regards,

   Edson

   Posted 11 years ago #

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