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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
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Look here: http://forum.slitaz.org/topic/wireless-realtek-8193
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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
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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
[c]lspci -nn[/c]
If usb
type
[c]lsusb[/c]
hit enter key
Post the output
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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
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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
[c]su[/c]
Enter key
Password:
type
[c]root[/c]
Enter key
If connected to internet:
type
[c]wget http://people.slitaz.org/~mojo/stuff/b43-firmware-4.150.10.5.tazpkg[/c]
Enter key
If not connected to internet:
Download with internet connected computer => Flash/Floppy/Cdrw drive => Slitaz computer
Type
[c]tazpkg install b43-firmware-4.150.10.5.tazpkg[/c]
Enter key
Type
[c]modprobe -r b43[/c]
Enter key
[c]modprobe b43[/c]
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
[c]tail -f /var/log/messages[/c]
Enter key
In first terminal:
type
[c]modprobe -r b43[/c]
Enter
type
[c]modprobe b43[/c]
Enter
Post any kernel message errors in the 2nd terminal related to b43 module and firmware loading
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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
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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
[c]su[/c]
Enter key
Password:
type
[c]root[/c]
Enter key
type
[c]tazpkg install linux-wireless-2.6.37.tazpkg --forced[/c]
Enter key
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Uou !!!
You are the best mojo!
It worked very well.
Thank you very much!
Best regards,
Edson
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