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Hi there
I really like the look of Slitaz, and it seems to fit the bill for what I want it to do - persistent USB install thats fast and can handle the software I want to use.
However, I'm having trouble getting started as the system doesnt recognise my network hardware.
I really need to get the wireless working. The ethernet was just something I tried when I couldnt get the wireless to work.
I saw another thread and the person who was going to be providing the help asked for a load of output from commands.
I have therefore pasted that in below. Many thanks if anyone can help me get to use this distro. 
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"lsusb" gives:-
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0020
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0020
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 13d3:5130
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"ifconfig" gives:-
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:4487 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:4487 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:503998 (492.1 KiB) TX bytes:503998 (492.1 KiB)
(no wireless card detected)
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"lsmod" gives:-
Module Size Used by Not tainted
genrtc 2723 0
iwlagn 141847 0
iwlcore 40041 1 iwlagn
mac80211 145388 2 iwlagn,iwlcore
cfg80211 99896 3 iwlagn,iwlcore,mac80211
rfkill 10682 1 cfg80211
snd_hda_codec_hdmi 16401 1
snd_hda_codec_conexant 28582 1
snd_hda_intel 15886 1
snd_hda_codec 45027 3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_conexant,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep 3808 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm 43737 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
snd_timer 12515 1 snd_pcm
snd 33394 9 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_conexant,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_timer
soundcore 3357 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 4853 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
i915 254040 2
drm_kms_helper 18798 1 i915
drm 111992 3 i915,drm_kms_helper
i2c_algo_bit 3479 1 i915
button 3602 1 i915
i2c_core 12192 4 i915,drm_kms_helper,drm,i2c_algo_bit
video 9783 1 i915
output 1144 1 video
intel_agp 7908 1 i915
intel_gtt 9214 3 i915,intel_agp
agpgart 18221 3 drm,intel_agp,intel_gtt
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"uname -a" gives:-
Linux slitaz 2.6.37-slitaz #2 SMP Wed Mar 7 10:36:39 CET 2012 i686 GNU/Linux
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"iwconfig" gives:-
lo no wireless extensions.
dummy0 no wireless extensions.
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"ls /sys/class/net" gives:-
dummy0 lo
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"cat /etc/network.conf" gives:-
# /etc/network.conf: SliTaz system wide networking configuration.
# Config file used by: /etc/init.d/network.sh
#
# Set default interface.
INTERFACE="eth0"
# Dynamic IP address.
# Enable/disable DHCP client at boot time.
DHCP="yes"
# Static IP address.
# Enable/disable static IP at boot time.
STATIC="no"
# Set IP address and netmask for a static IP.
IP="192.168.0.6"
NETMASK="255.255.255.0"
# Set route gateway for a static IP.
GATEWAY="192.168.0.1"
# Set DNS server for a static IP.
DNS_SERVER="192.168.0.1"
# Wifi connection.
# Enable/disable wireless connection at boot time.
WIFI="no"
# Wifi interface (iwconfig) and ESSID.
WIFI_INTERFACE="wlan0"
WIFI_ESSID="any"
WIFI_MODE="managed"
WIFI_KEY=""
WIFI_KEY_TYPE="none"
WPA_DRIVER=""
WIFI_CHANNEL=""
WIFI_IWCONFIG_ARGS=""
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"iwlist scan" gives:-
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.
dummy0 Interface doesn't support scanning.
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Install firmware-iwlwifi tazpkgs:
firmware-iwlwifi-1000
firmware-iwlwifi-3945
firmware-iwlwifi-4965
firmware-iwlwifi-5000
firmware-iwlwifi-5150
firmware-iwlwifi-6000
firmware-iwlwifi-6050
Stop networking:
[c]# /etc/init.d/network.sh stop[/c]
Unload/load iwlagn after installing firmware:
[c]# modprobe -r iwlagn[/c]
[c]# modprobe iwlagn[/c]
Configure your connection:
Applications/System Tools/Wifi configuration
If you need more help repost other commands and this:
[c]lspci -nn[/c]
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OK that all worked. Thank you so much. I wonder if there shouldn't be a sticky for users of Centrino wifi so it's a bit easier to get up and running?
Also, one further, VERY IMPORTANT question is: if I make a persistent USB install, how will I get it to use the firmware each time so the wifi is available?
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in the terminal as root
tazusb writefs lzma
and change the rootfs on the stick - (at least thsi had to be done, if you use frugal on the harddsik)
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This didn't work. Upon reboot the packages I had previously installed were inaccessible. The files in the root directory were saved, as well as the additional user I had created, but LibreOffice and VLC were greyed out in the menu and would not start.
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The kernel line of the menu of the bootloader must have home=/dev/sdxx of the flash drive for persistance to work. If there are other sata drives connected to the computer the flash drive will be the last to be enumerated by udev.
If you need more assistance provide this info:
How did you install slitaz to flash drive:
Applications/System Tools/Create a LiveUSB ?
[c]tazusb gen-liveusb[/c] ?
[c]tazusb gen-iso2usb[/c] ?
If not:
What tool did you use to install slitaz on the flash drive ?
What bootloader does it use ?
Post output:
[c]cat /proc/cmdline[/c]
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[ Generated in 0.021 seconds, 7 queries executed - Memory usage: 1.55 MiB (Peak: 1.77 MiB) ]