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#1 2013-01-23 00:06:31

slitazdave
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Registered: 2013-01-22
Posts: 4

No Wireless yet on Dell Precision M60 Laptop

Hi, I installed 4.0 and got eth0 running but can't get wlan0 running. I got b43 legacy broadcom 4306 rev 2. I researched forum and found a link to download these 3 packages and installed them in listed order by clicking on them typing root password and all said installed.

linux-wireless-2.6.37.tazpkg

linux-libre-wireless-2.6.37-libre.tazpkg

b43-firmware-4.150.10.5.tazpkg

After creating wireless profile in network tazpanel with name, password key, etc. I hit the start button and got this;

wlan0     IEEE 802.11bg  ESSID:off/any

          Mode:Managed  Access Point: Not-Associated   Tx-Power=0 dBm

          Retry  long limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off

          Encryption key:off

          Power Management:off

I see my encryption key=password key is off?

My config file:

# /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="yes"

# Wifi interface (iwconfig) and ESSID.

WIFI_INTERFACE="wlan0"

WIFI_ESSID="xxxxxxxxx"

WIFI_MODE="managed"

WIFI_KEY="xxxxxxxxxx"

WIFI_KEY_TYPE="wep"

WPA_DRIVER=""

WIFI_CHANNEL=""

WIFI_IWCONFIG_ARGS=""

I typed these commands in terminal:

root@slitaz:/home/dave# lspci | grep -i network

02:03.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02)

root@slitaz:/home/dave# modprobe your_module

modprobe: module your_module not found in modules.dep

root@slitaz:/home/dave# dmesg | tail

tg3 0000:02:00.0: PME# enabled

pci 0000:00:1e.0: wake-up capability enabled by ACPI

b43legacy-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43legacy/ucode4.fw" not found or load failed.

b43legacy-phy0 ERROR: You must go to http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware and download the correct firmware (version 3).

b43legacy-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43legacy/ucode4.fw" not found or load failed.

b43legacy-phy0 ERROR: You must go to http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware and download the correct firmware (version 3).

b43legacy-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43legacy/ucode4.fw" not found or load failed.

b43legacy-phy0 ERROR: You must go to http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware and download the correct firmware (version 3).

ip_tables: (C) 2000-2006 Netfilter Core Team

nf_conntrack version 0.5.0 (8024 buckets, 32096 max)

root@slitaz:/home/dave# lsmod

parport                20983  1 parport_pc

cfg80211               99896  2 b43legacy,mac80211

rfkill                 10682  1 cfg80211

ssb                    24436  1 b43legacy

pcmcia                 24993  0

yenta_socket           16223  0

pcmcia_rsrc             6989  1 yenta_socket

pcmcia_core             8413  3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,pcmcia_rsrc

tg3                    97545  0

libphy                 11777  1 tg3

snd_intel8x0m           8083  0

snd_intel8x0           19786  1

snd_ac97_codec         77963  2 snd_intel8x0m,snd_intel8x0

ac97_bus                 718  1 snd_ac97_codec

snd_pcm                43737  3 snd_intel8x0m,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec

snd_timer              12515  1 snd_pcm

snd                    33394  7 snd_intel8x0m,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer

soundcore               3357  1 snd

snd_page_alloc          4853  3 snd_intel8x0m,snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm

intel_agp               7908  1

intel_gtt               9214  1 intel_agp

agpgart                18221  2 intel_agp,intel_gtt

I shut down the computer before I configured wireless and disconnected ethernet cable, but later have to take out yes and type no in config file on enable/disable wlan0 to get ethernet to work again.

Since I allready had setup Slitaz 4.0 cooking with extra primary partition through Gparted I have installed multiboot with pclinux phoenix 2011 since that wireless works with ndiswrapper with airforceone driver and know now that when I set that up I pick open wep but installs finished config as a wpa/wpa2 shared encryption but I never had to pick any wpa driver. I did this for now on my dell m60 with 512 ram (but want to convert tp Slitaz with lower memory windows manager) because I am pigtailing on my room mate's router and cannot keep the ethernet cable hooked up for long.

I then put the wireless config back to default of any and none with no wlan0 and installed ndiswrapper and tazndis then typed in root tazndisbox and got the utility that said ndiswrapper kernel not loaded so I pressed button to load and said it is loaded. I cannot pick a driver because I cannot find any. I assume I should go the ndiswrapper route since the forum said that the b43 legacy is a very slow rate.

Any suggestions would be grateful because Slitaz is the first distro that my screen and mouse arrow work decent since I have not attempted the nvidia geoforce4 issue yet. rfkill installed and is no on hard and soft so switch I assume is not a problem.

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#2 2013-01-23 02:10:18

mojo
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Registered: 2011-03-29
Posts: 2,173

Re: No Wireless yet on Dell Precision M60 Laptop

Open terminal,su,password: root

Stop networking:

[c]# /etc/init.d/network.sh stop[/c]

Unload b43legacy driver:

[c]# modprobe -r b43legacy[/c]

Download b43legacy firmware:

http://www.mediafire.com/file/gedqkjnpj8bd3w5/b43legacy-firmware-3.130.20.0.tazpkg

Install firmware:

[c]# tazpkg install b43legacy-firmware-3.130.20.0.tazpkg[/c]

Load b43legacy driver:

[c]# modprobe b43legacy[/c]

Configure network:

[c]# leafpad /etc/network.conf[/c]

Change

INTERFACE="eth0"

to

INTERFACE="wlan0"

Unquote wep WIFI_KEY=xxxxxxxxxx

Leafpad=> File/Save/File/Quit

Start networking:

[c]# /etc/init.d/network.sh start[/c]

Reference: Unquote WEP key

http://hg.slitaz.org/slitaz-boot-scripts/file/11d0305fa1c6/etc/init.d/network.sh => line 81

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#3 2013-01-23 06:09:09

slitazdave
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Registered: 2013-01-22
Posts: 4

Re: No Wireless yet on Dell Precision M60 Laptop

Thanks MOJO, Did what you suggested and got this:

root@slitaz:/home/dave# /etc/init.d/network.sh start

/etc/init.d/network.sh: /etc/network.conf: line 39: %0: not found

/etc/init.d/network.sh: /etc/network.conf: line 40: %0: not found

/etc/init.d/network.sh: /etc/network.conf: line 41: %0: not found

/etc/init.d/network.sh: /etc/network.conf: line 42: %0: not found

/etc/init.d/network.sh: /etc/network.conf: line 43: %0: not found

/etc/init.d/network.sh: /etc/network.conf: line 44: %0: not found

/etc/init.d/network.sh: /etc/network.conf: line 45: %0: not found

/etc/init.d/network.sh: /etc/network.conf: line 46: %0: not found

/etc/init.d/network.sh: /etc/network.conf: line 47: %0: not found

%0: not foundetwork.sh: /etc/network.conf: line 48: %0

Starting udhcpc client on: wlan0...

udhcpc (v1.18.4) started

Sending discover...

Sending discover...

Sending discover...

No lease, forking to background

So, I shut down network and went into /etc/network.conf and changed down the list in the wifi area the line that said wifi="no" to "yes" and saved file, started network again with /etc/init.d/network.sh start and got this:

ifconfig: SIOCSIFFLAGS: Operation not possible due to RF-kill

Configuring wlan0...                                                 [ OK ]

Starting wpa_supplicant for NONE/WEP...

Starting udhcpc client on: wlan0...

Selected interface 'wlan0'

Now I can see network with signal strength when I click on the signal bars up in right corner of laptop screen but says status is idle and I cannot connect to internet.

So, I did this:

root@slitaz:/home/dave# rfkill list

0: phy0: Wireless LAN

    Soft blocked: no

    Hard blocked: no

I am getting closer but no cigar yet:)

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#4 2013-01-23 07:26:41

slitazdave
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Registered: 2013-01-22
Posts: 4

Re: No Wireless yet on Dell Precision M60 Laptop

UPDATE and tried this after rebooting:

root@slitaz:/home/dave# rfkill list

0: phy0: Wireless LAN

    Soft blocked: no

    Hard blocked: no

root@slitaz:/home/dave# ifconfig

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:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0

          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0

          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:90:4B:66:5A:20

          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1

          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0

          TX packets:12 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000

          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:4080 (3.9 KiB)

root@slitaz:/home/dave# iwconfig

lo        no wireless extensions.

dummy0    no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

wlan0     IEEE 802.11bg  ESSID:"xxxxxxxxx"

          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.412 GHz  Access Point: 64:70:02:6F:54:E0

          Bit Rate=11 Mb/s   Tx-Power=20 dBm

          Retry  long limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off

          Encryption key:xxxx-xxxx-xx

          Power Management:off

          Link Quality=65/70  Signal level=-45 dBm

          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0

          Tx excessive retries:1  Invalid misc:477   Missed beacon:0

Still no connection yet.

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#5 2013-01-24 02:45:41

slitazdave
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Registered: 2013-01-22
Posts: 4

Re: No Wireless yet on Dell Precision M60 Laptop

Here is my /etc/network.config

I don't know what else to do to figure out why I can't connect.

# /etc/network.conf: SliTaz system wide networking configuration.

# Config file used by: /etc/init.d/network.sh

#

# Set default interface.

INTERFACE="wlan0"

# 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="yes"

# Wifi interface (iwconfig) and ESSID.

WIFI_INTERFACE="wlan0"

WIFI_ESSID="xxxxxxxxx"

WIFI_MODE="managed"

WIFI_KEY=xxxxxxxxxx

WIFI_KEY_TYPE="wep"

WPA_DRIVER=""

WIFI_CHANNEL=""

WIFI_IWCONFIG_ARGS=""

%0

%0

%0

%0

%0

%0

%0

%0

%0

%0

%0

%0

%0

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#6 2013-01-24 02:55:51

mojo
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Registered: 2011-03-29
Posts: 2,173

Re: No Wireless yet on Dell Precision M60 Laptop

Remove the column of  %0 from /etc/network.conf

I think you may have data corruption and will require a clean install.

Turnoff wep security and try to connect.

Beyond that I have no more suggestions other than re-installing

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#7 2013-01-24 08:11:38

lexeii
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Registered: 2012-03-21
Posts: 1,853

Re: No Wireless yet on Dell Precision M60 Laptop

@slitazdave

It is error in the TazPanel's built-in text editor, it adds %0 to the end of  /etc/network.conf any time when you edit it.

Please, edit this file using any text editor, SliTaz have nano (terminal/console based) and leafpad (graphical):

[c]# nano  /etc/network.conf
... edit, Ctrl+o to save, Ctrl+x to exit
or
# leafpad  /etc/network.conf
... edit, Ctrl+s to save, Alt+F4 to exit[/c]

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#8 2013-01-24 16:41:13

mojo
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Registered: 2011-03-29
Posts: 2,173

Re: No Wireless yet on Dell Precision M60 Laptop

@Aleksej

http://tazpanel:82/index.cgi?file=/etc/network.conf&action=edit

I can't replicate the %0 error editing  /etc/network.conf in 4.0 or cooking.

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#9 2013-01-24 22:22:32

lexeii
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Registered: 2012-03-21
Posts: 1,853

Re: No Wireless yet on Dell Precision M60 Laptop

@mojo

I can't replicate the %0 error editing /etc/network.conf in 4.0 or cooking.

mojo, which web browser shows TazPanel for you? I use default TazWeb, and I can reproduce this error in clean 4.0 and Rolling. It's old bug. By the way I fixed it and pushed to Hg.

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#10 2013-01-26 02:38:26

mojo
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Registered: 2011-03-29
Posts: 2,173

Re: No Wireless yet on Dell Precision M60 Laptop

@Aleksej

Boot the iso in virtualbox, click the red wrench icon launching TazWeb displaying TazPanel.

Login

Network/Config file/Edit button: add some text,hit Save button.

cat /etc/network.conf => the additional text was there,no %0

Another SliTaz mystery I will forget now that you've fixed it :-)

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#11 2013-01-26 12:53:26

lexeii
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Registered: 2012-03-21
Posts: 1,853

Re: No Wireless yet on Dell Precision M60 Laptop

@mojo

Uploading video and it processing took much longer than I expected. Must see this video! ☺

http://youtu.be/yAbbFPYRS0g

BTW I can't reproduce this bug in the Rolling I have (2012-12-15), but I can't connect to Wi-Fi in it and can't see wide native resolution 1024×600 and more things in it.

I have another funny bug in it: expanding '*' symbol to some file names. Hope, this is fixed in the newer Rollings.

Still 'space' bug exists in any versions:

Type:

[c]# #    #        #[/c]
Save and get

[c]# # # #[/c]
It is not big bug, but it is unwanted changes to file.

I can't fix it, I only located it. Edit file externally, TazPane shows all the spaces correctly. Edit. Save. When file is saved all the spaces compacted.

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