Re: Unable to get Broadcom 4311 working with SliTaz

[Jon Cargille <jon.cargille@xxxxxxxxx>]

Sure--I'll post it on the forum.  I would have asked on the forum
initially, but yesterday I was unable to join the forum--looked like a
server error.  The "Apply for Membership" page would ask me for my
birthday, but "0" was the only option offered in the drop-down for
year, which it then refused to accept.   Looks like it has been fixed,
and I am able to join today, though.

I've never used ndiswrapper, but will give it a shot...  Back to google...  :-)

Thanks!

Jon


On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 6:21 AM, Rohit Joshi <rj.rohit@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Please, post your output on forum. Lets follow up there, Also, if "wl"
> is not working, try ndiswrapper too.
>
> On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 2:50 AM, Jon Cargille <jon.cargille@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > I should have been more clear:  the behavior is still the same even after
> > doing the "tazusb writefs" to generate the new rootfs to the USB
> > thumb-drive.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Jon
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 6:49 PM, Jon Cargille <jon.cargille@xxxxxxxxx>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> Looks like I spoke too soon.  The LiveUSB copy of SliTaz that it generated
> >> to my thumb-drive boots great!
> >>
> >> I'm still not getting the wl driver to work correctly, though.  I did a
> >> tazpkg install on the three from your packages dir (linux-2.6.30.6.tazpkg,
> >> linux-wireless-2.6.30.6.tazpkg, and the
> >> broadcom-wl-5.10.91.9.3_2.6.30.6.tazpkg).  The behavior is still the same.
> >> wl loads fine but no wireless device shows up in dmesg, iwconfig, or
> >> ifconfig.
> >>
> >> Shall I send the output of those commands?  I didn't see anything
> >> interesting, but would be glad to send it.  But also didn't want to flood
> >> your mailbox if you didn't want it.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> Jon
> >>
> >>
> >> On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 5:30 PM, Jon Cargille <jon.cargille@xxxxxxxxx>
> >> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Sorry, I probably should have mentioned that I am a total linux newb.
> >>> :-)
> >>>
> >>> Since my USB thumb-drive is currently not bootable, I figured I probably
> >>> needed to do a "tazusb gen-liveusb /dev/sdb1" to get a bootable
> >>> LiveUSB SliTaz; and then do the "taxusb writefs" to update the rootfs.gz..
> >>> Does that sound right?
> >>>
> >>> I hit a snag doing that, though.  "tazusb gen-liveusb /dev/sdb1" (which
> >>> was mounted on /home) ended with:
> >>>
> >>> cp: cannot stat '/media/cdrom/boot/isolinux/*.inc': No such file or
> >>> directory.
> >>>
> >>> Sure enough, if I mount the LiveCD cdrom on /media/cdrom, that directory
> >>> exists, but there are no *.inc file in that directory.
> >>>
> >>> Am I missing something?  Or is there some other way to get the rootfs.gz
> >>> generated by the "tazusb writefs lzma" to boot from my thumb-drive without
> >>> doing the gen-liveusb?
> >>>
> >>> Thanks!
> >>>
> >>> Jon
> >>>
> >>> On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 4:26 PM, Rohit Joshi <rj.rohit@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Ofcourse, you need to reboot for it to work. Why don't you do "tazusb
> >>>> writefs lzma" and boot from usb. Everything should be ok then.
> >>>>
> >>>> On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 12:22 AM, Jon Cargille <jon.cargille@xxxxxxxxx>
> >>>> wrote:
> >>>> > BTW, I did try with that package, and the linux-wireless package, with
> >>>> > no
> >>>> > luck.
> >>>> >
> >>>> > Note that I'm trying to do this from the downloaded LiveCD image, so I
> >>>> > can't
> >>>> > install a new kernel and reboot to that--or is there some way to do
> >>>> > that
> >>>> > that I don't know of?
> >>>> >
> >>>> > I'm trying to get this running on a zero-HDD footprint machine...
> >>>> >
> >>>> > Is there some other LiveCD image that I would be better off with?
> >>>> >
> >>>> > Thanks much for any assistance,
> >>>> >
> >>>> > Jon
> >>>> >
> >>>> >
> >>>> > On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 3:28 PM, Jon Cargille <jon.cargille@xxxxxxxxx>
> >>>> > wrote:
> >>>> >>
> >>>> >> Do you mean the package called "linux-2.6.30.6.tazpkg"?  If so, what
> >>>> >> is
> >>>> >> different in that linux pkg?  The version of SliTaz LiveCD that I'm
> >>>> >> using
> >>>> >> already says it is 2.6.30.6.
> >>>> >>
> >>>> >> I did verify that ssb was not loaded.
> >>>> >>
> >>>> >> Thanks!
> >>>> >>
> >>>> >> Jon
> >>>> >>
> >>>> >> On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 3:22 PM, Rohit Joshi <rj.rohit@xxxxxxxxx>
> >>>> >> wrote:
> >>>> >>>
> >>>> >>> Right, you need to either upgrade your computer again or use the
> >>>> >>> linux
> >>>> >>> pkg from my directory. For broadcom-wl to work, ssb module should
> >>>> >>> not
> >>>> >>> be loaded in memory. Make sure "ssb" is also not there in
> >>>> >>> LOAD_MODULES.
> >>>> >>>
> >>>> >>> Rohit
> >>>> >>>
> >>>> >>>
> >>>> >>> On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 11:05 PM, Jon Cargille
> >>>> >>> <jon.cargille@xxxxxxxxx>
> >>>> >>> wrote:
> >>>> >>> > SliTaz is really slick!  Thanks to those who have labored to put
> >>>> >>> > it
> >>>> >>> > together.
> >>>> >>> >
> >>>> >>> > I'm having one problem that I'm totally unable to resolve,
> >>>> >>> > though--I've
> >>>> >>> > tried everything I could find on the net.
> >>>> >>> >
> >>>> >>> > The laptop I'm running on has a Broadcom 4311 wireless chipset in
> >>>> >>> > it.
> >>>> >>> > I've
> >>>> >>> > tried using both the b43 driver, as well as the wl one released by
> >>>> >>> > Broadcom.  No luck with either one.
> >>>> >>> >
> >>>> >>> > The "wl" module loads fine, but it never identifies the device, so
> >>>> >>> > no
> >>>> >>> > wireless devices show up under iwconfig or ifconfig.  The "b43"
> >>>> >>> > module
> >>>> >>> > will
> >>>> >>> > not load; it says "Unknown symbol ssb_bus_pcmciabus_register"
> >>>> >>> > (that's
> >>>> >>> > from
> >>>> >>> > memory, but I'm pretty sure that is it).  I couldn't find any way
> >>>> >>> > to
> >>>> >>> > resolve
> >>>> >>> > that.
> >>>> >>> >
> >>>> >>> > For the wl driver, I was using the tazpkg that jozee shared in his
> >>>> >>> > packages
> >>>> >>> > directory. For the b43 driver, I was using the one that came with
> >>>> >>> > SliTaz.
> >>>> >>> > The SliTaz distrib I'm using is the Live CD of cooking-20091124.
> >>>> >>> >
> >>>> >>> > Any tips much appreciated!
> >>>> >>> >
> >>>> >>> > Jon
> >>>> >>> >
> >>>> >>>
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