How to use BCM43 wifi device in BionicPuppy 32bit?

[odie91]

I've searched and can't quite get it....

I have BionicPup32 version 19.03.

My Dell Inspiron laptop has the B43 wifi device. (It is a Dell 1318 Inspiron)

Could someone guide me through the steps on getting Wifi to work? Ethernet works fine.

It looks like I already have B43 driver installed by default, but it's not working.

[tomaszek]

i have no problem under puppy 32 bit
I have :
# dmesg | grep b43
b43-phy0: Broadcom 4311 WLAN found (core revision 10)
b43-phy0: Found PHY: Analog 4, Type 2 (G), Revision 8
b43-phy0: Found Radio: Manuf 0x17F, ID 0x2050, Revision 2, Version 0
b43-phy0: Loading firmware version 666.2 (2011-02-23 01:15:07)
b43-phy0: Loading firmware version 666.2 (2011-02-23 01:15:07)
# lspci | grep Bro
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Inc. and subsidiaries BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX (rev 02)
0c:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Inc. and subsidiaries BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN (rev 01)
#

Under bionicpup64 my wlan card doesn't work.

[ozsouth]

@odie91 & @tomaszek - you probably need a wl driver for your specific kernel. Please run (in a terminal) uname -r

@odie91 - if your 32bit kernel is 4.9.163-lxpup-32-pae driver is here:
http://s000.tinyupload.com/?file_id=497 ... 7455725424

@tomaszek - if your 64bit kernel is 4.19.23 driver is here:
http://s000.tinyupload.com/?file_id=674 ... 2195739832

METHOD (both of you):
Edit the kernel line (starts with 'linux' or 'kernel') in boot config file (usually grub.cfg or syslinux.cfg or extlinux.conf) - adding to end:
module_blacklist=b43,bcma,brcmsmac,ssb
Save & reboot. Install driver .pet by clicking on it in ROXfiler. Should then be able to connect wireless.

ALTERNATIVE:
Instead of editing kernel line, could either append or create /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf , to contain:
blacklist b43
blacklist bcma
blacklist brcmsmac
blacklist ssb

Then save, reboot & install .pet