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jason.b.c


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PostPosted: Sat 01 Oct 2011, 15:58    Post subject:  Unable to get wireless working in Lupu 528
Subject description: Emachines laptop with Intel chipset		  
ok i've been trying all day long to get wireless working on this laptop.

specs as follows : (or at least what i can tell)

emachines e725 laptop
3 gig ram
intel t4400 cpu
250 gb hdd

puppy is using b43 driver (at least trying to or what puppy loaded that is)


output of lspci

Quote:
sh-4.1# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Memory Controller Hub (rev 09)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 03)
00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 03)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 93)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation ICH9M LPC Interface Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation ICH9M/M-E SATA AHCI Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
04:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY (rev 01)
05:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications AR8132 Fast Ethernet (rev c0)
sh-4.1#


and running latest LuPu 5.28

im on my netbook right now and puppy runs just fine (super awesome in fact)

what gives here? ive tried loading and unloading b43legacy , b43 drivers and still nothin...!


funny thing is though , last night the wireless was working great (but that was from running puppy from the cd before installed it to hdd) . but now that puppy is running from hdd i have no internet and the real kick in the pants is puppy wont even see my router (emachines install wont see it)

im stumped.... any suggestions?
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PostPosted: Sat 01 Oct 2011, 16:14    Post subject:  
also , the light (led) for the wireless does in fact come on when i scan for networks in range..

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PostPosted: Sat 01 Oct 2011, 16:15    Post subject:  
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=421596#421596

It can be that you need this. Also Slacko B5++ has new broadcom driver.
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PostPosted: Sat 01 Oct 2011, 18:17    Post subject:  
pemasu wrote:
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=421596#421596

It can be that you need this. Also Slacko B5++ has new broadcom driver.


Thank you , downloading the driver now..


although reading through the other thread , how do i blacklist the driver(s) i dont need???
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PostPosted: Sat 01 Oct 2011, 20:21    Post subject:  
nevermind lol i found it...
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PostPosted: Sat 01 Oct 2011, 20:47    Post subject:  
alright , so i read and read and read through the thread in the link above , followed all directions to the letter , and still no wireless...

according to the network wizard , instead of a wlan button i now have an eth1 (wtf?) and the driver in the load a module list is now:

Code:
wl         pci: Broadcom 802.11b/g LP-PHY


that was supposed to happen , correct???


I really have no idea where to go from here....
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PostPosted: Sat 01 Oct 2011, 21:54    Post subject:  
jason.b.c wrote:
i now have an eth1 (wtf?) and the driver in the load a module list is now:
Code:
wl         pci: Broadcom 802.11b/g LP-PHY

that was supposed to happen , correct???

Yes.

jason.b.c wrote:
I really have no idea where to go from here....

Click the "eth1" button, then the "Wireless" button, which will take you to a wifi configuration gui.
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PostPosted: Sat 01 Oct 2011, 21:57    Post subject:  
jason.b.c wrote:
alright , so i read and read and read through the thread in the link above , followed all directions to the letter , and still no wireless...

according to the network wizard , instead of a wlan button i now have an eth1 (wtf?) and the driver in the load a module list is now:

Code:
wl         pci: Broadcom 802.11b/g LP-PHY


that was supposed to happen , correct???


I really have no idea where to go from here....


I tried Wary5.1.3.4 and Lucid5.2.8 on a Lenovo netbook
(bcm4312 chip) a few weeks ago.

Wary connected, Lucid didn't.
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PostPosted: Sat 01 Oct 2011, 22:57    Post subject:  
rjbrewer wrote:
jason.b.c wrote:
alright , so i read and read and read through the thread in the link above , followed all directions to the letter , and still no wireless...

according to the network wizard , instead of a wlan button i now have an eth1 (wtf?) and the driver in the load a module list is now:

Code:
wl         pci: Broadcom 802.11b/g LP-PHY


that was supposed to happen , correct???


I really have no idea where to go from here....


I tried Wary5.1.3.4 and Lucid5.2.8 on a Lenovo netbook
(bcm4312 chip) a few weeks ago.

Wary connected, Lucid didn't.




so what would be your advice???

what about the windows driver ? (for Ndiswrapper)
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PostPosted: Sat 01 Oct 2011, 23:10    Post subject:  
tempestuous wrote:

jason.b.c wrote:
I really have no idea where to go from here....

Click the "eth1" button, then the "Wireless" button, which will take you to a wifi configuration gui.


well i did , and puppy still cannot see even my router , let alone any other router..
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PostPosted: Sun 02 Oct 2011, 01:16    Post subject:  
Everything to this point is working on the assumption that the proprietary "wl" Broadcom driver will somehow magically work better than the standard "b43" driver.
Indeed, there are many instances where this is the case, but I see earlier in this thread -
jason.b.c wrote:
puppy is using b43 driver (at least trying to or what puppy loaded that is)
...
last night the wireless was working great (but that was from running puppy from the cd before installed it to hdd).

So under certain conditions the b43 does, indeed, function properly. OK, then let's all slow down and go back a step.
Clearly there's some problem with the HDD installation. You haven't told us what type of installation you did, but given the problem, I'm guessing you did a frugal installation.

I suggest you go back and install afresh. Make sure you have an ext3 partition on your hard drive to install to.
Immediately after the installation, boot to the HD, but once you get to the desktop cancel out of the automatic network setup (it uses the Simple Network Wizard) and immediately reboot, at which point you will be prompted to create a save-file.
Once rebooted, run the Internet Connection Wizard, and hopefully the b43 driver will configure OK.
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PostPosted: Sun 02 Oct 2011, 02:33    Post subject:  
tempestuous wrote:
Everything to this point is working on the assumption that the proprietary "wl" Broadcom driver will somehow magically work better than the standard "b43" driver.
Indeed, there are many instances where this is the case, but I see earlier in this thread -
jason.b.c wrote:
puppy is using b43 driver (at least trying to or what puppy loaded that is)
...
last night the wireless was working great (but that was from running puppy from the cd before installed it to hdd).

So under certain conditions the b43 does, indeed, function properly. OK, then let's all slow down and go back a step.
Clearly there's some problem with the HDD installation. You haven't told us what type of installation you did, but given the problem, I'm guessing you did a frugal installation.

I suggest you go back and install a fresh. Make sure you have an ext3 partition on your hard drive to install to.
Immediately after the installation, boot to the HD, but once you get to the desktop cancel out of the automatic network setup (it uses the Simple Network Wizard) and immediately reboot, at which point you will be prompted to create a save-file.
Once rebooted, run the Internet Connection Wizard, and hopefully the b43 driver will configure OK.


well no , i actually did a full install and to an ext3 partition..

Alrighty , i'll give your suggestion a good go . i'll post post back asap (but probably after i've had some blanket and pillow time LOL) Laughing

Thank you for your help... Very Happy
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PostPosted: Sun 02 Oct 2011, 20:36    Post subject:  
tempestuous wrote:



I suggest you go back and install afresh. Make sure you have an ext3 partition on your hard drive to install to.
Immediately after the installation, boot to the HD, but once you get to the desktop cancel out of the automatic network setup (it uses the Simple Network Wizard) and immediately reboot, at which point you will be prompted to create a save-file.
Once rebooted, run the Internet Connection Wizard, and hopefully the b43 driver will configure OK.



Ok bit of a major snafu here , i did a fresh reinstall and did like the suggestion above , but i was never prompted to create a save file... and that's running from hdd.
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PostPosted: Sun 02 Oct 2011, 21:35    Post subject:  
jason.b.c wrote:
i actually did a full install and to an ext3 partition.

OK, then there's no savefile involved, and obviously my comments about rebooting to create a savefile are not relevant.

I still suggest you cancel out of the automatic network setup ... it's best to use the full Network Wizard instead.

If you still have problems with the b43 driver, I would venture a guess that the full HD installation may be failing to register the entire complement of kernel modules (drivers) - I think I've seen this problem on the forum before.
So if you continue to have problems with the b43 driver, run this command -
Code:
depmod-FULL

then reboot.
Once rebooted, run the Network Wizard.
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