WiFi & Slackware

elsheepo · 05-14-2009, 01:10 PM

To start off, I've used Kubuntu 8.04 now for about 2 years, and just switched to Slackware 12.2 I am trying to get my wireless card to work on slack (it worked perfectly on kubuntu). Here are a few pieces of information that may be helpful.

Results from 'lsmod'

Code:

bash-3.1# lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
snd_seq_dummy           6788  0
snd_seq_oss            33408  0
snd_seq_midi_event     10240  1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq                50928  5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device         10380  3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_pcm_oss            40480  0
snd_mixer_oss          17920  1 snd_pcm_oss
rfkill_input            8448  0
ipv6                  241956  14
lp                     13572  0
ppdev                  11268  0
parport_pc             28196  0
parport                34796  3 lp,ppdev,parport_pc
fuse                   54684  1
b43                   128412  0
rfkill                 12184  2 rfkill_input,b43
mac80211              158108  1 b43
cfg80211               27144  1 mac80211
input_polldev           7432  1 b43
intel_agp              29116  1
video                  20624  0
yenta_socket           27020  1
thermal                19484  0
rsrc_nonstatic         14464  1 yenta_socket
i2c_i801               12688  0
ssb                    41348  1 b43
pcmcia                 36524  2 b43,ssb
tifm_7xx1               9728  0
pcmcia_core            35604  5 b43,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic,ssb,pcmcia
agpgart                32584  1 intel_agp
processor              36648  1 thermal
thermal_sys            15144  3 video,thermal,processor
tifm_core              10780  1 tifm_7xx1
acer_wmi               14528  0
ac                      8196  0
sg                     30516  0
sky2                   46084  0
hwmon                   6300  1 thermal_sys
output                  6656  1 video
led_class               7684  2 b43,acer_wmi
battery                14340  0
snd_hda_intel         367756  1
button                 10128  0
snd_pcm                70788  2 snd_pcm_oss,snd_hda_intel
snd_timer              23176  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd_page_alloc         11400  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
snd_hwdep              10756  1 snd_hda_intel
snd                    51748  11 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_hwdep
soundcore              10080  1 snd
evdev                  13088  6
container               7424  0
psmouse                40592  0
wmi                     9768  1 acer_wmi
serio_raw               9220  0
bash-3.1#

Results from 'iwconfig'

Code:

bash-3.1# iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

wmaster0  no wireless extensions.

wlan0     IEEE 802.11bg  ESSID:""
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.412 GHz  Access Point: Not-Associated
          Tx-Power=0 dBm
          Retry min limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr=2352 B
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality:0  Signal level:0  Noise level:0
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

bash-3.1#

Results from lspci

Code:

03:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN (rev 01)

I have installed wicd, and ndiswrapper, as well as preformed slackpkg update / upgrade-all

Havent configured ndiswrapper or wicq, just no wifi. any sujestions?

David1357 · 05-14-2009, 04:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by elsheepo

03:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN (rev 01)

Are there any messages about that device in the output of "dmesg"? You will probably have to install the b43-fwcutter package and follow the instructions for your device.

Hangdog42 · 05-15-2009, 07:15 AM

Actually for the 4311, the Broadcom driver works better than b43 or ndiswrapper.