[SOLVED] Still having problems with wireless connection
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Thinking that perhaps the problem might be the wireless card, I formatted and reinstalled win 7. As always it came right up, so figuring that the card is not the problem I reinstalled slack 14.1 from the cd set. Again with cable hook up works fast and perfect. Wireless network not found. Wicd is installed and daemon running in background. I also found a secon sata drive so I added it and made it 200gb of Linux 83. Not sure if it is working or what to do with it. Here are what was asked for previously:
Ok well got them downloaded. Tried installs but no go. Will get on it again tomorrow, it is 10:21 and I get up at 5a. Thanks to all and see you again tomorrow.
WIth Slack essentials in hand and about 4 hours in, this is what I still have. So here go the questions.
1. Is there a command to see what processes are started with boot. I suspect that I have both WICD and Networkmanager executable and need to fix that. So I need commands for finding out what processes are running, and one to stop one of them from starting up.
2. Of the things above that I have downloaded, is there an order in which they have to be installed in order for them to work properly?
3. How do I know if they are extracted or if the install is being done, assuming of course that I am using correct commands and such.
Last edited by scythempress; 07-15-2016 at 11:11 PM.
To install the broadcom driver, you need to create and install Slackware packages. The suggested method is to us SlackBuilds scripts available at SlackBuilds.org.
Download the 3 scripts to build broadcom kernel module, firmware and tools for Slackware 14.1.
I opened all, tar zxfv file tar.gz many things extracted but will not install. Also I think I am running both wicd and nwmanager at boot.
Could you please use the [CODE][/CODE] tags around stuff that you're quoting from your computer versus what you're trying to tell us? I've done that to my quote of your post and you should see that it is a hell of lot easier to read. (I added the first line that you missed.) If you use the advanced editing screen, it's the button with the # character.
If you don't understand what @gegechris99 posted or you've already done that, please tell us.
Sorry, I have a job and a 60 acre farm. When I get in at 4, I work until around 8 and that gives me an hour before bed. So I get about an hour to read, attempt, fail and hit the sack. I am not ignoring or not doing, just using the time I have. So while I try to get to this, sometimes it is difficult. Anyway if I am getting this right, if this all worked, then it should have been up and running in just minutes. Since it has now been weeks, I evidently am doing something wrong. Why would I want chemtool?
Last edited by scythempress; 07-18-2016 at 09:01 PM.
Sorry, I have a job and a 60 acre farm. When I get in at 4, I work until around 8 and that gives me an hour before bed. So I get about an hour to read, attempt, fail and hit the sack. I am not ignoring or not doing, just using the time I have. So while I try to get to this, sometimes it is difficult. Anyway if I am getting this right, if this all worked, then it should have been up and running in just minutes. Since it has now been weeks, I evidently am doing something wrong. Why would I want chemtool?
I do not understand the chemtool comment.
There are scripts available at slackbuilds.org that will build slackware packages for you if you run them. There is a tool available that will download the source, run the script, and install the package for you before proceeding to the next potential package.
The bottom line is that your wireless chip is not supported by the out-of-the-box linux tools. (Or at least those used by Slackware.) The fact that it works fine under Windows is not particularly useful here, other than proving that your hardware is working.
@gegechris99 provided some links that should help you create the packages that you would need as well as a link to the instructions on how to run/use them. Do you intend to follow gegechris99's instructions or not? Do you believe that you have already followed his instructions and it didn't work? I can't read your mind and I, too, have a day job that doesn't involve supporting Slackware in any shape, form, or fashion.
I have followed everyone's advice whom have contributed here. And the last guy you mentioned sent me to a page that showed me how to install chemtool. I am sorry to have bothered you, however this is a voluntary site I assume, and purports that if you need help you should come here for it, however if you do not have the patience of a teacher, you should not attempt to teach. Remember;
Give a man a fish and he eats for a day,
Teach a man to fish and he eats for a lifetime,
Adopt a narcissistic holier than thou attitude about how you are a guru worthy only of his praise, and you will probably be removing a fish from your backside.
I try to helpful to people around here; I didn't get those green dots under my name by being unhelpful.
However, it is difficult to get specific information out of you about what you've done and what happened when you did it.
You appear to believe that there is a web page somewhere with exactly the solution to your specific problem. Maybe there is, but you do appear to be able to provide the level of detail required to find that magical page. (In fact, you probably would have googled/binged it yourself by now if there were such a page.)
I followed the link in question. @gegechris99 gave you the link https://slackbuilds.org/howto/ which provides an example of how to use slackbuilds as the page rather clearly stated...
Quote:
Download the SlackBuild archive of the application you wish to build and extract it in your build environment. For example, after extracting the chemtool.tar.gz archive, you should have the following directory tree:
(emphasis added)
So, fine, you didn't understand that. No problem. There are other tools that you can use. In your case, I suggest that you download via your ethernet connection the sbopkg tool (https://github.com/sbopkg/sbopkg/rel...arch-1_wsr.tgz). Download that to your slackware machine, change directory into the directory where you downloaded it and then run (as root)
Code:
installpkg sbopkg-0.38.0-noarch-1_wsr.tgz
.
After you've done that, run (as root) the command
Code:
sbopkg
. You'll be asked if you want to create some directories, answer yes. You'll also need to set the version of slackware to 14.1 (this version of sbopkg will default to 14.2), but I am still at work and not in front of a slackware screen so I cannot tell you which submenu to go to. If you wish to wait, I'll be home in an hour or so and will update this thread accordingly.
If you do find the correct sub-menu on your own, after you've told sbopkg to use 14.1, you go back to the main menu, tell sbopkg to sync. Then you would search for the packages containing "broadcom". There should be three of them, as shown by @gegechris99's link to the 3 packages.
Select b43-fwcutter first, build and install it. The other two can be built and installed in any order.
Once that is done, you will have installed the broadcom support packages.
The appropriate menu is Utilities -> Repository You'd select 14.1.
Here's a trace of what it would look like (minus the colors)...
Code:
Dibble's First Law of Sociology:
Some do, some don't.
0 ✓ cranium@testbed ~ $ su -
Password:
Chapter 1:
The story so far:
In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made
a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.
0 ✓ testbed ~ # sbopkg
The following directories do not exist:
Variable Assignment
-------- ----------
TMP ---------------------> /tmp/SBo
You can have sbopkg create them or, if these values are incorrect, you can
abort to edit your config files or pass different flags.
(C)reate or (A)bort?: c
Browsing the SBo repository for Slackware 14.2. ARCH: x86_64
──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
┌─────SlackBuilds.org Package Browser (sbopkg version 0.38.0)───────┐
│ │
│ Choose one of the following or press <Exit> to exit. │
│ ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │
│ │ Sync Sync with the remote repository │ │
│ │ ChangeLog View the ChangeLog │ │
│ │ Packages List/uninstall installed SBo packages │ │
│ │ Updates List potential updates to installed SBo packages │ │
│ │ Browse Browse the active repository │ │
│ │ Search Search the active repository │ │
│ │ Queue Manage the queue │ │
│ │ Utilities Go to the utilities menu │ │
│ │ Help Where to get sbopkg help │ │
│ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │
├───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ < OK > < Exit > │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
Browsing the SBo repository for Slackware 14.2. ARCH: x86_64
──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
┌─────────────────────────Utilities Menu────────────────────────────┐
│ │
│ Choose one of the following or press <Back> to go back. │
│ ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │
│ │Cache View the contents of the cache directory │ │
│ │Log View the permanent build log │ │
│ │Repository Select repository [ SBo (14.2) ] │ │
│ │Latest Check for an update to sbopkg │ │
│ │Uninstalled packages View uninstalled packages │ │
│ │Obsolete sources View obsolete cached sources │ │
│ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │
├───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ < OK > < Back > │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
┌───────────────────────Repository Selection─────────────────────────┐
│ You are currently working with the SBo repository for Slackware │
│ 14.2. If you would like to work with a different one, please │
│ select it from the list below. If not, choose < Back >. │
│ ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │
│ │SBo (14.2) SBo repository for Slackware 14.2 │ │
│ │SBo (14.1) SBo repository for Slackware 14.1 │ │
│ │SBo (14.0) SBo repository for Slackware 14.0 │ │
│ │SBo (13.37) SBo repository for Slackware 13.37 │ │
│ │SBo (13.1) SBo repository for Slackware 13.1 │ │
│ │SBo (13.0) SBo repository for Slackware 13.0 │ │
│ │SBo (12.2) SBo repository for Slackware 12.2 │ │
│ │SBo (12.1) SBo repository for Slackware 12.1 │ │
│ │SBo (12.0) SBo repository for Slackware 12.0 │ │
│ │SBo (11.0) SBo repository for Slackware 11.0 │ │
│ │local (local) default local repository │ │
│ └────↓(+)────────────────────────────────────────────────78%─────┘ │
│ │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ < OK > < Back > │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
I'm running 14.2, which is why the intermediate messages keep mentioning 14.2. I'm also running a specialized bash prompt that gives you the little checkmark or x if there was an error with the last command.
I have followed everyone's advice whom have contributed here. And the last guy you mentioned sent me to a page that showed me how to install chemtool. I am sorry to have bothered you, however this is a voluntary site I assume, and purports that if you need help you should come here for it, however if you do not have the patience of a teacher, you should not attempt to teach.
If you don't have a desire to learn, you should not attempt to become a student.
Quote:
Remember;
Give a man a fish and he eats for a day,
Teach a man to fish and he eats for a lifetime,
Adopt a narcissistic holier than thou attitude about how you are a guru worthy only of his praise, and you will probably be removing a fish from your backside.
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