Did you ever set networkmanager or wicd executable? They don't work by default.

NetworkManager is the default slackware wireless manager. To get it working, try the following:

Then you should be able to see wireless networks in KDE's nm-applet icon and allow you to connect to it.

If that doesn't work, it is possible that Slackware doesn't contain the drivers for your wireless device. If it doesn't work, please provide the output of the following:

EDIT: they started asking about your CD problems, but we never got a response. What groups are your user assigned to? Please provide the output of the groups command. Also, do you see any output on dmesg when you put a CD in your drive and close it?

Do you have both networkmanager and wicd set as executable? It is one or the other, but not both.

bash-4.2# lspci -v
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory Controller Hub (rev 0c)
Subsystem: Dell Device 01f2
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Capabilities: [e0] Vendor Specific Information: Len=0a <?>
Kernel driver in use: agpgart-intel
Kernel modules: intel_agp

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (primary) (rev 0c) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: Dell Device 01f2
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 45
Memory at fea00000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1M]
Memory at e0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
I/O ports at eff8 [size=8]
Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled]
Capabilities: [90] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
Capabilities: [d0] Power Management version 3
Kernel driver in use: i915
Kernel modules: i915

00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (secondary) (rev 0c)
Subsystem: Dell Device 01f2
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Memory at feb00000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1M]
Capabilities: [d0] Power Management version 3

00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: Dell Device 01f2
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 20
I/O ports at 6f20 [size=32]
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
Kernel modules: uhci_hcd

00:1a.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: Dell Device 01f2
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 21
I/O ports at 6f00 [size=32]
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
Kernel modules: uhci_hcd

00:1a.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 02) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
Subsystem: Dell Device 01f2
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 22
Memory at fed1c400 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [58] Debug port: BAR=1 offset=00a0
Kernel driver in use: ehci-pci
Kernel modules: ehci_pci

00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 02)
Subsystem: Dell Device 01f2
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 44
Memory at fe9fc000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [60] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
Capabilities: [70] Express Root Complex Integrated Endpoint, MSI 00
Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel
Capabilities: [130] Root Complex Link
Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel

00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=0b, subordinate=0b, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: 00002000-00002fff
Memory behind bridge: 80000000-801fffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 0000000080200000-00000000803fffff
Capabilities: [40] Express Root Port (Slot+), MSI 00
Capabilities: [80] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
Capabilities: [90] Subsystem: Dell Device 01f2
Capabilities: [a0] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel
Capabilities: [180] Root Complex Link
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
Kernel modules: shpchp

00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=0c, subordinate=0c, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: 00003000-00003fff
Memory behind bridge: fe800000-fe8fffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 0000000080400000-00000000805fffff
Capabilities: [40] Express Root Port (Slot+), MSI 00
Capabilities: [80] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
Capabilities: [90] Subsystem: Dell Device 01f2
Capabilities: [a0] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel
Capabilities: [180] Root Complex Link
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
Kernel modules: shpchp

00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=0d, subordinate=0e, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: 0000d000-0000dfff
Memory behind bridge: fe600000-fe7fffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000f0000000-00000000f01fffff
Capabilities: [40] Express Root Port (Slot+), MSI 00
Capabilities: [80] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
Capabilities: [90] Subsystem: Dell Device 01f2
Capabilities: [a0] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel
Capabilities: [180] Root Complex Link
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
Kernel modules: shpchp

00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: Dell Device 01f2
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 20
I/O ports at 6f80 [size=32]
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
Kernel modules: uhci_hcd

00:1d.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: Dell Device 01f2
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 21
I/O ports at 6f60 [size=32]
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
Kernel modules: uhci_hcd

00:1d.2 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: Dell Device 01f2
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 22
I/O ports at 6f40 [size=32]
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
Kernel modules: uhci_hcd

00:1d.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 02) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
Subsystem: Dell Device 01f2
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 20
Memory at fed1c000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [58] Debug port: BAR=1 offset=00a0
Kernel driver in use: ehci-pci
Kernel modules: ehci_pci

00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev f2) (prog-if 01 [Subtractive decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=03, subordinate=03, sec-latency=32
Memory behind bridge: fe500000-fe5fffff
Capabilities: [50] Subsystem: Dell Device 01f2

00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801HM (ICH8M) LPC Interface Controller (rev 02)
Subsystem: Dell Device 01f2
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0
Capabilities: [e0] Vendor Specific Information: Len=0c <?>
Kernel driver in use: lpc_ich
Kernel modules: lpc_ich

00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801HM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) IDE Controller (rev 02) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
Subsystem: Dell Device 01f2
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
I/O ports at 01f0 [size=8]
I/O ports at 03f4
I/O ports at 0170 [size=8]
I/O ports at 0374
I/O ports at 6fa0 [size=16]
Kernel driver in use: ata_piix

00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801HM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 02) (prog-if 01 [AHCI 1.0])
Subsystem: Dell Device 01f2
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 43
I/O ports at 6eb0 [size=8]
I/O ports at 6eb8 [size=4]
I/O ports at 6ec0 [size=8]
I/O ports at 6ec8 [size=4]
I/O ports at 6ee0 [size=32]
Memory at fe9fb800 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2K]
Capabilities: [80] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/4 Maskable- 64bit-
Capabilities: [70] Power Management version 3
Capabilities: [a8] SATA HBA v1.0
Kernel driver in use: ahci

00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 02)
Subsystem: Dell Device 01f2
Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 17
Memory at fe9fb700 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
I/O ports at 10c0 [size=32]
Kernel driver in use: i801_smbus
Kernel modules: i2c_i801

03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX (rev 02)
Subsystem: Dell Device 01f2
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 64, IRQ 17
Memory at fe5fe000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]
Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2
Kernel driver in use: b44
Kernel modules: b44

03:01.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller (rev 05) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
Subsystem: Dell Device 01f2
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 19
Memory at fe5fd800 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2K]
Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2
Kernel driver in use: firewire_ohci
Kernel modules: firewire_ohci

03:01.1 SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 22) (prog-if 01)
Subsystem: Dell Device 01f2
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 18
Memory at fe5fd400 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2
Kernel driver in use: sdhci-pci
Kernel modules: sdhci_pci

03:01.2 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter (rev 12)
Subsystem: Dell Device 01f2
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 18
Memory at fe5fd600 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2
Kernel driver in use: r592
Kernel modules: r592

03:01.3 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller (rev 12)
Subsystem: Dell Device 01f2
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 18
Memory at fe5fd700 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2
Kernel driver in use: r852
Kernel modules: r852

0c:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY (rev 01)
Subsystem: Dell Wireless 1395 WLAN Mini-Card
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17
Memory at fe8fc000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 3
Capabilities: [58] Vendor Specific Information: Len=78 <?>
Capabilities: [e8] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
Capabilities: [d0] Express Endpoint, MSI 00
Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
Capabilities: [13c] Virtual Channel
Capabilities: [160] Device Serial Number 1c-2b-44-ff-ff-e1-00-16
Capabilities: [16c] Power Budgeting <?>
Kernel driver in use: b43-pci-bridge
Kernel modules: ssb

The cd problem is simply not knowing how to use it. It is the same on every machine I own. I put in cd or dvd and they do nothing. I have tried the mound command but I am evidently not grasping something here. As of now, I can on any machine go on the internet via cable. To date and this is since my first attemtps from 2002 never used a cd player, never installed flashplayer ergo no you tube stuff, or do any of the normal things you can do on a windows computer. Not happy with this, and now having more time on my hands, I thought if all I had was slack, I would be forced to learn it. so I converted every tablet, laptop and desktop in the house to slack 14. My wife made me leave her Alienware as a Windows 10 machine so she could still do what she wanted. I listened to her thank God or we would have been in deep sht.

What are you using for a desktop? KDE? XFCE? Something else? Command line only?

Did you do a full install of whatever version of slackware that you are running?

When you log in as your normal user, what is the output of......?

This is your wireless card:
-::-I had a hard time reading through all of the output.-::-

I have a BCM4312. Definitely doesn't do AP, as it's not in software and needs firmware but you should be able to get it going with the B43 kernel module. I don't think it likes WEP either. I have it running with wpa_supplicant & dhcpcd. There's a walkthrough here
http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43/

KDE Richard, yes full install of 14.1 and I am running wicd. Thanks business kid will check it out

I'm working on your CD problem. Once again, which desktop environment are you using? KDE, XFCE, something else or you don't use a graphical interface at all?

KDE

Well I have been trying to go to that site all day business kid, it is either one busy site or something is wrong. I have timed out every time. First thought it was computer but I have no problems going anywhere else.

Thanks. What's the output of as well as the output of when logged in as your normal user?

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bash-4.2# cat /proc/scsi/scsi
Attached devices:
Host: scsi2 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00
Vendor: ATA Model: ST9160827AS Rev: 3.AD
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 05
Host: scsi5 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00
Vendor: TSSTcorp Model: DVD+-RW TS-L632H Rev: D400
Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 05
bash-4.2#

bash-4.2$ groups
users lp floppy audio video cdrom scanner
bash-4.2$

Well, first time that has happened. I put a cd in and it read it. Don't know what happened but ok.