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Live USB Snapshot MX x64 October 2017 No Wifi Detected
Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2017 9:13 pm
by uncndl1
I burned a snapshot of my current system for daily used Panasonic Toughbook CF-53 to use on a Panasonic 3E 2-IN-1 computer:
3E, Win8.1 Pro, Intel Atom Quad Core Z3745D 1.33GHz, 10.1" XGA 5-pt Multi Touch+Digitizer, 64GB, 2GB, Intel WiFi a/b/g/n, Bluetooth, Intel Education Software, Passive, Stylus, Thermal Probe, Snap-on Magnification Lens, With Keybobit ard Dock w/Keyboard Battery (K12 Education customers only)
I disabled Secure Boot and the 3E boots to Live MX 16 64 bit USB drive, however does not detect network devices.
Once booted, going into MX Tootls and choosing Network Assistant, there is NO hardware detected. I believe the wifi card to be a Broadcom 43241, which from my searches, should be supported by Broadcom 80211 Driver. Tabbing over to Linux Drivers in the Network Assistant, the brcm80211 driver is "blacklisted"
The loaded drivers are ndiswraper, brcmfmac, brcmutil, and fjes.
Is there a way to "un-blacklist" the brcm80211 driver?
This is in hopes to use the onboard wifi and run live linux MX16
Note, bcm43241 wifi card does NOT display when "lspci" or "lsusb".
I've already tried the 32 bit version of MX Linux 16, as well as the 32 bit version of antiX 16 and 17, however the keyboard does not load to test the distro.
AntiX 17_64 bit loads, and the keyboard works, however network wifi does not.
Any help greatly appreciated.
Much of my reading says to try a Windows wifi driver with ndiswraper (which is loaded), but I'm thinking it might be a matter of loading the proper driver that should be in the kernel.
Re: Live USB Snapshot MX x64 October 2017 No Wifi Detected
Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2017 9:19 pm
by uncndl1
Note, "unblacklisting" the driver in Network Assistant does NOT work, it states could not load brcm80211
When I clik "OK" to that message, the brcm80211 driver listing goes away and hides somewhere
Re: Live USB Snapshot MX x64 October 2017 No Wifi Detected
Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2017 2:20 am
by asinoro
Run these commands and show the results:
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nmcli radio wifi on ; rfkill list all
and a screenshot of Linux drivers from MX network assistant
Re: Live USB Snapshot MX x64 October 2017 No Wifi Detected
Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2017 10:09 am
by Shay2
That will show the NIC information
Re: Live USB Snapshot MX x64 October 2017 No Wifi Detected
Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2017 2:12 pm
by uncndl1
Since I can not get onto the internet to post a screen shot of these terminal commands, and I'm having problems shrinking a picture of the screen I'll just have to say that the only terminal command from the above suggestions that provided any information was "inxi -N" Network: Card: Failed to Detect Network Card!
The blacklisted broadcom drivers in network assistant are: b43, b43legacy, b44, bcma, brcm80211, brcmsmac, ssb
As above, the loaded drivers are: ndiswrapper, brcmfmac, brcmutil, fjes
Re: Live USB Snapshot MX x64 October 2017 No Wifi Detected
Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2017 2:16 pm
by uncndl1
Here is the resized image of Terminal
Re: Live USB Snapshot MX x64 October 2017 No Wifi Detected
Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2017 2:22 pm
by dolphin_oracle
If I read your first post correctly, the 3e has intel wifi, not broadcom, so loading broadcom drivers is a dead end.
we need to know what the wifi card is supposed to be. The fact that its note being detected in any of your output leads me to wonder if 1. its working and 2. if its supported by open source drivers.
***edit*** looking at the panasonic specs, its I see where they list list broadcom wireless but they don't say what sort.
Re: Live USB Snapshot MX x64 October 2017 No Wifi Detected
Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2017 2:35 pm
by dolphin_oracle
if you want to just unblacklist the drivers, in /etc/modprobe.d/broadcom-sta-dkms.conf (I think that's the name), just comment out all of the modules, and add (uncommented) wl to the bottom (that's the proprietary driver, which also ships with mx and conflicts with the opensource ones.). reboot and see what happens.
Re: Live USB Snapshot MX x64 October 2017 No Wifi Detected
Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2017 3:27 pm
by Shay2
When the keyboard is attached,
press Fn+F1 to activate the
wireless networking function .
https://www.mcs4kids.com/documents/3e_oi.pdf
Re: Live USB Snapshot MX x64 October 2017 No Wifi Detected
Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2017 3:42 pm
by uncndl1
Thank you, I'll try the above suggestions. Hoping it's supported by something.
Yes, wifi is/was working on windows
I'll try un blacklisting the brcm80211 driver which searches say should support the broadcom card 43241
Re: Live USB Snapshot MX x64 October 2017 No Wifi Detected
Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2017 3:49 pm
by dolphin_oracle
uncndl1 wrote:Thank you, I'll try the above suggestions. Hoping it's supported by something.
Yes, wifi is/was working on windows
I'll try un blacklisting the brcm80211 driver which searches say should support the broadcom card 43241
you really should unblacklist all the opensource drivers, and then blacklist the "wl" driver, as my post above indicates. many of the broadcom opensource drivers depend on one another and if you still have one blacklisted, they may not load.
a manual
might work even with the blacklist in place.
Re: Live USB Snapshot MX x64 October 2017 No Wifi Detected
Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2017 3:51 pm
by uncndl1
Please see screenshot from where Dolphin directed me.
How do I uncomment out brcm80221 driver?
Re: Live USB Snapshot MX x64 October 2017 No Wifi Detected
Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2017 4:02 pm
by uncndl1
Just realized another challenge. The usb drive has persistence (a good thing), however I have to put the usb drive into my CF-53 and boot it to make changes.
Then I have to shut down and put it into the 3E to see if wireless works. When booting the usb with the 3E computer, it does not have persistence option.
Maybe it's not really a challenge, if it works it will just stay with that computer anyway.
Re: Live USB Snapshot MX x64 October 2017 No Wifi Detected
Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2017 4:09 pm
by uncndl1
Putting into Terminal the code: modprobe brcm80211
shows: modprobe: FATAL: Module brcm80211 not found
Re: Live USB Snapshot MX x64 October 2017 No Wifi Detected
Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2017 4:18 pm
by kmathern
uncndl1 wrote:Putting into Terminal the code: modprobe brcm80211
shows: modprobe: FATAL: Module brcm80211 not found
It's probably brcmsmac instead of brcm80211.
I'd try manually unblacklisting it like d_o mentioned earlier.
Re: Live USB Snapshot MX x64 October 2017 No Wifi Detected
Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2017 4:19 pm
by asinoro
Can you post a screenshot of this:
Re: Live USB Snapshot MX x64 October 2017 No Wifi Detected
Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2017 4:38 pm
by Shay2
It should look something like this
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# wl module from Broadcom conflicts with the following modules:
blacklist b43
blacklist b43legacy
blacklist b44
blacklist bcma
#blacklist brcm80211
#blacklist brcmsmac
blacklist ssb
blacklist wl
The # tells it to skip that item in the blacklist.
Re: Live USB Snapshot MX x64 October 2017 No Wifi Detected
Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2017 4:46 pm
by kmathern
Shay2 wrote:It should look something like this
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# wl module from Broadcom conflicts with the following modules:
blacklist b43
blacklist b43legacy
blacklist b44
blacklist bcma
#blacklist brcm80211
#blacklist brcmsmac
blacklist ssb
blacklist wl
The # tells it to skip that item in the blacklist.
The bcma blacklist entry should also be commented out because brcmsmac has it as a depend.
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$ modinfo brcmsmac
filename: /lib/modules/4.9.0-4-amd64/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmsmac/brcmsmac.ko
firmware: brcm/bcm43xx_hdr-0.fw
firmware: brcm/bcm43xx-0.fw
license: Dual BSD/GPL
description: Broadcom 802.11n wireless LAN driver.
author: Broadcom Corporation
alias: bcma:m04BFid0812rev18cl*
alias: bcma:m04BFid0812rev17cl*
alias: bcma:m04BFid0812rev11cl*
depends: mac80211,bcma,brcmutil,cfg80211,cordic
intree: Y
vermagic: 4.9.0-4-amd64 SMP mod_unload modversions
Re: Live USB Snapshot MX x64 October 2017 No Wifi Detected
Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2017 5:12 pm
by uncndl1
here's the output in Terminal from running "inxi -Fxz"
I'll go in and attempt unblacklisting and report back
Re: Live USB Snapshot MX x64 October 2017 No Wifi Detected
Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2017 5:18 pm
by kmathern
asinoro wrote:Can you post a screenshot of this:
@uncndl1, could you also post a screenshot of the output of this:
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lspci -vnn | grep 0200 | grep 14e4 -i
With that we might be able to make some changes to the BroadcomStatrtup script to detect your broadcom wireless device and get the right combination of blacklist entries for it.
Re: Live USB Snapshot MX x64 October 2017 No Wifi Detected
Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2017 5:21 pm
by uncndl1
I'm shutting down the 3E, and then putting the usb into my CF-53 so that persistence works.
I'll comment out the brcm80211 driver, but I have a question.
If it conflicts with wl, how do I comment out wl so there are no conflicts?
Re: Live USB Snapshot MX x64 October 2017 No Wifi Detected
Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2017 5:22 pm
by richb
A tip to make text like this more readable. Highlight the text in terminal by left clicking and dragging the mouse over it. Then right click and pick copy. Paste the result in the text bloxk of your reply. Highlight the text and click on Code button on top of the block. The result will look like this.
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System: Host: mx1 Kernel: 4.9.0-4-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64 Desktop: Xfce 4.12.3
Distro: MX-17.b1_x64 Horizon November 6, 2017
Machine: Device: desktop System: Gigabyte product: N/A serial: N/A
Mobo: Gigabyte model: F2A68HM-H v: x.x serial: N/A UEFI: American Megatrends v: FB date: 04/22/2015
CPU: Quad core AMD A8-7600 Radeon R7 10 Compute Cores 4C+6G (-MCP-) cache: 8192 KB
clock speeds: max: 3100 MHz 1: 1900 MHz 2: 1400 MHz 3: 1900 MHz 4: 1400 MHz
Graphics: Card: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Kaveri [Radeon R7 Graphics]
Display Server: x11 (X.Org 1.19.2 ) drivers: ati,radeon (unloaded: modesetting,fbdev,vesa)
Resolution: 1920x1080@60.00hz
OpenGL: renderer: Gallium 0.4 on AMD KAVERI (DRM 2.49.0 / 4.9.0-4-amd64, LLVM 3.9.1)
version: 4.3 Mesa 13.0.6
Audio: Card-1 Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] FCH Azalia Controller driver: snd_hda_intel
Card-2 Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Kaveri HDMI/DP Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel
Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.9.0-4-amd64
Network: Card-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller driver: r8169
IF: enp1s0 state: down mac: 40:8d:5c:0d:62:1b
Card-2: Qualcomm Atheros AR93xx Wireless Network Adapter driver: ath9k
IF: wlp2s0 state: up mac: 60:e3:27:08:b6:6c
Drives: HDD Total Size: 820.2GB (9.7% used)
ID-1: /dev/sdb model: Samsung_SSD_850 size: 250.1GB
ID-2: /dev/sda model: ST3320820SCE size: 320.1GB
ID-3: /dev/sdc model: Samsung_SSD_850 size: 250.1GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 15G used: 4.9G (36%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdc5
ID-2: /home size: 28G used: 3.9G (15%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdc6
ID-3: swap-1 size: 2.15GB used: 0.01GB (0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sdb3
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 6.8C mobo: N/A gpu: 7.0
Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info: Processes: 243 Uptime: 1 day Memory: 2634.1/14988.3MB Client: Shell (bash) inxi: 2.3.40
Re: Live USB Snapshot MX x64 October 2017 No Wifi Detected
Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2017 5:33 pm
by kmathern
uncndl1 wrote:I'm shutting down the 3E, and then putting the usb into my CF-53 so that persistence works.
I'll comment out the brcm80211 driver, but I have a question.
If it conflicts with wl, how do I comment out wl so there are no conflicts?
Commenting out the brcm80211 blacklist entry probably won't do anything since there is no module by that name anymore, but it won't hurt anything.
I think /etc/modprobe.d/broadcom-sta-dkms.conf should be changed to what's shown below, add the wl entry to the end of the file.
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# wl module from Broadcom conflicts with the following modules:
blacklist b43
blacklist b43legacy
blacklist b44
#blacklist bcma
#blacklist brcm80211
#blacklist brcmsmac
blacklist ssb
blacklist wl
Re: Live USB Snapshot MX x64 October 2017 No Wifi Detected
Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2017 5:59 pm
by uncndl1
Okay, I made the changes as suggested but can not save the changes, messages says "can't open file to write"
Persistence is enabled on the usb drive, and other changes have been saved i.e. upgraded the system in package manager.
Appreciate the tip above for making code more readable. Remember, I have to take a screen shot of the system I'm trying to get wifi working. This means taking the usb drive in and out of my main computer to the 3E computer
Re: Live USB Snapshot MX x64 October 2017 No Wifi Detected
Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2017 6:00 pm
by uncndl1
I was able to blacklist wl in the Network Assistant and that did save. Editing things inside the file system did not
Re: Live USB Snapshot MX x64 October 2017 No Wifi Detected
Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2017 6:14 pm
by kmathern
uncndl1 wrote:Okay, I made the changes as suggested but can not save the changes, messages says "can't open file to write" ...
Are you making the changes as root and/or with sudo, or as a regular user?
Are you able to edit and make the changes with sudo nano like shown below? (press Ctrl+o to save your changes, Ctrl+x to quit)
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sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/broadcom-sta-dkms.conf
Re: Live USB Snapshot MX x64 October 2017 No Wifi Detected
Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2017 6:46 pm
by kmathern
If you're still unable to make the blacklisting changes to /etc/modprobe.d/broadcom-sta-dkms.conf, you might try removing the broadcom-sta-dkms package instead with:
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sudo apt-get purge broadcom-sta-dkms
It will remove wl driver (which you probably don't need) and the /etc/modprobe.d/broadcom-sta-dkms.conf file.
Then run the following to try to load the brcmsmac driver
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sudo modprobe -r brcmsmac ; sudo modprobe brcmsmac
I think you should be able to run both of those commands while running in a Live USB session on the 3E machine.
Re: Live USB Snapshot MX x64 October 2017 No Wifi Detected
Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2017 7:03 pm
by kmathern
kmathern wrote:post removed (intended to edit previous post)
Re: Live USB Snapshot MX x64 October 2017 No Wifi Detected
Posted: Wed Nov 08, 2017 1:02 pm
by tbuser48
urncndl1 is on the road today. He and I have been working on the 3E for a while now. We've been talking about the 3E here (
http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads ... 14/page-23).
Here is hwinfo.
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$ hwinfo | grep bcm -i
platform device: name = BCM2E44:00
path = /devices/platform/80860F0A:00/BCM2E44:00
type = "(null)", modalias = "acpi:BCM2E44:"
P: /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/80860F0A:00/BCM2E44:00
E: DEVPATH=/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/80860F0A:00/BCM2E44:00
E: MODALIAS=acpi:BCM2E44:
P: /devices/platform/80860F0A:00/BCM2E44:00
E: DEVPATH=/devices/platform/80860F0A:00/BCM2E44:00
E: MODALIAS=acpi:BCM2E44:
E: ID_MODEL_FROM_DATABASE=BCM43241 WLAN card
E: ID_MODEL_FROM_DATABASE=BCM43241 WLAN card
/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/80860F0A:00/BCM2E44:00
/devices/platform/80860F0A:00/BCM2E44:00
Model: "Broadcom BCM43241 WLAN card"
Device: sdio 0x4324 "BCM43241 WLAN card"
Model: "Broadcom BCM43241 WLAN card"
Device: sdio 0x4324 "BCM43241 WLAN card"
Sent from 3E #14 (1 of 4 that I have) via USB 802.11 dongle.
Thanks.
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$ cat /etc/lsb-release
PRETTY_NAME="antiX-17 Heather Heyer"
DISTRIB_ID=antiX
DISTRIB_RELEASE=17
DISTRIB_CODENAME=stretch
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="antiX 17"
Re: Live USB Snapshot MX x64 October 2017 No Wifi Detected
Posted: Wed Nov 08, 2017 1:18 pm
by kmathern
tbuser48 wrote:Here is hwinfo.
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$ hwinfo | grep bcm -i
E: ID_MODEL_FROM_DATABASE=BCM43241 WLAN card
E: ID_MODEL_FROM_DATABASE=BCM43241 WLAN card
/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/80860F0A:00/BCM2E44:00
/devices/platform/80860F0A:00/BCM2E44:00
Model: "Broadcom BCM43241 WLAN card"
Device: sdio 0x4324 "BCM43241 WLAN card"
Model: "Broadcom BCM43241 WLAN card"
Device: sdio 0x4324 "BCM43241 WLAN card"
Hmm, the archlinux wiki says this about BCM43241:
Re: Live USB Snapshot MX x64 October 2017 No Wifi Detected
Posted: Wed Nov 08, 2017 1:51 pm
by tbuser48
Thank you. I saw that little note of encouragement. :)
I have run it (wireless) by ummmm let's see if I can find it...................o.k. here:
This works but it would be better if I knew what it meant and I need a way to save it on a live stick....still hampered by home wireless being down. Awkward with a hotspot. (Samsung S3)
Make sure you have /lib/firmware/brcm/brcmfmac43241b4-sdio.bin
If not already mounted : "mount -t efivarfs none sys/firmware/efi/efivars"
cat /sys/firmware/efi/efivars/nvram-74b00bd9-805a-4d61-b51f-43268123d113 > /lib/firmware/brcm/brcmfmac43241b4-sdio.txt
modprobe -r brcmfmac && modprobe brcmfmac
Ready!!
Re: Live USB Snapshot MX x64 October 2017 No Wifi Detected
Posted: Wed Nov 08, 2017 6:03 pm
by uncndl1
lspci -vnn | grep 0200 | grep 14e4 -i
No output from above code
There's another issue on this live usb. On my daily computer (CF-53), it is a persistent usb. Changes made are saved.
When this usb is loaded onto the 3E, my custom password for user and root do NOT work. I have to use root password for root and demo password for demo.
Re: Live USB Snapshot MX x64 October 2017 No Wifi Detected
Posted: Wed Nov 08, 2017 6:18 pm
by uncndl1
I'm thinking the right thing to do is to install MX-16.1 onto the 3E and wipe windows completely. At least with a little wifi nano dongle it's working.
Possibly once installed as a working system and not "live", it will eliminate any aspects of my live usb causing havoc.
Thank you for all your input. I'll report back once it's accomplished.
Re: Live USB Snapshot MX x64 October 2017 No Wifi Detected
Posted: Wed Nov 08, 2017 7:52 pm
by tbuser48
I've installed it but can not get by "shell" from the boot order. Oops I wasn't quick enough. Looks like we are at the same place. Just read uncndl1 NBR edit.
The good news is it will still run antiX17 live.
kmathern,
I did this. Assuming BRCMSMAC is a typo????? (brcmFmac?...different dependencies)
No worries and thanks.
#27 Postby kmathern » Tue Nov 07, 2017 3:46 pm
If you're still unable to make the blacklisting changes to /etc/modprobe.d/broadcom-sta-dkms.conf, you might try removing the broadcom-sta-dkms package instead with:
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sudo apt-get purge broadcom-sta-dkms
It will remove wl driver (which you probably don't need) and the /etc/modprobe.d/broadcom-sta-dkms.conf file.
Then run the following to try to load the brcmsmac driver
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sudo modprobe -r brcmsmac ; sudo modprobe brcmsmac
Re: Live USB Snapshot MX x64 October 2017 No Wifi Detected
Posted: Wed Nov 08, 2017 8:04 pm
by kmathern
tbuser48 wrote:I've installed it but can not get by "shell" from the boot order. Oops I wasn't quick enough. Looks like we are at the same place. Just read uncndl1 NBR edit. :happy:
The good news is it will still run antiX17 live.
kmathern,
I did this. Assuming BRCMSMAC is a typo????? (brcmFmac?...different dependencies)
No worries and thanks.
#27 Postby kmathern » Tue Nov 07, 2017 3:46 pm
If you're still unable to make the blacklisting changes to /etc/modprobe.d/broadcom-sta-dkms.conf, you might try removing the broadcom-sta-dkms package instead with:
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sudo apt-get purge broadcom-sta-dkms
It will remove wl driver (which you probably don't need) and the /etc/modprobe.d/broadcom-sta-dkms.conf file.
Then run the following to try to load the brcmsmac driver
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sudo modprobe -r brcmsmac ; sudo modprobe brcmsmac
It's brcmsmac in this Debian wiki article:
https://wiki.debian.org/brcm80211#Installation, and it's brcmfmac in this Debian wiki article:
https://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebia ... 100TA#WiFi, so I'm not sure which module is the one to use.
Re: Live USB Snapshot MX x64 October 2017 No Wifi Detected
Posted: Wed Nov 08, 2017 10:27 pm
by tbuser48
Thanks I've tried them both now.....saves confusion later.
FYI the only place the card shows up is in the kernel? with the cli-installer....just before it fails with a -2. I'll take a picture next time I see that.
So...if the Fn keys don't work yet, and the [Fn] [F1] turns wireless on and off ????????????nah wireless is on in W8.1. One thing I read said the card was underpowered. It's supposedly wifi/bluetooth/FM.
Thanks for the help.
Jeff
Re: Live USB Snapshot MX x64 October 2017 No Wifi Detected
Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2017 7:19 pm
by tbuser48
Update: Broadcom 43241 brcmfmac. Works for this card only AFAIK. In ceni enter wireless password and change to auto.
A little cut at paste from NBR.
http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads ... t-10629612 This works and saves to root terminal. I run them again each time I log in.
Make sure you have /lib/firmware/brcm/brcmfmac43241b4-sdio.bin
If not already mounted :
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mount -t efivarfs none /sys/firmware/efi/efivars
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cat /sys/firmware/efi/efivars/nvram-74b00bd9-805a-4d61-b51f-43268123d113 > /lib/firmware/brcm/brcmfmac43241b4-sdio.txt
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modprobe -r brcmfmac && modprobe brcmfmac
Linux antix1 4.10.5-antix.1-486-smp #1 SMP Fri Mar 24 17:15:57 EET 2017 i686 GNU/Linux
Sent from antiX 17 Panasonic E3
Re: Live USB Snapshot MX x64 October 2017 No Wifi Detected
Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2017 7:44 pm
by kmathern
So when the /lib/firmware/brcm/brcmfmac43241b4-sdio.txt file is present, does the brcmfmac driver then load automatically on subsequent boots ?
Re: Live USB Snapshot MX x64 October 2017 No Wifi Detected
Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2017 10:47 pm
by tbuser48
It tries but fails with a -2. Not sure but I think it needs the modprobe, but especially the efivarfs none line. My reading points at a nvram issue with this particular card. Annnnd I've done a bunch of reading....and have NO idea what any of this stuff does. :)
As per usual it's knowing the right question to ask of google etc.
To sum up I re-booted, ran the three terminal commands as root and Robert's your mother's brother.
Now, if someone could walk me through writing a script......
_______________________________________________________________________________
This is a curious little beast. Supposedly 32 bit UEFI but Cleve (uncndl1) is running MX-16.? 64 bit live.
NO legacy in bios.
System page in Windows 8.1 says 32 bit / 64 bit compatible.
The keyboard is i2c/hid/pnp0501. No PNP0501 = no keyboard or touchpad.
antiX17 has pnp0501....mx-16.?? does not.
Just a few quirks.
Jeff (aka SHEEPMAN!)
Re: Live USB Snapshot MX x64 October 2017 No Wifi Detected
Posted: Mon Dec 04, 2017 7:01 pm
by tbuser48
Update using MX 16.1 64bit. Now installed and running on Panasonic E3 (11) (School numbered them)
On 64bit you need to run post#37 ONE time on LiveUSB. 64 bit on both MX-16 and antiX17 save settings for the wireless. Still shows no network card detected but meh!
Downloading MX-17 as we speak....I'll report back on this.
I'm still booting the installed systems via a grub tweak. Bootia32 dot exe is required for these 32/64 beasties. More on this later.
Re: Live USB Snapshot MX x64 October 2017 No Wifi Detected
Posted: Mon Dec 04, 2017 9:52 pm
by timkb4cq
If it's in on an internal PCMCIA bus you'll need to run
to see it instead of lspci or lsusb.