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#221 Post by smokey01 »

It might need the firmware as attached in my last edited message.

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#222 Post by 01micko »

smokey01 wrote:It might need the firmware as attached in my last edited message.

PREV:: Here is the http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drive ... l9170-1.fw for linux 3.1 and newer, version 1.9.4

Are you able to include a suitable driver for the WN111?
If you find the firmware works I'll include it and refer it to Barry for inclusion in woof.
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#223 Post by smokey01 »

I remember having this problem once before, in Fatdog64 I think.

I just need to figure out now where I need to put it.

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#224 Post by 01micko »

smokey01 wrote:I remember having this problem once before, in Fatdog64 I think.

I just need to figure out now where I need to put it.
/lib/firmware should do. Try it.
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#225 Post by James C »

01micko wrote: James C, I didn't get a crash when I tested my nvidia driver, it worked as expected and suggested "mesa-" as there are no kernel drivers yet.. I wonder what happened? You can run

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/usr/local/graphics-test/graphix_test
and post the output if you want.. if it doesn't crash!!
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# /usr/local/graphics-test/graphix_test
+ rm -f /tmp/luci_recomend
+ rm -f /tmp/card_brand
+ APPDIR=/usr/local/graphics-test
++ uname -r
+ KERNVER=3.2.1-slacko_4gx2
++ cut -d : -f3
++ grep -iw vga
++ lspci
+ MODEL=' nVidia Corporation NV18 [GeForce4 MX 440 AGP 8x] (rev c1)'
++ awk '{print $1}'
++ echo nVidia Corporation NV18 '[GeForce4' MX 440 AGP '8x]' '(rev' 'c1)'
+ BRAND=nVidia
+ DRIVER=mesa-
++ grep 'VGA compatible controller'
++ lspci -nn -m
+ VIDEODETAILS='01:00.0 "VGA compatible controller [0300]" "nVidia Corporation [10de]" "NV18 [GeForce4 MX 440 AGP 8x] [0181]" -rc1 "Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [1462]" "MSI Geforce4 MX T8X with AGP8X [9350]"'
++ tr -s ' '
++ tr '\t' ' '
++ grep -o '#card0driver .*'
++ cut -f 2 -d '"'
++ tr '\n' ' '
++ grep -o 'VendorName "[^"]*'
++ cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf
+ MANUFACTURER='Unknown Vendor'
++ cut -f 6 -d '"'
++ rev
++ cut -f 2 -d ']'
++ grep 'Unknown Vendor'
++ rev
++ cut -f 1 -d '['
++ echo -n '01:00.0 "VGA compatible controller [0300]" "nVidia Corporation [10de]" "NV18 [GeForce4 MX 440 AGP 8x] [0181]" -rc1 "Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [1462]" "MSI Geforce4 MX T8X with AGP8X [9350]"'
+ DEVICEID=
+ '[' nVidia '!=' Intel ']'
++ grep -i /usr/local/graphics-test/ati


Even though the gui is freezing up, at least the actual script works.

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#226 Post by smokey01 »

Placed in /lib/firmware rebooted and now working like a charm

Did a speed test and it is the same as my ethernet at about 7mbps

This distro is a keeper.

Good job and thanks.
01micko wrote:
smokey01 wrote:I remember having this problem once before, in Fatdog64 I think.

I just need to figure out now where I need to put it.
/lib/firmware should do. Try it.

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#227 Post by smokey01 »

This http://www.youtube.com/user/homeproject worked in full screen without a hitch.

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Re: The return of b43 detection in k3 puppies

#228 Post by grump »

regarding Broadcom B4322 wireless ...

The machine is a HP Mini 2140 netbook. If it's any consolation Ubuntu 11.10 did not get the wireless up either.

Now tried 5.3.1.4 and collected the info 01micko requested.

The message quoted below still comes up when trying to configure the wireless.
grump wrote:...
from prev post:

when running the network wizard and trying to scan for wireless the msgbox says:

Failed to raise interface wlan0.
failed command was: ifconfig wlan0 up
Error returned was:
ifconfig: SIOCIFFLAGS: No such file or directory

I'll get back to this later today.
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#229 Post by 01micko »

Thanks for the logs grump.. they tell you what to do :wink:
[ 50.088498] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/n0initvals16.fw" not found
[ 50.088508] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43-open/ucode16_mimo.fw" not found
[ 50.088517] b43-phy0 ERROR: You must go to http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Dri ... cefirmware and download the correct firmware for this driver version. Please carefully read all instructions on this website.
[ 50.179409] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/n0initvals16.fw" not found
[ 50.179418] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43-open/ucode16_mimo.fw" not found
[ 50.179428] b43-phy0 ERROR: You must go to http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Dri ... cefirmware and download the correct firmware for this driver version. Please carefully read all instructions on this website.
So another FW issue, actually looks identical to mavrothal's issue with his imac. We find the FW you are both in business!
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#230 Post by James C »

I don't do wireless but I just happened to be reading about dreaded b43 wireless on Aptosid's site....

http://aptosid.com/index.php?module=new ... lay&sid=35
b43/ b43legacy support for Broadcom wlan cards.
OpenFWWF 5.2 opensource firmware for the following Broadcom AirForce 802.11b/g wireless cards:

BCM4306
BCM4311 revision 1
BCM4318
BCM4320

experimental support for LP-PHY (BCM4312) and SSB based 802.11n (BCM4321, BCM4322) devices, non-free firmware images required.
May be of some help, just thought I'd throw it into the mix. :)

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#231 Post by 01micko »

grump,

Try this link for your firmware http://pkgs.org/fedora-16/russian-fedor ... /download/
/lib/firmware/b43
/lib/firmware/b43/a0g0bsinitvals5.fw
/lib/firmware/b43/a0g0bsinitvals9.fw
/lib/firmware/b43/a0g0initvals5.fw
/lib/firmware/b43/a0g0initvals9.fw
/lib/firmware/b43/a0g1bsinitvals13.fw
/lib/firmware/b43/a0g1bsinitvals5.fw
/lib/firmware/b43/a0g1bsinitvals9.fw
/lib/firmware/b43/a0g1initvals13.fw
/lib/firmware/b43/a0g1initvals5.fw
/lib/firmware/b43/a0g1initvals9.fw
/lib/firmware/b43/b0g0bsinitvals13.fw
/lib/firmware/b43/b0g0bsinitvals5.fw
/lib/firmware/b43/b0g0bsinitvals9.fw
/lib/firmware/b43/b0g0initvals13.fw
/lib/firmware/b43/b0g0initvals5.fw
/lib/firmware/b43/b0g0initvals9.fw
/lib/firmware/b43/lp0bsinitvals13.fw
/lib/firmware/b43/lp0bsinitvals14.fw
/lib/firmware/b43/lp0bsinitvals15.fw
/lib/firmware/b43/lp0initvals13.fw
/lib/firmware/b43/lp0initvals14.fw
/lib/firmware/b43/lp0initvals15.fw
/lib/firmware/b43/n0absinitvals11.fw
/lib/firmware/b43/n0bsinitvals11.fw
/lib/firmware/b43/n0initvals11.fw
/lib/firmware/b43/pcm5.fw
/lib/firmware/b43/ucode11.fw
/lib/firmware/b43/ucode13.fw
/lib/firmware/b43/ucode14.fw
/lib/firmware/b43/ucode15.fw
/lib/firmware/b43/ucode16_mimo.fw
/lib/firmware/b43/ucode5.fw
/lib/firmware/b43/ucode9.fw
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#232 Post by grump »

01micko wrote:grump,

Try this link for your firmware http://pkgs.org/fedora-16/russian-fedor ... /download/
BINGO!

After getting that rpm (from another site and on my other lappy) and finding how to un-rpm an rpm I had the contents of lib/firmware/b43. First try was with a pfix=ram start, then copy the firmware into the original spot. This did not bring up the wireless.

2nd try was also with a pfix=ram, but this time renamed the original ././b43 to b43_old, then copied the new one in. Then in the network wizard unloaded the b43 module, then reloaded it. When I tried scanning for a wireless network the blue status light came on, and then I was called to dinner so I shutdown with save. After a normal boot the blue light came on and I was able to set up the wireless in the usual way.

Thanks for all the work and knowledge - and straightforward advice.

So - steps are:
- get the right firmware files
- rename the old firmware files
- copy in the new ones
- unload the b43 module (has rwong firmware)
- reload the b43 module (now has right FW)
- configure wireless.

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#233 Post by grump »

And further - I was going to say that installing pets I had already downloaded (eg cursor-themes.pet) was not working - it was not for a while but now is.

I've had a lot of fun (ie time wasting) getting the 'live usb' (the HP mini has no optical disk) to work like a 'live cd', so that the save-file could live on the hdd. I can't find where I got the info from, but I now have a syslinux.cfg with the following last line:

append initrd=initrd.gz pmedia=cd pfix=copy

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Easy!

#234 Post by russoodle »

01micko wrote:@russoodle.. you can't go wrong with the King-o-Bling's advice :wink:

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There's a little bling for your browser in the main post. I'd include it in the build but the only way I know how is to hard code it in /root/.mozilla.. I don't do that. I haven't written anything hard coded to /root in awhile and I'm not about to revert to that bad habit.

You can easily make personas yourself. I was surprised how easy it was. You need to do it in firefox though (but it can be worn by seamonkey). You also need the "personas plus" extension then follow this tut.

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Thanks for the bling and creative info....i've often used personas on FF but never thought of trying to make any myself.

Slacko's works fine in SeaMonkey, as you can see below :wink:

And on another note ~ i'm waiting at least 24 hours before downloading any updated iso versions, because Slacko's starting to breed faster than mice :shock:

BTW, what was the reason for 'take 2'? What issues were addressed from 'take 1'?
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#235 Post by drblock2 »

Alpha 4 boots on my AMD Athlon XP/MP (Barton), 2 GHz, but menus are empty. This is the same behavior as observed with Alpha 2. (Alpha 3 did not boot at all.)

As I mentioned in an earlier post, this machine does not seem to like the 3x kernel.

I would welcome any suggestions.

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#236 Post by 01micko »

grump, thanks for info.. that should help alot of b43 users :)

russoodle, It was getting late and I was sleepy :shock: ... realised when Billtoo posted that I uploaded the wrong iso! :roll: so.. take 2.. take 1 was up long enough for aarf to make deltas (about an hour, again, apologies aarf)

drblock2.. this is strange (no menus).. what video driver do you have? Maybe installing mesa would help. It reminds me of the intel brookdale video issues we had in 5.3 development but you couldn't possibly have an intel vid chip with AMD cpu! Please post results of "report-video". Thanks.
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#237 Post by aarf »

01micko wrote:
russoodle, It was getting late and I was sleepy :shock: ... realised when Billtoo posted that I uploaded the wrong iso! :roll: so.. take 2.. take 1 was up long enough for aarf to make deltas (about an hour, again, apologies aarf)
Thanks.
no worries micko. can online build deltas faster than you can load isos now. :lol:

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#238 Post by pemasu »

Here is that previously posted link to b43 firmware rpm package as pet.
It installs the whole 117 firmwares to /lib/firmware/b43/

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#239 Post by mavrothal »

01micko wrote: So another FW issue, actually looks identical to mavrothal's issue with his imac. We find the FW you are both in business!
Unfortunately not :(
My iMac has an 432B chip and it would appear that only the broadcom-wl driver can handle it.
Did you say you compiled it?...
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#240 Post by drblock2 »

micko,

Ooops, should have given you the video information immediately:

NV34 Board - p162-2nz Chip Rev = GeForce FX5200.

On boot, the nouveau driver was selected, which resulted in no menus. Attempts to change the driver to nv or vesa ended with the black screen of death.

I loaded the mesa-7.10.2-s.pet as suggested and then switched to vesa via xorgwizard.

Menus restored! Excellent, if somewhat slow (150 fps) video.

If you post a link to the kernel sources for the next Alpha, I will compile the proprietary driver with the new kernel and test it.

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