Puppy Linux Discussion Forum

john3voltas · Joined: 23 May 2011 Posts: 98

Hi rjbrewer,

I've tried puppeee already and I couldn't make my wifi work.
So I guess I need to install the Broadcom STA driver.
Would be nice if in the future puppeee would add this driver automatically.
Do you think I can install this driver in puppeee using this pet file (just as I did in puppy 5.2.5)?

Cheers

rjbrewer · Joined: 22 Jan 2008 Posts: 4349 Location: merriam, kansas

piratesmack · Joined: 16 Sep 2009 Posts: 100

john3voltas · Joined: 23 May 2011 Posts: 98

piratesmack · Joined: 16 Sep 2009 Posts: 100

Hmm... give this a try:
http://puppeee.com/files/Drivers/wl_5.60.48.36-atom.pet

I found it while searching Jemimah's server for the Puppeee kernel source (which I couldn't find for 2.6.33.2atom)

john3voltas · Joined: 23 May 2011 Posts: 98

Hi piratesmack,
Would that pet be broadcom sta driver for puppeee?
Cheers

piratesmack · Joined: 16 Sep 2009 Posts: 100

jason.b.c · Joined: 08 Feb 2006 Posts: 751 Location: Marshfield,MO

i have followed all instructions here and i still don't have wireless..

see my thread here.... http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=72173

any advice????

registereduser · Joined: 11 Jan 2012 Posts: 1

i could not get any of this to work Confused

i download puppy linux "racy" and installed it to a flash drive
then installed truecrypt
then vlc
then was going to install broadcom wi-fi drivers but it said there is none in the software list. Crying or Very sad

so I found this forum, download the .pet file, ran it. the installer said it installed to the system menu, but there is nothing new in the system menu and the wi-fi light is off, and no data goes through.

i don't know how to black list or anything, and modprobe was telling me

rmmod ssb
ERROR: module ssb does not exist in /proc/modules

modprobe -r wl

FATAL: module wl not found.

modprobe wl

FATAL module wl not found

it's been 8 hours and I cant get it to work, it's 4:30 am so i am going to sleep. goodnight Sad

mgh · Joined: 03 Mar 2012 Posts: 8

Has anyone figured hoe to make the broadcom work with Racy Puppy?
I have a Dell Studio with a broadcom card. The card shows up in the network configuration screen, but it cannot establish a connection.

I can tell I am not the only one that is having problems with this card.

A laptop with no wireless isn't worth much Smile

Thanks for any help.

cowboy · Posted: Mon 05 Mar 2012, 02:03 Post subject: broadcom and puppy 5

The success rate on broadcom drivers (at least out of the box) and Puppy seems to vary between releases. For example, on my Dell laptop with a bmc4311, Lupu 5.2.8 will not work, but 5.2.5 works OOTB. I'd suggest trying a few different puppies in the "official" chain, back to about Lupu 525 and see what sort of luck you have. Might also try Slacko 5.3.1, that also works with this wifi setup.

Bueno suerte....

mgh · Joined: 03 Mar 2012 Posts: 8

Hey thanks!

I installed slacko 5.3.1, ran the 'connect' simple set up. and got connected.

Much appreciated.

Now I guess I have to read up on the differences between the different versions of Puppy.

karm2865 · Joined: 20 Mar 2011 Posts: 57

thank you piratesmack it is working so far on a Dell latitude D600 laptop Puppy Linux Lucid 528 Kernel Linux 2.6.33.2 (i686)
see
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=631747#631747
for more info.

peebee · Joined: 21 Sep 2008 Posts: 901 Location: Malvern, Worcs, UK

Just to make people aware that updated versions of the Broadcom STA wl driver are available for a number of Puppies (lupu, slacko, wary, racy, saluki, exprimo, precise) here:

http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=76495

Cheers
peebee

ocean3210 · Joined: 19 Apr 2010 Posts: 4

This saved my crashed Dell Inspiron. Thank you so much. Now I have wireless back.