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Post by questionbot on Jul 31, 2021 7:32:53 GMT
I have decided to move from TinyCore on my oldest laptop to BodHi.. as I have been using it pretty flawlessly as my main driver for a few years now and thought it would be cool to see how it runs on my old "HP Compaq 6710b Notebook". I'm having a few issues... - The WiFi is not detecting on booting of the LiveCD. I click on the wifi icon and there is only a ethernet option. I do not have access to ethernet, so without getting the wifi up and running I have a issue here. (I literally do not have ethernet ports of any sort, I live in a remote area and my entire home network is powered by what is essentially a hotspot running from a mobile network .. kinda like a what you probably have on your phone). So if I can get help setting up the WiFi that would be awesome, I think this may solve my issues.
- Obviously I can not click "download" during install as I have no internet. But, and I do not know if this is an error or if not, but if I tick use 3rd party Drivers and stuff, the installer hangs. The download tickbox is greyed out, but the other one below it is not... the installer is not actually hung though, as if I click quit I it closes fine and I can run it again. I assume this is that installing these things requires a internet connection.
- If I leave that unticked.. it seems to install fine.... but towards the end, before finishing and asking for a reboot, the screen goes completely bank and has a cursor in the very top left. The installer will not advance beyond that point. If I force a reboot and do not use the iso-usb, then it when it tries to load from the hdrive I get this same blank screen with a cursor in the top left.
Any ideas?
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Post by Hippytaff on Jul 31, 2021 7:43:10 GMT
What WiFi chipset/card do you have? Can you post the output of
(If it’s Broadcom the drivers are available in the iso repo)
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Post by questionbot on Jul 31, 2021 7:50:47 GMT
pretty sure it is broadcom... b43...
EDIT : I am in the middle of a crunchbang++ install on it right now.. I'll post that output you asked for in a sec...
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Post by questionbot on Jul 31, 2021 8:10:24 GMT
What WiFi chipset/card do you have? Can you post the output of (If it’s Broadcom the drivers are available in the iso repo) What do you mean by the "iso repo"... I assume I need to download a deb and install manually in the live iso.... but I can only see files on the website for the live iso files? EDIT : I've tried downloading deb files.. but they will not install.... how do I install the fireware off a USB without access to the internet? |
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Post by Hippytaff on Jul 31, 2021 8:29:14 GMT
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Post by ahen on Jul 31, 2021 23:33:05 GMT
For the BCM4321, all you need to do is:
apt install firmware-b43-installer that will take care of downloading firmware, etc.
Of course, you need internet to do that, so is there any reason why you can't connect the laptop temporarily via ethernet?
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Post by enigma9o7 on Jul 31, 2021 23:54:47 GMT
1. Connect an Android smartphone or tablet to wifi (or use a simcard with mobile data service).
2. Enable USB tethering in Android settings. 3. Plug in usb cable between Android device and computer. Bodhi will see it as ethernet connection automatically. sudo apt update
sudo apt install firmware-b43-installer |
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Post by questionbot on Aug 1, 2021 4:17:14 GMT
I've organised for a mate to come out in a few days and bring with him a phone I can use to do USB tethering. In the meantime I have gone back to BunsenLabs on this machine, which detected the wifi on install. is there any reason why you can't connect the laptop temporarily via ethernet? Just the reasons I said in the OP. 1. Connect an Android smartphone or tablet to wifi (or use a simcard with mobile data service).
2. Enable USB tethering in Android settings. 3. Plug in usb cable between Android device and computer. Bodhi will see it as ethernet connection automatically. Unfortunately I do not have a smart phone type thing.. just a old school brick like phone. |
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Post by ahen on Aug 1, 2021 5:56:02 GMT
Gah! I hate being the guy who didn't read the OP properly.  You can probably do it the long way around by downloading packages and firmware separately using BunsenLabs, but it's a pain. If someone can provide a temporary phone internet connection, it'll be very straightforward. |
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Post by Hippytaff on Aug 1, 2021 8:55:10 GMT
The files are on the iso AFAIK. Can install from there I think
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