Re: can't get wicd to work
Hmm,
Thought about it. Typed:
adrastea ~ 26 $ apt-cache search tigon
firmware-linux-nonfree - Binary firmware for various drivers in the Linux
kernel
Have you installed the non-free firmware? If not please do so and start again
from:
m-a a-i broadcom-sta
Mike
On Monday, May 26, 2014 19:45:24 tom arnall wrote:
> @ Mike McGinn
>
> I COPIED AND PASTED YOUR CODE INTO A BASH FILE AND RAN IT. THE INSTALL
> MESSAGES SEEMED OK, EXCEPT THIS AT THE VERY END:
>
> Update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-4-amd64
> W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/tigon/tg3_tso5.bin for module
> tg3 W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/tigon/tg3_tso.bin for
> module tg3 W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/tigon/tg3.bin for
> module tg3
>
>
>
>
> THE RESULT SEEMS NIL:
>
> Root@debian:/home/tom/system# ifconfig -a
> eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1c:23:2f:f3:8f
> inet addr:192.168.0.14 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
> inet6 addr: fe80::21c:23ff:fe2f:f38f/64 Scope:Link
> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> RX packets:2184 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:1934 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
> RX bytes:1049826 (1.0 MiB) TX bytes:400101 (390.7 KiB)
> Interrupt:17
>
> lo Link encap:Local Loopback
> inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
> inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
> UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
> RX packets:25 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:25 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
> RX bytes:1915 (1.8 KiB) TX bytes:1915 (1.8 KiB)
>
> root@debian:/home/tom/system# iwconfig
> lo no wireless extensions.
>
> eth0 no wireless extensions.
>
> root@debian:/home/tom/system#
>
>
>
>
>
> I CHECKED DMESG AND THE WIFI RELATED STUFF SEEMS THE SAME BEGINNING WITH:
>
> [ 13.170160] wl: module license 'MIXED/Proprietary' taints kernel.
> [ 13.170165] Disabling lock debugging due to kernel taint
> [ 13.182091] wl 0000:0c:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
> [ 13.184710] wlan%d: 5.100.82.112 driver failed with code 21
> [ 13.184737] ------------[ cut here ]------------
> [ 13.184792] kernel BUG at
> /usr/src/linux-headers-3.2.0-4-common/include/net/cfg80211.h:2209!
> [ 13.184848] invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] SMP
> [ 13.184984] CPU 1
> [ 13.185031] Modules linked in: wl(P+) i915(+) snd_hda_intel(+)
> joydev snd_hda_codec snd_hwdep drm_kms_helper snd_pcm drm pcmcia
> snd_page_alloc snd_seq snd_seq_device snd_timer lib80211 snd cfg80211
> yenta_socket soundcore pcmcia_rsrc dell_laptop dell_wmi pcmcia_core
> evdev sparse_keymap i2c_i801 dcdbas acpi_cpufreq iTCO_wdt
> iTCO_vendor_support rfkill i2c_algo_bit battery ac psmouse serio_raw
> coretemp i2c_core pcspkr mperf wmi power_supply video processor button
> ext4 crc16 jbd2 mbcache sg sd_mod crc_t10dif sr_mod cdrom usbhid hid
> thermal ata_generic thermal_sys uhci_hcd ehci_hcd ata_piix libata
> firewire_ohci firewire_core crc_itu_t tg3 libphy scsi_mod usbcore
> usb_common [last unloaded: scsi_wait_scan]
> [ 13.188397]
>
>
>
>
>
> I HAD TO RUN THE BASH SCRIPT TWICE BECAUSE AT WHAT SEEMED TOWARDS THE
> END OF THE PROCESS I ACCIDENTALLY HIT CTL-F9 OR WHATEVER AND LOST THE
> TERMINAL. SO I RAN THE SCRIPT AGAIN WITH STDIN AND STDERR REDIRECTED
> TO A FILE. I CAN SEND THAT OUTPUT IF YOU THINK IT WORTHWHILE. THERE'S
> A LOT OF JUNK CHARS IN IT, I GUESS BECAUSE PART OF THE INSTALL
> MESSAGING USES SOME KIND OF HALF-BAKED GRAPHICAL. BUT THE MESSAGES
> SEEM ALL TO BE IN THERE.
>
>
>
> I'M NOT USING NETWORK-MANAGER:
>
> Root@debian:/home/tom/system# apt-get purge netwng dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> Package 'network-manager' is not installed, so not removed
> 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 9 not upgraded.
> root@debian:/home/tom/system#
>
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>
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>
> thanks btw to everyone who is helping me.
>
> Tom
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