Re: Proprietary WiFi drivers for live mode

[piorunz <piorunz@gmx.com>]

On 25/06/2022 22:01, Bijan Soleymani wrote:

> Unfortunately in this case that might not work.
>
> The file that is needed is wl.ko

That's what dmesg says? Can you copy entire line here?
> But it is compiled on install of the dkms package.
>
> so:
>
> apt-file search /wl.ko
>
> Doesn't give anything.
>
> You'd have to search for one of the source files:
>
> apt-file search wl_linux.c
>
> bijan@bijan-xps:~$ apt-file search wl_linux.c
> bcmwl-kernel-source:
> /usr/src/bcmwl-6.30.223.271+bdcom/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.c
> broadcom-sta-dkms: /usr/src/broadcom-sta-6.30.223.271/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.c
>
> Bijan

Sadly. Ok, so in that case try to narrow down what you exactly need,
what packages. Once you made yourself a procedure, you can copy it each
time. Download packages via apt download, put files on USB stick and
install them via one line bash script (sudo dpkg -i filename.deb) on
that laptop.

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With kindest regards, Piotr.

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