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Posted: **Thu 04 Jun 2015, 14:49**

I just started using Tahrpup 6.02 with a new 4.0.4 kernel

Problems with wireless.

I copied this from the output of

lspci -nnk | more

02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM43224 802.11a/b/g/n [14e4:4353] (rev 01)
Subsystem: Dell Wireless 1520 Half-size Mini PCIe Card [1028:000e]

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 dmesg | grep -i wl

wl: version magic '3.14.20 SMP mod_unload modversions 686 ' should be '4.0.4-tahr_PAE-32-pae SMP mod_unload 586 '

Is the reason that the module wasn't compiled under the current kernel?

Please excuse my ignorance.

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uname -a

Linux puppypc992 4.0.4-tahr_PAE-32-pae #1 SMP Sun May 24 22:26:45 BST 2015 i686 i686 i686 GNU/Linux

Posted: **Thu 04 Jun 2015, 20:08**

If the module was compiled for a different kernel, it won't work.

Posted: **Fri 05 Jun 2015, 06:26**

You are trying to use the wl driver made for k3.14.20 on k4.0.4 - this won't work sadly.

This is one of the drawbacks of how easy it is now to change kernel - drivers outside of the kernel package don't get updated at the same time.

Quickpet does not know you have changed kernel so continues to offer the drivers for the original base kernel.

I have compiled the wl driver for k4.0.4 but have not packaged it up as a .pet until I knew what 666philb's plans were for the k4.0.4 kernel.

Cheers
peebee

Posted: **Fri 05 Jun 2015, 10:30**

peebee (in part) wrote:You are trying to use the wl driver made for k3.14.20 on k4.0.4 - this won't work sadly.

This is one of the drawbacks of how easy it is now to change kernel - drivers outside of the kernel package don't get updated at the same time.

I have compiled the wl driver for k4.0.4 but have not packaged it up as a .pet until I knew what 666philb's plans were for the k4.0.4 kernel.

Oh, thank you, peebee.

Kind of what Flash said.

Well, now that I know, I can stop struggling with it, and be patient.

Does anyone know where I can see the advantages of this new kernel? I'm on a Dell Latitude E6410 laptop, about 5? years old, with an I5 processor; if that has any relevance.

Thanks again,
Sheldon
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