Hibobc wrote:My wifi works when running live, but after I install to hard disk its hopeless. I went rooting around looking for a cause and found a files called messages, and it has what looks like a couple errors:
wl: module liscense 'MIXED/Proprietary' taints kernel
wl driver 6.30.223.141 (r415941) failed with code 21
kernel BUG at include/net cfg80211.h:2930!
Searching the wl driver failed error has led me to this thread. It looks like if I guess the correct file and download it, copy it to that machine and install it, I might be able to get it working?
I can eliminate the 2 _64 files, I think, but how do I know which of the others to get?
Assuming I can figure out how to install it, do I need to do any modprobe or create any blacklist files or get rid of the wl.conf in /etc/modprobe.d which references both the failing wl and the b43 that was loaded when running live that i have been trying to load?
I asked about this in the beginner thread, but will delete that post since nobody has answered anyway, if I get a reply here. This seems like an old thread, but seems appropriate,, so that's why this post here...
Thanks for any help..
Can't think why the driver would work live and not in a full install - unless your live install was without a save file, when the wl driver was probably not being used - it usually needs a reboot and a savefile to start properly.
The 4311 is quite an old Broadcom device so I'm guessing this is an old laptop? Is it built-in or on a pcmcia card?
Everything for wl is already included in Slacko 5.7.0 so there is no need to load anything extra.
What I actually suggest you do is blacklist the wl driver and reboot to see if the b43 driver claims your wifi. b43 should support the 4311 but it would be useful to use the link in post #1 to determine your full pci-id to confirm which 4311 variant you have.
Hope this helps
Cheers
peebee