Tiny Core Linux
Tiny Core Base => TCB Q&A Forum => Topic started by: omataclas on September 23, 2022, 06:04:33 AM
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Hi, I’m very new to all this but I have been searching around for answers before posting here.
lspci says I have:
00:0d.0 Network controller: Ralink corp. RT2561/RT61 rev B 802.11g
And I have already used the app to get firmware-rapino.tcz wifi.tcz, but I don’t know how to proceed.
I have noticed that one of firmware-ralink’s files are my device name “rt2561.bin” but i have no idea on what to do with it. Any help would be appreciated ;D
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You need to load wifi firmware before any other wifi extensions:
tce-load -i firmware-ralinkwifi
tce-load -i wifi
..then follow the instructions in the wifi info file
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Hi omataclas
Welcome to the forum.
You should load firmware-rapino.tcz and wifi.tcz onboot in that order. after firmware-rapino.tcz
loads the required firmware should load automatically.
The wifi.tcz.info file has instructions on its use.
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Hi omataclas
Welcome to the forum.
You should load firmware-rapino.tcz and wifi.tcz onboot in that order. after firmware-rapino.tcz
loads the required firmware should load automatically.
The wifi.tcz.info file has instructions on its use.
Thank you for such a rapid reply, sorry if this is a dumb question, but how can I read these info files?
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Either the apps gui or http://repo.tinycorelinux.net/13.x/x86/tcz/wifi.tcz.info
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I have done some more searching and it seems that firmware-ralink and wifi.tcz are working but
“rfkill list” says wireless LAN is hard blocked.
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Hi omataclas
According to the help screen for rfkill:
tc@E310:~$ rfkill --help
Usage:
rfkill [options] command [identifier ...]
Tool for enabling and disabling wireless devices.
Options:
-J, --json use JSON output format
-n, --noheadings don't print headings
-o, --output <list> define which output columns to use
-r, --raw use the raw output format
-h, --help display this help
-V, --version display version
Available output columns:
DEVICE kernel device name
ID device identifier value
TYPE device type name that can be used as identifier
TYPE-DESC device type description
SOFT status of software block
HARD status of hardware block
Commands:
help
event
list [identifier]
block identifier
unblock identifier
For more details see rfkill(8).
tc@E310:~$
Have you tried using the unblock function:
sudo rfkill unblock identifier
where identifier is what was returned by rfkill list.
If you can't unblock it that way, then you may have to do it through your machines BIOS or
a setup screen for the machine.
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If you can't unblock it that way, then you may have to do it through your machines BIOS or
a setup screen for the machine.
Thank you all for the support, finally got it working, the hardware block was a sneaky wifi button that I did not notice before.