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CorePlus/TinyCore 7.2 Wifi does not work on Inspiron 11

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coreplayer2:
According to the MX16 dmesg wlan0 is:

Broadcom BCM4365 802.11 Hybrid Wireless Controller
using wl driver

(but I'm not sitting at a tinycore machine to get the required extension names at the moment..)


Update:  "wl-modules-4.2.9-tinycore.tcz" doesn't appear to have suitable drivers according to the info file
update2: turns out the BCM4365 is a model number for both wifi and bluetooth.  One way to find out the wifi component for sure is running

--- Code: ---lspci -vnn
--- End code ---

gerald_clark:
You probably need to install firmware-broadcom_bcm43xx,tcz and wl-modules-KERNEL .
Be sure to read the info files.

newtotinycore:
Gerald Clark,
The firmware-broadcom_bcm43xx.tcz file is already installed in /mnt/sda1/tce/optional/.
Should I add it to  onboot.lst or somewhere else?

The wl-modules-4.2.9-tinycore.tcz file is also in /mnt/sda1/tce/optional.
I assumed CorePluscurrent was 32 bit; my assumtions frequently get me into trouble.
Should I add wl-modules-4.2.9-tinycore64.tcz to /mnt/sda1/tce/optional?

The info file for the wl-modules-4.2.9-tinycore.tcz mentions blacklisting some items.
Do I need to do that (I believe the wl-modules-4.2.9-tinycore.tcz was added during remastering)?

Coreplayer2,
Attached is the output of lspci -vnn.
I see a mention of BCM43142, which kind of seems like too many digits to be covered by bcm43xx, but I really don't have a clue.

Thanks-

newtotinycore:
Patrikg,

Good suggestion.
I tried changing the wifi.db file from my phone hot spot to the hotel 3 word name bracketed with quotes. But when I tried to connect by using the Tinycore WiFi icon, still no connection; have to tether to the phone, but it's no problem (just interesting).

coreplayer2:
hello newtotinycore

AIUI, BCM4365 is the model number and ID of your hybrid wifi/bluetooth device,  whereas BCM43142 is the model number of the wifi device within it.

It appears BCM43142 is supported in the latest broadcom wl driver.  whether the device is supported in our current wl extension you will have to try it to find out, but my money is with this solution.


--- Quote ---Should I add wl-modules-4.2.9-tinycore64.tcz to /mnt/sda1/tce/optional?
--- End quote ---
not if you're only booting tinycore 32bit

you should use APPS to add these extensions to onboot list

GotTo: APPS > Maintenance > OnBoot Maintenance then add

--- Code: ---wifi.tcz
wl-modules-4.2.9-tinycore.tcz
--- End code ---
to the list.
Note: remove any other wifi related extensions accidentally added previously to this list

wifi dependencies will be loaded automatically when wifi.tcz is loaded (if deps are installed to tce/optional)

you will need to blacklist the original broadcom modules, add this to the boot config file


--- Code: ---blacklist=bcma,ssb,b43
--- End code ---

Example:

--- Code: ---LABEL TinyCore
MENU LABEL TinyCore
TEXT HELP

Boot tc
ENDTEXT
KERNEL /tce/boot/vmlinuz
APPEND initrd=/tce/boot/rootfs.gz,/tce/boot/modules.gz loglevel=3 tce=sda2 opt=sda2 home=sda2 blacklist=bcma,ssb,b43

--- End code ---
then reboot

and run

--- Code: ---sudo wifi.sh
--- End code ---
note any error messages

You may nee to enclose your SSID with "" as mentioned below.
if unable to connect post the dmesg again

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