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Wifi Setup on a HP Laptop running TinyCore 11.1 (64 bit)

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Rich:
Hi RYTCL

--- Quote from: RYTCL on November 25, 2020, 02:16:37 PM ---looks like we have reached an impasse. ...
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For wireless, yes. If you want to get the wired connection up, it wants  firmware-rtl_nic.tcz.  The  r8169  driver is include
in the base install.

RYTCL:
Wired Ethernet is working currently without additional firmware.

It will be nice to get rid of this ERROR message in the DMESG log

r8169 0000:04:00.0: Direct firmware load for rtl_nic/rtl8106e-1.fw failed with error -2
r8169 0000:04:00.0: Falling back to sysfs fallback for: rtl_nic/rtl8106e-1.fw
r8169 0000:04:00.0: Unable to load firmware rtl_nic/rtl8106e-1.fw (-11)

Rich:
Hi RYTCL
Did you install  firmware-rtl_nic.tcz?  It provides  rtl8106e-1.fw.

RYTCL:
Installed firmware-rtl_nic.tcz  & rebooted...

onboot.lst


--- Code: ---/mnt/sda9/tce> cat onboot.lst

firmware-rtl_nic.tcz
firmware-ralinkwifi.tcz
wifi.tcz
rfkill.tcz
jwm-full.tcz
Xorg-7.7.tcz
rxvt.tcz
wbar.tcz
xf86-input-synaptics.tcz
firefox-ESR.tcz


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dmesg :
r8169 0000:04:00.0: Direct firmware load for rtl_nic/rtl8106e-1.fw failed with error -2
r8169 0000:04:00.0: Falling back to sysfs fallback for: rtl_nic/rtl8106e-1.fw
Generic PHY r8169-400:00: attached PHY driver [Generic PHY] (mii_bus:phy_addr=r8169-400:00, irq=IGNORE)
r8169 0000:04:00.0 eth0: Link is Down
r8169 0000:04:00.0 eth0: Link is Up - 100Mbps/Full - flow control rx/tx
2 ERROR lines related to rtl_nic persists.  'unable to load firmware' error has disappeared.

Wired Ethernet did work even without including the firmware - RTL_NIC

dmesg.tinycore - attachment included.

RYTCL:
Here is an interesting article on how to enable WiFi support on HP Laptop for Ubuntu.

Fix ‘No WiFi Adapter Found’ for HP Laptops with Ubuntu 18.04

http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2018/08/no-wifi-adapter-found-hp-laptops-ubuntu-18-04/


Blacklist BROADCOM drivers


--- Code: ---6. If that does not work, you may remove and blacklist the broadcom drivers and restart:

sudo apt purge bcmwl-kernel-source

sudo sed -i '/blacklist bcma/ d' /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
sudo sed -i '/blacklist brcmsmac/ d' /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

In addition, (thanks to jeremy31) if you notice weak signal try command:
sudo modprobe -r rtl8723de && sleep 5 && sudo modprobe rtl8723de ant_sel=1


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May be some other driver(s) are conflicting with my WiFi card "Ralink RT3290 - rt2800pci "

My limited skills does not permit me to make that judgement call... :)

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