wicd doesnt find any wireless networks

[SixT7]

Hi,

after 5 hours of trying to get the WLAN working, i finally decided to ask for professional help x)
So,  I read the manual on the tinycore page and installed wicd, had some problems to get it on the screen, but managed that too than. My only Problem right now is just, that i dont find any networks with it.
I read something about the fwcutter but didnt know how to install it and didnt find anythink on google.
So i tried the ndiswrapper but i didnt change anything.

What else can i try?

SixT7

EDIT: should that topic be in TCB Q&A? 

[bmarkus]

Without knowing details not easy to help. What is the

1) TC version
2) Vendor, model of the machine
3) WiFi hardware (ok, it is redundand, see 2) )

[SixT7]

1) tinycore_2.8.1
2) Dell Latitude 610
3) Wireless Chip (lspci said): Broadcom Corporataion BCM4318 [AirForcce One 54g] 802.11g

[bmarkus]

I'm not familiar with Broadcom, but most likely driver is missing. Take a look on

http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/tinycorelinux/2.x/tcz/wl.tcz.info

[baz]

Try installing wl.tcz

[bmarkus]

Try installing wl.tcz

This was offered above

[baz]

oh oops, nice. Hope it works for them

[Kingdomcome]

For the 4318, I needed to use fwcutter to grab the firmware out of the windows driver as describe here: http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#device_firmware_installation

[SixT7]

wl.tcz is installed. Do I have to start it anyhow?

(and how do i install fwcutter?)

[Kingdomcome]

Last time I checked, the wl driver does not support the 4318, but I may be wrong, I was not able to get it working so I would remove wl.tcz using apps audit.  I will build and submit b43-fwcutter in a few minutes, but if you dont want to wait, click the link I gave earlier and scroll down until you see

You are using the b43 driver from linux-2.6.25 or newer

You will need at least compiletc.tcz installed to build it. Whether you build b43-fwcutter yourself or wait until it appears in the repo, you will then need to download the driver and extract the firmware following the directions on that page and then backup the firmware or create an extension of it.

[SixT7]

i think i can wait, sounds a little easier. 

how do i use apps audit? The list is empty :S

[baz]

You have to build dependencies first then the options will light up. Select your extension then mark for deletion.

[SixT7]

Thanks a lot guys, it works!
Im so happy      

[baz]

Hey what worked exactly, let us know!

[SixT7]

Sorry, totally forgot about this.

Last time I checked, the wl driver does not support the 4318, but I may be wrong, I was not able to get it working so I would remove wl.tcz using apps audit.  I will build and submit b43-fwcutter in a few minutes, but if you dont want to wait, click the link I gave earlier and scroll down until you see

You are using the b43 driver from linux-2.6.25 or newer

You will need at least compiletc.tcz installed to build it. Whether you build b43-fwcutter yourself or wait until it appears in the repo, you will then need to download the driver and extract the firmware following the directions on that page and then backup the firmware or create an extension of it.

that was, what worked finally