Tiny Core Linux

Tiny Core Extensions => TCE Talk => Topic started by: kerpob on May 28, 2009, 03:26:28 AM

Title: Modem Firmware
Post by: kerpob on May 28, 2009, 03:26:28 AM

I've found that sometimes my modems (in my case wireless) don't work on various distros (including tinycore) because of missing firmware. The solution is fairly straightforward - I go to my ubuntu distro and find the firmware there.

Instead of relying on ubuntu, would it be possible to have a tce/tcz that adds all the firmware?

See here for more details of a Debian package that does just that: http://blogs.koolwal.net/2009/05/11/tip-debian-linux-kernel-firmware-issues-ethernet-drivers-missing/

Edit - what happens is that you can see the modem with "sudo ifconfig -a" command. However, when you try to activate it with "sudo ifconfig wlan0 up" the error returned is "SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such device" which I know from experience with Arch is missing firmware.

Title: Re: Modem Firmware
Post by: kerpob on May 28, 2009, 03:43:15 AM

I'm stupid. It already exists: http://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php?topic=1356.msg7577;topicseen#msg7577

Title: Re: Modem Firmware
Post by: curaga on May 28, 2009, 07:06:49 AM

For reference, that extension does not add "all" firmware, only those that ship with the kernel. For undistributable / vendor firmware users still need to get them from the vendor.

Title: Re: Modem Firmware
Post by: kerpob on May 28, 2009, 10:13:46 AM

Quote from: curaga on May 28, 2009, 07:06:49 AM

For reference, that extension does not add "all" firmware, only those that ship with the kernel. For undistributable / vendor firmware users still need to get them from the vendor.

If it just covers what Ubuntu has then that'll do me.