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Tiny Core Base => CorePlus => Topic started by: Richard Cranium on June 04, 2026, 05:07:49 PM

Title: I upgraded to v17.0 and my wifi disappeared... what the heck..
Post by: Richard Cranium on June 04, 2026, 05:07:49 PM

I'm running coreplus on hard drive , I went from 16.2 to 17 by downloading from http://tinycorelinux.net/17.x/x86/release/ (http://tinycorelinux.net/17.x/x86/release/) the two files that you're supposed to DL and replacing them on the hard drive Just like Rich pointed out here:  https://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php?topic=23740.0   , so after I reboot , the WIFI icon is gone from wbar and I tried to: 

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sudo wifi.sh  but I get an error :   

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wifi.sh not found
UH.......   what happened???    I'm looking in the repo and found the wifi stuff , but ..they're already installed !??!   sooooo.. why no wifi????  ??? ???  :o ???

Did I just really screw up????

Title: Re: I upgraded to v17.0 and my wifi disappeared... what the heck..
Post by: Rich on June 04, 2026, 08:04:14 PM

Hi Richard Cranium

Quote from: Richard Cranium on June 04, 2026, 05:07:49 PM

... Just like Rich pointed out here:  https://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php?topic=23740.0 ...

That person was upgrading from 11.0 to 11.1, which did not involve
a recompiled kernel.

You are upgrading from 16 to 17, which have different kernels.
wifi.tcz  depends on wireless_tools.tcz.
In TC16, wireless_tools.tcz depends on wireless-6.12.11-tinycore.tcz
In TC17, wireless_tools.tcz depends on wireless-6.18.2-tinycore.tcz

While it's best to reinstall all extensions from scratch, at the very least, you
need to replace all extensions that contain 6.12.11-tinycore in their name
with 6.18.2-tinycore versions.

The wireless-6.12.11-tinycore.tcz does not match the kernel, therefore it
will not get loaded.

This results in wireless_tools.tcz not getting loaded because its dependency
can't be satisfied.

This results in wifi.tcz not getting loaded because its dependency can't be
satisfied.