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Re: Live boot wifi handling

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Mike Easter wrote:

>> wifi is Broadcom BCM43228 802.11a/b/g/n which wants driver: 
>> bcma-pci-bridge.
> 
>> Recently the wifi was handled properly by Peppermint, MX 18, and Slax, 
>> but not Xubuntu, Bluebuntu, Neon, or q4OS (w/ Plasma not Trinity DE).
>>
> Using the Xub as an example; I can't 'get' some nmcli outputs.
> 
> nmcli r all wifi types enabled
> nmcli d doesn't show the wifi
> lspci sees/id/s the Broadcom, but doesn't call it a wifi, just 'network 
> controller'
> inxi -N sees the Broadcom and the bcm-pci-bridge driver, (but it isn't 
> 'working').
> nmcli d wifi list doesn't see anything

I think that when the boot algo is surveying the hardware, it sees and 
recognizes the broadcom and provides a correct driver for it, but does 
NOT properly recognize it as a wifi.  No wlan0 results, eg in the nmcli 
d or ifconfig.

I don't believe the discussions which try to solve the bcm-pci-bridge 
not being the correct driver are applicable, because those distros which 
work OOTB are using that driver, just as the example above which was 
using the driver but it didn't work.

I once was using a distro in some other hardware which had a similar 
problem on live boot; maybe it was AntiX, and it had a GUI tool with 
which I was able to 'guide' it to using the 'network card' as a wifi. 
That might've been a broadcom (or maybe intel) on an ancient Dell laptop.

I'll check out that machine and antiX on the lenovo.


-- 
Mike Easter

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Live boot wifi handling Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2019-07-18 10:49 -0700
  Re: Live boot wifi handling Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2019-07-18 11:06 -0700
    Re: Live boot wifi handling "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2019-07-18 23:07 +0200
      Re: Live boot wifi handling Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2019-07-18 14:31 -0700
        Re: Live boot wifi handling Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2019-07-18 17:51 -0400
          Re: Live boot wifi handling "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2019-07-20 12:58 +0200
            Re: Live boot wifi handling Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2019-07-20 11:22 -0400
              Re: Live boot wifi handling "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2019-07-20 22:31 +0200
                Re: Live boot wifi handling Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2019-07-20 18:14 -0400
        Re: Live boot wifi handling "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2019-07-20 12:46 +0200
  Re: Live boot wifi handling Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2019-07-18 12:29 -0700
    Re: Live boot wifi handling Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2019-07-18 16:52 -0400
    Re: Live boot wifi handling Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2019-07-19 11:40 -0700
      Re: Live boot wifi handling Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2019-07-19 12:41 -0700
      Re: Live boot wifi handling Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2019-07-19 16:06 -0700
    Re: Live boot wifi handling Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2019-07-20 10:45 -0700
      Re: Live boot wifi handling Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2019-07-20 20:39 -0700
      Re: Live boot wifi handling Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2019-07-21 03:27 -0700
  Re: Live boot wifi handling Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2019-07-18 14:07 -0700
    Re: Live boot wifi handling Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2019-07-18 14:54 -0700
    Re: Live boot wifi handling Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2019-07-18 15:51 -0700
      Re: Live boot wifi handling Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2019-07-18 22:53 -0400
      Re: Live boot wifi handling Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2019-07-19 10:55 -0700
        Re: Live boot wifi handling Bit Twister <BitTwister@mouse-potato.com> - 2019-07-19 13:08 -0500
          Re: Live boot wifi handling Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2019-07-19 11:16 -0700

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