Re: Live boot wifi handling

From	Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid>
Newsgroups	alt.os.linux
Subject	Re: Live boot wifi handling
Date	2019-07-20 10:45 -0700
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Mike Easter wrote:
> 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 fixed this problem above (in a Mint Cinn instead of Xub)

The live Mint had the same problem as Xub, but I followed these steps 
using the ethernet connectivity on the Mint live on USB w/ persistence:

Modified from a Deb page 
https://wiki.debian.org/wl#Switch_between_wl.2FOSS_drivers

I tried to just install the broadcom-sta-common and then the wl driver, 
but that didn't work.  It was necessary to use the broadcom-sta-dkms 
(also in the repos) as the page said:

The important modprobe remove was the one for bcma; because when I tried 
to do it as a regular user the error was only for the bcma.  So I used 
sudo for that, and sudo for the modprobe wl.

synaptic install broadcom-sta-dkms

tried $ modprobe -r b44 b43 b43legacy ssb brcmsmac bcma but got 'not 
allowed' only on the bcma, so I used

sudo modprobe -r bcma

Then I used sudo modprobe wl

to install the driver from the broadcom-sta package.  Then I just logged 
out and back in to let the system handle the wifi situation.  Prior to 
the installation of wl, the driver had been bcm-pci-bridge but the nmcli 
d didn't show any wifi nor did iwconfig.

After getting the wl driver installed in Mint, which is also the driver 
used by such as MX and AntiX, there was a wifi in nmcli d which was 
wlp2s0 (not wlan0) and I could see the local SSIDs and connect.

So, that is one way to fix the problem for those Ub or Deb related 
distros which don't work w/ the bcm-pci-bridge driver; replace it w/ the 
proprietary wl driver.  Some distros work OK w/ that b-p-b driver.  Some 
other distros automatically use the wl driver w/o help.

My next plan is to create a persistent Mint Cinn w/ mk-usb instead of w/ 
Yumi and to put it on a USB3 instead of 2 and then to enable the wl 
driver and then to boot the live Mint w/ persistence off the USB3 port 
on the Lenovo, to make a faster boot.

-- 
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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