Hmm, Thought about it. Typed: adrastea ~ 26 $ apt-cache search tigon firmware-linux-nonfree - Binary firmware for various drivers in the Linux kernel
Have you installed the non-free firmware? If not please do so and start again from: m-a a-i broadcom-sta Mike On Monday, May 26, 2014 19:45:24 tom arnall wrote: > @ Mike McGinn > > I COPIED AND PASTED YOUR CODE INTO A BASH FILE AND RAN IT. THE INSTALL > MESSAGES SEEMED OK, EXCEPT THIS AT THE VERY END: > > Update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-4-amd64 > W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/tigon/tg3_tso5.bin for module > tg3 W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/tigon/tg3_tso.bin for > module tg3 W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/tigon/tg3.bin for > module tg3 > > > > > THE RESULT SEEMS NIL: > > Root@debian:/home/tom/system# ifconfig -a > eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1c:23:2f:f3:8f > inet addr:192.168.0.14 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 > inet6 addr: fe80::21c:23ff:fe2f:f38f/64 Scope:Link > UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 > RX packets:2184 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > TX packets:1934 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 > RX bytes:1049826 (1.0 MiB) TX bytes:400101 (390.7 KiB) > Interrupt:17 > > lo Link encap:Local Loopback > inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 > inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host > UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 > RX packets:25 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > TX packets:25 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 > RX bytes:1915 (1.8 KiB) TX bytes:1915 (1.8 KiB) > > root@debian:/home/tom/system# iwconfig > lo no wireless extensions. > > eth0 no wireless extensions. > > root@debian:/home/tom/system# > > > > > > I CHECKED DMESG AND THE WIFI RELATED STUFF SEEMS THE SAME BEGINNING WITH: > > [ 13.170160] wl: module license 'MIXED/Proprietary' taints kernel. > [ 13.170165] Disabling lock debugging due to kernel taint > [ 13.182091] wl 0000:0c:00.0: setting latency timer to 64 > [ 13.184710] wlan%d: 5.100.82.112 driver failed with code 21 > [ 13.184737] ------------[ cut here ]------------ > [ 13.184792] kernel BUG at > /usr/src/linux-headers-3.2.0-4-common/include/net/cfg80211.h:2209! > [ 13.184848] invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] SMP > [ 13.184984] CPU 1 > [ 13.185031] Modules linked in: wl(P+) i915(+) snd_hda_intel(+) > joydev snd_hda_codec snd_hwdep drm_kms_helper snd_pcm drm pcmcia > snd_page_alloc snd_seq snd_seq_device snd_timer lib80211 snd cfg80211 > yenta_socket soundcore pcmcia_rsrc dell_laptop dell_wmi pcmcia_core > evdev sparse_keymap i2c_i801 dcdbas acpi_cpufreq iTCO_wdt > iTCO_vendor_support rfkill i2c_algo_bit battery ac psmouse serio_raw > coretemp i2c_core pcspkr mperf wmi power_supply video processor button > ext4 crc16 jbd2 mbcache sg sd_mod crc_t10dif sr_mod cdrom usbhid hid > thermal ata_generic thermal_sys uhci_hcd ehci_hcd ata_piix libata > firewire_ohci firewire_core crc_itu_t tg3 libphy scsi_mod usbcore > usb_common [last unloaded: scsi_wait_scan] > [ 13.188397] > > > > > > I HAD TO RUN THE BASH SCRIPT TWICE BECAUSE AT WHAT SEEMED TOWARDS THE > END OF THE PROCESS I ACCIDENTALLY HIT CTL-F9 OR WHATEVER AND LOST THE > TERMINAL. SO I RAN THE SCRIPT AGAIN WITH STDIN AND STDERR REDIRECTED > TO A FILE. I CAN SEND THAT OUTPUT IF YOU THINK IT WORTHWHILE. THERE'S > A LOT OF JUNK CHARS IN IT, I GUESS BECAUSE PART OF THE INSTALL > MESSAGING USES SOME KIND OF HALF-BAKED GRAPHICAL. BUT THE MESSAGES > SEEM ALL TO BE IN THERE. > > > > I'M NOT USING NETWORK-MANAGER: > > Root@debian:/home/tom/system# apt-get purge netwng dependency tree > Reading state information... Done > Package 'network-manager' is not installed, so not removed > 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 9 not upgraded. > root@debian:/home/tom/system# > > > > > > thanks btw to everyone who is helping me. > > Tom -- Mike McGinn KD2CNU Be happy that brainfarts don't smell. No electrons were harmed in sending this message, some were inconvenienced. ** Registered Linux User 377849 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/201405262040.31665.mikemcg...@mcginnweb.net