[Tails-dev] Broadcom Wireless Drivers
[Update] To make my life easier I'm trying to get some of this done in a virtual machine, then move over to the actual live CD after I know I can do it. I'm still working on getting the Broadcom STA Linux drivers working with Tails 1.1.1. I downloaded the driver from http://www.broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php and extracted it to my home directory. sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install make cd ~ sudo make KBUILD_NOPEDANTIC=1 make -C /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build M=`pwd` make: *** /lib/modules/3.14-2-amd64/build: No such file or directory. Stop. make: *** [all] Error 2 If I understand that correctly, the Makefile is directing make to /lib/modules/3.14-2-amd64/build, but build doesnt exist. If I create build it enters the directory then leaves it stating that nothing is there to make (which makes sense). Am I missing something? What should be in build, or what is the Makefile trying to make? ~xian ___ Tails-dev mailing list Tails-dev@boum.org https://mailman.boum.org/listinfo/tails-dev To unsubscribe from this list, send an empty email to tails-dev-unsubscr...@boum.org.
Re: [Tails-dev] Broadcom Wireless Drivers
Hi Kristi, On 09/24/2014 07:15 PM, Kristi Grant wrote: If I understand that correctly, the Makefile is directing make to /lib/modules/3.14-2-amd64/build, but build doesnt exist. If I create build it enters the directory then leaves it stating that nothing is there to make (which makes sense). Am I missing something? What should be in build, or what is the Makefile trying to make? Try to install the kernel headers before compiling. Cheers, Georg signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ Tails-dev mailing list Tails-dev@boum.org https://mailman.boum.org/listinfo/tails-dev To unsubscribe from this list, send an empty email to tails-dev-unsubscr...@boum.org.
Re: [Tails-dev] Broadcom Wireless Drivers
Hi, Kristi Grant wrote (24 Sep 2014 17:15:17 GMT) : To make my life easier I'm trying to get some of this done in a virtual machine, then move over to the actual live CD after I know I can do it. I'm still working on getting the Broadcom STA Linux drivers working with Tails 1.1.1. I downloaded the driver from http://www.broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php and extracted it to my home directory. See the broadcom-sta-dkms Debian package instead, and the work that has been done in Debian to autodetect the correct drivers at boot time (which will allow us to install the broadcom-sta drivers in Tails without breaking support for currently supported hardware): https://bugs.debian.org/748679 https://bugs.debian.org/749109 This is tracked in the Tails bug tracker already: https://labs.riseup.net/code/issues/7798 So, the next thing to do is to build a Tails ISO with broadcom-sta-dkms and live-config 4.x (both pulled from sid), and see if that works. IMO, anything else is a waste of time, since it will only result in fixing the problem for one single user, whereas many users need this to work. Cheers, -- intrigeri ___ Tails-dev mailing list Tails-dev@boum.org https://mailman.boum.org/listinfo/tails-dev To unsubscribe from this list, send an empty email to tails-dev-unsubscr...@boum.org.
Re: [Tails-dev] Broadcom Wireless Drivers
Kristi Grant wrote (24 Sep 2014 17:48:29 GMT) : E: Package 'linux-headers-3.14-2-amd64' has no installation candidate I think it's still in Debian testing, but probably not for long. That's why we have https://labs.riseup.net/code/issues/5926 high on our todo list. ___ Tails-dev mailing list Tails-dev@boum.org https://mailman.boum.org/listinfo/tails-dev To unsubscribe from this list, send an empty email to tails-dev-unsubscr...@boum.org.
Re: [Tails-dev] Broadcom Wireless Drivers
intrigeri wrote (24 Sep 2014 21:24:59 GMT) : Kristi Grant wrote (24 Sep 2014 17:48:29 GMT) : E: Package 'linux-headers-3.14-2-amd64' has no installation candidate I think it's still in Debian testing, but probably not for long. That's why we have https://labs.riseup.net/code/issues/5926 high on our todo list. Oh, and I forgot: it's clear that we won't compile these modules by hand to include them in Tails, as there are better solutions. So, the part of this discussion that's about manually workarounding the current state of things on your own machine has little to do with Tails development, and is now better suited for the tails-support@ mailing-list. Please take it there if you want to continue it :) Cheers, -- intrigeri ___ Tails-dev mailing list Tails-dev@boum.org https://mailman.boum.org/listinfo/tails-dev To unsubscribe from this list, send an empty email to tails-dev-unsubscr...@boum.org.
[Tails-dev] Broadcom Wireless Drivers
intrigeri, Alright, thanks. I'll bring it over to the support list. :) Kristi Grant ___ Tails-dev mailing list Tails-dev@boum.org https://mailman.boum.org/listinfo/tails-dev To unsubscribe from this list, send an empty email to tails-dev-unsubscr...@boum.org.
Re: [Tails-dev] Broadcom Wireless Drivers
Hi, Clement Hermann wrote (06 Aug 2014 13:36:40 GMT) : This seems fixed in Jessie, see https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=688823 Those drivers are part of the (non-free) broadcom-sta source package. ... that we can't install, in the current state of things, without breaking support for similar hardware that's supported in Linux mainline. A proper solution is under development: https://bugs.debian.org/749109 Cheers, -- intrigeri ___ Tails-dev mailing list Tails-dev@boum.org https://mailman.boum.org/listinfo/tails-dev To unsubscribe from this list, send an empty email to tails-dev-unsubscr...@boum.org.
Re: [Tails-dev] Broadcom Wireless Drivers
Just forwarding my reply to intrigeri to y'all. Here's what I did to get the BCM43142 drivers for Kali Linux working. This info is from http://www.chokepoint.net/2014/04/installing-broadcom-bcm43142-drivers-on.html 1. Get driver from Broadcom site 2. Untar it 3. Get patch file from Mindwerks 4. Patch 5. Make driver 6. Copy wl.ko to /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/net/wireless 7. Remove bcma module 8. Blacklist bcma 9. Insert wl 10. Connect to wireless network. This all worked fine on Kali, and so I took the files and tried it on Tails 1.1, did everything up till make, had a hard time with that, I don't recall ever getting it to make in Tails properly (I don't know much about make so I couldn't do much troubleshooting), so I made it in Kali and saved the files, bumped over to Tails, and resumed at step 6. I couldn't blacklist bcma module though because the blacklist.conf file doesn't exist. After step 9 I could see my wireless networks with all their details, but when I try to connect it just loops, always failing (on both a WPA2 and open). On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 10:50 AM, OfficialXian . official.x...@gmail.com wrote: They can be used in Debian, but I'm not sure they're in a specific package. I'm out right now but I'll drop another email later with a description as to what I did to get it working in Kali. On Jul 30, 2014 3:26 PM, intrigeri intrig...@boum.org wrote: Hi, OfficialXian . wrote (30 Jul 2014 18:57:17 GMT) : Hey guys, in one of the next releases can you include the Broadcom BCM43142 wireless/bluetooth drivers? Are these drivers available in Debian? If so, in what package? Cheers, -- intrigeri -Original Message- Hey guys, in one of the next releases can you include the Broadcom BCM43142 wireless/bluetooth drivers? I don't care about having bluetooth, but having wireless would help a great load! It's a pain to use my phone's tether, and it takes up my USB port, of which I only have 2 :(. I have tried a few times to make the drivers and load the modules, but I've only gotten the wireless to *see* networks. I can see my home networks, and I can attempt to join, but it'll just time-out. This could be because I **make**'d the driver in another distro (Kali) because **make** is messed up in Tails for some reason I always get an error. Thanks! ~xian ___ Tails-dev mailing list Tails-dev@boum.org https://mailman.boum.org/listinfo/tails-dev To unsubscribe from this list, send an empty email to tails-dev-unsubscr...@boum.org.
Re: [Tails-dev] Broadcom Wireless Drivers
This seems fixed in Jessie, see https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=688823 Those drivers are part of the (non-free) broadcom-sta source package. Cheers, On 06/08/2014 15:26, OfficialXian . wrote: Just forwarding my reply to intrigeri to y'all. Here's what I did to get the BCM43142 drivers for Kali Linux working. This info is from http://www.chokepoint.net/2014/04/installing-broadcom-bcm43142-drivers-on.html 1. Get driver from Broadcom site 2. Untar it 3. Get patch file from Mindwerks 4. Patch 5. Make driver 6. Copy wl.ko to /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/net/wireless 7. Remove bcma module 8. Blacklist bcma 9. Insert wl 10. Connect to wireless network. This all worked fine on Kali, and so I took the files and tried it on Tails 1.1, did everything up till make, had a hard time with that, I don't recall ever getting it to make in Tails properly (I don't know much about make so I couldn't do much troubleshooting), so I made it in Kali and saved the files, bumped over to Tails, and resumed at step 6. I couldn't blacklist bcma module though because the blacklist.conf file doesn't exist. After step 9 I could see my wireless networks with all their details, but when I try to connect it just loops, always failing (on both a WPA2 and open). On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 10:50 AM, OfficialXian . official.x...@gmail.com mailto:official.x...@gmail.com wrote: They can be used in Debian, but I'm not sure they're in a specific package. I'm out right now but I'll drop another email later with a description as to what I did to get it working in Kali. On Jul 30, 2014 3:26 PM, intrigeri intrig...@boum.org mailto:intrig...@boum.org wrote: Hi, OfficialXian . wrote (30 Jul 2014 18:57:17 GMT) : Hey guys, in one of the next releases can you include the Broadcom BCM43142 wireless/bluetooth drivers? Are these drivers available in Debian? If so, in what package? Cheers, -- intrigeri -Original Message- Hey guys, in one of the next releases can you include the Broadcom BCM43142 wireless/bluetooth drivers? I don't care about having bluetooth, but having wireless would help a great load! It's a pain to use my phone's tether, and it takes up my USB port, of which I only have 2 :(. I have tried a few times to make the drivers and load the modules, but I've only gotten the wireless to *see* networks. I can see my home networks, and I can attempt to join, but it'll just time-out. This could be because I **make**'d the driver in another distro (Kali) because **make** is messed up in Tails for some reason I always get an error. Thanks! ~xian ___ Tails-dev mailing list Tails-dev@boum.org https://mailman.boum.org/listinfo/tails-dev To unsubscribe from this list, send an empty email to tails-dev-unsubscr...@boum.org. ___ Tails-dev mailing list Tails-dev@boum.org https://mailman.boum.org/listinfo/tails-dev To unsubscribe from this list, send an empty email to tails-dev-unsubscr...@boum.org.
[Tails-dev] Broadcom Wireless Drivers
Hey guys, in one of the next releases can you include the Broadcom BCM43142 wireless/bluetooth drivers? I don't care about having bluetooth, but having wireless would help a great load! It's a pain to use my phone's tether, and it takes up my USB port, of which I only have 2 :(. I have tried a few times to make the drivers and load the modules, but I've only gotten the wireless to *see* networks. I can see my home networks, and I can attempt to join, but it'll just time-out. This could be because I **make**'d the driver in another distro (Kali) because **make** is messed up in Tails for some reason I always get an error. Thanks! ~xian ___ Tails-dev mailing list Tails-dev@boum.org https://mailman.boum.org/listinfo/tails-dev To unsubscribe from this list, send an empty email to tails-dev-unsubscr...@boum.org.
Re: [Tails-dev] Broadcom Wireless Drivers
Hi, OfficialXian . wrote (30 Jul 2014 18:57:17 GMT) : Hey guys, in one of the next releases can you include the Broadcom BCM43142 wireless/bluetooth drivers? Are these drivers available in Debian? If so, in what package? Cheers, -- intrigeri ___ Tails-dev mailing list Tails-dev@boum.org https://mailman.boum.org/listinfo/tails-dev To unsubscribe from this list, send an empty email to tails-dev-unsubscr...@boum.org.
