Sure, glad to oblige.
System Porteus 5.0rc3 XFCE4.12
For content here what I all tried (aside from booting an older Porteus Finale version including the original kernel that version came with - but that kernel crashed at boot, so that approach was no option; (when I recall correctly it was Port 3.2.2 with kernel 4.9 - but I am on my i586 4.0 Porteus system and the 5.0rc3 with the setup for that older Port is switched off)
Skip to the "my Wireless Card seems running." (coloured red) part below if you only want to read the current still unresolved issue with the NetworkManager.
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root@porteus:~# lspci |grep -i wireless
07:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4313 802.11bgn Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)
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07:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4313 802.11bgn Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)
Subsystem: Askey Computer Corp. Device 7175
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11
Memory at d7300000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 3
Capabilities: [58] Vendor Specific Information: Len=78 <?>
Capabilities: [48] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
Capabilities: [d0] Express Endpoint, MSI 00
Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
Capabilities: [13c] Virtual Channel
Capabilities: [160] Device Serial Number 00-00-fe-[…]
Capabilities: [16c] Power Budgeting <?>
Kernel modules: bcma
This is all NetworkManager Applet offers
https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/use ... []=bcm4313 says
Please note: at least BCM4313 is not fully supported. Some models appears to work (users reported success), but some don't, and there's no indication that this is going to change.
and then this:
How do I set this up? https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/use ... []=bcm4313 is quite confusing to me…Both brcmsmac and brcmfmac drivers require firmware files that need to be separately downloaded. Firmware is available from the Linux firmware repository at:
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/g ... rmware.git
https://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/ ... rmware.git
And then there is this
https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/use ... []=bcm4313
How do I know if I have FullMAC devices?The old website for now has a copy of the old content:
http://linuxwireless.sipsolutions.net/e ... ivers/b43/
b43 and b43legacy are wireless drivers for Broadcom SoftMAC chipsets. Kernel will automatically pick a proper module for you:
b43 for any new (supported) hardware
b43legacy for BCM4301 and early BCM4306 versions
Summary
You need to have firmware files (usually in /lib/firmware/) so b43(legacy) can upload them to the card and run properly.
For FullMAC devices support see brcmfmac and rndis_wlan
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I try only following the [HOWTO] Broadcom wifi under Porteus since that is the HOWTO found in /etc/modprobe.d/broadcom_blacklist.conf
What is missing in /etc/modprobe.d/broadcom_blacklist.conf is that when one uses a different kernel (like I use the newest kernel supporting my NVidia driver - 5.4.30-porteus) there can be a separate .conf file blocking even more drivers:
In my case that was /etc/modprobe.d/b43_blacklist.conf :
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# wl module from Broadcom conflicts with the following modules:
blacklist b43
blacklist b43legacy
blacklist b44
blacklist bcma
blacklist brcm80211
blacklist brcmfmac
blacklist brcmsmac
blacklist ssb
So, my Wireless Card seems running.
But it only displays 3 or 4 network options. Porteus i586 4.0 shows more, and it has a submenu entry showing even more networks, and when fresh booted into Port 4.0 i586 I have to always click the submenu to get to the one network I need.
Since that submenu is missing in NetworkManager Applet of Porteus 5.0rc3 I still cannot connect to the network.
The network I need is not a hidden network.
This is what the main menu looks like in 5.0rc3
No, the Telekom_FON is not the one I want and while it appears open you need credentials to use it or pay for using it.
and this is what it looks like in i586 Port 4.0:
the needed submenu highlighted with red outline.
What to do next? How to get NetworkManager Applet to show the submenu?
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Update
I forgot to add: while browsing several forums and blog entries on the Broadcom Wireless issue I also found the tip replacing NetworkManager with a different solution, but I have to search where I wrote down the info on that; when I find it I will post the info in here (could be helpful for others with a different Broadcom Wifi Module, or maybe even with a different company's Wifi issue), so far I did not try out the "replace Network Manager with ???" approach.
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Found the info:
https://archived.forum.manjaro.org/t/bc ... /121010/48
The post then goes on quoting from other threads e.g.There are a number of broadcom adapters that benefit from replacing Network Manager with ConnMan and IWD.
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Some Broadcom adapters benefit from disabling background scanning in "/etc/connman/main.conf" as it can contribute to disconnects.
BackgroundScanning=false
https://manpages.debian.org/testing/con ... .5.en.html
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/ConnMan
https://wiki.tizen.org/IVI/ConnMan_Tips_%26_Tricks
https://archived.forum.manjaro.org/t/re ... nman/99259
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And approach via device ID 0x14e4 0x4727 or 14e4:4727 gives the e.g. this info
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiD ... er/bcm43xx
As I wrote above, I got the Broadcom WIfi working, but with the missing submenu in NetworkManager I cannot connect to the one needed unencrypted WLAN.As per the Broadcom readme file for driver version 6.30.223.271, the following devices are compatible:
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4313 2.4 Ghz 0x14e4 0x4727