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Hardware - Support => Network => Topic started by: mk63 on August 31, 2017, 03:24:44 PM
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Hi,
I cant connect to my wifi router in usb live session.
My laptop hp stream 13 has only wifi adapter.
I tried to install "bcmwl-kernel-source"
like this:
sudo apt-get install bcmwl-kernel-sourcebut there is no aditional drivers for my broadcom bcm43142 in live session.
My laptop has no wired connection to internet.
Please help me:)
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Hello mk63,
do you have secure boot disabled in your BIOS ?
https://askubuntu.com/questions/765584/is-it-possible-to-use-broadcom-bcm43142-wifi-in-ubuntu-16-04
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do you have secure boot disabled in your BIOS ?
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yes
edit:
I remember that in "linux lite 3.6 beeta" I could load the driver for broadcom bcm43142 in live session.
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Hold down Ctrl and Alt Keys then press t (Ctrl+Alt+t)
Type into your terminal -
sudo modprobe wl
enter
Does it work now ?
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After
modprobe wl
.....module wl not found in directory /lib/modules/4.4.0-93-generic
edit:
linux@linux:~$ sudo apt-get install bcmwl-kernel-source
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package bcmwl-kernel-source is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
E: Package 'bcmwl-kernel-source' has no installation candidate
linux@linux:~$ modprobe wl
modprobe: FATAL: Module wl not found in directory /lib/modules/4.4.0-93-generic
linux@linux:~$
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Here are instructions for HP Stream using live disc and bcm43142 that solved this issue -
https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2319377 (https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2319377)
Edit -
I understand now, you have tried to download and install the driver using "apt-get" , but you have no ethernet internet connection and so it was not installed.
Also it may not remain after rebooting on a live usb, unless you made a "USB stick with persistence" etc.
But you can make another usb backup iso to usb once done and then it should be saved, your settings.
You will need to gain temporary access to internet, can you get a usb wifi dongle from a friend, neighbor, colleague, to use to download the driver using the same command you used initially ?
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well, does it work in live session or after instalation on harddisk?
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Linux Lite can work in live session, or with installation to hard disk, however you prefer.
The LL and driver can be installed to the hard disk, or installed to a USB made with persistence.
Or temporarily to a USB Live not made using persistence settings.
After installing the driver and everything working with wifi, if you made a Live USB without persistence settings then on your live usb go to -
Menu>System>Systemback
here at the right hand side of GUI you can make an "Live System Create", if you have more than 1 USB port, you leave the Live USB without persistence settings in the port, in the other port insert next USB
make a Live system it will include "as is your system" including the wifi driver.
Test this out and ensure your OS and wifi are working, this then become your new Live USB and with the driver installed, and any settings you made like changing wallpaper.
Alternatively you can download the .deb file of the driver using another computer/phone, then insert that media into your offline HP Stream and use it to install the driver.
eg; using phone download, then to add otg cable, or use a shim, and insert usb stick at the phone save it, then insert that usb into HP save it. Do it the d/l using a free wifi spot and it wont cost you data charges.
Be sure you save the "Live system create" to the empty USB or you will wipe your current live usb.
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You will need to gain temporary access to internet, can you get a usb wifi dongle from a friend, neighbor, colleague, to use to download the driver using the same command you used initially ?
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Not now:(
even my phone is nokia with windows 8, so I cant do tethering like in phone with android.
Why there was no problem with connection to internet on linux lite 3.6 beta?
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Thanks bitsnpcs.
I will try it tomorrow or later.
Last question:
username and password in live session LL?
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Not now:(
even my phone is nokia with windows 8, so I cant do tethering like in phone with android.
Why there was no problem with connection to internet on linux lite 3.6 beta?
You are Welcome mk63 :)
I have not tried tethering at all, I use OnePlus phone Android/Oxygen, this link covers tethering using a Windows phone - https://www.windowscentral.com/windows-phone-internet-sharing (https://www.windowscentral.com/windows-phone-internet-sharing)
I do not ever remember seeing a login and password prompt for LL live media ?
I use LL installed to hard drive, as only installed OS on the computer.
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Last question:
username and password in live session LL?
If system locks... Username is linux
then login password is blank/empty
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If system locks... Username is linux
then login password is blank/empty
thanks
Hello Jerry and developers!
Do you hear me?
:)
Would you insert to new
linux-lite-3.6-64bit.iso
drivers for broadcom wifi adapter for those who have no wired adapter in their laptops?
You did this in beta edition LL3.6
Please.
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Hi,
I'm new to Lite, so my non-technical description has no command lines etc., but I'm copying this from my post on my similar problem re Broadcom wifi driver on Dell Latitude E5420:
"Here is what I did, based on my scribbled notes as I went along:
My phone wifi hotspot was no use without the driver for Broadcom installed, but I installed Linux Lite os from the live usb anyway.
I then enabled Bluetooth on my phone, made it discoverable, and set my phone's internet sharing (hotspot) to via bluetooth.
On Lite os I went to Menu (left end of Panel) > Settings > Bluetooth manager
on the window "Bluetooth Devices" I selected the phone, then + added device (phone) ; paired ; trusted ; Setup > Connect > select "network access point" > "next" > ..... "please wait .... Device added and connected successfully"
and so I was online!
I had the "Welcome to Linux Lite" screen, which gives 4 recommended steps:
1) I installed updates
2) I installed drivers - here I was offered both a Broadcom driver and a driver for Intel cpu firmware - I selected both and they installed quickly.
at this stage I was able to connect with wifi and that has worked faultlessly since.
the rest of the set-up was as recommended.
I hope that was clear, if not please ask."
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We do all that you can do with Broadcom drivers in the final. The Beta used one set, the final uses 2 sets of drivers. The decision in the end was to go with the 2 sets to provide more drivers. This represents the messy state supplying Broadcom proprietary drivers has been in for a long time. I wish there was one all inclusive package.
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Jerry,
English is not my native language.
As I understand you I can install broadcom drivers from live usb LL3.6 Final.
Yes?
I could do it from live usb LL3.6 Beta - drivers were installed direct from live media, not from Internet.
edit:
In Release Announcement there is the sentence:
Better Broadcom wireless support.
So far I had the best wireless connection in linux lite via live media from all distros I tried.
Xubuntu has good wireless connection on my hp stream laptop too. But not perfect.
As I know and read Broadcom chipsets have problems under linux os.
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Your particular chipset requires the bcmwl-kernel-source driver, that is what the Beta had preloaded. The final does not have that driver.
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We can provide better Broadcom support, but not complete 100% support.
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Jerry,
In live media LL in Synaptic I can see installed packages for Broadcom wifi adapter:
firmware-b43-installer
firmware-b43legacy-installer
but there is not installed:
bcmwl-kernel-source
Maybe next time YOU will insert this package to LL iso file?
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Maybe next time YOU will insert this package to LL iso file?
Not in this Series, sorry.
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Hi bitsnpcs!
Alternatively you can download the .deb file of the driver using another computer/phone, then insert that media into your offline HP Stream and use it to install the driver.
I downloaded:
broadcom-sta-dkms_6.30.223.271-5_all.deb
Now I can see the driver in Synaptic Manager as installed but my laptop needs the reboot to work wifi.
In live session I cant do this so...
Be sure you save the "Live system create" to the empty USB or you will wipe your current live usb.
After installing the driver I went to:
Manu>System>Systemback
storage directory: /home
Function menu: "live system create" ---- button is not active!!!
"system repair" is active only!
HOW to make my current live usb to contain the installed wifi driver?
I want my LL live media working with wifi connection before I do instalation to hard disk and throw windows10 to cosmos.
I have to make sure that wifi works fine before I do it.
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Not in this Series, sorry.
OK, thanks for your answer.
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Hi Searchernow
I hope that was clear, if not please ask.
Good idea but...
I cant do this because my bluetooth does not have driver installed in live session.
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HOW to make my current live usb to contain the installed wifi driver?
I want my LL live media working with wifi connection before I do instalation to hard disk and throw windows10 to cosmos.
I have to make sure that wifi works fine before I do it.
Hello mk63,
I do not know a workaround for this in systemback.
If nobody else knows the answer, then you will need to make a new "Live USB with persistence", here is a tutorial for making this with LiLi on Windows -
https://www.howtogeek.com/howto/14912/create-a-persistent-bootable-ubuntu-usb-flash-drive/ (https://www.howtogeek.com/howto/14912/create-a-persistent-bootable-ubuntu-usb-flash-drive/)
After this USB with persistence is made you can install the driver .deb you have into it, after reboot the driver will still be in the Live USB.
You then can test all is working with wifi.
When choosing you want to install LL to the hard drive, after installed to the hard drive, you will also need to install the .deb driver to hard drive, as no internet access after installing LL to hard drive, until you do use .deb to install it.
eg; not to delete the .deb file from your external storage until you have used it in hard drive install.
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Hi MK3,
what I did was proceed to Install the os regardless of lack of internet connection. Then I found that "Bluetooth Manager" worked in the installed os ... as per my post.
I'm new to Linux and so I cannot talk about technical matters, just saying what worked for me AFTER I installed Linux Lite. Of course your set-up may be different, but have a look at Bluetooth manager in case it works for you.
Anyway I hope you find a way to get it sorted, it really is a very nice os.
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hi again!
According to the pkglist:
https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=lite&pkglist=true&version=3.8#pkglist
linux lite 3.8 has got:
bcmwl-kernel-source 6.30.223.271+bdcom-0ubuntu1~1.1
but in live session I cant load this driver for my wifi card BCM43142 'cos there is not the "bcmwl-kernel-source 6.30.223.271" in the live media.
I have laptop hp stream 13 and this laptop has only wifi adapter.
:(