Thanks. I got the kernel code and compiled the "wl.ko" wireless module from Broadcom.
Don't know why package management is messed up. The config file looks OK. I will
try some other packages and see what happens.

Unfortunately, getting the wireless module to actually work is another issue :cry ...

To make Broadcom BCM4311 wireless to work, I need to compile a kernel module downloaded from the Broadcom web site. To do that I need the source for the Salix kernel 2.6.29.6

When I try to download the kernel source using:

# slapt-get -u
# slapt-get -i kernel-source

I get an error about ...