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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: I get an error about missing md5sum, and when I try to bypass that with --no-md5, I get another error, "corrupted tgz archive (early EOF)"

Where do I find the kernel source so I can compile the Broadcom driver?

I can't guess what you've done to have this. Maybe you messed up your /etc/slapt-get/slapt-getrc settings file.

You can download the kernel-source package from any slackware server. Here for example: ftp://ftp.ntua.gr/pub/linux/slackware/s ... ackware/k/

But that won't fix your issues with package management.

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
But that's a topic for another forum area...

Run
slapt-get --clean
to purge cached packages.

Hello,

My case is worse, because I depend on the wireless to download the kernel-sources with the package manager. May be an issue to consider for the next edition of Salix.

At the moment I did it by hand an I will see how the building process of Broadcom driver is going.

thanks,