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Broadcom Wireless turned off after 14.2 install

Posted: 29. Jul 2018, 09:04
by laplume
Hello all,

I am currently running Salix 14.0 on an old HP6720S laptop which runs just fine. Wlan0 is using following device:

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10:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11a/b/g (rev 02) 
Since apparently Firefox will 60 is not likley to work in this release I installed Salix 14.2. Everyting was fine, I installed b43-fwcutter and b43-firmware packages (which I got using Slackbuilds of 14.0 release) and rebooted. But, to my surprise, wireless was turned off at reboot.
Are there any particular modifications/tweaks I have to do in order to get this wireless working?

Thanks in advance for any suggestions,
Antonio

Re: Broadcom Wireless turned off after 14.2 install

Posted: 29. Jul 2018, 09:49
by gapan
Why did you use the slackbuilds from 14.0 and not the ones from 14.2?

Re: Broadcom Wireless turned off after 14.2 install

Posted: 29. Jul 2018, 09:53
by laplume
Hello Gapan,
honestly didn't think much about that, since it was dealing with installing firmware and installation of packages didn't give any problems.
Anyhow, I will try with the 14.2 Slackbuilds and will let you know how it turns out.
rgds
Antonio