Re: Proprietary WiFi drivers for live mode

2022-06-26 Thread tomas
On Sun, Jun 26, 2022 at 11:29:32AM -0500, David Wright wrote: > I've reinserted the opening line of the post I replied to. > > On Sun 26 Jun 2022 at 17:14:23 (+0200), to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > On Sun, Jun 26, 2022 at 09:28:21AM -0500, David Wright wrote: > > > On Sun 26 Jun 2022 at 09:07:11 (+02

Re: Proprietary WiFi drivers for live mode

2022-06-26 Thread David Wright
I've reinserted the opening line of the post I replied to. On Sun 26 Jun 2022 at 17:14:23 (+0200), to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Sun, Jun 26, 2022 at 09:28:21AM -0500, David Wright wrote: > > On Sun 26 Jun 2022 at 09:07:11 (+0200), Hans wrote: > > > > > > In your case I would suggest to build your

Re: Proprietary WiFi drivers for live mode

2022-06-26 Thread tomas
On Sun, Jun 26, 2022 at 09:28:21AM -0500, David Wright wrote: [...] > > I am doing all this, when building kali-linux live-system, which building > > is > > almost the same as a debian-live system. > > > > Give it a try, maybe it helps. > > Sorry, but I can't see the attraction of a live syst

Re: Proprietary WiFi drivers for live mode

2022-06-26 Thread David Wright
On Sun 26 Jun 2022 at 09:07:11 (+0200), Hans wrote: > Am Sonntag, 26. Juni 2022, 08:46:02 CEST schrieb Sven Joachim: > > On 2022-06-25 18:11 +0300, Kristijonas Lukas Bukauskas wrote: > > > I have an old Dell laptop with Broadcom BCM43142 WiFi device > > > (https://wiki.debian.org/wl). It doesn't ha

Re: Proprietary WiFi drivers for live mode

2022-06-26 Thread didier gaumet
Le dimanche 26 juin 2022 à 06:27 +0200, Kamil Jońca a écrit : > piorunz writes: > > > On 25/06/2022 22:41, Charles Curley wrote: > > > > > There are also USB WiFi adapters, but I cannot recommend any.  > > > I actually use many of them and they are just fine. Many models > > > are 100% compat

Re: Proprietary WiFi drivers for live mode

2022-06-26 Thread Hans
Am Sonntag, 26. Juni 2022, 08:46:02 CEST schrieb Sven Joachim: In your case I would suggest to build your own lifefile system with live- build. Thus you have the opportunity, to add any package you want to it and build in your language, and you can also add packages not availabe in the debian rep

Re: Proprietary WiFi drivers for live mode

2022-06-26 Thread tomas
On Sun, Jun 26, 2022 at 07:29:47AM -, Curt wrote: > On 2022-06-26, Sven Joachim wrote: > > On 2022-06-25 18:11 +0300, Kristijonas Lukas Bukauskas wrote: > > > >> I have an old Dell laptop with Broadcom BCM43142 WiFi device > >> (https://wiki.debian.org/wl). It doesn't have a hard drive, so I >

Re: Proprietary WiFi drivers for live mode

2022-06-26 Thread Curt
On 2022-06-26, Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2022-06-25 18:11 +0300, Kristijonas Lukas Bukauskas wrote: > >> I have an old Dell laptop with Broadcom BCM43142 WiFi device >> (https://wiki.debian.org/wl). It doesn't have a hard drive, so I >> sometimes boot Debian from USB Memory Stick in live mode. >> T

Re: Proprietary WiFi drivers for live mode

2022-06-25 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2022-06-25 18:11 +0300, Kristijonas Lukas Bukauskas wrote: > I have an old Dell laptop with Broadcom BCM43142 WiFi device > (https://wiki.debian.org/wl). It doesn't have a hard drive, so I > sometimes boot Debian from USB Memory Stick in live mode. > The problem is that WiFi doesn't work becaus

Re: Proprietary WiFi drivers for live mode

2022-06-25 Thread tomas
On Sun, Jun 26, 2022 at 02:24:48AM +0100, piorunz wrote: > On 25/06/2022 22:41, Charles Curley wrote: > > > There are also USB WiFi adapters, but I cannot recommend any. > I actually use many of them and they are just fine. Many models are 100% > compatible with Linux and work out of the box witho

Re: Proprietary WiFi drivers for live mode

2022-06-25 Thread tomas
On Sat, Jun 25, 2022 at 10:34:59PM +0100, piorunz wrote: > On 25/06/2022 22:13, Bijan Soleymani wrote: > > On 6/25/2022 5:05 PM, piorunz wrote: > > > On 25/06/2022 22:01, Bijan Soleymani wrote: > > > > > > > Unfortunately in this case that might not work. > > > > > > > > The file that is needed i

Re: Proprietary WiFi drivers for live mode

2022-06-25 Thread Kamil Jońca
piorunz writes: > On 25/06/2022 22:41, Charles Curley wrote: > >> There are also USB WiFi adapters, but I cannot recommend any. > I actually use many of them and they are just fine. Many models are 100% > compatible with Linux and work out of the box without installing extra > drivers. Would you

Re: Proprietary WiFi drivers for live mode

2022-06-25 Thread David Wright
On Sat 25 Jun 2022 at 19:12:30 (+0300), Kristijonas Lukas Bukauskas wrote: > On 2022-06-25 18:48, Bijan Soleymani wrote: > > On 6/25/2022 11:11 AM, Kristijonas Lukas Bukauskas wrote: > >> How do I get Wifi working right in live mode? I would prefer Debian, but > >> any Linux ready-to-use image woul

Re: Proprietary WiFi drivers for live mode

2022-06-25 Thread piorunz
On 25/06/2022 22:41, Charles Curley wrote: There are also USB WiFi adapters, but I cannot recommend any. I actually use many of them and they are just fine. Many models are 100% compatible with Linux and work out of the box without installing extra drivers. -- With kindest regards, Piotr. ⢀⣴⠾

Re: Proprietary WiFi drivers for live mode

2022-06-25 Thread Charles Curley
On Sat, 25 Jun 2022 22:05:26 +0100 piorunz wrote: > Sadly. Ok, so in that case try to narrow down what you exactly need, > what packages. Once you made yourself a procedure, you can copy it > each time. Download packages via apt download, put files on USB stick > and install them via one line bas

Re: Proprietary WiFi drivers for live mode

2022-06-25 Thread piorunz
On 25/06/2022 22:13, Bijan Soleymani wrote: On 6/25/2022 5:05 PM, piorunz wrote: On 25/06/2022 22:01, Bijan Soleymani wrote: Unfortunately in this case that might not work. The file that is needed is wl.ko That's what dmesg says? Can you copy entire line here? I think the dmesg output is

Re: Proprietary WiFi drivers for live mode

2022-06-25 Thread Bijan Soleymani
On 6/25/2022 5:05 PM, piorunz wrote: On 25/06/2022 22:01, Bijan Soleymani wrote: Unfortunately in this case that might not work. The file that is needed is wl.ko That's what dmesg says? Can you copy entire line here? I think the dmesg output is of the form [time] wl: ... I guess between

Re: Proprietary WiFi drivers for live mode

2022-06-25 Thread piorunz
On 25/06/2022 22:01, Bijan Soleymani wrote: Unfortunately in this case that might not work. The file that is needed is wl.ko That's what dmesg says? Can you copy entire line here? But it is compiled on install of the dkms package. so: apt-file search /wl.ko Doesn't give anything. You'd h

Re: Proprietary WiFi drivers for live mode

2022-06-25 Thread Bijan Soleymani
On 6/25/2022 4:07 PM, piorunz wrote: Don't walk in the dark. Instead, do the following: sudo dmesg (in live mode without internet) Error in red about network adapter will tell you exact name of the file you need to download on machine with internet. You do it as follows: sudo apt update sudo ap

Re: Proprietary WiFi drivers for live mode

2022-06-25 Thread David Christensen
On 6/25/22 08:11, Kristijonas Lukas Bukauskas wrote: Hello, I have an old Dell laptop with Broadcom BCM43142 WiFi device (https://wiki.debian.org/wl). It doesn't have a hard drive, so I sometimes boot Debian from USB Memory Stick in live mode. The problem is that WiFi doesn't work because of the

Re: Proprietary WiFi drivers for live mode

2022-06-25 Thread piorunz
On 25/06/2022 17:12, Kristijonas Lukas Bukauskas wrote: Would these packages be in 11.3.0-live+nonfree image? Don't walk in the dark. Instead, do the following: sudo dmesg (in live mode without internet) Error in red about network adapter will tell you exact name of the file you need to downlo

Re: Proprietary WiFi drivers for live mode

2022-06-25 Thread Bijan Soleymani
On 6/25/2022 2:40 PM, Bijan Soleymani wrote: And after that I see: /lib/modules/5.15.0-25-generic/updates/dkms/wk.ko That should be wl.ko Also once you boot the live cd you can choose: try ubuntu then at the ubuntu desktop instead of the sudo apt install bcmwl-kernel-source you can cho

Re: Proprietary WiFi drivers for live mode

2022-06-25 Thread Bijan Soleymani
On 6/25/2022 12:12 PM, Kristijonas Lukas Bukauskas wrote: apt-get install linux-image-$(uname -r|sed 's,[^-]*-[^-]*-,,') linux-headers-$(uname -r|sed 's,[^-]*-[^-]*-,,') broadcom-sta-dkms modprobe -r b44 b43 b43legacy ssb brcmsmac bcma modprobe wl Would these packages be in 11.3.0-live+nonfree

Re: Proprietary WiFi drivers for live mode

2022-06-25 Thread Kristijonas Lukas Bukauskas
Hi Bijan, thanks for your message. On 2022-06-25 18:48, Bijan Soleymani wrote: > On 6/25/2022 11:11 AM, Kristijonas Lukas Bukauskas wrote: >> How do I get Wifi working right in live mode? I would prefer Debian, but >> any Linux ready-to-use image would work for me. >> >> Thanks for any help! > >

Re: Proprietary WiFi drivers for live mode

2022-06-25 Thread Bijan Soleymani
 6/25/2022 11:48 AM, Bijan Soleymani wrote: You can install packages on the live CD. (sudo apt update, sudo apt install, etc.) Obviously if that wifi adapter is your only networking option on that machine, you won't be able to download packages and will have to make sure they are on the boot

Re: Proprietary WiFi drivers for live mode

2022-06-25 Thread Bijan Soleymani
On 6/25/2022 11:11 AM, Kristijonas Lukas Bukauskas wrote: How do I get Wifi working right in live mode? I would prefer Debian, but any Linux ready-to-use image would work for me. Thanks for any help! You can install packages on the live CD. (sudo apt update, sudo apt install, etc.) Whatever

Proprietary WiFi drivers for live mode

2022-06-25 Thread Kristijonas Lukas Bukauskas
Hello, I have an old Dell laptop with Broadcom BCM43142 WiFi device (https://wiki.debian.org/wl). It doesn't have a hard drive, so I sometimes boot Debian from USB Memory Stick in live mode. The problem is that WiFi doesn't work because of the proprietary drivers it needs. I tried booting it from