How to install Wi-Fi drivers without wired connection

kardinal · 2012-10-24 11:49:58

Hi guys,
i ve just installed my new Crunch. Problem is I am unable to update it because fresh installation propably doesnt support my wi-fi card. I am also unable to connect it via wire (has no RJ45 nearby). My notebook is HP Compaq 6735s with Broadcom 4322AG in it. I found a help on http://wiki.debian.org/wl, but it is only for wire-connected users. Help pls.

el_koraco · 2012-10-24 12:11:03

How about you try installing Waldorf. It should get you online with no problems.

kardinal · 2012-10-24 12:25:00

Thx for your answer. I will try that and post my result.

kardinal · 2012-10-24 13:38:30

No luck with Waldorf, it doesnt even install xorg i think... startx doesnt work, wifi is still off... no chance to update

xaos52 · 2012-10-24 13:47:20

Post output of

lspci -knn | grep -EiA3 net

kardinal · 2012-10-24 18:04:03

Sorry guys for delay, but that f***ing Waldorf destroyed my GRUB (i have dual boot with Windows 7), so now I am trying to rescue my pc with Super Grub sad I ve never seen this before on other distros

arclance · 2012-10-24 21:37:42

If your wireless does not work on install it likely requires some package from the non-free repositories that is not included on the install disk.
It is probably a driver or firmware package if that is the case.
What I do in this case is to download the packages to a separate partition or external drive using another OS or computer and then install them with "dpkg -i filename".

I use the method outlined in this thread when I need to fix a GRUB install.

Jangrie · 2012-10-25 13:46:04

Did u install the squeeze BPO version or the stable one?

I would recommend the BPO with backports already included. That fixed wiFi and graphic problems as I was required to install packages from backports.

kardinal · 2012-10-25 14:33:43

I tried every version: now the problem is with GRUB. That Waldorf destroyed it. I have "Non-System disk or disk error replace and strike any key when ready" error instead of GRUB. I ll try the arclange method to repair it.

kardinal · 2012-10-25 14:42:08

Hm that arclange method doesnt work. Installation goes smooth but I still have "Non-System disk or disk error replace and strike any key when ready" error instead of GRUB. I tried to use Super Grub and with that I am able to start up my CrunchBang system but Windows 7 system is unable to run. Is there any way how to install GRUB to Windows partition? Maybe that is the way...

arclance · 2012-10-25 14:50:43

^ No you can't install grub to the Windows 7 partition it won't work and could destroy your windows install.

Did you just copy the commands from that thread and run them?
If you did they won't work, you have to change them to match the drive and partition names (/dev/sXY) that your system ends up with when you boot that time.

kardinal · 2012-10-25 15:25:28

Dont worry I wont smile I executed my modified commands right I am sure. After that I checked my grub folder and everything seems to be fine. But it isnt. Its like my BIOS (or what) is unable to find GRUB on SDA. But I did my installation correct I am 100% sure (I did it one year ago on another pc with success).

arclance · 2012-10-25 16:21:46

^ Okay just making sure you installed grub to the right partition.
Have you made any changes to your BIOS settings?
If you have more than one drive it could be trying to boot with the wrong drive.

kardinal · 2012-10-26 08:21:30

No I did no changes in BIOS. I am really desperate sad

xaos52 · 2012-10-26 09:06:44

Hi,

Boot into #! and run the bootinfo script. There is a link to it in my sig.
Post the output on the forum.

Last edited by xaos52 (2012-10-26 09:07:36)

kardinal · 2012-10-26 09:41:08

         Boot Info Script 0.61      [1 April 2012]


============================= Boot Info Summary: ===============================

 => Grub2 (v1.97-1.98) is installed in the MBR of /dev/sda and looks at sector 
    1 of the same hard drive for core.img. core.img is at this location and 
    looks in partition 5 for (,msdos5)/boot/grub.
 => Syslinux MBR (3.61-4.03) is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdb.

sda1: __________________________________________________________________________

    File system:       ntfs
    Boot sector type:  Windows Vista/7: NTFS
    Boot sector info:  No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
    Operating System:  Windows 7
    Boot files:        /bootmgr /Boot/BCD /Windows/System32/winload.exe

sda2: __________________________________________________________________________

    File system:       Extended Partition
    Boot sector type:  -
    Boot sector info: 

sda5: __________________________________________________________________________

    File system:       ext4
    Boot sector type:  -
    Boot sector info: 
    Operating System:  CrunchBang Linux statler
    Boot files:        /boot/grub/grub.cfg /etc/fstab /boot/grub/core.img

sda6: __________________________________________________________________________

    File system:       swap
    Boot sector type:  -
    Boot sector info: 

sdb1: __________________________________________________________________________

    File system:       vfat
    Boot sector type:  SYSLINUX 4.03 2010-10-22 ........>..sr>.......{.q9...0...~.....~...f...M.f.f....f..0~....>E}.u......
    Boot sector info:  Syslinux looks at sector 3681096 of /dev/sdb1 for its 
                       second stage. SYSLINUX is installed in the  directory. 
                       No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
    Boot file info:      Grub Legacy (v) in the file /ubninit looks at sector 
                       700 of the same hard drive for the stage2 file, but no 
                       stage2 files can be found at this location.
    Operating System:  
    Boot files:        /syslinux.cfg /syslinux/syslinux.cfg /ldlinux.sys

============================ Drive/Partition Info: =============================

Drive: sda _____________________________________________________________________

Disk /dev/sda: 320.1 GB, 320072933376 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders, total 625142448 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

Partition  Boot  Start Sector    End Sector  # of Sectors  Id System

/dev/sda1                  63   565,811,285   565,811,223   7 NTFS / exFAT / HPFS
/dev/sda2         565,813,246   625,141,759    59,328,514   5 Extended
/dev/sda5    *    565,813,248   622,632,959    56,819,712  83 Linux
/dev/sda6         622,635,008   625,141,759     2,506,752  82 Linux swap / Solaris


Drive: sdb _____________________________________________________________________

Disk /dev/sdb: 2029 MB, 2029518848 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 246 cylinders, total 3963904 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

Partition  Boot  Start Sector    End Sector  # of Sectors  Id System

/dev/sdb1    *             63     3,951,989     3,951,927   b W95 FAT32


"blkid" output: ________________________________________________________________

Device           UUID                                   TYPE       LABEL

/dev/sda1        223CC6243CC5F2B9                       ntfs       
/dev/sda5        84f73530-bf2f-428e-9f8d-87fc6523c791   ext4       
/dev/sda6        c02cddf4-bd60-411f-8428-9b2c2e5f8b52   swap       
/dev/sdb1        4C3C-44AE                              vfat       MYLINUXLIVE

================================ Mount points: =================================

Device           Mount_Point              Type       Options

/dev/sda5        /                        ext4       (rw,errors=remount-ro)
/dev/sdb1        /media/usb0              vfat       (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,user=michal)


=========================== sda5/boot/grub/grub.cfg: ===========================

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE
#
# It is automatically generated by grub-mkconfig using templates
# from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub
#

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
if [ -s $prefix/grubenv ]; then
  load_env
fi
set default="0"
if [ "${prev_saved_entry}" ]; then
  set saved_entry="${prev_saved_entry}"
  save_env saved_entry
  set prev_saved_entry=
  save_env prev_saved_entry
  set boot_once=true
fi

function savedefault {
  if [ -z "${boot_once}" ]; then
    saved_entry="${chosen}"
    save_env saved_entry
  fi
}

function load_video {
  insmod vbe
  insmod vga
  insmod video_bochs
  insmod video_cirrus
}

insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 84f73530-bf2f-428e-9f8d-87fc6523c791
if loadfont /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 ; then
  set gfxmode=640x480
  load_video
  insmod gfxterm
fi
terminal_output gfxterm
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 84f73530-bf2f-428e-9f8d-87fc6523c791
set locale_dir=($root)/boot/grub/locale
set lang=cs
insmod gettext
set timeout=5
### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 84f73530-bf2f-428e-9f8d-87fc6523c791
insmod png
if background_image /usr/share/images/desktop-base/grub-splash-crunchbang.png ; then
  set color_normal=light-gray/black
  set color_highlight=black/white
else
  set menu_color_normal=light-gray/black
  set menu_color_highlight=black/white
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
menuentry 'CrunchBang Linux, with Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64' --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
    insmod part_msdos
    insmod ext2
    set root='(hd0,msdos5)'
    search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 84f73530-bf2f-428e-9f8d-87fc6523c791
    echo    'Loading Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 ...'
    linux    /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-5-amd64 root=UUID=84f73530-bf2f-428e-9f8d-87fc6523c791 ro  quiet splash
    echo    'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
    initrd    /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-5-amd64
}
menuentry 'CrunchBang Linux, with Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (recovery mode)' --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
    insmod part_msdos
    insmod ext2
    set root='(hd0,msdos5)'
    search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 84f73530-bf2f-428e-9f8d-87fc6523c791
    echo    'Loading Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 ...'
    linux    /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-5-amd64 root=UUID=84f73530-bf2f-428e-9f8d-87fc6523c791 ro single 
    echo    'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
    initrd    /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-5-amd64
}
### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ###
### END /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
menuentry "Windows 7 (loader) (on /dev/sda1)" {
    insmod part_msdos
    insmod ntfs
    set root='(hd0,msdos1)'
    search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 223cc6243cc5f2b9
    chainloader +1
}
### END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
# This file provides an easy way to add custom menu entries.  Simply type the
# menu entries you want to add after this comment.  Be careful not to change
# the 'exec tail' line above.
### END /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/41_custom ###
if [ -f  $prefix/custom.cfg ]; then
  source $prefix/custom.cfg;
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/41_custom ###
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

=============================== sda5/etc/fstab: ================================

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'blkid' to print the universally unique identifier for a
# device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name devices
# that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
#
# <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>
proc            /proc           proc    defaults        0       0
# / was on /dev/sda5 during installation
UUID=84f73530-bf2f-428e-9f8d-87fc6523c791 /               ext4    errors=remount-ro 0       1
# swap was on /dev/sda6 during installation
UUID=c02cddf4-bd60-411f-8428-9b2c2e5f8b52 none            swap    sw              0       0
/dev/scd0       /media/cdrom0   udf,iso9660 user,noauto     0       0
/dev/sdb1       /media/usb0     auto    rw,user,noauto  0       0
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

=================== sda5: Location of files loaded by Grub: ====================

           GiB - GB             File                                 Fragment(s)

            ?? = ??             boot/grub/core.img                             1
            ?? = ??             boot/grub/grub.cfg                             1
            ?? = ??             boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-5-amd64                 2
            ?? = ??             boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-5-amd64                    1
            ?? = ??             initrd.img                                     2
            ?? = ??             vmlinuz                                        1

============================== sdb1/syslinux.cfg: ==============================

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
default menu.c32
prompt 0
menu title UNetbootin
timeout 100

label unetbootindefault
menu label Default
kernel /ubnkern
append initrd=/ubninit 

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

========================= sdb1/syslinux/syslinux.cfg: ==========================

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
include menu.cfg
default /syslinux/vesamenu.c32
prompt 0
timeout 00
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

================= sdb1: Location of files loaded by Syslinux: ==================

           GiB - GB             File                                 Fragment(s)

            ?? = ??             ldlinux.sys                                    1
            ?? = ??             menu.c32                                       1
            ?? = ??             syslinux.cfg                                   1
            ?? = ??             syslinux/syslinux.cfg                          1
            ?? = ??             syslinux/vesamenu.c32                          1

============== sdb1: Version of COM32(R) files used by Syslinux: ===============

 menu.c32                           :  COM32R module (v4.xx)
 syslinux/vesamenu.c32              :  COM32R module (v4.xx)

xaos52 · 2012-10-26 10:22:19

Your sda1 setup seems OK at first sight.

I suppose /dev/sdb is a removable drive.

Verify your BIOS again. sda should be set as your primary boot device.

Try booting with sdb removed from the system.
Take note of any error messages displayed and publish them here.

kardinal · 2012-10-26 11:03:09

Yes sdb is removable drive.

I think sda is primary (have no primary switch button in my BIOS as I saw it elsewhere). I have HP notebook.

When I try to boot up without removable drive it says:

Media test failure, check cable.
Exiting PXE ROM.
Non-System disk or disk error
replace and strike any key when ready.

Everything started after that damn Waldorf installation. I ve never had a single GRUB problem with another linux distros :´(

xaos52 · 2012-10-26 11:16:20

That is an indication that it is trying to boot from the removable drive, and that the problem is with your BIOS.

kardinal · 2012-10-26 11:31:21

Going better and better hmm so now I have to reinstall my BIOS?

In my BIOS there are few choices which may help:

1. Reset BIOS security to factory default
2. PXE Internal NIC BOOT (dont know this one)
3. SATA Device Mode (AHCI is chosen)

Nothing more.

Oh now it seems like I can make it!!! Super Grub 2 can detect my Grub config maybe it is able to cure my PC.

kardinal · 2012-10-26 11:38:53

Data Recovery Utility says:

No partition is bootable.
Logical partition must not be bootable.

I formated sda5 (ext4) and sda6(boot) to logical is that a problem? That was a default setting in CrunchBang installer.

xaos52 · 2012-10-26 12:13:01

What Data Recovery Utility?

I formated sda5 (ext4) and sda6(boot) to logical is that a problem? That was a default setting in CrunchBang installer.

No problem.

Who said anything about reinstalling your BIOS? Not me. Setting the boot order in the BIOS is what I meant. See http://h10010.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/docu … uct=321957

Can you give us more details about your computer like make and model?

kardinal · 2012-10-26 12:16:04

I have my HDD on the top.

HP Compaq 6735s.

xaos52 · 2012-10-26 12:22:14

I have my HDD on the top.

huh?

kardinal · 2012-10-26 12:34:08

I SOLVED IT!!!

I have read that some bad (older) versions of BIOS have serious issues with GRUB installation on LOGICAL partitions. So I formatted my sda5 to PRIMARY and everything is alright!!!

What a happy end guys smile Thx xaos52 and arclance for your help!!!

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Now we can go back to that wi-fi driver issue.

My wifi button lights blue so thats OK. However I see no wireless networks. I use default network-manager.

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How to install Wi-Fi drivers without wired connection

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