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cannot get connected.
Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2022 1:39 pm
by xenial
Howdy,
Just got easyos installed to my usb flash drive and booted up just fine.
I use a home wi-fi internet and i cannot see where or how i can get connected within easyos. 
my first time with easyos and i have not found any info on getting connected here so sorry if i have overlooked this info.
Modus Operandi.
I click the network icon in taskbar and only sees ethernet connections. 
i see no way to connect or even to get the network manager to "see" my internet connection which is wlan.
I am guessing this could be a firmware issue perhaps and is not seeing my adaptor which is usually broadcom on my other pups.
Is this a transplant procedure or is there somewhere to look for the firmware i am not seeing.?
Please do excuse my ignorance here as im in no mans land with this os.
Great looking os btw. 
Re: cannot get connected.
Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2022 6:56 pm
by BarryK
Yes, typically this is a problem with your wifi interface not working, often due to missing firmware.
Try this is a terminal:
# dmesg | grep -i firmware
...see if it reports failure to load firmware.
On my current PC, I get:
[ 22.657958] iwlwifi 0000:04:00.0: loaded firmware version 29.541020.0 7265D-29.ucode op_mode iwlmvm
[43915.260270] iwlwifi 0000:04:00.0: Loaded firmware version: 29.541020.0 7265D-29.ucode
Also, know what wifi interface hardware you have, and whether it has known issues with Linux. The 'lspci' utility might help.
Re: cannot get connected.
Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2022 7:01 pm
by BarryK
Broadcom, that rings a bell. There is a special driver for "broadcom-sta-wl" wifi, that you can find in the "pet-dunfell" repository in the package manager.
If you do need that, it has special requirements, a builtin kernel driver has to get blacklisted. I don't recall the details. It is discussed somewhere in this forum.
But perhaps it won't come to that. Hopefully you just have a missing firmware problem.
Re: cannot get connected.
Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2022 7:09 pm
by xenial
Thank you kindly barry i shall try those suggestions and report my findings.I was going to see if copying my renamed fossapup fdrv sfs would help in this situation seeing as fossapup connects just fine.
I shall report back in a short while.
Re: cannot get connected.
Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2022 1:13 am
by BarryK
xenial wrote: Sat Jun 11, 2022 7:09 pm
Thank you kindly barry i shall try those suggestions and report my findings.I was going to see if copying my renamed fossapup fdrv sfs would help in this situation seeing as fossapup connects just fine.
I shall report back in a short while.
You could try copying /lib/firmware from fossapup, or at least the broadcom firmware.