Finally online with Slackware Live
by KDSR from LinuxQuestions.org on (#5D9MW)
I am calling from deep inside a Sandisk Cruze 32 GB USB stick.
Thanks to Alien-Bob for the iso2usb.sh script. Slackware live 14.2 installed flawlessly, I used a live ISO burned to a DVD to get up and running then transfer to the USB stick....BUT I could not get wifi to work until now. I am 'old school' and have spent the better part of 3 weeks reading threads, posts and 'man' pages to figure this out... I hope this post helps others also.
My Laptop is an HP Pavilion G6, Yea you guessed it, F12 is the on/off button for wifi, as I have read, other Laptops use F2, F5 or F8 as the wifi button. There have been/are many issues about this 'wifi button' in other help forums as well as here but I believe it to be part of the 'Airplane Mode' that is built into the Laptop itself as part of the its Security features. I kept getting this..Code:bash-5.1# rfkill
ID TYPE DEVICE SOFT HARD
0 wlan phy0 unblocked blocked I offer No guarantee that this Solution will work on other Mfg Laptops IE.. Asus, Lenovo, Dell etc... I tried this fix on my other computers as well, both are HP 2000 systems and both worked without problems, your mileage may vary :) All I did when I got to GUI login screen was 'close the laptop screen' IE....put it to sleep. I left it closed for a minute and then open laptop back up and the F12 button went Blue.. meaning wifi was Active, YES, it was finally working... Now I get this... Code:bash-5.1# rfkill
ID TYPE DEVICE SOFT HARD
0 wlan phy0 unblocked unblockedMy next project is to use the iso2usb script to install Slackware live 14.2 into an external drive I have, this is a WD My Book and is 2 TB in size.... Have a Good Day and Keep Slacking.
Thanks to Alien-Bob for the iso2usb.sh script. Slackware live 14.2 installed flawlessly, I used a live ISO burned to a DVD to get up and running then transfer to the USB stick....BUT I could not get wifi to work until now. I am 'old school' and have spent the better part of 3 weeks reading threads, posts and 'man' pages to figure this out... I hope this post helps others also.
My Laptop is an HP Pavilion G6, Yea you guessed it, F12 is the on/off button for wifi, as I have read, other Laptops use F2, F5 or F8 as the wifi button. There have been/are many issues about this 'wifi button' in other help forums as well as here but I believe it to be part of the 'Airplane Mode' that is built into the Laptop itself as part of the its Security features. I kept getting this..Code:bash-5.1# rfkill
ID TYPE DEVICE SOFT HARD
0 wlan phy0 unblocked blocked I offer No guarantee that this Solution will work on other Mfg Laptops IE.. Asus, Lenovo, Dell etc... I tried this fix on my other computers as well, both are HP 2000 systems and both worked without problems, your mileage may vary :) All I did when I got to GUI login screen was 'close the laptop screen' IE....put it to sleep. I left it closed for a minute and then open laptop back up and the F12 button went Blue.. meaning wifi was Active, YES, it was finally working... Now I get this... Code:bash-5.1# rfkill
ID TYPE DEVICE SOFT HARD
0 wlan phy0 unblocked unblockedMy next project is to use the iso2usb script to install Slackware live 14.2 into an external drive I have, this is a WD My Book and is 2 TB in size.... Have a Good Day and Keep Slacking.