This seems fixed in Jessie, see https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=688823
Those drivers are part of the (non-free) broadcom-sta source package. Cheers, On 06/08/2014 15:26, OfficialXian . wrote: > Just forwarding my reply to intrigeri to y'all. > > Here's what I did to get the BCM43142 drivers for Kali Linux working. > <This info is > from > http://www.chokepoint.net/2014/04/installing-broadcom-bcm43142-drivers-on.html > > > > 1. Get driver from Broadcom site > 2. Untar it > 3. Get patch file from Mindwerks > 4. Patch > 5. Make driver > 6. Copy wl.ko to /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/net/wireless > 7. Remove bcma module > 8. Blacklist bcma > 9. Insert wl > 10. Connect to wireless network. > > This all worked fine on Kali, and so I took the files and tried it on > Tails 1.1, did everything up till make, had a hard time with that, I > don't recall ever getting it to make in Tails properly (I don't know > much about make so I couldn't do much troubleshooting), so I made it > in Kali and saved the files, bumped over to Tails, and resumed at step > 6. I couldn't blacklist bcma module though because the blacklist.conf > file doesn't exist. After step 9 I could see my wireless networks with > all their details, but when I try to connect it just loops, always > failing (on both a WPA2 and open). > > On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 10:50 AM, OfficialXian > . <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > They can be used in Debian, but I'm not sure they're in a specific > package. I'm out right now but I'll drop another email later with > a description as to what I did to get it working in Kali. > > On Jul 30, 2014 3:26 PM, "intrigeri" <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Hi, > > OfficialXian . wrote (30 Jul 2014 18:57:17 GMT) : > > Hey guys, in one of the next releases can you include the > Broadcom > > BCM43142 wireless/bluetooth drivers? > > Are these drivers available in Debian? If so, in what package? > > Cheers, > -- > intrigeri > > > > > -Original Message- > Hey guys, in one of the next releases can you include the Broadcom > BCM43142 wireless/bluetooth drivers? I don't care about having > bluetooth, but having wireless would help a great load! It's a > pain to use my phone's tether, and it takes up my USB port, of > which I only have 2 :(. > > I have tried a few times to make the drivers and load the modules, > but I've only gotten the wireless to *see* networks. I can see my > home networks, and I can attempt to join, but it'll just time-out. > This could be because I **make**'d the driver in another distro > (Kali) because **make** is messed up in Tails for some reason I > always get an error. > > Thanks! > ~xian > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Tails-dev mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailman.boum.org/listinfo/tails-dev > To unsubscribe from this list, send an empty email to > [email protected].
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