installed slackware 13.37 missing network cards

[donaldfarkas]

when i search for wifi singals it says non found.

[jayd512]

Was this after installing the b43-firmware? Note, you may also need the b43-fwcutter.
What was your exact error message?

[donaldfarkas]

Sorry it was before i saw your msg so it was before i installed. I downloaded the pkg onto a USB stick and right now im still wrestling with it trying to install it.

[donaldfarkas]

root@Donaldtux:/media/disk# ls
Text\ File*           broadcom-wl-4.178.10.4/            wicd.tar.gz*
b43-firmware/         broadcom-wl-4.178.10.4source.tar*
b43-firmware.tar.gz*  wicd-1.5.4source.tar*
root@Donaldtux:/media/disk# cd b43-firmware                 
root@Donaldtux:/media/disk/b43-firmware# ls
README*  b43-firmware.SlackBuild*  b43-firmware.info*  slack-desc*
root@Donaldtux:/media/disk/b43-firmware# chmod -x b43-firmware.SlackBuild
root@Donaldtux:/media/disk/b43-firmware# ./b43-firmware.SlackBuild 
tar: /media/disk/b43-firmware/broadcom-wl-4.178.10.4.tar.bz2: Cannot open: No such file or directory
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
root@Donaldtux:/media/disk/b43-firmware#

this is my error when i try to install

[jayd512]

SlackBuild How-To
Following the steps outlined here, you'll need to include the source tarball in the b43-firmware directory.
If you do cat b43-firmware.info, you'll see the URL where you can download the tarball.
Then do ./b43-firmware.SlackBuild. That will then create a file in the /tmp directory. cd to the /tmp directory and do installpkg <file for b43>

[donaldfarkas]

oo ok so put the source without extracting in the b43-firmware folder and try again?

ill give this a try in the morning.. Thx for all your help

[jayd512]

Here's the breakdown of it
Download the Build from SlackBuilds.
Open a terminal and CD to that directory. I made a Builds directory in my home folder for these.
Then do:

tar -zxvf <build_file>
cd <new_directory>

Download the source tarball into the new directory
Then, as root:

./<file.Build>
cd /tmp
installpkg <package_file>

[donaldfarkas]

Thanks for all your help jay512 i got it working.

Since then i have installed NVIDIA driver and kernel from slackbuilds.

Fatal server error:
no screen found.

[cynwulf]

Fatal server error:
no screen found.

Did you create /etc/X11/xorg.conf with the relevant device section?

Did you install xf86-video-nouveau-blacklist from extra?

//edit: it's in /extra not slackbuilds!

[donaldfarkas]

nope i just installed

SlackBuilds.org - nvidia-driver
SlackBuilds.org - nvidia-kernel

i did not create /etc/X11/xorg.conf