Linux Slackware and wireless internet (dell vostro 1510 laptop)

[Cassie]

The driver compiled, it was just a warning.
I googled the warning and I found that many using broadcome driver have the same warning but they have it working

[waterhead]

The instructions appear to be missing an important part. After compiling the module, you need to install it.

sudo make install

Then run these commands.

sudo depmod -a

sudo modprobe wl

[Cassie]

No, didn't work. No rule for make install.

I removed everything I installed before and tried to reinstall it. And I get the same error message as the first time, but now I applied patch after I unpacked the driver. Bit of confused.

[waterhead]

Sorry, I thought that the make install command would work. You will need to manually copy the wl.ko module into your /lib/modules folder. The instructions refer to this, but don't tell you how.

Replacing existing driver with wl.ko just build in step 5 above.
(most likely path to find wl.ko is: /lib/modules/<kernel_version>/kernel/driver/net/wireless

You can do this using the cp command, with root privileges. You need to know the exact kernel module folder to copy it to. Here is the command I used for my Ubuntu system.

sudo cp wl.ko /lib/modules/2.6.28-15-generic/kernel/drivers/net/wireless

Now run the other two commands

sudo depmod -a

sudo modprobe wl

This should load the module, you can check for it in the output of this command, it should be at the top of the list.

lsmod

[Soupstuffs]

I had the same exact problem with my Dell Vostro 1510, and this worked for me! I found this thread on Google after trying out probably around 30 other suggestions I found.

Thank you very much, Waterhead.

[waterhead]

Glad to help!