Hi guys ive just installed unbuntu 10.04 on my daughters dell inspiron mini 10. it previously had 8.04. now the installation went fine but i carnt connect to my sky router.ive found it on the wireless however when i put the security code into it it just keeps tryin to connect and i carnt get it working. ive also tried to update the flashplayer with a wired connection and cannot figure this out! any help would be really appreciated thanks. k.clark.
Is this a mini 10, or a mini 10v ?
Can you open a terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and run:
sudo lshw -C network
and post the output.
can you do the same with
ifconfig
and
iwconfig
and
iwlist scanning
and
rfkill list
As for flash … can you send the output from:
sudo find / -name libflashplayer.so
be aware, that command will take a short while to complete.
Can I also ask why you went for Ubuntu 10.04, rather than 12.04, or Peppermint Three … 10.04 is getting a bit long in the tooth now.
here is the 1st 1
elisha@elisha-laptop:~$ sudo lshw -C network
[sudo] password for elisha:
*-network
description: Wireless interface
product: BCM4322 802.11a/b/g/n Wireless LAN Controller
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
logical name: eth1
version: 01
serial: 00:24:2b:c1:2f:b4
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=wl0 driverversion=5.60.48.36 latency=0 multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11abgn
resources: irq:17 memory:f0100000-f0103fff
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller
vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:04:00.0
logical name: eth0
version: 02
serial: 00:24:e8:b4:79:cd
size: 100MB/s
capacity: 100MB/s
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix vpd bus_master cap_list rom ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=2.3LK-NAPI duplex=full ip=192.168.0.11 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=MII speed=100MB/s
resources: irq:27 ioport:2000(size=256) memory:f0510000-f0510fff(prefetchable) memory:f0500000-f050ffff(prefetchable) memory:f0520000-f053ffff(prefetchable)
elisha@elisha-laptop:~$
the 2nd
elisha@elisha-laptop:~$ ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:24:e8:b4:79:cd
inet addr:192.168.0.11 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::224:e8ff:feb4:79cd/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:7360 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:6486 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:7448719 (7.4 MB) TX bytes:1000594 (1.0 MB)
Interrupt:27 Base address:0xe000
eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:24:2b:c1:2f:b4
inet6 addr: fe80::224:2bff:fec1:2fb4/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:1696
TX packets:0 errors:6 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
Interrupt:17
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:480 (480.0 B) TX bytes:480 (480.0 B)
elisha@elisha-laptop:~$
the 3rd
lisha@elisha-laptop:~$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
eth1 IEEE 802.11 Access Point: Not-Associated
Link Quality:5 Signal level:0 Noise level:164
Rx invalid nwid:0 invalid crypt:0 invalid misc:0
elisha@elisha-laptop:~$
the 4th
elisha@elisha-laptop:~$ iwlist scanning
lo Interface doesn’t support scanning.
eth0 Interface doesn’t support scanning.
eth1 Interface doesn’t support scanning.
elisha@elisha-laptop:~$
the 5th command
elisha@elisha-laptop:~$ rfkill list
0: compal-wifi: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
1: compal-bluetooth: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
elisha@elisha-laptop:~$
and finally the flashplayer 1…thanks very much in advance 
elisha@elisha-laptop:~$ elisha@elisha-laptop:~$ sudo find / -name libflashplayer.so
elisha@elisha-laptop:~$: command not found
elisha@elisha-laptop:~$ elisha@elisha-laptop:~$ sudo find / -name libflashplayer.so
elisha@elisha-laptop:~$: command not found
elisha@elisha-laptop:~$
elisha@elisha-laptop:~$ elisha@elisha-laptop:~$
elisha@elisha-laptop:~$: command not found
elisha@elisha-laptop:~$ elisha@elisha-laptop:~$
elisha@elisha-laptop:~$: command not found
elisha@elisha-laptop:~$
oh and also its a mini 10 not a mini 10v cheers
OK, let’s try this for wireless …
Connect the netbook to your router with an ethernet cable.
Open a terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T), and run these commands in sequence:
sudo apt-get update
then
sudo apt-get upgrade
Then once that’s finished … REBOOT.
Once rebooted, and still connected with the ethernet cable … open a terminal and run:
sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-generic
then
sudo modprobe -r wl
then
sudo apt-get remove --purge bcmwl-kernel-source
then
sudo apt-get install bcmwl-kernel-source
then
sudo modprobe -r b43 ssb
then
sudo modprobe wl
Now see if the wireless will connect … if not, please explain EXACTLY what you’re doing to connect, and what you’re seeing onscreen.
The command for finding the flashplayer …
For some reason, you’re entering your bash command prompt line when you run the command
before you hit enter to run the command, the terminal should read:
elisha@elisha-laptop:~$ sudo find / -name libflashplayer.so
NOT
elisha@elisha-laptop:~$ elisha@elisha-laptop:~$ sudo find / -name libflashplayer.so
also, make SURE if you copy/paste commands, that spaces don’t appear in them … occasionally when copying a command from the web, a space will appear in the command, so proofread them before running.
your command has a space after libflashplayer and before .so … so accentuated it’s reading:-
libflashplayer .so
right my friend ive done what you told me to do and it has sorted the wireless out,thats all working perfect now thanks very much! i just carnt seem to do the flash player. ive entered the command like you said and nothing really happend.
elisha@elisha-laptop:~$ sudo find / -name libflashplayer .so
[sudo] password for elisha:
find: paths must precede expression: .so
Usage: find [-H] [-L] [-P] [-Olevel] [-D help|tree|search|stat|rates|opt|exec] [path…] [expression]
elisha@elisha-laptop:~$
this is what i get when i do it
ive fixed everything thanks very much for your help mate i really appreciate it!!!
You still had a space in the command here:
elisha@elisha-laptop:~$ sudo find / -name libflashplayer .so
But I’m glad you solved the flashplayer … do you mind me asking how ?
[EDIT]
Oh, nearly forgot … you’re welcome 