Connect to your router with an ethernet cable and run:
sudo apt-get install b43-fwcutter firmware-b43-lpphy-installer
Did wireless spring to life ?
You may need to reboot first
if that doesn’t help, post the output from:
sudo lshw -C network
and
sudo iwlist scanning
and
rfkill list
sudo apt-get install b43-fwcutter firmware-b43-lpphy-installer
[sudo] password for keith:
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information… Done
Package firmware-b43-lpphy-installer is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
However the following packages replace it:
firmware-b43-installer
E: Package ‘firmware-b43-lpphy-installer’ has no installation candidate
result from 1st instruction
keith@keith-Lenovo-G550 ~ $ sudo lshw -C network
[sudo] password for keith:
*-network
description: Network controller
product: BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:04:00.0
version: 01
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=b43-pci-bridge latency=0
resources: irq:18 memory:f4500000-f4503fff
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: NetLink BCM5906M Fast Ethernet PCI Express
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:07:00.0
logical name: eth0
version: 02
serial: 70:5a:b6:63:b9:15
size: 100Mbit/s
capacity: 100Mbit/s
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm vpd msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=tg3 driverversion=3.132 duplex=full firmware=sb v3.04 ip=192.168.0.11 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100Mbit/s
resources: irq:48 memory:f4600000-f460ffff
keith@keith-Lenovo-G550 ~ $ sudo iwlist scanning
lo Interface doesn’t support scanning.
eth0 Interface doesn’t support scanning.
keith@keith-Lenovo-G550 ~ $ rfkill list
0: ideapad_wlan: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
results from 2nd commands
Can you post the output from:
uname -a
Also … (whilst connected with an ethernet cable) run a full system update:
sudo apt-get update
then
sudo apt-get upgrade
now REBOOT
Once rebooted, try:
sudo apt-get install b43-fwcutter firmware-b43-lpphy-installer
did that command still fail ?
If you still get a load of rubbish from apt-get, try:
sudo apt-get install firmware-b43-installer
But that card needs the lpphy firmware.
Sorry for the delay Mark.
result from your 1st request
keith@keith-Lenovo-G550 ~ $ uname -a
Linux keith-Lenovo-G550 3.11.0-12-generic #19-Ubuntu SMP Wed Oct 9 16:12:00 UTC 2013 i686 i686 i686 GNU/Linux
I’ll do the update now and see what that brings
Yeah … full update … reboot … run:
sudo apt-get install b43-fwcutter firmware-b43-lpphy-installer
and let us know what happens.
did the update/upgrade then rebooted
did the apt-get, same result
but whilst it was updating, I went on the mint forum to find this might be a known problem in mint/ubuntu,
link below
http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=53&t=157447#p814722
just seen your post after I had posted
tried the lpphy command same result
not sure why the link didn’t come through as a link.
OK, as chemical fan suggests, let’s try:
sudo apt-get install firmware-b43-installer b43-fwcutter
does wireless spring to life ?
Seems they might have changed things in 13.10, and chemicalfan was being more observant than I
Package firmware-b43-lpphy-installer is not available, but is referred to by another package. This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or is only available from another source [b]However the following packages replace it: firmware-b43-installer[/b]
Broadcom chipsets are a pain in the ass (I thought Atheros were bad, but at least the kernel modules are default!)
This is damn confusing…
There’s definitely still a version for 13.10 on launchpad:
:o
YEAH a big thanks to you both, typing this with the laptop on my knee, wirelessly.
all I need now is a decent broadband speed, only get between 2 and 3 mb (no cable or fibre around here)
again, many thanks, now where’s that +1 button
Keith