Hi everyone and today I decided to install peppermint os on my old netbook (dell inspiron mini 10) since windows xp was being slow. All was well except that my wifi was not working. So according to marks instructions on an old thread http://linuxforums.org.uk/index.php?topic=9939.0 I decided to try sudo lshw -C network on terminal. Here are the results *-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller
vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
logical name: eth0
version: 02
serial: 00:24:e8:94:37:32
size: 100Mbit/s
capacity: 100Mbit/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=192.168.1.17 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=MII speed=100Mbit/s
resources: irq:40 ioport:2000(size=256) memory:d8410000-d8410fff memory:d8400000-d840ffff memory:d8420000-d843ffff
*-network
description: Network controller
product: BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
version: 01
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=b43-pci-bridge latency=0
resources: irq:17 memory:d8000000-d8003fff
If anyone has a solution to this issue I would really appreciate it. Thank you for your time and have a wonderful day.
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Connect to your router with an ethernet cable.
Open a terminal (Ctr;+Alt+T), and run:
sudo apt-get install b43 firmware-b43-installer
then
sudo modprobe b43
did your wireless spring to life ?
No When I input-ed the first option I got E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?
Ignore the above anyway … just spotted the LP-PHY
First make sure the Software Manager, Synaptic package manager, and the Software Updater are all CLOSED … and that you’re connected to your router with an ethernet cable.
THEN open a terminal and run:
sudo modprobe -r b43
then
sudo apt-get install b43 firmware-b43-lpphy-installer
then
sudo modprobe b43
did your wireless spring to life ?
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No this time I got sudo modprobe -r b43
[sudo] password for
sudo apt-get install b43 firmware-b43-lpphy-installer
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information… Done
E: Unable to locate package b43
E: Unable to locate package firmware-b43-lpphy-installer
mamu@mamu-Inspiron-1010 ~ $ sudo modprobe b43
Are you connected to your router with an ethernet cable ?
Yes I am typing to you from chromium on the same laptop.
Run:
sudo apt-get update
then try those commands again.
No I got sudo modprobe -r b43
~ $ sudo apt-get install b43 firmware-b43-lpphy-installer
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information… Done
E: Unable to locate package b43
~ $ sudo modprobe b43
if you fire up the Synpatic package manager … then go to settings > repositories > peppermint software (tab)
are the 4 top boxes ticked ?
back in 7 mins
Yes they are ticked.
what’s the contents of
gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
and is this a hard drive install of Peppermint 4, or a liveCD ?
Sorry, my mistake …
First make sure the Software Manager, Synaptic package manager, and the Software Updater are all CLOSED … and that you’re connected to your router with an ethernet cable.
THEN open a terminal and run:
sudo modprobe -r b43
then
sudo apt-get install b43-fwcutter firmware-b43-lpphy-installer
then
sudo modprobe b43
did your wireless spring to life ?
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I already installed peppermint to hardrive using an usb. The sources list says #deb cdrom:[Peppermint 4 Four - Release i386 (20130502)]/ raring main multiverse restricted universe
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see my last posting
No the wifi does not seem to be working.
What’s the output from:
rfkill list
and
sudo iwlist scanning
This time I got 0: compal-wifi: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
1: compal-bluetooth: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
~ $ sudo iwlist scanning
lo Interface doesn’t support scanning.
eth0 Interface doesn’t support scanning.
OK, let’s try the wl driver … fire up synaptic package manager, and go to
Settings > Repositories > Other software tab
but a tick in the 2 boxes
Canonical Partners
and
Independent
Click the “Close” button … and close synaptic.
Open a terminal and run:
sudo apt-get update
then
sudo apt-get install linux-headers-generic build-essential dkms
then
sudo apt-get install bcmwl-kernel-source
then
sudo modprobe -r b43 ssb wl
then
sudo modprobe wl
Did wireless spring to life ?