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(SOLVED) No wireless connection Mint 12 ACER Extensa 5220
Post by mschrak » Wed Nov 30, 2011 10:00 am
I’m working with Linux Mint for quite some time now and wanted to install it on my Acer Extensa 5220. I just can’t get any wireless Internet connection.
I installed it using a wired Network Connection. Everything went fine including all updates. I installed / activated the additional proprietary driver (the only one possible on the list) successfully? (Broadcom 802.11 Linux STA wireless driver).
Still I don’t see any wireless Connections on the list to connect to (although there are many, shown on my other PC).
iwconfig says:
lo no wireless extensions
eth0 no wireless extensions
irda0 no wireless extensions
What did I do wrong? Any ideas,
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Re: No wireless connection using Mint 12 an an ACER Extensa
Post by MarkX » Wed Nov 30, 2011 10:15 am
mschrak wrote: Hi everyone,
I’m working with Linux Mint for quite some time now and wanted to install it on my Acer Extensa 5220. I just can’t get any wireless Internet connection.
I installed it using a wired Network Connection. Everything went fine including all updates. I installed / activated the additional proprietary driver (the only one possible on the list) successfully? (Broadcom 802.11 Linux STA wireless driver).
Still I don’t see any wireless Connections on the list to connect to (although there are many, shown on my other PC).
iwconfig says:
lo no wireless extensions
eth0 no wireless extensions
irda0 no wireless extensions
What did I do wrong? Any ideas,
Martin,
Here are a few tips. They may sound trivial but check them.
At the front side there are two slide switches, one for controlling Bluetooth, the other one for controlling Wireless LAN. Using them can be tricky. Furthermore, the switch for Bluetooth is useless, because Bluetooth is anyway not supported by the Extensa 5220.
Thread: acer extensa 5220 broadcom wifi not working
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acer extensa 5220 broadcom wifi not working
hi all im new to Ubuntu installed 14.04 to my acer laptop struggling to find anything to help with sorting my broadcom wifi out stick on bottom says its broadcom: BCM94311MCG fcc id: qds-brcm1020 ic id: 4324a-brcm1020 cmii id: 2005dj1436
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Re: acer extensa 5220 broadcom wifi not working
fixed it and it fixed the hanging on shutdown and restart followed this i found
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Re: acer extensa 5220 broadcom wifi not working
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Shutdown problems and wi fi not working on Acer Extensa 5220
Just installed Ubuntu 14.04LTS on an Acer Extensa 5220 laptop After install I downlaoded all the updates suggested. Two problems: The in built wi fi does not work at all. I can connect to the network via a wired ethernet connection but the wireless network is not mentioned anywhere. Second problem, on shutting down the screen goes blank, HDD activity stops but power remains on. Have to then press and hold the power button to turn off. If I try going to suspend, the screen goes blank for a while, power stays on, then after a short while the screen comes back on inviting me to log in again. sudo lshw -c video returns:
*-display:0 description: VGA compatible controller product: Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (primary) vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 2 bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0 version: 03 width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: msi pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom configuration: driver=i915 latency=0 resources: irq:44 memory:fc000000-fc0fffff memory:d0000000-dfffffff ioport:1800(size=8) *-display:1 UNCLAIMED description: Display controller product: Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (secondary) vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 2.1 bus info: pci@0000:00:02.1 version: 03 width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list configuration: latency=0 resources: memory:fc100000-fc1fffff In the mean time sudo shutdown -h now stops any hdd activity but leaves power on with a screen saying UBUNTU and scrolling red / white dots under it. I have tried using the software centre so search for driver. it says «no additional drivers found» I did find in the software centre «Windows wireless drivers» which claims to be an easy way to install windows wireless drivers. but beg my ignorance, having downloaded it, I can;t find where it has put it to actually run it?