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No WiFi — Dell Vostro 1000

Post by kludge » Sun Sep 18, 2011 1:58 am

I have been using Linux Mint 9 for about a year with no problems, but I’m still a n00b so bear with me, and don’t assume that I will understand what’s going on with all of these terminal commands.

Last week my computer crashed (would not boot) so I reinstalled Linux Mint 9. No WiFi. WiFi was working perfectly at the time of the crash.

My Dell Vostro 1000 has no hard switch, it uses Fn+F2 to turn WiFi on and off, but that combination does nothing.

Oh, well. I saw that Linux Mint 11 is available so I installed that. After booting the first time — No WiFi. But I noticed an icon and when I clicked on it, it installed the Broadcom driver. Still no WiFi.

If I go to Menu>>Administration>>Additional Driver I can see the driver there for my BCM4311 and that it’s activated and in use. I’ve also tried removing it and activating it again, and rebooting. Nothing.

When I click the network connections icon at the lower right is shows «Wired Network» but not «Wireless Networks».

I’ve searching forums for a few days and so far nothing I have found has worked. Here’s what I have:

I opened the file NetworkManager.state and it looks like this:

I have tried «rfkill unblock all» and «sudo rfkill unblock all» and nothing. What’s more I do «rfkill list all» and I get this:

~ $ sudo modprobe wl
~ $ dmesg | grep -e wl -e b43
[ 18.995904] wl: module license ‘MIXED/Proprietary’ taints kernel.
[ 20.229943] wl 0000:05:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
[ 20.229952] wl 0000:05:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 20.378659] b43-pci-bridge 0000:05:00.0: setting latency timer to 64

~ $ sudo lshw -C network
*-network
description: Network controller
product: BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:05:00.0
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=b43-pci-bridge latency=0
resources: irq:18 memory:c0200000-c0203fff
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:08:00.0
logical name: eth0
version: 02
serial: 00:19:b9:80:18:73
size: 100Mbit/s
capacity: 100Mbit/s
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=b44 driverversion=2.0 duplex=full ip=192.168.1.45 latency=64 link=yes multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100Mbit/s
resources: irq:21 memory:c0300000-c0301fff

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Re: No WiFi — Dell Vostro 1000

Post by pdc_2 » Sun Sep 18, 2011 2:06 am

I think you need the sta driver for a 4311

I think I can see wl and b43 drivers

to see if this can clarify things?

have a read at the above post too;

Issue: _eth%d: 5.100.82.38 driver failed with code 21_ and wireless doesn’t work. You need to install Maverick’s driver from http://packages.ubuntu.com

BCM4311, BCM4312, BCM4313, BCM4321, BCM4322, BCM43224, BCM43225, **BCM43227, **BCM43228

Re: No WiFi — Dell Vostro 1000

Post by kludge » Sun Sep 18, 2011 3:07 am

Broadcom STA wireless driver
This package contains Broadcom 802.11 Linux STA wireless driver for use with Broadcom’s BCM4311-, BCM4312-, BCM4313-, BCM4321-,BCM4322-, BCM43224-, and BCM43225-, BCM43227- and BCM43228-basedhardware.

~ $ lspci -vvnn | grep 14e4
05:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN [14e4:4311] (rev 01)
08:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX [14e4:170c] (rev 02)

I have been to the https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiD . er/bcm43xx web page before, but I’m going to look into the Maverick driver.

Re: No WiFi — Dell Vostro 1000

Post by pdc_2 » Sun Sep 18, 2011 7:54 pm

please copy and paste the results back here

Re: No WiFi — Dell Vostro 1000

Post by kludge » Sun Sep 18, 2011 10:09 pm

Module Size Used by
binfmt_misc 13213 1
parport_pc 32111 0
dm_crypt 22463 0
ppdev 12849 0
snd_hda_codec_idt 60537 1
snd_hda_intel 24140 2
snd_hda_codec 90901 2 snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep 13274 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm 80244 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
snd_seq_midi 13132 0
snd_rawmidi 25269 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 14475 1 snd_seq_midi
b44 35301 0
snd_seq 51291 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
joydev 17322 0
snd_timer 28659 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
dell_wmi 12601 0
ssb 45942 1 b44
sparse_keymap 13666 1 dell_wmi
snd_seq_device 14110 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
dell_laptop 13515 0
wl 2642531 0
dcdbas 14054 1 dell_laptop
psmouse 73312 0
snd 55295 13 snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
k8temp 12872 0
soundcore 12600 1 snd
serio_raw 12990 0
sp5100_tco 13456 0
snd_page_alloc 14073 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
i2c_piix4 13095 0
lib80211 14570 1 wl
shpchp 32345 0
lp 13349 0
parport 36746 3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp
dm_raid45 88410 0
xor 21860 1 dm_raid45
btrfs 527341 0
zlib_deflate 26594 1 btrfs
libcrc32c 12543 1 btrfs
radeon 896428 3
ttm 65184 1 radeon
drm_kms_helper 40745 1 radeon
drm 180037 5 radeon,ttm,drm_kms_helper
ahci 21591 2
sdhci_pci 13623 0
sdhci 22720 1 sdhci_pci
pata_atiixp 12968 0
video 18951 0
i2c_algo_bit 13184 1 radeon
libahci 25548 1 ahci
ati_agp 13202 0

Re: No WiFi — Dell Vostro 1000

Post by pdc_2 » Sun Sep 18, 2011 10:49 pm

as in the broadcom post above

Instead of a computer restart, in a terminal issue the following commands:

~$ sudo modprobe -r b43 ssb wl

Note: Allow several seconds for the network manager to scan for available networks before attempting a connection.

Re: No WiFi — Dell Vostro 1000

Post by kludge » Sun Sep 18, 2011 11:21 pm

After a few more seconds the ethernet connection reestablished itself.

So I did it again with the ethernet cable unplugged. I got the same message in terminal as above. After a few seconds I got a window that had the wireless icon in it with an «x» on the icon with the message:

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Enable Wifi in Dell Vostro 14 3000 Series with Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Ubuntu 14.04LTS is the latest LTS release available. I had Ubuntu 12.04LTS installed in my Dell Vostro. There is no option available for immediate upgrade to ubuntu 14.04LTS from 12.04LTS. Hence I decided to format and install fresh.

There has always been considerable improvement in every new release of Ubuntu, but network connectivity has always been an obstacle while using Ubuntu releases.

Below are the steps to enable the WIFI drivers.

1. Check if valid WIFI adapter is available:

$ sudo lshw -C network *-network description: Wireless interface product: BCM43142 802.11b/g/n vendor: Broadcom Corporation physical id: 0 bus info: pci@0000:06:00.0 logical name: wlan0 version: 01 serial: 9c:d2:1e:e5:47:3f width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless configuration: broadcast=yes driver=wl0 driverversion=6.30.223.141 (r415941) latency=0 multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11abg resources: irq:18 memory:f7900000-f7907fff *-network description: Ethernet interface product: RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. physical id: 0 bus info: pci@0000:07:00.0 logical name: eth0 version: 0c serial: b8:2a:72:ac:31:fa size: 100Mbit/s capacity: 1Gbit/s width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix vpd bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd autonegotiation configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=2.3LK-NAPI duplex=full firmware=rtl8168g-2_0.0.1 02/06/13 ip=192.168.1.4 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=MII speed=100Mbit/s resources: irq:58 ioport:e000(size=256) memory:f7800000-f7800fff memory:f2100000-f2103fff 

2. Check if WIFI is enabled:

$wpconfig wlan0 IEEE 802.11abg ESSID:off/any Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Power Management:off vboxnet0 no wireless extensions. lo no wireless extensions. eth0 no wireless extensions. 

Identify your Brodcom chipset family:

$ lspci -vvnn | grep 14e4 output: 06:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM43142 802.11b/g/n [14e4:4365] (rev 01) 

sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install bcmwl-kernel-source

Now reboot the system to see your WIFI enabled.

For it to be effective without reboot run the below commands:

sudo modprobe -r b43 ssb wl sudo modprobe wl

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[SOLVED] Doesn’t recognize Wifi on Dell Vostro 1000

Post by turvarya » Fri Mar 01, 2013 8:20 am

I am currently trying to install linux mint 14 on my gf’s Laptop and the WiFi is giving me some hard time.
It works fine in Wndows Vista, at startup you have to activate it, by pressing FN+F2(no hard switch).
As far as I can tell, Mint seem to just don’t know, that there is a WiFi-card, FN+F2 doesn’t work. I looked around in the Internet, but I am getting realy frustrated about that.

* I. scanning WIFI PCI devices. -- Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY (rev 01) ==> PCI (rev 01) ------------------------- * II. querying ndiswrapper. bcmwl6 : driver installed device (14E4:4315) present (alternate driver: ssb) ------------------------- * III. querying iwconfig. ppp0 no wireless extensions. lo no wireless extensions. eth0 no wireless extensions. ------------------------- * IV. querying ifconfig. eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:21:70:72:a1:d0 UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B) Interrupt:21 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:88 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:88 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:8825 (8.8 KB) TX bytes:8825 (8.8 KB) ppp0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol inet addr:10.70.43.200 P-t-P:10.64.64.64 Mask:255.255.255.255 UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:4394 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:2967 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:3 RX bytes:4859879 (4.8 MB) TX bytes:413132 (413.1 KB) ------------------------- * V. querying DHCP. ------------------------- * VI. querying nslookup google.com. Server: 127.0.1.1 Address: 127.0.1.1#53 Non-authoritative answer: Name: google.com Address: 173.194.70.102 Name: google.com Address: 173.194.70.101 Name: google.com Address: 173.194.70.139 Name: google.com Address: 173.194.70.138 Name: google.com Address: 173.194.70.113 Name: google.com Address: 173.194.70.100 

I also tried Windows Wireless Drivers, but even it seems to have installed the Driver, it doesn’t change anything.

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