Wifi not working on my HP Pavilion dv6000 laptop.

[emb3abc]

Hi, Down load this zip file to your jump drive then drag and drop the file to your desktop. Right-click it and select Extract Here. Open a terminal and do:

sudo mkdir /lib/firmware/b43
sudo cp Desktop/b43/*  /lib/firmware/b43
sudo rmmod -f b43
sudo rmmod -f ssb
sudo modprobe b43

make sure your wired connection is not connected even though it is not currently working. This should get your wireless working.
Thank you

I did this with my dv6233se and it gave me a warning saying that All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist, it will be ignored in a future release.
Still no wireless!
Thank you for your help in advance.

[fremont94536]

Hello Ubuntu problem solvers - I need your help.
I am using Ubuntu 10.04 on the HP Pavilion dv6000. The wireless is not working. No change in the wireless light with change of switch position (remains red/orange)

[northd_tech]

Hello Ubuntu problem solvers - I need your help.
I am using Ubuntu 10.04 on the HP Pavilion dv6000. The wireless is not working. No change in the wireless light with change of switch position (remains red/orange)

While yours is probably a Broadcom 4311 wireless too (being a HP DV6000 laptop), will you copy/paste the output of the following terminal commands here to check which type of wireless you have:

lspci -vvnn | grep 14e4
sudo lshw -C network
lsmod
dmesg | egrep 'b4|ssb|wl|irmware'

You can either use the menu: Applications > Accessories > Terminal or else press Ctrl-Alt-T on the keyboard for a terminal window. Most of those commands are quite picky about punctuation, so it is probably best to copy/paste the commands in the terminal window as well to prevent typos.

[macjav]

I have the same problem and I followed the instructions but still cannot get the wireless to work.

The iwconfig gives me this:

lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:off/any
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=off
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:off

HELP!!

[wildmanne39]

Hi, welcome to the forum! Please open a terminal ctrl+alt+t copy and paste the following commands into it one line at a time, then paste the results here:

cat /etc/lsb-release; uname -a
lspci -nnk | grep -iA2 net
iwconfig
rfkill list all
lsmod

by clicking on new reply and click # and paste the information between the brackets.
Thank you

[macjav]

cat /etc/lsb-release; uname -a

DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=11.10
DISTRIB_CODENAME=oneiric
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 11.10"
Linux swcadmin-HP-Pavilion-dv6000-RG266UA-ABA 3.0.0-14-generic #23-Ubuntu SMP Mon Nov 21 20:28:43 UTC 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
swcadmin@swcadmin-HP-Pavilion-dv6000-RG266UA-ABA:~$ lspci -nnk | grep -iA2 net
00:14.0 Bridge [0680]: nVidia Corporation MCP51 Ethernet Controller [10de:0269] (rev a3)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Presario V6133CL [103c:30b7]
Kernel driver in use: forcedeth
--
03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN [14e4:4311] (rev 01)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company BCM4311 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller [103c:1363]
Kernel driver in use: b43-pci-bridge

iwconfig

lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:off/any
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=off
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:off

rfkill list all

0: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: yes
1: hp-wifi: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: yes


lsmod

Module Size Used by
parport_pc 36962 0
vesafb 13809 1
ppdev 17113 0
snd_hda_codec_conexant 62197 1
joydev 17693 0
hp_wmi 18092 0
sparse_keymap 13890 1 hp_wmi
rfcomm 47946 0
bnep 18436 2
bluetooth 166112 10 rfcomm,bnep
snd_hda_intel 33390 2
snd_hda_codec 104802 2 snd_hda_codec_conexant,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep 13668 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm 96714 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
snd_seq_midi 13324 0
snd_rawmidi 30547 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 14899 1 snd_seq_midi
arc4 12529 2
nvidia 8107305 37
snd_seq 61896 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
psmouse 73882 0
r852 18277 0
sm_common 16865 1 r852
nand 54965 2 r852,sm_common
serio_raw 13166 0
nand_ids 12723 1 nand
nand_bch 13147 1 nand
r592 18144 0
bch 22061 1 nand_bch
k8temp 13057 0
nand_ecc 13230 1 nand
edac_core 53746 0
snd_timer 29991 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 14540 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
memstick 16569 1 r592
edac_mce_amd 23709 0
mtd 33181 2 sm_common,nand
b43 341198 0
snd 68266 13 snd_hda_codec_conexant,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec ,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,s nd_seq_device
mac80211 462092 1 b43
soundcore 12680 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 18529 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
cfg80211 199587 2 b43,mac80211
nv_tco 13687 0
i2c_nforce2 13058 0
binfmt_misc 17540 1
wmi 19256 1 hp_wmi
video 19412 0
lp 17799 0
parport 46562 3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp
firewire_ohci 40722 0
firewire_core 63626 1 firewire_ohci
sdhci_pci 14032 0
sdhci 32166 1 sdhci_pci
forcedeth 67563 0
crc_itu_t 12707 1 firewire_core
pata_amd 14121 0
sata_nv 32305 2
ssb 52752 1 b43

[wildmanne39]

Hi, the information you posted says your hardware switch is off, you can turn it on usually with a switch or a key like fn f2 for example.
Thanks

[macjav]

Hi, the information you posted says your hardware switch is off, you can turn it on usually with a switch or a key like fn f2 for example.
Thanks

This HP dv6000 has a switch (front left corner near the status lights) - I switched it ON since the beginning.

[macjav]

This HP dv6000 has a switch (front left corner near the status lights) - I switched it ON since the beginning.

Is there another way to enable the power for the WiFi?

All I can see is this power switch.

[wildmanne39]

Hi, try this please:
Unplug your wired connection then run:

rmmod -f b43
rfkill unblock all
modprobe b43

if this works we may have to make it permanent.
Thanks