Wifi not working on my HP Pavilion dv6000 laptop.

[jweyenberg]

Thanks! I ran that command and it returned me with an error saying something went wrong in installation. So I found both packages in the Synaptic Package Manager and updated them from there. I restarted my computer after this, and I still have no wifi. What should I try next?

[jweyenberg]

Update: I ran that command again and didn't receive the same error message. Instead, I was told both packages are already the updated version. I still have no wifi, however.

[wildmanne39]

Hi, run these commands now that you have installed the driver and firmware.

dmesg | grep wlan0

sudo iwlist scan

lsmod | grep b43

dmesg | grep b43

and post the results here.
Than you

[jweyenberg]

The only one of those commands that returned any output at all was the second. The output was:

lo        Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0      Interface doesn't support scanning.

easytether0  Interface doesn't support scanning.

The other commands just took me to a slightly different input interface (or whatever the term is for having more after my computer name when I input something into the terminal) or simply did nothing at all. Is that normal?

[wildmanne39]

Hi, no it is not normal, it looks like your driver is still not loaded,please post the results of these commands.

lsmod

cat /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

Thank you

[jweyenberg]

The results are:

Module                  Size  Used by
nls_iso8859_1          12617  0 
nls_cp437              12751  0 
vfat                   17335  0 
fat                    55505  1 vfat
usb_storage            43946  0 
uas                    17676  0 
parport_pc             32111  0 
ppdev                  12849  0 
snd_hda_codec_conexant    43782  1 
joydev                 17322  0 
binfmt_misc            13213  1 
snd_hda_intel          24140  2 
snd_hda_codec          90901  2 snd_hda_codec_conexant,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep              13274  1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm                80042  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
snd_seq_midi           13132  0 
nouveau               621970  2 
hp_wmi                 13418  0 
snd_rawmidi            25269  1 snd_seq_midi
sparse_keymap          13666  1 hp_wmi
snd_seq_midi_event     14475  1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq                51291  2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
ttm                    65184  1 nouveau
drm_kms_helper         40745  1 nouveau
snd_timer              28659  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device         14110  3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
wl                   2642531  0 
snd                    55295  13 snd_hda_codec_conexant,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
psmouse                73312  0 
drm                   180037  4 nouveau,ttm,drm_kms_helper
r852                   17878  0 
sm_common              16737  1 r852
nand                   49822  2 r852,sm_common
nand_ids                8547  1 nand
nand_ecc               13070  1 nand
i2c_algo_bit           13184  1 nouveau
k8temp                 12872  0 
lib80211               14570  1 wl
serio_raw              12990  0 
soundcore              12600  1 snd
mtd                    26720  2 sm_common,nand
nv_tco                 13331  0 
snd_page_alloc         14073  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
i2c_nforce2            12906  0 
video                  18951  1 nouveau
lp                     13349  0 
parport                36746  3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp
firewire_ohci          31504  0 
firewire_core          56138  1 firewire_ohci
sdhci_pci              13623  0 
sata_nv                23176  2 
crc_itu_t              12627  1 firewire_core
sdhci                  22720  1 sdhci_pci
forcedeth              58190  0 
pata_amd               13762

and:

bash: cat/: No such file or directory

Thanks again for all the help!

[wildmanne39]

Hi, please copy and paste the last command into the terminal, you left out a space.
Thank you

[jweyenberg]

Oh wow I'm sorry I don't know how that happened. Here's the real output:

# This file lists those modules which we don't want to be loaded by
# alias expansion, usually so some other driver will be loaded for the
# device instead.

# evbug is a debug tool that should be loaded explicitly
blacklist evbug

# these drivers are very simple, the HID drivers are usually preferred
blacklist usbmouse
blacklist usbkbd

# replaced by e100
blacklist eepro100

# replaced by tulip
blacklist de4x5

# causes no end of confusion by creating unexpected network interfaces
blacklist eth1394

# snd_intel8x0m can interfere with snd_intel8x0, doesn't seem to support much
# hardware on its own (Ubuntu bug #2011, #6810)
blacklist snd_intel8x0m

# Conflicts with dvb driver (which is better for handling this device)
blacklist snd_aw2

# causes failure to suspend on HP compaq nc6000 (Ubuntu: #10306)
blacklist i2c_i801

# replaced by p54pci
blacklist prism54

# replaced by b43 and ssb.
blacklist bcm43xx

# most apps now use garmin usb driver directly (Ubuntu: #114565)
blacklist garmin_gps

# replaced by asus-laptop (Ubuntu: #184721)
blacklist asus_acpi

# low-quality, just noise when being used for sound playback, causes
# hangs at desktop session start (Ubuntu: #246969)
blacklist snd_pcsp

# ugly and loud noise, getting on everyone's nerves; this should be done by a
# nice pulseaudio bing (Ubuntu: #77010)
blacklist pcspkr

# EDAC driver for amd76x clashes with the agp driver preventing the aperture
# from being initialised (Ubuntu: #297750). Blacklist so that the driver
# continues to build and is installable for the few cases where its
# really needed.
blacklist amd76x_edac

[wildmanne39]

Hi, no problem.
Try this command please:

sudo modprobe b43

You do have a wired connection right?

Please unplug the wired connection before you run that command and give it a minute to see if it worked.

There are no modules loading for your card, so they are either not installed or installed or not working for some reason.
Thank you

[jweyenberg]

Wow, that worked immediately! Thank you so much! Is there anything I should do to make sure this doesn't happen again, or was it just some weird fluke? Thanks again, you've been an amazing help!