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    WIFI issues Broadcom

    Hello dear All,

    I am absolutely lost and I would like to ask advise. After upgrading to Ubuntu 12.04 my Broadcom WIFI driver stopped working.
    I tried ndiswrapper with a windows driver, I also tried activating the driver as in previous comments, I tried also different distributions, but the driver is not active and wifi is not working. My expert friend also blacklisted the driver and reactivated, but no change.

    These are the details:
    Broadcom Corporation BCM4313 802.11b/g/n Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:4727] (rev 01)

    It shows : wireless disabled by hardware switch. However I triple checked and the physical switch in ON. I switched ON/OFF not working. On some distros it is not even showing this, it just not showing any wireless options.
    Else : networking works fine from ethernet cable and 3G stick.

    Does anybody have any idea??
    THANK YOU IN ADVANCE.

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    Re: WIFI issues Broadcom

    Uninstall ndiswrapper as it will prevent anything else working and is pretty much superseded by b43.

    Did you do an update with the ethernet cable in? If not, uninstall ndiswrapper and do that, then check Additional Drivers.

    If there's nothing there, try installing b43-fwcutter and firmware-b43-installer.

    You may need to log out or restart to get the changes to happen.

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    Re: WIFI issues Broadcom

    Quote Originally Posted by tyatyi View Post
    I tried ndiswrapper with a windows driver, I also tried activating the driver as in previous comments, I tried also different distributions, but the driver is not active and wifi is not working. My expert friend also blacklisted the driver and reactivated, but no change.

    These are the details:
    Broadcom Corporation BCM4313 802.11b/g/n Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:4727] (rev 01)
    Hi ,
    the wireless card you have is supposed to work out of the box in 12.04 . You not need any restricted drivers and especially you don't need this ndiswrapper.

    Please follow bellow commands to remove completely this ndiswrapper thing

    Code:
    sudo modprobe -rf ndiswrapper 
    sudo apt-get remove --purge ndiswrapper-common ndiswrapper-utils-1.9 ndisgtk sudo rm /etc/modprobe.d/ndiswrapper.conf 
    sudo rm -r /etc/ndiswrapper/*  
    sudo depmod -a
    Then take a look here => http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1985698

    Thanks

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    Re: WIFI issues Broadcom

    hello!! thank you.

    ndiswrapper is removed as I am currently on a brand new installation of Mint.

    I tried the code what suggested on the attached link:, and this was returned

    0: ideapad_wlan: Wireless LAN
    Soft blocked: no
    Hard blocked: no
    1: ideapad_bluetooth: Bluetooth
    Soft blocked: yes
    Hard blocked: no
    2: brcmwl-0: Wireless LAN
    Soft blocked: no
    Hard blocked: yes

    What exactly is Hard blocked: yes means? Can it mean that my physical switch might be faulty? It is switched on for sure..

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    Re: WIFI issues Broadcom

    Hard blocked means that wireless is of , but maybe we have a conflict here. (like the other thread I gave you).

    Let us see some extra info.

    Please open a terminal (CTRL+ALT+T) and execute bellow commands with order. (Active Internet connection required)

    Code:
    wget "http://ubuntuone.com/1kKCgeRTZHszxUdsSEekYz" -O ~/wirelessinfo
    chmod +x wirelessinfo
    sudo ./wirelessinfo
    The last command will produce a file named netinfo.txt inside your /home folder.
    Click on "New Reply" and attach the file. See here on how to attach a file

    Above is a script for debugging proposes. All your sensitive-personal data are hidden for security reasons.

    Thanks

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    Re: WIFI issues Broadcom

    Thank you I attached the file. I appreciate your help
    Attached Files Attached Files

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    Re: WIFI issues Broadcom

    You have this wl driver installed and enabled. This is the additional driver . Try to remove it.

    Code:
    sudo apt-get remove --purge bcmwl-kernel-source
    Then reboot and check the wireless again.

    If not working , give the results of
    Code:
    lspci -nnk | grep -iA2 net 
    lsmod
    dmesg | grep -ie net -ie firm -ie b43 -ie wlan -ie eth
    Thanks

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    Re: WIFI issues Broadcom

    Hello,
    after removal and reboot, the wireless is still disabled, no reaction on anything.
    This is the results of the code:

    tyatyi@tyatyi-Lenovo ~ $ lspci -nnk | grep -iA2 net
    05:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller [10ec:8136] (rev 02)
    Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:3926]
    Kernel driver in use: r8169
    --
    09:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4313 802.11b/g/n Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:4727] (rev 01)
    Subsystem: Broadcom Corporation Device [14e4:0510]
    Kernel driver in use: brcmsmac
    tyatyi@tyatyi-Lenovo ~ $ lsmod
    Module Size Used by
    nls_iso8859_1 12617 1
    nls_cp437 12751 1
    vfat 17308 1
    fat 55605 1 vfat
    bcma 25651 0
    arc4 12473 2
    snd_hda_codec_realtek 174055 1
    brcmsmac 540875 0
    mac80211 436455 1 brcmsmac
    uvcvideo 67203 0
    videodev 86588 1 uvcvideo
    joydev 17393 0
    psmouse 87140 0
    brcmutil 14675 1 brcmsmac
    bnep 17830 2
    parport_pc 32114 0
    snd_hda_intel 32765 3
    ppdev 12849 0
    bluetooth 158438 7 bnep
    snd_hda_codec 109562 2 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
    serio_raw 13027 0
    snd_hwdep 13276 1 snd_hda_codec
    snd_pcm 80845 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
    snd_seq_midi 13132 0
    snd_rawmidi 25424 1 snd_seq_midi
    snd_seq_midi_event 14475 1 snd_seq_midi
    snd_seq 51567 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
    cfg80211 178679 2 brcmsmac,mac80211
    binfmt_misc 17292 1
    crc8 12781 1 brcmsmac
    ideapad_laptop 17890 0
    snd_timer 28931 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
    cordic 12487 1 brcmsmac
    sparse_keymap 13658 1 ideapad_laptop
    snd_seq_device 14172 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
    i915 414568 2
    snd 62064 15 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec, snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,sn d_seq_device
    drm_kms_helper 45466 1 i915
    drm 197692 3 i915,drm_kms_helper
    wmi 18744 0
    i2c_algo_bit 13199 1 i915
    soundcore 14635 1 snd
    snd_page_alloc 14115 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
    mac_hid 13077 0
    video 19068 1 i915
    lp 17455 0
    parport 40930 3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp
    usbhid 41906 0
    ums_realtek 17920 0
    hid 77367 1 usbhid
    uas 17699 0
    r8169 56321 0
    usb_storage 39646 2 ums_realtek
    tyatyi@tyatyi-Lenovo ~ $ dmesg | grep -ie net -ie firm -ie b43 -ie wlan -ie eth
    [ 0.000000] Transmeta GenuineTMx86
    [ 0.172640] NET: Registered protocol family 16
    [ 0.767295] ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0._OSC] (Node f44240d8), AE_ALREADY_EXISTS (20110623/psparse-536)
    [ 0.767323] ACPI: Marking method _OSC as Serialized because of AE_ALREADY_EXISTS error
    [ 0.773993] pci 0000:00:1f.0: [Firmware Bug]: TigerPoint LPC.BM_STS cleared
    [ 0.782108] ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0._OSC] (Node f44240d8), AE_ALREADY_EXISTS (20110623/psparse-536)
    [ 0.782373] ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0._OSC] (Node f44240d8), AE_ALREADY_EXISTS (20110623/psparse-536)
    [ 0.797149] i2c-core: driver [aat2870] using legacy suspend method
    [ 0.797157] i2c-core: driver [aat2870] using legacy resume method
    [ 0.799477] NetLabel: Initializing
    [ 0.799484] NetLabel: domain hash size = 128
    [ 0.799489] NetLabel: protocols = UNLABELED CIPSOv4
    [ 0.799524] NetLabel: unlabeled traffic allowed by default
    [ 0.885683] NET: Registered protocol family 2
    [ 0.887918] NET: Registered protocol family 1
    [ 0.889208] audit: initializing netlink socket (disabled)
    [ 1.641282] NET: Registered protocol family 10
    [ 1.642835] NET: Registered protocol family 17
    [ 2.756140] r8169 Gigabit Ethernet driver 2.3LK-NAPI loaded
    [ 2.758176] r8169 0000:05:00.0: eth0: RTL8102e at 0xf803a000, 00:26:9e:fb:71:2a, XID 04e00000 IRQ 43
    [ 15.382347] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
    [ 16.345148] NET: Registered protocol family 31
    [ 16.368354] Bluetooth: BNEP (Ethernet Emulation) ver 1.3
    [ 17.967385] r8169 0000:05:00.0: eth0: link down
    [ 17.968372] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
    [ 17.969801] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
    [ 18.572754] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
    [ 109.973911] r8169 0000:05:00.0: eth0: link up
    [ 109.974627] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
    [ 120.664068] eth0: no IPv6 routers present

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    Re: WIFI issues Broadcom

    Hi ,
    try this
    Code:
    sudo modprobe -rvf bcma
    sudo modprobe -rvf brcmsmac
    Then do
    Code:
    sudo modprobe brcmsmac
    See if wireless works. If yes we have to make it permanent because above is for one session only.

    Thanks

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    Re: WIFI issues Broadcom

    Hello, thank you, I tried the code, unfortunately WIFI still shows unavailable/disabled.

    tyatyi@tyatyi-Lenovo ~ $ sudo modprobe -rvf bcma
    [sudo] password for tyatyi:
    Sorry, try again.
    [sudo] password for tyatyi:
    rmmod /lib/modules/3.2.0-23-generic/kernel/drivers/bcma/bcma.ko
    tyatyi@tyatyi-Lenovo ~ $ sudo modprobe -rvf brcmsmac
    rmmod /lib/modules/3.2.0-23-generic/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmsmac/brcmsmac.ko
    rmmod /lib/modules/3.2.0-23-generic/kernel/net/mac80211/mac80211.ko
    rmmod /lib/modules/3.2.0-23-generic/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmutil/brcmutil.ko
    rmmod /lib/modules/3.2.0-23-generic/kernel/net/wireless/cfg80211.ko
    rmmod /lib/modules/3.2.0-23-generic/kernel/lib/crc8.ko
    rmmod /lib/modules/3.2.0-23-generic/kernel/lib/cordic.ko
    tyatyi@tyatyi-Lenovo ~ $ sudo modprobe brcmsmac
    tyatyi@tyatyi-Lenovo ~ $ ^C
    tyatyi@tyatyi-Lenovo ~ $

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