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    Broadcom BCM4318

    Hi!

    I loaded 12.10 on an old compaq presario v5000.

    I haves wired but no wireless.

    I've been working on this for 4 hours.

    Can you help me?

    Thanks!

    KegHead

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    Re: Wireless not working

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    Last edited by ahallubuntu; July 1st, 2013 at 01:46 AM.

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    Re: Wireless not working

    Hi!

    I finally solved.

    I was splitting two terminal commands!

    Thank you for your kind response.

    KegHead

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    Re: Wireless not working

    Hi!

    I spoke too soon!

    Restarted and lost wifi connection.

    Thanks in advance.

    Code:
    jim@jim-Presario-V5000-RG326UA-ABA:~$ sudo lshw -C network
    [sudo] password for jim: 
      *-network:0 UNCLAIMED   
           description: Network controller
           product: BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller
           vendor: Broadcom Corporation
           physical id: 2
           bus info: pci@0000:06:02.0
           version: 02
           width: 32 bits
           clock: 33MHz
           capabilities: bus_master
           configuration: latency=64
           resources: memory:d0200000-d0201fff
      *-network:1
           description: Ethernet interface
           product: RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+
           vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
           physical id: 6
           bus info: pci@0000:06:06.0
           logical name: eth0
           version: 10
           serial: 00:16:d4:40:f3:a3
           size: 100Mbit/s
           capacity: 100Mbit/s
           width: 32 bits
           clock: 33MHz
           capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
           configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=8139too driverversion=0.9.28 duplex=full ip=192.168.1.122 latency=128 link=yes maxlatency=64 mingnt=32 multicast=yes port=MII speed=100Mbit/s
           resources: irq:22 ioport:a000(size=256) memory:d0202000-d02020ff
    jim@jim-Presario-V5000-RG326UA-ABA:~$ lspci
    00:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI RS480 Host Bridge (rev 01)
    00:01.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI RS480 PCI Bridge
    00:05.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI RS480 PCI Bridge
    00:13.0 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI IXP SB400 USB Host Controller
    00:13.1 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI IXP SB400 USB Host Controller
    00:13.2 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI IXP SB400 USB2 Host Controller
    00:14.0 SMBus: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI IXP SB400 SMBus Controller (rev 11)
    00:14.1 IDE interface: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI IXP SB400 IDE Controller
    00:14.3 ISA bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI IXP SB400 PCI-ISA Bridge
    00:14.4 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI IXP SB400 PCI-PCI Bridge
    00:14.5 Multimedia audio controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI IXP SB400 AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02)
    00:14.6 Modem: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI IXP SB400 AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 02)
    00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
    00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
    00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
    00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
    01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI Radeon XPRESS 200M 5955 (PCIE)
    06:02.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02)
    06:06.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
    jim@jim-Presario-V5000-RG326UA-ABA:~$ iwconfig
    lo        no wireless extensions.
    
    eth0      no wireless extensions.
    
    jim@jim-Presario-V5000-RG326UA-ABA:~$ rfkill list all
    0: hp-wifi: Wireless LAN
        Soft blocked: no
        Hard blocked: no
    jim@jim-Presario-V5000-RG326UA-ABA:~$
    Last edited by mörgæs; February 9th, 2013 at 12:17 AM. Reason: Please use CODE tags.

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    Re: Wireless not working

    Does it return if you do a

    sudo modprobe b43

    ?

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