Broadcom BCM4312

**chili555** · April 19th, 2014

Originally Posted by windowsfree

sorry -- no.

thanks.

I think you meant, "Sadly, old Chili made a mistake." Oops, sorry for my misstep.

Code:

sudo modprobe -r ideapad-laptop
sudo rfkill unblock all
rfkill list all

With my apologies, please try again.

**windowsfree** · April 19th, 2014

no problem, i followed your steps and see attachments.

**windowsfree** · April 19th, 2014

Originally Posted by chili555

I think you meant, "Sadly, old Chili made a mistake." Oops, sorry for my misstep.

Code:

sudo modprobe -r ideapad-laptop
sudo rfkill unblock all
rfkill list all

With my apologies, please try again.

Well I have to say, that fixed it.
Thank you. I appreciate it very much.

**chili555** · April 19th, 2014

Originally Posted by windowsfree

Well I have to say, that fixed it.
Thank you. I appreciate it very much.

No, as I said, it isn't fixed until Chili says we're done. Let's make it persistent.

Code:

sudo -i
echo "blacklist ideapad-laptop"  >>  /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
exit

Also, I notice that iwl3945 is loading. Unless you also have an internal iwl3945 device, it isn't needed and perhaps conflicts. May we see:

Code:

cat /etc/modules

Thanks.

**windowsfree** · April 19th, 2014

thanks, I ran the other code first and attached the output of the last command.
thank you again.

**chili555** · April 19th, 2014

iwl3945 isn't called in /etc/modules, so where does it come from? Did you modprobe it for some reason? Is it still there after a reboot?

**windowsfree** · April 19th, 2014

not sure, i didn't modprobe anything other than what y0u had me do.
should i be doing something else?

After rebooting I am unable to instally synaptic package manager. I get this error:
I tried installing teamviewer also and cannot.
when i try and add other sources, I cannot choose any.
Screenshot - 04192014 - 06:33:42 PM.png

i really appreciate your assistance

**chili555** · April 20th, 2014

I think if you close Synaptic than Software Manager will work; or vice-versa.

**windowsfree** · April 20th, 2014

I know this doesn't belong here but here are the exact screenshots. I did this after restarting the computer.

Any thoughts?

Once again, thank you for your help.

**chili555** · April 20th, 2014

You are far outside my narrow area of expertise. I suggest a question here: http://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=331

Somebody over there has probably seen this before and has a quick fix.