No Wireless on HP Pavilion dv5

[emmanuelchavez]

Hi all. New to the forum/community/ubuntu. I've recently decided to do a clean-install of Ubuntu 9.10 onto my laptop, rather than forking out unnecessary amounts of cash on Windows 7. I tried Ubuntu once before on a dell laptop, a couple of years ago, but removed it for my inability to get wireless working. I've spent an incredible amount of time trying to find a way to get things working, but I've seen no results, where other people have.

running the lspci -v command i get:

03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 02)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 3602
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 31
I/O ports at 6000 [size=256]
Memory at d1410000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=4K]
Memory at d1400000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=64K]
Expansion ROM at d1420000 [disabled] [size=64K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: r8169
Kernel modules: r8169



I've also tried going to System -> Administration -> Hardware Drivers. I have the option of activating 'Broadcom STA wireless driver'. However, when I click activate, then type my password to authorize, it still remains inactive, even after restarting.


Currently, I'm using a wired connection. Can anyone offer any type of solution? My Vista recovery CDs decided they weren't going to work... so I'm left with only Ubuntu as an OS (plus, I never want to go back to Vista)

I'd really like to get wireless working before I have to go to school tomorrow... considering how I have a ton of online assignments.

Any help is appreciated. Many thanks!

[emmanuelchavez]

nothing?

[mikewhatever]

Basically, you need to hook up a cable and install the required packages manually. Check out the guide.

http://www.ubuntumini.com/2009/11/br...in-karmic.html

[emmanuelchavez]

You are awesome! Thank you! It took a couple of tries to get it, but it's finally working.

[sioux_cyclist]

Hi everyone. I am VERY new to this Ubuntu forum and...well...forums in general but I'm really hoping you smart guys/gals can help me out here.

I have an HP Pavilion dv5 on which I installed Ubuntu 9.10 and I CANNOT get this stinkin' wireless working. When I run "lshw -C network" this is what comes up:

*-network UNCLAIMED
description: Network controller
product: BCM4312 802.11b/g
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
version: 01
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=0
resources: memory:db600000-db603fff
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller
vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
logical name: eth0
version: 02
serial: 00:23:8b:89:5b:b6
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list rom ethernet physical
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=2.3LK-NAPI ip=192.168.1.109 latency=0 multicast=yes
resources: irq:31 ioport:6000(size=256) memory:d1410000-d1410fff(prefetchable) memory:d1400000-d140ffff(prefetchable) memory:d1420000-d142ffff(prefetchable)

In System>Administration>Hardware Drivers I have the Broadcom STA Wireless driver selected and at the bottom it says, "This driver is active but not currently in use." with a green light next to it.

I really hope that all aids in the diagnosis.

[sioux_cyclist]

All is well. This is what worked for me: Did a fresh install, got a wired connection, ran the update manager (System>Administration>Update Manager), opened a terminal and ran:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

Then followed directions below. Although, I'm not totally sure the two command lines did anything or if the first two links provided were necessary after running the update manager, but I ran them out anyway to be sure.

Originally Posted by kut77less
Well it worked!!!!

But I did it a different way. I downloaded

dpkg-dev (and some dependencies for it)

http://packages.ubuntu.com/karmic/dpkg-dev

http://packages.ubuntu.com/karmic/patch

And then I ran

Code:
sudo dpkg-reconfigure bcmwl-kernel-source
And Then

Code:
sudo modprobe -r b43 ssb wl
sudo modprobe wl
It finally worked.

Thanks for all your help.