Ubuntu 11.10 no wireless

[Padwick]

Ok. I've read most of what has been available on internet about now, and i still haven't been able to get a wireless conn working. I've recently installed Ubuntu 11.10, my computer is a HP Pavillion ZD8000, my wireless card is a Broadcom Corp BCM4318. And yes, i'm a total newbie...

Ive been trying to install b43-fwcutter and it seems ok but nothing comes up i 'additional drivers'.

Please help me. I'm running a wired conn now.

What do you need?

Noone? Im kinda stuck. Pleeease?

[wildmanne39]

Hi arvindg14, looks like you figured out how to post the information here, also refer to my previous post and it will tell you how to put the commands into the terminal and you will not have to worry about typing the commands that way you will have no typos.
Thanks

[wildmanne39]

Noone? Im kinda stuck. Pleeease?

Hi, please post the output of the commands in post 119.
Thanks

[arvindg14]

Hello Wildmanne39,
I have posted the results in post 121. Could you suggest what should i do next?
Thanks
Arvind

[praseodym]

Hi,

you had typos there. You can c/p the commands, if neccessary.

"Tx-Power = off" means, there is a button, switch, key, or key combination to activate the wireless. Also check you BIOS if it can be activated there. Maybe resetting the BIOS?!

[wildmanne39]

Hi arvindg14, yes I saw what you posted but not all commands were typed into the terminal correctly and my reference to my previous post was to get you to go back and read where I wrote copy and paste the commands into the terminal that makes it easier on you and usually insures accuracy.

This is the command that did not come out right:

lspci -nnk | grep -iA2 net

Thanks

[Padwick]

Thanks. Ok, here goes.

                                   
cat /etc/lsb-release; uname -a 
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu 
 DISTRIB_RELEASE=11.10 
 DISTRIB_CODENAME=oneiric 
 DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 11.10" 
 Linux biffen-Pavilion-zd8000-EL026EA-AK8 3.0.0-15-generic #26-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jan 20 15:59:53 UTC 2012 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux 

lspci -nnk | grep -iA2 net 
0b:02.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ [10ec:8139] (rev 10) 
     Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:3082] 
     Kernel driver in use: 8139too 
 -- 
 0b:03.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:4318] (rev 02) 
     Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Broadcom 802.11b/g WLAN [103c:1356] 
     Kernel driver in use: b43-pci-bridge 

iwconfig 
lo        no wireless extensions. 
eth0      no wireless extensions. 

rfkill list all 
0: hci
0: Bluetooth 
Soft blocked: no 
Hard blocked: no 
1: hp-wifi: Wireless LAN 
Soft blocked: no 
Hard blocked: no 
2: hp-bluetooth: Bluetooth 
Soft blocked: no 
Hard blocked: no
 
lsmod 
Module                  Size  Used by 
 bnep                   17923  2  
 rfcomm                 38408  8  
 parport_pc             32114  0  
 ppdev                  12849  0  
 joydev                 17393  0  
 hp_wmi                 13652  0  
 sparse_keymap          13658  1 hp_wmi 
 binfmt_misc            17292  1  
 snd_intel8x0           33318  2  
 snd_ac97_codec        106082  1 snd_intel8x0 
 ac97_bus               12642  1 snd_ac97_codec 
 snd_pcm                80435  2 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec 
 snd_seq_midi           13132  0  
 snd_rawmidi            25241  1 snd_seq_midi 
 snd_seq_midi_event     14475  1 snd_seq_midi 
 pcmcia                 39822  0  
 snd_seq                51567  2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event 
 btusb                  18160  2  
 bluetooth             148839  23 bnep,rfcomm,btusb 
 snd_timer              28932  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq 
 psmouse                73673  0  
 serio_raw              12990  0  
 snd_seq_device         14172  3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq 
 video                  18908  0  
 tifm_7xx1              12937  0  
 tifm_core              15040  1 tifm_7xx1 
 wmi                    18744  1 hp_wmi 
 yenta_socket           27428  0  
 pcmcia_rsrc            18367  1 yenta_socket 
 snd                    55902  11 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device 
 pcmcia_core            21511  3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,pcmcia_rsrc 
 radeon                925178  3  
 ttm                    65224  1 radeon 
 drm_kms_helper         32889  1 radeon 
 soundcore              12600  1 snd 
 drm                   192194  5 radeon,ttm,drm_kms_helper 
 snd_page_alloc         14115  2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm 
 i2c_algo_bit           13199  1 radeon 
 lp                     17455  0  
 parport                40930  3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp 
 8139too                23283  0  
 8139cp                 22636  0  
 firewire_ohci          35854  0  
 sdhci_pci              13658  0  
 ssb                    50682  0  
 firewire_core          56937  1 firewire_ohci 
 sdhci                  27360  1 sdhci_pci 
 crc_itu_t              12627  1 firewire_core

[wildmanne39]

Hi, if you have an internet connection run this command please:

sudo apt-get install b43-fwcutter firmware-b43-installer

then reboot and it should be working.
Thanks

[Chasmo]

charlie@charlie-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get install b43-fwcutter firmware-b43-installer
[sudo] password for charlie:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Couldn't find package firmware-b43-installer
charlie@charlie-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get purge bcmwl-kernel-source broadcom-sta-common broadcom-sta-source
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package bcmwl-kernel-source is not installed, so not removed
Package broadcom-sta-common is not installed, so not removed
Package broadcom-sta-source is not installed, so not removed
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
linux-headers-2.6.32-33-generic fakeroot diffstat debhelper module-assistant
linux-headers-2.6.32-33 intltool-debian g++-4.4 quilt po-debconf
libstdc++6-4.4-dev g++ libmail-sendmail-perl gettext cvs dpkg-dev xz-utils
html2text patch libsys-hostname-long-perl build-essential
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
charlie@charlie-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get install b43-fwcutter firmware-b43-installer
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
b43-fwcutter is already the newest version.
E: Couldn't find package firmware-b43-installer
charlie@charlie-laptop:~$


So why wont it find... E: Couldn't find package firmware-b43-installer

[wildmanne39]

Hi Chasmo, did you have an internet connection when you tried that command? please post the output of:

cat /etc/lsb-release; uname -a
lspci -nnk | grep -iA2 net
iwconfig
rfkill list all
lsmod

here by clicking on new reply and click # and paste the information between the brackets.
Thank you