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    Re: Dell Latitude D610, Ubuntu 11.10, and BCM4306 No Wireless

    Quote Originally Posted by thesheckies View Post
    hope mint has enough tech support if i need it. will see i guess
    thanks
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    Re: Dell Latitude D610, Ubuntu 11.10, and BCM4306 No Wireless

    I was going to start a new thread but this is the exact problem I'm having. I've followed these instructions:

    Quote Originally Posted by chili555 View Post
    I made a mistake and I apologize. Nothing worse than an old newbie!

    Please do:
    Code:
    sudo mkdir /lib/firmware/b43
    sudo cp Desktop/b43/* /lib/firmware/b43
    sudo modprobe -r b43
    sudo modprobe b43
    Be sure that the firmware made it this time:
    Code:
    ls -al /lib/firmware/b43
    If it went well, you should have wireless and should see many lines like:You don't have to post it; just confirm it's there.
    However I'm still not getting wifi.

    When I run
    Code:
    dmesg | grep b43
    rfkill list all
    I get the following:
    Code:
    0: phy0: Wireless LAN
             Soft blocked: no
             Hard blocked: yes
    I've tried using the fn + F2 key combo to turn on the wifi but that doesn't seem to do anything.

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    Re: Dell Latitude D610, Ubuntu 11.10, and BCM4306 No Wireless

    Quote Originally Posted by unabatedshagie View Post
    I was going to start a new thread but this is the exact problem I'm having. I've followed these instructions:



    However I'm still not getting wifi.

    When I run
    Code:
    dmesg | grep b43
    rfkill list all
    I get the following:
    Code:
    0: phy0: Wireless LAN
             Soft blocked: no
             Hard blocked: yes
    I've tried using the fn + F2 key combo to turn on the wifi but that doesn't seem to do anything.
    You might post the the outputs of the following commands

    lspci -nn | grep 0280

    and
    lsmod

    showing the wireless card and the loaded modules, by the way those are little "L's" not ones.

    Also, is the a Dell too?

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    Re: Dell Latitude D610, Ubuntu 11.10, and BCM4306 No Wireless

    Quote Originally Posted by bkratz View Post
    You might post the the outputs of the following commands

    lspci -nn | grep 0280

    and
    lsmod

    showing the wireless card and the loaded modules, by the way those are little "L's" not ones.

    Also, is the a Dell too?
    Yes, it's a Dell Latitude D610

    lspci -nn | grep 0280
    Code:
    03:03.0 Network controller [280]: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG [Calexico2] Network Connection [8086:4220] (rev 05)
    lsmod
    Code:
    Module                  Size  Used by
    uas                    17828  0 
    usb_storage            39646  2 
    b43                   342643  0 
    mac80211              436455  1 b43
    bcma                   25651  1 b43
    ssb                    50691  1 b43
    joydev                 17393  0 
    snd_intel8x0           33455  2 
    snd_ac97_codec        106082  1 snd_intel8x0
    ac97_bus               12642  1 snd_ac97_codec
    snd_pcm                80845  2 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_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
    pcmcia                 39791  0 
    ipw2200               146241  0 
    snd_timer              28931  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
    snd_seq_device         14172  3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
    libipw                 46701  1 ipw2200
    dell_laptop            17767  0 
    ppdev                  12849  0 
    rfcomm                 38139  0 
    cfg80211              178679  4 b43,mac80211,ipw2200,libipw
    bnep                   17830  2 
    bluetooth             158438  10 rfcomm,bnep
    yenta_socket           27465  0 
    dcdbas                 14098  1 dell_laptop
    psmouse                86486  0 
    pcmcia_rsrc            18367  1 yenta_socket
    lib80211               14040  2 ipw2200,libipw
    snd                    62064  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
    i915                  419110  2 
    parport_pc             32114  1 
    soundcore              14635  1 snd
    snd_page_alloc         14108  2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
    serio_raw              13027  0 
    mac_hid                13077  0 
    drm_kms_helper         45466  1 i915
    drm                   197599  3 i915,drm_kms_helper
    i2c_algo_bit           13199  1 i915
    video                  19068  1 i915
    lp                     17455  0 
    parport                40930  3 ppdev,parport_pc,lp
    tg3                   141369  0

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    Re: Dell Latitude D610, Ubuntu 11.10, and BCM4306 No Wireless

    [QUOTE=unabatedshagie;12276154]Yes, it's a Dell Latitude D610

    lspci -nn | grep 0280
    Code:
    03:03.0 Network controller [280]: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG [Calexico2] Network Connection [8086:4220] (rev 05)
    Well, we probably will need to end up removing all the b43 module stuff, since b43 in used only for Broadcom devices. The Intel versions are usually a part of the kernel and work without additional effort. We probably should wait for Dr. Chili to return and see if he wants to remove the dell-laptop module just to see the effect. He is the expert and monitors all his old threads, so it will just be a matter of time. If he does not return, we will probably go ahead, but it would be in your best interest to wait a bit.

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    Re: Dell Latitude D610, Ubuntu 11.10, and BCM4306 No Wireless

    Please do:
    Code:
    sudo gedit /etc/modules
    If b43 is in there, remove it. If there are multiple listings, remove all of the b43s. Next do:
    Code:
    sudo modprobe -r dell-laptop
    sudo rfkill unblock all
    Does your wireless work now? If so, we'll blacklist dell-laptop.
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    Re: Dell Latitude D610, Ubuntu 11.10, and BCM4306 No Wireless

    [/b]sudo gedit /etc/modules[/b]

    Contains some commented out lines of code then the only thing that's uncommented is the letters lp

    Ran the other two commands but nothing changed.

    I should have mentioned (as I didn't realize this was an older thread) it's the latest LTS I'm trying this with (12.4.1)

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    Re: Dell Latitude D610, Ubuntu 11.10, and BCM4306 No Wireless

    Please run:
    Code:
    sudo rfkill unblock all
    rfkill list all
    sudo iwlist eth1 scan
    Contains some commented out lines of code then the only thing that's uncommented is the letters lp
    Perfect!
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    Re: Dell Latitude D610, Ubuntu 11.10, and BCM4306 No Wireless

    Quote Originally Posted by chili555 View Post
    Please run:
    Code:
    sudo rfkill unblock all
    rfkill list all
    sudo iwlist eth1 scan
    Perfect!
    rfkill list all
    Code:
    0: phy0: Wireless LAN
                 Soft blocked: no
                 Hard blocked: yes
    sudo iwlist eth1 scan
    Code:
    eth1       No scan results

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    Re: Dell Latitude D610, Ubuntu 11.10, and BCM4306 No Wireless

    0: phy0: Wireless LAN
    Soft blocked: no
    Hard blocked: yes
    It looks like there is a hardware switch that has your wireless turned off. Can you please find it and switch it on?
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