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    Wireless on Lenovo b570 not working

    I have a Lenovo b570 laptop and I just installed Ubuntu 12.04.
    I can't get my wireless to work and it's driving me nuts.
    I'm not sure how to fix it.
    I've downloaded the wireless driver, but I'm not sure what to do next.

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    Re: Wireless on Lenovo b570 not working

    Hi,

    please show the terminal (CTRL+ALT+T) outputs of these commands:

    Code:
    lspci -nnk | grep -iA2 net
    lsusb
    iwconfig
    rfkill list
    lsmod

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    Re: Wireless on Lenovo b570 not working

    Code:
    ashlii@ashlii-Lenovo-B570:~$ lspci -nnk | grep -iA2 net
    02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4313 802.11b/g/n Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:4727] (rev 01)
        Subsystem: Broadcom Corporation Device [14e4:051b]
        Kernel driver in use: brcmsmac
    --
    03:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller [10ec:8168] (rev 06)
        Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:3975]
        Kernel driver in use: r8169
    ashlii@ashlii-Lenovo-B570:~$ lsusb
    Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
    Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
    Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
    Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
    Bus 001 Device 003: ID 058f:a006 Alcor Micro Corp. 
    Bus 002 Device 003: ID 1c7a:0603 LighTuning Technology Inc. 
    Bus 002 Device 004: ID 0bda:0139 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. 
    ashlii@ashlii-Lenovo-B570:~$ iwconfig
    lo        no wireless extensions.
    
    wlan0     IEEE 802.11bgn  ESSID:off/any  
              Mode:Managed  Access Point: Not-Associated   Tx-Power=off   
              Retry  long limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
              Power Management:off
              
    eth0      no wireless extensions.
    
    ashlii@ashlii-Lenovo-B570:~$ rfkill list
    0: ideapad_wlan: Wireless LAN
        Soft blocked: no
        Hard blocked: yes
    1: phy0: Wireless LAN
        Soft blocked: no
        Hard blocked: yes
    ashlii@ashlii-Lenovo-B570:~$ lsmod
    Module                  Size  Used by
    binfmt_misc            17540  1 
    snd_hda_codec_hdmi     32474  1 
    snd_hda_codec_realtek   223867  1 
    bnep                   18281  2 
    rfcomm                 47604  0 
    bluetooth             180104  10 bnep,rfcomm
    parport_pc             32866  0 
    ppdev                  17113  0 
    joydev                 17693  0 
    nls_iso8859_1          12713  1 
    nls_cp437              16991  1 
    vfat                   17585  1 
    fat                    61512  1 vfat
    wl                   2568210  0 
    lib80211               14381  1 wl
    bcma                   26696  0 
    arc4                   12529  2 
    acer_wmi               28418  0 
    snd_hda_intel          33773  3 
    snd_hda_codec         127706  3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
    snd_hwdep              13668  1 snd_hda_codec
    snd_pcm                97188  3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
    snd_seq_midi           13324  0 
    rts5139               351143  0 
    snd_rawmidi            30748  1 snd_seq_midi
    snd_seq_midi_event     14899  1 snd_seq_midi
    snd_seq                61896  2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
    uvcvideo               72627  0 
    videodev               98259  1 uvcvideo
    v4l2_compat_ioctl32    17128  1 videodev
    brcmsmac              570859  0 
    psmouse                87603  0 
    ideapad_laptop         18234  0 
    snd_timer              29990  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
    mac80211              506816  1 brcmsmac
    snd_seq_device         14540  3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
    serio_raw              13211  0 
    brcmutil               15139  1 brcmsmac
    sparse_keymap          13890  2 acer_wmi,ideapad_laptop
    wmi                    19256  1 acer_wmi
    mac_hid                13253  0 
    cfg80211              205544  2 brcmsmac,mac80211
    crc8                   12893  1 brcmsmac
    i915                  468651  3 
    snd                    78855  16 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
    cordic                 12535  1 brcmsmac
    drm_kms_helper         46978  1 i915
    drm                   242038  4 i915,drm_kms_helper
    i2c_algo_bit           13423  1 i915
    soundcore              15091  1 snd
    video                  19596  1 i915
    mei                    41616  0 
    snd_page_alloc         18529  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
    lp                     17799  0 
    parport                46562  3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp
    r8169                  62099  0

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    Re: Wireless on Lenovo b570 not working

    Several things: The Broadcom-STA driver normally works with this card (from Ubuntu 12.04 the native driver b43 should work, too). But there are several modules loaded, that block each other.

    Open this file:

    Code:
    gksu gedit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
    add the following lines:
    Code:
    blacklist bcma
    blacklist brcmsmac
    blacklist brcm80211
    blacklist acer_wmi    #thinkpad!!!
    Save, close the editor, and reboot. Check after that

    Code:
    rfkill list
    iwconfig
    lsmod

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    Re: Wireless on Lenovo b570 not working

    also paste the output of following command


    sudo cat /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

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    Re: Wireless on Lenovo b570 not working

    Now they're both hardblocked?

    Code:
    # This file lists those modules which we don't want to be loaded by
    # alias expansion, usually so some other driver will be loaded for the
    # device instead.
    
    # evbug is a debug tool that should be loaded explicitly
    blacklist evbug
    
    # these drivers are very simple, the HID drivers are usually preferred
    blacklist usbmouse
    blacklist usbkbd
    
    # replaced by e100
    blacklist eepro100
    
    # replaced by tulip
    blacklist de4x5
    
    # causes no end of confusion by creating unexpected network interfaces
    blacklist eth1394
    
    # snd_intel8x0m can interfere with snd_intel8x0, doesn't seem to support much
    # hardware on its own (Ubuntu bug #2011, #6810)
    blacklist snd_intel8x0m
    
    # Conflicts with dvb driver (which is better for handling this device)
    blacklist snd_aw2
    
    # causes failure to suspend on HP compaq nc6000 (Ubuntu: #10306)
    blacklist i2c_i801
    
    # replaced by p54pci
    blacklist prism54
    
    # replaced by b43 and ssb.
    blacklist bcm43xx
    
    # most apps now use garmin usb driver directly (Ubuntu: #114565)
    blacklist garmin_gps
    
    # replaced by asus-laptop (Ubuntu: #184721)
    blacklist asus_acpi
    
    # low-quality, just noise when being used for sound playback, causes
    # hangs at desktop session start (Ubuntu: #246969)
    blacklist snd_pcsp
    
    # ugly and loud noise, getting on everyone's nerves; this should be done by a
    # nice pulseaudio bing (Ubuntu: #77010)
    blacklist pcspkr
    
    # EDAC driver for amd76x clashes with the agp driver preventing the aperture
    # from being initialised (Ubuntu: #297750). Blacklist so that the driver
    # continues to build and is installable for the few cases where its
    # really needed.
    blacklist amd76x_edac
    
    blacklist bcma
    blacklist brcmsmac
    blacklist brcm80211
    blacklist acer_wmi    #thinkpad!!

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    Re: Wireless on Lenovo b570 not working

    Check buttons, switches, keys, and key combinations (e.g. Fn+F2) and/or

    Code:
    rfkill unblock all
    Check the BIOS settings, if it can be activated there, maybe resetting the BIOS to default.

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    Re: Wireless on Lenovo b570 not working

    rfkill unblock all does nothing in terminal and changing BIOS settings didn't do anything either =/

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    Re: Wireless on Lenovo b570 not working

    Any button on the front between touchpad and SD slot (see pic)?
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    Re: Wireless on Lenovo b570 not working

    Lol. I've been trying to fix my computer and my wireless for a week now. Don't insult me XP
    So that's definitely switched on. And I've tried the fn+f5 key that's supposed to turn it on too and neither have turned it on.
    I'm at a frustrated loss and I'm tired of having to connect it to a wired connection):

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