No internet on 12.04 alternate install

[Poahr]

clearpoahr@poahr:~$ nmcli nm status
RUNNING         STATE           WIFI-HARDWARE   WIFI       WWAN-HARDWARE   WWAN      
not running     unknown         unknown         unknown    unknown         unknown   
clearpoahr@poahr:~$ cat /etc/network/interfaces
# This file describes the network interfaces available on your system # and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).  # The loopback network interface auto lo iface lo inet loopback
clearpoahr@poahr:~$ cat /etc/resolv.conf
# Dynamic resolv.conf(5) file for glibc resolver(3) generated by resolvconf(8)
#     DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE BY HAND -- YOUR CHANGES WILL BE OVERWRITTEN
clearpoahr@poahr:~$ lspci -nnk | grep -iA2 net
10:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Broadcom Corporation NetLink BCM5787M Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express [14e4:1693] (rev 02)
    Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:30c2]
    Kernel driver in use: tg3

[NikTh]

Try this

sudo service network-manager start

check the output.

Then give

gksudo nm-connection-editor

and try to configure your network from there.

Another workaround

nm-applet

and see if icon up left appeared.

For some reason ( I doubt that the reason is the file interfaces) network-manager is down.

We'll see.

Thanks

EDIT: Just saw that..

# This file describes the network interfaces available on your system # and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).  # The loopback network interface auto lo iface lo inet loopback

When you give the command

cat /etc/network/interfaces

the result appears exactly as you posted ? One line ?

[Poahr]

EDIT: Just saw that..


When you give the command

cat /etc/network/interfaces

the result appears exactly as you posted ? One line ?

"and how" are the last two words on the first line, then it starts with "to activate them" on the following line.


Should I still go ahead with the commands you suggested above this question?

[NikTh]

This file must contains 5 lines. Not one.
Exactly these

# This file describes the network interfaces available on your system 
# and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5). 
# The loopback network 
interface  auto lo  
iface lo inet loopback

The lines with this symbol at the begin # is just comments , and system ignore them . Comment lines are for the user (you - me) . The other 2 lines are important. System read them.
If the result of this command

cat /etc/network/interfaces

appears like this

# This file describes the network interfaces available on your system  # and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).   # The loopback network interface  auto lo  iface lo inet loopback

then is wrong and you must fix it.

Open again the file

gksudo gedit /etc/network/interfaces

delete everything and just copy-paste the bellow lines from here

# This file describes the network interfaces available on your system  
# and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).   
# The loopback network interface  
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

Save the file and reboot once again.

Thanks

[Poahr]

My apologies, I copy and pasted all the code you gave me into a text document, put it on a usb, put it onto the computer, and copy and pasted it from there, thats why it was out of sequence like that.

If you'd like, we can delete those posts correctling my nitt-witted error to make this thread more relevant to others having this issue.


But the good news is the wired internet is up and working correctly! THANK YOU.


However the wireless still appears to be down.


Should I enter the code you gave me in post 12 now?

[NikTh]

If you'd like, we can delete those posts correctling my nitt-witted error to make this thread more relevant to others having this issue.

Its OK. Not needed to.

But the good news is the wired internet is up and working correctly! THANK YOU.

Good , you welcome

However the wireless still appears to be down.
Should I enter the code you gave me in post 12 now?

No , commands from post 12 are not for wireless.. now you have wired connection up and running we can proceed with wireless issues easier.

Do this

FIRST (before you proceed with bellow) make sure that the switch is ON.
Wireless has a switch (if this is a Laptop) usually some Fn+F keys (in mine is Fn+F3).
Hit the combo , wait for a little (10 secs) and see if wireless comes to life.
Then check network-manager icon and see if Enable Wireless is ticked (marked)

IF not then
execute bellow commands one at time. (you must have Internet connection up and running-wired)

wget "http://ubuntuone.com/1kKCgeRTZHszxUdsSEekYz" -O ~/netinfo
chmod +x netinfo 
./netinfo

The 3rd command will create a netinfo.txt file inside you home directory . Open it with

gedit netinfo.txt

copy-paste everything in here . Between the brackets please [code]Here[/code]

Thanks

[Poahr]

*************** info trace ****************



**** uname -a ****


Linux poahr 3.2.0-29-generic-pae #46-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jul 27 17:25:43 UTC 2012 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux


**** lsb-release ****


DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=12.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=precise
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS"


**** lspci ****


10:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Broadcom Corporation NetLink BCM5787M Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express [14e4:1693] (rev 02)
    Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:30c2]
    Kernel driver in use: tg3
--
30:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4321 802.11a/b/g/n [14e4:4328] (rev 03)
    Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company BCM4321 802.11a/b/g/n Wireless LAN Controller [103c:1366]
    Kernel driver in use: b43-pci-bridge


**** lsusb ****


Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 058f:6332 Alcor Micro Corp. Multi-Function Card Reader
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 08ff:2580 AuthenTec, Inc. AES2501 Fingerprint Sensor
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 090c:1000 Silicon Motion, Inc. - Taiwan (formerly Feiya Technology Corp.) 64MB QDI U2 DISK


**** iwconfig ****


wlan0     IEEE 802.11bg  ESSID:off/any  
          Mode:Managed  Access Point: Not-Associated   Tx-Power=0 dBm   
          Retry  long limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Power Management:on
          


**** rfkill ****


0: phy0: Wireless LAN
    Soft blocked: no
    Hard blocked: no
1: hp-wifi: Wireless LAN
    Soft blocked: no
    Hard blocked: yes
2: hp-bluetooth: Bluetooth
    Soft blocked: yes
    Hard blocked: yes


**** lsmod ****


Module                  Size  Used by
nls_iso8859_1          12617  1 
nls_cp437              12751  1 
vfat                   17308  1 
fat                    55605  1 vfat
nls_utf8               12493  1 
isofs                  39553  1 
tpm_infineon           17296  0 
joydev                 17393  0 
hp_wmi                 13652  0 
sparse_keymap          13658  1 hp_wmi
arc4                   12473  2 
ppdev                  12849  0 
rfcomm                 38139  0 
bnep                   17830  2 
bluetooth             158438  10 rfcomm,bnep
snd_hda_codec_analog    75395  1 
pcmcia                 39791  0 
snd_hda_intel          32765  2 
snd_hda_codec         109562  2 snd_hda_codec_analog,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep              13276  1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm                80845  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_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
b43                   342643  0 
snd_timer              28931  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device         14172  3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
snd                    62064  13 snd_hda_codec_analog,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
yenta_socket           27465  0 
pcmcia_rsrc            18367  1 yenta_socket
pcmcia_core            21511  3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,pcmcia_rsrc
psmouse                72919  0 
soundcore              14635  1 snd
snd_page_alloc         14108  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
k8temp                 12905  0 
serio_raw              13027  0 
sp5100_tco             13495  0 
i2c_piix4              13093  0 
parport_pc             32114  1 
mac80211              436455  1 b43
tpm_tis                18308  0 
hp_accel               25728  0 
lis3lv02d              19268  1 hp_accel
input_polldev          13648  1 lis3lv02d
cfg80211              178679  2 b43,mac80211
mac_hid                13077  0 
bcma                   25651  1 b43
shpchp                 32325  0 
lp                     17455  0 
parport                40930  3 ppdev,parport_pc,lp
dm_crypt               22528  2 
firewire_ohci          40172  0 
firewire_core          56906  1 firewire_ohci
radeon                737789  3 
crc_itu_t              12627  1 firewire_core
ttm                    65344  1 radeon
drm_kms_helper         45466  1 radeon
drm                   197692  5 radeon,ttm,drm_kms_helper
pata_atiixp            12999  1 
tg3                   141369  0 
ssb                    50691  1 b43
i2c_algo_bit           13199  1 radeon
ati_agp                13242  0 
wmi                    18744  1 hp_wmi
video                  19068  0 
usb_storage            39646  2 


**** nm-tool ****



NetworkManager Tool

State: connected (global)

- Device: wlan0 ----------------------------------------------------------------
  Type:              802.11 WiFi
  Driver:            b43
  State:             unavailable
  Default:           no
  HW Address:        <MAC address removed>

  Capabilities:

  Wireless Properties
    WEP Encryption:  yes
    WPA Encryption:  yes
    WPA2 Encryption: yes

  Wireless Access Points 


- Device: eth0  [Wired connection 1] -------------------------------------------
  Type:              Wired
  Driver:            tg3
  State:             connected
  Default:           yes
  HW Address:        <MAC address removed>

  Capabilities:
    Carrier Detect:  yes
    Speed:           100 Mb/s

  Wired Properties
    Carrier:         on

  IPv4 Settings:
    Address:         192.168.2.12
    Prefix:          24 (255.255.255.0)
    Gateway:         192.168.2.1

    DNS:             192.168.1.1
    DNS:             192.168.1.3
    DNS:             192.168.2.1

  IPv6 Settings:
    Address:         fdf9:81bc:d5ce:0:9042:755c:ccd4:c756
    Prefix:          64
    Gateway:         ::

    Address:         fdf9:81bc:d5ce:0:21a:4bff:fe76:d321
    Prefix:          64
    Gateway:         ::

    Address:         fe80::21a:4bff:fe76:d321
    Prefix:          64
    Gateway:         ::





**** NetworkManager.state ****



[main]
NetworkingEnabled=true
WirelessEnabled=true
WWANEnabled=true
WimaxEnabled=true


**** NetworkManager.conf ****


[main]
plugins=ifupdown,keyfile
dns=dnsmasq

[ifupdown]
managed=false


**** NetworkManager.conf-10.04 ****




**** interfaces ****


# This file describes the network interfaces available on your system 
# and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).
# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback


**** iwlist ****




**** resolv ****


# Dynamic resolv.conf(5) file for glibc resolver(3) generated by resolvconf(8)
#     DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE BY HAND -- YOUR CHANGES WILL BE OVERWRITTEN
nameserver 127.0.0.1
search wirehead.com


**** blacklist.conf ****


# 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


**** dmesg ****


[    0.000000] DMI: Hewlett-Packard HP Compaq 6715b (RM314UT#ABA)/30C2, BIOS 68YTT Ver. F.07 07/16/2007
[    1.924119] wmi: Mapper loaded
[    1.960318] b43-pci-bridge 0000:30:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
[    1.960331] b43-pci-bridge 0000:30:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
[    1.970769] tg3.c:v3.121 (November 2, 2011)
[    1.970828] tg3 0000:10:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
[    1.970840] tg3 0000:10:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
[    1.984096] ssb: Core 0 found: ChipCommon (cc 0x800, rev 0x13, vendor 0x4243)
[    1.984106] ssb: Core 1 found: IEEE 802.11 (cc 0x812, rev 0x0C, vendor 0x4243)
[    1.984114] ssb: Core 2 found: PCI-E (cc 0x820, rev 0x04, vendor 0x4243)
[    1.984122] ssb: Core 3 found: PCI (cc 0x804, rev 0x0D, vendor 0x4243)
[    1.984129] ssb: Core 4 found: USB 1.1 Host (cc 0x817, rev 0x04, vendor 0x4243)
[    2.055670] ssb: Sonics Silicon Backplane found on PCI device 0000:30:00.0
[    2.055859] tg3 0000:10:00.0: vpd r/w failed.  This is likely a firmware bug on this device.  Contact the card vendor for a firmware update.
[    2.112068] tg3 0000:10:00.0: vpd r/w failed.  This is likely a firmware bug on this device.  Contact the card vendor for a firmware update.
[    2.172035] tg3 0000:10:00.0: vpd r/w failed.  This is likely a firmware bug on this device.  Contact the card vendor for a firmware update.
[    2.173496] tg3 0000:10:00.0: eth0: Tigon3 [partno(none) rev b002] (PCI Express) MAC address <MAC address removed>
[    2.173502] tg3 0000:10:00.0: eth0: attached PHY is 5787 (10/100/1000Base-T Ethernet) (WireSpeed[1], EEE[0])
[    2.173507] tg3 0000:10:00.0: eth0: RXcsums[1] LinkChgREG[0] MIirq[0] ASF[0] TSOcap[1]
[    2.173512] tg3 0000:10:00.0: eth0: dma_rwctrl[76180000] dma_mask[64-bit]
[   26.798411] b43-phy0: Broadcom 4321 WLAN found (core revision 12)
[   27.123008] Registered led device: b43-phy0::tx
[   27.123037] Registered led device: b43-phy0::rx
[   27.123067] Registered led device: b43-phy0::radio
[   27.679222] tg3 0000:10:00.0: irq 44 for MSI/MSI-X
[   28.239544] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode11.fw" not found
[   28.239551] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43-open/ucode11.fw" not found
[   28.239556] b43-phy0 ERROR: You must go to http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware and download the correct firmware for this driver version. Please carefully read all instructions on this website.
[   28.239798] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
[   29.297771] tg3 0000:10:00.0: eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex
[   29.297777] tg3 0000:10:00.0: eth0: Flow control is on for TX and on for RX


**************** done ********************

[NikTh]

OK ,

from terminal try this

sudo apt-get install firmware-b43-installer

When installation finish , reboot and hopefully you will have wireless ON.

Thanks

[Poahr]

The wifi didn't come on, there is still no wireless options in the top right. I tried pressing the wireless button and that didn't seem to rectify this either.


I didn't notice any errors when entering the commands you gave me.

[NikTh]

Try

sudo rfkill unblock all

wait for 10 secs and see if wireless awakened