Page 3 of 4 FirstFirst 1234 LastLast
Results 21 to 30 of 36

Thread: WIFI issues Broadcom

  1. #21
    Join Date
    Apr 2012
    Beans
    Hidden!

    Re: WIFI issues Broadcom

    @NikTH all the fixes for hardblocked Lenovo i am finding seem to blacklist
    acer-wmi...then bios reset. The info Wildman requested showed wmi
    in the lsmod list. So blacklisting just wmi might be worth a try. and possibly
    a total power down including battery.
    Craving anchovy, herring and squid pizza.....with clam sauce

  2. #22
    Join Date
    Nov 2012
    Beans
    15

    Re: WIFI issues Broadcom

    Hello ,

    the previous code did not help. I pushed than FN/F5 and that only soft locked theWIFI but did not remove hard lock.

    $ rfkill list
    0: brcmwl-0: Wireless LAN
    Soft blocked: no
    Hard blocked: yes


    "So blacklisting just wmi might be worth a try."
    How do I do this?

    Thank you

  3. #23
    Join Date
    Feb 2012
    Location
    Athens/Greece
    Beans
    Hidden!
    Distro
    Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver

    Re: WIFI issues Broadcom

    Quote Originally Posted by Hadaka View Post
    @NikTH all the fixes for hardblocked Lenovo i am finding seem to blacklist
    acer-wmi...then bios reset. The info Wildman requested showed wmi
    in the lsmod list. So blacklisting just wmi might be worth a try. and possibly
    a total power down including battery.
    I didn't read the answer #15 (@chili555 answer) , oh!! blind guy here .
    He already suggested the idepad-laptop rmmod.

    @tyatyi you can try to remove-unload wmi and see if that helps
    Code:
    sudo modprobe -rvf wmi
    Code:
    rfkill list all

  4. #24
    Join Date
    Nov 2012
    Beans
    15

    Re: WIFI issues Broadcom

    Hi,

    nothing really changed with the code:
    After the first rfkill list I pressed FN/F5 and so the siflock was removed. But you can see the hardblock is still there.
    However if you see the 'ideapad WLAN: Wireless LAN is showing hardblocked no.. How can this be? Why is it ? THANK YOU AGAIN for trying to help.

    tyatyi@tyatyi-Lenovo ~ $ sudo modprobe -rvf wmi
    [sudo] password for tyatyi:
    rmmod /lib/modules/3.2.0-23-generic/kernel/drivers/platform/x86/wmi.ko
    tyatyi@tyatyi-Lenovo ~ $ rfkill list all
    0: brcmwl-0: Wireless LAN
    Soft blocked: yes
    Hard blocked: yes
    1: ideapad_wlan: Wireless LAN
    Soft blocked: yes
    Hard blocked: no
    2: ideapad_bluetooth: Bluetooth
    Soft blocked: yes
    Hard blocked: no
    tyatyi@tyatyi-Lenovo ~ $ rfkill list all
    0: brcmwl-0: Wireless LAN
    Soft blocked: no
    Hard blocked: yes
    1: ideapad_wlan: Wireless LAN
    Soft blocked: no
    Hard blocked: no
    2: ideapad_bluetooth: Bluetooth
    Soft blocked: yes
    Hard blocked: no

  5. #25
    Join Date
    Nov 2012
    Beans
    15

    Re: WIFI issues Broadcom

    Hello
    in addition what I have just realized that when I boot my laptop, the wireless indicator on the front of the keyboard is lit up, means active and at the moment Linux is starting than the indicator goes out. So it really seems that the OS is screwing it up.. No?

    thanks again

  6. #26
    Join Date
    Apr 2012
    Beans
    Hidden!

    Re: WIFI issues Broadcom

    Hi, as an experiment, try this..

    turn off the wireless switch
    turn off wireless in bios
    turn off the computer
    boot back up
    reset the bios to wireless on
    set the wireless switch to on

    any changes?
    Craving anchovy, herring and squid pizza.....with clam sauce

  7. #27
    Join Date
    Nov 2012
    Beans
    15

    Re: WIFI issues Broadcom

    Hi , no changes unfortunately, after doing all the steps you suggested-
    Thanks again.

  8. #28
    Join Date
    Feb 2012
    Location
    Athens/Greece
    Beans
    Hidden!
    Distro
    Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver

    Re: WIFI issues Broadcom

    Can you try to reset the BIOS to default settings and try again ?
    Thanks

  9. #29
    Join Date
    Aug 2005
    Location
    South Carolina, USA
    Beans
    26,047
    Distro
    Ubuntu Development Release

    Re: WIFI issues Broadcom

    tyatyi@tyatyi-Lenovo ~ $ rfkill list all
    0: brcmwl-0: Wireless LAN
    Soft blocked: no
    Hard blocked: yes

    1: ideapad_wlan: Wireless LAN
    Soft blocked: no
    Hard blocked: no
    2: ideapad_bluetooth: Bluetooth
    Soft blocked: yes
    Hard blocked: no
    Ole Chili doesn't like this one bit! That is, I suspect, the Broadcom driver provided by bcmwl-kernel-source. Let's try:
    Code:
    sudo modprobe -rf wl
    sudo rfkill unblock all
    rfkill list all
    What does it say now?

    I wonder if we need to compile a later Broadcom STA driver...
    "Oh, Ubuntu, you are my favorite Linux-based operating system" --Dr. Sheldon Cooper, B.Sc., M.Sc., M.A., Ph.D., Sc.D.

  10. #30
    Join Date
    Nov 2012
    Beans
    1

    Re: WIFI issues Broadcom

    Hi wireless is not working in ubuntu wubi in hpmini no networks are displayed plzz help

Page 3 of 4 FirstFirst 1234 LastLast

Tags for this Thread

Bookmarks

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •