Linux Mint 17 32 Mate on Dell Inspirion N7010 - no wifi

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Linux Mint 17 32 Mate on Dell Inspirion N7010 - no wifi

Post by Bryant »

Wifi on Dell laptop doesn't work. The proper choices show up in menu but they are grayed out.
Any help appreciated!

laptop@laptop-Inspiron-N7010 ~ $ sudo /usr/lib/linuxmint/mintWifi/mintWifi.py
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* I. scanning WIFI PCI devices...
-- Broadcom Corporation BCM4313 802.11bgn Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)
==> PCI ID = 14e4:4727 (rev 01)
-------------------------
* II. querying ndiswrapper...
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* III. querying iwconfig...
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
Encryption key:off
Power Management:on

lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

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* IV. querying ifconfig...
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr f0:4d:a2:61:79:3e
inet addr:192.168.1.15 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::f24d:a2ff:fe61:793e/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:17140 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:11798 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:1
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:13293584 (13.2 MB) TX bytes:2196949 (2.1 MB)

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:65536 Metric:1
RX packets:864 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:864 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:85834 (85.8 KB) TX bytes:85834 (85.8 KB)

-------------------------
* V. querying DHCP...
RTNETLINK answers: File exists
-------------------------
* VI. querying nslookup google.com...
Server: 192.168.1.1
Address: 192.168.1.1#53

Non-authoritative answer:
Name: google.com
Address: 74.125.21.100
Name: google.com
Address: 74.125.21.113
Name: google.com
Address: 74.125.21.138
Name: google.com
Address: 74.125.21.101
Name: google.com
Address: 74.125.21.139
Name: google.com
Address: 74.125.21.102

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ktheking

Re: Linux Mint 17 32 Mate on Dell Inspirion N7010 - no wifi

Post by ktheking »

In this thread some solutions were offered : http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2174901&page=4

Maybe one of them is fixing your problem.
computerguybry

Re: Linux Mint 17 32 Mate on Dell Inspirion N7010 - no wifi

Post by computerguybry »

That link seems to deal with asus. Will it work with my Dell??

What is the first thing that people generally try with BCM4313 that won't connect to wifi?

Thanks.
ktheking

Re: Linux Mint 17 32 Mate on Dell Inspirion N7010 - no wifi

Post by ktheking »

Normally drivers are loaded from the kernel ,and delivered in a certain distribution.
If not working ,first things that are usually tried are the easiest solution : adapt setting of the driver and the router.
If after all this it still not works ,try altering the driver altogether.
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Re: Linux Mint 17 32 Mate on Dell Inspirion N7010 - no wifi

Post by JeremyB »

The module should be part of linux-firmware package post result of lsmod
Bryant

Re: Linux Mint 17 32 Mate on Dell Inspirion N7010 - no wifi

Post by Bryant »

Sorry, it didn't work. Is there something I can post for you. Thank you very much for your help!!
Bryant

Re: Linux Mint 17 32 Mate on Dell Inspirion N7010 - no wifi

Post by Bryant »

Here is more info in case there is someone that can help based on this:

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          description: Host bridge
          product: Core Processor DRAM Controller
          vendor: Intel Corporation
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          version: 18
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 33MHz
          configuration: driver=agpgart-intel
          resources: irq:0
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             description: VGA compatible controller
             product: Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 2
             bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
             version: 18
             width: 64 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: msi pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
             configuration: driver=i915 latency=0
             resources: irq:41 memory:f0000000-f03fffff memory:d0000000-dfffffff ioport:1800(size=8)
        *-communication
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             product: 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset HECI Controller
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 16
             bus info: pci@0000:00:16.0
             version: 06
             width: 64 bits
             clock: 33MHz
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             resources: irq:42 memory:f0806800-f080680f
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             product: 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller
             vendor: Intel Corporation
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             bus info: pci@0000:00:1a.0
             version: 06
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pm debug ehci bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=ehci-pci latency=0
             resources: irq:16 memory:f0807000-f08073ff
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             product: 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset High Definition Audio
             vendor: Intel Corporation
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             version: 06
             width: 64 bits
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             version: 06
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        *-pci:1
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             version: 06
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                vendor: Broadcom Corporation
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             version: 06
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             capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list
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                vendor: Qualcomm Atheros
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             vendor: Intel Corporation
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             version: 06
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             vendor: Intel Corporation
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          width: 32 bits
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          vendor: Intel Corporation
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          version: 05
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          logical name: scsi0
          capabilities: emulated
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             vendor: Western Digital
             physical id: 0.0.0
             bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0
             logical name: /dev/sda
             version: 01.0
             serial: WD-WXB1AB085268
             size: 298GiB (320GB)
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             configuration: ansiversion=5 sectorsize=512 signature=000820fd
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                physical id: 1
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                logical name: /
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                configuration: created=2014-07-30 17:36:46 filesystem=ext4 lastmountpoint=/ modified=2014-07-31 16:45:23 mount.fstype=ext4 mount.options=rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered mounted=2014-07-31 16:45:23 state=mounted
           *-volume:1
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                physical id: 2
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              *-logicalvolume
                   description: Linux swap / Solaris partition
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                   logical name: /dev/sda5
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                   capabilities: nofs
     *-scsi:1
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          logical name: scsi1
          capabilities: emulated
        *-cdrom
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             product: DVD+-RW GT32N
             vendor: HL-DT-ST
             physical id: 0.0.0
             bus info: scsi@1:0.0.0
             logical name: /dev/cdrom
             logical name: /dev/sr0
             version: A201
             capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd dvd-r dvd-ram
             configuration: ansiversion=5 status=open
  *-battery
       product: SDI
       vendor: SDI
       physical id: 1
       slot: System Battery Bay
       capacity: 44000mWh
       configuration: voltage=11.1V
  *-remoteaccess UNCLAIMED
       vendor: Intel
       physical id: 2
       capabilities: outbound
  *-power UNCLAIMED
       description: To Be Defined By O.E.M
       product: To Be Defined By O.E.M
       vendor: To Be Defined By O.E.M
       physical id: 3
       version: 2.50
       serial: To Be Defined By O.E.M
       capacity: 32768mWh
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