Hi! I have a similar problem. I just installed Linux Mint 14 in an HP Compaq 6720s which had w7 already installed. In windows i can connect via my wireless card. No problem. But Mint doesn't even detect the wireless net!
If you could help me i'll be very grateful to you.
I ran the command: sudo /usr/lib/linuxmint/mintWifi/mintWifi.py, and obtained the answer:
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* I. scanning WIFI PCI devices...
-- Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN (rev 02)
==> PCI ID = 14e4:4311 (rev 02)
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* II. querying ndiswrapper...
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* III. querying iwconfig...
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
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* IV. querying ifconfig...
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1a:4b:65:78:10
inet addr:10.65.11.194 Bcast:10.65.11.223 Mask:255.255.255.224
inet6 addr: fe80::21a:4bff:fe65:7810/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:27897 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:23880 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:29199135 (29.1 MB) TX bytes:3108569 (3.1 MB)
Interrupt:5 Memory:e4600000-e4620000
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:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:928 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:928 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:89715 (89.7 KB) TX bytes:89715 (89.7 KB)
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* V. querying DHCP...
Rather than invoking init scripts through /etc/init.d, use the service(8)
utility, e.g. service smbd reload
Since the script you are attempting to invoke has been converted to an
Upstart job, you may also use the reload(8) utility, e.g. reload smbd
RTNETLINK answers: File exists
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* VI. querying nslookup google.com...
Server: 200.66.96.3
Address: 200.66.96.3#53
Non-authoritative answer:
Name: google.com
Address: 74.125.227.64
Name: google.com
Address: 74.125.227.73
Name: google.com
Address: 74.125.227.67
Name: google.com
Address: 74.125.227.71
Name: google.com
Address: 74.125.227.69
Name: google.com
Address: 74.125.227.68
Name: google.com
Address: 74.125.227.70
Name: google.com
Address: 74.125.227.65
Name: google.com
Address: 74.125.227.66
Name: google.com
Address: 74.125.227.78
Name: google.com
Please, help me.
Antonito