Wireless BCM4311 not detected

[sundial40]

I trid what you suggested but it did not work.

paul@paul-Presario-C500-RZ342UA-ABA ~ $ modprobe -rv wl
FATAL: Module wl not found.

I then tried using sudo

paul@paul-Presario-C500-RZ342UA-ABA ~ $ sudo modprobe -rv wl
[sudo] password for paul:
FATAL: Module wl not found.
paul@paul-Presario-C500-RZ342UA-ABA ~ $ modprobe -rv w1
FATAL: Module w1 not found.
paul@paul-Presario-C500-RZ342UA-ABA ~ $ modprobe b43
ERROR: could not insert 'b43': Operation not permitted
paul@paul-Presario-C500-RZ342UA-ABA ~ $

[kc1di]

that's good that the wl module is not found did you try

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sudo modprobe b43

?

it should work for you.

[JeremyB]

Try

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sudo modprobe b43

[jjw]

My wireless issue RESOLVED. I'm on Dell Vostro 1400 using Mint17 Mate
I want to thank everyone for their advice regarding this issue. i had been struggling with it for some time and found the solution here realizing that 'wl' driver in conflict was apparently the problem.
i followed the instructions as listed above; blacklisted 'wl', made sure 'b43' and 'ssb' not blacklisted, used synaptic to remove 'wl' driver (bcmwl-kernel-source), ran 'modprobe -rv wl' resulted in 'module not found', ran 'modprobe b43' but just hangs in terminal so closed terminal, used synaptic to reinstall 'firmware-b43-installer' and 'b43-fwcutter', shutdown, restart, wifi networks pop up in lower menu bar. .... all works well.
Thanks again

[kc1di]

My wireless issue RESOLVED. I'm on Dell Vostro 1400 using Mint17 Mate
I want to thank everyone for their advice regarding this issue. i had been struggling with it for some time and found the solution here realizing that 'wl' driver in conflict was apparently the problem.
i followed the instructions as listed above; blacklisted 'wl', made sure 'b43' and 'ssb' not blacklisted, used synaptic to remove 'wl' driver (bcmwl-kernel-source), ran 'modprobe -rv wl' resulted in 'module not found', ran 'modprobe b43' but just hangs in terminal so closed terminal, used synaptic to reinstall 'firmware-b43-installer' and 'b43-fwcutter', shutdown, restart, wifi networks pop up in lower menu bar. .... all works well.
Thanks again

Glad you found it of some help

[JeremyB]

My wireless issue RESOLVED. I'm on Dell Vostro 1400 using Mint17 Mate
I want to thank everyone for their advice regarding this issue. i had been struggling with it for some time and found the solution here realizing that 'wl' driver in conflict was apparently the problem.
i followed the instructions as listed above; blacklisted 'wl', made sure 'b43' and 'ssb' not blacklisted, used synaptic to remove 'wl' driver (bcmwl-kernel-source), ran 'modprobe -rv wl' resulted in 'module not found', ran 'modprobe b43' but just hangs in terminal so closed terminal, used synaptic to reinstall 'firmware-b43-installer' and 'b43-fwcutter', shutdown, restart, wifi networks pop up in lower menu bar. .... all works well.
Thanks again

Good to hear it works, but that combo of packages only works for 4 of the many broadcom cards out there, do you mind posting

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lspci

[jjw]

My wireless issue RESOLVED. I'm on Dell Vostro 1400 using Mint17 Mate
I want to thank everyone for their advice regarding this issue. i had been struggling with it for some time and found the solution here realizing that 'wl' driver in conflict was apparently the problem.
i followed the instructions as listed above; blacklisted 'wl', made sure 'b43' and 'ssb' not blacklisted, used synaptic to remove 'wl' driver (bcmwl-kernel-source), ran 'modprobe -rv wl' resulted in 'module not found', ran 'modprobe b43' but just hangs in terminal so closed terminal, used synaptic to reinstall 'firmware-b43-installer' and 'b43-fwcutter', shutdown, restart, wifi networks pop up in lower menu bar. .... all works well.
Thanks again

Good to hear it works, but that combo of packages only works for 4 of the many broadcom cards out there, do you mind posting

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lspci

Here's lspc:
jw@jw-Vostro-1400 ~ $ sudo lspci
[sudo] password for jw:
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory Controller Hub (rev 0c)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 PCI Express Root Port (rev 0c)
00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02)
00:1a.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 02)
00:1a.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 02)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 02)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 02)
00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 6 (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev f2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801HM (ICH8M) LPC Interface Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801HM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) IDE Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801HM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 02)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation G86M [GeForce 8400M GS] (rev a1)
03:01.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller (rev 05)
03:01.1 SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 22)
03:01.2 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter (rev 12)
03:01.3 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller (rev 12)
09:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetLink BCM5906M Fast Ethernet PCI Express (rev 02)
0c:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN (rev 01)
jw@jw-Vostro-1400 ~ $

[sundial40]

I cannot seem to remove wl and I cannot install b43 Please see the following:

paul@paul-Presario-C500-RZ342UA-ABA ~ $ sudo modprobe -rv wl
[sudo] password for paul:
FATAL: Module wl not found.

I am at wits end with this system. I have been using two computers to do this and in the process I screwed up my other system by using the rv command to remove wl. It worked on that machine and now I have no wireless ability on it. Short of reinatalling MINT Mate 15 on the netbook what can I do to get back wl on that system?

[sundial40]

Please forget the issue with the second computer I used synaptic to restore it and its ok now. The main issue is the problem with the compacq laptop and the inability to remove wl and install b43 I still need help with this issue.
Again thanks for all ths support

[pdc_2]

Hi sundial;

you are asking how to remove the wl and install b43:

the Ubuntu guide https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Broad ... ireless%29 says that for a 4311 the command to remove wl is

sudo apt-get purge bcmwl-kernel-source broadcom-sta-common broadcom-sta-source

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chil555 has a how-to; that is a sticky: at the beginning of the Ubuntu network forum: he says

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2214110

that for a 4311 you issue the command

sudo apt-get install linux-firmware-nonfree

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if you type

man modprobe

in a terminal, it says

modprobe — program to add and remove modules from the Linux Kernel

when you reach the section about

remove

it says

There is usually no reason to remove modules, but some buggy modules require it. Your distribution kernel may not have been built to support removal of modules at all.

I wasn't sure where you had sourced the modprobe -rv command .........

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if I clarify: you asked for a how-to; I aim to supply it above as best I can;

[kc1di]

hi again sundial40,

I believe you've already removed wl for that machine. that's why it's giving you the modprobe error that it's not found.

now go to synaptic again and install

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sudo apt-get install linux-firmware-nonfree

or make sure it's installed.

Then reboot. What happens. any wireless detected?

If not then do the following once again.
in a terminal type These commands and list the outputs here.

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lsmod
rfkill list all

Also read the whole message : have you tried using the driver manager tool found in system pannel/menu ?
if not give it a try - it should offer you the b43 driver to install if it does install it from there.( the driver will be call linux firmware I believe)

[sundial40]

Thank you. This removed the wl and now the system is working on wifi.
amazing how a simple software conflict will tie up a system.
Again thanks.

[kc1di]

Glad it's working for you , enjoy