Lnux mint 7 - wifi issue

[itsjohnholmes]

Hi

As background: I have an old computer which has been 'rubbish tip ready' for years. However i stumbled upon a newspaper article which advised installing linux to revive old computers, thought I would give it a go for a challenge and the kids to use for drawing, writing, cbeebies website etc.

The computer is dell inspiron 530, not sure about the wireless card its a broadcom 13... something?

Unfortunately i cannot get the wifi to work, tried a few basic things but really not sure where to start. assuming i need to install some sort of driver but again not certain.

Any assistance is very much appreciated

John

[Pilosopong Tasyo]

Not an introductory thread. Moved from Introduce yourself.

[nomko]

Lnux mint 7 - wifi issue

I think you mean Linux Mint 17?

The computer is dell inspiron 530, not sure about the wireless card its a broadcom 13... something?

Please read the forum rules and especially rule #5. In conjunction with rule #5:
- Open a terminal
- Type the following command:

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inxi -Fxz

- Copy the output and paste it here

[itsjohnholmes]

Hi it says following

Cpu-single core intel celeron cpu 420 (-up-) clocked at 1596.076 mhz kernel - 3.13.024-generic x86 64 up-8 min mem-309.5/983.3mb hdd-160.0gb(2.6% used) procs-131 client-shell inixi-1.8.4

Many thanks. Sorry didnt post that last time. I didnt read rule 5.

Thanks

John

[itsjohnholmes]

Hi

I noticed it didnt mention the wireless card. Ive been into drivers which says it is a broardcom wl-138g v2 / wl-138ge / wl-100ge. It says the device is not working in the drivers but it worked on windows 7 prior to installing mint7.

Thanks for any assistance people can provide

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John

[nomko]

Whats the output of this command:

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inxi -Nn

[itsjohnholmes]

Hi

Do you think i need driver for broardcom bcm4318 (airforceone 54g)

isaacandphoebe@isaacandphoebe ~ $ inxi -nn Network:   Card-1: Broadcom BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller driver: wl            IF: N/A state: N/A mac: N/A            Card-2: Intel 82562V-2 10/100 Network Connection driver: e1000e            IF: eth0 state: down mac: 00:1a:a0:91:85:f4 isaacandphoebe@isaacandphoebe ~ $ inxi -fxz CPU:       Single core Intel Celeron CPU 420 (-UP-) cache: 512 KB bmips: 3192.23 clocked at 1596.116 MHz            CPU Flags: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts            acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss tm pbe syscall nx lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good nopl aperfmperf            pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm lahf_lm dtherm

Your advice is much appreciated

Ta

John

[nomko]

driver for broardcom bcm4318

Try the how-to on this page:
http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Dri ... u.2FDebian

Or else:
http://askubuntu.com/questions/55868/in ... ss-drivers
(question #67)

[itsjohnholmes]

Hi

Thanks for that. I will give it a try and post what (if anything) works. As a novice it may take me some time.

Thanks for all your help it would have taken me forever to get as far as i have to date.

Ta

John

[beefalo]

check out this
http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=53&t=171718

[itsjohnholmes]

Hi

Just wanted to thank you both for pointing me in the directoon of how to fix wifi issue. I followed beffalo instructions to uninstall and install b43 firmware and its worked a treat. Only faff was moving computer next to router which is fibreoptic so couldnt extend it.

Really chuffed i have my pc back. Works great now. Windows may become a distant memory. Been using its since win 95. Starting to wonder why!

Also following sorting wifi the computer shits down properly now whereas before it would hang and need turning off at the plug. No idea why but thpurght interesting point to note.

Thanks again!!

John