Wireless not working LM 17, Dell Latitude D430 [Solved]

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Wireless not working LM 17, Dell Latitude D430 [Solved]

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Hello

I have installed Linuxmint on Dell Latitude D430 and the wireless that was working fine with XP professional is not there anymore :(

here is what mintWifi says:

* I. scanning WIFI PCI devices...
-- Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11a/b/g (rev 01)
==> PCI ID = 14e4:4312 (rev 01)
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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 00:1c:23:25:f1:0e
inet addr:192.168.1.14 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::21c:23ff:fe25:f10e/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:20430 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:6692 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:4743143 (4.7 MB) TX bytes:1381211 (1.3 MB)
Interrupt:18

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:817 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:817 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:87381 (87.3 KB) TX bytes:87381 (87.3 KB)

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* V. querying DHCP...
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* VI. querying nslookup google.com...
Server: 192.168.1.1
Address: 192.168.1.1#53

Non-authoritative answer:
Name: google.com
Address: 173.224.96.48
Name: google.com
Address: 173.224.96.57
Name: google.com
Address: 173.224.96.59
Name: google.com
Address: 173.224.96.46
Name: google.com
Address: 173.224.96.38
Name: google.com
Address: 173.224.96.20
Name: google.com
Address: 173.224.96.27
Name: google.com
Address: 173.224.96.35
Name: google.com
Address: 173.224.96.37
Name: google.com
Address: 173.224.96.16
Name: google.com
Address: 173.224.96.31
Name: google.com
Address: 173.224.96.53
Name: google.com
Address: 173.224.96.42
Name: google.com
Address: 173.224.96.49
Name: google.com
Address: 173.224.96.26
Name: google.com
Address: 173.224.96.24

elkhan@elkhan-Latitude-D430 ~ $
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Re: Wireless not working after LM 17 install, Dell Latitude

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This may be your solution here:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1939243
It solved a similar problem with the same BCM4311 802.11a/b/g (rev 01)==> PCI ID = 14e4:4312 (rev 01)
The correct driver for this device is not wl, no matter what 'Wireless Drivers' thinks. It is b43 and proprietary firmware. With the ethernet cable hooked up and connected, please do:
Code:
sudo apt-get remove --purge bcmwl-kernel-source
sudo apt-get install b43-fwcutter firmware-b43-installer
sudo reboot -n
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Re: Wireless not working after LM 17 install, Dell Latitude

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austin.texas wrote:This may be your solution here:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1939243
It solved a similar problem with the same BCM4311 802.11a/b/g (rev 01)==> PCI ID = 14e4:4312 (rev 01)
The correct driver for this device is not wl, no matter what 'Wireless Drivers' thinks. It is b43 and proprietary firmware. With the ethernet cable hooked up and connected, please do:
Code:
sudo apt-get remove --purge bcmwl-kernel-source
sudo apt-get install b43-fwcutter firmware-b43-installer
sudo reboot -n
Austin.Texas, thank you so much!!

However, I am also facing problem with the terminal. Either it gives me dpkg errors, or just keeps blinking after the command even if I wait for hours. When I close the terminal, it says there is a process there and it would be killed. I close anyway and then I am back to "unable to lock the administrative directory /var/lib/dpkg. Is another process using it?".

Here is copy of my last experience with it:

sudo apt-get remove --purge bcmwl-kernel-source
[sudo] password for elkhan:
E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?
elkhan@elkhan-Latitude-D430 ~ $ sudo lsof /var/lib/dpkg/lock
lsof: WARNING: can't stat() fuse.gvfsd-fuse file system /run/user/1000/gvfs
Output information may be incomplete.
COMMAND PID USER FD TYPE DEVICE SIZE/OFF NODE NAME
dpkg 2304 root 3uW REG 8,1 0 662660 /var/lib/dpkg/lock
elkhan@elkhan-Latitude-D430 ~ $ sudo kill -9 2304
elkhan@elkhan-Latitude-D430 ~ $ sudo apt-get remove --purge bcmwl-kernel-source
E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem.
elkhan@elkhan-Latitude-D430 ~ $ sudo dpkg --configure -a
Setting up bcmwl-kernel-source (6.30.223.141+bdcom-0ubuntu2) ...
Removing old bcmwl-6.30.223.141+bdcom DKMS files...

-------- Uninstall Beginning --------
Module: bcmwl
Version: 6.30.223.141+bdcom
Kernel: 3.13.0-24-generic (i686)
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Status: Before uninstall, this module version was ACTIVE on this kernel.

wl.ko:
- Uninstallation
- Deleting from: /lib/modules/3.13.0-24-generic/updates/
- Original module
- No original module was found for this module on this kernel.
- Use the dkms install command to reinstall any previous module version.

depmod....

DKMS: uninstall completed.

------------------------------
Deleting module version: 6.30.223.141+bdcom
completely from the DKMS tree.
------------------------------
Done.
Loading new bcmwl-6.30.223.141+bdcom DKMS files...
Building only for 3.13.0-24-generic
Building for architecture i686
Building initial module for 3.13.0-24-generic
Done.

wl:
Running module version sanity check.
- Original module
- No original module exists within this kernel
- Installation
- Installing to /lib/modules/3.13.0-24-generic/updates/

depmod....

DKMS: install completed.
sudo apt-get remove --purge bcmwl-kernel-source
(and just blinking from here...)
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Re: Wireless not working after LM 17 install, Dell Latitude

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Ok, problem is fixed now.

Since I was getting problems with the commands, I just reinstalled LM 17 Cinnamon from scratch and immediately after it launched Terminal and did these commands, as advised:

sudo apt-get remove --purge bcmwl-kernel-source
sudo apt-get install b43-fwcutter firmware-b43-installer
sudo reboot -n

Worked like a charm. Thanks!
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Re: Wireless not working after LM 17 install, Dell Latitude

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I am glad it worked for you !
Please go to your first post, click EDIT, and add [SOLVED] to the title.
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Re: Wireless not working after LM 17 install, Dell Latitude

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austin.texas wrote:I am glad it worked for you !
Please go to your first post, click EDIT, and add [SOLVED] to the title.
Done!

Thank you again, Austin.Texas from Houston.Texas :)
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