[SOLVED] Wireless Network Problem hp compaq 6710b

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Fabu

[SOLVED] Wireless Network Problem hp compaq 6710b

Post by Fabu »

Hello,

i am Fabi and i just installed Linux mint. This is my first contact with Linux. Unfortunately i cannot find any wireless network settings. Only for cable.
I didnt find a solution so far.
its not about the connection i just cant see any wireless network.

Do i have to install a special driver? Well as i searched in internet i hav to but i havent found a solution yet

Thank you!
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kukamuumuka

Re: Wireless Network Problem hp compaq 6710b

Post by kukamuumuka »

For knowing your wifi card and driver, open Terminal and run

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inxi -N
Fabu

Re: Wireless Network Problem hp compaq 6710b

Post by Fabu »

Hallo,

thank you for your answer!

AFter typing inxi -N in Terminal:

Card -1: Broadcom BCM4311 802.11a/a/b/g driver: b43-pci-bridge
Card- 2: Broadcom NetLink BCM5787M Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express driver: tg3
kukamuumuka

Re: Wireless Network Problem hp compaq 6710b

Post by kukamuumuka »

Fabu wrote:Hallo,

thank you for your answer!

AFter typing inxi -N in Terminal:

Card -1: Broadcom BCM4311 802.11a/a/b/g driver: b43-pci-bridge
Card- 2: Broadcom NetLink BCM5787M Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express driver: tg3
http://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/218
http://www.broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php
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Re: Wireless Network Problem hp compaq 6710b

Post by AlbertP »

Fabu wrote:

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Card -1: Broadcom BCM4311 802.11a/a/b/g driver: b43-pci-bridge
The Broadcom STA / wl driver as suggested by administrollaattori, does not always work on 4311 and 4312 cards even though it claims to support them (many users report success, but also many report failure with this driver).

For 4311 a better option is to install the package firmware-b43-installer from Software Manager, or using apt install firmware-b43-installer in the terminal. In my experience it is more reliable with this card. Many times, I've helped users with BCM4311 problems to switch from the STA driver to this one.
To install that package, though, you need an internet connection, for example using an ethernet cable.
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Re: Wireless Network Problem hp compaq 6710b

Post by Fabu »

EDIT> Ok, i connected a Ethernet Cabel and used in terminal :

apt install firmware-b43-installer

It seems like the driver was installed now. What is my next step? Where can i find wireless networks now?

Thanks


The following text is not important anymore
Thank you for your answer!

Well since i have no connection to the internet i downloaded the driver and copyed to the computer. I tried this:
http://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/692

Instead of

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cd '/home/`uname -r` ~/Desktop/broadcom-wl-4.80.53.0 2/kmod'
I wrote:

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cd '/home/myusername/Desktop/broadcom-wl-4.80.53.0/kmod'
because the data is named" broadcom-wl-4.80.53.0.tar.bz2"

"no such file or directory" it says.

What is my mistake?[/s][/size]

Thank you!
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Re: Wireless Network Problem hp compaq 6710b

Post by AlbertP »

After installing the package please reboot. If you click the network icon in the tray (bottom-right next to the clock), do you see wireless networks?

If not please run these commands again and post the output (to see if there are any changes):

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inxi -N
rfkill list
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Re: Wireless Network Problem hp compaq 6710b

Post by Fabu »

Hey,

no change with inxi -N

With rfkill list nothing happens.

the Software manager says the driver is installed.

There are no wireless networks shown in the Tray. Only the cable network symbol.
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Re: Wireless Network Problem hp compaq 6710b

Post by AlbertP »

Does inxi -N still show driver b43-pci-bridge at your wireless device?

Please post the output of:

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dmesg|grep b43
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Re: Wireless Network Problem hp compaq 6710b

Post by Fabu »

EDIT:
It seems everything i do is set back after restart. Like my standard searchengine in Firefox and my standart keyboard layout!

The Software Mangaeer says driver installed but after restart not installed.

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mint@mint ~ $ inxi -N
Network:   Card-1: Broadcom BCM4311 802.11a/b/g driver: b43-pci-bridge 
           Card-2: Broadcom NetLink BCM5787M Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express driver: tg3 
mint@mint ~ $ dmesg|grep b43
[   24.703280] b43-phy0: Broadcom 4311 WLAN found (core revision 13)
[   24.782809] b43-phy0: Found PHY: Analog 4, Type 2 (G), Revision 9
[   24.807295] b43 ssb0:0: Direct firmware load failed with error -2
[   24.807301] b43 ssb0:0: Falling back to user helper
[   25.381257] b43 ssb0:0: Direct firmware load failed with error -2
[   25.381262] b43 ssb0:0: Falling back to user helper
[   25.478339] b43 ssb0:0: Direct firmware load failed with error -2
[   25.478344] b43 ssb0:0: Falling back to user helper
[   25.483431] b43 ssb0:0: Direct firmware load failed with error -2
[   25.483436] b43 ssb0:0: Falling back to user helper
[   25.497644] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode13.fw" not found
[   25.497650] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43-open/ucode13.fw" not found
[   25.497653] b43-phy0 ERROR: You must go to http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware and download the correct firmware for this driver version. Please carefully read all instructions on this website.
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Re: Wireless Network Problem hp compaq 6710b

Post by AlbertP »

Could you please try to reinstall the package using this command:

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apt install --reinstall firmware-b43-installer b43-fwcutter
Please post the output of the command here. When posting on the forum, you can select the output and then click the "Code" button to wrap it in code tags like I've done with my commands. It makes terminal outputs more readable.
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Re: Wireless Network Problem hp compaq 6710b

Post by Fabu »

Hey Abert,

here the output of the command:

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 apt install --reinstall firmware-b43-installer b43-fwcutter

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mint@mint ~ $ apt install --reinstall firmware-b43-installer b43-fwcutter
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  b43-fwcutter firmware-b43-installer
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 3,960 B/29.3 kB of archives.
After this operation, 146 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/multiverse firmware-b43-installer all 1:018-2 [3,960 B]
Fetched 3,960 B in 0s (37.2 kB/s)                   
Preconfiguring packages ...
Selecting previously unselected package b43-fwcutter.
(Reading database ... 156142 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../b43-fwcutter_1%3a018-2_i386.deb ...
Unpacking b43-fwcutter (1:018-2) ...
Selecting previously unselected package firmware-b43-installer.
Preparing to unpack .../firmware-b43-installer_1%3a018-2_all.deb ...
Unpacking firmware-b43-installer (1:018-2) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.6.7.1-1ubuntu1) ...
Setting up b43-fwcutter (1:018-2) ...
Setting up firmware-b43-installer (1:018-2) ...
No chroot environment found. Starting normal installation
--2015-03-10 10:57:59--  http://www.lwfinger.com/b43-firmware/broadcom-wl-5.100.138.tar.bz2
Resolving www.lwfinger.com (www.lwfinger.com)... 173.254.28.119
Connecting to www.lwfinger.com (www.lwfinger.com)|173.254.28.119|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 13514651 (13M) [application/x-bzip2]
Saving to: ‘broadcom-wl-5.100.138.tar.bz2’

100%[======================================>] 13,514,651   485KB/s   in 25s    

2015-03-10 10:58:25 (536 KB/s) - ‘broadcom-wl-5.100.138.tar.bz2’ saved [13514651/13514651]

Deleting old extracted firmware...
broadcom-wl-5.100.138/
broadcom-wl-5.100.138/linux/
broadcom-wl-5.100.138/linux/wl_apsta.o
broadcom-wl-5.100.138/linux/wl_ap.o
broadcom-wl-5.100.138/linux/wl_sta.o
broadcom-wl-5.100.138/README
broadcom-wl-5.100.138/config/
broadcom-wl-5.100.138/config/wlconfig_lx_shared
broadcom-wl-5.100.138/config/wl.mk
broadcom-wl-5.100.138/config/wl_default
broadcom-wl-5.100.138/config/wl_hnd
broadcom-wl-5.100.138/config/wlconfig_nomimo
This file is recognised as:
  filename   :  wl_apsta.o
  version    :  666.2
  MD5        :  e1b05e268bcdbfef3560c28fc161f30e
Extracting b43/lp0initvals14.fw
Extracting b43/lcn0bsinitvals25.fw
Extracting b43/n0bsinitvals25.fw
Extracting b43/n0bsinitvals17.fw
Extracting b43/ucode17_mimo.fw
Extracting b43/ucode16_lp.fw
Extracting b43/sslpn1initvals27.fw
Extracting b43/lp2bsinitvals19.fw
Extracting b43/sslpn3bsinitvals21.fw
Extracting b43/ucode16_sslpn.fw
  ucode time:     01:15:07
Extracting b43/ucode25_lcn.fw
Extracting b43/ucode21_sslpn.fw
Extracting b43/lp0bsinitvals14.fw
Extracting b43/b0g0initvals9.fw
Extracting b43/ucode20_sslpn.fw
Extracting b43/a0g1bsinitvals9.fw
Extracting b43/lp1initvals20.fw
Extracting b43/b0g0bsinitvals13.fw
Extracting b43/lp2initvals19.fw
Extracting b43/n2bsinitvals19.fw
Extracting b43/sslpn4bsinitvals22.fw
Extracting b43/ucode16_sslpn_nobt.fw
  ucode date:     2011-02-23
Extracting b43/n1bsinitvals20.fw
Extracting b43/n1initvals20.fw
Extracting b43/b0g0bsinitvals5.fw
Extracting b43/ucode22_sslpn.fw
Extracting b43/b0g0initvals13.fw
Extracting b43/ht0initvals26.fw
Extracting b43/ucode33_lcn40.fw
Extracting b43/sslpn1bsinitvals20.fw
Extracting b43/lcn400bsinitvals33.fw
Extracting b43/ucode14.fw
Extracting b43/a0g0initvals5.fw
Extracting b43/lp1bsinitvals22.fw
Extracting b43/n16initvals30.fw
Extracting b43/lp0bsinitvals16.fw
Extracting b43/lcn1bsinitvals25.fw
Extracting b43/lcn400initvals33.fw
Extracting b43/n0bsinitvals24.fw
Extracting b43/lcn2bsinitvals26.fw
Extracting b43/lcn1initvals26.fw
Extracting b43/n0bsinitvals22.fw
Extracting b43/n18initvals32.fw
Extracting b43/lcn2initvals26.fw
Extracting b43/a0g1bsinitvals5.fw
Extracting b43/n0bsinitvals11.fw
Extracting b43/lcn2initvals24.fw
Extracting b43/lcn0initvals26.fw
Extracting b43/n0absinitvals11.fw
Extracting b43/ucode21_sslpn_nobt.fw
  ucode time:     01:15:07
Extracting b43/ucode26_mimo.fw
Extracting b43/n2initvals19.fw
Extracting b43/sslpn3initvals21.fw
Extracting b43/a0g1bsinitvals13.fw
Extracting b43/sslpn4initvals22.fw
Extracting b43/pcm5.fw
Extracting b43/ucode22_mimo.fw
Extracting b43/ucode9.fw
Extracting b43/lcn2initvals25.fw
Extracting b43/lp1initvals22.fw
Extracting b43/sslpn1bsinitvals27.fw
Extracting b43/lcn0initvals24.fw
Extracting b43/ucode32_mimo.fw
Extracting b43/a0g0bsinitvals9.fw
Extracting b43/n18bsinitvals32.fw
Extracting b43/n0initvals24.fw
Extracting b43/n0initvals25.fw
Extracting b43/a0g1initvals5.fw
Extracting b43/ucode24_lcn.fw
Extracting b43/n0initvals17.fw
Extracting b43/n0bsinitvals16.fw
Extracting b43/lp0initvals15.fw
Extracting b43/b0g0initvals5.fw
Extracting b43/ucode20_sslpn_nobt.fw
Extracting b43/lcn1initvals24.fw
Extracting b43/sslpn0initvals16.fw
Extracting b43/a0g1initvals13.fw
Extracting b43/lp1bsinitvals20.fw
Extracting b43/sslpn2initvals19.fw
Extracting b43/a0g1initvals9.fw
Extracting b43/lcn1bsinitvals24.fw
Extracting b43/ucode5.fw
Extracting b43/lcn2bsinitvals24.fw
Extracting b43/lp0bsinitvals13.fw
Extracting b43/n0initvals16.fw
Extracting b43/ucode19_sslpn_nobt.fw
Extracting b43/b0g0bsinitvals9.fw
Extracting b43/ucode11.fw
Extracting b43/lp0initvals16.fw
Extracting b43/ucode16_mimo.fw
Extracting b43/lcn0bsinitvals26.fw
Extracting b43/ht0initvals29.fw
Extracting b43/lcn2bsinitvals25.fw
Extracting b43/a0g0initvals9.fw
Extracting b43/ucode29_mimo.fw
Extracting b43/lcn0bsinitvals24.fw
Extracting b43/ucode19_sslpn.fw
Extracting b43/lcn1initvals25.fw
Extracting b43/ucode30_mimo.fw
Extracting b43/n16bsinitvals30.fw
Extracting b43/ucode25_mimo.fw
Extracting b43/ucode24_mimo.fw
Extracting b43/ucode27_sslpn.fw
Extracting b43/lp0initvals13.fw
Extracting b43/a0g0bsinitvals5.fw
Extracting b43/ht0bsinitvals26.fw
Extracting b43/ucode13.fw
Extracting b43/sslpn2bsinitvals19.fw
Extracting b43/ucode15.fw
Extracting b43/lp0bsinitvals15.fw
Extracting b43/n0initvals11.fw
Extracting b43/lcn0initvals25.fw
Extracting b43/sslpn0bsinitvals16.fw
Extracting b43/sslpn1initvals20.fw
Extracting b43/lcn1bsinitvals26.fw
Extracting b43/n0initvals22.fw
Extracting b43/ht0bsinitvals29.fw
After every Restart everything seems to be resetted again. Maybe also the driver? Clock, Keyboard seetting, stadrat search engine and so on is reset.
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Re: Wireless Network Problem hp compaq 6710b

Post by JeremyB »

Do you have it installed on a hard drive, show

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cat /proc/cmdline
Fabu

Re: Wireless Network Problem hp compaq 6710b

Post by Fabu »

Ouch! I just realised that the 3 hours trying to deal with this problem yesterday evening was useless... The systemd started from usb stick because i left in in the computer... :roll:

Well now i installed the driver on the harddrive:

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fabi@Fabi ~ $  apt install --reinstall firmware-b43-installer b43-fwcutter
[sudo] password for fabi: 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 2 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/29,3 kB of archives.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Preconfiguring packages ...
(Reading database ... 154033 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../b43-fwcutter_1%3a018-2_i386.deb ...
Unpacking b43-fwcutter (1:018-2) over (1:018-2) ...
Preparing to unpack .../firmware-b43-installer_1%3a018-2_all.deb ...
Unpacking firmware-b43-installer (1:018-2) over (1:018-2) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.6.7.1-1ubuntu1) ...
Setting up b43-fwcutter (1:018-2) ...
Setting up firmware-b43-installer (1:018-2) ...
No chroot environment found. Starting normal installation
--2015-03-10 12:34:46--  http://www.lwfinger.com/b43-firmware/broadcom-wl-5.100.138.tar.bz2
Resolving www.lwfinger.com (www.lwfinger.com)... 173.254.28.119
Connecting to www.lwfinger.com (www.lwfinger.com)|173.254.28.119|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 13514651 (13M) [application/x-bzip2]
Saving to: ‘broadcom-wl-5.100.138.tar.bz2’

100%[======================================>] 13.514.651   993KB/s   in 14s    

2015-03-10 12:35:00 (952 KB/s) - ‘broadcom-wl-5.100.138.tar.bz2’ saved [13514651/13514651]

Deleting old extracted firmware...
broadcom-wl-5.100.138/
broadcom-wl-5.100.138/linux/
broadcom-wl-5.100.138/linux/wl_apsta.o
broadcom-wl-5.100.138/linux/wl_ap.o
broadcom-wl-5.100.138/linux/wl_sta.o
broadcom-wl-5.100.138/README
broadcom-wl-5.100.138/config/
broadcom-wl-5.100.138/config/wlconfig_lx_shared
broadcom-wl-5.100.138/config/wl.mk
broadcom-wl-5.100.138/config/wl_default
broadcom-wl-5.100.138/config/wl_hnd
broadcom-wl-5.100.138/config/wlconfig_nomimo
This file is recognised as:
  filename   :  wl_apsta.o
  version    :  666.2
  MD5        :  e1b05e268bcdbfef3560c28fc161f30e
Extracting b43/lp0initvals14.fw
Extracting b43/lcn0bsinitvals25.fw
Extracting b43/n0bsinitvals25.fw
Extracting b43/n0bsinitvals17.fw
Extracting b43/ucode17_mimo.fw
Extracting b43/ucode16_lp.fw
Extracting b43/sslpn1initvals27.fw
Extracting b43/lp2bsinitvals19.fw
Extracting b43/sslpn3bsinitvals21.fw
Extracting b43/ucode16_sslpn.fw
  ucode time:     01:15:07
Extracting b43/ucode25_lcn.fw
Extracting b43/ucode21_sslpn.fw
Extracting b43/lp0bsinitvals14.fw
Extracting b43/b0g0initvals9.fw
Extracting b43/ucode20_sslpn.fw
Extracting b43/a0g1bsinitvals9.fw
Extracting b43/lp1initvals20.fw
Extracting b43/b0g0bsinitvals13.fw
Extracting b43/lp2initvals19.fw
Extracting b43/n2bsinitvals19.fw
Extracting b43/sslpn4bsinitvals22.fw
Extracting b43/ucode16_sslpn_nobt.fw
  ucode date:     2011-02-23
Extracting b43/n1bsinitvals20.fw
Extracting b43/n1initvals20.fw
Extracting b43/b0g0bsinitvals5.fw
Extracting b43/ucode22_sslpn.fw
Extracting b43/b0g0initvals13.fw
Extracting b43/ht0initvals26.fw
Extracting b43/ucode33_lcn40.fw
Extracting b43/sslpn1bsinitvals20.fw
Extracting b43/lcn400bsinitvals33.fw
Extracting b43/ucode14.fw
Extracting b43/a0g0initvals5.fw
Extracting b43/lp1bsinitvals22.fw
Extracting b43/n16initvals30.fw
Extracting b43/lp0bsinitvals16.fw
Extracting b43/lcn1bsinitvals25.fw
Extracting b43/lcn400initvals33.fw
Extracting b43/n0bsinitvals24.fw
Extracting b43/lcn2bsinitvals26.fw
Extracting b43/lcn1initvals26.fw
Extracting b43/n0bsinitvals22.fw
Extracting b43/n18initvals32.fw
Extracting b43/lcn2initvals26.fw
Extracting b43/a0g1bsinitvals5.fw
Extracting b43/n0bsinitvals11.fw
Extracting b43/lcn2initvals24.fw
Extracting b43/lcn0initvals26.fw
Extracting b43/n0absinitvals11.fw
Extracting b43/ucode21_sslpn_nobt.fw
  ucode time:     01:15:07
Extracting b43/ucode26_mimo.fw
Extracting b43/n2initvals19.fw
Extracting b43/sslpn3initvals21.fw
Extracting b43/a0g1bsinitvals13.fw
Extracting b43/sslpn4initvals22.fw
Extracting b43/pcm5.fw
Extracting b43/ucode22_mimo.fw
Extracting b43/ucode9.fw
Extracting b43/lcn2initvals25.fw
Extracting b43/lp1initvals22.fw
Extracting b43/sslpn1bsinitvals27.fw
Extracting b43/lcn0initvals24.fw
Extracting b43/ucode32_mimo.fw
Extracting b43/a0g0bsinitvals9.fw
Extracting b43/n18bsinitvals32.fw
Extracting b43/n0initvals24.fw
Extracting b43/n0initvals25.fw
Extracting b43/a0g1initvals5.fw
Extracting b43/ucode24_lcn.fw
Extracting b43/n0initvals17.fw
Extracting b43/n0bsinitvals16.fw
Extracting b43/lp0initvals15.fw
Extracting b43/b0g0initvals5.fw
Extracting b43/ucode20_sslpn_nobt.fw
Extracting b43/lcn1initvals24.fw
Extracting b43/sslpn0initvals16.fw
Extracting b43/a0g1initvals13.fw
Extracting b43/lp1bsinitvals20.fw
Extracting b43/sslpn2initvals19.fw
Extracting b43/a0g1initvals9.fw
Extracting b43/lcn1bsinitvals24.fw
Extracting b43/ucode5.fw
Extracting b43/lcn2bsinitvals24.fw
Extracting b43/lp0bsinitvals13.fw
Extracting b43/n0initvals16.fw
Extracting b43/ucode19_sslpn_nobt.fw
Extracting b43/b0g0bsinitvals9.fw
Extracting b43/ucode11.fw
Extracting b43/lp0initvals16.fw
Extracting b43/ucode16_mimo.fw
Extracting b43/lcn0bsinitvals26.fw
Extracting b43/ht0initvals29.fw
Extracting b43/lcn2bsinitvals25.fw
Extracting b43/a0g0initvals9.fw
Extracting b43/ucode29_mimo.fw
Extracting b43/lcn0bsinitvals24.fw
Extracting b43/ucode19_sslpn.fw
Extracting b43/lcn1initvals25.fw
Extracting b43/ucode30_mimo.fw
Extracting b43/n16bsinitvals30.fw
Extracting b43/ucode25_mimo.fw
Extracting b43/ucode24_mimo.fw
Extracting b43/ucode27_sslpn.fw
Extracting b43/lp0initvals13.fw
Extracting b43/a0g0bsinitvals5.fw
Extracting b43/ht0bsinitvals26.fw
Extracting b43/ucode13.fw
Extracting b43/sslpn2bsinitvals19.fw
Extracting b43/ucode15.fw
Extracting b43/lp0bsinitvals15.fw
Extracting b43/n0initvals11.fw
Extracting b43/lcn0initvals25.fw
Extracting b43/sslpn0bsinitvals16.fw
Extracting b43/sslpn1initvals20.fw
Extracting b43/lcn1bsinitvals26.fw
Extracting b43/n0initvals22.fw
Extracting b43/ht0bsinitvals29.fw
Now there is an Wireless network switch in the try but i cant switch it to "on".
Same after restart.
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Re: Wireless Network Problem hp compaq 6710b

Post by JeremyB »

So you are saying that

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rfkill list all
shows a hard block? Please post the rfkill result and

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lsmod
and the model number of the computer
Fabu

Re: Wireless Network Problem hp compaq 6710b

Post by Fabu »

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rfkill list all
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
	Soft blocked: no
	Hard blocked: yes

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lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
dm_crypt               22589  0 
hp_wmi                 13702  0 
sparse_keymap          13708  1 hp_wmi
bnep                   18895  2 
rfcomm                 53664  0 
bluetooth             342208  10 bnep,rfcomm
snd_hda_codec_analog    14537  1 
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JeremyB
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Re: Wireless Network Problem hp compaq 6710b

Post by JeremyB »

Is there a button close to the display with a wifi symbol? Push it and check rfkill
Fabu

Re: Wireless Network Problem hp compaq 6710b

Post by Fabu »

Yes there is a "touchsensitiv button. all the buttons are working except the WIFI button in linux. It would be the same like the switch in the tray.. both are not working
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Re: Re: Wireless Network Problem hp compaq 6710b

Post by JeremyB »

Fabu wrote:Yes there is a "touchsensitiv button. all the buttons are working except the WIFI button in linux. It would be the same like the switch in the tray.. both are not working

You might have to reset BIOS to defaults unless you are dual boot with windows if the following fails

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sudo modprobe -r hp_wmi

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sudo rfkill unblock all
Thanks Albert
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Re: Wireless Network Problem hp compaq 6710b

Post by AlbertP »

That wireless switch can be quite problematic on Linux. If you still have Windows, you can use HP Wireless Assistant do turn wireless on again (worked when my dad had a 6730b, which is a quite comparable laptop I think). Other people on the web suggest that there is a BIOS setting to ignore the wifi on/off button.

JeremyB's suggestion is also worth trying, he just put a few excessive [] and [ code ] signs in his commands by accident.

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sudo modprobe -r hp_wmi
sudo rfkill unblock all
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