<SOLVED>Broadcom BCM43228 802.11a/b/g/n Mint 17.2

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<SOLVED>Broadcom BCM43228 802.11a/b/g/n Mint 17.2

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I can't figure this one out. Yesterday I had Mint 17.2 installed, updated, and everything working properly. Due to an installation error on my part with Windows (this is a duel boot setup), I had to reinstall Mint. Now I'm not getting any love from the WiFi. I had to finesse it a little the first time to get it to work, but now it's not coming up at all. The Bluetooth portion of the card works, just not the WiFi. I realize that this is a common issue, or at least seems to be, since a search on this topic pulls up multiple results - none of which resolved my issue. I spent several hours trying different approaches that had been suggested by previous threads, and none of them worked. Updating drivers, installing packages, blacklisting drivers - none of it has worked.

I'm not sure what other detailed info I should provide to help give a little more insight into what I'm dealing with here. I'm new to any and all Linux distributions. If you are kind enough to help or at least point me in the right direction, I'll provide whatever information you request. Thanks in advance.
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Re: Broadcom BCM43228 802.11a/b/g/n Mint 17.2

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Can you undo manually blacklisted drivers before we go further. All manually edited file settings should be restored to their initial state.

Can you open a terminal then post back command results

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inxi -Fxz
lspci -nnk | grep -iA2 net
dpkg -l | egrep 'b43|bcmwl'
rfkill list all
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Re: Broadcom BCM43228 802.11a/b/g/n Mint 17.2

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Laurent85 wrote:Can you undo manually blacklisted drivers before we go further. All manually edited file settings should be restored to their initial state.

Can you open a terminal then post back command results

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inxi -Fxz
lspci -nnk | grep -iA2 net
dpkg -l | egrep 'b43|bcmwl'
rfkill list all
Hello! The blacklisted drivers and edited files have already been returned to their original state. Once I realized that the change I made did not solve the problem, I returned them immediately back to where they were.

Here are the results of the commands that you requested:

inxi -Fxz
System: Host: asus-itx Kernel: 3.16.0-38-generic x86_64 (64 bit, gcc: 4.8.2)
Desktop: Cinnamon 2.6.13 Distro: Linux Mint 17.2 Rafaela
Machine: System: ASUS product: All Series
Mobo: ASUSTeK model: H97I-PLUS version: Rev X.0x Bios: American Megatrends version: 2602 date: 03/04/2015
CPU: Quad core Intel Core i5-4460 CPU (-MCP-) cache: 6144 KB flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx) bmips: 25600.3
Clock Speeds: 1: 3200.625 MHz 2: 3212.250 MHz 3: 3200.00 MHz 4: 3235.250 MHz
Graphics: Card: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Cape Verde XT [Radeon HD 7770/8760 / R7 250X] bus-ID: 01:00.0
X.Org: 1.15.1 drivers: ati,radeon (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: 1920x1080@60.0hz
GLX Renderer: Gallium 0.4 on AMD CAPE VERDE GLX Version: 3.0 Mesa 10.1.3 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio: Card-1: Intel Device 8ca0 driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 Sound: ALSA ver: k3.16.0-38-generic
Card-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Cape Verde/Pitcairn HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 7700/7800 Series]
driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 01:00.1
Network: Card-1: Broadcom BCM43228 802.11a/b/g/n driver: bcma-pci-bridge bus-ID: 03:00.0
IF: N/A state: N/A mac: N/A
Card-2: Intel Ethernet Connection (2) I218-V driver: e1000e ver: 2.3.2-k port: f040 bus-ID: 00:19.0
IF: eth0 state: up speed: 10 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Drives: HDD Total Size: 1000.2GB (0.5% used) 1: id: /dev/sda model: WDC_WD10EZEX size: 1000.2GB
Partition: ID: / size: 182G used: 4.8G (3%) fs: ext4 ID: swap-1 size: 15.58GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap
RAID: No RAID devices detected - /proc/mdstat and md_mod kernel raid module present
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 29.8C mobo: 27.8C gpu: 36.0
Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info: Processes: 190 Uptime: 3 min Memory: 584.9/7927.2MB Runlevel: 2 Gcc sys: 4.8.4
Client: Shell (bash 4.3.11) inxi: 1.9.17

lspci -nnk | grep -iA2 net
00:19.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation Ethernet Connection (2) I218-V [8086:15a1]
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:85c4]
Kernel driver in use: e1000e
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03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM43228 802.11a/b/g/n [14e4:4359]
Subsystem: Broadcom Corporation Device [14e4:05e2]
Kernel driver in use: bcma-pci-bridge

dpkg -l | egrep 'b43|bcmwl'
ii b43-fwcutter 1:018-2 amd64 utility for extracting Broadcom 43xx firmware
ii firmware-b43-installer 1:018-2 all firmware installer for the b43 driver

rfkill list all
0: hci0: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no

Thank you for your help! I'm sure that there is something here that is simply being overlooked. Unfortunately, I don't have the knowledge required to fix it. :)
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Re: Broadcom BCM43228 802.11a/b/g/n Mint 17.2

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Your card needs kernel 3.17+ onward, see http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43

Click shield icon in notification area to launch Update Manager -> View -> Linux kernels -> select latest available kernel 3.19.0-22 -> Install

You need an active internet connection to install firmware kernel module driver, open a terminal

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sudo apt-get --reinstall install firmware-b43-installer
Reboot.
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Re: Broadcom BCM43228 802.11a/b/g/n Mint 17.2

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It is working now! Thank you.

After I installed Mint, I always to the updates immediately. I guess I need to learn the difference between drivers and kernels in respect to Linux. I assumed that the newest everything would be implemented with the system update. I guess I was incorrect. It's strange that I was able to get it to work before without taking these steps.

I'm not real clear on the whole concept yet of exactly what was done to fix the problem, but my problem is solved. Many thanks!
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