Wireless on emachines m640

[grrrlshapedthing]

So While I would LOVE to just get rid of windows I can't for a few stupid applications that I need it for so I installed Linux Mint as a dualboot on my new laptop... I have been a long time fan of the mint and have been using it since 4.0, so I installed 10 and the wireless isn't working

I used lspci -nn to get my card info and this is what I got"

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00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 Host Bridge Alternate [1022:9601]
00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (int gfx) [1022:9602]
00:04.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 0) [1022:9604]
00:05.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 1) [1022:9605]
00:11.0 SATA controller [0106]: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 SATA Controller [AHCI mode] [1002:4391]
00:12.0 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB OHCI0 Controller [1002:4397]
00:12.2 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB EHCI Controller [1002:4396]
00:13.0 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB OHCI0 Controller [1002:4397]
00:13.2 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB EHCI Controller [1002:4396]
00:14.0 SMBus [0c05]: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 SMBus Controller [1002:4385] (rev 42)
00:14.2 Audio device [0403]: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA) [1002:4383] (rev 40)
00:14.3 ISA bridge [0601]: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 LPC host controller [1002:439d] (rev 40)
00:14.4 PCI bridge [0604]: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge [1002:4384] (rev 40)
00:18.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor HyperTransport Configuration [1022:1200]
00:18.1 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor Address Map [1022:1201]
00:18.2 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor DRAM Controller [1022:1202]
00:18.3 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor Miscellaneous Control [1022:1203]
00:18.4 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor Link Control [1022:1204]
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc M880G [Mobility Radeon HD 4200] [1002:9712]
01:05.1 Audio device [0403]: ATI Technologies Inc RS880 Audio Device [Radeon HD 4200] [1002:970f]
02:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Broadcom Corporation NetLink BCM57780 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe [14e4:1692] (rev 01)
08:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM43225 802.11b/g/n [14e4:4357] (rev 01)

[dawgdoc]

....so I installed 10 and the wireless isn't working

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08:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM43225 802.11b/g/n [14e4:4357] (rev 01)

This wireless card is supported by the Broadcom-STA (wl) driver. This should be available through the Hardware Driver application.
> Menu > Administration > Hardware Driver
Highlight the Broadcom-STA and then click <Activate> in the window which opens. (You will need to be connected to the internet with a wired connection at the time you do this.)

It may turn out that you need a newer version of the driver than is available in Mint 10. I do not have it as an OS, so I do not know which version is available in it. The 5.60.48.36 version in Mint Debian is not new enough to support your card.
Source code for the newest version is available here: http://www.broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php

Another driver which will support your card is the Broadcom brcm80221 driver. I do not know if it is in the Hardware Driver application.

brcm80211 is a free and open source mac80211 driver currently in development, supporting specific Broadcom 802.11n PCIe wireless LAN chipsets:

* BCM4313 (PCI-ID: 14E4:4727)
* BCM43224 (PCI-ID: 14E4:4353)
* BCM43225 (PCI-ID: 14E4:4357)

http://wiki.debian.org/brcm80211

[rivenathos]

Extremely important as per dawgdoc:

You will need to be connected to the internet with a wired connection at the time you do this.

Not being connected to the Internet via a wired Ethernet cable during installation is the most common mistake made by new folks. Upon rebooting, a dialog box pops up asking if you want to download and enable the wireless drivers. It is pretty much automatic.