Broadcom drivers - *NO* internet connection... (SOLVED)
Posted: Tue Dec 25, 2012 5:14 pm
So I recently installed Mint 13 XFCE on a netbook - Compaq Mini 702eg.
Everything went smoothly aside from the fact that neither the wireless internet *NOR* the wired ethernet connections work. I've searched around a fair bit for solutions, but most of the solutions assumed the existence of at least some kind of working internet connection on that computer.
I tried chasing around various .deb files such as the b43-fwcutter firmware-b43-installer and b43-fwcutter firmware-b43-lpphy-installer and their various dependencies and subdebendencies and so on with no luck. (I would copy the .debs over with a flash drive.)
I even tried doing it via the Windows .inf driver and wrapper method, using the file from here: http://www.stchman.com/install_ndis_broadcom.html but that didn't work either.
Finally I went into Synaptic on the netbook and tried to install the Broadcom drivers that way in order to get a full list of all the .deb files that were needed (and that it of course failed to download because there was not internet connection). This is the list:
W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/m ... 5_i386.deb
Could not resolve 'archive.ubuntu.com'
W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/m ... 3_i386.deb
Could not resolve 'archive.ubuntu.com'
W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/r ... 1_i386.deb
Could not resolve 'archive.ubuntu.com'
W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/m ... -4_all.deb
Could not resolve 'archive.ubuntu.com'
W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/m ... u7_all.deb
Could not resolve 'archive.ubuntu.com'
W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/m ... u7_all.deb
Could not resolve 'archive.ubuntu.com'
W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/m ... 5_i386.deb
Could not resolve 'archive.ubuntu.com'
W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/m ... 3_i386.deb
Could not resolve 'archive.ubuntu.com'
W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/m ... .1_all.deb
Could not resolve 'archive.ubuntu.com'
W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/m ... u1_all.deb
Could not resolve 'archive.ubuntu.com'
W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/ ... .1_all.deb
Could not resolve 'security.ubuntu.com'
W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/m ... u3_all.deb
Could not resolve 'archive.ubuntu.com'
W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/m ... 1_i386.deb
Could not resolve 'archive.ubuntu.com'
W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/m ... -2_all.deb
Could not resolve 'archive.ubuntu.com'
W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/m ... -4_all.deb
Could not resolve 'archive.ubuntu.com'
W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/m ... 5_i386.deb
Could not resolve 'archive.ubuntu.com'
W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/m ... 5_i386.deb
Could not resolve 'archive.ubuntu.com'
W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/m ... 5_i386.deb
Could not resolve 'archive.ubuntu.com'
W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/m ... 2_i386.deb
Could not resolve 'archive.ubuntu.com'
W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/m ... -2_all.deb
Could not resolve 'archive.ubuntu.com'
W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/m ... 2_i386.deb
Could not resolve 'archive.ubuntu.com'
W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/m ... -2_all.deb
Could not resolve 'archive.ubuntu.com'
W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/m ... -2_all.deb
Could not resolve 'archive.ubuntu.com'
W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/m ... -1_all.deb
Could not resolve 'archive.ubuntu.com'
W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/u ... .4_all.deb
Could not resolve 'archive.ubuntu.com'
[End List]
So I then manually downloaded each of those .deb files and copied them all to the netbook via flash drive and tried to install them. But by the time I got about halfway through I hit yet another brick wall with some sort of bizarre dependency loop!
When I tried to install libstdc++6-4.6-dev_4.6.3-1ubuntu5_i386, it said that it had two unsatisfied dependencies. One of them was g++-4.6_4.6.3-1ubuntu5_i386 and one of them was libstdc++6-4.6-dev_4.6.3-1ubuntu5_i386 itself! Likewise, when trying to install g++-4.6_4.6.3-1ubuntu5_i386 it said it needed both libstdc++6-4.6-dev_4.6.3-1ubuntu5_i386 and itself :-/
So at this point I feel like I've hitten something of a dead end. Almost ready to just give up and go back to running WinXP on that computer, but it was sluggish on there and I prefer Mint. Wondering why the Broadcom stuff doesn't just come standard with the installation!
Anyway, does anyone here have some suggestions? I've heard of using a local apt repository, but not really sure how to do that. If there'd be a way to make that work then I've got all those .deb's sitting in a folder together ready to go. Or any other ideas?
Thanks in advance!...
Everything went smoothly aside from the fact that neither the wireless internet *NOR* the wired ethernet connections work. I've searched around a fair bit for solutions, but most of the solutions assumed the existence of at least some kind of working internet connection on that computer.
I tried chasing around various .deb files such as the b43-fwcutter firmware-b43-installer and b43-fwcutter firmware-b43-lpphy-installer and their various dependencies and subdebendencies and so on with no luck. (I would copy the .debs over with a flash drive.)
I even tried doing it via the Windows .inf driver and wrapper method, using the file from here: http://www.stchman.com/install_ndis_broadcom.html but that didn't work either.
Finally I went into Synaptic on the netbook and tried to install the Broadcom drivers that way in order to get a full list of all the .deb files that were needed (and that it of course failed to download because there was not internet connection). This is the list:
W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/m ... 5_i386.deb
Could not resolve 'archive.ubuntu.com'
W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/m ... 3_i386.deb
Could not resolve 'archive.ubuntu.com'
W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/r ... 1_i386.deb
Could not resolve 'archive.ubuntu.com'
W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/m ... -4_all.deb
Could not resolve 'archive.ubuntu.com'
W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/m ... u7_all.deb
Could not resolve 'archive.ubuntu.com'
W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/m ... u7_all.deb
Could not resolve 'archive.ubuntu.com'
W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/m ... 5_i386.deb
Could not resolve 'archive.ubuntu.com'
W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/m ... 3_i386.deb
Could not resolve 'archive.ubuntu.com'
W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/m ... .1_all.deb
Could not resolve 'archive.ubuntu.com'
W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/m ... u1_all.deb
Could not resolve 'archive.ubuntu.com'
W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/ ... .1_all.deb
Could not resolve 'security.ubuntu.com'
W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/m ... u3_all.deb
Could not resolve 'archive.ubuntu.com'
W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/m ... 1_i386.deb
Could not resolve 'archive.ubuntu.com'
W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/m ... -2_all.deb
Could not resolve 'archive.ubuntu.com'
W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/m ... -4_all.deb
Could not resolve 'archive.ubuntu.com'
W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/m ... 5_i386.deb
Could not resolve 'archive.ubuntu.com'
W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/m ... 5_i386.deb
Could not resolve 'archive.ubuntu.com'
W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/m ... 5_i386.deb
Could not resolve 'archive.ubuntu.com'
W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/m ... 2_i386.deb
Could not resolve 'archive.ubuntu.com'
W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/m ... -2_all.deb
Could not resolve 'archive.ubuntu.com'
W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/m ... 2_i386.deb
Could not resolve 'archive.ubuntu.com'
W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/m ... -2_all.deb
Could not resolve 'archive.ubuntu.com'
W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/m ... -2_all.deb
Could not resolve 'archive.ubuntu.com'
W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/m ... -1_all.deb
Could not resolve 'archive.ubuntu.com'
W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/u ... .4_all.deb
Could not resolve 'archive.ubuntu.com'
[End List]
So I then manually downloaded each of those .deb files and copied them all to the netbook via flash drive and tried to install them. But by the time I got about halfway through I hit yet another brick wall with some sort of bizarre dependency loop!
When I tried to install libstdc++6-4.6-dev_4.6.3-1ubuntu5_i386, it said that it had two unsatisfied dependencies. One of them was g++-4.6_4.6.3-1ubuntu5_i386 and one of them was libstdc++6-4.6-dev_4.6.3-1ubuntu5_i386 itself! Likewise, when trying to install g++-4.6_4.6.3-1ubuntu5_i386 it said it needed both libstdc++6-4.6-dev_4.6.3-1ubuntu5_i386 and itself :-/
So at this point I feel like I've hitten something of a dead end. Almost ready to just give up and go back to running WinXP on that computer, but it was sluggish on there and I prefer Mint. Wondering why the Broadcom stuff doesn't just come standard with the installation!
Anyway, does anyone here have some suggestions? I've heard of using a local apt repository, but not really sure how to do that. If there'd be a way to make that work then I've got all those .deb's sitting in a folder together ready to go. Or any other ideas?
Thanks in advance!...