Dear friends,
I have got a dual boot laptop running XP and Linux Mint 14 Cinnamon Nadia. Four days ago, a friend of mine installed Linux Mint 14 Nadia. The first day everything was fine. However, the second day I lost my wireless connectivity. When I click on Wi-Fi connection icon on the panel, I get a message “The cable unplugged”. (Obviously, it is not unplugged as I can use XP for Internet traffic.) What do I have to do in settings so that my laptop (Dell Inspiron 1545) recognises wireless networks and gets connected?
Thank you
Unable to connect to wireless networks
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Unable to connect to wireless networks
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Re: Unable to connect to wireless networks
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lspci -nnk | grep -iA2 net
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rfkill list
Linux Mint 21.1 Cinnamon
Re: Unable to connect to wireless networks
Uh, I am afraid that I don't understand your message. I am a total newbie in Linux Mint. Could you give me step-by-step guidance?
Re: Unable to connect to wireless networks
Open a terminal
Use your mouse to paste the code I gave you in to it and hit enter
Post the result for each....
Use your mouse to paste the code I gave you in to it and hit enter
Post the result for each....
Linux Mint 21.1 Cinnamon
Re: Unable to connect to wireless networks
Dear Novell,
here is what I got after pasting those commands into Terminal. But still, there is no connection. What next should I do?
vrsabha@vrsabhadas ~ $ lspci -nnk | grep -iA2 net
09:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8040 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller [11ab:4354] (rev 13)
Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:02aa]
Kernel driver in use: sky2
--
0c:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY [14e4:4315] (rev 01)
Subsystem: Dell Wireless 1397 WLAN Mini-Card [1028:000c]
Kernel driver in use: b43-pci-bridge
vrsabha@vrsabhadas ~ $ rfkill list
here is what I got after pasting those commands into Terminal. But still, there is no connection. What next should I do?
vrsabha@vrsabhadas ~ $ lspci -nnk | grep -iA2 net
09:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8040 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller [11ab:4354] (rev 13)
Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:02aa]
Kernel driver in use: sky2
--
0c:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY [14e4:4315] (rev 01)
Subsystem: Dell Wireless 1397 WLAN Mini-Card [1028:000c]
Kernel driver in use: b43-pci-bridge
vrsabha@vrsabhadas ~ $ rfkill list
Re: Unable to connect to wireless networks
Either one of two things
1. You need a wired connection
Paste this in to a terminal
Then this
Give it a minute and it should come to life
Or
2. PM me for another method
1. You need a wired connection
Paste this in to a terminal
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sudo apt-get install firmware-b43-installer
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sudo modprobe -rv b43
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sudo modprobe -v b43
Or
2. PM me for another method
Linux Mint 21.1 Cinnamon
Re: Unable to connect to wireless networks
Dear Novell (caf 4926),
Thank you very much. My wireless connection is back to life. I am your debtor.
Sincere greetings from Sarajevo (Bosnia)!
Thank you very much. My wireless connection is back to life. I am your debtor.
Sincere greetings from Sarajevo (Bosnia)!
Re: Unable to connect to wireless networks
You are welcomeVrsabha wrote:Dear Novell (caf 4926),
Thank you very much. My wireless connection is back to life. I am your debtor.
Sincere greetings from Sarajevo (Bosnia)!
Linux Mint 21.1 Cinnamon
Re: Unable to connect to wireless networks
I tried the solution posted by caf4926 but it did not work for me. If his solution doesn't work for you, I found one that did work for me and hopefully will be of use to others:
http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.p ... 54#p692954
http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.p ... 54#p692954