No Wireless linux mint

[mattarmstead]

Hi,

First post.

Just installed linux mint 13 on to macbook pro, all well except no wireless.
Complete linux newbie and have tried downloading drivers and transferring to lib/firmware.
Have wired connection
Can anyone help?

Thanks

Matthew

[xenopeek]

Please open a terminal, and run the following command. Post the output here for us to have a look.

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sudo mintwifi

[mattarmstead]

Hi

Here you go.

Matthew

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* I. scanning WIFI PCI devices...
-- Broadcom Corporation BCM4331 802.11a/b/g/n (rev 02)
==> PCI ID = 14e4:4331 (rev 02)
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* II. querying ndiswrapper...
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* III. querying iwconfig...
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

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* IV. querying ifconfig...
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 3c:07:54:29:ea:eb
inet addr:192.168.1.66 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::3e07:54ff:fe29:eaeb/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:205843 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:123001 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:299560929 (299.5 MB) TX bytes:9323445 (9.3 MB)
Interrupt:16

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:1170 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:1170 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:109541 (109.5 KB) TX bytes:109541 (109.5 KB)

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* V. querying DHCP...
Rather than invoking init scripts through /etc/init.d, use the service(8)
utility, e.g. service smbd reload

Since the script you are attempting to invoke has been converted to an
Upstart job, you may also use the reload(8) utility, e.g. reload smbd
RTNETLINK answers: File exists
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* VI. querying nslookup google.com...
Server: 192.168.1.254
Address: 192.168.1.254#53

Non-authoritative answer:
Name: google.com
Address: 74.125.230.97
Name: google.com
Address: 74.125.230.99
Name: google.com
Address: 74.125.230.100
Name: google.com
Address: 74.125.230.101
Name: google.com
Address: 74.125.230.102
Name: google.com
Address: 74.125.230.96
Name: google.com
Address: 74.125.230.104
Name: google.com
Address: 74.125.230.103
Name: google.com
Address: 74.125.230.98
Name: google.com
Address: 74.125.230.110
Name: google.com
Address: 74.125.230.105

[remoulder]

follow the instructions at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MacBo ... c#Wireless

[mattarmstead]

Thanks

Still confused as to how I complete the task listed below

Edit the /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf and add the line:

blacklist ndiswrapper

Create or edit the file /etc/pm/config.d/modules and make sure the wireless modules (b43 and bcma) are blacklisted:

SUSPEND_MODULES="b43 bcma"

I managed ok with the terminal to install the other stuff.

Sorry but I am a newbie.

Matthew

[remoulder]

Edit the /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

Depends on what desktop you have, but basically you run the text editor with root permissions and add the line to the end of the file. Similarly for the other file. In a terminal you can just enter gksu gedit for gnome/cinnamon or gksu pluma for mate. Alternatively you can right mouse the file in the file browser and Open as root/administrator.

[Kennethy]

Hi,
You need the Broadcom firmware and drivers.

http://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/218

Thanks

[remoulder]

You need the Broadcom firmware and drivers

This is for a Macbook Pro, that tutorial won't work.

[mattarmstead]

Hi,

Thanks for all your help but I'm still stuck without wireless access.

I have tried all your suggestions and think I am doing something very wrong.

I have installed packages from software manager and I have tried to install drivers and edit the folders as suggested. No luck.

May buy a usb wireless dongle.

Thank you

Matthew

[mattarmstead]

You need the Broadcom firmware and drivers

This is for a Macbook Pro, that tutorial won't work.

I have a macbook pro

[mattarmstead]

Go to System->Administration->Hardware Drivers
Choose the Broadcom STA wireless driver
Activate

Sometimes the driver does not show up in the Hardware Drivers choices. In
this case, try reintalling the driver from the GUI or shell like this:

From the GUI:
Package Manager (System>Administration>Synaptic Package Manager). Click the
Reload button in the upper left corner of Synaptic to refresh your index then
search for and reinstall the package named bcmwl-kernel-source.

From the shell:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get --reinstall install bcmwl-kernel-source

In either GUI or text case, after reinstalling, reboot your machine.

Now go back to System->Administration->Hardware Drivers
and you should see the driver enabled and working.

tried the gui and shell methods and restarted. no luck

[mattarmstead]

Hi,

Managed to enable wireless with

Install b43-fwcutter
sudo apt-get install b43-fwcutter
b43 module is blacklisted by default you need to comment out that line.
sudo vim /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

Put comment on line with following content

blacklist bcm43xx

To avoid whole system restart, just restart b43 and ssb module

sudo modprobe -r b43 ssb
sudo modprobe b43

but everytime I reboot I have to run the sudo modprobe commands in terminal.

Any ideas?

Thanks

Matthew

[cakemonitor]

Perform this command in a terminal:

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sudo pluma /etc/modules

add "b43" at the end of the file, mine looks like this:

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# /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time.
#
# This file contains the names of kernel modules that should be loaded
# at boot time, one per line. Lines beginning with "#" are ignored.

lp
rtc
b43

Save changes and exit.
The wireless driver should load on reboot.

[mattarmstead]

Thanks everyone for the help.

[aviggiano]

From the shell:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get --reinstall install bcmwl-kernel-source

After dozens of different solutions, this one effectively worked like a charm

Thank you very much.
Linux Mint 13 LTS