I bought a new laptop (a Lenono Yoga 2 11) with the intention of putting Linux on it and eschewing Windows for good! Unfortunately I'm having a huge problem getting wireless working. It works fine on Windows 8 (which is awful, but I've kept for dual-booting just in case!).
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steve@smintzlen ~ $ inxi -Fxz
System: Host: smintzlen Kernel: 3.11.0-12-generic x86_64 (64 bit, gcc: 4.8.1) Desktop: Gnome Distro: Linux Mint 16 Petra
Machine: System: LENOVO product: 20332 version: Lenovo Yoga 2 11
Mobo: LENOVO model: AIUU1 version: 31900042STD Bios: LENOVO version: 92CN23WW(V1.03) date: 11/26/2013
CPU: Quad core Intel Pentium CPU N3520 (-MCP-) cache: 1024 KB flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx) bmips: 17334
Clock Speeds: 1: 498.00 MHz 2: 498.00 MHz 3: 498.00 MHz 4: 2159.00 MHz
Graphics: Card: Intel ValleyView Gen7 bus-ID: 00:02.0
X.Org: 1.14.3 drivers: intel (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: 1366x768@60.0hz, 1024x768@60.0hz
GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI Intel Bay Trail GLX Version: 3.0 Mesa 9.2.1 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio: Card: Intel ValleyView High Definition Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture ver: k3.11.0-12-generic
Network: Card-1: Broadcom BCM43142 802.11b/g/n bus-ID: 01:00.0
IF: N/A state: N/A mac: N/A
Card-2: Atmel usb-ID: 03eb:8858
IF: N/A state: N/A speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: N/A
Drives: HDD Total Size: 500.1GB (1.0% used) 1: id: /dev/sda model: ST500LT032 size: 500.1GB temp: 38C
Partition: ID: / size: 9.1G used: 4.1G (48%) fs: ext4 ID: /home size: 266G used: 394M (1%) fs: ext4
ID: swap-1 size: 8.00GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap
RAID: No RAID devices detected - /proc/mdstat and md_mod kernel raid module present
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 45.0C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info: Processes: 169 Uptime: 18 min Memory: 796.9/3837.1MB Runlevel: 2 Gcc sys: 4.8.1 Client: Shell inxi: 1.8.4
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steve@smintzlen ~ $ rfkill list all
0: ideapad_wlan: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: yes
1: ideapad_bluetooth: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: yes
Hard blocked: yes
2: hci0: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
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steve@smintzlen ~/Downloads $ sudo dpkg -i wireless-bcm43142-dkms_6.20.55.19-1_amd64.deb
(Reading database ... 171359 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace wireless-bcm43142-dkms 6.20.55.19-1 (using wireless-bcm43142-dkms_6.20.55.19-1_amd64.deb) ...
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Deleting module version: 6.20.55.19
completely from the DKMS tree.
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Done.
Unpacking replacement wireless-bcm43142-dkms ...
Setting up wireless-bcm43142-dkms (6.20.55.19-1) ...
Loading new wireless-bcm43142-6.20.55.19 DKMS files...
Building only for 3.11.0-12-generic
Building initial module for 3.11.0-12-generic
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 3.11.0-12-generic (x86_64)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/wireless-bcm43142/6.20.55.19/build/make.log for more information.
steve@smintzlen ~/Downloads $
steve@smintzlen ~/Downloads $ more /var/lib/dkms/wireless-bcm43142/6.20.55.19/build/make.log
DKMS make.log for wireless-bcm43142-6.20.55.19 for kernel 3.11.0-12-
generic (x86_64)
Sat Mar 22 17:10:13 GMT 2014
make: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.11.0-12-generic'
CFG80211 API is prefered for this kernel version
Using CFG80211 API
LD /var/lib/dkms/wireless-bcm43142/6.20.55.19/build/built-in.
o
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/wireless-bcm43142/6.20.55.19/build/src/share
d/linux_osl.o
CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/wireless-bcm43142/6.20.55.19/build/src/wl/sy
s/wl_linux.o
/var/lib/dkms/wireless-bcm43142/6.20.55.19/build/src/wl/sys/wl_linux
.c: In function ‘wl_tkip_printstats’:
/var/lib/dkms/wireless-bcm43142/6.20.55.19/build/src/wl/sys/wl_linux
.c:2696:7: warning: passing argument 1 of ‘wl->tkipmodops->print_sta
ts’ from incompatible pointer type [enabled by default]
wl->tkip_bcast_data[idx]);
^
/var/lib/dkms/wireless-bcm43142/6.20.55.19/build/src/wl/sys/wl_linux
.c:2696:7: note: expected ‘struct seq_file *’ but argument is of typ
e ‘char *’
/var/lib/dkms/wireless-bcm43142/6.20.55.19/build/src/wl/sys/wl_linux
.c:2699:4: warning: passing argument 1 of ‘wl->tkipmodops->print_sta
ts’ from incompatible pointer type [enabled by default]
wl->tkipmodops->print_stats(debug_buf, wl->tkip_ucast_data);
^
/var/lib/dkms/wireless-bcm43142/6.20.55.19/build/src/wl/sys/wl_linux
.c:2699:4: note: expected ‘struct seq_file *’ but argument is of typ
e ‘char *’
/var/lib/dkms/wireless-bcm43142/6.20.55.19/build/src/wl/sys/wl_linux
.c: In function ‘wl_reg_proc_entry’:
/var/lib/dkms/wireless-bcm43142/6.20.55.19/build/src/wl/sys/wl_linux
.c:2909:2: error: implicit declaration of function ‘create_proc_entr
y’ [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
if ((wl->proc_entry = create_proc_entry(tmp, 0644, NULL)) == NULL)
{
^
/var/lib/dkms/wireless-bcm43142/6.20.55.19/build/src/wl/sys/wl_linux
.c:2909:22: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a
cast [enabled by default]
if ((wl->proc_entry = create_proc_entry(tmp, 0644, NULL)) == NULL)
{
^
/var/lib/dkms/wireless-bcm43142/6.20.55.19/build/src/wl/sys/wl_linux
.c:2914:16: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
wl->proc_entry->read_proc = wl_proc_read;
^
/var/lib/dkms/wireless-bcm43142/6.20.55.19/build/src/wl/sys/wl_linux
.c:2915:16: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
wl->proc_entry->write_proc = wl_proc_write;
^
/var/lib/dkms/wireless-bcm43142/6.20.55.19/build/src/wl/sys/wl_linux
.c:2916:16: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
wl->proc_entry->data = wl;
^
cc1: some warnings being treated as errors
make[1]: *** [/var/lib/dkms/wireless-bcm43142/6.20.55.19/build/src/w
l/sys/wl_linux.o] Error 1
make: *** [_module_/var/lib/dkms/wireless-bcm43142/6.20.55.19/build]
Error 2
make: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.11.0-12-generic'