I am a new user.
I have an old Acer Travelmate 2480 with Windows XP sp3.
The hard drive died and it would not boot.
I decided to confirm that the rest of the hardware was good .
I also wanted to test Mint and find out about WINE.
There were two programs on this laptop that I will want to install.
So;
I installed Live Mint on Flash Drive (16Gb) and then installed Mint onto a 32GB Flash drive.
The system Boots but takes 4 to 5 minutes to Boot.
The Ethernet and Internet works fine.
I cannot see available Networks so I can connect.
I have spent about 40 hours trying to get the WiFi to work.
Lots of reading and checking.
I have done all the updates.
I have disabled and enabled Networking a dozen times.
I have checked the driver but really cannot tell if it is correct.
I seem to have the b43 driver already installed.
See the info I got from the Terminal.
I then read that there may be more than one b43 drivers.
I am really tired.
I just can’t get the available Networks to show up.
I also installed Samba.
I see it but when I try to launch it, nothing happens.
I did enter the password.
I’m also hoping to connect with a Windows 10 Desktop. (Network)
If I can resolve these issues, I will use Mint on the new hard drive.
Thanks
Joe
Acer Travelmate 2480
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joe-travelmate-2480
description: Computer
product: TravelMate 2480
vendor: Acer, inc.
version: Not Applicable
serial: LXTEC050706370D1472500
width: 32 bits
capabilities: smbios-2.4 dmi-2.4 smp-1.4 smp
configuration: administrator_password=disabled boot=oem-specific cpus=1 frontpanel_password=unknown keyboard_password=unknown power-on_password=disabled uuid=A0550191-9C0A-D911-B84A-00163681D17B
*-core
description: Motherboard
product: Prespa1
vendor: Acer, Inc.
physical id: 0
version: Not Applicable
serial: LXTEC050706370D1472500
*-firmware
description: BIOS
vendor: Acer
physical id: 0
version: v1.3206
date: 09/04/06
size: 101KiB
capacity: 960KiB
capabilities: isa pci pcmcia pnp upgrade shadowing escd cdboot acpi usb biosbootspecification
*-cpu
description: CPU
product: Intel(R) Celeron(R) M CPU 410 @ 1.46GHz
vendor: Intel Corp.
physical id: 4
bus info: cpu@0
version: 6.14.8
serial: 0000-06E8-0000-0000-0000-0000
slot: U2E1
size: 1460MHz
capacity: 1460MHz
width: 32 bits
clock: 133MHz
capabilities: boot fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss tm pbe nx constant_tsc arch_perfmon bts aperfmperf pni monitor tm2 xtpr pdcm dtherm---------------------------------------
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joe@joe-TravelMate-2480 ~ $ sudo rfkill list all
[sudo] password for joe:
0: acer-wireless: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: noCode: Select all
joe@joe-TravelMate-2480 ~ $ sudo iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
enp2s0 no wireless extensions.Code: Select all
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: 88E8038 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller
vendor: Marvell Technology Group Ltd.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
logical name: enp2s0
version: 14
serial: 00:16:36:81:d1:7b
size: 100Mbit/s
capacity: 100Mbit/s
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm vpd msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=sky2 driverversion=1.30 duplex=full latency=0 link=no multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100Mbit/s
resources: irq:28 memory:80000000-80003fff ioport:2000(size=256)
*-network
description: Network controller
product: BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: 3
bus info: pci@0000:0a:03.0
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master
configuration: driver=b43-pci-bridge latency=128
resources: irq:18 memory:d0100000-d0101fff
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0a:03.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02)
Subsystem: AMBIT Microsystem Corp. TravelMate 2410
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 128, IRQ 18
Memory at d0100000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]
Kernel driver in use: b43-pci-bridge
Kernel modules: ssb
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0a:03.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02)
Subsystem: AMBIT Microsystem Corp. TravelMate 2410
Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Latency: 128
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 18
Region 0: Memory at d0100000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]
Kernel driver in use: b43-pci-bridge
Kernel modules: ssbhttps://gist.github.com/anonymous/0db42 ... 09a1f62c55
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System: Host: joe-TravelMate-2480 Kernel: 4.10.0-37-generic i686 (32 bit gcc: 5.4.0)
Desktop: Cinnamon 3.4.6 (Gtk 3.18.9-1ubuntu3.3) dm: lightdm Distro: Linux Mint 18.2 Sonya
Machine: System: Acer product: TravelMate 2480
Mobo: Acer model: Prespa1 Bios: Acer v: v1.3206 date: 09/04/06
CPU: Single core Intel Celeron M 410 (-UP-) cache: 1024 KB
flags: (nx pae sse sse2 sse3) bmips: 2933 speed: 1466 MHz (max)
Graphics: Card: Intel Mobile 945GM/GMS 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller
bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:27a2
Display Server: X.Org 1.18.4 drivers: intel (unloaded: fbdev,vesa)
Resolution: 1280x800@59.97hz
GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI Intel 945GM x86/MMX/SSE2
GLX Version: 1.4 Mesa 17.0.7 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio: Card Intel NM10/ICH7 Family High Definition Audio Controller
driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:27d8
Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.10.0-37-generic
Network: Card-1: Marvell 88E8038 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller
driver: sky2 v: 1.30 port: 2000 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 11ab:4352
IF: enp2s0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Card-2: Broadcom BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller
driver: b43-pci-bridge bus-ID: 0a:03.0 chip-ID: 14e4:4318I just can’t get the available Networks to show up.
IF: N/A state: N/A mac: N/A
Drives: HDD Total Size: 46.3GB (18.2% used)
ID-1: USB /dev/sda model: Ultra size: 30.8GB serial: 4C531001591227115485-0:0
ID-2: USB /dev/sdb model: Ultra size: 15.6GB serial: 4C530001320606117384-0:0
Partition: ID-1: / size: 7.4G used: 5.4G (76%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2
ID-2: /home size: 20G used: 79M (1%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda3
ID-3: swap-1 size: 1.02GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda1
