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No wifi after installing linux
So I don't have wifi after installation and in /drivers it says "Drivers cannot be installed connect to internet" and "No proprietary drivers are in use". I'm using Acer extensa 5220 with Netlink bcm5787m. IF anyone know how how to fix this I will be happy
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Re: No wifi after installing linux
Do you have a working ethernet connection? Post the results of this command in Linux Mint terminal
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lspci -nnk | grep -iA3 net
Re: No wifi after installing linux
There was "Ethernet wired connection 1" or something like this, but as it says "wired" I thought it may be a problem and deleted it from network manager.
Here is what terminal says:
02:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Broadcom Corporation NetLink BCM5787M Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express [14e4:1693] (rev 02)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] NetLink BCM5787M Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express [1025:011c]
Kernel driver in use: tg3
Kernel modules: tg3
04:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN [14e4:4311] (rev 01)
Subsystem: AMBIT Microsystem Corp. BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN [1468:0422]
Kernel driver in use: b43-pci-bridge
Kernel modules: ssb
BRW: Sorry f I don't understand something. It's my first time ever with linux
Here is what terminal says:
02:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Broadcom Corporation NetLink BCM5787M Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express [14e4:1693] (rev 02)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] NetLink BCM5787M Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express [1025:011c]
Kernel driver in use: tg3
Kernel modules: tg3
04:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN [14e4:4311] (rev 01)
Subsystem: AMBIT Microsystem Corp. BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN [1468:0422]
Kernel driver in use: b43-pci-bridge
Kernel modules: ssb
BRW: Sorry f I don't understand something. It's my first time ever with linux
Re: No wifi after installing linux
Enter this in terminal
Reboot
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sudo apt-get install firmware-b43-installer
Re: No wifi after installing linux
Error:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main i386 b43-fwcutter i386 1:019-2
Temporary translation error "archive.ubuntu.com"
Error:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/multiverse i386 firmware-b43-installer all 1:019-2
Temporary translation error "archive.ubuntu.com"
E: Couldn't download http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/m ... 2_i386.deb Temporary translation error "archive.ubuntu.com"
E: Couldn't download http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/m ... -2_all.deb Temporary translation error "archive.ubuntu.com"
E: Couldn't download some archives, please try to run apt-get update or use option --fix-missing.
(I translated code because I don't use english linux <parents laptop>)
Temporary translation error "archive.ubuntu.com"
Error:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/multiverse i386 firmware-b43-installer all 1:019-2
Temporary translation error "archive.ubuntu.com"
E: Couldn't download http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/m ... 2_i386.deb Temporary translation error "archive.ubuntu.com"
E: Couldn't download http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/m ... -2_all.deb Temporary translation error "archive.ubuntu.com"
E: Couldn't download some archives, please try to run apt-get update or use option --fix-missing.
(I translated code because I don't use english linux <parents laptop>)
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Re: No wifi after installing linux
this works for me. For when you are tired of the broadcom wifi headache.
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Re: No wifi after installing linux
This looks great, but I'm not gonna pay 13$ for laptop with 1GB RAM
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Re: No wifi after installing linux
Of course that's your choice, but I've seen threads for broadcom wifi go for pages, many posts, and no resolution, across a week or longer. It just depends on how much time and effort you are willing to spend on it to determine if you will be a lucky broadcom wifi user, or not. You can try newer kernels, see if that solves it for you.leriander wrote:This looks great, but I'm not gonna pay 13$ for laptop with 1GB RAM
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Re: No wifi after installing linux
Download the attached file and copy it to the Linux Mint desktop, right click on it and choose "extract here", then in terminal
Then reboot
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sudo mkdir /lib/firmware/b43
sudo cp Desktop/b43/* /lib/firmware/b43
sudo modprobe b43
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"No such file or directory" and I extracted it on desktop as you said.
Re: No wifi after installing linux
What command gave that error? Linux is case sensitive so the commands have to be exact
Re: No wifi after installing linux
tytko@Komputer ~ $ sudo mkdir /lib/firmware/b43
[sudo] password for tytko:
mkdir: cannot create directory ‘/lib/firmware/b43’: File exists
tytko@Komputer ~ $ sudo cp Desktop/b43/* /lib/firmware/b43
cp: cannot stat 'Desktop/b43/*': No such file or directory
tytko@Komputer ~ $ sudo modprobe b43
tytko@Komputer ~ $
[sudo] password for tytko:
mkdir: cannot create directory ‘/lib/firmware/b43’: File exists
tytko@Komputer ~ $ sudo cp Desktop/b43/* /lib/firmware/b43
cp: cannot stat 'Desktop/b43/*': No such file or directory
tytko@Komputer ~ $ sudo modprobe b43
tytko@Komputer ~ $
Re: No wifi after installing linux
Try
That might show us where it is
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locate ucode5.fw
Re: No wifi after installing linux
It shows nothing. I type this in terminal, click enter and nothing
Re: No wifi after installing linux
Did the b43 file actually extract, it should have created a b43 folder on the desktop
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check
As when I ran
It shows
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ls Desktop/b43
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locate ucode5.fw
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locate ucode5.fw
/home/jeremy/Desktop/b43/ucode5.fw
/lib/firmware/b43/ucode5.fw
Re: No wifi after installing linux
ls Desktop/b43 "no such file or directory", but after "locate ucode5.fw" this rime it showed /home/tytko/Pulpit/b43/ucode5.fw (seriously confused? XD) i tried this command more than 2 times
Re: No wifi after installing linux
sudo mkdir /lib/firmware/b43 (file exists)
sudo cp Desktop/b43/* /lib/firmware/b43 (no such file or directory)
sudo cp Desktop/b43/* /lib/firmware/b43 (no such file or directory)
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Ok
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sudo cp /home/tytko/Pulpit/b43/* /lib/firmware/b43