I'm new to linux and installed Ubuntu 13.04 32bit on an older Dell Inspiron E1705 laptop. Both the wireless and wired ethernet connections are not recognized. I would appreciate any help getting either working but wireless would be the most useful. The WLAN card is a Broadcom BCM4311 b/g internal card. Please help Ubuntu power users, you are my only hope!
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@EricCarvalho The duplicate you quoted is misleading and, in several places, absolutely incorrect.– chili555Mar 17, 2014 at 0:10
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Thank you for the response. I will follow the linked troubleshooting or switch to a current release and resubmit my question.– user258998Mar 17, 2014 at 0:14
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@chili555 The second answer (by Luis Alvarado) explains in details how to install the driver for OP's card. How can this be misleading? I have installed the driver for BCM4311 several times by following that exact instructions. I'm sure it is not incorrect.– Eric CarvalhoMar 17, 2014 at 0:19
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@EricCarvalho I'm sorry, Additional Drivers, aka bcmwl-kernel-source is incorrect for Broadcom 4311. I will be happy to provide the same documentation I supplied to Luis.– chili555Mar 17, 2014 at 0:33
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2 Answers
Please hook up the ethernet and open a terminal and do:
sudo modprobe b44
Your ethernet should now be working. Now do:
sudo apt-get purge bcmwl-kernel-source
sudo apt-get install firmware-b43-installer
Detach the ethernet, reboot and both should now be working. If it is not yet working, please do:
sudo apt-get purge bcmwl-kernel-source
Reboot. If it is still not working, look for clues here:
rfkill list all
dmesg | grep -e b44 -e eth0
The driver b44 is correct for your ethernet device. Your system shouldn't hang loading the correct driver. Please run:
dmesg > wifi.txt
lsmod >> wifi.txt
Find the file wifi.txt in your user directory and transfer it on a USB drive or similar and paste it here: http://paste.ubuntu.com Give us the link in your reply.
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after sudo modprobe b44 and entering my su password and enter, a white blinking cursor appears on a blank line. I have waited and nothing has happened. Mar 17, 2014 at 0:17
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Get back the command prompt with Ctrl+c. When you click the Network Manager icon, does it show an ethernet connection? Please confirm your ethernet device: lspci -nn | greo 0200 Thanks.– chili555Mar 17, 2014 at 0:27
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lspci -nn | grep 0200returns03:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX [14e4:170c] (rev 02)Nothing except Network Proxy is shown. There are no network connections. I appreciate the quick responses. I should add that there is a blue wifi button (Fn + F2) but pressing it does nothing. Mar 17, 2014 at 0:31 -
B44 is correct for your ethernet. Is it still hung? Please see my edit.– chili555Mar 17, 2014 at 0:35
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Yes. I created an ethernet connection to test and it still hangs after
sudo modprobe b44Mar 17, 2014 at 0:37
Other useful steps for the accepted answer.
Links to .deb packages for Ubuntu 13.04 / Raring:
http://packages.ubuntu.com/raring/i386/linux-firmware-nonfree/download
http://packages.ubuntu.com/raring/i386/b43-fwcutter/download
http://packages.ubuntu.com/raring/kernel/firmware-b43-installer
Then:
sudo dpkg -i each_downloaded_package
