(Solved) Dell Wireless MiniCard

I am completely new to Zorin, and have run into an issue that it seems many before me have had. I cannot get Zorin to load the proper driver for my wireless card. I have Zorin dual-booted (Windows vista is the other.) on a Dell Inspiron 640m with a 1390 WLAN MiniCard. The driver on the Windows side is Broadcom 4.103.15.56. I do not have access to a hardwire connection so can someone please tell me if it is possible to download the proper driver or ndiswrapper (keep in mind I CANNOT CONNECT WITH THE SUBJECT LAPTOP TO DOWNLOAD ANYTHING) on one computer and transfer via CD or USB drive?
Thanks for reading, and I hope that someone has an answer to my stupid question!

Hi. First of all post back the results of the following commands to see what is you driver/card.

lspci -nn
sudo lshw -c network
sudo rfkill list all

Code:

matthew@matthew-MXC061:~$ lspci -nn
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 945GT Express Memory Controller Hub [8086:27a0] (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:27a2] (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller [0380]: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:27a6] (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family High Definition Audio Controller [8086:27d8] (rev 01)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 1 [8086:27d0] (rev 01)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 2 [8086:27d2] (rev 01)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 4 [8086:27d6] (rev 01)
00:1d.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:27c8] (rev 01)
00:1d.1 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:27c9] (rev 01)
00:1d.2 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:27ca] (rev 01)
00:1d.3 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #4 [8086:27cb] (rev 01)
00:1d.7 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB2 EHCI Controller [8086:27cc] (rev 01)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev e1)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge [8086:27b9] (rev 01)
00:1f.2 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7-M Family) SATA Controller [IDE mode] [8086:27c4] (rev 01)
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family SMBus Controller [8086:27da] (rev 01)
02:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX [14e4:170c] (rev 02)
02:01.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller [1180:0832]
02:01.1 SD Host controller [0805]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter [1180:0822] (rev 19)
02:01.2 System peripheral [0880]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter [1180:0592] (rev 0a)
02:01.3 System peripheral [0880]: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller [1180:0852] (rev 05)
0c:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN [14e4:4311] (rev 01)
matthew@matthew-MXC061:~$


matthew@matthew-MXC061:~$ sudo lshw -c network
[sudo] password for matthew:
  *-network               
       description: Network controller
       product: BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:0c:00.0
       version: 01
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
       configuration: driver=b43-pci-bridge latency=0
       resources: irq:17 memory:efdfc000-efdfffff
  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 02
       serial: 00:15:c5:7b:eb:f7
       size: 10Mbit/s
       capacity: 100Mbit/s
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=b44 driverversion=2.0 duplex=half latency=64 link=no multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=10Mbit/s
       resources: irq:17 memory:ef9fe000-ef9fffff
  *-network DISABLED
       description: Wireless interface
       physical id: 2
       logical name: wlan0
       serial: 00:1b:fc:a5:ec:3b
       capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=b43 driverversion=3.2.0-32-generic-pae firmware=N/A link=no multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg
matthew@matthew-MXC061:~$ ^C


matthew@matthew-MXC061:~$ sudo rfkill list all
[sudo] password for matthew:
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
   Soft blocked: no
   Hard blocked: no
1: dell-wifi: Wireless LAN
   Soft blocked: yes
   Hard blocked: no


I noticed that last command returned that the Wifi was soft blocked. Just a little extra info, there is no hard switch, only the soft key. That still works in Windows, but not in Zorin.

This should solve your problem !!! >>> : http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1972872
Scroll down to the middle of the page on the above link, and you will see what commands that are used if Madvinegars doesn't work for ya !!!!

Hi.
Hi. Your card is BCM 4311 and works with b43 module.

Plug the ethernet cable to get internet, open terminal and run the following two commands, the one after the other, and hitting <enter> after each command.
When you give the first command you will be asked for you password. Write it normally even if you don't see it typed. For security reasons the passowrd is not shown when typed.

Code:

sudo apt-get remove --purge bcmwl-kernel-source
sudo apt-get install linux-firmware-nonfree

Reboot and see if it works.

Is there any way to do this from the Vista side and apply it to the Zorrin side? Or download from another computer and install from a flash drive? I do not have access to a hardline. Thanks.

Try this.
Boot to Vista. Click here
http://ubuntuforums.org/attachment.php? ... 1351500181 and a package will be downloaded (b43.zip). Copy/paste it to a USB thumb drive.
Then boot to zorin.
Open terminal and write

Code:

jockey-gtk

A window will open. Make sure to DESABLE the broadcom STA driver.
Then copy paste the package you downloaded from the thumbdrive to your desktop.
Right click it and select "extract here". A new file will be extracted.
Then open terminal and write the below commands, the one after the other.

Code:

sudo mkdir /lib/firmware/b43
sudo cp Desktop/b43/* /lib/firmware/b43
sudo rmmod -f b43
sudo rmmod -f ssb
sudo modprobe b43

Hopefully your wireless will spring to life.

madvinegar wrote:Try this.
Boot to Vista. Click here
http://ubuntuforums.org/attachment.php? ... 1351500181 and a package will be downloaded (b43.zip). Copy/paste it to a USB thumb drive.
Then boot to zorin.
Open terminal and write

Code:

jockey-gtk

A window will open. Make sure to DESABLE the broadcom STA driver.
Then copy paste the package you downloaded from the thumbdrive to your desktop.
Right click it and select "extract here". A new file will be extracted.
Then open terminal and write the below commands, the one after the other.

Code:

sudo mkdir /lib/firmware/b43
sudo cp Desktop/b43/* /lib/firmware/b43
sudo rmmod -f b43
sudo rmmod -f ssb
sudo modprobe b43

Hopefully your wireless will spring to life.

Thanks a lot! I now have wifi!

Great! Glad I helped!