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(SOLVED) Zorin 8 Broadcom wifi not working..

pjsmcd24

Mon May 26, 2014 10:09:36 am

Help, I am using HP Pavilion zv6000 and cant get the wireless card to work, tried following the commands in the post and no joy. Please help.
Below are the response to the commands requested.

lenore@lenore-Pavilion-ZV6100-EK844EA-ABU:~$ lspci -nn | grep 0280
03:02.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:4318] (rev 02)
lenore@lenore-Pavilion-ZV6100-EK844EA-ABU:~$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
lenore@lenore-Pavilion-ZV6100-EK844EA-ABU:~$ sudo lshw -c network
[sudo] password for lenore:
*-network:0
description: Network controller
product: BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: 2
bus info: pci@0000:03:02.0
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master
configuration: driver=wl latency=64
resources: irq:9 memory:b0204000-b0205fff
*-network:1
description: Ethernet interface
product: RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+
vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
physical id: 6
bus info: pci@0000:03:06.0
logical name: eth0
version: 10
serial: 00:0f:b0:bb:45:96
size: 100Mbit/s
capacity: 100Mbit/s
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=8139too driverversion=0.9.28 duplex=full ip=192.168.0.158 latency=128 link=yes maxlatency=64 mingnt=32 multicast=yes port=MII speed=100Mbit/s
resources: irq:22 ioport:a000(size=256) memory:b020a400-b020a4ff
lenore@lenore-Pavilion-ZV6100-EK844EA-ABU:~$ sudo rfkill list all
lenore@lenore-Pavilion-ZV6100-EK844EA-ABU:~$

madvinegar

Mon May 26, 2014 11:07:07 am

Open terminal, plug an ethernet cable to get internet and run the following 4 commands:

sudo apt-get remove --purge bcmwl-kernel-source broadcom-sta-common broadcom-sta-source
sudo apt-get install b43-fwcutter firmware-b43-installer
sudo modprobe -r b43
sudo modprobe b43

Your wifi should spring to life. A reboot may be needed.

pjsmcd24

Mon May 26, 2014 11:23:00 am

Thanks, I will try this this evening and post whether succeeds.

pjsmcd24

Mon May 26, 2014 5:48:57 pm

No Joy, still no Wifi. See below for responses to commands. Thanks for helping.
lenore@lenore-Pavilion-ZV6100-EK844EA-ABU:~$ sudo apt-get remove --purge bcmwl-kernel-source broadcom-sta-common broadcom-sta-source
[sudo] password for lenore:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package 'bcmwl-kernel-source' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'broadcom-sta-common' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'broadcom-sta-source' is not installed, so not removed
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
dkms gir1.2-json-1.0 gir1.2-timezonemap-1.0 gir1.2-xkl-1.0
linux-headers-generic linux-image-generic
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
lenore@lenore-Pavilion-ZV6100-EK844EA-ABU:~$ sudo apt-get install b43-fwcutter firmware-b43-installer
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
dkms gir1.2-json-1.0 gir1.2-timezonemap-1.0 gir1.2-xkl-1.0
linux-headers-generic linux-image-generic
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following NEW packages will be installed:
b43-fwcutter firmware-b43-installer
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 27.8 kB of archives.
After this operation, 143 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ saucy/main b43-fwcutter i386 1:017-2 [23.9 kB]
Get:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ saucy/multiverse firmware-b43-installer all 1:017-2 [3,980 B]
Fetched 27.8 kB in 8s (3,328 B/s)
Preconfiguring packages ...
Selecting previously unselected package b43-fwcutter.
(Reading database ... 225903 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking b43-fwcutter (from .../b43-fwcutter_1%3a017-2_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously unselected package firmware-b43-installer.
Unpacking firmware-b43-installer (from .../firmware-b43-installer_1%3a017-2_all.deb) ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Setting up b43-fwcutter (1:017-2) ...
Setting up firmware-b43-installer (1:017-2) ...
No chroot environment found. Starting normal installation
--2014-05-26 18:36:09-- http://www.lwfinger.com/b43-firmware/br ... 38.tar.bz2
Resolving www.lwfinger.com (www.lwfinger.com)... failed: Name or service not known.
wget: unable to resolve host address ‘www.lwfinger.com’
dpkg: error processing firmware-b43-installer (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 4
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
Errors were encountered while processing:
firmware-b43-installer
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
lenore@lenore-Pavilion-ZV6100-EK844EA-ABU:~$

madvinegar

Mon May 26, 2014 5:55:57 pm

Did you plug an ethernet cable to be connected to the internet before posting the commands?

pjsmcd24

Mon May 26, 2014 6:05:44 pm

Yes, was connected to the internet as I pulled the forum web page and pasted the commands direct..

madvinegar

Mon May 26, 2014 6:12:47 pm

Ok. lets try something else as it seems that the server you are using to download the packages is not communicating very well.
Download from here the b43 package: https://www.dropbox.com/s/n2tjz9jnj9xw5xb/b43.tar.gz
(I have uploaded it onto my dropbox account).
As soon as it is downloaded, go to your Downloads folder to find it (it's named b43.tar.gz).
Right click on it and select "extract here". A new folder will be created named "b43".
Open terminal (ctrl+alt+T) and write the following commands, the one after the other, pressing <enter> after each one:

sudo mkdir /lib/firmware/b43
sudo cp /home/$USER/Downloads/b43/* /lib/firmware/b43
sudo modprobe -r b43
sudo modprobe b43

Wait 5-6 seconds and your wireless should start working.
A reboot may be required.

pjsmcd24

Mon May 26, 2014 6:22:44 pm

You are a genius, many thanks, we now have wireless.

I am sure i will be visiting the forum in future, as it is very good for the amateur linux users.

madvinegar

Mon May 26, 2014 6:26:36 pm

Glad I helped. I will mark the topic as solved.

Swarfendor437

Mon May 26, 2014 6:50:00 pm

Well as it's holiday season, 600 blue jewels to madvinegar! :D