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[MOVED] Dell Studio 1535 not working

maynardb

Sun Nov 30, 2014 12:55:36 pm

Hi,
New to the forum and to linux. I had a similar issue with my Dell 1535 and wifi access. I read this thread, and used Madvinegar's advice.
sudo apt-get install bcmwl-kernel-source
sudo modprobe -r wl
sudo modprobe wl
as was suggested. It worked and the ethernet icon went away, and the wireless icon took its place. The only problem left is that on a reboot, I have to re-enter the command to get it to go to wireless. It doesn't do it on it's own. Any ideas? I'm running a Broadcom chip BCM4312 PCI ID is 14e4=4315 and kernel driver is b43-pci-bridge and Zorin 8

Thanks,
Bruce

madvinegar

Sun Nov 30, 2014 4:04:07 pm

Open terminal and run the following command:

echo 'wl' | sudo tee -a /etc/modules

Reboot and see if it works automatically.

maynardb

Sun Nov 30, 2014 5:30:14 pm

Tried it twice with no luck. Have to enter sudo modprobe b43 to get it to connect
Thanks for the suggestion
Bruce

Swarfendor437

Sun Nov 30, 2014 5:35:29 pm

Bruce, please refrain from hijacking threads! Future incidents could lead to a temporary ban! ;)

madvinegar

Mon Dec 01, 2014 7:23:08 am

You said in your 1st post that you were using the following commands to get your network working:

Code:
sudo apt-get install bcmwl-kernel-source
sudo modprobe -r wl
sudo modprobe wl


These commands deploy the wl driver and not the b43 driver !
Now you say that you deploy the b43 command to get it working!

Anyway, do the following:
In terminal run:

Code:
sudo gedit /etc/modules

A file will open. You will see probably in the last line the word
wl

Delete it and replace it with
b43

Save, exit, reboot and see if that works.