Zorin 9.No WLAN/B'tooth

Hi,another newbie with few computer skills and first experience of Linux.
Tried out Zorin 9 core,liked it and then had a trouble-free 9 Ultimate install.Everything works fine using wired ethernet but no WLAN and/or Bluetooth(neither in first Core install).
Ive checked the Forum and tried entering the commands given in one post re a similar seeming problem ,with the following results;

mike@mike-Lenovo-G505:~$ sudo apt-get install bcmwl-kernal-source
[sudo] password for mike:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package bcmwl-kernal-source
mike@mike-Lenovo-G505:~$ sudo modprobe-r wl
sudo: modprobe-r: command not found
mike@mike-Lenovo-G505:~$ sudo modprobe wl
modprobe: FATAL: Module wl not found.
mike@mike-Lenovo-G505:~$

Would appreciate being pointed in the right direction.

Hi, I am no expert - madvinegar is the main man on here - in the meantime you could try this:

http://www.howopensource.com/2012/10/in ... -10-12-04/

Are you sure that the commands you tried running are the correct ones for your wireless card? Your card may need another driver.

In order to establish what driver you need , please post back here the results of the following terminal commands:

lspci -nnk | grep -iA2 net
lsusb
sudo lshw -c network
sudo rfkill list all
lsmod

Hi-thanks for replies,no joy S 437s suggestion,following Command result;
mike@mike-Lenovo-G505:~$ lspci -nnk | grep -iA2 net
01:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Qualcomm Atheros QCA8172 Fast Ethernet [1969:10a0] (rev 10)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:3805]
Kernel driver in use: alx
02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM43142 802.11b/g/n [14e4:4365] (rev 01)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:0611]
Kernel driver in use: bcma-pci-bridge
mike@mike-Lenovo-G505:~$ lsusb
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0bda:0129 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTS5129 Card Reader Controller
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 105b:e065
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 174f:148d Syntek
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 046d:c52f Logitech, Inc. Unifying Receiver
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
mike@mike-Lenovo-G505:~$ sudo lshw -c network
[sudo] password for mike:
Sorry, try again.
[sudo] password for mike:

I have found the appropriate driver for the Quallcomm QCA8172,downloaded and unzipped in Downloads.
Next newbie question,how do I install them,I presume it involves entering a command(s) via the Terminal?
I told you I was new to this

I once had a problem with Qualcomm I used this guide http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2181558 but it didn't work before I ran this command in terminal and rebooted.

Code:

echo "options asus_nb_wmi wapf=1" | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/asus_nb_wmi.conf

The qualcom atheros is your ethernet card. If that's working, no need to install any drivers.
Your Wireless card is broadcom 14e4:4365.


I suppose that the wl driver will work. The set of commands you gave in your first post should be right, but you made a mistake. The correct package is bcmwl-kernel-source (not bcmwl-kernal-source).

Plug an ethernet cable to get internet, and then open terminal and run the following commands, one by one, hitting <enter> after each one. Better copy paste them in order to avoid any mistake.

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


Wait 5-6 seconds and check if your laptop can connect to wireless networks.

Many thanks,now connected wirelessly.
However Bluetooth not working,searches for devices but finds nothing.
Your help is much appreciated.

First of all you have to set the other device's BT to "visible".
Also you have to set your laptop's BT to "visible".
Then go to Personal File Sharing Preferences and tick the box that says: Share public files over Blue Tooth.
You can also set to "never" the "require password" field, and also tick the box "receive files in download folder over Bluetooth".
http://cdn5.howtogeek.com/wp-content/up ... age155.png

Then try again.

Since we have installed the correct driver for wlan and BT it should work. Just ktry again.

"Share Files over the Network" is telling me;
"This feature cannot be enabled because the required packages are not installed on your system"

I suspect it is the old chestnut of:

ndiswrapper-dkms
ndiswrapper-source

install these packages whilst you have a wired connection.

Share file over blue tooth is different than share files over the network.

You said your Blue Tooth is not working.

madvinegar wrote:Share file over blue tooth is different than share files over the network.

You said your Blue Tooth is not working.

I should pay more attention to earlier post!