[SOLVED] Wifi Icon not showing in Zorin OS 10

I have just completed installation of Zorin 10 but I cannot find the Wifi icon. After a few research I tried a few steps provided in various forums but in vain.
I have a compaq presario v3000. I have made sure enable networking is checked.
Please find the results from the steps below.
lspci -nn | grep 0280 -
Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN [14e4:4311] (rev 02)

lsusb
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 03f0:171d Hewlett-Packard Bluetooth 2.0 Interface [Broadcom BCM2045]
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 046d:c534 Logitech, Inc.
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

lshw -c network
WARNING: you should run this program as super-user.
*-network
description: Network controller
product: BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:05:00.0
version: 02
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=b43-pci-bridge latency=0
resources: irq:19 memory:d4000000-d4003fff
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: PRO/100 VE Network Connection
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 8
bus info: pci@0000:08:08.0
logical name: eth0
version: 02
serial: 00:16:d3:a8:f9:37
size: 10Mbit/s
capacity: 100Mbit/s
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=e100 driverversion=3.5.24-k2-NAPI duplex=half latency=66 link=no maxlatency=56 mingnt=8 multicast=yes port=MII speed=10Mbit/s
resources: irq:20 memory:d4100000-d4100fff ioport:3000(size=64)
WARNING: output may be incomplete or inaccurate, you should run this program as super-user.

sudo rfkill list all
0: hci0: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no

sudo apt-get install bcmwl-kernel-source
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package bcmwl-kernel-source

Please help.

Hi, please be patient and wait for madvinegar to resolve your wifi issues.

Hi,

this is somewhat old but should help you:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiD ... atty_11.04

Thank you all for suggestions. I have got it fixed by performing the following steps.

Since I was connected to INTERNET I applied the following commands

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install bcmwl-kernel-source
sudo apt-get install b43-fwcutter firmware-b43-installer

Restarted the machine and the wireless started working.

Can you please confirm if I still need to remove the incorrect driver and blacklist with the commands below?

CAUTION: This pci.id is also claimed by the Broadcom STA driver provided by bcmwl-kernel-source. Installation blacklists b43 and ssb. The driver bcmwl-kernel-source driver wl doesn't work well and b43 and ssb are preferred. To remove the incorrect driver and blacklist, do:

sudo apt-get remove --purge bcmwl-kernel-source
sudo rm /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-bcm43.conf


Thanks

Hi, I'm afraid you will have to wait for either madvinegar or Linx to help you with that friend - Wolfman?

viks wrote:Thank you all for suggestions. I have got it fixed by performing the following steps.

Since I was connected to INTERNET I applied the following commands

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install bcmwl-kernel-source
sudo apt-get install b43-fwcutter firmware-b43-installer

Restarted the machine and the wireless started working.

Can you please confirm if I still need to remove the incorrect driver and blacklist with the commands below?

CAUTION: This pci.id is also claimed by the Broadcom STA driver provided by bcmwl-kernel-source. Installation blacklists b43 and ssb. The driver bcmwl-kernel-source driver wl doesn't work well and b43 and ssb are preferred. To remove the incorrect driver and blacklist, do:

sudo apt-get remove --purge bcmwl-kernel-source
sudo rm /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-bcm43.conf


Thanks

Hi,

if you are not having any connection problems and the system is stable, you can try leaving it for a few days and see if anything happens, if it does, run the removal commands you provided above, the next kernel update should fix that problem anyway!.

See the update guide and check your settings and then run an update:

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=2247

I have marked this as solved!.