Linux XBMCBUNTU WIFI ISSUE (PLEASE HELP!!!)
#1
Hi All, I have never used Linux before in my life so have absolutely no understanding of it at all so I'l applogise in advance for being such a newb.

I have installed XBMCBUNTU on a spare laptop (ACER 5715Z) all has gone well until I come to realise I have no Wifi, I have tried googling all day but nothing has worked so I'm desperate for help.

The Wireless Card Model is a BCM4311

There is a wireless button on the keyboard but that is not lighting up when i press it (it was working fine before I installed XBMCBUNTU over Vista)

Would the os need seprate drivers for this switch and could that be why it does not light up or will the switch work as normal once I hae the problem with the card sorted out?

A lot of threads say in UBUNTU open application drivers & enable the card from there but I cannot find the application drivers screen anywhere on XBMCBUNTU

If there is any logs that I can post that may help diagnose the problem please let me know what commands to run and I will get them.


P.S I have established a wired connection
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#2
So I would prefere at first...

- exit XBMC (a login screen should appear)
- select XBMCbuntu (there should be a pulldown menu or similiar)
- enter your username and password you have given at installation

Now you entered XBMCbuntu. I don´t know for sure if "pastebinit" is installed.... so please open a terminal and

Code:
sudo apt-get install pastebinit
This will install a little tool to push infos to a pastebin site and you are able to provide the links...makes things easier Wink.

A password for "sudo" is asked for...same as installation

after that
Code:
ifconfig | pastebinit
Code:
dmesg | pastebinit

and provide the links please. If you are able to, please provide a Debug Log.

Greetings
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#3
try: sudo apt-get install bcmwl-kernel-source

then reboot after it completed
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#4
Hi thank you for you reply,

I have pasted the links below


Code:
ifconfig | pastebinit
http://paste.ubuntu.com/7988703/

Code:
dmesg | pastebinit
http://paste.ubuntu.com/7988739/




Thank you for your help
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#5
Tried that?

(2014-08-08, 09:31)wsnipex Wrote: try: sudo apt-get install bcmwl-kernel-source

then reboot after it completed
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#6
(2014-08-08, 09:31)wsnipex Wrote: try: sudo apt-get install bcmwl-kernel-source

then reboot after it completed

Thanks but i got the below messsages, i think that was already installed

bcmwl-kernel-source is already newest version

Sad
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#7
Still struggling guys any ideas ?
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#8
modprobe ath5k
sudo ip link set wlan%d up
sudo iwconfig wlan%d essid any
Learning Linux the hard way !!
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#9
Hi Thank you for your message, I tried those but it didnt work, I got the below reponses

(2014-08-08, 20:24)black_eagle Wrote: modprobe ath5k
Error could not insert 'ath5k' operation not permitted

sudo ip link set wlan%d up
cannot find device ''wlan%d''

sudo iwconfig wlan%d essid any
error for wireless request ''set essid'' 8b1a:
set failed on device wlan%d ; no such device
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#10
Does this thread help?

Code:
sudo apt-get remove bcmwl-kernel-source
sudo apt-get install firmware-b43-installer b43-fwcutter
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#11
modprobe needs sudo
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#12
and %d obviously needs to be replaced by a number.
First decide what functions / features you expect from a system. Then decide for the hardware. Don't waste your money on crap.
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#13
e.g. 0 if your device is wlan0 or 1 if your device is wlan1 - dmesg | pastebinit after sudo modprobe ath5k will tell.
First decide what functions / features you expect from a system. Then decide for the hardware. Don't waste your money on crap.
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#14
i tried sudo modprobe ath5k but i get no message it just jumps to next line
i tried sudo ip link set wlan0 up but i get cannot find device wlan0

i ran iw config (while disconnected from wired connection) and it says
eth01 no wireless networks
lo no wireless networks

could this mean that my card is not configured and could that be the problem

i ran sudo rmmod b43 b44 and it says
rmmod:error module b43 not loaded
rmmod:error module b44 not loaded
rmmod:error module ssb in use
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#15
OK, try sudo modprobe ath5k again and when you get back to command prompt, do dmesg | tail and see if there are any messages in there regarding ath5k/modprobe. I had the exact same laptop here yesterday for repair, and it was definitely an Atheros Wireless chipset see http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/Atheros

Don't think it's n equipped though so probably not ath9k

EDIT

Just noticed you said it was a Broadcom chipset in your first post - So that above probably doesn't apply !! Doh !!
Learning Linux the hard way !!
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