Realtek RTL 8139/810x wireless not recognized

Bip35 · 01-08-2015, 10:45 AM

Just loaded Mint 17.1 cinnamon 32 bit on Compaq Presario V5000 laptop using wired connection. Wireless button does not light (wireless is not recognized). Did all updates except levels 4 & 5. Still no help. There are no Realtek wireless drivers to download (should be included with the install of Mint). What do you suggest to get the wireless working. This is my first Linux install. Please give step by step instructions. Thank you!

igadoter · 01-08-2015, 12:35 PM

I googled around and I am not sure but what I find suggest that Realtek 8139/810x is wired ethernet card not wireless. Try this

Code:

 $ lspci

. It should show your true wireless card. If not then try this

Code:

 $ dmesg | less

. On my computer

Code:

# lspci
02:0e.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX (rev 02)
10:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN (rev 01)

wlan points to wireless device.

Bip35 · 01-08-2015, 01:17 PM

Thanks igadoter. Here is what came up:

presario@presario-Presario-V5000-ES188AV ~ $ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RS480/RS482/RS485 Host Bridge (rev 01)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RC4xx/RS4xx PCI Bridge [int gfx]
00:05.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RC4xx/RS4xx PCI Express Port 2
00:13.0 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] IXP SB4x0 USB Host Controller
00:13.1 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] IXP SB4x0 USB Host Controller
00:13.2 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] IXP SB4x0 USB2 Host Controller
00:14.0 SMBus: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] IXP SB4x0 SMBus Controller (rev 11)
00:14.1 IDE interface: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] IXP SB4x0 IDE Controller
00:14.3 ISA bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] IXP SB4x0 PCI-ISA Bridge
00:14.4 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] IXP SB4x0 PCI-PCI Bridge
00:14.5 Multimedia audio controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] IXP SB400 AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02)
00:14.6 Modem: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] IXP SB400 AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 02)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RS480M [Mobility Radeon Xpress 200]
06:02.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02)
06:06.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8100/8101L/8139 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter (rev 10)
[ 0.000000] Initializing cgroup subsys cpuset
[ 0.000000] Initializing cgroup subsys cpu
[ 0.000000] Initializing cgroup subsys cpuacct
[ 0.000000] Linux version 3.13.0-37-generic (buildd@roseapple) (gcc version 4.8.2 (Ubuntu 4.8.2-19ubuntu1) ) #64-Ubuntu SMP Mon Sep 22 21:30:01 UTC 2014 (Ubuntu 3.13.0-37.64-generic 3.13.11.7)
[ 0.000000] KERNEL supported cpus:
[ 0.000000] Intel GenuineIntel
[ 0.000000] AMD AuthenticAMD
[ 0.000000] NSC Geode by NSC
[ 0.000000] Cyrix CyrixInstead
[ 0.000000] Centaur CentaurHauls
[ 0.000000] Transmeta GenuineTMx86
[ 0.000000] Transmeta TransmetaCPU
[ 0.000000] UMC UMC UMC UMC
[ 0.000000] e820: BIOS-provided physical RAM map:
[ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: [mem 0x0000000000000000-0x000000000009f7ff] usable
[ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: [mem 0x000000000009f800-0x000000000009ffff] reserved
[ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: [mem 0x00000000000d0000-0x00000000000fffff] reserved
[ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: [mem 0x0000000000100000-0x0000000077e9ffff] usable
[ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: [mem 0x0000000077ea0000-0x0000000077eabfff] ACPI data
[ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: [mem 0x0000000077eac000-0x0000000077efffff] ACPI NVS
[ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: [mem 0x0000000077f00000-0x000000007fffffff] reserved

I'm an idiot. I'm thinking I should be finding a driver for:
06:02.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02)

Could you direct me to a link or give me advice on the process of updating the driver? Hate to say, I'm used to Windows and this is my first attempt at Linux. Thanks!

igadoter · 01-08-2015, 01:43 PM

Look at this

Code:

06:02.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02)

your wireless card is Broadcom BCM4318[AirForce One g]802.11g (rev.02).

Bip35 · 01-08-2015, 01:47 PM

Thanks! I will figure out how to get the wireless working now that I know what I'm looking for...

igadoter · 01-08-2015, 02:08 PM

Sorry for previous post. Mint is Debian and Ubuntu based if am i not wrong. Look at this thread http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2224920. I hope it will work also for you. But probably better solution is to ask in Linux Mint subforum about this wireless card and how to handle step by step downloading and installing required drivers.

Bip35 · 01-09-2015, 12:59 AM

Your awesome Igadoter! It worked! Do you think the commands would be different for Mint and make a difference on transfer rate? Just wondering....

igadoter · 01-09-2015, 03:34 AM

Do you have troubles with transfer rate?

Bip35 · 01-09-2015, 09:37 AM

I have nothing to compare the transfer rate to but it does work. Do you think a different driver made for Mint would be faster or the same than one made for Ubuntu? I couldn't find one anyway.

By the way, Mint used to hang up while shutting down at the LM logo screen. Now it doesn't! An extra bonus! Thanks!

igadoter · 01-09-2015, 04:54 PM

I am happy I was helpfull. Run your Linux and show to anyone how powerfull it is.