WiFi won't detect in Xubuntu

iain.mjbanks · 06-14-2009, 06:35 AM

i just set up my laptop's wireless card using the 43xx fwcutter program. i got the wireless to go on (the little blue light) but it's not detecting my wireless. i don't have ethernet at the moment, but i can download and transfer files from my other computer.

any help would be much appreciated. thanks!

jamescondron · 06-14-2009, 07:10 AM

Have you got module loaded? Is your card fully supported? What card have you got?

Code:

lspci|grep Net
lsmod
ifconfig

To install everything, you may need to get hooked up over ethernet, if possible

iain.mjbanks · 06-14-2009, 01:48 PM

i don't have ethernet at my house, but i might be able to get it at work on monday.

Quote:

Originally Posted by iain.mjbanks

iain@iain-laptop:~$ lspci|grep net
02:0e.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX (rev 02)
iain@iain-laptop:~$ lsmod
Module Size Used by
nls_iso8859_1 12032 1
nls_cp437 13696 1
vfat 18816 1
fat 58272 1 vfat
usb_storage 82880 1
rfkill_input 12800 0
i915 65540 2
drm 96296 3 i915
ppdev 15620 0
bridge 56340 0
stp 10500 1 bridge
bnep 20224 2
lp 17156 0
parport 42220 2 ppdev,lp
joydev 18368 0
snd_intel8x0 37532 2
arc4 9856 2
snd_ac97_codec 112292 1 snd_intel8x0
ecb 10752 2
ac97_bus 9856 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm_oss 46336 0
snd_mixer_oss 22656 2 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 82948 3 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_dummy 10756 0
snd_seq_oss 37760 0
snd_seq_midi 14336 0
snd_rawmidi 29696 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 15104 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
b43 131484 0
snd_seq 56880 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer 29704 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 14988 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
pcmcia 44748 0
mac80211 217208 1 b43
pcspkr 10496 0
psmouse 61972 0
yenta_socket 32396 1
rsrc_nonstatic 19328 1 yenta_socket
snd 62628 12 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_ti mer,snd_seq_device
iTCO_wdt 19108 0
iTCO_vendor_support 11652 1 iTCO_wdt
cfg80211 38032 1 mac80211
pcmcia_core 43540 3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
soundcore 15200 2 snd
snd_page_alloc 16904 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
serio_raw 13316 0
led_class 12036 1 b43
input_polldev 11912 1 b43
video 25360 0
output 11008 1 video
intel_agp 34108 1
agpgart 42696 3 drm,intel_agp
ohci1394 38576 0
b44 35984 0
mii 13312 1 b44
ieee1394 94660 1 ohci1394
ssb 41220 2 b43,b44
fbcon 46112 0
tileblit 10752 1 fbcon
font 16384 1 fbcon
bitblit 13824 1 fbcon
softcursor 9984 1 bitblit
iain@iain-laptop:~$ ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:15:60:b4:44:86
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
Interrupt:16

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:12 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:12 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:840 (840.0 B) TX bytes:840 (840.0 B)

wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:14:a5:22:18:fe
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

wmaster0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr 00-14-A5-22-18-FE-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

iain@iain-laptop:~$

iain.mjbanks · 06-14-2009, 02:16 PM

use File::Copy;
print "Please enter complaint file location";
$comp = <>;
copy($comp,/dev/null) or die "umm....";

i didnt have any luck with that. perhaps im doing something wrong?