Hp Pavilion dv4 laptop WIRELESS NOT WORKING
Hi Installed Ubuntu 10.04 this afternoon.
Unable to get a wireless connection. Presently I have: HP Pavilion dv4 Running Windows Vista 64 bit on primary partition Downloaded Ubuntu 10.04 Problem: 1. I have no wireless connections listed. 2. When I press the wireless notification button on the laptop does not change colour. Stays Orange. Any and all help would be appreciated. Thank you in advance, Paul |
what kind of chip is that ?
Atheros 802.11n that would use ath9k ? if that's it i can help you basically have two choices either upgrade the driver using compat-wireless or just build a whole knew more moderrn kernel |
Hello empty_mirror, welcome to LQ,
to check which module is needed please post the output of Code:
lspci -k | grep iA5 wire Code:
iwconfig Code:
ipconfig /all |
For lspci -k | grep -iA5 wire
03:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4322 802.11a/b/g/n Wireless LAN Controller (rev 01) Kernel driver in use: b43-pci-bridge Kernel modules: ssb 04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconducter Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E P CI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 02) Kernel driver in use: r8169 Kernel modules: r8169 For iwconfig lo no wireless extensions. eth0 no wireless extensions. From Vista was there something in particular you were looking for? Sorry still a newbie but when I did the ipconfig /all it gave a great deal of information. |
Your Wlan-adapter on the Laptop is not yet been started. Look at the documentation of Ubuntu and find out 1. if there is an appropriate driver in the Ubuntu-repository for your Broadcom-card and 2. how to start the wireless network.
Markus |
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THANK YOU for the help thus far. I shall look in the Ubuntu-repository, and post my progress. Paul |
broadcom -- cool
your in luck there is a pre built package that is a part of ubuntu i have no idea how ubuntu works but here are the instructions apt-get update apt-get install bcmwl-kernel-source System > Administration > Hardware/Additional Drivers, the STA drivers can be activated for use. reboot or modprobe -r b43 ssb wl modprobe wl |
oh yea forgot no wifi no apt get
the package is on the install disk ../pool/restricted/b/bcmwl if you use a gui then it should automajically figure out all the needed junk other wise if you have to do it the "old fashioned" way you need the stuff to build a kernel module namely dkms patch and fakeroot |
Wireless Working ...YEAH!
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I was able to get a wired connection and when I did that I was able to get to the System--> Administration --> Hardware/Additional Drivers and was able to activate them. HAPPY AS A CLAM! THANK YOU! |
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