Xubuntu, Refuses to detect Wireless NIC on Inspiron 3520
Now I'm personally new to this, but I had went from a windows 10 OS to an Xubuntu OS from a friend who had the disk for it, (I'm trying to work with coding right now, and I figure Linux is the one to use for this. Well, every version I seem to install refuses to detect any wireless capability, but can detect Ethernet just fine. Now I have a sneaking suspicion that it isn't any of my own hardware on my system, but I can be wrong. I am reassured however that it is the case as I have a backup disk for windows ten, and it is perfectly fine in trying to detect and search for any active ap's Nearby, So I'm completely lost... So any help would be great thanks.
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lspci -v | grep -A 10 -i "Network Controller" Code:
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Which version of Xubuntu are you trying to use? Also, with your adapter plugged in, please open a terminal and run the following commands... Code:
wget -N -t 5 -T 10 https://github.com/UbuntuForums/wireless-info/raw/master/wireless-info && \ Thanks! :) |
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Also, you don't say what version of Xubuntu you're using, or what model laptop, but if you're just starting out I'd suggest Linux Mint before anything else. The list of devices it supports is fairly large, and it's designed to get devices to 'just work', as it has a large list of consumer devices supported. And you may want the latest version of Xubuntu, if you don't already have it. |
I let my friend use this account to post the OP, (I am the guy who gave him Xubuntu). He will reply back later on.. But I recommended Mint after Xubuntu (although I didn't want to cus I don't understand their update methodology), and is why I personally don't use it.. Apparently with Mint using the terminal to update is discouraged.. And yeah his NIC is not shut off in the BIOS, cus with Windows 10 loaded it works.. Anyways thanks.
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And again...what kind of laptop is this, what kind of wifi hardware, and what version of Xubuntu? |
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lsb_release -a |
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https://askubuntu.com/questions/1751...60-3560#215923 ...probably a firmware issue, with the broadcom card. While that's for 12.04, it should still work. Providing you're not using another type of USB dongle, and have stuck to the Broadcom device, this should get you going. ::EDIT:: This may be of use too. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Wi...Driver/bcm43xx |
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To run a command as administrator (user "root"), use "sudo <command>". |
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What TBone said... plus search on Google for BCM43142 Ubuntu
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No, the card does show... Code:
harnando@Soto-Inspiron-3520:~$ lspci -v | grep -A 10 -i "Network Controller" EDIT: Just confirmed that it can use the "wl" driver. Regards... |
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This chip is only supported by the broadcom-sta ("wl") driver, so for that driver no extra firmware is needed. It's a proprietary blob driver.
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