Hi Friends, Thanks for the tip. I asked him to download & install the restricted drivers. Now the wifi connections can bee seen in the network manager. Never got an opportunity to verify the connection. Hope it is fine by now. I'll let you know wahen done.
On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 1:28 AM, Jomon John <[email protected]> wrote: > Hai Adhin, > > Recently i installed Xubuntu 14.04 [amd64] on a laptop with same wifi > chipset BCM43412, anf found to be working fine. > > The 'lspci' shows the chipset as > > 02:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM43142 802.11b/g/n (rev > 01) > > To do this, > > [1]. Just make a pacage index update with "sudo apt-get update" > > [2]. Enable "Broadcom 802.11 Linux STA wireless driver source" from > 3rd party proprietary driver section. > > Thats all, > > > On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 3:26 PM, Adhin D <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Friends, > > > > I' m posting this on behalf of my friend who installed Ubuntu 14.04 on > his > > Dell vostro 2420 laptop. > > It looks like the wireless device is not even detected. Wirerless works > fine > > in Windows. > > Please help.... Please refer the lspci, lsusb outputs below: > > > > faijas@faijas-Vostro:~$ lspci > > > > 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor DRAM > > Controller (rev 09) > > > > 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core > processor > > Graphics Controller (rev 09) > > > > 00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series > > Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 (rev 04) > > > > 00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset > > Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 (rev 04) > > > > 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset > Family > > High Definition Audio Controller (rev 04) > > > > 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family > > PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev c4) > > > > 00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family > > PCI Express Root Port 4 (rev c4) > > > > 00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family > > PCI Express Root Port 6 (rev c4) > > > > 00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset > > Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 (rev 04) > > > > 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation HM75 Express Chipset LPC Controller > > (rev 04) > > > > 00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series Chipset Family 6-port > > SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 04) > > > > 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family > SMBus > > Controller (rev 04) > > > > 07:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM43142 802.11b/g/n > (rev > > 01) > > > > 09:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. > > RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 07) > > > > > > > > faijas@faijas-Vostro:~$ lsusb > > > > Bus 002 Device 003: ID 0bda:0138 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTS5138 Card > > Reader Controller > > > > Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub > > > > Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub > > > > Bus 001 Device 005: ID 0c45:6473 Microdia > > > > Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0a5c:21d7 Broadcom Corp. BCM43142 Bluetooth 4.0 > > > > Bus 001 Device 003: ID 1d57:ad0a Xenta > > > > Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub > > > > Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub > > > > > > > > faijas@faijas-Vostro:~$ iwconfig > > > > lo no wireless extensions. > > > > > > > > eth0 no wireless extensions. > > > > > > > > faijas@faijas-Vostro:~$ ifconfig > > > > eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr e0:db:55:a2:0f:56 > > > > 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) > > > > > > > > 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:65536 Metric:1 > > > > RX packets:201 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > > > > TX packets:201 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > > > > collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 > > > > RX bytes:14895 (14.8 KB) TX bytes:14895 (14.8 KB) > > > > > > > > faijas@faijas-Vostro:~$ rfkill list all > > > > 0: hci0: Bluetooth > > > > Soft blocked: no > > > > Hard blocked: no > > > > > > > > -- > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > May the FOSS be with you... always > > - Adhin > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > -- > > -- > > "Freedom is the only law". > > "Freedom Unplugged" > > http://www.ilug-tvm.org > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "ilug-tvm" group. > > To control your subscription visit > > http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > For details visit the google group page: > > http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en > > > > --- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Free Software Users Group, Thiruvananthapuram" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to [email protected]. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > -- > With regards > > Jomon John > > http://www.google.com/profiles/jomonjohnn > Twitter : https://twitter.com/jomonjohnn > RSA Publick Key ID : 7B24967B > > -- > -- > "Freedom is the only law". > "Freedom Unplugged" > http://www.ilug-tvm.org > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "ilug-tvm" group. > To control your subscription visit > http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > > > > For details visit the google group page: > http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Free Software Users Group, Thiruvananthapuram" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- May the FOSS be with you... always - Adhin ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- -- "Freedom is the only law". 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