"Enable Wireless" is gray on ubuntu 11.10 (Dell Vostro 1520)
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I installed ubuntu 11.10 on Dell Vostro 1520. When I click on the up and down arrows on the top bar, I see "Enable Wireless" menu item is gray. Is it because the wireless network card is not properly recognized by ubuntu? Does anybody know how to fix the problem? -- Regards, Peng -- ubuntu-users mailing list ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users |
"Enable Wireless" is gray on ubuntu 11.10 (Dell Vostro 1520)
On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 6:03 PM, Peng Yu <pengyu.ut@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, > > I installed ubuntu 11.10 on Dell Vostro 1520. When I click on the up > and down arrows on the top bar, I see "Enable Wireless" menu item is > gray. Is it because the wireless network card is not properly > recognized by ubuntu? Does anybody know how to fix the problem? I have the following output of these commands. ~$ sudo lshw -C network *-network description: Ethernet interface product: RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. physical id: 0 bus info: pci@0000:08:00.0 logical name: eth0 version: 03 serial: 00:24:e8:9c:24:44 size: 100Mbit/s capacity: 1Gbit/s width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix vpd bus_master cap_list rom ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd autonegotiation configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=2.3LK-NAPI duplex=full firmware=rtl_nic/rtl8168d-1.fw ip=192.168.1.116 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=MII speed=100Mbit/s resources: irq:47 ioport:4000(size=256) memory:fe004000-fe004fff memory:fe000000-fe003fff memory:fe020000-fe03ffff *-network DISABLED description: Wireless interface product: BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY vendor: Broadcom Corporation physical id: 0 bus info: pci@0000:0e:00.0 logical name: eth2 version: 01 serial: 00:24:2c:a1:1a:30 width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless configuration: broadcast=yes driver=wl0 driverversion=5.100.82.38 latency=0 multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg resources: irq:18 memory:f6000000-f6003fff ~$ iwconfig lo no wireless extensions. eth0 no wireless extensions. eth2 IEEE 802.11 Access Point: Not-Associated Link Quality:5 Signal level:0 Noise level:0 Rx invalid nwid:0 invalid crypt:0 invalid misc:0 -- Regards, Peng -- ubuntu-users mailing list ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users |
"Enable Wireless" is gray on ubuntu 11.10 (Dell Vostro 1520)
description: Wireless interface
* * * product: BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY I am no expert but I am pretty sure you need to install --fwcutter is a tool which can extract firmware from various source files. It's written for BCM43xx driver files which is available in the Ubuntu Software Center. tab On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 18:17, Peng Yu <pengyu.ut@gmail.com> wrote: On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 6:03 PM, Peng Yu <pengyu.ut@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I installed ubuntu 11.10 on Dell Vostro 1520. When I click on the up > and down arrows on the top bar, I see "Enable Wireless" menu item is > gray. Is it because the wireless network card is not properly > recognized by ubuntu? Does anybody know how to fix the problem? I have the following output of these commands. ~$ sudo lshw -C network **-network * * * description: Ethernet interface * * * product: RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller * * * vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. * * * physical id: 0 * * * bus info: pci@0000:08:00.0 * * * logical name: eth0 * * * version: 03 * * * serial: 00:24:e8:9c:24:44 * * * size: 100Mbit/s * * * capacity: 1Gbit/s * * * width: 64 bits * * * clock: 33MHz * * * capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix vpd bus_master cap_list rom ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd autonegotiation * * * configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=2.3LK-NAPI duplex=full firmware=rtl_nic/rtl8168d-1.fw ip=192.168.1.116 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=MII speed=100Mbit/s * * * resources: irq:47 ioport:4000(size=256) memory:fe004000-fe004fff memory:fe000000-fe003fff memory:fe020000-fe03ffff **-network DISABLED * * * description: Wireless interface * * * product: BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY * * * vendor: Broadcom Corporation * * * physical id: 0 * * * bus info: pci@0000:0e:00.0 * * * logical name: eth2 * * * version: 01 * * * serial: 00:24:2c:a1:1a:30 * * * width: 64 bits * * * clock: 33MHz * * * capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless * * * configuration: broadcast=yes driver=wl0 driverversion=5.100.82.38 latency=0 multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg * * * resources: irq:18 memory:f6000000-f6003fff ~$ iwconfig lo * * * *no wireless extensions. eth0 * * *no wireless extensions. eth2 * * *IEEE 802.11 *Access Point: Not-Associated * * * * *Link Quality:5 *Signal level:0 *Noise level:0 * * * * *Rx invalid nwid:0 *invalid crypt:0 *invalid misc:0 -- Regards, Peng -- ubuntu-users mailing list ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users -- ubuntu-users mailing list ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users |
"Enable Wireless" is gray on ubuntu 11.10 (Dell Vostro 1520)
On 11/26/2011 01:53 AM, Tab Gilbert wrote:
description: Wireless interface product: BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY I am no expert but I am pretty sure you need to install --fwcutter is a tool which can extract firmware from various source files. It's written for BCM43xx driver files which is available in the Ubuntu Software Center. tab On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 18:17, Peng Yu <pengyu.ut@gmail.com <mailto:pengyu.ut@gmail.com>> wrote: On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 6:03 PM, Peng Yu <pengyu.ut@gmail.com <mailto:pengyu.ut@gmail.com>> wrote: > Hi, > > I installed ubuntu 11.10 on Dell Vostro 1520. When I click on the up > and down arrows on the top bar, I see "Enable Wireless" menu item is > gray. Is it because the wireless network card is not properly > recognized by ubuntu? Does anybody know how to fix the problem? I have the following output of these commands. ~$ sudo lshw -C network *-network description: Ethernet interface product: RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. physical id: 0 bus info: pci@0000:08:00.0 logical name: eth0 version: 03 serial: 00:24:e8:9c:24:44 size: 100Mbit/s capacity: 1Gbit/s width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix vpd bus_master cap_list rom ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd autonegotiation configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=2.3LK-NAPI duplex=full firmware=rtl_nic/rtl8168d-1.fw ip=192.168.1.116 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=MII speed=100Mbit/s resources: irq:47 ioport:4000(size=256) memory:fe004000-fe004fff memory:fe000000-fe003fff memory:fe020000-fe03ffff *-network DISABLED description: Wireless interface product: BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY vendor: Broadcom Corporation physical id: 0 bus info: pci@0000:0e:00.0 logical name: eth2 version: 01 serial: 00:24:2c:a1:1a:30 width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless configuration: broadcast=yes driver=wl0 driverversion=5.100.82.38 latency=0 multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg resources: irq:18 memory:f6000000-f6003fff ~$ iwconfig lo no wireless extensions. eth0 no wireless extensions. eth2 IEEE 802.11 Access Point: Not-Associated Link Quality:5 Signal level:0 Noise level:0 Rx invalid nwid:0 invalid crypt:0 invalid misc:0 -- Regards, Peng -- ubuntu-users mailing list ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com <mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users Hi, At the risk of stating the obvious (it's happened to me!) check there is no hardware switch to disable wireless (usually on laptops and a very small switch) grandmother sucking eggs springs to mind but if you don’t ask...... Regards Pete -- ubuntu-users mailing list ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users |
"Enable Wireless" is gray on ubuntu 11.10 (Dell Vostro 1520)
> At the risk of stating the obvious (it's happened to me!) check there is no
> hardware switch to disable wireless (usually on laptops and a very small > switch) I have made sure that the switch is on. -- Regards, Peng -- ubuntu-users mailing list ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users |
"Enable Wireless" is gray on ubuntu 11.10 (Dell Vostro 1520)
On my old dell I almost always had to install the driver through synaptic after hooking up the laptop to a wired connection. A package you might try is bcmwl-kernel-source.
On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 8:57 PM, Peng Yu <pengyu.ut@gmail.com> wrote: > At the risk of stating the obvious (it's happened to me!) check there is no > hardware switch to disable wireless (usually on laptops and a very small > switch) I have made sure that the switch is on. -- Regards, Peng -- ubuntu-users mailing list ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users -- ubuntu-users mailing list ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users |
"Enable Wireless" is gray on ubuntu 11.10 (Dell Vostro 1520)
> On my old dell I almost always had to install the driver through synaptic
> after hooking up the laptop to a wired connection. A package you might try > is bcmwl-kernel-source. I have installed bcmwl-kernel-source. "Enable Wireless" is still gray. What did you do last time to resolve the issue? -- Regards, Peng -- ubuntu-users mailing list ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users |
"Enable Wireless" is gray on ubuntu 11.10 (Dell Vostro 1520)
If it doesn't work after a restart of the machine, you should open System Settings via the cog menu on the top right and select 'Additional Drivers.' Assuming we have similar dells you should have an option in there for the broadcom-sta driver, which you can select and click 'Activate.'
On Sun, Nov 27, 2011 at 9:29 AM, Peng Yu <pengyu.ut@gmail.com> wrote: > On my old dell I almost always had to install the driver through synaptic > after hooking up the laptop to a wired connection. A package you might try > is bcmwl-kernel-source. I have installed bcmwl-kernel-source. "Enable Wireless" is still gray. What did you do last time to resolve the issue? -- Regards, Peng -- ubuntu-users mailing list ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users -- ubuntu-users mailing list ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users |
"Enable Wireless" is gray on ubuntu 11.10 (Dell Vostro 1520)
On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 10:09 AM, Mark Paskal <markpaskal@gmail.com> wrote:
> If it doesn't work after a restart of the machine, you should open System > Settings via the cog menu on the top right and select 'Additional Drivers.' > Assuming we have similar dells you should have an option in there for the > broadcom-sta driver, which you can select and click 'Activate.' It was already enabled. The problem must be due to some other factors. -- Regards, Peng -- ubuntu-users mailing list ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users |
"Enable Wireless" is gray on ubuntu 11.10 (Dell Vostro 1520)
On Tue, 29 Nov 2011 17:10:18 -0600
Peng Yu <pengyu.ut@gmail.com> wrote: PY> On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 10:09 AM, Mark Paskal <markpaskal@gmail.com> PY> wrote: PY> > If it doesn't work after a restart of the machine, you should open PY> > System Settings via the cog menu on the top right and select PY> > 'Additional Drivers.' Assuming we have similar dells you should PY> > have an option in there for the broadcom-sta driver, which you can PY> > select and click 'Activate.' PY> PY> It was already enabled. PY> PY> The problem must be due to some other factors. PY> It sounds like the card is hard blocked. To check this, run: rfkill list The Hard blocked state ought to be toggled by the hardware switch (or Fn-<key> combination). I've not seen this fail in *buntu, but I do see the same issue with an Intel wifi card when running Pardus. Unfortunately I don't know of a way to fix the problem if the switch doesn't do the job. (Possibly with Broadcom you need to change to the legacy driver or from it). -- +------------------------+-------------------------------+---------+ | James Tappin | School of Physics & Astronomy | O__ | | sjt@star.sr.bham.ac.uk | University of Birmingham | -- /` | | Ph: 0121-414-6462. Fax: 0121-414-3722 | | +--------------------------------------------------------+---------+ -- ubuntu-users mailing list ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users |
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