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    EMachine WIFI support

    Hi
    I am testing the live USB on a freinds e-machine 720 laptop. He wants to get rid of Vista and wants me to put Kubuntu 16.04 on it.

    Having tested the live usb evrything works except wifi.

    As far as I can tell it uses a broadcom card.

    Does anyone have experience with this laptop?

    kubuntu@kubuntu:~$ iwconfig
    enp5s0 no wireless extensions.

    lo no wireless extensions.

    kubuntu@kubuntu:~$
    kubuntu@kubuntu:~$ sudo lspci
    00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Memory Controller Hub (rev 07)
    00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 07)
    00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 07)
    00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 03)
    00:1a.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 03)
    00:1a.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
    00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)
    00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03)
    00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 03)
    00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 03)
    00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
    00:1d.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
    00:1d.2 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)
    00:1d.3 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6 (rev 03)
    00:1d.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
    00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 93)
    00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation ICH9M LPC Interface Controller (rev 03)
    00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801IBM/IEM (ICH9M/ICH9M-E) 4 port SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 03)
    00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
    00:1f.6 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) Thermal Subsystem (rev 03)
    04:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY (rev 01)
    05:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 02)
    kubuntu@kubuntu:~$
    Bthw: No ethernet connection available.
    Last edited by Fintan; Jul 31, 2016, 03:31 AM.
    HP Pavilion dv6 core i7 (Main)
    4 GB Ram
    Kubuntu 18.10
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    #2
    While in the Live environment, did you attempt to identify/active the driver through the Driver Manager?
    Windows no longer obstructs my view.
    Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
    "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes​
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      #3
      Hi Snowhog, it has been a long time

      You mean system settings-> driver manager? yes. Just a bar telling me: collecting information about your system.

      Nothing happens No, information nada.

      Same on the installed 16.04 on my laptop.

      I don't think that would help anyway. No ethernet.

      So what do you think about this:

      firmware-b43-lpphy-installer_015-9_all.deb

      or


      firmware-b43-installer_015-9_all.deb

      ?

      Greets
      Fintan
      HP Pavilion dv6 core i7 (Main)
      4 GB Ram
      Kubuntu 18.10
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        #4
        Yes, that 'behavior' of Driver Manager is a known 'bug'. If you open a konsole and type: sudo update-apt-xapian-index and let it finish, then relaunching Driver Manager will/should now work.
        Windows no longer obstructs my view.
        Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
        "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes​
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          #5
          Ok. did that. seems to work, at the wfi manager is picking up the card and signals. BUt when I connect and start FF for example, nada.

          Do you have an IP I can try to ping?
          HP Pavilion dv6 core i7 (Main)
          4 GB Ram
          Kubuntu 18.10
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            #6
            KFN's hosted IP address is
            23.239.29.201
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            "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes​
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              #7
              Thanks.

              I got the issue solved. running off a mobile hotspot seems to block both of these laptops when connected at the same time. so I had to disconnect mine and reconnect the test machine. works

              Will go for some more tests and post back.
              HP Pavilion dv6 core i7 (Main)
              4 GB Ram
              Kubuntu 18.10
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                #8
                Ok. stange issue here.

                Installed 16.04 on the emachine. install went well.

                Did
                Code:
                [FONT=Monospace]sudo update-apt-xapian-index[/FONT]
                started driver manager. Nada.

                Did a reboot and reran the code.

                Now driver manager tells me: no proprietory drivers needed.

                Very confusing.

                Cheers
                F

                Edit:

                iwconfig gives:

                enp5s0 no wireless extensions.

                lo no wireless extensions.

                lspci gives the same as before.
                Last edited by Fintan; Aug 01, 2016, 11:14 AM.
                HP Pavilion dv6 core i7 (Main)
                4 GB Ram
                Kubuntu 18.10
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                  #9
                  By chance, does the PC have a hard switch to turn on/off wireless?
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                    #10
                    Yes it does but it doesn't show on or off when pressed.
                    HP Pavilion dv6 core i7 (Main)
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                      #11
                      Open a konsole. Run dmesg. Push the button. Run dmesg. Is there an entry concerning wifi 'at the end' of the output?
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                        #12
                        Ok that is huge. What am I looking for? I can't send it any where. except for copy paste to kate, save as txt, the copy to usb.

                        Ok here is the relevant part (I think):

                        [ 19.476510] Broadcom 43xx driver loaded [ Features: PNL ]
                        [ 19.504931] b43 ssb0:0: Direct firmware load for b43/ucode15.fw failed with error -2
                        [ 19.504955] b43 ssb0:0: Direct firmware load for b43/ucode15.fw failed with error -2
                        [ 19.504976] b43 ssb0:0: Direct firmware load for b43-open/ucode15.fw failed with error -2
                        [ 19.504993] b43 ssb0:0: Direct firmware load for b43-open/ucode15.fw failed with error -2
                        [ 19.504997] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode15.fw" not found
                        [ 19.504999] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43-open/ucode15.fw" not found
                        [ 19.505002] b43-phy0 ERROR: You must go to http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/...devicefirmware and download the correct firmware for this driver version. Please carefully read all instructions on this website.

                        same if switch is pressed or not.
                        Last edited by Fintan; Aug 01, 2016, 01:12 PM.
                        HP Pavilion dv6 core i7 (Main)
                        4 GB Ram
                        Kubuntu 18.10
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                          #13
                          http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/...devicefirmware

                          gives: topic does not exist yet....LOL

                          Should I try one of these:
                          firmware-b43-lpphy-installer_015-9_all.deb

                          or


                          firmware-b43-installer_015-9_all.deb
                          ?
                          HP Pavilion dv6 core i7 (Main)
                          4 GB Ram
                          Kubuntu 18.10
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                            #14
                            The information you are looking for begins at 19.433359:
                            [ 19.433359] b43-phy0: Broadcom 4312 WLAN found (core revision 15)
                            [ 19.464709] b43-phy0: Found PHY: Analog 6, Type 5 (LP), Revision 1
                            [ 19.464729] b43-phy0: Found Radio: Manuf 0x17F, ID 0x2062, Revision 2, Version 0
                            [ 19.476510] Broadcom 43xx driver loaded [ Features: PNL ]
                            [ 19.504931] b43 ssb0:0: Direct firmware load for b43/ucode15.fw failed with error -2
                            [ 19.504955] b43 ssb0:0: Direct firmware load for b43/ucode15.fw failed with error -2
                            [ 19.504976] b43 ssb0:0: Direct firmware load for b43-open/ucode15.fw failed with error -2
                            [ 19.504993] b43 ssb0:0: Direct firmware load for b43-open/ucode15.fw failed with error -2
                            [ 19.504997] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode15.fw" not found
                            [ 19.504999] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43-open/ucode15.fw" not found
                            [ 19.505002] b43-phy0 ERROR: You must go to http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/...devicefirmware and download the correct firmware for this driver version. Please carefully read all instructions on this website.
                            [ 19.970508] cfg80211: World regulatory domain updated:
                            [ 19.970515] cfg80211: DFS Master region: unset
                            [ 19.970517] cfg80211: (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp), (dfs_cac_time)
                            [ 19.970527] cfg80211: (2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (N/A, 2000 mBm), (N/A)
                            [ 19.970529] cfg80211: (2457000 KHz - 2482000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (N/A, 2000 mBm), (N/A)
                            [ 19.970532] cfg80211: (2474000 KHz - 2494000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (N/A, 2000 mBm), (N/A)
                            [ 19.970535] cfg80211: (5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 80000 KHz, 160000 KHz AUTO), (N/A, 2000 mBm), (N/A)
                            [ 19.970538] cfg80211: (5250000 KHz - 5330000 KHz @ 80000 KHz, 160000 KHz AUTO), (N/A, 2000 mBm), (0 s)
                            [ 19.970541] cfg80211: (5490000 KHz - 5730000 KHz @ 160000 KHz), (N/A, 2000 mBm), (0 s)
                            [ 19.970543] cfg80211: (5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 80000 KHz), (N/A, 2000 mBm), (N/A)
                            [ 19.970545] cfg80211: (57240000 KHz - 63720000 KHz @ 2160000 KHz), (N/A, 0 mBm), (N/A)
                            [ 20.076742] Adding 2024444k swap on /dev/sda5. Priority:-1 extents:1 across:2024444k FS
                            [ 24.078046] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): enp5s0: link is not ready
                            [ 24.093761] r8169 0000:05:00.0 enp5s0: link down
                            [ 24.093839] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): enp5s0: link is not ready
                            [ 32.284498] usb 2-3: USB disconnect, device number 2
                            [ 57.272058] usb 6-1: new full-speed USB device number 2 using uhci_hcd
                            [ 57.452127] usb 6-1: New USB device found, idVendor=046d, idProduct=c52b
                            [ 57.452134] usb 6-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
                            [ 57.452137] usb 6-1: Product: USB Receiver
                            [ 57.452140] usb 6-1: Manufacturer: Logitech
                            [ 58.957881] hidraw: raw HID events driver (C) Jiri Kosina
                            [ 59.183186] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbhid
                            [ 59.183191] usbhid: USB HID core driver
                            [ 59.380609] logitech-djreceiver 0003:046D:C52B.0003: hiddev0,hidraw0: USB HID v1.11 Device [Logitech USB Receiver] on usb-0000:00:1d.1-1/input2
                            [ 59.559744] input: Logitech T400 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.1/usb6/6-1/6-1:1.2/0003:046D:C52B.0003/0003:046D:4026.0004/input/input13
                            [ 59.561374] logitech-hidpp-device 0003:046D:4026.0004: input,hidraw1: USB HID v1.11 Keyboard [Logitech T400] on usb-0000:00:1d.1-1:1
                            And the error information:
                            [ 19.504997] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode15.fw" not found
                            [ 19.504999] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43-open/ucode15.fw" not found
                            [ 19.505002] b43-phy0 ERROR: You must go to http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/...devicefirmware and download the correct firmware for this driver version. Please carefully read all instructions on this website.
                            Windows no longer obstructs my view.
                            Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
                            "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes​
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                              #15
                              Right. what now?

                              Install the .deb(s)
                              HP Pavilion dv6 core i7 (Main)
                              4 GB Ram
                              Kubuntu 18.10
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