[Cialug] looking for help with wi-fi

Thu Nov 4 07:48:48 CDT 2010

10.10 seems to have resolved the wi-fi issues.

On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 12:14, Scott Prader <sprader at iastate.edu> wrote:

> Hi Chris,
>
> Beware of 10.10, it is new, and thus it has many issues.  10.04 is still
> the LTS (Long Term Supported) version of Ubuntu and you may find it easier
> to find a solution with it.
>
> Is your wifi card builtin?  If so, does it show up under the list that the
> lspci command provides?
>
> -Scott
>
>
> On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 9:40 AM, chris rheinherren <c.rheinherren at gmail.com
> > wrote:
>
>> bynw at whitestar:~$ dmesg | grep eth
>> [    1.449305] eth0: RTL8101e at 0xf829e000, 88:ae:1d:e8:7f:f3, XID
>> 0c200000 IRQ 36
>> [   18.893341] r8169: eth0: link down
>> [   18.893574] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
>>
>> System-->Administration--Hardware Drivers. Only driver is for the Nvida
>> graphics card.
>>
>> bynw at whitestar:~$ sudo rmmod wl
>> [sudo] password for bynw:
>> ERROR: Module wl does not exist in /proc/modules
>>
>>
>> I am going to check out Ubuntu 10.10 today.
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 08:36, Matthew Nuzum <newz at bearfruit.org> wrote:
>>
>>> On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 7:38 AM, chris rheinherren <
>>> c.rheinherren at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hey All.
>>>>
>>>> I need a bit of help with my laptop's Wi-Fi.
>>>>
>>>> I have a Toshiba Satellite A665-S6094 running Ubuntu 10.04 LTS.
>>>> On a wired connection I have no trouble connecting at all. But Wi-Fi has
>>>> some troubles connecting.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Hi, do you happen to know what kind of wifi card you have? I do this:
>>> dmesg | grep eth
>>>
>>> And I see about a dozen lines mostly related to the wired ethernet, but
>>> this line shows me what kind of wireless card I have:
>>>
>>> [   26.960393] eth1: Broadcom BCM432b 802.11 Hybrid Wireless Controller
>>> 5.60.48.36
>>>
>>> Also, in the desktop you can go to System -> Administration -> Driver
>>> Manager (can't remember the precise name in Lucid but it has "driver" in
>>> it). You'll see a screen like the one attached. Sometimes a proprietary
>>> driver is needed and needs to be enabled. Sometimes there are more than one
>>> driver options available and the other one works better. (Ubuntu does this
>>> as a compromise, preferring more open source compatible drivers over
>>> non-open source options)
>>>
>>> If you have a wired network connection available this part might work
>>> better if you're plugged in via ethernet since it will often need to
>>> download the driver.
>>>
>>>
>>>> 1) Takes several attempts before Wi-Fi connects even if there is no
>>>> security at all on the wireless signal. Sometimes this takes several reboots
>>>> to get it to connect. This will happen even if the computer was connected
>>>> via Wi-Fi and went into hibernation due to the lid being closed on the
>>>> laptop. It doesn't reconnect without being rebooted several times.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> I used to have a problem with my wifi. The Canonical support dept gave me
>>> this suggestion, instead of rebooting:
>>>
>>> sudo rmmod wl
>>> sudo modprobe wl
>>>
>>> However that is a hack, it would be better to fix the prob. But at least
>>> you don't have to reboot. At one time I had commands like that in the init
>>> scripts that ran after resume. (I can't remember what those scripts are
>>> called at the moment)
>>>
>>>
>>>> 2) The network manager applet while attempting to connect and doesn't
>>>> will sometimes just vanish from the Gnome panel.
>>>>
>>>
>>> That is not good, but maybe it will self correct when the other problem
>>> is solved.
>>>
>>> The rule of thumb with any Linux is that newer is better when it comes to
>>> drivers. If you're having trouble with Lucid, try 10.10 live cd or thumb
>>> drive version to see if it helps.
>>>
>>> --
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>>>
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