[Blackpool] Enabling Mint 13 Wireless

[Elizabeth C]

Thanks for your help Mark.

I'll see if I can progress it tomorrow.

Elizabeth


> Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2014 20:33:19 +0100
> From: markwalton1967 at aol.com
> To: elizabethcoop1945 at hotmail.co.uk
> Subject: Re: [Blackpool] Enabling Mint 13 Wireless
> 
> Hi Elizabeth,
> 
> First thing is, as you say, check to see if there is a physical switch 
> or Fn key which may have knocked the wireless off.
> Then, use the terminal to run >$ lspci to list out all the components 
> connected to the pci, which sould include the wireless chip.
>  From this you can determine the appropriate driver to install from the 
> Software Manager.
> If it turns out to be a lesser known chipset, then a quick Google may 
> help find the correct package; I have a wierd Broadcom chip on one of my 
> laptops that has it's driver hiding in "firmware-drivers-nonfree" of all 
> places ?!?!?
> 
> hope this helps :)
> 
> Mark
> 
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> 
> On 13/07/14 20:12, Elizabeth C wrote:
> 
> > Hi All
> >
> > I'm struggling to enable Wireless on a fairly old E-System laptop which had Mint 13 installed on Saturday. (Done as a favour for a friend who donated heavily to my Charity).  The laptop is currently with her but she can't get online (Sky).... I'm hoping to get access to it again tomorrow:
> >
> > Having done a bit of scouting I've found the following possibilities...
> >
> > 1. ? possible switch not in the "on" position.
> >
> > 2. right click on the wireless applet & select "Enable Wireless Networking" ~
> > except that there is no wireless applet.....
> >
> > 3. Do I need to download an additional driver? eg From the Menu; Preferences; Additional Drivers download and
> > install the Broadcomm driver. For reference the file is
> > bcmwl-kernel-source_5.100.82.38+bdcom-0ubuntu6.1_i386.deb
> >
> >
> > Does anyone have any other alternatives or see faults with above please?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Elizabeth
> >
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