[Chester LUG] Yesterday's meeting

Michael Crilly mrcrilly at gmail.com
Tue Oct 1 12:16:51 UTC 2013


Hey Nic,

In the event the chip has failed, they can usually be swapped out easily
and pretty cheap. Have you considered buying a new chip?

-MC


On 1 October 2013 12:49, Les Pritchard <les.pritchard at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Nic,
>
> Really sorry to hear you didn't see anyone there. It was a very unusual
> month where everyone seemed to be busy with something unfortunately, so I'm
> sorry for your wasted time. It would be good to see you next month.
>
> With regard to your laptop problems, there is a chance that your chip has
> failed but it could well be a driver issue. I've very limited experience
> with Dell laptops and Linux so can't really offer many suggestions, but
> have you tried booting some alternative distro live cds? In the past I've
> got lucky finding a distro that seems happy with problematic wireless cards.
>
> Les
>
>
> On 27 September 2013 20:23, Nic Deane <nic.deane at btinternet.com> wrote:
>
>> Dear Les,
>>
>> I went to the Rake and Pikel last night but was a little late - arriving
>> about 8 pm. The landlord was very friendly and gave me the Wifi code so I
>> could get on and do a bit of work and enjoy a bitter while I waited.
>> Obviously, last night didn't work for folk because no-one else turned up -
>> but maybe next month.....
>>
>> Anyway, I wonder if anyone could give me a bit of advice? Steve very
>> kindly sorted out my little Samsung NC110 (Korean keyboard) netbook a month
>> or so ago and it worked brilliantly while we were in the States.
>> It's still working brilliantly - and I'm so glad that all my files are on
>> it because...but now I have a problem with my other Linux Mint laptop - a
>> Dell Inspiron 1564. If I didn't have my trusty little netbook I would
>> really be in trouble!!
>>
>> I run Mint 15 Cinnamon on my Dell 1564 - Microsoft free - and
>> everything's been great until last week. For some reason my wireless seems
>> to have packed up. The other two computers in the house (my wife's Windows
>> Dell 1764 and my little Samsung) don't have any problems connecting
>> wirelessly to our BT broadband hub, however, my Dell Inspiron 1564 does!
>>
>> I know the Broadcom B4312 chip can be a bit problematical and so I've
>> tried to go through all the ideas on the forums - including downloading the
>> Sourceforge bcm4312.deb package and applying it. This seems to be the best
>> thing but it just keeps trying to connect to my BT hub - and failing.
>> However, it's better than any of the other alternatives I've been trying
>> fruitlessly for the last three days. They were all saying 'out of range'
>> (e.g. purging bcmwl-kernel-source and installing
>> firmware-b43-lpphy-installer or doing the opposite and re-installing
>> bcmwl-kernel-source!). Maybe like the problem Steve solved there's an easy
>> answer but I just can't see it!
>>
>> Can the Broadcom chip fail and completely pack up? Is this my problem?
>>
>> Any wise advice would be most welcome!
>>
>> Many thanks in advance,
>>
>> Nic Deane
>>
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