Recent update problems

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  1. Bkade

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    So I just did a software update and now my computer doesn't seem to have wireless capabilities. I was wondering how I might go about solving this problem.

    I've rebooted several times, but my knowledge is rather limited. Any help would be appreciated.
     
  2. Frederik Vos

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    We need more information about the wireless interface:

    sudo apt-get install hwinfo
    hwinfo --wlan

    Can you post this information, together with the output of:

    sudo lspci -kv
     
  3. Bkade

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    Well, since I'm stuck using my phone to post this, I can't take the best screen shots. This is from running the lspci -kv code.
     

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    And this is from the sudo apt-get install he info.

    If I'm entering these in wrong then dont be shy about telling me.
     

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  5. Artificial Intelligence

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    Seems like you have turn off the universe in your repositories. Have you been dabbling with the repositories?

    Code (Text):

    egrep -v '^#|^ *$' /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*
     
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  6. Frederik Vos

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    Ok, this is a bcm4313, and your output shows that the module is not loaded, most of the time because the module is not availabe (any longer)
    Normally: sudo apt-get install linux-headers-`uname -r` broadcom-sta-dkms
    Reboot afterwards
    Broadcom wireless network cards are sometimes a little bit difficult ... i'll hope this will help
     
  7. Bkade

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    Not that I'm aware of, to be honest I'm still a newbie so I'm not sure how I'd access that.
     
  8. Bkade

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    So when I punched that code this is what I got. Again, I'm not sure if I'm entering there in wrong, so if I am, please let me know.
     

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  9. Artificial Intelligence

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    You do have wire connection while doing it?
     
  10. Frederik Vos

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    idd you'll need a connection before you can do this,
    and execute:
    sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
    maybe your apt-cache is not ok
     
  11. Bkade

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    When I plug into a wired connection my computer times out every time it tries to make a connection.
     
  12. Artificial Intelligence

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    Have you opportunity to connect your computer via your mobilephone? then you could update the system and see if the errors are corrected.
     
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    My problem is that the wireless card or driver isn't working properly, so I can't sync up to any wireless connections. And there seems to be some kind of issue with the wired connection as well. All in all the computer is kind of stranded right now.
     

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