Not sure what other info I need to supply (complete linux newbie sorry). rfkill list 0: acer-wireless: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no
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I cannot see how to proceed from here so I would appreciate some direction. This is where I got stuck - the 1st two sudo modprobe -r commands were fine but when I try and remove the wl driver I get: To load a specific driver use one of the following commands:Īllow several seconds for the network manager to scan for available (this includes removing the driver you're trying to install): If you card is supported by more than one driver then use the modprobeĬommand to test the drivers. Reference Guide 39 Modem and Network Connections Making Wireless Network Connections (select models only) Making Wireless Network Connections (select models only) If your notebook includes a wireless on-off button, you can connect by radio to an 802.11 wireless local area network (LAN) and access computers and other resources on the network. Sudo apt-get install firmware-b43-installerĪnd restarted, again with no improvement, so to the next bit: So I tried following the instructions down the page to install the B43 using the open-source firmware-B43-installer, and restarted, but that didn't solve the problem.Ģ.04 (Precise Pangolin) - 14.04 (Trusty Tahr) Open a Terminal and if you haven't already done so, update your package list: Not sure that's pasted in right so I summarise: Wait while the wizard updates your software. When the download is completed, locate the downloaded file inthe location you specified. Latency: 32 Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 20 Region 0: Memory at d0004000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) Ġa:06.0 CardBus bridge : Texas Instruments PCIxx12 Cardbus Controller Download this update and save it to your hard drive.
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