Need help to connect to wi-fi.

Birjendra Rawat

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Hi,

I am new to Linux installed mint a couple of days back.Now need to connect to wi-fi although installed b43 installer but no success.
Please Help!!

Thanks & Regards
Birjendra Rawat
 


Hello @Birjendra Rawat and welcome to linux.org :)

At your Mint Terminal (Ctrl-Alt-t is shortcut), can you type in and enter the following

Code:
inxi -Fxs

... and paste the output into this thread? This will tell us a bit more about your environment, no personal details are compromised.

Also, if you have not already done so, you should enable the Uncomplicated FireWall (aka UFW), this can also be done from Terminal.

Code:
sudo ufw enable

If this is the first time you have used "sudo", you will see that it prompts you to enter your password, do so, there will be no movement of the insertion point (security), and enter.

You will be rewarded with a message that ufw is enabled, and that a small startup script has been generated which will load each time you boot/reboot.

A couple more questions:

1. You say
although installed b43 installer but no success
- can you tell us how you installed it? For example, through Synaptic Package Manager or other means?

2. Do you remember if the wifi worked when installing?

3. Do you still have the installation medium (USB stick or DVD)?

Cheers

Chris Turner
wizardfromoz
 
Hello @Birjendra Rawat and welcome to linux.org :)

At your Mint Terminal (Ctrl-Alt-t is shortcut), can you type in and enter the following

Code:
inxi -Fxs

... and paste the output into this thread? This will tell us a bit more about your environment, no personal details are compromised.

Also, if you have not already done so, you should enable the Uncomplicated FireWall (aka UFW), this can also be done from Terminal.

Code:
sudo ufw enable

If this is the first time you have used "sudo", you will see that it prompts you to enter your password, do so, there will be no movement of the insertion point (security), and enter.

You will be rewarded with a message that ufw is enabled, and that a small startup script has been generated which will load each time you boot/reboot.

A couple more questions:

1. You say
- can you tell us how you installed it? For example, through Synaptic Package Manager or other means?

2. Do you remember if the wifi worked when installing?

3. Do you still have the installation medium (USB stick or DVD)?

Cheers

Chris Turner
wizardfromoz
 
Hi,

I appreciate your help.Below is the output:----------------------------------------------
birjendra@birjendra-HP-Laptop-14-bs0xx ~ $ inxi -Fxs
System: Host: birjendra-HP-Laptop-14-bs0xx Kernel: 4.13.0-36-generic x86_64 (64 bit gcc: 5.4.0)
Desktop: Cinnamon 3.6.7 (Gtk 3.18.9-1ubuntu3.3)
Distro: Linux Mint 18.3 Sylvia
Machine: System: HP (portable) product: HP Laptop 14-bs0xx v: Type1ProductConfigId
Mobo: HP model: 831C v: 17.41 Bios: Insyde v: F.30 date: 11/07/2017
CPU: Dual core Intel Core i3-6006U (-HT-MCP-) cache: 3072 KB
flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx) bmips: 7968
clock speeds: max: 2000 MHz 1: 2000 MHz 2: 2000 MHz 3: 2000 MHz
4: 2000 MHz
Graphics: Card: Intel Sky Lake Integrated Graphics bus-ID: 00:02.0
Display Server: X.Org 1.18.4 drivers: intel (unloaded: fbdev,vesa)
Resolution: [email protected]
GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI Intel HD Graphics 520 (Skylake GT2)
GLX Version: 3.0 Mesa 17.2.8 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio: Card Intel Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio
driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1f.3
Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.13.0-36-generic
Network: Card-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
driver: r8169 v: 2.3LK-NAPI port: 4000 bus-ID: 02:00.0
IF: eno1 state: down mac: ac:e2:d3:58:20:94
Card-2: Realtek Device d723 port: 3000 bus-ID: 03:00.0
IF: N/A state: N/A speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: N/A
Drives: HDD Total Size: 1000.2GB (1.1% used)
ID-1: /dev/sda model: TOSHIBA_MQ01ABD1 size: 1000.2GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 109G used: 6.2G (6%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda10
ID-2: swap-1 size: 4.17GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda7
RAID: No RAID devices: /proc/mdstat, md_mod kernel module present
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 31.5C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info: Processes: 184 Uptime: 2 min Memory: 466.8/3830.8MB
Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: 5.4.0
Client: Shell (bash 4.3.481) inxi: 2.2.35
birjendra@birjendra-HP-Laptop-14-bs0xx ~ $ sudo ufw enable
[sudo] password for birjendra:
Firewall is active and enabled on system startup
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

And answers to your queries are below:-
- can you tell us how you installed it? For example, through Synaptic Package Manager or other means?
---- I installed it by downloading ISO image of mint from Linux.org and then I used application to convert
ISO image to bootable pendrive.Thereafter I installed it through Pendrive.
2. Do you remember if the wifi worked when installing?
----------No it didn't worked from starting although I am able to use wifi through windows.
3. Do you still have the installation medium (USB stick or DVD)?
--------No I erased the image and formatted the pendrive.But I can manage again if needed.

Thanks Again and Cheers!!
 
Hi Birjendra , and I concur with (Hi) @arochester.

Are you able to give us the ouptut of the following:

Code:
lspci | grep -i net

and also, do you have an Ethernet cable to run a wired connection and run updates?

Cheers

Wizard
 
I might be chasing the wrong rabbit... but would you please provide the output from this command also:
Code:
rfkill list all

Thanks
 

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