Compaq Presario v6310us Notebook PC not recognizing wifi adapter

[torreydale]

Worked on a friend's laptop.  He said the wifi adapter worked using MS Vista.  Said he used wifi while in Vista to download the installation media for LL. 

He attempted to install LL onto the Presario v6310us himself and couldn't get the wifi adapter to work.  I took over.  Started from scratch.  Got it running LL 2.6, but I couldn't get the wifi adapter to work either.  It seemed LL doesn't even know it has a wifi adapter. 

I told the guy to spend the $8-10 on a usb wifi adapter which would bring him up to 802.11n.  The onboard adapter, according to specs at http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6834147415, only supports 802.11b/g.

But I'm still curious.  So I'm attaching the System Report in case anyone has any ideas.  Knowing what happened here might help me in the future.

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Report Date: 08:28:34 PM, 01 - 09 - 2015
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Bios & Motherboard Information
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BIOS:

# dmidecode 2.12
SMBIOS 2.4 present.

Handle 0x0000, DMI type 0, 24 bytes
BIOS Information
Vendor: Hewlett-Packard
Version: F.43   
Release Date: 03/22/2010
Address: 0xE6A10
Runtime Size: 103920 bytes
ROM Size: 1024 kB
Characteristics:
ISA is supported
PCI is supported
PNP is supported
BIOS is upgradeable
BIOS shadowing is allowed
ESCD support is available
Boot from CD is supported
Selectable boot is supported
Print screen service is supported (int 5h)
8042 keyboard services are supported (int 9h)
Serial services are supported (int 14h)
Printer services are supported (int 17h)
ACPI is supported
USB legacy is supported
AGP is supported
Smart battery is supported
BIOS boot specification is supported
Targeted content distribution is supported

MOTHERBOARD:

# dmidecode 2.12
SMBIOS 2.4 present.

Handle 0x0002, DMI type 2, 8 bytes
Base Board Information
Manufacturer: Quanta
Product Name: 30B7
Version: 65.2C
Serial Number: None

# dmidecode 2.12
SMBIOS 2.4 present.

Handle 0x0003, DMI type 3, 17 bytes
Chassis Information
Manufacturer: Quanta
Type: Notebook
Lock: Not Present
Version: N/A
Serial Number: None
Asset Tag:                   
Boot-up State: Safe
Power Supply State: Safe
Thermal State: Safe
Security Status: Unknown
OEM Information: 0x00000000


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CPU Information
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model name : AMD Turion™ 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-50
model name : AMD Turion™ 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-50

Architecture:          i686
CPU op-mode(s):        32-bit, 64-bit
Byte Order:            Little Endian
CPU(s):                2
On-line CPU(s) list:  0,1
Thread(s) per core:    1
Core(s) per socket:    2
Socket(s):            1
Vendor ID:            AuthenticAMD
CPU family:            15
Model:                72
Stepping:              2
CPU MHz:              800.000
BogoMIPS:              1607.17
Virtualization:        AMD-V
L1d cache:            64K
L1i cache:            64K
L2 cache:              256K

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Memory Information
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RAM SPEED:

Speed: 667 MHz
Speed: 667 MHz

PHYSICAL RAM DETAILS (one section per ram slot):

# dmidecode 2.12
SMBIOS 2.4 present.

Handle 0x000D, DMI type 17, 27 bytes
Memory Device
Array Handle: 0x000C
Error Information Handle: No Error
Total Width: 64 bits
Data Width: 64 bits
Size: 2048 MB
Form Factor: DIMM
Set: 1
Locator: DIMM 1
Bank Locator: Bank 0,1
Type: DDR2
Type Detail: Synchronous
Speed: 667 MHz
Manufacturer: F789000000000000
Serial Number: 97609D78
Asset Tag: Not Specified
Part Number: 99U5295-011.A00LF

Handle 0x000E, DMI type 17, 27 bytes
Memory Device
Array Handle: 0x000C
Error Information Handle: No Error
Total Width: 64 bits
Data Width: 64 bits
Size: 512 MB
Form Factor: DIMM
Set: 1
Locator: DIMM 2
Bank Locator: Bank 2,3
Type: DDR2
Type Detail: Unknown
Speed: 667 MHz
Manufacturer: F7F7F7F7F7150000
Serial Number: 10413E01
Asset Tag: Not Specified
Part Number: 64T64020HDL3SB   


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Graphics Chip Information
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  *-display
      description: VGA compatible controller
      product: C51 [GeForce Go 6150]
      vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
      physical id: 5
      bus info: pci@0000:00:05.0
      version: a2
      width: 64 bits
      clock: 66MHz
      capabilities: pm msi vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
      configuration: driver=nvidia latency=0
      resources: irq:18 memory:b2000000-b2ffffff memory:c0000000-cfffffff memory:b1000000-b1ffffff memory:a0000000-a001ffff


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Sound Information
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**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 0: CX20549 Analog [CX20549 Analog]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 1: CX20549 Digital [CX20549 Digital]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

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Hard Drive/SSD Information
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Filesystem    Type    1K-blocks    Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda1      ext4      20511356 5419844  14026552  28% /
none          tmpfs            4      0        4  0% /sys/fs/cgroup
udev          devtmpfs  1245868      4  1245864  1% /dev
tmpfs          tmpfs      251752    1280    250472  1% /run
none          tmpfs        5120      0      5120  0% /run/lock
none          tmpfs      1258748      76  1258672  1% /run/shm
none          tmpfs      102400      28    102372  1% /run/user
/dev/sda3      ext4      73312784 5798716  63766880  9% /home

MOUNT:

/dev/sda1 on / type ext4 (rw,noatime,errors=remount-ro)
proc on /proc type proc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
none on /sys/fs/cgroup type tmpfs (rw)
none on /sys/fs/fuse/connections type fusectl (rw)
none on /sys/kernel/debug type debugfs (rw)
none on /sys/kernel/security type securityfs (rw)
udev on /dev type devtmpfs (rw,mode=0755)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,noexec,nosuid,gid=5,mode=0620)
tmpfs on /run type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,size=10%,mode=0755)
none on /run/lock type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,size=5242880)
none on /run/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev)
none on /run/user type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,size=104857600,mode=0755)
none on /sys/fs/pstore type pstore (rw)
/dev/sda3 on /home type ext4 (rw,noatime)
systemd on /sys/fs/cgroup/systemd type cgroup (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,none,name=systemd)
gvfsd-fuse on /run/user/1000/gvfs type fuse.gvfsd-fuse (rw,nosuid,nodev,user=joe)

FDISK:

Disk /dev/sda: 100.0 GB, 100030242816 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 12161 cylinders, total 195371568 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000ba2c0

  Device Boot      Start        End      Blocks  Id  System
/dev/sda1            2048    41945087    20971520  83  Linux
/dev/sda2        41945088    46139391    2097152  83  Linux
/dev/sda3        46139392  195371567    74616088  83  Linux

HDPARM:

/dev/sda:

Model=HTS541010G9SA00, FwRev=MBZOC60P, SerialNo=MP2ZX0XLH2DGPS
Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec Fixed DTR>10Mbs }
RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=4
BuffType=DualPortCache, BuffSize=7538kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=16
CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=16514064, LBA=yes, LBAsects=195371568
IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:240,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120}
PIO modes:  pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4
DMA modes:  mdma0 mdma1 mdma2
UDMA modes: udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 *udma5
AdvancedPM=yes: mode=0x80 (128) WriteCache=enabled
Drive conforms to: ATA/ATAPI-7 T13 1532D revision 1:  ATA/ATAPI-2,3,4,5,6,7

* signifies the current active mode

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Groups Information
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root : root

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PCI Information
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00:00.0 RAM memory: NVIDIA Corporation C51 Host Bridge (rev a2)
00:00.1 RAM memory: NVIDIA Corporation C51 Memory Controller 0 (rev a2)
00:00.2 RAM memory: NVIDIA Corporation C51 Memory Controller 1 (rev a2)
00:00.3 RAM memory: NVIDIA Corporation C51 Memory Controller 5 (rev a2)
00:00.4 RAM memory: NVIDIA Corporation C51 Memory Controller 4 (rev a2)
00:00.5 RAM memory: NVIDIA Corporation C51 Host Bridge (rev a2)
00:00.6 RAM memory: NVIDIA Corporation C51 Memory Controller 3 (rev a2)
00:00.7 RAM memory: NVIDIA Corporation C51 Memory Controller 2 (rev a2)
00:02.0 PCI bridge: NVIDIA Corporation C51 PCI Express Bridge (rev a1)
00:03.0 PCI bridge: NVIDIA Corporation C51 PCI Express Bridge (rev a1)
00:05.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation C51 [GeForce Go 6150] (rev a2)
00:09.0 RAM memory: NVIDIA Corporation MCP51 Host Bridge (rev a2)
00:0a.0 ISA bridge: NVIDIA Corporation MCP51 LPC Bridge (rev a3)
00:0a.1 SMBus: NVIDIA Corporation MCP51 SMBus (rev a3)
00:0a.3 Co-processor: NVIDIA Corporation MCP51 PMU (rev a3)
00:0b.0 USB controller: NVIDIA Corporation MCP51 USB Controller (rev a3)
00:0b.1 USB controller: NVIDIA Corporation MCP51 USB Controller (rev a3)
00:0d.0 IDE interface: NVIDIA Corporation MCP51 IDE (rev f1)
00:0e.0 IDE interface: NVIDIA Corporation MCP51 Serial ATA Controller (rev f1)
00:10.0 PCI bridge: NVIDIA Corporation MCP51 PCI Bridge (rev a2)
00:10.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation MCP51 High Definition Audio (rev a2)
00:14.0 Bridge: NVIDIA Corporation MCP51 Ethernet Controller (rev a3)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
07:05.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller
07:05.1 SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 19)
07:05.2 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter (rev 0a)
07:05.3 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller (rev 05)

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USB Information
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Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

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Kernel Modules Information
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Module                  Size  Used by
nvidia              10333941  33
snd_hda_codec_conexant    47822  1
snd_hda_intel          42794  3
snd_hda_codec        168250  2 snd_hda_codec_conexant,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep              13272  1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm                85501  2 snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel
snd_page_alloc        14230  2 snd_pcm,snd_hda_intel
snd_seq_midi          13132  0
snd_seq_midi_event    14475  1 snd_seq_midi
snd_rawmidi            25135  1 snd_seq_midi
r852                  17722  0
hp_wmi                13702  0
snd_seq                55383  2 snd_seq_midi_event,snd_seq_midi
sm_common              16772  1 r852
sparse_keymap          13708  1 hp_wmi
nand                  58760  2 r852,sm_common
snd_seq_device        14137  3 snd_seq,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_midi
snd_timer              28584  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
nand_ecc              13136  1 nand
nand_bch              13067  1 nand
snd                    60939  16 snd_hwdep,snd_timer,snd_hda_codec_conexant,snd_pcm,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel,snd_seq_device,snd_seq_midi
kvm                  388318  0
bch                    17197  1 nand_bch
dm_multipath          22402  0
nand_ids                8547  1 nand
soundcore              12600  1 snd
scsi_dh                14458  1 dm_multipath
joydev                17101  0
mtd                    52813  2 nand,sm_common
r592                  17711  0
memstick              16174  1 r592
serio_raw              13230  0
i2c_nforce2            13037  0
bnep                  18895  2
wmi                    18673  1 hp_wmi
k8temp                12842  0
rfcomm                53664  0
bluetooth            342208  10 bnep,rfcomm
drm                  244037  1 nvidia
shpchp                32128  0
mac_hid                13037  0
parport_pc            31981  0
ppdev                  17391  0
lp                    13299  0
parport                40836  3 lp,ppdev,parport_pc
dm_mirror              21756  0
dm_region_hash        20121  1 dm_mirror
dm_log                18072  2 dm_region_hash,dm_mirror
pata_acpi              12886  0
firewire_ohci          35529  0
psmouse                95439  0
firewire_core          61867  1 firewire_ohci
sdhci_pci              18535  0
forcedeth              62140  0
sdhci                  37779  1 sdhci_pci
sata_nv                23004  3
pata_amd              13761  0
crc_itu_t              12627  1 firewire_core
video                  18903  0

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Kernel & Operating System Information
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Linux jc 3.13.0-62-generic #102-Ubuntu SMP Tue Aug 11 14:28:35 UTC 2015 i686 athlon i686 GNU/Linux

Description: Linux Lite 2.6
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Codename: trusty

Based on:
Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS

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Network Information
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eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:1b:24:00:41:e6 
          inet addr:192.168.1.139  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fd1a:9653:5a09:0:21b:24ff:fe00:41e6/64 Scope:Global
          inet6 addr: fe80::21b:24ff:fe00:41e6/64 Scope:Link
          inet6 addr: fd1a:9653:5a09:0:ddb4:b737:1ab9:e17f/64 Scope:Global
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:96269 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:34419 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:125323245 (125.3 MB)  TX bytes:3916074 (3.9 MB)

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback 
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:65536  Metric:1
          RX packets:7111 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:7111 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:698805 (698.8 KB)  TX bytes:698805 (698.8 KB)

# interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8)
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback


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Environment Variables Information
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TERM=unknown
SHELL=/bin/bash
USER=root
SUDO_USER=joe
SUDO_UID=1000
USERNAME=root
MAIL=/var/mail/root
PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin
PWD=/home/joe
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHLVL=1
SUDO_COMMAND=/usr/scripts/systemreport
HOME=/root
LANGUAGE=en_US
LOGNAME=root
SUDO_GID=1000
DISPLAY=:0.0
XAUTHORITY=/tmp/libgksu-Y2t3Kf/.Xauthority
_=/usr/bin/printenv

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Software Installed Information
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Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name                                      Version                                Architecture Description
+++-==========================================-=======================================-============-===============================================================================
ii  accountsservice                            0.6.35-0ubuntu7.2                      i386        query and manipulate user account information
ii  acl                                        2.2.52-1                                i386        Access control list utilities
ii  acpi-support                              0.142                                  i386        scripts for handling many ACPI events
ii  acpid                                      1:2.0.21-1ubuntu2                      i386        Advanced Configuration and Power Interface event daemon
ii  adduser                                    3.113+nmu3ubuntu3                      all          add and remove users and groups
ii  aisleriot                                  1:3.10.2-1                              i386        GNOME solitaire card game collection
ii  alacarte                                  3.10.0-1ubuntu2                        all          easy GNOME menu editing tool
ii  alsa-base                                  1.0.25+dfsg-0ubuntu4                    all          ALSA driver configuration files
ii  alsa-utils                                1.0.27.2-1ubuntu2                      i386        Utilities for configuring and using ALSA
ii  anjuta-common                              2:3.10.2-0ubuntu2                      all          GNOME development IDE, for C/C++ - data files
ii  apg                                        2.2.3.dfsg.1-2ubuntu1                  i386        Automated Password Generator - Standalone version
ii  app-install-data                          14.04.1                                all          Ubuntu applications (data files)
ii  apparmor                                  2.8.95~2430-0ubuntu5.3                  i386        User-space parser utility for AppArmor
ii  apt                                        1.0.1ubuntu2.10                        i386        commandline package manager
ii  apt-clone                                  0.3.1~ubuntu11.1                        all          Script to create state bundles
ii  apt-transport-https                        1.0.1ubuntu2.10                        i386        https download transport for APT
ii  apt-utils                                  1.0.1ubuntu2.10                        i386        package management related utility programs
ii  apt-xapian-index                          0.45ubuntu4                            all          maintenance and search tools for a Xapian index of Debian packages
ii  aptdaemon                                  1.1.1-1ubuntu5.2                        all          transaction based package management service
ii  aptdaemon-data                            1.1.1-1ubuntu5.2                        all          data files for clients
ii  aptitude                                  0.6.8.2-1ubuntu4                        i386        terminal-based package manager
ii  aptitude-common                            0.6.8.2-1ubuntu4                        all          architecture indepedent files for the aptitude package manager
ii  archdetect-deb                            1.95ubuntu2.1                          i386        Hardware architecture detector
rc  arista                                    0.9.7-5                                all          multimedia transcoder for the GNOME Desktop
ii  aspell                                    0.60.7~20110707-1ubuntu1                i386        GNU Aspell spell-checker
ii  aspell-en                                  7.1-0-1                                all          English dictionary for GNU Aspell
ii  asunder                                    2.2-1                                  i386        graphical audio CD ripper and encoder
ii  at-spi2-core                              2.10.2.is.2.10.1-0ubuntu1              i386        Assistive Technology Service Provider Interface (dbus core)
rc  audacity                                  2.0.5-1ubuntu3.2                        i386        fast, cross-platform audio editor
ii  avahi-daemon                              0.6.31-4ubuntu1                        i386        Avahi mDNS/DNS-SD daemon
ii  avahi-utils                                0.6.31-4ubuntu1                        i386        Avahi browsing, publishing and discovery utilities
ii  b43-fwcutter                              1:018-2                                i386        utility for extracting Broadcom 43xx firmware
ii  baobab                                    3.8.2-1ubuntu1                          i386        GNOME disk usage analyzer
ii  base-files                                7.2ubuntu5.3                            i386        Debian base system miscellaneous files
ii  base-passwd                                3.5.33                                  i386        Debian base system master password and group files
ii  bash                                      4.3-7ubuntu1.5                          i386        GNU Bourne Again SHell
ii  bash-completion                            1:2.1-4ubuntu0.1                        all          programmable completion for the bash shell
ii  bc                                        1.06.95-8ubuntu1                        i386        GNU bc arbitrary precision calculator language
ii  bind9-host                                1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.4                i386        Version of 'host' bundled with BIND 9.X
ii  binutils                                  2.24-5ubuntu13                          i386        GNU assembler, linker and binary utilities
ii  biosdevname                                0.4.1-0ubuntu6.1                        i386        apply BIOS-given names to network devices
rc  bluefish                                  2.2.5-1                                i386        advanced Gtk+ HTML editor
ii  blueman                                    1.23-git201403102151-1ubuntu1          i386        Graphical bluetooth manager
ii  bluetooth                                  4.101-0ubuntu13.1                      all          Bluetooth support
ii  bluez                                      4.101-0ubuntu13.1                      i386        Bluetooth tools and daemons
ii  bluez-alsa:i386                            4.101-0ubuntu13.1                      i386        Bluetooth ALSA support
ii  bluez-cups                                4.101-0ubuntu13.1                      i386        Bluetooth printer driver for CUPS
ii  bluez-gstreamer                            4.101-0ubuntu13.1                      i386        Bluetooth GStreamer support
ii  bogl-bterm                                0.1.18-9ubuntu1                        i386        Ben's Own Graphics Library - graphical terminal
rc  brasero                                    3.10.0-0ubuntu1                        i386        CD/DVD burning application for GNOME
ii  browser-plugin-vlc                        2.0.6-2                                i386        multimedia plugin for web browsers based on VLC
ii  bsdmainutils                              9.0.5ubuntu1                            i386        collection of more utilities from FreeBSD
ii  bsdutils                                  1:2.20.1-5.1ubuntu20.6                  i386        Basic utilities from 4.4BSD-Lite
ii  busybox-initramfs                          1:1.21.0-1ubuntu1                      i386        Standalone shell setup for initramfs
ii  busybox-static                            1:1.21.0-1ubuntu1                      i386        Standalone rescue shell with tons of builtin utilities
ii  bzip2                                      1.0.6-5                                i386        high-quality block-sorting file compressor - utilities
ii  ca-certificates                            20141019ubuntu0.14.04.1                all          Common CA certificates
ii  ca-certificates-java                      20130815ubuntu1                        all          Common CA certificates (JKS keystore)
ii  cabextract                                1.4-4                                  i386        Microsoft Cabinet file unpacker
ii  casper                                    1.340.2                                i386        Run a "live" preinstalled system from read-only media
ii  catfish                                    1.0.2-2                                all          File searching tool which is configurable via the command line
ii  cdparanoia                                3.10.2+debian-11                        i386        audio extraction tool for sampling CDs
ii  chromium-browser                          44.0.2403.89-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1095      i386        Chromium web browser, open-source version of Chrome
ii  chromium-browser-l10n                      44.0.2403.89-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1095      all          chromium-browser language packages
ii  chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra              44.0.2403.89-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1095      i386        Extra ffmpeg codecs for the Chromium Browser
ii  cifs-utils                                2:6.0-1ubuntu2                          i386        Common Internet File System utilities
ii  clementine                                1.2.0+dfsg-2build1                      i386        modern music player and library organizer
ii  colord                                    1.0.6-1                                i386        system service to manage device colour profiles -- system daemon
ii  command-not-found                          0.3ubuntu12                            all          Suggest installation of packages in interactive bash sessions
ii  command-not-found-data                    0.3ubuntu12                            i386        Set of data files for command-not-found.
ii  compiz                                    1:0.9.11.3+14.04.20150313-0ubuntu1      all          OpenGL window and compositing manager
ii  compiz-core                                1:0.9.11.3+14.04.20150313-0ubuntu1      i386        OpenGL window and compositing manager
ii  compiz-gnome                              1:0.9.11.3+14.04.20150313-0ubuntu1      i386        OpenGL window and compositing manager - GNOME window decorator
ii  compiz-plugins-default                    1:0.9.11.3+14.04.20150313-0ubuntu1      i386        OpenGL window and compositing manager - default plugins
ii  console-setup                              1.70ubuntu8                            all          console font and keymap setup program
ii  consolekit                                0.4.5-3.1ubuntu2                        i386        framework for defining and tracking users, sessions and seats
ii  coreutils                                  8.21-1ubuntu5.1                        i386        GNU core utilities
ii  cpio                                      2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1                    i386        GNU cpio -- a program to manage archives of files
ii  cpp                                        4:4.8.2-1ubuntu6                        i386        GNU C preprocessor (cpp)
ii  cpp-4.8                                    4.8.4-2ubuntu1~14.04                    i386        GNU C preprocessor
ii  cracklib-runtime                          2.9.1-1build1                          i386        runtime support for password checker library cracklib2
ii  crda                                      1.1.2-1ubuntu2                          i386        wireless Central Regulatory Domain Agent
ii  cron                                      3.0pl1-124ubuntu2                      i386        process scheduling daemon
ii  cryptsetup                                2:1.6.1-1ubuntu1                        i386        disk encryption support - startup scripts
ii  cryptsetup-bin                            2:1.6.1-1ubuntu1                        i386        disk encryption support - command line tools
ii  cups                                      1.7.2-0ubuntu1.6                        i386        Common UNIX Printing System™ - PPD/driver support, web interface
ii  cups-browsed                              1.0.52-0ubuntu1.5                      i386        OpenPrinting CUPS Filters - cups-browsed
ii  cups-client                                1.7.2-0ubuntu1.6                        i386        Common UNIX Printing System™ - client programs (SysV)
ii  cups-common                                1.7.2-0ubuntu1.6                        all          Common UNIX Printing System™ - common files
ii  cups-core-drivers                          1.7.2-0ubuntu1.6                        i386        Common UNIX Printing System™ - PPD-less printing
ii  cups-daemon                                1.7.2-0ubuntu1.6                        i386        Common UNIX Printing System™ - daemon
ii  cups-filters                              1.0.52-0ubuntu1.5                      i386        OpenPrinting CUPS Filters - Main Package
ii  cups-filters-core-drivers                  1.0.52-0ubuntu1.5                      i386        OpenPrinting CUPS Filters - PPD-less printing
ii  cups-pdf                                  2.6.1-9                                i386        PDF writer backend for CUPS
ii  cups-ppdc                                  1.7.2-0ubuntu1.6                        i386        Common UNIX Printing System™ - PPD manipulation utilities
ii  cups-server-common                        1.7.2-0ubuntu1.6                        all          Common UNIX Printing System™ - server common files
ii  curl                                      7.35.0-1ubuntu2.5                      i386        command line tool for transferring data with URL syntax
ii  dash                                      0.5.7-4ubuntu1                          i386        POSIX-compliant shell
ii  dbus                                      1.6.18-0ubuntu4.3                      i386        simple interprocess messaging system (daemon and utilities)
ii  dbus-x11                                  1.6.18-0ubuntu4.3                      i386        simple interprocess messaging system (X11 deps)
ii  dc                                        1.06.95-8ubuntu1                        i386        GNU dc arbitrary precision reverse-polish calculator
ii  dconf-cli                                  0.20.0-1                                i386        simple configuration storage system - utilities
ii  dconf-gsettings-backend:i386              0.20.0-1                                i386        simple configuration storage system - GSettings back-end
ii  dconf-service                              0.20.0-1                                i386        simple configuration storage system - D-Bus service
ii  debconf                                    1.5.51ubuntu2                          all          Debian configuration management system
ii  debconf-i18n                              1.5.51ubuntu2                          all          full internationalization support for debconf
ii  debianutils                                4.4                                    i386        Miscellaneous utilities specific to Debian
ii  deja-dup                                  30.0-0ubuntu4                          i386        Back up your files
ii  deja-dup-backend-gvfs                      30.0-0ubuntu4                          all          Remote server support for Déjà Dup
ii  deluge                                    1.3.6-0ubuntu3                          all          bittorrent client written in Python/PyGTK
ii  deluge-common                              1.3.6-0ubuntu3                          all          bittorrent client written in Python/PyGTK (common files)
ii  deluge-gtk                                1.3.6-0ubuntu3                          all          bittorrent client written in Python/PyGTK (GTK+ ui)
ii  desktop-file-utils                        0.22-1ubuntu1                          i386        Utilities for .desktop files
ii  dh-python                                  1.20140128-1ubuntu8.2                  all          Debian helper tools for packaging Python libraries and applications
ii  dialog                                    1.2-20130928-1                          i386        Displays user-friendly dialog boxes from shell scripts
ii  dictionaries-common                        1.20.5                                  all          Common utilities for spelling dictionary tools
ii  diffutils                                  1:3.3-1                                i386        File comparison utilities
ii  discover                                  2.1.2-5.2ubuntu1                        i386        hardware identification system
ii  discover-data                              2.2013.01.11                            all          Data lists for Discover hardware detection system
ii  dkms                                      2.2.0.3-1.1ubuntu5.14.04.1              all          Dynamic Kernel Module Support Framework
ii  dmidecode                                  2.12-2                                  i386        SMBIOS/DMI table decoder
ii  dmraid                                    1.0.0.rc16-4.2ubuntu3                  i386        Device-Mapper Software RAID support tool
ii  dmsetup                                    2:1.02.77-6ubuntu2                      i386        Linux Kernel Device Mapper userspace library
ii  dmz-cursor-theme                          0.4.4ubuntu1                            all          Style neutral, scalable cursor theme
ii  dnsmasq-base                              2.68-1ubuntu0.1                        i386        Small caching DNS proxy and DHCP/TFTP server
ii  dnsutils                                  1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.4                i386        Clients provided with BIND
ii  docbook-xml                                4.5-7.2                                all          standard XML documentation system for software and systems
ii  docbook-xsl                                1.78.1+dfsg-1                          all          stylesheets for processing DocBook XML to various output formats
ii  dosfstools                                3.0.26-1                                i386        utilities for making and checking MS-DOS FAT filesystems
ii  dpkg                                      1.17.5ubuntu5.4                        i386        Debian package management system
ii  dpkg-repack                                1.37                                    all          puts an unpacked .deb file back together
ii  dropbox                                    2015.02.12                              i386        cloud synchronization engine - CLI and Nautilus extension
ii  duplicity                                  0.6.23-1ubuntu4.1                      i386        encrypted bandwidth-efficient backup
ii  e2fslibs:i386                              1.42.9-3ubuntu1.2                      i386        ext2/

[firenice03]

Is the Wi-Fi radio on?? Not seeing it listed either.. I like that New Egg just calls it a b/g, no brand 

maybe try...

Code:

rfkill list all

It may help shed light if disabled??

If it is disabled

Code:

rfkill unblock all

I'm  a Linux noob just trying to help 

[rokytnji]

One can See that

Code:

00:14.0 Bridge: NVIDIA Corporation MCP51 Ethernet Controller (rev a3)

but no wifi adapter like I show

Code:

harry@harry-Latitude-XT2:~$ lspci -knn
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Memory Controller Hub [8086:2a40] (rev 07)
   Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:0252]
   Kernel driver in use: agpgart-intel
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2a42] (rev 07)
   Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:0252]
   Kernel driver in use: i915
00:02.1 Display controller [0380]: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2a43] (rev 07)
   Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:0252]
00:19.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation 82567LM Gigabit Network Connection [8086:10f5] (rev 03)
   Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:0252]
   Kernel driver in use: e1000e
00:1a.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 [8086:2937] (rev 03)
   Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:0252]
   Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1a.1 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 [8086:2938] (rev 03)
   Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:0252]
   Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1a.2 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6 [8086:2939] (rev 03)
   Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:0252]
   Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1a.7 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 [8086:293c] (rev 03)
   Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:0252]
   Kernel driver in use: ehci-pci
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller [8086:293e] (rev 03)
   Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:0252]
   Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 1 [8086:2940] (rev 03)
   Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 2 [8086:2942] (rev 03)
   Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1c.3 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 4 [8086:2946] (rev 03)
   Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1d.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:2934] (rev 03)
   Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:0252]
   Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1d.1 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:2935] (rev 03)
   Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:0252]
   Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1d.2 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:2936] (rev 03)
   Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:0252]
   Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1d.7 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 [8086:293a] (rev 03)
   Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:0252]
   Kernel driver in use: ehci-pci
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev 93)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation ICH9M-E LPC Interface Controller [8086:2917] (rev 03)
   Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:0252]
   Kernel driver in use: lpc_ich
00:1f.2 RAID bus controller [0104]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile SATA Controller [RAID mode] [8086:282a] (rev 03)
   Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:0252]
   Kernel driver in use: ahci
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller [8086:2930] (rev 03)
   Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:0252]
02:01.0 CardBus bridge [0607]: Texas Instruments PCIxx12 Cardbus Controller [104c:8039]
   Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:0252]
   Kernel driver in use: yenta_cardbus
02:01.1 FireWire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]: Texas Instruments PCIxx12 OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller [104c:803a]
   Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:0252]
   Kernel driver in use: firewire_ohci
02:01.3 SD Host controller [0805]: Texas Instruments PCIxx12 SDA Standard Compliant SD Host Controller [104c:803c]
   Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:0252]
   Kernel driver in use: sdhci-pci
0c:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation WiFi Link 5100 [8086:4232]
   Subsystem: Intel Corporation WiFi Link 5100 AGN [8086:1321]
   Kernel driver in use: iwlwifi
harry@harry-Latitude-XT2:~$

or using

Code:

~$ lspci -nnk | grep -i net -A2
00:19.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation 82567LM Gigabit Network Connection [8086:10f5] (rev 03)
    Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:0252]
    Kernel driver in use: e1000e
--
0c:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation WiFi Link 5100 [8086:4232]
    Subsystem: Intel Corporation WiFi Link 5100 AGN [8086:1321]
    Kernel driver in use: iwlwifi

Searching around. Looks like The V6500 uses a broadcom ship. Best we identify which one 1st on your friends rig.
I blogged about broadcom once.

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/...ess-35655/

When I mention the green area good to go. Back then the link I posted took you to

http://linuxwireless.sipsolutions.net/en...ivers/b43/

But 1st find out if Broadcom or not. Lastly. Make sure wireless is turned on the bios 1st. It does not hurt to check this 1st.

[torreydale]

I got use of his laptop again this evening.  I installed the broadcom firmware, legacy and regular, one at a time and nothing changed.  He brought a Satechi Wireless Mini USB Adapter.  The packaging says Linux, but the Amazon.com site directly says it doesn't work with Linux.

Does anyone have a USB wifi adapter they can recommend for Linux Lite?

[rokytnji]

This works out of the box for me on my Dell 755 Tower. I swapped it out for the working wireless G usb I had on it previously.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/181843307607?_tr...EBIDX%3AIT

Tomorrow I will be posing it's specs and my specs in answer to this thread below.

https://www.linuxliteos.com/forums/insta...n#msg17211

[N4RPS]

Hello!

You may already know this, but if you install different Broadcom drivers without removing ALL the previous ones first, they conflict with each other, and none of them will work.

Next shot you get at it, in a terminal window, type

Code:

lspci -nn | grep 14e4

and post the result. That should tell us exactly which one you have on your hands, and is about the only sure-fire way to find out. Some of them with the same BCMXXXX number have different revisions (rev 0x) that will affect which 14e4:43XX code you get back. - which is the number you'll need to find the correct driver. Then again,

Code:

sudo apt-get install linux-firmware-nonfree

and a reboot might also do the trick, but it WOULD be interesting to know which one it is.

If it turns out to be sluggish, and it's a LP-PHY model, even though it may call for the wl driver, it might work better using the b43 driver instead...

73 DE N4RPS
Rob