[solved] no wlan

[last_target]

Hi

I am using a samsung nc110.

Siduction does not think i have a wireless interface. There is no wlan when I ifconfig, only an eth0.

I have tried adding contrib non-free to my repos and installing the firmware-linux firmware-linux-free firmware-linux-nonfree, and doing fw-detect, etc.

Its odd because this is the only distro I have tried that doesnt see my wireless interface.

Any recommendations?

cheers


As a side note I have been using Mint Debian lately on my other box but it doesnt like my laptop's graphics. Siduction the only distro that works with my laptop's graphics 'out of the box'. No other distro seems to be able to use my gfx, or get the resolution correct, even with things like 'xorg edgers' and so on. This is why I really want to solve this little problem.

[reddark]

inxi -v3 ??

[towo]

lspci -nn

would be better than inxi

[piper]

Along with showing lspci -nn it would be nice to see

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inxi -F && inxi -Srxxx

[last_target]

Thanks all for the tips so far, it seems 'lspci -nn' does see the wireless (Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM43225 802.11b/g/n), however Network Manager or Ceni still dont see it.

inxi -v3 ??

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inxi -v3
System:    Host: sid Kernel: 3.4-4.towo-siduction-amd64 x86_64 (64 bit, gcc: 4.7.0)
          Desktop: LXDE (Openbox 3.5.0) Distro: siduction 12.1.1 Desperado Reloaded - lxde - (201206241921)
Machine:   System: SAMSUNG product: NC110P/NC108P/NC111P version: 04QH
          Mobo: SAMSUNG model: SAMSUNG_NP1234567890 version: SEC_SW__1234567890ABCD
          Bios: American Megatrends version: 04QH.M081.20120229.TXJ date: 02/29/2012
CPU:       Dual core Intel Atom CPU N2600 (-HT-MCP-) cache: 512 KB flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 ssse3) bmips: 6384.56
          Clock Speeds: 1: 1600.00 MHz 2: 600.00 MHz 3: 600.00 MHz 4: 600.00 MHz
Graphics:  Card: Intel Atom Processor D2xxx/N2xxx Integrated Graphics Controller bus-ID: 00:02.0
          X.Org: 1.12.1.902 drivers: fbdev,vesa (unloaded: intel) Resolution: 1024x600@0.0hz
          GLX Renderer: Gallium 0.4 on llvmpipe (LLVM 0x209) GLX Version: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.3 Direct Rendering: Yes
Network:   Card-1: Broadcom BCM43225 802.11b/g/n driver: bcma-pci-bridge bus-ID: 01:00.0
          IF: N/A state: N/A mac: N/A
          Card-2: Realtek RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller
          driver: r8169 ver: 2.3LK-NAPI port: e000 bus-ID: 02:00.0
          IF: eth0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: e8:03:9a:9e:e7:b3
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 320.1GB (15.0% used) 1: model: ST320LM000_HM321
Info:      Processes: 132 Uptime: 7 min Memory: 205.5/989.2MB Runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: 4.7.1 Client: Shell inxi: 1.8.5

lspci -nn

would be better than inxi

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lspci -nn
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Atom Processor D2xxx/N2xxx DRAM Controller [8086:0bf1] (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Atom Processor D2xxx/N2xxx Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0be1] (rev 09)
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family High Definition Audio Controller [8086:27d8] (rev 02)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 1 [8086:27d0] (rev 02)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 3 [8086:27d4] (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:27c8] (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:27c9] (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:27ca] (rev 02)
00:1d.3 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #4 [8086:27cb] (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB2 EHCI Controller [8086:27cc] (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev e2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation NM10 Family LPC Controller [8086:27bc] (rev 02)
00:1f.2 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH7 Family SATA Controller [AHCI mode] [8086:27c1] (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family SMBus Controller [8086:27da] (rev 02)
01:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM43225 802.11b/g/n [14e4:4357] (rev 01)
02:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller [10ec:8136] (rev 05)

Along with showing lspci -nn it would be nice to see

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inxi -F && inxi -Srxxx

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inxi -F && inxi -Srxxx
System:    Host: sid Kernel: 3.4-4.towo-siduction-amd64 x86_64 (64 bit)
          Desktop: LXDE (Openbox 3.5.0) Distro: siduction 12.1.1 Desperado Reloaded - lxde - (201206241921)
Machine:   System: SAMSUNG product: NC110P/NC108P/NC111P version: 04QH
          Mobo: SAMSUNG model: SAMSUNG_NP1234567890 version: SEC_SW__1234567890ABCD
          Bios: American Megatrends version: 04QH.M081.20120229.TXJ date: 02/29/2012
CPU:       Dual core Intel Atom CPU N2600 (-HT-MCP-) cache: 512 KB flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 ssse3)
          Clock Speeds: 1: 1600.00 MHz 2: 600.00 MHz 3: 600.00 MHz 4: 1600.00 MHz
Graphics:  Card: Intel Atom Processor D2xxx/N2xxx Integrated Graphics Controller
          X.Org: 1.12.1.902 drivers: fbdev,vesa (unloaded: intel) Resolution: 1024x600@0.0hz
          GLX Renderer: Gallium 0.4 on llvmpipe (LLVM 0x209) GLX Version: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.3
Audio:     Card: Intel N10/ICH 7 Family High Definition Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel Sound: ALSA ver: 1.0.25
Network:   Card-1: Broadcom BCM43225 802.11b/g/n driver: bcma-pci-bridge
          IF: N/A state: N/A mac: N/A
          Card-2: Realtek RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller driver: r8169
          IF: eth0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: e8:03:9a:9e:e7:b3
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 320.1GB (15.0% used) 1: id: /dev/sda model: ST320LM000_HM321 size: 320.1GB
Partition: ID: / size: 98G used: 3.4G (4%) fs: ext4
RAID:      No RAID devices detected - /proc/mdstat and md_mod kernel raid module present
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 44.0C mobo: N/A
          Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info:      Processes: 132 Uptime: 9 min Memory: 206.1/989.2MB Client: Shell inxi: 1.8.5
System:    Host: sid Kernel: 3.4-4.towo-siduction-amd64 x86_64 (64 bit, gcc: 4.7.0)
          Desktop: LXDE (Openbox 3.5.0) Distro: siduction 12.1.1 Desperado Reloaded - lxde - (201206241921)
Repos:     Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list
          deb http://http.debian.net/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free
          Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/siduction-release.list
          deb http://packages.siduction.org/release unstable main
          Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/siduction.list
          deb ftp://ftp.spline.de/pub/siduction/siduction unstable main
          deb ftp://ftp.spline.de/pub/siduction/fixes unstable main

thanks again

[towo]

Install firmware-brcm80211

[last_target]

Install firmware-brcm80211

Solved, worked instantly, thanks a bunch!

I installed firmware-brcm80211 then did

modprobe -r brcmsmac
modprobe brcmsmac

a la http://wiki.debian.org/brcm80211