linux deepin not recognizing any wifi

[nerdy_andy]

I´ve just installed Deepin on one old HP laptop and wanted to connect it to wifi but it doesn´t recognize any. It shows that no wifi in proximity is up even though it work on my other devices just fine. Does anyone have experience with this kind of problem? System is up to date, version is 15.11 

[Sauron]

38 minutes ago, nerdy_andy said:

old HP laptop

What laptop?

[nerdy_andy]

45 minutes ago, Sauron said:

What laptop?

it´s a ProBook 4720s

 

[Sauron]

10 minutes ago, nerdy_andy said:

it´s a ProBook 4720s

 

Can you post the output of

lspci

 

[nerdy_andy]

3 hours ago, Sauron said:

Can you post the output of

lspci

 

sure thing

 

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor DRAM Controller (rev 02)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor PCI Express x16 Root Port (rev 02)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset HECI Controller (rev 06)
00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 05)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset High Definition Audio (rev 05)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev 05)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev 05)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 4 (rev 05)
00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 6 (rev 05)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 05)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev a5)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation HM57 Chipset LPC Interface Controller (rev 05)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset 6 port SATA AHCI Controller (rev 05)
00:1f.6 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset Thermal Subsystem (rev 05)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Robson CE [Radeon HD 6370M/7370M]
01:00.1 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Cedar HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 5400/6300/7300 Series]
44:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Limited BCM4313 802.11bgn Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)
45:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 03)
ff:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture Generic Non-core Registers (rev 02)
ff:00.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture System Address Decoder (rev 02)
ff:02.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Link 0 (rev 02)
ff:02.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 1st Generation Core i3/5/7 Processor QPI Physical 0 (rev 02)
ff:02.2 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 1st Generation Core i3/5/7 Processor Reserved (rev 02)
ff:02.3 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 1st Generation Core i3/5/7 Processor Reserved (rev 02)

[Sauron]

57 minutes ago, nerdy_andy said:

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try downloading and installing the driver for your wifi adapter https://www.broadcom.com/products/wireless/wireless-lan-bluetooth/bcm4313

[nerdy_andy]

7 minutes ago, Sauron said:

try downloading and installing the driver for your wifi adapter https://www.broadcom.com/products/wireless/wireless-lan-bluetooth/bcm4313

i'm getting error when i start the installation, this one exactly Isn't it any problem with settings?

 

 

(Reading database ... 183997 files and directories currently installed.)

Preparing to unpack .../firmware-brcm80211_20190114-2_all.deb ...

Unpacking firmware-brcm80211 (20190114-2) ...

An error occurred while applying changes: dpkg: error processing archive /home/multi/Downloads/firmware-brcm80211_20190114-2_all.deb (--install):

trying to overwrite '/lib/firmware/brcm/bcm43xx-0.fw', which is also in package linux-firmware 1.173.2

dpkg-deb: error: subprocess paste was killed by signal (Broken pipe)

Errors were encountered while processing:

/home/multi/Downloads/firmware-brcm80211_20190114-2_all.deb

[Sauron]

3 minutes ago, nerdy_andy said:

i'm getting error when i start the installation, this one exactly Isn't it any problem with settings?

 

 

(Reading database ... 183997 files and directories currently installed.)

Preparing to unpack .../firmware-brcm80211_20190114-2_all.deb ...

Unpacking firmware-brcm80211 (20190114-2) ...

An error occurred while applying changes: dpkg: error processing archive /home/multi/Downloads/firmware-brcm80211_20190114-2_all.deb (--install):

trying to overwrite '/lib/firmware/brcm/bcm43xx-0.fw', which is also in package linux-firmware 1.173.2

dpkg-deb: error: subprocess paste was killed by signal (Broken pipe)

Errors were encountered while processing:

/home/multi/Downloads/firmware-brcm80211_20190114-2_all.deb

Looks like you already have the driver... I can't really think of any setting that would cause this, does the laptop's wifi work with other operating systems?

[nerdy_andy]

31 minutes ago, Sauron said:

Looks like you already have the driver... I can't really think of any setting that would cause this, does the laptop's wifi work with other operating systems?

yea, it worked when it had windows 7 back like 2 years ago, then i stopped using it and now i want to use this guy to watch films on and stuff like that, but windows started to lag and stutter, so i opted for linux...and now i am here  I have some time to play with this machine, isn´t there any other similar distribution (looking similar or just working similar)?

Maybe i can try other ones if it is a problem of this distibution.

[Sauron]

46 minutes ago, nerdy_andy said:

isn´t there any other similar distribution (looking similar or just working similar)?

Plenty, try Ubuntu or Mint

[nerdy_andy]

14 minutes ago, Sauron said:

Plenty, try Ubuntu or Mint

ok, i will try some other distribution in hope it will work, but anyway, thanks for your time and help!