No internet access on hp dv 8000 :(

Installed the latest mate on a hp dv 8000. I can’t get it on the internet. When I try to install the driver from the other drivers it just hangs there and never installs the driver. It is a broadcom wireless adapter. Even when I wire it with Ethernet it shows it’s wired but still doesn’t get on the internet. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks Chris

You can install the Broadcom Wireless driver firmware by installing the bcmwl-kernel-source package via apt-get.

Open a terminal and enter the following command to install it -

sudo apt-get install bcmwl-kernel-source

Got reading package list done then reading state information done but then it says unable to locate package bcmwl-kernal-source

You can download it from other PC or mobile and install it with dpkg :smiley:

I got it to go online with the Ethernet. How would I go about getting it? What is dpkg? Coming from Windows so don’t know too much about Linux. Thanks :smiley:

So I got the bcmwl43 package but it says it needs the ubuntu mate 1502 CD to install. I put the CD in and the os mounts it but the installer doesn’t see it but the os does so I can’t install it. Please can anyone help :frowning: thanks Chris

I think the bcmwl drivers are “incorrect”.

sudo apt-get update 
sudo apt-get install firmware-b43-installer 
sudo apt-get remove bcmwl-kernel-source 
sudo reboot 

This seems to be a solution suggested on follwoing websites:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1865799