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I'm pretty new to Linux and Ubuntu. I just installed the Lubuntu on my mother's old laptop to replace XP. But after the installation I was unable to connect to wireless network. For at least a week I've been hunting this forum and google for solutions but nothing seems to work. It works pretty well when wired to my router. Also when I do updates or installations of b43 whenever I have to restart or shut down it stays on a black screen or hangs on the Lubuntu logo with the dots. I usually have press the power button to shut it off fully. So I'm not even sure if the updates gets processed. Idk what to do I'm so lost right now. I will be grateful if someone can give me a solution. I would like to my moms laptop to be working as soon as possible(its a delayed mother's day gift)

ET : My results to "lspci -nn | grep 0280" are

06:05.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:4318] (rev 02)

ET: The Laptop is an Hp Pavilion DV4305us

MyaK
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Please hook up the ethernet temporarily and open a terminal and do:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get purge bcmwl-kernel-source

If the latter isn't installed, that's fine, just continue.

sudo apt-get install firmware-b43-installer

Detach the ethernet. Next, do:

sudo modprobe -r ssb
sudo modprobe -r b43
sudo modprobe b43

Does the wireless come to life?

You may be able to resolve the shutdown issue with a complete update:

sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

After it completes, does it reboot as expected?

chili555
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