wifi problems on HP Pavilion dv4-1220us
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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linux (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Medium
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
There are 2 bugs:
bug 1:
Installation of Ubuntu 16.04 fails to install and properly setup wifi on this laptop. I had to do the following to get this to work:
1) Plug in ethernet cable to ethernet port and turn on ethernet interface
2) Issue command sudo apt-get update
3) issue command apt-get install bcmwl-kernel-source
Until that was done the wifi switch on the laptop stayed orange (it is not a mechanical contact switch it is a touch switch)
bug2:
Once it is running and working the light on the wifi goes blue - however, touching the switch once turns off wifi and makes the light go orange - touching the switch again makes it go blue again - but wifi does not turn back on.
lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu Xenial Xerus (development branch)
Release: 16.04
lspci -nn -d 14e4:
09:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4322 802.11a/b/g/n Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:432b] (rev 01)
iwconfig
wlp9s0 IEEE 802.11abg ESSID:"toybox"
Bit Rate=130 Mb/s Tx-Power=200 dBm
Retry short limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality=57/70 Signal level=-53 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
dmesg | grep Broad
[ 17.098545] wlan0: Broadcom BCM432b 802.11 Hybrid Wireless Controller 6.30.223.248 (r487574)
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: linux-image-
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-14-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelMo
ApportVersion: 2.20-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/snd/
/dev/snd/
Date: Sat Mar 19 17:36:21 2016
HibernationDevice: RESUME=
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-03-19 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Alpha amd64 (20160307)
MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP Pavilion dv4 Notebook PC
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_US
TERM=xterm-
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcFB: 0 radeondrmfb
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=
PulseList:
Error: command ['pacmd', 'list'] failed with exit code 1: Home directory not accessible: Permission denied
No PulseAudio daemon running, or not running as session daemon.
RelatedPackageV
linux-
linux-
linux-firmware 1.156
SourcePackage: linux
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 07/06/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.bios.version: F.55
dmi.board.
dmi.board.name: 30FB
dmi.board.vendor: Compal
dmi.board.version: 01.A6
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Compal
dmi.chassis.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-
dmi.product.name: HP Pavilion dv4 Notebook PC
dmi.product.
dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
Changed in linux (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
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