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Laptop acer aspire 3000 not searching for wireless network

Asked by oocevin

I installed linux lite 1.08 on a acer aspire 3000 for a friend. I have asked this quesyion
in their forum no correct answer yet. I have to make a network connection
and it works till I reboot. It is set to connect automatically. It does not show up in the
network icon down by volume. When open the VPN connection it is in there.

But does not start or even let me click on it to connect. Never had this problem bfore,
had install drivers before but not this.

denny@Q:~$ ifconfig -a
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:16:36:39:ca:e9
          inet addr:192.168.0.12 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::216:36ff:fe39:cae9/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
          RX packets:31 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:74 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:3456 (3.4 KB) TX bytes:12752 (12.7 KB)

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
          inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:65536 Metric:1
          RX packets:66 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:66 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:4186 (4.1 KB) TX bytes:4186 (4.1 KB)

wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:16:ce:43:f8:49
          inet6 addr: fe80::216:ceff:fe43:f849/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:115 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:22060 (22.0 KB)

It is strange for sure. The only way to get it to work is to
click on the network icon and connect to a hidden network.

My network is not hidden for one. But then it will connect
to it, but when I shut it down or reboot I have to start all
over but this time when I click on connect to a hidden
network It says new or my network I made earlier. Then
it connects to it right off.

I have it set to connect on auto. So what is up with that.
I have reinstalled a few times and the last time connected
to my wireless only and when reboot I have to do the same
but this time I did not have to make a new it was in there
already.

When I type:
denny@dumpman:~$ sudo iwlist scanning

I get:

denny@dumpman:~$ sudo iwlist scanning
[sudo] password for denny:
wlan0 No scan results

lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

denny@dumpman:~$

Then it connects without going in and clicking on connect to hidden
network.

So it does not scan for for for a network.
Have to figure out how to make it search.

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oocevin (ccct007) said : 		#1

denny@dumpman:~$ sudo lshw -C network; lsb_release -a
  *-network:0
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: SiS900 PCI Fast Ethernet
       vendor: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]
       physical id: 4
       bus info: pci@0000:00:04.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 91
       serial: 00:16:36:39:ca:e9
       size: 10Mbit/s
       capacity: 100Mbit/s
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list rom ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=sis900 driverversion=v1.08.10 Apr. 2 2006 duplex=half latency=173 link=no maxlatency=11 mingnt=52 multicast=yes port=MII speed=10Mbit/s
       resources: irq:19 ioport:1800(size=256) memory:e2005000-e2005fff memory:20020000-2003ffff
  *-network:1
       description: Network controller
       product: BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: b
       bus info: pci@0000:00:0b.0
       version: 02
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: bus_master
       configuration: driver=b43-pci-bridge latency=64
       resources: irq:17 memory:e2000000-e2001fff
  *-network
       description: Wireless interface
       physical id: 1
       logical name: wlan0
       serial: 00:16:ce:43:f8:49
       capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=b43 driverversion=3.8.0-39-generic firmware=508.1084 ip=192.168.0.13 link=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Linux Lite 1.0.8
Release: 12.04
Codename: precise

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#2

LinuxLite is not supported here or in any of the Ubuntu support channels. It's support is entirely seperate from Ubuntu's. I suggest you post here:

https://www.linuxliteos.com/forums/index.php

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oocevin (ccct007) said : 		#3

Well this was my last stop. I have posted it there as I stated.
The guy will have to click connect to hidden network and
click on his network every time he logs in.

I even installed xp in which was it's os that was on there
and with that down I will NOT put any other crappy
windoz on it.

But thanks anyways.

P.S.
Long time no talk