wireless not working on lenovo g710 laptop
nigel@nigel-
[sudo] password for nigel:
E: Could not get lock /var/lib/
E: Unable to lock directory /var/lib/apt/lists/
E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?
E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?
*-network UNCLAIMED
description: Network controller
product: BCM43142 802.11b/g/n
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
version: 01
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
resources: memory:
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: QCA8172 Fast Ethernet
vendor: Qualcomm Atheros
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
logical name: enp2s0
version: 10
serial: 60:02:92:3b:99:5c
size: 100Mbit/s
capacity: 100Mbit/s
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
resources: irq:32 memory:
0: ideapad_wlan: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
1: ideapad_bluetooth: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
2: ideapad_3g: Wireless WAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
3: hci0: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.
enp2s0 Interface doesn't support scanning.
# interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8)
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_
DISTRIB_
DISTRIB_
01:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM43142 802.11b/g/n [14e4:4365] (rev 01)
Subsystem: Lenovo BCM43142 802.11b/g/n [17aa:0611]
Kernel modules: wl
02:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Qualcomm Atheros QCA8172 Fast Ethernet [1969:10a0] (rev 10)
Subsystem: Qualcomm Atheros QCA8172 Fast Ethernet [1969:1090]
Kernel driver in use: alx
Kernel modules: alx
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:8000 Intel Corp.
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:8008 Intel Corp.
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 004: ID 105b:e065 Foxconn International, Inc. BCM43142A0 Bluetooth module
Bus 003 Device 003: ID 5986:0295 Acer, Inc
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 058f:6366 Alcor Micro Corp. Multi Flash Reader
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Error: Object 'nm' is unknown, try 'nmcli help'.
H/W path Device Class Description
=======
/0 bus Ginkgo 7A1
/0/0 memory 128KiB BIOS
/0/4 processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4210M CPU
/0/4/b memory 32KiB L1 cache
/0/4/c memory 256KiB L2 cache
/0/4/d memory 3MiB L3 cache
/0/a memory 32KiB L1 cache
/0/2a memory 8GiB System Memory
/0/2a/0 memory 4GiB SODIMM DDR3 Synchronous 1
/0/2a/1 memory DIMMProject-
/0/2a/2 memory 4GiB SODIMM DDR3 Synchronous 1
/0/2a/3 memory DIMMProject-
/0/100 bridge Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core P
/0/100/2 display 4th Gen Core Processor Integra
/0/100/3 multimedia Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core P
/0/100/14 bus 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset F
/0/100/14/0 usb3 bus xHCI Host Controller
/0/100/14/0/4 scsi5 storage Flash Card Reader/Writer
/0/100/14/0/4/0.0.0 /dev/sdb disk Card Reader
/0/100/
/0/100/14/0/5 multimedia Lenovo EasyCamera
/0/100/14/0/8 generic BCM43142A0
/0/100/14/1 usb4 bus xHCI Host Controller
/0/100/16 communication 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset F
/0/100/1a bus 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset F
/0/100/1a/1 usb1 bus EHCI Host Controller
/0/100/1a/1/1 bus USB hub
/0/100/1b multimedia 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset H
/0/100/1c bridge 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset F
/0/100/1c/0 network BCM43142 802.11b/g/n
/0/100/1c.2 bridge 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset F
/0/100/1c.2/0 enp2s0 network QCA8172 Fast Ethernet
/0/100/1d bus 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset F
/0/100/1d/1 usb2 bus EHCI Host Controller
/0/100/1d/1/1 bus USB hub
/0/100/1f bridge HM86 Express LPC Controller
/0/100/1f.2 storage 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset F
/0/100/1f.3 bus 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset F
/0/1 scsi2 storage
/0/1/0.0.0 /dev/cdrom disk DVD-RW DS8ABSH
/0/2 scsi4 storage
/0/2/0.0.0 /dev/sda disk 1TB ST1000LM024 HN-M
/0/2/0.0.0/1 /dev/sda1 volume 999MiB Windows NTFS volume
/0/2/0.0.0/2 /dev/sda2 volume 259MiB Windows FAT volume
/0/2/0.0.0/3 /dev/sda3 volume 999MiB Windows FAT volume
/0/2/0.0.0/4 /dev/sda4 volume 127MiB reserved partition
/0/2/0.0.0/5 /dev/sda5 volume 462GiB Windows NTFS volume
/0/2/0.0.0/6 /dev/sda6 volume 24GiB Windows NTFS volume
/0/2/0.0.0/7 /dev/sda7 volume 14GiB Windows NTFS volume
/0/2/0.0.0/8 /dev/sda8 volume 418GiB EXT4 volume
/0/2/0.0.0/9 /dev/sda9 volume 8116MiB Linux swap volume
/1 power CRB Battery 0
/2 power OEM_Define5
Linux nigel-Lenovo-G710 4.8.0-36-generic #36~16.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Sun Feb 5 09:39:57 UTC 2017 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
[ 0.000000] x86/fpu: Using 'eager' FPU context switches.
[ 0.000000] Found optimal setting for mtrr clean up
[ 0.000000] No NUMA configuration found
[ 0.133378] Error parsing PCC subspaces from PCCT
[ 0.133519] core: PMU erratum BJ122, BV98, HSD29 worked around, HT is on
[ 0.154199] ACPI: [Firmware Bug]: BIOS _OSI(Linux) query ignored
[ 0.225584] pci 0000:02:00.0: [1969:10a0] type 00 class 0x020000
[ 0.225659] pci 0000:02:00.0: reg 0x10: [mem 0xb0400000-
[ 0.225704] pci 0000:02:00.0: reg 0x18: [io 0x3000-0x307f]
[ 0.225909] pci 0000:02:00.0: PME# supported from D0 D1 D2 D3hot D3cold
[ 0.225987] pci 0000:02:00.0: System wakeup disabled by ACPI
[ 0.249845] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
[ 0.249851] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
[ 0.249867] usbcore: registered new device driver usb
[ 0.283147] clocksource: Switched to clocksource hpet
[ 0.290244] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 7 devices
[ 0.335267] pci 0000:02:00.0: set MSI_INTX_
[ 0.858212] pci 0000:02:00.0: Signaling PME through PCIe PME interrupt
[ 0.858337] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 200x56
[ 0.858608] input: Lid Switch as /devices/
[ 0.867250] ACPI: Lid Switch [LID]
[ 0.891326] usb usb1: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0002
[ 0.891327] usb usb1: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 0.891328] usb usb1: Product: EHCI Host Controller
[ 0.891329] usb usb1: Manufacturer: Linux 4.8.0-36-generic ehci_hcd
[ 0.891329] usb usb1: SerialNumber: 0000:00:1a.0
[ 0.891444] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.911314] usb usb2: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0002
[ 0.911315] usb usb2: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 0.911316] usb usb2: Product: EHCI Host Controller
[ 0.911317] usb usb2: Manufacturer: Linux 4.8.0-36-generic ehci_hcd
[ 0.911317] usb usb2: SerialNumber: 0000:00:1d.0
[ 0.911440] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.912882] usb usb3: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0002
[ 0.912883] usb usb3: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 0.912884] usb usb3: Product: xHCI Host Controller
[ 0.912884] usb usb3: Manufacturer: Linux 4.8.0-36-generic xhci-hcd
[ 0.912885] usb usb3: SerialNumber: 0000:00:14.0
[ 0.912970] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.915913] usb usb4: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0003
[ 0.915914] usb usb4: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 0.915914] usb usb4: Product: xHCI Host Controller
[ 0.915915] usb usb4: Manufacturer: Linux 4.8.0-36-generic xhci-hcd
[ 0.915916] usb usb4: SerialNumber: 0000:00:14.0
[ 0.916000] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.971046] ima: No TPM chip found, activating TPM-bypass!
[ 0.971590] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 0.979707] x86/mm: Checked W+X mappings: passed, no W+X pages found.
[ 1.043740] alx 0000:02:00.0 eth0: Qualcomm Atheros AR816x/AR817x Ethernet [60:02:92:3b:99:5c]
[ 1.055130] fb: switching to inteldrmfb from EFI VGA
[ 1.055150] Console: switching to colour dummy device 80x25
[ 1.063068] alx 0000:02:00.0 enp2s0: renamed from eth0
[ 1.098263] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 200x56
[ 1.219304] usb 1-1: new high-speed USB device number 2 using ehci-pci
[ 1.239302] usb 2-1: new high-speed USB device number 2 using ehci-pci
[ 1.243298] usb 3-4: new high-speed USB device number 2 using xhci_hcd
[ 1.367710] usb 1-1: New USB device found, idVendor=8087, idProduct=8008
[ 1.367714] usb 1-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=0, SerialNumber=0
[ 1.368005] hub 1-1:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.385437] usb 3-4: New USB device found, idVendor=058f, idProduct=6366
[ 1.385439] usb 3-4: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[ 1.385440] usb 3-4: Product: Flash Card Reader/Writer
[ 1.385441] usb 3-4: Manufacturer: Generic
[ 1.385442] usb 3-4: SerialNumber: 058F63666485
[ 1.387582] usb 2-1: New USB device found, idVendor=8087, idProduct=8000
[ 1.387584] usb 2-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=0, SerialNumber=0
[ 1.387731] hub 2-1:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.388385] usb-storage 3-4:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected
[ 1.388456] scsi host5: usb-storage 3-4:1.0
[ 1.388531] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
[ 1.389647] usbcore: registered new interface driver uas
[ 1.503330] usb 3-5: new high-speed USB device number 3 using xhci_hcd
[ 1.653174] usb 3-5: New USB device found, idVendor=5986, idProduct=0295
[ 1.653176] usb 3-5: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
[ 1.653177] usb 3-5: Product: Lenovo EasyCamera
[ 1.653178] usb 3-5: Manufacturer: Vimicro corp.
[ 1.771333] usb 3-8: new full-speed USB device number 4 using xhci_hcd
[ 1.913272] usb 3-8: New USB device found, idVendor=105b, idProduct=e065
[ 1.913273] usb 3-8: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[ 1.913274] usb 3-8: Product: BCM43142A0
[ 1.913275] usb 3-8: Manufacturer: Broadcom Corp
[ 1.913276] usb 3-8: SerialNumber: 142D27F4605C
[ 2.887490] clocksource: Switched to clocksource tsc
[ 5.430027] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[ 7.607913] EXT4-fs (sda8): re-mounted. Opts: errors=remount-ro
[ 9.179111] snd_hda_intel 0000:00:03.0: bound 0000:00:02.0 (ops i915_audio_
[ 9.315881] input: HDA Intel HDMI HDMI/DP,pcm=3 as /devices/
[ 9.315965] input: HDA Intel HDMI HDMI/DP,pcm=7 as /devices/
[ 9.316035] input: HDA Intel HDMI HDMI/DP,pcm=8 as /devices/
[ 9.366230] intel_rapl: Found RAPL domain package
[ 9.366232] intel_rapl: Found RAPL domain core
[ 9.366234] intel_rapl: Found RAPL domain uncore
[ 9.366235] intel_rapl: Found RAPL domain dram
[ 9.374824] uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device Lenovo EasyCamera (5986:0295)
[ 9.375667] input: Lenovo EasyCamera as /devices/
[ 9.375747] usbcore: registered new interface driver uvcvideo
[ 9.399063] input: HDA Intel PCH Mic as /devices/
[ 9.399108] input: HDA Intel PCH Front Headphone as /devices/
[ 9.408271] usbcore: registered new interface driver btusb
[ 27.454038] alx 0000:02:00.0 enp2s0: NIC Up: 100 Mbps Full
[ 657.032976] alx 0000:02:00.0 enp2s0: Link Down
[ 2318.726917] alx 0000:02:00.0 enp2s0: NIC Up: 100 Mbps Full
Release Date: 05/12/2014
Manufacturer: LENOVO
Product Name: 20252
Serial Number: 134048650005
Manufacturer: LENOVO
Product Name: Ginkgo 7A1
Serial Number: AB21005719
Manufacturer: LENOVO
Serial Number: AB21005719
Manufacturer: Intel(R) Corporation
Serial Number: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
Port Type: Serial Port 16550A Compatible
String 1: String1 for Original Equipment Manufacturer
String 2: String2 for Original Equipment Manufacturer
String 3: String3 for Original Equipment Manufacturer
String 4: String4 for Original Equipment Manufacturer
String 5: String5 for Original Equipment Manufacturer
Option 1: String1 for Type12 Equipment Manufacturer
Option 2: String2 for Type12 Equipment Manufacturer
Option 3: String3 for Type12 Equipment Manufacturer
Option 4: String4 for Type12 Equipment Manufacturer
Manufacturer: Samsung
Serial Number: 1713B61E
Manufacturer: Empty
Serial Number: Empty
Manufacturer: Samsung
Serial Number: 1713B61F
Manufacturer: Empty
Serial Number: Empty
Manufacturer: -Virtual Battery 0-
Manufacture Date: 07/07/2010
Serial Number: Battery 0
Manufacturer: OEM_Define2
Serial Number: OEM_Define3
lo no wireless extensions.
enp2s0 no wireless extensions.
/etc/modprobe.
/etc/modprobe.
/etc/modprobe.
/etc/modprobe.
/etc/modprobe.
/etc/modprobe.
/etc/modprobe.
/etc/modprobe.
/etc/modprobe.
/etc/modprobe.
/etc/modprobe.
/etc/modprobe.
/etc/modprobe.
/etc/modprobe.
/etc/modprobe.
/etc/modprobe.
/etc/modprobe.
/etc/modprobe.
/etc/modprobe.
/etc/modprobe.
/etc/modprobe.
/etc/modprobe.
/etc/modprobe.
/etc/modprobe.
/etc/modprobe.
[main]
NetworkingEnabl
WirelessEnabled
WWANEnabled=true
sudo: hwinfo: command not found
root 976 0.0 0.2 462708 18904 ? Ssl 17:18 0:00 /usr/sbin/
nobody 1124 0.0 0.0 59940 4092 ? S 17:18 0:00 /usr/sbin/dnsmasq --no-resolv --keep-
nigel 4340 0.0 0.5 2672488 47572 ? Sl 17:53 0:00 /usr/lib/
nigel 22212 0.0 0.1 723488 8676 ? Sl 17:22 0:00 /usr/lib/
nigel 27074 0.0 0.0 21296 1084 pts/19 S+ 18:00 0:00 grep --color=auto -E wpa|icd|etwork
root 30000 0.0 0.0 16124 3632 ? S 17:56 0:00 /sbin/dhclient -d -q -sf /usr/lib/
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window irtt Iface
0.0.0.0 192.168.0.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 enp2s0
169.254.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.0.0 U 0 0 0 enp2s0
192.168.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 enp2s0
# Dynamic resolv.conf(5) file for glibc resolver(3) generated by resolvconf(8)
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE BY HAND -- YOUR CHANGES WILL BE OVERWRITTEN
nameserver 127.0.1.1
total 108516
24903681 drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Mar 17 17:16 .
2 drwxr-xr-x 24 root root 4096 Mar 17 17:16 ..
24903966 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1245512 Mar 3 18:25 abi-4.4.
24903685 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1407843 Feb 5 11:32 abi-4.8.
24903967 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 190247 Mar 3 18:25 config-
24903686 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 199575 Feb 5 11:32 config-
1 drwx------ 5 root root 4096 Jan 1 1970 efi
24903683 drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Mar 17 17:17 grub
24903965 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 37722285 Mar 17 17:16 initrd.
24903695 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 40123279 Mar 17 17:16 initrd.
24903687 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 182704 Jan 28 2016 memtest86+.bin
24903688 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 184380 Jan 28 2016 memtest86+.elf
24903689 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 184840 Jan 28 2016 memtest86+
24903968 -rw------- 1 root root 3883990 Mar 3 18:25 System.
24903684 -rw------- 1 root root 4060748 Feb 5 11:32 System.
24903964 -rw------- 1 root root 7087024 Mar 3 18:25 vmlinuz-
24903692 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7297312 Mar 17 15:58 vmlinuz-
24903693 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7299224 Mar 17 15:35 vmlinuz-
Support status summary of 'nigel-
You have 1696 packages (97.8%) supported until April 2021 (5y)
You have 33 packages (1.9%) supported until March 2022 (5y)
You have 0 packages (0.0%) that can not/no longer be downloaded
You have 5 packages (0.3%) that are unsupported
Run with --show-unsupported, --show-supported or --show-all to see more details
Downloaded daily snapshot dated 2017-03-16 03:15:01
--2017-03-17 18:00:20-- http://
Resolving www.linux-usb.org (www.linux-
Connecting to www.linux-usb.org (www.linux-
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 579005 (565K) [text/plain]
Saving to: ‘/var/lib/
/var/lib/usbutils/u 100%[==
2017-03-17 18:00:23 (560 KB/s) - ‘/var/lib/
Done.
Module Size Used by
cfg80211 581632 0
bnep 20480 2
nls_iso8859_1 16384 1
btusb 45056 0
snd_hda_codec_idt 57344 1
uvcvideo 90112 0
intel_rapl 20480 0
btrtl 16384 1 btusb
btbcm 16384 1 btusb
x86_pkg_
videobuf2_vmalloc 16384 1 uvcvideo
btintel 16384 1 btusb
videobuf2_memops 16384 1 videobuf2_vmalloc
snd_hda_codec_hdmi 45056 1
snd_hda_
bluetooth 557056 12 btrtl,btintel,
videobuf2_v4l2 24576 1 uvcvideo
coretemp 16384 0
videobuf2_core 40960 2 uvcvideo,
videodev 180224 3 uvcvideo,
snd_hda_intel 36864 5
media 40960 2 uvcvideo,videodev
kvm 598016 0
snd_hda_codec 135168 4 snd_hda_
irqbypass 16384 1 kvm
snd_hda_core 86016 5 snd_hda_
snd_hwdep 16384 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm 110592 4 snd_hda_
crct10dif_pclmul 16384 0
crc32_pclmul 16384 0
snd_seq_midi 16384 0
snd_seq_midi_event 16384 1 snd_seq_midi
ghash_clmulni_intel 16384 0
snd_rawmidi 32768 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 69632 2 snd_seq_
snd_seq_device 16384 3 snd_seq,
snd_timer 32768 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
aesni_intel 167936 0
aes_x86_64 20480 1 aesni_intel
snd 86016 21 snd_hda_
lrw 16384 1 aesni_intel
glue_helper 16384 1 aesni_intel
soundcore 16384 1 snd
ablk_helper 16384 1 aesni_intel
cryptd 24576 3 ablk_helper,
intel_cstate 16384 0
intel_rapl_perf 16384 0
joydev 20480 0
input_leds 16384 0
ideapad_laptop 24576 0
mei_me 40960 0
serio_raw 16384 0
ie31200_edac 16384 0
sparse_keymap 16384 1 ideapad_laptop
shpchp 36864 0
mei 102400 1 mei_me
soc_button_array 16384 0
edac_core 53248 1 ie31200_edac
mac_hid 16384 0
lpc_ich 24576 0
parport_pc 32768 0
ppdev 20480 0
lp 20480 0
parport 49152 3 lp,parport_pc,ppdev
autofs4 40960 2
uas 24576 0
usb_storage 73728 1 uas
i915 1310720 130
psmouse 139264 0
i2c_algo_bit 16384 1 i915
ahci 36864 4
drm_kms_helper 167936 1 i915
alx 36864 0
libahci 32768 1 ahci
mdio 16384 1 alx
syscopyarea 16384 1 drm_kms_helper
sysfillrect 16384 1 drm_kms_helper
sysimgblt 16384 1 drm_kms_helper
fb_sys_fops 16384 1 drm_kms_helper
video 40960 2 i915,ideapad_laptop
drm 368640 7 i915,drm_kms_helper
fjes 28672 0
wmi 16384 1 ideapad_laptop
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