help getting Internet to work on netbook

[srg309]

Hi,
I am completely new at this and don't know what I'm doing. I did get Mint 11 on my netbook with some help, but I don't have the proper drivers. (The HP site has drivers for Windows but obviously, I'm not running Windows now so they won't work, right?)

Here's a bunch of code about what comes up from various commands I found in another thread:

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sMini ~ $ lspci ~knn
Usage: lspci [<switches>]

Basic display modes:
-mm		Produce machine-readable output (single -m for an obsolete format)
-t		Show bus tree

Display options:
-v		Be verbose (-vv for very verbose)
-k		Show kernel drivers handling each device
-x		Show hex-dump of the standard part of the config space
-xxx		Show hex-dump of the whole config space (dangerous; root only)
-xxxx		Show hex-dump of the 4096-byte extended config space (root only)
-b		Bus-centric view (addresses and IRQ's as seen by the bus)
-D		Always show domain numbers

Resolving of device ID's to names:
-n		Show numeric ID's
-nn		Show both textual and numeric ID's (names & numbers)
-q		Query the PCI ID database for unknown ID's via DNS
-qq		As above, but re-query locally cached entries
-Q		Query the PCI ID database for all ID's via DNS

Selection of devices:
-s [[[[<domain>]:]<bus>]:][<slot>][.[<func>]]	Show only devices in selected slots
-d [<vendor>]:[<device>]			Show only devices with specified ID's

Other options:
-i <file>	Use specified ID database instead of /usr/share/misc/pci.ids.gz
-p <file>	Look up kernel modules in a given file instead of default modules.pcimap
-M		Enable `bus mapping' mode (dangerous; root only)

PCI access options:
-A <method>	Use the specified PCI access method (see `-A help' for a list)
-O <par>=<val>	Set PCI access parameter (see `-O help' for a list)
-G		Enable PCI access debugging
-H <mode>	Use direct hardware access (<mode> = 1 or 2)
-F <file>	Read PCI configuration dump from a given file

sMini ~lsusb
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 090c:1000 Feiya Technology Corp. Flash Drive
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0bda:0138 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. 
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 04f2:b2a6 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd 
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

Mini ~ $ lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
nls_iso8859_1          12617  1 
nls_cp437              12751  1 
vfat                   17335  1 
fat                    55505  1 vfat
binfmt_misc            13213  1 
parport_pc             32111  0 
dm_crypt               22463  0 
ppdev                  12849  0 
snd_hda_codec_idt      60537  1 
snd_hda_intel          24140  2 
snd_hda_codec          90901  2 snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep              13274  1 snd_hda_codec
joydev                 17322  0 
hp_wmi                 13418  0 
snd_pcm                80244  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
sparse_keymap          13666  1 hp_wmi
snd_seq_midi           13132  0 
snd_rawmidi            25269  1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event     14475  1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq                51291  2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer              28659  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device         14110  3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
uvcvideo               66851  0 
snd                    55295  13 snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
videodev               75143  1 uvcvideo
soundcore              12600  1 snd
psmouse                73312  0 
serio_raw              12990  0 
snd_page_alloc         14073  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
lp                     13349  0 
parport                36746  3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp
dm_raid45              88410  0 
xor                    21860  1 dm_raid45
btrfs                 527341  0 
zlib_deflate           26594  1 btrfs
libcrc32c              12543  1 btrfs
i915                  450944  3 
usb_storage            43946  1 
uas                    17676  0 
drm_kms_helper         40745  1 i915
ahci                   21591  2 
drm                   180037  4 i915,drm_kms_helper
libahci                25548  1 ahci
r8169                  42534  0 
i2c_algo_bit           13184  1 i915
video                  18951  1 i915

dmesg
[    0.376544] pci_root PNP0A08:00: host bridge window [mem 0x40000000-0xfebfffff]
[    0.376581] pci 0000:00:00.0: [8086:a010] type 0 class 0x000600
[    0.376660] pci 0000:00:02.0: [8086:a011] type 0 class 0x000300
[    0.376682] pci 0000:00:02.0: reg 10: [mem 0x54180000-0x541fffff]
[    0.376696] pci 0000:00:02.0: reg 14: [io  0x30c0-0x30c7]
[    0.376710] pci 0000:00:02.0: reg 18: [mem 0x40000000-0x4fffffff pref]
[    0.376724] pci 0000:00:02.0: reg 1c: [mem 0x54000000-0x540fffff]
[    0.376790] pci 0000:00:02.1: [8086:a012] type 0 class 0x000380
[    0.376811] pci 0000:00:02.1: reg 10: [mem 0x54100000-0x5417ffff]
[    0.376971] pci 0000:00:1b.0: [8086:27d8] type 0 class 0x000403
[    0.377011] pci 0000:00:1b.0: reg 10: [mem 0x54200000-0x54203fff 64bit]
[    0.377134] pci 0000:00:1b.0: PME# supported from D0 D3hot D3cold
[    0.377146] pci 0000:00:1b.0: PME# disabled
[    0.377198] pci 0000:00:1c.0: [8086:27d0] type 1 class 0x000604
[    0.377320] pci 0000:00:1c.0: PME# supported from D0 D3hot D3cold
[    0.377332] pci 0000:00:1c.0: PME# disabled
[    0.377386] pci 0000:00:1c.1: [8086:27d2] type 1 class 0x000604
[    0.377507] pci 0000:00:1c.1: PME# supported from D0 D3hot D3cold
[    0.377520] pci 0000:00:1c.1: PME# disabled
[    0.377584] pci 0000:00:1d.0: [8086:27c8] type 0 class 0x000c03
[    0.377671] pci 0000:00:1d.0: reg 20: [io  0x3080-0x309f]
[    0.377748] pci 0000:00:1d.1: [8086:27c9] type 0 class 0x000c03
[    0.377837] pci 0000:00:1d.1: reg 20: [io  0x3060-0x307f]
[    0.377910] pci 0000:00:1d.2: [8086:27ca] type 0 class 0x000c03
[    0.377993] pci 0000:00:1d.2: reg 20: [io  0x3040-0x305f]
[    0.378067] pci 0000:00:1d.3: [8086:27cb] type 0 class 0x000c03
[    0.378153] pci 0000:00:1d.3: reg 20: [io  0x3020-0x303f]
[    0.378242] pci 0000:00:1d.7: [8086:27cc] type 0 class 0x000c03
[    0.378910] pci 0000:00:1d.7: reg 10: [mem 0x54205000-0x542053ff]
[    0.378910] pci 0000:00:1d.7: PME# supported from D0 D3hot D3cold
[    0.378910] pci 0000:00:1d.7: PME# disabled
[    0.378910] pci 0000:00:1e.0: [8086:2448] type 1 class 0x000604
[    0.378910] pci 0000:00:1f.0: [8086:27bc] type 0 class 0x000601
[    0.378987] pci 0000:00:1f.2: [8086:27c1] type 0 class 0x000106
[    0.379026] pci 0000:00:1f.2: reg 10: [io  0x30b8-0x30bf]
[    0.379048] pci 0000:00:1f.2: reg 14: [io  0x30cc-0x30cf]
[    0.379069] pci 0000:00:1f.2: reg 18: [io  0x30b0-0x30b7]
[    0.379091] pci 0000:00:1f.2: reg 1c: [io  0x30c8-0x30cb]
[    0.379112] pci 0000:00:1f.2: reg 20: [io  0x30a0-0x30af]
[    0.379134] pci 0000:00:1f.2: reg 24: [mem 0x54204000-0x542043ff]
[    0.379196] pci 0000:00:1f.2: PME# supported from D3hot
[    0.379207] pci 0000:00:1f.2: PME# disabled
[    0.379245] pci 0000:00:1f.3: [8086:27da] type 0 class 0x000c05
[    0.379332] pci 0000:00:1f.3: reg 20: [io  0x3000-0x301f]
[    0.379511] pci 0000:01:00.0: [10ec:8136] type 0 class 0x000200
[    0.379547] pci 0000:01:00.0: reg 10: [io  0x2000-0x20ff]
[    0.379597] pci 0000:01:00.0: reg 18: [mem 0x50004000-0x50004fff 64bit pref]
[    0.379633] pci 0000:01:00.0: reg 20: [mem 0x50000000-0x50003fff 64bit pref]
[    0.379715] pci 0000:01:00.0: supports D1 D2
[    0.379724] pci 0000:01:00.0: PME# supported from D0 D1 D2 D3hot D3cold
[    0.379736] pci 0000:01:00.0: PME# disabled
[    0.392087] pci 0000:00:1c.0: PCI bridge to [bus 01-01]
[    0.392104] pci 0000:00:1c.0:   bridge window [io  0x2000-0x2fff]
[    0.392118] pci 0000:00:1c.0:   bridge window [mem 0x53000000-0x53ffffff]
[    0.392135] pci 0000:00:1c.0:   bridge window [mem 0x50000000-0x50ffffff 64bit pref]
[    0.392304] pci 0000:02:00.0: [1814:5390] type 0 class 0x000280
[    0.392361] pci 0000:02:00.0: reg 10: [mem 0x52000000-0x5200ffff]
[    0.400106] pci 0000:00:1c.1: PCI bridge to [bus 02-02]
[    0.400123] pci 0000:00:1c.1:   bridge window [io  0x1000-0x1fff]
[    0.400136] pci 0000:00:1c.1:   bridge window [mem 0x52000000-0x52ffffff]
[    0.400154] pci 0000:00:1c.1:   bridge window [mem 0x51000000-0x51ffffff 64bit pref]
[    0.400287] pci 0000:00:1e.0: PCI bridge to [bus 03-03] (subtractive decode)
[    0.400300] pci 0000:00:1e.0:   bridge window [io  0xf000-0x0000] (disabled)
[    0.400314] pci 0000:00:1e.0:   bridge window [mem 0xfff00000-0x000fffff] (disabled)
[    0.400331] pci 0000:00:1e.0:   bridge window [mem 0xfff00000-0x000fffff pref] (disabled)
[    0.400342] pci 0000:00:1e.0:   bridge window [io  0x0000-0x0cf7] (subtractive decode)
[    0.400351] pci 0000:00:1e.0:   bridge window [io  0x0d00-0xffff] (subtractive decode)
[    0.400361] pci 0000:00:1e.0:   bridge window [mem 0x000a0000-0x000bffff] (subtractive decode)
[    0.400373] pci 0000:00:1e.0:   bridge window [mem 0x40000000-0xfebfffff] (subtractive decode)
[    0.400413] pci_bus 0000:00: on NUMA node 0
[    0.400429] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0._PRT]
[    0.400883] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0.P32_._PRT]
[    0.401168] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0.EXP1._PRT]
[    0.401377] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0.EXP2._PRT]
[    0.401906]  pci0000:00: Requesting ACPI _OSC control (0x1d)
[    0.402598]  pci0000:00: ACPI _OSC control (0x1c) granted
[    0.412840] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKA] (IRQs 3 4 5 7 9 10 *11 12)
[    0.413062] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKB] (IRQs 3 4 5 7 9 *10 11 12)
[    0.413268] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKC] (IRQs 3 4 5 7 9 10 *11 12)
[    0.413473] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKD] (IRQs 3 4 5 7 9 10 *11 12)
[    0.413691] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKE] (IRQs 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12) *0, disabled.
[    0.413899] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKF] (IRQs 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12) *0, disabled.
[    0.414108] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKG] (IRQs 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12) *0, disabled.
[    0.414316] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKH] (IRQs 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12) *0, disabled.
[    0.414712] vgaarb: device added: PCI:0000:00:02.0,decodes=io+mem,owns=io+mem,locks=none
[    0.414742] vgaarb: loaded
[    0.415567] SCSI subsystem initialized
[    0.415757] libata version 3.00 loaded.
[    0.415971] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
[    0.416041] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
[    0.416159] usbcore: registered new device driver usb
[    0.417101] wmi: Mapper loaded
[    0.417110] PCI: Using ACPI for IRQ routing
[    0.417120] PCI: pci_cache_line_size set to 64 bytes
[    0.417308] reserve RAM buffer: 000000000009f800 - 000000000009ffff 
[    0.417318] reserve RAM buffer: 000000003f43f000 - 000000003fffffff 
[    0.417328] reserve RAM buffer: 000000003f600000 - 000000003fffffff 
[    0.417674] NetLabel: Initializing
[    0.417681] NetLabel:  domain hash size = 128
[    0.417686] NetLabel:  protocols = UNLABELED CIPSOv4
[    0.417719] NetLabel:  unlabeled traffic allowed by default
[    0.417850] HPET: 3 timers in total, 0 timers will be used for per-cpu timer
[    0.417864] hpet0: at MMIO 0xfed00000, IRQs 2, 8, 0
[    0.417879] hpet0: 3 comparators, 64-bit 14.318180 MHz counter
[    0.424194] Switching to clocksource hpet
[    0.427364] Switched to NOHz mode on CPU #0
[    0.427421] Switched to NOHz mode on CPU #1
[    0.446651] AppArmor: AppArmor Filesystem Enabled
[    0.446733] pnp: PnP ACPI init
[    0.446786] ACPI: bus type pnp registered
[    0.448468] pnp 00:00: [bus 00-ff]
[    0.448480] pnp 00:00: [io  0x0000-0x0cf7 window]
[    0.448489] pnp 00:00: [io  0x0cf8-0x0cff]
[    0.448503] pnp 00:00: [io  0x0d00-0xffff window]
[    0.448512] pnp 00:00: [mem 0x000a0000-0x000bffff window]
[    0.448521] pnp 00:00: [mem 0x000c0000-0x000c3fff window]
[    0.448529] pnp 00:00: [mem 0x000c4000-0x000c7fff window]
[    0.448538] pnp 00:00: [mem 0x000c8000-0x000cbfff window]
[    0.448546] pnp 00:00: [mem 0x000cc000-0x000cffff window]
[    0.448555] pnp 00:00: [mem 0x000d0000-0x000d3fff window]
[    0.448563] pnp 00:00: [mem 0x000d4000-0x000d7fff window]
[    0.448572] pnp 00:00: [mem 0x000d8000-0x000dbfff window]
[    0.448580] pnp 00:00: [mem 0x000dc000-0x000dffff window]
[    0.448589] pnp 00:00: [mem 0x000e0000-0x000e3fff window]
[    0.448597] pnp 00:00: [mem 0x000e4000-0x000e7fff window]
[    0.448606] pnp 00:00: [mem 0x000e8000-0x000ebfff window]
[    0.448614] pnp 00:00: [mem 0x000ec000-0x000effff window]
[    0.448622] pnp 00:00: [mem 0x000f0000-0x000fffff window]
[    0.448631] pnp 00:00: [mem 0x40000000-0xfebfffff window]
[    0.448822] pnp 00:00: Plug and Play ACPI device, IDs PNP0a08 PNP0a03 (active)
[    0.449293] pnp 00:01: [io  0x164e-0x164f]
[    0.449302] pnp 00:01: [io  0x0061]
[    0.449310] pnp 00:01: [io  0x0070]
[    0.449316] pnp 00:01: [io  0x0080]
[    0.449323] pnp 00:01: [io  0x0092]
[    0.449331] pnp 00:01: [io  0x00b2-0x00b3]
[    0.449338] pnp 00:01: [io  0x0063]
[    0.449345] pnp 00:01: [io  0x0065]
[    0.449352] pnp 00:01: [io  0x0067]
[    0.449359] pnp 00:01: [io  0x0600-0x060f]
[    0.449366] pnp 00:01: [io  0x0610]
[    0.449374] pnp 00:01: [io  0x0800-0x080f]
[    0.449381] pnp 00:01: [io  0x0810-0x0817]
[    0.449389] pnp 00:01: [io  0x0400-0x047f]
[    0.449396] pnp 00:01: [io  0x0500-0x053f]
[    0.449404] pnp 00:01: [mem 0xe0000000-0xefffffff]
[    0.449412] pnp 00:01: [mem 0xfed1c000-0xfed1ffff]
[    0.449420] pnp 00:01: [mem 0xfed14000-0xfed17fff]
[    0.449428] pnp 00:01: [mem 0xfed18000-0xfed18fff]
[    0.449436] pnp 00:01: [mem 0xfed19000-0xfed19fff]
[    0.449444] pnp 00:01: [mem 0xfec00000-0xfec00fff]
[    0.449451] pnp 00:01: [mem 0xfee00000-0xfee00fff]
[    0.449499] pnp 00:01: disabling [io  0x164e-0x164f] because it overlaps 0000:00:1c.1 BAR 13 [io  0x1000-0x1fff]
[    0.449693] system 00:01: [io  0x0600-0x060f] has been reserved
[    0.449703] system 00:01: [io  0x0610] has been reserved
[    0.449713] system 00:01: [io  0x0800-0x080f] has been reserved
[    0.449723] system 00:01: [io  0x0810-0x0817] has been reserved
[    0.449732] system 00:01: [io  0x0400-0x047f] has been reserved
[    0.449742] system 00:01: [io  0x0500-0x053f] has been reserved
[    0.449753] system 00:01: [mem 0xe0000000-0xefffffff] has been reserved
[    0.449764] system 00:01: [mem 0xfed1c000-0xfed1ffff] has been reserved
[    0.449774] system 00:01: [mem 0xfed14000-0xfed17fff] has been reserved
[    0.449785] system 00:01: [mem 0xfed18000-0xfed18fff] has been reserved
[    0.449795] system 00:01: [mem 0xfed19000-0xfed19fff] has been reserved
[    0.449806] system 00:01: [mem 0xfec00000-0xfec00fff] could not be reserved
[    0.449817] system 00:01: [mem 0xfee00000-0xfee00fff] has been reserved
[    0.449829] system 00:01: Plug and Play ACPI device, IDs PNP0c02 (active)
[    0.449871] pnp 00:02: [io  0x0000-0x001f]
[    0.449880] pnp 00:02: [io  0x0081-0x0091]
[    0.449887] pnp 00:02: [io  0x0093-0x009f]
[    0.449894] pnp 00:02: [io  0x00c0-0x00df]
[    0.449902] pnp 00:02: [dma 4]
[    0.450011] pnp 00:02: Plug and Play ACPI device, IDs PNP0200 (active)
[    0.450102] pnp 00:03: [io  0x0070-0x0077]
[    0.450214] pnp 00:03: Plug and Play ACPI device, IDs PNP0b00 (active)
[    0.450447] pnp 00:04: [irq 0 disabled]
[    0.450471] pnp 00:04: [irq 8]
[    0.450480] pnp 00:04: [mem 0xfed00000-0xfed003ff]
[    0.450588] pnp 00:04: Plug and Play ACPI device, IDs PNP0103 (active)
[    0.450631] pnp 00:05: [io  0x00f0]
[    0.450646] pnp 00:05: [irq 13]
[    0.450752] pnp 00:05: Plug and Play ACPI device, IDs PNP0c04 (active)
[    0.450794] pnp 00:06: [mem 0xff800000-0xffffffff]
[    0.450915] pnp 00:06: Plug and Play ACPI device, IDs INT0800 (active)
[    0.451012] pnp 00:07: [io  0x0060]
[    0.451020] pnp 00:07: [io  0x0064]
[    0.451035] pnp 00:07: [irq 1]
[    0.451147] pnp 00:07: Plug and Play ACPI device, IDs PNP0303 (active)
[    0.451212] pnp 00:08: [irq 12]
[    0.451330] pnp 00:08: Plug and Play ACPI device, IDs SYN1e4e SYN1e00 SYN0002 PNP0f13 (active)
[    0.451616] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 9 devices
[    0.451624] ACPI: ACPI bus type pnp unregistered
[    0.451634] PnPBIOS: Disabled by ACPI PNP
[    0.493541] pci 0000:00:1c.0: PCI bridge to [bus 01-01]
[    0.493556] pci 0000:00:1c.0:   bridge window [io  0x2000-0x2fff]
[    0.493572] pci 0000:00:1c.0:   bridge window [mem 0x53000000-0x53ffffff]
[    0.493585] pci 0000:00:1c.0:   bridge window [mem 0x50000000-0x50ffffff 64bit pref]
[    0.493602] pci 0000:00:1c.1: PCI bridge to [bus 02-02]
[    0.493612] pci 0000:00:1c.1:   bridge window [io  0x1000-0x1fff]
[    0.493627] pci 0000:00:1c.1:   bridge window [mem 0x52000000-0x52ffffff]
[    0.493640] pci 0000:00:1c.1:   bridge window [mem 0x51000000-0x51ffffff 64bit pref]
[    0.493656] pci 0000:00:1e.0: PCI bridge to [bus 03-03]
[    0.493663] pci 0000:00:1e.0:   bridge window [io  disabled]
[    0.493676] pci 0000:00:1e.0:   bridge window [mem disabled]
[    0.493686] pci 0000:00:1e.0:   bridge window [mem pref disabled]
[    0.493741] pci 0000:00:1c.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
[    0.493755] pci 0000:00:1c.0: setting latency timer to 64
[    0.493785] pci 0000:00:1c.1: PCI INT B -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
[    0.493798] pci 0000:00:1c.1: setting latency timer to 64
[    0.493816] pci 0000:00:1e.0: setting latency timer to 64
[    0.493828] pci_bus 0000:00: resource 4 [io  0x0000-0x0cf7]
[    0.493837] pci_bus 0000:00: resource 5 [io  0x0d00-0xffff]
[    0.493845] pci_bus 0000:00: resource 6 [mem 0x000a0000-0x000bffff]
[    0.493855] pci_bus 0000:00: resource 7 [mem 0x40000000-0xfebfffff]
[    0.493864] pci_bus 0000:01: resource 0 [io  0x2000-0x2fff]
[    0.493872] pci_bus 0000:01: resource 1 [mem 0x53000000-0x53ffffff]
[    0.493882] pci_bus 0000:01: resource 2 [mem 0x50000000-0x50ffffff 64bit pref]
[    0.493891] pci_bus 0000:02: resource 0 [io  0x1000-0x1fff]
[    0.493900] pci_bus 0000:02: resource 1 [mem 0x52000000-0x52ffffff]
[    0.493909] pci_bus 0000:02: resource 2 [mem 0x51000000-0x51ffffff 64bit pref]
[    0.493919] pci_bus 0000:03: resource 4 [io  0x0000-0x0cf7]
[    0.493927] pci_bus 0000:03: resource 5 [io  0x0d00-0xffff]
[    0.493936] pci_bus 0000:03: resource 6 [mem 0x000a0000-0x000bffff]
[    0.493945] pci_bus 0000:03: resource 7 [mem 0x40000000-0xfebfffff]
[    0.494065] NET: Registered protocol family 2
[    0.494290] IP route cache hash table entries: 32768 (order: 5, 131072 bytes)
[    0.495145] TCP established hash table entries: 131072 (order: 8, 1048576 bytes)
[    0.496295] TCP bind hash table entries: 65536 (order: 7, 524288 bytes)
[    0.496825] TCP: Hash tables configured (established 131072 bind 65536)
[    0.496836] TCP reno registered
[    0.496851] UDP hash table entries: 512 (order: 2, 16384 bytes)
[    0.496875] UDP-Lite hash table entries: 512 (order: 2, 16384 bytes)
[    0.497172] NET: Registered protocol family 1
[    0.497218] pci 0000:00:02.0: Boot video device
[    0.512151] PCI: CLS 64 bytes, default 64
[    0.512224] Simple Boot Flag at 0x44 set to 0x1
[    0.512838] cpufreq-nforce2: No nForce2 chipset.
[    0.513294] audit: initializing netlink socket (disabled)
[    0.513321] type=2000 audit(1332148221.508:1): initialized
[    0.537265] highmem bounce pool size: 64 pages
[    0.537281] HugeTLB registered 4 MB page size, pre-allocated 0 pages
[    0.544125] VFS: Disk quotas dquot_6.5.2
[    0.544339] Dquot-cache hash table entries: 1024 (order 0, 4096 bytes)
[    0.546942] fuse init (API version 7.16)
[    0.547337] msgmni has been set to 1693
[    0.548261] Block layer SCSI generic (bsg) driver version 0.4 loaded (major 253)
[    0.548380] io scheduler noop registered
[    0.548387] io scheduler deadline registered
[    0.548453] io scheduler cfq registered (default)
[    0.548791] pcieport 0000:00:1c.0: setting latency timer to 64
[    0.548893] pcieport 0000:00:1c.0: irq 40 for MSI/MSI-X
[    0.549140] pcieport 0000:00:1c.1: setting latency timer to 64
[    0.549227] pcieport 0000:00:1c.1: irq 41 for MSI/MSI-X
[    0.549555] pcieport 0000:00:1c.0: Signaling PME through PCIe PME interrupt
[    0.549565] pci 0000:01:00.0: Signaling PME through PCIe PME interrupt
[    0.549577] pcie_pme 0000:00:1c.0:pcie01: service driver pcie_pme loaded
[    0.549628] pcieport 0000:00:1c.1: Signaling PME through PCIe PME interrupt
[    0.549637] pci 0000:02:00.0: Signaling PME through PCIe PME interrupt
[    0.549650] pcie_pme 0000:00:1c.1:pcie01: service driver pcie_pme loaded
[    0.549733] pci_hotplug: PCI Hot Plug PCI Core version: 0.5
[    0.549847] pciehp: PCI Express Hot Plug Controller Driver version: 0.4
[    0.550046] intel_idle: MWAIT substates: 0x20220
[    0.550064] intel_idle: v0.4 model 0x1C
[    0.550070] intel_idle: lapic_timer_reliable_states 0x2
[    0.550090] Marking TSC unstable due to TSC halts in idle states deeper than C2
[    0.550778] ACPI: Deprecated procfs I/F for AC is loaded, please retry with CONFIG_ACPI_PROCFS_POWER cleared
[    0.551205] ACPI: AC Adapter [AC] (off-line)
[    0.551757] input: Power Button as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0C0C:00/input/input0
[    0.596081] ACPI: Power Button [PWRB]
[    0.596283] input: Lid Switch as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0C0D:00/input/input1
[    0.596817] ACPI: Lid Switch [LID0]
[    0.597046] input: Power Button as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXPWRBN:00/input/input2
[    0.597060] ACPI: Power Button [PWRF]
[    0.597268] ACPI: Fan [FAN] (on)
[    0.597650] ACPI: acpi_idle yielding to intel_idle
[    0.610319] thermal LNXTHERM:00: registered as thermal_zone0
[    0.610329] ACPI: Thermal Zone [TZ0] (58 C)
[    0.610410] ACPI: Deprecated procfs I/F for battery is loaded, please retry with CONFIG_ACPI_PROCFS_POWER cleared
[    0.610620] ERST: Table is not found!
[    0.610820] Serial: 8250/16550 driver, 32 ports, IRQ sharing enabled
[    0.611359] isapnp: Scanning for PnP cards...
[    0.637449] ACPI: Battery Slot [BAT0] (battery present)
[    0.965888] isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
[    1.100363] Freeing initrd memory: 18032k freed
[    1.132363] Linux agpgart interface v0.103
[    1.132543] agpgart-intel 0000:00:00.0: Intel GMA3150 Chipset
[    1.132748] agpgart-intel 0000:00:00.0: detected gtt size: 524288K total, 262144K mappable
[    1.133018] agpgart-intel 0000:00:00.0: detected 8192K stolen memory
[    1.133256] agpgart-intel 0000:00:00.0: AGP aperture is 256M at 0x40000000
[    1.136496] brd: module loaded
[    1.138046] loop: module loaded
[    1.138294] i2c-core: driver [adp5520] using legacy suspend method
[    1.138300] i2c-core: driver [adp5520] using legacy resume method
[    1.139485] Fixed MDIO Bus: probed
[    1.139597] PPP generic driver version 2.4.2
[    1.139707] tun: Universal TUN/TAP device driver, 1.6
[    1.139713] tun: (C) 1999-2004 Max Krasnyansky <maxk at qualcomm.com>
[    1.139928] ehci_hcd: USB 2.0 'Enhanced' Host Controller (EHCI) Driver
[    1.139973] ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
[    1.140048] ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: setting latency timer to 64
[    1.140056] ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: EHCI Host Controller
[    1.140163] ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
[    1.140265] ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: using broken periodic workaround
[    1.140285] ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: debug port 1
[    1.144177] ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: cache line size of 64 is not supported
[    1.144212] ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: irq 16, io mem 0x54205000
[    1.160031] ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: USB 2.0 started, EHCI 1.00
[    1.160344] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[    1.160356] hub 1-0:1.0: 8 ports detected
[    1.160544] ohci_hcd: USB 1.1 'Open' Host Controller (OHCI) Driver
[    1.160582] uhci_hcd: USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver
[    1.160653] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
[    1.160669] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: setting latency timer to 64
[    1.160677] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: UHCI Host Controller
[    1.160782] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2
[    1.160874] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: irq 16, io base 0x00003080
[    1.161182] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[    1.161194] hub 2-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
[    1.161333] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: PCI INT B -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
[    1.161347] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: setting latency timer to 64
[    1.161355] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: UHCI Host Controller
[    1.161464] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 3
[    1.161567] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: irq 17, io base 0x00003060
[    1.161880] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[    1.161891] hub 3-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
[    1.162047] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: PCI INT C -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
[    1.162061] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: setting latency timer to 64
[    1.162069] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: UHCI Host Controller
[    1.162171] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 4
[    1.164114] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: irq 18, io base 0x00003040
[    1.164425] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
[    1.164436] hub 4-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
[    1.164594] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.3: PCI INT D -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 19
[    1.164607] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.3: setting latency timer to 64
[    1.164615] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.3: UHCI Host Controller
[    1.164714] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.3: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 5
[    1.164814] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.3: irq 19, io base 0x00003020
[    1.165128] hub 5-0:1.0: USB hub found
[    1.165139] hub 5-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
[    1.165448] i8042: PNP: PS/2 Controller [PNP0303:KBC,PNP0f13:MOUE] at 0x60,0x64 irq 1,12
[    1.168230] serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1
[    1.168247] serio: i8042 AUX port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12
[    1.168588] mousedev: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
[    1.169001] rtc_cmos 00:03: RTC can wake from S4
[    1.169155] rtc_cmos 00:03: rtc core: registered rtc_cmos as rtc0
[    1.169197] rtc0: alarms up to one month, 242 bytes nvram, hpet irqs
[    1.169438] device-mapper: uevent: version 1.0.3
[    1.169662] device-mapper: ioctl: 4.19.1-ioctl (2011-01-07) initialised: dm-devel at redhat.com
[    1.169831] device-mapper: multipath: version 1.2.0 loaded
[    1.169839] device-mapper: multipath round-robin: version 1.0.0 loaded
[    1.170057] EISA: Probing bus 0 at eisa.0
[    1.170063] EISA: Cannot allocate resource for mainboard
[    1.170070] Cannot allocate resource for EISA slot 1
[    1.170075] Cannot allocate resource for EISA slot 2
[    1.170081] Cannot allocate resource for EISA slot 3
[    1.170086] Cannot allocate resource for EISA slot 4
[    1.170092] Cannot allocate resource for EISA slot 5
[    1.170097] Cannot allocate resource for EISA slot 6
[    1.170103] Cannot allocate resource for EISA slot 7
[    1.170108] Cannot allocate resource for EISA slot 8
[    1.170113] EISA: Detected 0 cards.
[    1.170408] cpuidle: using governor ladder
[    1.170675] cpuidle: using governor menu
[    1.171307] TCP cubic registered
[    1.171652] NET: Registered protocol family 10
[    1.172942] NET: Registered protocol family 17
[    1.172989] Registering the dns_resolver key type
[    1.173893] Using IPI No-Shortcut mode
[    1.174174] PM: Hibernation image not present or could not be loaded.
[    1.174201] registered taskstats version 1
[    1.174659]   Magic number: 4:976:171
[    1.174797] rtc_cmos 00:03: setting system clock to 2012-03-19 09:10:23 UTC (1332148223)
[    1.174805] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[    1.174809] EDD information not available.
[    1.175039] Freeing unused kernel memory: 700k freed
[    1.175469] Write protecting the kernel text: 5192k
[    1.175557] Write protecting the kernel read-only data: 2148k
[    1.231414] input: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard as /devices/platform/i8042/serio0/input/input3
[    1.237487] <30>udev[66]: starting version 167
[    1.472085] usb 1-4: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 2
[    1.510687] r8169 Gigabit Ethernet driver 2.3LK-NAPI loaded
[    1.510757] r8169 0000:01:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
[    1.510831] r8169 0000:01:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
[    1.510847] r8169 0000:01:00.0: (unregistered net_device): unknown MAC, using family default
[    1.510950] r8169 0000:01:00.0: irq 42 for MSI/MSI-X
[    1.545843] r8169 0000:01:00.0: eth0: RTL8101e at 0xf804a000, ec:9a:74:4f:94:fd, XID 00a00000 IRQ 42
[    1.677462] ahci 0000:00:1f.2: version 3.0
[    1.677496] ahci 0000:00:1f.2: PCI INT B -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
[    1.677609] ahci 0000:00:1f.2: irq 43 for MSI/MSI-X
[    1.677702] ahci: SSS flag set, parallel bus scan disabled
[    1.677760] ahci 0000:00:1f.2: AHCI 0001.0100 32 slots 4 ports 3 Gbps 0x3 impl SATA mode
[    1.677773] ahci 0000:00:1f.2: flags: 64bit ncq ilck stag pm led clo pmp pio slum part 
[    1.677787] ahci 0000:00:1f.2: setting latency timer to 64
[    1.680770] [drm] Initialized drm 1.1.0 20060810
[    1.682541] scsi0 : ahci
[    1.688091] scsi1 : ahci
[    1.692304] scsi2 : ahci
[    1.706288] scsi3 : ahci
[    1.707047] ata1: SATA max UDMA/133 abar m1024 at 0x54204000 port 0x54204100 irq 43
[    1.707061] ata2: SATA max UDMA/133 abar m1024 at 0x54204000 port 0x54204180 irq 43
[    1.707069] ata3: DUMMY
[    1.707075] ata4: DUMMY
[    1.760138] usb 1-5: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 3
[    2.163042] usbcore: registered new interface driver uas
[    2.196083] ata1: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300)
[    2.197448] ata1.00: unexpected _GTF length (4)
[    2.197615] ata1.00: ATA-8: WDC WD2500BEVT-60A23T0, 02.01A02, max UDMA/100
[    2.197633] ata1.00: 488397168 sectors, multi 0: LBA48 NCQ (depth 31/32), AA
[    2.199008] ata1.00: unexpected _GTF length (4)
[    2.199148] ata1.00: configured for UDMA/100
[    2.199426] scsi 0:0:0:0: Direct-Access     ATA      WDC WD2500BEVT-6 02.0 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
[    2.200067] sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0
[    2.200140] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 488397168 512-byte logical blocks: (250 GB/232 GiB)
[    2.200399] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
[    2.200410] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
[    2.200519] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
[    2.258897]  sda: sda1 sda2 < sda5 >
[    2.259798] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI disk
[    2.520141] ata2: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300)
[    2.564271] Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
[    2.565496] scsi4 : usb-storage 1-5:1.0
[    2.566736] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
[    2.566746] USB Mass Storage support registered.
[    2.614093] i915 0000:00:02.0: power state changed by ACPI to D0
[    2.614106] i915 0000:00:02.0: power state changed by ACPI to D0
[    2.614120] i915 0000:00:02.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
[    2.614129] i915 0000:00:02.0: setting latency timer to 64
[    2.669716] i915 0000:00:02.0: irq 44 for MSI/MSI-X
[    2.669731] [drm] Supports vblank timestamp caching Rev 1 (10.10.2010).
[    2.669738] [drm] Driver supports precise vblank timestamp query.
[    2.746788] vgaarb: device changed decodes: PCI:0000:00:02.0,olddecodes=io+mem,decodes=io+mem:owns=io+mem
[    2.747175] [drm] initialized overlay support
[    3.033813] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 128x37
[    3.033888] fb0: inteldrmfb frame buffer device
[    3.033894] drm: registered panic notifier
[    3.051343] acpi device:24: registered as cooling_device3
[    3.052390] input: Video Bus as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0A08:00/LNXVIDEO:00/input/input4
[    3.052751] ACPI: Video Device [OVGA] (multi-head: yes  rom: no  post: no)
[    3.053891] [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20080730 for 0000:00:02.0 on minor 0
[    3.545209] Btrfs loaded
[    3.560843] xor: automatically using best checksumming function: pIII_sse
[    3.567099] scsi 4:0:0:0: Direct-Access     Generic- Multi-Card       1.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 CCS
[    3.574550] sd 4:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 0
[    3.580044]    pIII_sse  :  4411.000 MB/sec
[    3.580054] xor: using function: pIII_sse (4411.000 MB/sec)
[    3.585607] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk
[    3.595879] device-mapper: dm-raid45: initialized v0.2594b
[    4.003131] EXT4-fs (sda1): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: (null)
[   13.274065] Adding 1035260k swap on /dev/sda5.  Priority:-1 extents:1 across:1035260k 
[   13.308292] <30>udev[338]: starting version 167
[   13.380551] EXT4-fs (sda1): re-mounted. Opts: errors=remount-ro
[   13.414410] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[   14.927355] Linux video capture interface: v2.00
[   15.051069] uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device HP Webcam-50 (04f2:b2a6)
[   15.118197] input: HP Webcam-50 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb1/1-4/1-4:1.0/input/input5
[   15.118707] usbcore: registered new interface driver uvcvideo
[   15.118716] USB Video Class driver (v1.0.0)
[   15.451026] Synaptics Touchpad, model: 1, fw: 7.5, id: 0x1e0b1, caps: 0xd00173/0x240000/0xa0400
[   15.496761] input: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad as /devices/platform/i8042/serio1/input/input6
[   16.641989] ACPI Error: Field [D128] at 1040 exceeds Buffer [NULL] size 160 (bits) (20110112/dsopcode-597)
[   16.642014] ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.WMID.HWMC] (Node f4c2cf00), AE_AML_BUFFER_LIMIT (20110112/psparse-536)
[   16.642051] ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.WMID.WMAD] (Node f4c2f060), AE_AML_BUFFER_LIMIT (20110112/psparse-536)
[   16.642240] ACPI Error: Field [D128] at 1040 exceeds Buffer [NULL] size 160 (bits) (20110112/dsopcode-597)
[   16.642262] ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.WMID.HWMC] (Node f4c2cf00), AE_AML_BUFFER_LIMIT (20110112/psparse-536)
[   16.642295] ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.WMID.WMAD] (Node f4c2f060), AE_AML_BUFFER_LIMIT (20110112/psparse-536)
[   16.646274] input: HP WMI hotkeys as /devices/virtual/input/input7
[   16.650136] ACPI Error: Field [D128] at 1040 exceeds Buffer [NULL] size 160 (bits) (20110112/dsopcode-597)
[   16.650160] ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.WMID.HWMC] (Node f4c2cf00), AE_AML_BUFFER_LIMIT (20110112/psparse-536)
[   16.650195] ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.WMID.WMAD] (Node f4c2f060), AE_AML_BUFFER_LIMIT (20110112/psparse-536)
[   16.650232] hp-wmi: probe of hp-wmi failed with error -22
[   16.807144] HDA Intel 0000:00:1b.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
[   16.807278] HDA Intel 0000:00:1b.0: irq 45 for MSI/MSI-X
[   16.807343] HDA Intel 0000:00:1b.0: setting latency timer to 64
[   16.893029] input: HDA Intel Mic at Ext Right Jack as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input8
[   16.893847] input: HDA Intel HP Out at Ext Right Jack as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input9
[   17.352730] ppdev: user-space parallel port driver
[   21.689015] EXT4-fs (sda1): re-mounted. Opts: errors=remount-ro,commit=600
[   88.908147] usb 1-2: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 4
[   89.067305] scsi5 : usb-storage 1-2:1.0
[   90.185565] scsi 5:0:0:0: Direct-Access     SMI      USB DISK         1100 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 CCS
[   90.188637] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdc] 7777152 512-byte logical blocks: (3.98 GB/3.70 GiB)
[   90.189108] sd 5:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
[   90.189385] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdc] Write Protect is off
[   90.189404] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdc] Mode Sense: 43 00 00 00
[   90.190619] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdc] No Caching mode page present
[   90.190638] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through
[   90.198096] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdc] No Caching mode page present
[   90.198116] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through
[   90.201104]  sdc: sdc1
[   90.204992] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdc] No Caching mode page present
[   90.205005] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through
[   90.205017] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdc] Attached SCSI removable disk
sMini ~ $ uname -r
2.6.38-8-generic
</pre> </div>

[kinsago]

Hi.

I'll try to help.

Can you tell me firstly what make/model your netbook is? From what I can see from the info you've posted you've been trying to list the hardware connected to your computer. lsusb = list usb devices connected, lspci = list pci devices etc etc etc.

Are you using an internal or external wifi adapter (ie is is usb, external pci/pcmcia)?

If you can post this info then I'll try and help further


Regards

kinsago

[irlandes]

I do not normally recommend changing distros as opposed to fixing problems. But, I would like to point out that PCLinuxOS boots up the broadcom wireless card with no piddling.. I no longer bother with distros that require considerable piddling on a wireless card. My HP mini-110 has a broadcom card.

[srg309]

I do not normally recommend changing distros as opposed to fixing problems. But, I would like to point out that PCLinuxOS boots up the broadcom wireless card with no piddling.. I no longer bother with distros that require considerable piddling on a wireless card. My HP mini-110 has a broadcom card.

yes, i have an HP mini-110! my first attempt was ubuntu and it failed 3 times. when i finally got mint to work, i was pretty happy. until the internet refused to work... the piddling makes me nervous. i already tried to change some things in the internet-network area but i might have just made it worse. or at least, still not working.

any advice would be welcome and appreciated. thank you!

[LibraOne]

any advice would be welcome and appreciated. thank you!

irlandes already gave you some good advice, especially if you don't like piddling: change distro to PCLinuxOS.

[lewmur]

Your Windows driver will work fine with Mint 11. Mint 11 comes with ndiswrapper built in. (google ndiswrapper and you'll find it lets you use Windows wireless drivers in Linux.) Click /Menu/Administration/Windows Wireless Drivers and the wizard will prompt you to insert a CD with the Windows driver or point to a folder that contains the driver.

[kinsago]

Your Windows driver will work fine with Mint 11. Mint 11 comes with ndiswrapper built in. (google ndiswrapper and you'll find it lets you use Windows wireless drivers in Linux.) Click /Menu/Administration/Windows Wireless Drivers and the wizard will prompt you to insert a CD with the Windows driver or point to a folder that contains the driver.

+1. This was going to be my answer too.

Failing that, are there any restricted drivers available? Not sure where it is in Mint, under Ubuntu it's 'Additional Drivers'.

This is how I get my Compaq to work

ps: if you download the drivers as an .exe or zip file etc, you may need to extract them to a folder first.

[lewmur]

+1. This was going to be my answer too.

Failing that, are there any restricted drivers available? Not sure where it is in Mint, under Ubuntu it's 'Additional Drivers'.

This is how I get my Compaq to work

ps: if you download the drivers as an .exe or zip file etc, you may need to extract them to a folder first.

It's the same place in Mint. /Administration/Additional Drivers

[velikij]

You should be able to get a native Linux driver for Broadcom from the Additional Drivers menu mentioned above. You need to be connected to the Internet with an Ethernet connection or with an external (usb) wifi device that is supported by Mint.

[srg309]

You should be able to get a native Linux driver for Broadcom from the Additional Drivers menu mentioned above. You need to be connected to the Internet with an Ethernet connection or with an external (usb) wifi device that is supported by Mint.

I tried a driver from the HP site and and transferred it to a flash drive to get on my netbook, and when I tried to open it, this error came up:


Archive: /media/10CC-097F/sp45524.exe
[/media/10CC-097F/sp45524.exe]
End-of-central-directory signature not found. Either this file is not
a zipfile, or it constitutes one disk of a multi-part archive. In the
latter case the central directory and zipfile comment will be found on
the last disk(s) of this archive.
note: /media/10CC-097F/sp45524.exe may be a plain executable, not an archive
zipinfo: cannot find zipfile directory in one of /media/10CC-097F/sp45524.exe or
/media/10CC-097F/sp45524.exe.zip, and cannot find /media/10CC-097F/sp45524.exe.ZIP, period.


I connected an Ethernet from the netbook to my router and still no internet connection. I checked for additional drivers and none were found.