Wifi not working correctly on a Dell latitude 620

Maffimo · 2024-12-15 11:42

Hello, sorry if I did anything wrong but I am not a linux expert.

I installed Q4OS on my fathers old Dell latitude 620 using a usb stick. He just needs it to browse the net. I used the acquarious trinity live iso and completely formatted the pc.
After installation i tried choosing the full feature profile, but while downloading stuff it started telling me that he ignored some packages because it took too long to download
I received the same errors trying to execute "sudo apt-get update".
Apparently the download speed is around 4kb/s, sometimes reaching 20kb/s. Of course usually the network is not that slow, not on this pc when it had windows xp nor on other pcs at the current time.

This is the "inxi -Fxxx" command output:

fabio@fabio-latituded620:~$ inxi -Fxxx
System:
  Host: fabio-latituded620 Kernel: 6.1.0-27-amd64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64
    compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0 Desktop: Trinity v: R14.1.1 tk: Qt v: 3.5.0
    info: kicker wm: Twin v: 3.0 vt: 7 dm: 1: TDM 2: XDM Distro: Q4OS 5.7.1-n1
    base: Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
Machine:
  Type: Portable System: Dell product: Latitude D620 v: N/A
    serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 8 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Dell model: 0FT292 serial: <superuser required> BIOS: Dell v: A08
    date: 04/03/2007
CPU:
  Info: dual core model: Intel Core2 T5600 bits: 64 type: MCP
    smt: <unsupported> arch: Core2 Merom rev: 2 cache: L1: 128 KiB L2: 2 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 1000 min/max: 1000/1833 cores: 1: 1000 2: 1000
    bogomips: 7315
  Flags: ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 ssse3
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel Mobile 945GM/GMS 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics
    vendor: Dell driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-3.5 ports: active: LVDS-1
    empty: DVI-D-1,SVIDEO-1,VGA-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:27a2
    class-ID: 0300
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 driver: X: loaded: intel
    unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa dri: i915 gpu: i915 display-ID: :0
    screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1280x800 s-dpi: 108 s-size: 301x188mm (11.85x7.40")
    s-diag: 355mm (13.97")
  Monitor-1: LVDS-1 mapped: LVDS1 model: LG Philips res: 1280x800 hz: 60
    dpi: 108 size: 300x190mm (11.81x7.48") diag: 358mm (14.1") modes: 1280x800
  API: OpenGL v: 2.1 Mesa 22.3.6 renderer: i915 (: 945GM) direct-render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel NM10/ICH7 Family High Definition Audio vendor: Dell
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:27d8
    class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.1.0-27-amd64 status: kernel-api
  Server-1: PulseAudio v: 16.1 status: active
Network:
  Device-1: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5752 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express
    vendor: Dell Latitude D620 driver: tg3 v: kernel pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s
    lanes: 1 port: N/A bus-ID: 09:00.0 chip-ID: 14e4:1600 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp9s0 state: down mac: 00:18:8b:da:40:2a
  Device-2: Broadcom BCM4311 802.11a/b/g vendor: Dell Wireless 1490 Dual
    Band WLAN Mini-Card driver: b43-pci-bridge v: N/A pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s
    lanes: 1 bus-ID: 0c:00.0 chip-ID: 14e4:4312 class-ID: 0280
  IF-ID-1: wlan0 state: up mac: 00:19:7e:67:6c:7d
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 55.89 GiB used: 3.12 GiB (5.6%)
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Samsung model: HM060HI size: 55.89 GiB
    speed: <unknown> type: N/A serial: S0BNJ20LA84510 rev: 0-15 scheme: MBR
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 52.7 GiB used: 3.12 GiB (5.9%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1
Swap:
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 2.04 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
    dev: /dev/sda2
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 55.0 C mobo: N/A sodimm: SODIMM C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 0
Info:
  Processes: 136 Uptime: 2m wakeups: 1 Memory: 951.1 MiB
  used: 515.7 MiB (54.2%) Init: systemd v: 252 target: graphical (5)
  default: graphical Compilers: N/A Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 1223 Shell: Bash
  v: 5.2.15 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.26

Thank you

Last edited by Maffimo (2024-12-15 12:59)

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q4osteam · 2024-12-15 12:14

Maffimo wrote:

Sorry I cant really figure out where to put the attachment of reportq4, I'm gonna do it as soon as i figure it out

Hello @Maffimo, your account has been promoted to be able to post links and attach files up to 300kB. You can also ship the reportq4 file via e-mail support@q4os.org

Maffimo · 2024-12-15 12:59

q4osteam wrote:

Maffimo wrote:
Sorry I cant really figure out where to put the attachment of reportq4, I'm gonna do it as soon as i figure it out
Hello @Maffimo, your account has been promoted to be able to post links and attach files up to 300kB. You can also ship the reportq4 file via e-mail support@q4os.org

Thank you, I added it

Maffimo · 2024-12-17 21:50

I tried formatting and reinstalling from scratch while connecting with an ethernet cable. The problem persisted.
I followed this guide, since apparently my network card is supported:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JW0f3NOjWys
but after doing it all and restarting the system where i could try the wifi it just didnt detect it as a possibility no more. Like the led of the wifi itself was turned off, which is usually only possible with a phisical button on the side

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Wifi not working correctly on a Dell latitude 620

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