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razor55
2016-12-07, 12:50
*I've Installed kali in HDD*

Description of problem:

Pressing Wifi function keys (FN+F12) does not toggle Wifi
on the HP 15-g207AX laptop. Turning on/off Wifi and status LEDs on the front never light up.(stays orange)
F12 key enable/disable airplane mode but it's not enabling my WIFI
And there is no wireless option in the Network Settings.
Ans No wifi symbol.

*airmon-zc check : Command not found*

[CODE] lspci -knn | grep Net -A2

Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM43142 802.11b/g/n [14e4:4365] (rev 01)
DeviceName: Harrier
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company BCM43142 802.11b/g/n [103c:2230] [/ CODE]


[CODE] sudo rfkill list only shows bluetooth.

0: hci0: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
[/ CODE]


[CODE] uname -m
x86_64 [/ CODE]


[CODE] uname -r
4.6.0-kali1-amd64 [/ CODE]


[/ CODE] sudo ifconfig wlan0 up
wlan0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device [CODE]

[CODE]

lb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Kali
Description: Kali GNU/Linux Rolling
Release: kali-rolling
Codename: kali-rolling

[/ CODE]

[CODE] dmesg | tail

[ 237.356641] atkbd serio0: Unknown key released (translated set 2, code 0xab on isa0060/serio0).
[ 237.356659] atkbd serio0: Use 'setkeycodes e02b <keycode>' to make it known.
[ 237.416348] atkbd serio0: Unknown key pressed (translated set 2, code 0xab on isa0060/serio0).
[ 237.416356] atkbd serio0: Use 'setkeycodes e02b <keycode>' to make it known.
[ 237.422612] atkbd serio0: Unknown key released (translated set 2, code 0xab on isa0060/serio0).
[ 237.422621] atkbd serio0: Use 'setkeycodes e02b <keycode>' to make it known.
[ 594.603363] atkbd serio0: Unknown key pressed (translated set 2, code 0xab on isa0060/serio0).
[ 594.603376] atkbd serio0: Use 'setkeycodes e02b <keycode>' to make it known.
[ 594.608457] atkbd serio0: Unknown key released (translated set 2, code 0xab on isa0060/serio0).
[ 594.608468] atkbd serio0: Use 'setkeycodes e02b <keycode>' to make it known.

[/ CODE]

[CODE]

ifconfig

eth0: flags=4099<UP,BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
ether 38:63:bb:8b:c7:a9 txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet)
RX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B)
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0

lo: flags=73<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING> mtu 65536
inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 255.0.0.0
inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 scopeid 0x10<host>
loop txqueuelen 1 (Local Loopback)
RX packets 12182 bytes 730898 (713.7 KiB)
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 12182 bytes 730898 (713.7 KiB)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0

usb0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet 192.168.42.114 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.42.255
inet6 fe80::4ca7:fbff:fe3f:3be4 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x20<link>
ether 4e:a7:fb:3f:3b:e4 txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet)
RX packets 6165 bytes 4977209 (4.7 MiB)
RX errors 2 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 2
TX packets 5441 bytes 977292 (954.3 KiB)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0

[/ CODE]



[CODE] iwconfig

usb0 no wireless extensions.

lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

[/ CODE]

[CODE] lspci

00:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Device 1566
00:01.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Mullins [Radeon R4/R5 Graphics] (rev 05)
00:01.1 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Kabini HDMI/DP Audio
00:02.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Device 156b
00:02.1 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 16h Processor Functions 5:1
00:02.3 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 16h Processor Functions 5:1
00:02.4 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 16h Processor Functions 5:1
00:02.5 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 16h Processor Functions 5:1
00:08.0 Encryption controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Device 1537
00:10.0 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH USB XHCI Controller (rev 11)
00:11.0 SATA controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH SATA Controller [AHCI mode]
00:12.0 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH USB EHCI Controller (rev 39)
00:13.0 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH USB EHCI Controller (rev 39)
00:14.0 SMBus: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH SMBus Controller (rev 42)
00:14.2 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH Azalia Controller (rev 02)
00:14.3 ISA bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH LPC Bridge (rev 11)
00:14.7 SD Host controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH SD Flash Controller (rev 01)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Device 1580
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Device 1581
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Device 1582
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Device 1583
00:18.4 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Device 1584
00:18.5 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Device 1585
01:00.0 Display controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Sun LE [Radeon HD 8550M / R5 M230] (rev ff)
02:00.0 Unassigned class [ff00]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTS5229 PCI Express Card Reader (rev 01)
03:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM43142 802.11b/g/n (rev 01)
04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 07)

[/ CODE]

[CODE] lsusb

Bus 002 Device 003: ID 04f2:b45e Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0438:7900 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0a5c:216c Broadcom Corp. BCM43142A0 Bluetooth Device
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0438:7900 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
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 0b05:5603 ASUSTek Computer, Inc.
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 04ca:0061 Lite-On Technology Corp.
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub [/ CODE]

[CODE]

sudo airmon-ng start wlan0
ls: cannot access '/sys/class/ieee80211/': No such file or directory

Found 3 processes that could cause trouble.
If airodump-ng, aireplay-ng or airtun-ng stops working after
a short period of time, you may want to run 'airmon-ng check kill'

PID Name
596 NetworkManager
770 wpa_supplicant
1089 dhclient

PHY Interface Driver Chipset [CODE /] :( :confused: