[Bug 1406835] Re: LiveCD 14.10 - WiFi does not work until I will launch "Install Ubuntu" and skip a few steps (Macbook Pro 8.2)

[Brian Murray]

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Title:
  LiveCD 14.10 - WiFi does not work until I will launch "Install Ubuntu"
  and skip a few steps (Macbook Pro 8.2)

Status in ubiquity package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  My computer is Macbook Pro 8,2 (15" early 2011) , although this
  problem could probably be witnessed at some other models as well.

  First of all (as I said in my first bug report) I could boot only with
  nomodeset option -- otherwise I will be stuck at "i8042: no controller
  found" message

  After booting 14.10 LiveCD, WiFi is not working and wireless networks
  are not available. However, if I will launch "Install Ubuntu" and get
  to "Installation Type" step -- right after "preparing to install
  ubuntu" step -- those wireless networks will "magically" appear ...
  (and then I could Quit the setup, and WiFi will be still working) .
  I've double checked - and that is not a coincidence

  Those WiFi drivers have to be initialized during the boot process -
  otherwise it harms user experience (and also plenty of those users,
  who don't want to install ubuntu right now, will not guess that they
  would need to launch setup & skip a few steps in order to get the WiFi
  working)

  I have attached two files to this bug report:
  1) Full dmesg log
  2) Small part of dmesg log which appears instantly after I get to "Installation Type" step

  P.S. Notice that there are many other errors & warning during the
  booting process as well. Probably because it is a first Ubuntu release
  which does not have a separate ISO for Macs like before

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