kernel 3.13.0-3.18~precise1

[Andy Whitcroft]

On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 09:44:28AM -0000, volker kempter wrote:
> problem:
> running 12.04 under this kernel, I cannot connect to the internet,
> neither by cable nor WIFI. The system tries to setup the connection, but
> fails.
> This this on a Dell e6500; driver is b43.

As the working 3.13-rc8 mainline kernel (below) is built in theory at least
using the same config I would be initially suspicious of the firmware.
We have a tendancy to pull firmware out of our Ubuntu kernels when they
match what is in the latest linux-firmware.  This later version of the
firmware packe would not yet be in a precise base.  If this was the case
you would expect the issue to be visible in dmesg, so you might want to
start there.

> No problem, however, when running 12.04 under kernel-
> ppa/mainline/3.13-rc8-trusty (linux-
> image-3.13.0-031300rc8-generic....i386.deb).

You ought to be able to file bugs against the package now it is in our
PPA and that might be helpful to track the resolution of this.

-apw