<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Sep 7, 2013 at 9:18 PM, Casey Forslund <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cforslund@gmail.com" target="_blank">cforslund@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"> <div>Hi all. Thanks in advance for taking the time to read this and for any input, advice, or plain old sympathy you can provide.<br></div>Been an Ubuntu user since 8.04/hardy. Of all the issues I have ever wrestled with, this one takes the cake by far. I've scoured the forums, and all I ever find are other frustrated users and unresolved threads. some people have done amazing in terms of trying to help me - above and beyond stuff, but still no cigar:<br> </div> <div dir="ltr">The main issue is around the wireless/wifi networking capabilities (PLEASE don't sigh and say, 'ohhh...another broadcom/wireless thread). I've put in about 20-23 hours on this, from trying micro (CL/package based fixes) all the way through to wiping the distro altogether, and trying variants of ubuntu and beyond (like obscure methods of extracting working drivers from windows on on other partition). The weirdest of weirdness in this situation is that my wireless was working for two years, and then all of a sudden - POOF! Some kind of update destroyed functionality. I tried the logical approach, and just tried rolling back and reinstalling versions that worked on my hardware, playing with the . NO CIGAR. What the hell? I am still a Linux noob, but to me, it appears that something must have changed at the kernel level, because of the distro-wide wipe-out of this previously functioning hardware/software combination. WINDOWS WIRELESS WORKING FLAWLESSLY throughout all of these issues, so obviously not a hardware issue.</div> <div dir="ltr"> <div dir="ltr"><br>The sad thing about this is that I see tons of people giving up on Ubuntu and Linux in general over these chronic, unresolved wireless (proprietary driver) issues. Wireless is such a rudimentary and fundamental part of computing, and if Ubuntu and Linux in general can't provide a reliable solution - Linux remains territory for hackers and tinkerers. I had talked a work buddy into using Ubuntu - he totally loved it for about two months, until---get this-- with totally different hardware than mine, his netbook lost wireless capability on the same update. He gave up. Back to Windoze.</div> <div dir="ltr"> </div></div> <div dir="ltr">My Affected SYSTEM:</div> <div dir="ltr"> </div> <div dir="ltr">ACER ASPIRE 7560 SERIES </div> <div dir="ltr">MODEL P7YE5</div> <div dir="ltr">AMD (QUAD CORE) A6-3420M APU 1.50 GHZ WITH RADEON HD 6520G GRAPHICS 6GB RAM</div> <div dir="ltr">500GB SATA</div> <div dir="ltr">S/N: LXRKKAA001204086631601</div> <div dir="ltr">DUAL BOOT UBUNTU (NAME A DISTRO/FLAVOUR) WINDOWS 7 64 BIT</div> <div dir="ltr"><strong>***BROADCOM WIRELESS LAN 802.11n: BCM943227HM4L</strong></div> <div dir="ltr">ATHEROS LAN</div> <div dir="ltr">ATHEROS BLUETOOTH<br>1.3MP LITEON CAMERA</div> <div dir="ltr">ATI/AMD VGA</div> <div dir="ltr">REALTEK MULTICARD READER</div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>its likely not "some kind of update", but a kernel upgrade that might have broken your driver support. i had a few broadcom chips, and i even had one of the newer ones that was supposed to be supported by the open broadcom driver. i have since removed that hardware and replaced it with a more supported device. i didnt pay anything for either chips, so i only have my time switching the hardware out. i would think you should be able to find one in the $20us price range, and, though, i have spent more that 30 hours troubleshooting and messing about with broadcom drivers, i only spent maybe 20 minutes swapping the chips. </div> <div><br></div><div>you might want to move to the greater ubuntu community since this is not an ubuntustudio specific issue. you may find more relevant support upstream there. otherwise, all i can share is what i have decided to do, and that is, avoid devices that dont support linux well. good luck!</div> <div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> <div dir="ltr"> </div> <div dir="ltr"><br> </div> <br>--<br> ubuntu-studio-users mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:ubuntu-studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users</a><br> <br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br>MH<div><br><a href="http://www.mikeholstein.info/" target="_blank">mikeholstein.info</a></div><div><br></div> </div></div>