[ubuntu-uk] Wireless problem in 12.10

[David Bissett]

Sorry I can't help with this. Hope you find a solution.

d

On 19/10/12 20:51, James Morrissey wrote:
> Thanks for all your help David but i am not having much joy here:
>
>>   bTry uninstalling broadcom-sta
> broadcom-sta-* was not installed.
>
> The driver that it installs when i go through: software sources -->
> Additional drivers, is "bcmwl-kernel-source"
>
> Both with "bcmwl-kernel-source" installed and without it i get no
> wireless whether or not i have "b43-fwcutter" and
> "firmware-b43-installer" installed.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> James.
>
>
> On 19 October 2012 20:39, David Bissett <davidbissett at gmail.com> wrote:
>>   bTry uninstalling broadcom-sta
>> Install b43-fwcutter and firmware-b43-installer (there are a couple of
>> versions of this depending on you setup - I found the first (when put in
>> order) to work), reboot and see what happens.
>>
>> You should be able to do this with synaptic.
>>
>> Hope it helps
>>
>> David
>>
>>
>> On 19/10/12 20:16, James Morrissey wrote:
>>> At some
>>>> point you will have to uninstall the default. I think I then installed
>>>> firmware-b43-installer rebooted,
>>> Any idea how i uninstall, i can't seem to find it in synaptic.
>>>
>>> Also, why did this work on the live usb?
>>>
>>> james
>>>
>>> On 19 October 2012 19:45, David Bissett <davidbissett at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> The default Broadcom driver doesn't work - had the same problem but can't
>>>> recall how I fixed it - the needed driver is in the repository.  At some
>>>> point you will have to uninstall the default. I think I then installed
>>>> firmware-b43-installer rebooted, maybe a bit of fiddling around and now
>>>> works fine.
>>>>
>>>> Not on that machine at the moment so can't check.
>>>>
>>>> d
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 19/10/12 19:17, James Morrissey wrote:
>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>
>>>>> Just pulled down 12.10 and installed, but i am having a strange
>>>>> problem with the wireless.
>>>>>
>>>>> I installed from a live USB. While doing so i had to quickly plug in
>>>>> an ethernet cable to get the wireless driver (For Broadcom BCM43228
>>>>> 802. 11a/b/g/n, i am using the Broadcom 802.11 Linux STA wireless
>>>>> driver).
>>>>>
>>>>> That went fine and i got the wireless working for the install.
>>>>>
>>>>> Now, however, when i boot to the install, my wireless is nowhere to be
>>>>> seen. The proprietary driver is activated but still no wireless. I
>>>>> have tried setting the machine to not use the driver and reactivating
>>>>> it. I have also tried rebooting a number of times, but still no joy.
>>>>>
>>>>> Remarkably under 'network connections', my wireless network is
>>>>> registered, from when i logged in on the USB i presume. Now, however i
>>>>> can't see the wireless at all: "rfkill list" just shows bluetooth.
>>>>>
>>>>> I had thought about trying to uninstall and then reinstall the driver
>>>>> but couldn't find it in synaptic.
>>>>>
>>>>> At the moment i am sending this tethered to my router, sitting on the
>>>>> stairs. So if anyone has any ideas, that would be great.
>>>>>
>>>>> James.
>>>>>
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