Vista kills Ubuntu wireless

[Young]

NoOp wrote:
> On 09/02/2009 11:13 AM, Young wrote:
>   
>> I just got my first laptop (Dell Studio 1737), and wanted to do it up 
>> right with Ubuntu. Before I even let Vista run, I forced it to boot from 
>> the Ubuntu 9.04 i386 live CD and it *worked fine, including the 
>> wireless*. So I, of course, think I'm home free.
>>
>> I used GParted to repartition the hard drive for Vista, /, swap, /home, 
>> and a second NTFS partition for shared files.
>>
>> Next, I let Vista boot, and it didn't seem to be happy with the 
>> repartition, but it eventually finished the initialization, and after 
>> multiple reboots it seems to *run fine, including the wireless*.
>>
>> Then, I booted from the Ubuntu live CD again and installed Ubuntu. When 
>> I finally boot into Ubuntu off the hard drive, *the wireless will not work*.
>> I then boot from the live CD, and *the wireless will not work*.
>>
>> I boot back into Vista and the *wireless works fine*.
>> Multiple iterations, same results.
>>
>> Where do I start?
>> Will 64 bit fix this? How about using the Alternate Install CD?
>>
>> I hope you guys can help. I haven't been able to find anything via Google.
>>     
>
> What chipset is the wireless? lspc will tell you:
>
> $ lspci
>
> Is it?
> Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g (rev 01)
>
> Have you loaded the wireless drivers?
> System|Administration|Hardware Drivers
> (note: you'll need to use a direct connect of course).
>
> If the drivers are loaded & activated, then I'll look here:
>
> <https://launchpad.net/+search?field.text=BCM4312+%2BVista&field.actions.search=Search>
>
> Subtitute 'BCM4312' with the proper chipset if BCM4312 is not correct.
>
>
>   
The controller is Broadcom BCM5784M    rev. 10

But, if it's a driver issue, why would the LiveCD work before Vista was 
activated?



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