please give the Output of lspci and ifconfig. ---------------------------------------------------------- <a href="http://forums.linuxdesh.com/member.php?action=register&referrer=3%20" target="_blank">Dedicated Linux Forum in Bangladesh</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/#%21/AshickunNoor" target="_blank">Follow Me Twiter</a> Thank you Md Ashickur Rahman <div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 11:13 AM, MICHAEL J MARCINIAK <<a href="mailto:phxmke@me.com">phxmke@me.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"> Greetings. Trying to get my wireless card working, and this is as far as this newbie can get. Compaq Presario v5005us Broadcom BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] [14e4:4318] (rev 02) Wireless "on" button does not work on physical machine (did light up on it's own before installing Ubantu in Windoze and wireless worked). nm-tool reports "Driver:b43", "State:unavailable" I did connect to a USB wireless adapter, and it updated several "drivers" and such on it's own. But, nm-tool reports a driver, it seems I just can't "power" it on on the laptop itself. running "sudo lshw -C network" reveals the driver, version, but firmware=N/A. Is this a Compaq firmware missing issue (hence the physical "on" button doesn't work)? Can I update this somehow even the firmware most likely is Windoze only, or am I just hosed? It even lists the MAC address. Ubuntu r11.04 (natty) Thanks in advance for any help -- ubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> </blockquote></div>