wifi not detected in Intrepid: BCM4310 USB Controller (rev 01)
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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linux-restricted-modules (Ubuntu) |
Triaged
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Medium
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: linux-restricte
1)
robert@alpha:~$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu intrepid (development branch)
Release: 8.10
robert@alpha:~$ uname -a
Linux alpha 2.6.26-4-generic #1 SMP Mon Jul 14 18:39:36 UTC 2008 x86_64 GNU/Linux
robert@alpha:~$ cat /proc/version_
Ubuntu 2.6.26-4.11-generic
2)
robert@alpha:~$ apt-cache policy linux-restricte
linux-restricte
Installed: 2.6.26-4.8
Candidate: 2.6.26-4.8
Version table:
*** 2.6.26-4.8 0
500 http://
100 /var/lib/
3)
I expected to open [System > Administration > Hardware Drivers] and check 'wl' in order for my wireless card to work. This is the method I use with Ubuntu 8.04 LTS.
04:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4310 USB Controller (rev 01)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 137c
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 10
Memory at fc000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
4)
Instead, there was nothing to check in [System > Administration > Hardware Drivers]. Also, there does not seem to be a wl module anywhere.
robert@alpha:~$ sudo modprobe wl
FATAL: Module wl not found.
In Ubuntu 8.04 LTS I am able to build the latest wl (http://
robert@
insmod: error inserting './wl.ko': -1 Unknown symbol in module
Changed in linux-restricted-modules: | |
assignee: | nobody → ubuntu-kernel-team |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
status: | New → Triaged |
wl driver works with version hybrid- portsrc- x86_64_ 5_10_27_ 6.tar.gz (from http:// www.broadcom. com/support/ 802.11/ linux_sta. php) with attached patch.