netbook remix 9.10 wireless doesn't work on dell mini 10v
Bug #464351 reported by
Simon Josefsson
This bug affects 1 person
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Ubuntu Netbook Remix |
Incomplete
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
I have installed netbook remix 9.10 on a dell mini 10v, and wireless didn't work out of the box. Selecting the "hardware drivers" says I can install two additional drivers, first the b43-fwcutter driver which installed fine but not improve anything. When selecting the other driver (broadcom something) it just says installing, then the window exits without any prompts (crash?).
I recall using wireless on this machine with 9.04 before.
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Some additional information:
I reinstalled netbook 9.10, and instead of first selecting to install the b43-fwcutter driver, I selected "Broadcom STA wireless driver", and then wireless worked fine.
I uninstalled the broadcom driver, restarted the system and used the "Hardware drivers" tool to install the b43-fwcutter driver. It installed fine. I restarted the system, and wireless did not work. Running "Hardware drivers" again says that b43-fwcutter is activated alright, but also offers to install the original "broadcom STA wireless driver". I selected the broadcom driver, and it says "Downloading and installing driver..." for a while and then the window quits and wireless starts to work (even though it says I have to restart the system). My system crashed at this point (black screen and not responsive), before I had a chance to actually restart the machine.
Restarting the system and wireless works. Running the "Hardware drivers" tool now only shows the "Broadcom STA wireless driver" and not the b43-fwcutter driver?!
So the workaround appears to never install the b43-fwcutter driver.
I will do a complete reinstall another time to really confirm that selecting the b43-fwcutter driver first results in unusable wireless.