Comment 31 for bug 367552

Hello EInterra,

I would not be able to submit the data to launchpad without Internet
access. I might have sent it while running an older kernel - I can select
which kernel I want to run at the startup menu - I probably was checking
that ALL the older kernels worked also. I tried each kernel in my boot
menu, and the newest kernel that runs both my wifi and ethernet is 2.6.28.14

I just downloaded the Alternative CD installer for Jaunty. When I went
through the kernel selection - I just selected "linux" - it seeming to be
the most "unflavored" choice.

Then I did a "upgrade" by using "update-manager -d" CLI command.

What is interesting is that I am using 2.6.31-5 - after I upgraded!
*~$ uname -a
Linux david-laptop 2.6.31-5-generic #24-Ubuntu SMP Sat Aug 1 12:47:58 UTC
2009 x86_64 GNU/Linux
*
I don't know if the upgrade-manager -d script actually checks to see what
the Internet connection is - and what module is used - and compiles the
kernel to include it.

Prior to installing Jaunty with the Alternate Install CD, I had tried the
Ubuntu Koala Alpha 2 "Live CD" - and I couldn't connect.

I installed the 64 AMD Jaunty "Live CD" then did a update-manager -d upgrade
to Koala. Now it works fine. As I said perhaps the script to upgrade has
been made smarter and looked at which modules I needed to connect to
Internet.

I found this on launchpad shows a similar problem:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-manager/+bug/385961

The bug submitter had his upgrade crash because the kernel didn't include
his wifi and/or ethernet module. I've had this happen MANY times!!!

The last time I did it - around the time I submitted this bug, I finally got
an "upgrade" which removed the old kernels and thus I had no Internet
connectivity - so I got a copy of the Jaunty Alternative Install 64 bit CD
(I had been running the 32 bit version of Ubuntu Jaunty/Koala) and then did
a CLI upgrade to Koala - it works fine now -

Hope this helps!

David

On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 4:10 PM, era <email address hidden> wrote:

> Just to be perfectly clear on this, was this run on a kernel which does
> NOT support your Broadcom card? You said earlier:
>
> > The latest kernel that runs my wifi is
> > ~$ uname -r
> > 2.6.28-14-generic
>
> ... and these dumps seem to be produced on a kernel which is older than
> that (viz. 2.6.27-7.14)
>
> --
> Broadcom wireless card no longer detected after upgrade from Jaunty release
> candidate
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/367552
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>
> Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: New
> Status in “wifi-radar” package in Ubuntu: Invalid
>
> Bug description:
> I have a Lenovo 3000 N500 laptop. Prior to today when I ran
> update-manager, my wireless card was detected. Today my laptop does not
> detect the Intel Wireless card. This worked in all the Jaunty alpha's, all
> the beta's and the release candidate, and the final version - but something
> updated today and because of that - I cannot connect to wireless. My laptop
> is dual boot so I'm running Windows XP at the moment - and it detects my
> card and connects - so that rules out my hardware being broken and not
> working.
>
> I tried to run nm-applet directly and I get an error that it already is
> running - I'm guessing that nm-applet has been updated recently or something
> else has been.
>
> I am running Jaunty 64 bit.
>
> Thanks,
>
> David
>