When trying to install 12.04 Precise on an HP 8440p with the Desktop alternate CD in order to install with full LVM encryption, the kernel does not enable the Wifi NIC, hence installation is impossible.
When using the standard desktop image (using Ubiquity), the Wireless NIC is seen correctly. Here are output of lsmod and lspci -nnk when booted using the standard desktop :
When trying to install 12.04 Precise on an HP 8440p with the Desktop alternate CD in order to install with full LVM encryption, the kernel does not enable the Wifi NIC, hence installation is impossible.
When using the standard desktop image (using Ubiquity), the Wireless NIC is seen correctly. Here are output of lsmod and lspci -nnk when booted using the standard desktop :
lsmod
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Module Size Used by codec_hdmi, snd_hda_ codec_idt, snd_hda_ intel codec_hdmi, snd_hda_ intel,snd_ hda_codec midi,snd_ seq_midi_ event midi,snd_ rawmidi, snd_seq codec_hdmi, snd_hda_ codec_idt, snd_hda_ intel,snd_ hda_codec, snd_hwdep, snd_rawmidi, snd_pcm, snd_seq, snd_timer, snd_seq_ device intel,snd_ pcm yenta_socket, pcmcia_ rsrc dm_mirror, dm_region_ hash ttm,drm_ kms_helper
dm_crypt 23125 0
lp 17799 0
snd_hda_codec_hdmi 32474 4
pata_pcmcia 17074 1
tpm_infineon 17536 0
snd_hda_codec_idt 70795 1
joydev 17693 0
arc4 12529 2
snd_hda_intel 33773 5
snd_hda_codec 127669 3 snd_hda_
hp_accel 25976 0
snd_hwdep 13668 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_seq_midi 13324 0
tpm_tis 18804 0
iwlwifi 328352 0
ppdev 17113 0
lis3lv02d 19876 1 hp_accel
parport_pc 32866 1
parport 46562 3 lp,ppdev,parport_pc
snd_rawmidi 30748 1 snd_seq_midi
mac80211 506816 1 iwlwifi
input_polldev 13896 1 lis3lv02d
snd_pcm 97188 3 snd_hda_
pcmcia 49310 1 pata_pcmcia
snd_seq_midi_event 14899 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 61896 2 snd_seq_
cfg80211 205544 2 iwlwifi,mac80211
snd_timer 29990 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 14540 3 snd_seq_
snd 78855 20 snd_hda_
uvcvideo 72627 0
psmouse 87603 0
videodev 98259 1 uvcvideo
bnep 18281 2
v4l2_compat_ioctl32 17128 1 videodev
soundcore 15091 1 snd
yenta_socket 28084 0
serio_raw 13211 0
snd_page_alloc 18529 2 snd_hda_
rfcomm 47604 0
pcmcia_rsrc 18430 1 yenta_socket
pcmcia_core 22614 3 pcmcia,
mei 41616 0
intel_ips 18089 0
bluetooth 180104 10 bnep,rfcomm
hp_wmi 18092 0
mac_hid 13253 0
sparse_keymap 13890 1 hp_wmi
dm_multipath 23230 0
squashfs 36799 1
overlayfs 28305 1
nls_iso8859_1 12713 1
nls_cp437 16991 1
vfat 17585 1
fat 61512 1 vfat
ext2 73795 1
dm_raid45 78155 0
xor 12894 1 dm_raid45
dm_mirror 22203 0
dm_region_hash 20918 1 dm_mirror
dm_log 18564 3 dm_raid45,
btrfs 652957 0
zlib_deflate 27139 1 btrfs
libcrc32c 12644 1 btrfs
nouveau 774586 2
firewire_ohci 41000 0
firewire_core 63558 1 firewire_ohci
ttm 76949 1 nouveau
sdhci_pci 18826 0
crc_itu_t 12707 1 firewire_core
sdhci 33205 1 sdhci_pci
drm_kms_helper 42489 1 nouveau
drm 241834 4 nouveau,
i2c_algo_bit 13423 1 nouveau
mxm_wmi 12979 1 nouveau
wmi 19256 2 hp_wmi,mxm_wmi
video 19411 1 nouveau
e1000e 156693 0
usb_storage 49199 1
lspci -nnk MMC/MS/ MSPro Host Adapter [1180:0822] (rev 25)
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00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor DRAM Controller [8086:0044] (rev 02)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:172b]
00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Core Processor PCI Express x16 Root Port [8086:0045] (rev 02)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
Kernel modules: shpchp
00:16.0 Communication controller [0780]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset HECI Controller [8086:3b64] (rev 06)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:172b]
Kernel driver in use: mei
Kernel modules: mei
00:16.3 Serial controller [0700]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset KT Controller [8086:3b67] (rev 06)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:172b]
Kernel driver in use: serial
00:19.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation 82577LM Gigabit Network Connection [8086:10ea] (rev 05)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:172b]
Kernel driver in use: e1000e
Kernel modules: e1000e
00:1a.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller [8086:3b3c] (rev 05)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:172b]
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset High Definition Audio [8086:3b56] (rev 05)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:172b]
Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 1 [8086:3b42] (rev 05)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 2 [8086:3b44] (rev 05)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1c.3 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 4 [8086:3b48] (rev 05)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1d.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller [8086:3b34] (rev 05)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:172b]
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev a5)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation Mobile 5 Series Chipset LPC Interface Controller [8086:3b07] (rev 05)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:172b]
Kernel modules: iTCO_wdt
00:1f.2 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset 6 port SATA AHCI Controller [8086:3b2f] (rev 05)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:172b]
Kernel driver in use: ahci
00:1f.6 Signal processing controller [1180]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset Thermal Subsystem [8086:3b32] (rev 05)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:172b]
Kernel driver in use: intel ips
Kernel modules: intel_ips
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: NVIDIA Corporation GT218 [NVS 3100M] [10de:0a6c] (rev a2)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:172b]
Kernel driver in use: nouveau
Kernel modules: nouveau, nvidiafb
01:00.1 Audio device [0403]: NVIDIA Corporation High Definition Audio Controller [10de:0be3] (rev a1)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:172b]
Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
44:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 [8086:4238] (rev 35)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 3x3 AGN [8086:1111]
Kernel driver in use: iwlwifi
Kernel modules: iwlwifi
45:06.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller [1180:0832] (rev 06)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:172b]
Kernel driver in use: firewire_ohci
Kernel modules: firewire-ohci
45:06.1 SD Host controller [0805]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:172b]
Kernel driver in use: sdhci-pci
Kernel modules: sdhci-pci
45:06.2 CardBus bridge [0607]: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II [1180:0476] (rev bb)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:172b]
Kernel driver in use: yenta_cardbus
Kernel modules: yenta_socket
ff:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture Generic Non-core Registers [8086:2c62] (rev 02)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device [8086:8086]
ff:00.1 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture System Address Decoder [8086:2d01] (rev 02)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device [8086:8086]
ff:02.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Link 0 [8086:2d10] (rev 02)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device [8086:8086]
ff:02.1 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Physical 0 [8086:2d11] (rev 02)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device [8086:8086]
ff:02.2 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor Reserved [8086:2d12] (rev 02)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device [8086:8086]
ff:02.3 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor Reserved [8086:2d13] (rev 02)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device [8086:8086]