There's a newer driver on Broadcom's website. I highly recommend that over the driver linked here. It enables the 5ghz band. So all that's left is BT to be usable. You will still need the patch I linked to above if you are on 3.10.x or later.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1173761 Title: 14e4:43b1 Broadcom Corporation Device 43b1 (rev 03) - not supported Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Both during and after installation, 13.04 doesn't support the Broadcom-based 802.11ac wifi chipsets. lspci reports it as "Network controller: Broadcom Corporation Device 43b1 (rev 03)". Would love to see this worker as it's being a bit of a show stopper for me. --- ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8 Architecture: amd64 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-04-27 (0 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424) MarkForUpload: True NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Package: linux (not installed) Tags: raring Uname: Linux 3.9.0-030900rc8-generic x86_64 UnreportableReason: The running kernel is not an Ubuntu kernel UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo --- ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC1: atrauzzi 2141 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC0: atrauzzi 2141 F.... pulseaudio CRDA: Error: command ['iw', 'reg', 'get'] failed with exit code 1: nl80211 not found. CurrentDmesg: [ 176.287266] atl1c 0000:04:00.0: vpd r/w failed. This is likely a firmware bug on this device. Contact the card vendor for a firmware update. DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04 EcryptfsInUse: Yes HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=90e84f80-b3fc-4480-b4cd-21d15e3abc6d InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-04-27 (0 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424) MachineType: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. G75VX MarkForUpload: True NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Package: linux (not installed) ProcFB: 0 EFI VGA ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.8.0-19-generic root=UUID=b0911040-5a49-4581-9a7a-bac9d830a0ba ro nomodeset quiet splash vt.handoff=7 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-19.29-generic 3.8.8 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-3.8.0-19-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-3.8.0-19-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.106 StagingDrivers: r8712u Tags: raring staging Uname: Linux 3.8.0-19-generic x86_64 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo dmi.bios.date: 10/23/2012 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: G75VX.203 dmi.board.asset.tag: ATN12345678901234567 dmi.board.name: G75VX dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. dmi.board.version: 1.0 dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. dmi.chassis.version: 1.0 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrG75VX.203:bd10/23/2012:svnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:pnG75VX:pvr1.0:rvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:rnG75VX:rvr1.0:cvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:ct10:cvr1.0: dmi.product.name: G75VX dmi.product.version: 1.0 dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1173761/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
