Public bug reported:
On another system I had been running Ubuntu 8.10 x86_64, which after
using an external wireless card for a few updates was able to recognize
the Broadcom card and install the b43 driver needed. Since my system is
64-bit compatible, not a true 64-bit system, it was having a few
performance issues, and heating up to keep up as it drew more power. I
decided to install an i386 version to fix this.
With both Ubuntu 8.10, and Kubuntu 8.10 the b43 driver needed to my
system's integrated Broadcom card is not available for instalation
before an update is performed. However after the update (using the
external card from this old computer), and the required restart, the
system will recognize that the wireless network is present, but will not
establish a connection, even after completely re-entering all
information for the connection.
I have not changed any settings myself, and I am not sure which update
might be causing the problem, which one was required for the b43 driver,
or whether it would fix the problem to load the driver and then install
the rest of the updates.
Since I had done nothing but run the update and restart, there may be
others with a similar problem. I have a back up system to file the
report. I did not know how public they are, so I restricted my e-mail. I
don't want to hear back from everyone on a forum. I am simply a novice
at Linux myself (a few months use).
System Info (the system with the connection problem, not this 7-year old
Dell):
Model: HP Pavilion zd8000 (Notebook)
OS: Kubuntu 8.10 (No changes but an update)
CPU: Pentium 630 i786, 3.0 Ghz Hyper-threaded
RAM: 1 GB DDR2 533Mhz
Video: ATI x600 256 MB dedicated ram (Requires proprietary driver for full
function)
Wireless: Integrated Broadcom 54Mbs 802.11 b/g (requires b43 driver)
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Nov 16 00:20:06 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: firefox-3.0 3.0.3+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcEnviron:
PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: firefox-3.0
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-21-generic i686
** Affects: ubuntu
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: apport-bug
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wireless connections fail on newly installed 8.10 versions following updates
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/298599
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