I have completely fresh install of Release Candidate and had the same problem.
Completely removing packages bcmwl-kernel-source and bcmwl-modaliases and installing them again fixed... better said worked around the problem. This will be very annoying bug if not fixed in the final release :-/ ** Changed in: network-manager-applet (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- broadcom sta driver does not initialize (from within jockey-gtk) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/448164 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs