** Description changed: when Ubuntu is installed on a machine with a wi-fi interface that requires either the b43 or b43-legacy driver, the user experience is - currently (10.04) pretty bad. no information is provided to the user - about the need to connect to the internet some other way and run the - script from the b43-fwcutter package. + awful currently (10.04). Jockey should automatically find, provide, + correctly install and activate the b43 or b43-legacy wireless drivers. + Instead not only does it fail in various ways, no troubleshooting + information is provided to the user about how to apply workarounds for + the Jockey bug, such as the need to connect to the Internet some other + way and run the script to work b43-fwcutter package or ndiswrapper or + bmcwl sources.
** Description changed: - when Ubuntu is installed on a machine with a wi-fi interface that + When Ubuntu is installed on a machine with a wi-fi interface that requires either the b43 or b43-legacy driver, the user experience is awful currently (10.04). Jockey should automatically find, provide, - correctly install and activate the b43 or b43-legacy wireless drivers. - Instead not only does it fail in various ways, no troubleshooting - information is provided to the user about how to apply workarounds for - the Jockey bug, such as the need to connect to the Internet some other - way and run the script to work b43-fwcutter package or ndiswrapper or - bmcwl sources. + correctly install and activate the proprietary b43 or b43-legacy + wireless drivers. Instead not only does it fail in various ways, no + troubleshooting information is provided to the user about how to apply + workarounds for the Jockey bug, such as the need to connect to the + Internet some other way and run the script to work b43-fwcutter package + or ndiswrapper or bmcwl sources. ** Description changed: - When Ubuntu is installed on a machine with a wi-fi interface that - requires either the b43 or b43-legacy driver, the user experience is - awful currently (10.04). Jockey should automatically find, provide, - correctly install and activate the proprietary b43 or b43-legacy - wireless drivers. Instead not only does it fail in various ways, no - troubleshooting information is provided to the user about how to apply - workarounds for the Jockey bug, such as the need to connect to the - Internet some other way and run the script to work b43-fwcutter package - or ndiswrapper or bmcwl sources. + The user experience is awful currently (10.04) when Ubuntu is installed + on a machine with a wi-fi interface that requires either the b43 or + b43-legacy driver. Jockey should automatically find, provide, correctly + install and activate the proprietary b43 or b43-legacy wireless drivers. + Instead not only does it fail in various ways, no troubleshooting + information is provided to the user about how to apply workarounds for + the Jockey bug(s), such as the need to connect to the Internet some + other way and run the script to work b43-fwcutter package or ndiswrapper + or bmcwl sources. -- user experience nightmare for installation of Ubuntu on machines requiring b43 and b43-legacy wireless driver https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/578970 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
