The bugg appears to still be present in Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS on very old compaq nx9000, it is possible to see a network using
K Menu ->System Settings ->Network Connections ->Wireless ->Add ->Scan but not to actually connect to it even after installing b43-fwcutter. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/bcm43xx. # uname -a Linux compax 2.6.32-24-generic #41-Ubuntu SMP Thu Aug 19 01:12:52 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux # lspci -vvnn|grep 14e4 00:09.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:4320] (rev 02) # modprobe -l|grep b43 kernel/drivers/net/wireless/b43/b43.ko kernel/drivers/net/wireless/b43legacy/b43legacy.ko # lshw -C network *-network:0 description: Network controller product: BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller vendor: Broadcom Corporation physical id: 9 bus info: p...@0000:00:09.0 version: 02 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=b43-pci-bridge latency=64 resources: irq:10 memory:d0002000-d0003fff *-network:1 description: Ethernet interface product: DP83815 (MacPhyter) Ethernet Controller vendor: National Semiconductor Corporation physical id: 12 bus info: p...@0000:00:12.0 logical name: eth0 version: 00 serial: 00:0d:9d:44:8e:c5 size: 100MB/s capacity: 100MB/s width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list rom ethernet physical tp mii fibre 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=natsemi driverversion=2.1 duplex=full ip=10.123.20.33 latency=90 link=yes maxlatency=52 mingnt=11 multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100MB/s resources: irq:10 ioport:2c00(size=256) memory:d0007000-d0007fff memory:3c000000-3c00ffff(prefetchable) *-network description: Wireless interface physical id: 2 logical name: wlan0 serial: 00:90:4b:43:53:3e capabilities: ethernet physical wireless configuration: broadcast=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg # dmesg | grep wlan0 [ 14.708392] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready -- Broadcom 4306 doesn't work! I cannot connect to any wireless network https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/210373 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
