i've also got a dell inspiron 1501 with a dell wireless 1490 card. it doesn't work with the version of bcm43xx provided with feisty, but you can install the latest standalone version of bcm43xx from ftp://lwfinger.dynalias.org/patches/bcm43xx-softmac-sa.tar.bz2 . this works for me on feisty amd64.
for a howto see forum http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=434946. -- No support for Dell Inspiron 1501 notebook's 802.11g https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/86932 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs