broadcom BCM4311 wirless problems with Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Question

I recently installed Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on my Dell D430 to replace an old version of Ubuntu. Now the wireless is not working. I have looked at a lot of the posts on the web and tried the suggestions to no avail. Can anyone give me a start? I tried using Synaptic and by using the help on the following links

https://askubuntu.com/questions/55868...rivers-bcm43xx

and also looking at the blacklist.

Any help would be appreciated!

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 29 '13 at 01:44

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From a wired connection, try installing the package linux-firmware-nonfree. That should be all the b43 driver needs to run on a clean system. Uninstall all the other proprietary drivers first, they only interfere. Provide more detail about your chip if that doesn't help.

lspci -vvnn

rfkill list

answered Dec 29 '13 at 01:44

ubfan1

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Duplicate of this: http://askubuntu.com/questions/395920/the-old-wireless-problem/ – chili555 Dec 29 '13 at 02:39

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Mar 28 '14 at 22:30

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So, I ended up installing the KDE Wicd and that got the wireless working. Not sure why. Maybe someone on here can explain it.

edited Mar 28 '14 at 22:30

Seth

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answered Dec 29 '13 at 14:04

rpthomps

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broadcom BCM4311 wirless problems with Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

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