BOTH Broadcom controllers disabled

Question

I have Trusty Tahr (Ubuntu 14.04) and the usual advice on proprietary drivers is not working. In 'Additional Drivers' it says about the Broadcom drivers "This device is not working". So I do some lspci -nn and find I have Wireless 14e4:4311 (rev 01) and Ethernet 14e4:170c (rev 02). I have googled what to do about reinstalling either of these, but all the answers require 'apt-get update', but I can not run any of these lines if both drivers are not operational.

Thanks for any pointers, array

While I agree with the duplicate, the process to rescue himself is rather complex. I will shortcut the process and answer the question before it get closed as a duplicate! — chili555, Oct 28 '15 at 20:45

chili555 · Answer 1 · 2015-10-28T21:21:44.667

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Please open a terminal and do:

sudo apt-get purge bcmwl-kernel-source

Reboot. Your ethernet should now be working. Next, do:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install firmware-b43-installer

Detach the ethernet, reboot once again and all should be working.

edited Oct 28 '15 at 21:21

answered Oct 28 '15 at 20:48

chili555

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BOTH Broadcom controllers disabled

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