1420 & kernel 2.6.28-13 doesnt detect my wireless driver

[aznkiller]

on the newest kernel that i jus barely updated today didnt detect my wireless, the lite indicator didnt even light up when the wireless was on. when i went back to 2.6.28-11 the light lit up. so any help?

[coffeeaddict22]

Hi,
The kernel has most wireless drivers built in these days, so it's not so much a matter of it detecting your driver as picking and working with the right one.
Could be due to a lot of things. Assuming you're using a standard Ubuntu setup, can you type nm-tool in both kernels and post back the output? If you're not, can you use the following two commands instead: lshw -C network
sudo iwconfig
Feel free to hide the network addresses before posting if you're happy to confirm they're real.

[Gladk]

I'm not a topicstarter, but I have exactly the same problem on Dell Inspiron 1501. Actually, Ethernet also does not work, not only WIFI.


2.6.28.11, nm-tool:

NetworkManager Tool

State: connected

- Device: eth0 -----------------------------------------------------------------
Type: Wired
Driver: NULL(info.linux.driver)
State: unavailable
Default: no
HW Address: 00:19:B9:60:69:1B

Capabilities:
Carrier Detect: yes
Speed: 10 Mb/s

Wired Properties
Carrier: off


- Device: eth1 [Auto Lessingstr46] --------------------------------------------
Type: 802.11 WiFi
Driver: wl
State: connected
Default: yes
HW Address: 00:19:7E:53:C7:6C

Capabilities:
Speed: 54 Mb/s

Wireless Properties
WEP Encryption: yes
WPA Encryption: yes
WPA2 Encryption: yes

Wireless Access Points (* = current AP)
FRITZ!Box Fon WLAN 7170: Infra, 00:1F:3F:10:CA:4A, Freq 2412 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 40 WPA WPA2
default: Infra, 00:15:E9:0A:ED:92, Freq 2437 MHz, Rate 0 Mb/s, Strength 60 WEP
*Lessingstr46: Infra, 00:1C:F0:FB:2A:5E, Freq 2412 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 60 WEP

IPv4 Settings:
Address: 192.168.0.198
Prefix: 24 (255.255.255.0)
Gateway: 192.168.0.1

DNS: 192.168.0.1



2.6.28.11, lshw -C network:

*-network
description: Wireless interface
product: BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:05:00.0
logical name: eth1
version: 01
serial: 00:19:7e:53:c7:6c
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=wl0 driverversion=5.10.79.10 ip=192.168.0.198 latency=0 module=wl multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:08:00.0
logical name: eth0
version: 02
serial: 00:19:b9:60:69:1b
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=b44 driverversion=2.0 latency=64 module=ssb multicast=yes
*-network DISABLED
description: Ethernet interface
physical id: 1
logical name: pan0
serial: 56:95:50:f6:1a:c0
capabilities: ethernet physical
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=bridge driverversion=2.3 firmware=N/A multicast=yes



2.6.28.13, nm-tool:

NetworkManager Tool

State: disconnected


2.6.28.13, lshw -C network:

*-network UNCLAIMED
description: Network controller
product: BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:05:00.0
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=0
*-network UNCLAIMED
description: Ethernet controller
product: BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:08:00.0
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=64
*-network DISABLED
description: Ethernet interface
physical id: 2
logical name: pan0
serial: 16:a2:90:e4:74:1a
capabilities: ethernet physical
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=bridge driverversion=2.3 firmware=N/A multicast=yes


Thank you for help.

[Gladk]

http://georgia.ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=7506946&postcount=18
Post #18 solved my problem


sudo /sbin/lrm-manager
sudo modprobe wl


Thank you all!