12.10 no wireless connection

[s9032g@comcast.net]

installed with sudo apt-get install bcmwl-kernel-source

seemed to install ok

yes, i have rebooted and shut down several times

[s9032g@comcast.net]

WITH sudo apt-get install bcmwl-kernel-source


yes i rebooted and shut off several times

[kc1di]

installed with sudo apt-get install bcmwl-kernel-source

seemed to install ok

yes, i have rebooted and shut down several times

Well I would use the jokey-gtk command and see what it shows.

Ok lets see what is and is not being loaded.

please copy the following command to a terminal and copy and paste the output here.

lsmod | grep -e wl -e b43 -e ndis

[s9032g@comcast.net]

steven@steven-Inspiron-910:~$ lsmod | grep -e wl -e b43 -e ndis
b43 347284 0
mac80211 461161 1 b43
cfg80211 175375 2 b43,mac80211
bcma 34483 1 b43
ssb 50087 1 b43

How much trouble would I have if I used my 12.04 iso to simply return to a better time? Clean install.

[funicorn]

Don't make things so complicated as they shouldn't be. You ask for command lines, which are given. If you are not sure, refer to the manual using 'man jockey-text' or just 'jockey --help'.

[kc1di]

steven@steven-Inspiron-910:~$ lsmod | grep -e wl -e b43 -e ndis
b43 347284 0
mac80211 461161 1 b43
cfg80211 175375 2 b43,mac80211
bcma 34483 1 b43
ssb 50087 1 b43

How much trouble would I have if I used my 12.04 iso to simply return to a better time? Clean install.

the above shows that wl (STA) is not being loaded.
also you need to remove b43 bcma and blacklist ssb

just go to jockey-gtk and install the proper driver.

[s9032g@comcast.net]

the above shows that wl (STA) is not being loaded.
also you need to remove b43 bcma and blacklist ssb

just go to jockey-gtk and install the proper driver.


Sorry this is taking so long. 12.10 is the tenth distribution of Ubuntu I have loaded, and the first where I lost my wireless connection. Same laptop all the way. Others are having the same problem (google it). I thought that Ubuntu was supposed to be nice for non programmers who weren't skilled at terminal entries.

I just did the above using sudo apt-get update, then sudo apt-get install jockey-gtk. Also used --fix-missing. The jockey-gtk either does not install or installs and disappears.

Also how do I do this "also you need to remove b43 bcma and blacklist ssb"

[funicorn]

let me ask you some, how much time and energy have to be wasted until you are willing to try the command lines

% jockey-text -l
% jockey-text -e <kmod:...>

[s9032g@comcast.net]

I have tried everything suggested by everyone, plus trying WICD.

The problem is, I think, that no one has actually had the problem and solved it (as I asked about in my original thread starter); thus I am getting all sorts of different "solutions" none of which work.

I solved all the 12.10 issues by going back to 12.04.

First time in 10 distros that I had to give up.