I would try out the BRCM STA drivers when I get access to the laptop and report.
But the GPLed BRCM driver should work with this hardware w/o needing anything special like the STA driver. Regards/Kedar On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 8:06 AM, undirheimar <[email protected]> wrote: > I am running a Samsung 305U1A and I just installed Lubuntu on it: > > lsb_release -a > No LSB modules are available. > Distributor ID: Ubuntu > Description: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS > Release: 12.04 > Codename: precise > > $ uname -a > Linux thor 3.2.0-31-generic #50-Ubuntu SMP Fri Sep 7 16:16:45 UTC 2012 x86_64 > x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux > > After install I ran the "Additional drivers" program and installed the > Broadcom STA wireless proprietary driver. My wireless is working just > fine. > > >From lspci: > 03:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4313 802.11b/g/n Wireless > LAN Controller (rev 01) > > $ ifconfig wlan0 > wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 30:14:4a:31:92:ce > inet addr:192.168.1.9 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 > inet6 addr: fe80::3214:4aff:fe31:92ce/64 Scope:Link > UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 > RX packets:13885 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > TX packets:9461 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 > RX bytes:14591931 (14.5 MB) TX bytes:1682868 (1.6 MB) > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/991686 > > Title: > WiFi not working on Samsung NP305U1A laptop > > Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: > Incomplete > > Bug description: > I have a Samsung NP305U1A laptop. It is a AMD Brazos E450 machine with > BRCM 4313 b/g/n wireless card. I tried Ubuntu 12.04 both 32 & 64 bit > and also 11.10 32bit liveCDs on it, but no luck with wireless. > Everything else works perfectly. > > I am able to see the access points in neighbourhood, but not able to > connect to any. I tried both WPA2 PSK/AES and WEP-64 modes w/o any luck. > --- > AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24. > ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu5 > Architecture: i386 > ArecordDevices: > **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices **** > card 1: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 0: ALC269VB Analog [ALC269VB Analog] > Subdevices: 1/1 > Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 > AudioDevicesInUse: > USER PID ACCESS COMMAND > /dev/snd/controlC1: ubuntu 4555 F.... pulseaudio > /dev/snd/controlC0: ubuntu 4555 F.... pulseaudio > Card0.Amixer.info: > Card hw:0 'Generic'/'HD-Audio Generic at 0xfeb44000 irq 42' > Mixer name : 'ATI R6xx HDMI' > Components : 'HDA:1002aa01,00aa0100,00100200' > Controls : 6 > Simple ctrls : 1 > Card0.Amixer.values: > Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0 > Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum > Playback channels: Mono > Mono: Playback [on] > Card1.Amixer.info: > Card hw:1 'SB'/'HDA ATI SB at 0xfeb40000 irq 16' > Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC269VB' > Components : 'HDA:10ec0269,144dc600,00100100' > Controls : 18 > Simple ctrls : 10 > CasperVersion: 1.315 > CurrentDmesg: > [ 161.237645] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready > [ 171.656100] eth0: no IPv6 routers present > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 > LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 > (20120423) > MachineType: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 305U1A > Package: linux (not installed) > ProcEnviron: > TERM=xterm > PATH=(custom, no user) > LANG=en_US.UTF-8 > SHELL=/bin/bash > ProcFB: 0 radeondrmfb > ProcKernelCmdLine: noprompt cdrom-detect/try-usb=true > file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper persistent > initrd=/casper/initrd.lz splash -- BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz > ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-23.36-generic-pae 3.2.14 > RelatedPackageVersions: > linux-restricted-modules-3.2.0-23-generic-pae N/A > linux-backports-modules-3.2.0-23-generic-pae N/A > linux-firmware 1.79 > SourcePackage: linux > Tags: precise precise > Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-generic-pae i686 > UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) > UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo > dmi.bios.date: 08/24/2011 > dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. > dmi.bios.version: 02PS.M505.20110824.LEO > dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M. > dmi.board.name: 305U1A/305U1A > dmi.board.vendor: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. > dmi.board.version: 02PS > dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag > dmi.chassis.type: 9 > dmi.chassis.vendor: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. > dmi.chassis.version: N/A > dmi.modalias: > dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr02PS.M505.20110824.LEO:bd08/24/2011:svnSAMSUNGELECTRONICSCO.,LTD.:pn305U1A:pvr02PS:rvnSAMSUNGELECTRONICSCO.,LTD.:rn305U1A/305U1A:rvr02PS:cvnSAMSUNGELECTRONICSCO.,LTD.:ct9:cvrN/A: > dmi.product.name: 305U1A > dmi.product.version: 02PS > dmi.sys.vendor: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/991686/+subscriptions -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/991686 Title: WiFi not working on Samsung NP305U1A laptop To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/991686/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
