-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Akarsh Simha wrote: >> What wireless card ? Can you post the output of sudo lspci -v here ? > > I have a Dell Inspiron 1525 n-Series laptop (Yes, one of those few > laptops in the market which come without Winblows installed). > > The wireless card is a Broadcomm 43xx and the corresponding kernel > module is bcm43xx. When I last attempted to get my network card > working, the module wouldn't bind to the device for some reason. > > However, my friends have got these working, although I don't know what > he did. Some quick google results: > > http://www.google.com/search?q=bcm43xx+wireless+howto&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8 > > They all seem to suggest NDIS wrapper, although there is an > alternative native module. > > Regards > Akarsh
Not sure about this on Hardy, Just try, sudo apt-get install linux-restricted-modules This will install native broadcom driver. I remember broadcom released native drivers to linux two or three weeks before the release of Intrepid. So when I installed Intrepid, It suggested me the available restricted native drivers for nVidia and Broadcom cards. Here is a thread related to broadcom driver, http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=896713 Here is part of my lspci, 00:12.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GeForce 7150M (rev a2) Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 30cf Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16 Memory at f5000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M] Memory at d0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M] Memory at f4000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M] [virtual] Expansion ROM at 50000000 [disabled] [size=128K] Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: nvidia Kernel modules: nvidiafb, nvidia 03:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN (rev 02) Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 1375 Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19 Memory at f6000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K] Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: wl Kernel modules: wl, ssb Thanks, Mohan -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkmTJCgACgkQsxxnds2mH0v14wCeL5v1Ky/78SDn5obsrVeh0Z1J pi4AnRxnQsoaS4z2ehVNPFqZhMB4tmb2 =mvpw -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, email [email protected] with "unsubscribe <password> <address>" in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
