I'm using ndiswrapper(install it via apt-get) and then select your windows-xp driver for this broadcom B43 wireless.
With the linux driver i ran into a lot of trouble, but using ndiswrapper it have been working stable for 1/2 a year now, good luck! 2009/2/27 Teunis Peters <[email protected]> > I'm seeing the same problem on ubuntu jaunty - fresh update. heron > worked most of the time, except involving power management (which didn't > work - and regularly froze/crash/halted). Suspect part of problem is > manufacture-unsupported driver. Problem is hardware exists on a wide > range of laptops, frequently without the option of being able to replace > it with another - working - piece of hardware. > > -- > Hardware drivers show Broadcom B43 Wireless Driver in use, but wireless > doesn't show in Network Manager > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/191408 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in “linux” source package in Ubuntu: Incomplete > > Bug description: > Hardware drivers show Broadcom B43 Wireless Driver in use, but wireless > doesn't show in Network Manager. > > Latest build of 8.04 with no modification updated today > > The previous release of Restricted Drivers (now apparently Hardware > Drivers) in Ubuntu 7.10 worked with my laptops Broadcom Airforce wireless > Bcm43xx card. > -- Hardware drivers show Broadcom B43 Wireless Driver in use, but wireless doesn't show in Network Manager https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/191408 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
