** Description changed:
it sounds a lot like the bug listed "Hardware drivers show Broadcom
B43 Wireless Driver in use, but wireless doesn't show in Network
Manager" except i see my wireless in the network manager but it wont
enable when i click it and if it does, it still wont work and the box is
unpressed again. i have a Dell inspiron B130.
p.s. I googled some solutions but none worked for me
+
+ Steps to fix:
+
+ 1. Open the terminal
+ 2. type this
+ sudo apt-get install build-essential
+ 3. copy and paste OR type this (each is a separate line in the terminal)
+ wget http://bu3sch.de/b43/fwcutter/b43-fwcutter-011.tar.bz2
+ tar xjf b43-fwcutter-011.tar.bz2
+ cd b43-fwcutter-011
+ make
+ cd ..
+ 4. then
+ export FIRMWARE_INSTALL_DIR="/lib/firmware"
+ wget http://downloads.openwrt.org/sources/broadcom-wl-4.80.53.0.tar.bz2
+ tar xjf broadcom-wl-4.80.53.0.tar.bz2
+ cd broadcom-wl-4.80.53.0/kmod
+ sudo ../../b43-fwcutter-011/b43-fwcutter -w "/lib/firmware" wl_apsta.o
+ 5. Now reboot Ubuntu and you should be good to go.
+
+ Note that you FIRMWARE_INSTALL_DIR might change with the distro.
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[regression] intrepid Broadcom B43 wireless driver not enabled by default
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/219775
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