Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: b43-fwcutter
[open to anyone's suggestions/questions]
DELL LATITUDE D600
DELL BROADCOM BCM4306 802.11b/g
UBUNTU 9.04 (2.6.28-13)
updates: jaunty-security/updates/proposed/backports
b43-fwcutter 1:011-5
Wifi started having problems finding/using networks, then stopped showing
networks at all and attempts to connect to 'hidden' networks failed; use of
borrowed RT2501USB wifi worked fine. Did not notice bug specific or generally
related.
- tried deactivating driver, shutdown, unplug power, replug power, reboot,
reactive driver - FAIL
- tried starting under -12 and -11 kernal image - FAIL
- tried 'sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart' - FAIL
- tried 'ifconfig wlan0 down', 'ifconfig wlan0 up' - FAIL
ifconfig wlan0
wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:90:96:ac:a3:XX
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
EXPECTED: Wifi to list networks and connect.
ACTUAL: Wifi does not list networks, does not connect with
hidden/direct entries.
** Affects: b43-fwcutter (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: dell fwcutter wifi
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Dell wifi no longer finds networks after recent updates
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/395553
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