On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 1:57 PM, Saikiran Madugula <[email protected]> wrote: > Onkar Shinde wrote: >>> - network manager is gone I do not see it on the panel. >> >> May be it is not gone form panel but the icon is something you are not >> familiar with so you can not recognize it. >> Or may be the applet got uninstalled for some reason and you should >> try installing network-manager-gnome package. >> > > The applet for some reason is not installed by default. Indicator applet and > notification area are the ones to install (figured after trying out different > applets). I guess this happens when you upgrade or do a fresh install with the > same /home folder. But all is good now. > >>> - Kernel hangs when I try to enable broadcom proprietary drivers so >>> probably I >>> can not use wireless on my laptop. (people still use broadcom isn't it ?). >>> Probably will open a bug for it. >> >> Which card is it? I have broadcom 4306. I am wondering if I should >> hold off upgrade to karmic. > > The card is Broadcom Corporation BCM4322 802.11a/b/g/n Wireless LAN > Controller. > The kernel hung once and oopsed second time but seems to be working now dunno > if > it would be stable.
IIRC this chipset now has partially open source drivers. I believe you need to install bcmwl-kernel-source package. Onkar -- ubuntu-in mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
