[Tfug] Wireless problem in Hardy Heron

Matthew Patenaude mnglfiddle at gmail.com
Fri Apr 25 08:16:08 MST 2008


On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 11:01 AM, Matthew Patenaude <mnglfiddle at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hey everyone, anyone;
>
> I had good wireless support under Gutsy - broadcom, of course <grr> - but
> after upgrading to Hardy, I no longer have working wireless. I have followed
> the directions on the Ubuntu forums to the 't', with no success. Any idea
> when/if this problem will be resolved, or where else I can look?
>
> Also, is it possible to swap out the wireless chip for something better
> supported in Linux, and what card would you suggest?
>
> Thanks,
> Matthew Patenaude
>


Oh, I forgot to mention. Even after blacklist the native driver, the radio
button under System/Administration/Hardware Drivers STILL continues to say
"in use", but I try to enable it, and it just makes reboot to exactly the
same problem as before. (?)

Matthew
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