Ubuntu 10.04 Not Working On Wireless Virgin Broadband

bat999

davesdeals wrote: »

None There after reading a few of the threads !!!!!!!!!

Why not post a question there?

fermi

If Dell have used one of the wireless cards (Broadcom etc...) that work better with the proprietary drivers, then you may be able to install/activate them from System > Administration > Hardware Drivers menu.

I had to do that to get the wireless working on a Inspiron 1525 a little while ago.

tronator

davesdeals wrote: »

The crazy thing is when i bought this web book from dell it had a small version of Ubuntu on it, which basically was c**p so i upgraded, which was the start of my problems as the wifi did not work, now i have upgraded to the very latest version of ubuntu and it still does not work, so i ask myself what is different to the original version to the brand new updated version.
Plus if you cannot upgrade ubuntu what is the point !!!!
The thing is i am not techie minded, but have followed all the instruction and tips people have given me but with no avail.

There must be someone out there that knows the answer !!!

What is the "small version" of Ubuntu? Do you mean the "Netbook Remix"? I never looked at it, so what's is wrong with it? It's optimized for netbooks and it seemed to have worked. I'm sure, whatever you were missing you could haveinstalled. No need to re-install the whole thing.

I'm just installing it in a VM to see what the fuzz is all about...

davesdeals

Does anyone have any other ideas i can try, this really seems crazy that i cannot get a solution for this problem.
Maybe there really is problem with Ubuntu 10.04 that no one can fix !!!

HO87

@ OP Have you tried the methods suggested in the link in my earlier post? If these do not work I suggest that you try posting on the Ubuntu forums - if there is an answer to the issue that is where it will be. Remember that Ubuntu is not a traditional OS "product" in the sense that XP, Vista or W7 are but is the result of a huge collaborative operation. I understand the frustration - having suffered it myself - but when you consider the stability, quality and variety available to you as a Linux user Windows does tend to pale into the distance. When you then add the constant worry of picking up a virus or trojan - regardless of how careful you were - on a Windows machine then Linux does provide peace of mind. Like I said before persevere I'm sure it will pay off.

davesdeals

HO87 wrote: »

@ OP Have you tried the methods suggested in the link in my earlier post? If these do not work I suggest that you try posting on the Ubuntu forums - if there is an answer to the issue that is where it will be. Remember that Ubuntu is not a traditional OS "product" in the sense that XP, Vista or W7 are but is the result of a huge collaborative operation. I understand the frustration - having suffered it myself - but when you consider the stability, quality and variety available to you as a Linux user Windows does tend to pale into the distance. When you then add the constant worry of picking up a virus or trojan - regardless of how careful you were - on a Windows machine then Linux does provide peace of mind. Like I said before persevere I'm sure it will pay off.

Yes i have tried looking through your link but nothing worked, I have also posted a post on the Ubuntu forum and at the moment no one has come up with an answer, that's what makes me think there must be a fault in 10.04...
Any other ideas will be gratefully appreciated.

GunJack

davesdeals wrote: »

The crazy thing is when i bought this web book from dell it had a small version of Ubuntu on it, which basically was c**p so i upgraded, which was the start of my problems as the wifi did not work.QUOTE]

but did the wifi work on the original install ?? If so, someone (prob dell) had done the work for you to enable the drivers to drive your wifi card !!!

AS mentioned above, the lack of hardware support makes Linux generally not a really viable alternative to windows for the mass market.

fermi

davesdeals wrote: »

Yes i have tried looking through your link but nothing worked, I have also posted a post on the Ubuntu forum and at the moment no one has come up with an answer, that's what makes me think there must be a fault in 10.04...

Looking at your thread on ubuntuforums, you have the identical wireless card to one of my laptops.

That is running 10.04 with the wireless working just fine.

davesdeals

fermi wrote: »

Looking at your thread on ubuntuforums, you have the identical wireless card to one of my laptops.

That is running 10.04 with the wireless working just fine.

Maybe you could give me your settings i could put them in my machine and see if that works, if you would be so kind, thanks in advance.

HO87

@ OP. I'm not sure where or what you searched in UbuntuForums. However. The most common chipset for your WiFi is the Broadcom 4322. When I searched "broadcom 4322 chipset ubuntu 10.04" several solutions were offered including the ndiswrapper route using a proprietary Windows driver which seems to work well. One of the other issues seems to be a peculiarity of Dell that the BIOS may have reset and deactivated your WiFi. Have you checked to ensure it has been activated? If the netbook came loaded with the Dell cutdown version of Netbook Remix Linux then I'd find it very odd that the WiFi didn't work from the outset. If you click on System => Preferences => Network Connections does "Wireless" appear as a tab? If not then the WiFi may well be disabled in BIOS and you will need to boot into BIOS to enable it.