Ubuntu 10.04 Not Working On Wireless Virgin Broadband

davesdeals

S0litaire wrote: »

you've got a Broadcom BCM4322 Wireless card

03:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4322 802.11a/b/g/n  Wireless LAN Controller (rev 01)

OK now we need to make sure you've got the correct drivers.

Go into "system", "Administration" then "Synaptic Package Manager"
in the "Quick Search" box type in "Broadcom"

You should get 6 items:
*bcmwl-kernel-source
*broadcom-sta-common
*broadcom-sta-source
b43-fwcutter
bcm5700-source
bcmwl-modaliases

Make sure the 3 with the (*) are installed, and the other 3 are not installed.
If they are installed, right click on the bottom 3 and select "Marked for Complete removal"

Apply the upgrade & when it's finished reboot and see if their is any difference in the wireless.

Ok i've just done that but nothing came up ?

S0litaire

OK looks like you need to add some "Software Sources"

Go to "System" then "Administration" then "Software Sources"
make sure all items are ticked in the "Ubuntu Software" & "Updates" tabs
Click "Close" It will then say the information is out of date click "Reload"

It will do away after downloading updated package lists.

Once the screen closes go back to my previous post, it should work now...

davesdeals

S0litaire wrote: »

OK looks like you need to add some "Software Sources"

Go to "System" then "Administration" then "Software Sources"
make sure all items are ticked in the "Ubuntu Software" & "Updates" tabs
Click "Close" It will then say the information is out of date click "Reload"

It will do away after downloading updated package lists.

Once the screen closes go back to my previous post, it should work now...

Ok done all the updates and it is now updated to Ubuntu 9.10, now done a search for broadcom only 4 came up:-
bcm5700-source
bcmwl-kernel-source
b43-fwcutter
bcmwl-modaliases
The 2nd & 4th were installed, so i unistalled 4th and left 2nd, so only 1 installed out of your 3....
Still not connecting......

S0litaire

OK

Just a thought, but have you got the DELL PPA installed?
go to "System" "Administration" "Software Sources" click on "Other Software" tab and click add:
insert the following
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/dell-team/ppa/ubuntu karmic main
then
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/dell-team/ppa/ubuntu karmic main
close and refresh.

Then run an update that adds in DELLs drivers which should include the correct Wireless drivers
you might have to go into Hardware Drivers in Administration menu to activate them...

davesdeals

S0litaire wrote: »

OK

Just a thought, but have you got the DELL PPA installed?
go to "System" "Administration" "Software Sources" click on "Other Software" tab and click add:
insert the following
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/dell-team/ppa/ubuntu karmic main
then
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/dell-team/ppa/ubuntu karmic main
close and refresh.

Then run an update that adds in DELLs drivers which should include the correct Wireless drivers
you might have to go into Hardware Drivers in Administration menu to activate them...

Ok done the first part, but where do i run the update that adds Dells drivers?

tronator

davesdeals wrote: »

Ok done the first part, but where do i run the update that adds Dells drivers?

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

Then go to System > Administration > Hardware Drivers and pray that the drivers are there...

davesdeals

tronator wrote: »

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

Then go to System > Administration > Hardware Drivers and pray that the drivers are there...

Done that, it did not install any drivers the only one there which was there anyway is the Broadcom sta proprietary wireless driver which is activated and currently in use......

What now ???????????

S0litaire

Are you still getting the same problem with the connection dropping?

davesdeals

S0litaire wrote: »

Are you still getting the same problem with the connection dropping?

Its not connecting wirelessly at all !!!!

S0litaire

Unfortunately I'm stumped, it might just be a case of starting from scratch and installing Dells version of Ubuntu on the machine.

http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/software-os/w/linux/consumer-linux.aspx

If that does not work then it's a hardware issue with the wireless router. Then there's nothing you can do apart from getting another router...