Nicolò Chieffo, as per http://www.dell.com/support/drivers/us/en/19/Product/latitude-e6400 an update is available for your BIOS (A34). If you update to this following https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BiosUpdate , does it change anything?
If not, could you please both specify what happened, and provide the output of the following terminal command: sudo dmidecode -s bios-version && sudo dmidecode -s bios-release-date Please note your current BIOS is already in the Bug Description, so posting this on the old BIOS would not be helpful. For more on BIOS updates and linux, please see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs#Bug_reporting_etiquette . Thank you for your understanding. ** Tags removed: kernel-request-3.2.0-19.30 ** Tags added: bios-outdated-a34 bot-stop-nagging ** Summary changed: - wifi notworking + 8086:4232 [Dell Latitude E6400] wifi notworking ** Summary changed: - 8086:4232 [Dell Latitude E6400] wifi notworking + 8086:4232 [Dell Latitude E6400] wifi not working ** No longer affects: wpasupplicant (Ubuntu) ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/956519 Title: 8086:4232 [Dell Latitude E6400] wifi not working Status in The Linux Kernel: Confirmed Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: The wifi is enabled and connected to the correct access point. Unfortunately no data is transmitted, so even if I ping my router I don't get any answer. After disabling and enabling wifi several times I can get a good connection + https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=42978#c1 the last version of kernel which didn't have this problem was the one in Ubuntu 11.04, which is 2.6.38 In the following ubuntu releases I've always had this problem. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: linux-image-3.2.0-18-generic 3.2.0-18.29 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-18.29-generic 3.2.9 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-18-generic x86_64 AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24. ApportVersion: 1.94.1-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 ArecordDevices: **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices **** card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: STAC92xx Analog [STAC92xx Analog] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: nchieffo 1547 F.... pulseaudio Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xf6adc000 irq 47' Mixer name : 'Intel Cantiga HDMI' Components : 'HDA:111d76b2,10280233,00100302 HDA:80862802,80860101,00100000' Controls : 25 Simple ctrls : 11 Date: Thu Mar 15 23:30:01 2012 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=513e975e-781d-4b0f-9ee0-fc756274eed2 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta amd64 (20120301) MachineType: Dell Inc. Latitude E6400 PccardctlIdent: Socket 0: no product info available PccardctlStatus: Socket 0: no card ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-18-generic root=UUID=29359acd-6ed2-4b6b-9678-2238dfa87fa8 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-3.2.0-18-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-3.2.0-18-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.71 SourcePackage: linux UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 04/13/2011 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.bios.version: A29 dmi.board.name: 0RX493 dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.chassis.type: 8 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA29:bd04/13/2011:svnDellInc.:pnLatitudeE6400:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0RX493:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr: dmi.product.name: Latitude E6400 dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/linux/+bug/956519/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
