Public bug reported:
When trying to install Ubuntu on a Dell Inspiron 11z laptop, the
installation fails since it detects neither the wired nor the wireless
network cards. I am trying to make a PXE installation (from a setup that
works with other machines, so that's not the problem).
The installation boots (reads kernel and initrd), but after a couple of
installer questions it fails to detect either network card, and then the
installation fails. I have gotten the same results with Lucid-beta2,
Karmic, and Jaunty.
The hardware itself is working and has linux support. I have installed
(the Ubuntu-based) Jolicloud Linux (Jolicloud-PreFinal.iso, downloaded
today) and there both the wired and wireless networks work out of the
box. The wireless uses a proprietary Broadcom STA driver, but without
manual intervention.
Output of "lshw -C Network" when running Jolicloud:
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: Attansic Technology Corp.
vendor: Attansic Technology Corp.
physical id: 0
bus info: p...@0000:02:00.0
logical name: eth0
version: c0
serial: 00:26:b9:a8:2d:94
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=atl1c driverversion=1.0.0.1-NAPI
firmware=N/A latency=0 multicast=yes
*-network
description: Wireless interface
product: BCM4312 802.11b/g
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: p...@0000:08:00.0
logical name: eth1
version: 01
serial: c4:17:fe:c6:ff:12
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=wl0 driverversion=5.60.48.36
ip=130.236.172.169 latency=0 module=wl multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11
*-network DISABLED
description: Ethernet interface
physical id: 2
logical name: pan0
serial: 5e:75:5e:c7:98:39
capabilities: ethernet physical
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=bridge driverversion=2.3
firmware=N/A multicast=yes
** Affects: ubuntu
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Installation detects neither wired Attansic interface nor wireless Broadcom
interface
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/566673
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