On 5/30/2011 3:51 PM, berngp wrote: > Thanks guys you saved my day. > Workaround using Ubuntu 11.04 in Inspiron 1526 > bernardo@bowman-europa:~$ uname -a > Linux bowman-europa 2.6.38-8-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Mon Apr 11 03:31:24 UTC > 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux > > Steps: > > 1. use "Additional Drivers" tool to uninstall the STA driver > 2. use "sudo apt-get install firmware-b43-installer" to put the old driver in > 3. reboot > > bernardo@bowman-europa:~$ hwinfo --wlan > 23: PCI b00.0: 0282 WLAN controller > [Created at pci.318] > UDI: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_14e4_4311 > Unique ID: y9sn.CvS0RaMGsb1 > Parent ID: CvwD.mZjk5kP_4OD > SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:05.0/0000:0b:00.0 > SysFS BusID: 0000:0b:00.0 > Hardware Class: network > Model: "Dell Wireless 1390 WLAN Mini-Card" > Vendor: pci 0x14e4 "Broadcom" > Device: pci 0x4311 "BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN" > SubVendor: pci 0x1028 "Dell" > SubDevice: pci 0x0007 "Wireless 1390 WLAN Mini-Card" > Revision: 0x01 > Driver: "b43-pci-bridge" > Driver Modules: "ssb" > Device File: wlan0 > Features: WLAN > Memory Range: 0xfe8fc000-0xfe8fffff (rw,non-prefetchable) > IRQ: 17 (no events) > HW Address: 00:1e:4c:b3:45:e4 > Link detected: yes > WLAN channels: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 > WLAN frequencies: 2.412 2.417 2.422 2.427 2.432 2.437 2.442 2.447 2.452 > 2.457 2.462 > WLAN encryption modes: WEP40 WEP104 TKIP CCMP > WLAN authentication modes: open sharedkey wpa-psk wpa-eap > Module Alias: "pci:v000014E4d00004311sv00001028sd00000007bc02sc80i00" > Driver Info #0: > Driver Status: ssb is active > Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe ssb" > Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown > Attached to: #3 (PCI bridge) > modprobe b43 had to be added in /etc/rc.local first , then worked on acer aspire5570z.
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