Public bug reported: My Laptop Compaq nx6325 equipped with built-in wlan adapter Broadcom bcm4311 cannot even switch on the wireless adapter in order to connect. I have found a work-around as described here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1745437 but that is not a proper solution for somebody with little experience in computers therefore I think you should look into it and correct your code in future releases as NONE of them no matter how many I have tried don't even switch on my wifi adapter without using the work-around described in the link above and also presented just below. This bug applies to ALL UBUNTU Releases not only my current one : 15.04
************************ "I fixed my problem with the Broadcom bcm4311 drivers on 11.04 (Natty Narwhal) Steps I took for fixing this problem: (I stole this method from http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1700897[user:nm_geo; post #5]) -open the 'Synaptic Package Manager' and search for 'bcm' -uninstall the 'bcm-kernel-source' package -make sure that the 'firmware-b43-installer' and the 'b43-fwcutter' packages are installed -type into terminal: [cat /etc/modprobe.d/* | egrep '8180|acx|at76|ath|b43|bcm|CX|eth|ipw|irmware|isl| lbtf|orinoco|ndiswrapper|NPE|p54|prism|rtl|rt2|rt3 |rt6|rt7|witch|wl'] (you may want to copy this) and see if the term 'blacklist bcm43xx' is there -if it is, [terminal]cd /etc/modprobe.d/ [and then]sudo gedit blacklist.conf put a # in front of the line: blacklist bcm43xx then save the file (I was getting error messages in the terminal about not being able to save, but it actually did save properly) -reboot hopefully this works for you all! " ***************************** ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04 Package: firmware-b43-installer 1:019-2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-58.64-generic 3.19.8-ckt16 Uname: Linux 3.19.0-58-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.17.2-0ubuntu1.8 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Thu May 5 22:41:52 2016 InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-11-18 (534 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Release amd64 (20141022.1) PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: b43-fwcutter UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to vivid on 2015-04-24 (377 days ago) ** Affects: b43-fwcutter (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug vivid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1578806 Title: WLAN adapter Broadcom bcm4311 driver problems To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/b43-fwcutter/+bug/1578806/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
