[Bug 730972] Re: IdeaPad U160 Broadcom wifi not connecting

2012-01-27 Thread Ubuntu Foundation's Bug Bot
The attachment "Patch for Broadcom BCM4313 driver for kernel > 2.6.36" of this bug report has been identified as being a patch. The ubuntu- reviewers team has been subscribed to the bug report so that they can review the patch. In the event that this is in fact not a patch you can resolve this si

[Bug 730972] Re: IdeaPad U160 Broadcom wifi not connecting

2011-05-28 Thread Johanna Hofinger
I had to setup two Lenovo U160 with 2.6.38-9-generic-pae & Natty. Wireless worked for one of those two by blacklisting acer_wmi and reboot. (Activated Wireless on preinstalled Win7 before). The other one would show an strange behaviour after login: 0: ideapad_wlan: Wireless LAN Soft block

[Bug 730972] Re: IdeaPad U160 Broadcom wifi not connecting

2011-05-10 Thread nordicnurse
Lenovo Ideapad U550: wireless was softblocked by acer_wmi. sudo rmmod acer_wmi and adding it to /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf fixed the issue. However, after working for a week (was there a kernel update in proposed?) wireless died again, now with hardblocked state. Following steps fixed this

[Bug 730972] Re: IdeaPad U160 Broadcom wifi not connecting

2011-05-05 Thread Gabriel Pérez
#18 Works for me too. In Lenovo S12. Thanks! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/730972 Title: IdeaPad U160 Broadcom wifi not connecting -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubu

[Bug 730972] Re: IdeaPad U160 Broadcom wifi not connecting

2011-05-04 Thread ben
#18 worked for me, too. thanks -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/730972 Title: IdeaPad U160 Broadcom wifi not connecting -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https:

[Bug 730972] Re: IdeaPad U160 Broadcom wifi not connecting

2011-05-01 Thread Sergey Vishniakov
Hello, I found quick solution for this issue. 1. Open terminal 2. "sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf" 3. need to add to the end of the file: "blacklist acer_wmi" - without quotes 4. "Ctr+X", "Y", "Enter" 5. "sudo reboot" 6. Enjoy new Ubuntu Natty :) -- You received this bug notifi

[Bug 730972] Re: IdeaPad U160 Broadcom wifi not connecting

2011-04-28 Thread VladimirScherbaev
I have this bug on Lenovo S12 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/730972 Title: IdeaPad U160 Broadcom wifi not connecting -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https:/

[Bug 730972] Re: IdeaPad U160 Broadcom wifi not connecting

2011-04-27 Thread Viéville
Hello, I'm probably wrong, but for information, I add such issue on Maverick and Fedora 14 with Lenovo Ideapad u160 until I (re-)activated the BCM4313 card with Lenovo tools on Windows Seven. None of the tips (blacklist, rkfill, modprobe, Fn-F5, etc.) worked on Linux (Lenovo uses some magic in Win

[Bug 730972] Re: IdeaPad U160 Broadcom wifi not connecting

2011-04-26 Thread Daniel van Vugt
Is this actually a problem with the Broadcom STA driver at all? The bug description says brcm80211 is loaded suggesting it's actually bug #747002 getting in the way. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpa

[Bug 730972] Re: IdeaPad U160 Broadcom wifi not connecting

2011-04-24 Thread James Kemp
tried the steps in post #13 but no change to my ability to connect to a wireless network. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/730972 Title: IdeaPad U160 Broadcom wifi not connecting -- u

[Bug 730972] Re: IdeaPad U160 Broadcom wifi not connecting

2011-04-22 Thread Michael Zverina
1.Install the Non-free Broadcom STA Driver via 'Additional Software' 2.To check if my suggested solution will work for you, try to run the following command in terminal # sudo modprobe -r acer-wmi after that you should be able to connect to wireless lan (should work for acer travelmate & lenovo

[Bug 730972] Re: IdeaPad U160 Broadcom wifi not connecting

2011-04-20 Thread James Kemp
I'm not sure it is exactly the same as this, but my wireless (which worked fine in Maverick) now cannot see my wireless router. It does pick up some other wireless router nearby, but not my own. I know that my router is working because my phone will connect to it and route fine (and range isn't an

[Bug 730972] Re: IdeaPad U160 Broadcom wifi not connecting

2011-04-16 Thread Sergey Vishniakov
Hello, I have installed fresh Ubuntu Narwahl beta 2 on my IdeaPad U160. Fresh beta has been installed without exceptions and troubles, system has notified me about the proprietary drivers (Broadcom) which has need to be installed and I did it. But unfortunately Ubuntu can't find any wireless net

[Bug 730972] Re: IdeaPad U160 Broadcom wifi not connecting

2011-04-16 Thread Sergey Vishniakov
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Natty) Status: Incomplete => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/730972 Title: IdeaPad U160 Broadcom wifi not connecting -- ubuntu-bugs mail

[Bug 730972] Re: IdeaPad U160 Broadcom wifi not connecting

2011-04-15 Thread Jeremy Foshee
Patrick, can you test this against a fresh Natty Beta 2? We are curious to see if this behavior is the same out of the box. Thanks! ~JFo ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Natty) Importance: Undecided => Medium ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Natty) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received

[Bug 730972] Re: IdeaPad U160 Broadcom wifi not connecting

2011-04-15 Thread Patrick Wright
Also, add. If Enable to wireless by using the keyboard shortcuts freezes (step 2 above) you can run: rfkill unblock wifi then continue to remove acer_wmi -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/

[Bug 730972] Re: IdeaPad U160 Broadcom wifi not connecting

2011-04-15 Thread Patrick Wright
I have figured a way to get wifi to work. I discovered that the acer_wmi module loads by default and I had originally blacklisted it because it added "acer wireless" as a device. In order to get this to work I had to remove it from the blacklist. Below are the steps I followed. 1. Login in (ass

[Bug 730972] Re: IdeaPad U160 Broadcom wifi not connecting

2011-04-07 Thread badmin
I stumbled upon the same problem here on Linux sat4 2.6.38-8-generic #41-Ubuntu SMP Tue Apr 5 19:30:49 UTC 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux As said in #4 system immediately freezes when trying to access (iwlist scan, activate in KDE network manager, ...) the Wifi device with brcm80211 loaded.

[Bug 730972] Re: IdeaPad U160 Broadcom wifi not connecting

2011-03-31 Thread Leo
I think my problem has better description at #714300. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/730972 Title: IdeaPad U160 Broadcom wifi not connecting -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@

[Bug 730972] Re: IdeaPad U160 Broadcom wifi not connecting

2011-03-31 Thread Leo
I can confirm it on Acer Aspire 5110. Today I boot liveUSB with 11.04 Natty beta1. Network Manager applet does not list any wireless network information. And I can't connect with hidden network. It's regression issue. HW wireless info from 10.10: $ sudo lshw -C network *-network:1 descr

[Bug 730972] Re: IdeaPad U160 Broadcom wifi not connecting

2011-03-22 Thread Patrick Wright
Leann, I am not getting any kernel oops or panics. Immediately after enabling wireless the Ubuntu freezes (UI included) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/730972 Title: IdeaPad U160 Bro

[Bug 730972] Re: IdeaPad U160 Broadcom wifi not connecting

2011-03-18 Thread Leann Ogasawara
Hi Patrick, Based on the comment you posted to bug 728746, I'm unduping this from bug 728746. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux- firmware/+bug/728746/comments/7 It seems the issue with the firmware files was only part of the issue you were seeing. The subsequent freeze would seem

[Bug 730972] Re: IdeaPad U160 Broadcom wifi not connecting

2011-03-18 Thread Leann Ogasawara
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 728746 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/728746 Hi Patrick, This looks like it might be a duplicate of bug 728746 so I am marking it as such. A proposed fix is noted in that bug and a patch has been sent to the Ubuntu kernel team mailing list. If you're

[Bug 730972] Re: IdeaPad U160 Broadcom wifi not connecting

2011-03-17 Thread Patrick Wright
** Also affects: linux (Ubuntu Natty) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/730972 Title: IdeaPad U160 Broadcom wifi not connecting -- ubuntu-bu

[Bug 730972] Re: IdeaPad U160 Broadcom wifi not connecting

2011-03-07 Thread Patrick Wright
** Description changed: Natty Desktop i386 Alpha 3 = Info before installing STA Broadcom driver = Network Manager applet does not list any wireless network information $ iwconfig lono wireless extensions. eth0 no wireless extensions. $ rfkill list wifi 0: i

[Bug 730972] Re: IdeaPad U160 Broadcom wifi not connecting

2011-03-07 Thread Patrick Wright
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