Public bug reported: System does not have a way of accessing a wireless network. Only a wired network connection is possible though network manager. Looking at lspci I do not see a kernel module loaded for the broadcom wireless device.
ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 Package: linux-image-2.6.38-8-generic 2.6.38-8.42 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2 Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic i686 AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.23. Architecture: i386 ArecordDevices: **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices **** card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: STAC92xx Analog [STAC92xx Analog] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: u 1219 F.... pulseaudio CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'PCH'/'HDA Intel PCH at 0x3ec60000 irq 43' Mixer name : 'Intel CougarPoint HDMI' Components : 'HDA:111d76e7,102804a9,00100102 HDA:80862805,80860101,00100000' Controls : 27 Simple ctrls : 13 Date: Fri Jun 10 14:09:48 2011 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=f1f7a9db-8b1f-4def-accf-0602b79dff18 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1) IwConfig: lo no wireless extensions. eth0 no wireless extensions. MachineType: Dell Inc. Latitude E6220 ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_US:en LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-8-generic root=UUID=19affca9-2089-4d18-9309-313b53f23595 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-2.6.38-8-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-2.6.38-8-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.52 RfKill: 0: dell-wifi: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no SourcePackage: linux UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 03/28/2011 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.bios.version: X29 dmi.board.name: 0862D8 dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.board.version: X00 dmi.chassis.type: 9 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrX29:bd03/28/2011:svnDellInc.:pnLatitudeE6220:pvr01:rvnDellInc.:rn0862D8:rvrX00:cvnDellInc.:ct9:cvr: dmi.product.name: Latitude E6220 dmi.product.version: 01 dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. ** Affects: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Assignee: Chris Van Hoof (vanhoof) Status: Confirmed ** Tags: apport-bug blocks-hwcert i386 natty running-unity -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/795664 Title: [Latitude E6220] Wireless network is nonfunctional To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/795664/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs