Public bug reported: On this Dell Inspiron E1505, Jockey suggests to use the driver in bcmwl- kernel-source for the BCM4311 wireless card. However, this driver doesn't work. No wireless options show up in nm-applet. For wireless to work, I have to remove bcmwl-kernel-source and install firmware-b43-installer.
Based on my web searches, this problem might be due to the fact that this laptop model also has a BCM4401 for wired Ethernet. The b44 kernel module uses the ssb kernel module, which locks the BCM43xx device, preventing the wl kernel module from using it. (I got this info from http://askubuntu.com/questions/139168/dell-1390-wireless- bcm4311-ubuntu-12-04-no-wireless-icon-in-unity.) If this is accurate, then on systems with both a BCM43xx and a BCM44xx Jockey should suggest firmware-b43-installer instead of bcmwl-kernel-source. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: jockey-gtk 0.9.7-0ubuntu7.4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-32.51-generic-pae 3.2.30 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-32-generic-pae i686 NonfreeKernelModules: wl ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu14 Architecture: i386 Date: Sat Nov 24 17:34:24 2012 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20120817.3) MachineType: Dell Inc. MM061 PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-32-generic-pae root=UUID=ca238997-75f8-480b-bb92-ecc9a9dfd571 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: jockey UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 06/13/2007 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.bios.version: A17 dmi.board.name: 0XD720 dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.chassis.type: 8 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA17:bd06/13/2007:svnDellInc.:pnMM061:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0XD720:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr: dmi.product.name: MM061 dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. ** Affects: jockey (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-bug i386 precise 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/1082777 Title: Driver suggested by Jockey for BCM4311 on Dell Inspiron E1505 doesn't work To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/jockey/+bug/1082777/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
