I'm experiencing the same thing on a Dell Inspiron 1501 running Kubuntu
8.04 beta. From a fresh install, lspci -v regarding chipsets with
proprietary drivers:
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RS485 [Radeon Xpress
1100 IGP] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 01f5
Flags: bus master, 66 MHz, medium devsel, latency 255, IRQ 20
Memory at c8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
I/O ports at 9000 [size=256]
Memory at c0100000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64k]
[virtual] Expansion ROM at c0120000 [disabled] [size=128k]
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
05:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM94311MCG wlan mini-PCI (rev
01)
Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 0007
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17
Memory at c0200000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16k]
Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [58] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit- Queue=0/0
Enable-
Capabilities: [d0] Express Legacy Endpoint IRQ 0
I apply all system updates and reboot. I start K -> System -> Hardware
Drivers Manager, enter my password, and it indicates "No proprietary
drivers are in use on this system." Under the "Device driver" tree I
show 2 devices, "ATI accelerated graphics driver", unchecked, "Not in
use", and "Broadcom B43 wireless driver", unchecked, "In use", although
I have not yet installed any drivers for it. My wireless light next to
the keyboard is off.
I check the "Enabled" box for the ATI entry, click "OK" on the help box
that comes up ("This driver is required to fully etc etc"), and Adept
opens and downloads/installs the driver with no (apparent) hitches.
Adept quits after installing, and the ATI entry's status changes to
"Needs computer restart" with the box checked. I close the hardware
driver manager and reboot. I start the Hardware Drivers Manager again,
and the Broadcom entry still indicates "In Use" although I still have
not installed the drivers, and my wireless light is still off.
I check the "Enabled" box for Broadcom, and click "OK" on the box
informing me that the hardware will not work without the firmware, and
Adept downloads and installs b43-fwcutter. Broadcom entry now indicates
"Needs computer restart". I click "Close" on the hardware drivers
manager, and reboot.
At this point, the laptop screen goes blank and it appears to hang for a
very long time, refusing to fully shut down. Eventually I feed it a
ctrl+alt+delete, and it finishes its shutdown (mostfully gracefully) and
reboots. After logging into KDE, wireless light is still off and the
hardware drivers manager comes up on its own. Broadcom is still marked
as "In Use" but the Enabled button is still unchecked. Just for kicks I
remove my wired ethernet cable and reboot. It hangs again, I ctrl-alt-
delete again, it finishes and reboots.
Hardware drivers manager does not come up on its own this time, WLAN
light is still off. I go into KNetworkManager and it indicates my
wireless is enabled, I try to connect to my router and it hangs at
"Configuring device" (duh).
Hope the details help.
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Broadcom B43 Wireless Driver will not enable
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/208049
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