> # lspci >... > 05:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN (rev 01) >... i've gone to the trouble of equalizing the packagesets (between the two precise partitions, one with wifi working, the other not). interestingly, that's made no difference. On 11 October 2014 08:47, Jeremy MountainJohnson < jeremy.mountainjohnson at gmail.com> wrote: > What other details do you have on the wifi device? Could you post > chipset details of lspci output, or if usb, lsusb? > > Usually with the newer kernels they are adding drivers, not removing > them, so unless Precise was using a wrapper with additional > configuration or you installed some funky firmware to establish wifi > connectivity previously, it should work. > > My bet is some firmware didn't get installed on your latest installs > and it's likely a Broadcom wifi card since you mentioned an older > laptop and are using some older kernel versions. If so, I'd look into > getting the appropriate firmware to supplement the kernel drivers. > > Not an Ubuntu guy outside of the servers, but they probably have a gui > you can search for firmware in. Isn't there one for drivers too? > Assuming you can plug into Ethernet I suppose... Or use a thumb drive > to transfer necessary packages over to the new install and use dpkg. > > -- > Jeremy MountainJohnson > Jeremy.MountainJohnson at gmail.com > > > On Sat, Oct 11, 2014 at 12:31 AM, gregrwm <tclug1 at whitleymott.net> wrote: > > i prepared a thumbdrive with grub and a selection of lubuntu iso's for > easy > > installing. then tested in a free partition on a (dell inspiron) laptop. > > installed trusty. no wifi. installed precise. no wifi. but huh?! > this > > laptop has been running precise for ages, and still is, not in the test > > partition, and wifi works just fine there! i installed it myself, ages > ago, > > and don't remember having to do anything odd or special. > > > > can anyone drop me some clues how to make wifi work on the new installs, > or > > what to compare between the two partitions? > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20141012/40a6d437/attachment.html>