[CoLoCo] wonderful broadcom problems

[Jeremy Schroeder]

i have a DELL d620, with a b43 chipset also, that I had working in 7.10, but
is now a nogo in 8.04 beta.  i just reverted back to gutsy till they get it
fixed.

Jeremy

On Sat, Mar 22, 2008 at 9:44 PM, Jim Hutchinson <jim at ubuntu-rocks.org>
wrote:

> Okay, here is another challenge. I just installed 64bit hardy on a mac
> with a bcm4328 (lspci -> Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4328
> 802.11a/b/g/n (rev 03)) and I can't get it to work. It doesn't even
> recognize it. I was able to get 32bit gutsy to work so thought hardy would
> be fine. Maybe it's a 64bit issue, I don't know. Some posts suggested that
> the restricted driver manager should just offer to install the proper driver
> but it doesn't. In fact, according to
> http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43 this chip isn't supported
> but I had it working before so not sure. A possible solution is suggested
> here http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=616801 but I'm reluctant to
> try given the feedback about no support.
>
> Anyone know a solution (other than buying a new card)? If I were to buy a
> new card, what should I get? I'd actually like one that is USB but on a
> cable so it can be placed high or on a wall.
>
> Thanks,
> -jim
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