It must be different from the 43xx series from Broadcom, as the procedure I gave you would have loaded the driver. Mass Storage Deviceīus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hubīus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hubīus 001 Device 002: ID 04f2:b1aa Chicony Electronics Co., Ltdīus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root Broadcom 4727 is your wireless. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev gave lsusbīus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hubīus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hubīus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hubīus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hubīus 003 Device 002: ID 0bda:0158 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. it has enable networking, and enable notifications? which are both checked?Ġ0:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices RS780 Host Bridge AlternateĠ0:01.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (int gfx)Ġ0:05.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 1)Ġ0:06.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 2)Ġ0:11.0 SATA controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 SATA Controller Ġ0:12.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB OHCI0 ControllerĠ0:12.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB EHCI ControllerĠ0:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB OHCI0 ControllerĠ0:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB EHCI ControllerĠ0:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 SMBus Controller (rev 41)Ġ0:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA) (rev 40)Ġ0:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 LPC host controller (rev 40)Ġ0:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge (rev 40)Ġ0:14.5 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB OHCI2 ControllerĠ0:16.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB OHCI0 ControllerĠ0:16.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB EHCI ControllerĠ0:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices K10 HyperTransport ConfigurationĠ0:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices K10 Address MapĠ0:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices K10 DRAM ControllerĠ0:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices K10 Miscellaneous ControlĠ0:18.4 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices K10 Link ControlĠ1:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc M880G Ġ1:05.1 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc RS880 Audio Device Ġ2:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation Device 4727 (rev 01)Ġ3:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Network manager does not show me an "enable wireless" option.
i tried the "additional drivers" thingy, "hardware drivers" was the closest thing i came by, but it gave me nothing (no proprietary drivers are on use in this system).
Get:4 lucid-security/multiverse Packages Ign lucid-security/universe Translation-en_US Ign lucid-security/multiverse Translation-en_US Ign lucid-security/main Translation-en_US The "sudo apt-get update" gave me lots of things i dont understand.
Many of the wireless adapters still have what are known as "restricted" drivers, meaning the driver can't be delivered on the free Ubuntu distribution media. If you know it's an external device, post back and we'll go from there. it's built-in and on the internal USB bus it's built-in and on the internal PCI bus Well, since it's a laptop, there are a few possibilities: now left-click on the network manager icon. If it won't let you, or if the option is greyed out, please post back.
right-click on the network manager icon and be sure "Enable Wireless" is checked - it not, check to enable it. If this doesn't happen, go to Try This Instead. When it finishes, if it was successful at finding a driver, you should see a driver listed in the window - be sure it is marked as "enabled". It will start a process where it will look on the net to see if there is a driver for your wireless and download/install it. Now, go to system/administration and look for something like Additional Drivers or Restricted Drivers. As you type it it will not appear on the screen.
It will ask for a password - it's your normal Ubuntu user password.
open a terminal window (applications/accessories/terminal)
Since you can get an ethernet connection, connect it.