I had similar issues with a D630. and it looks like 12.04 was not installing the right drivers for the broadcom wireless. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1604868&page=58 they detail some easy steps to resolve. just plug in via Ethernet for a few min and bingo. just verify you have the same wireless device From the tail end of my lspci output: 09:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5755M Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express (rev 02) 0c:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN (rev 01) On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 5:20 PM, Mark Phillips wrote: > I installed Ubuntu 12.04 on a Dell Latitude D620. I didn't expect any issues > based on googling this laptop and Linux. However, I cannot get Ethernet or > wifi to work. > > lspci shows the correct hardware > > Ethernet controller; Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5752 Gigibit Ethernet > PCI Express (rev 2) > Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN (rev 01) > > I went into Network Connections and added a Wired connection and gave it a > name and selected the MAc address for eth0 (in the drop down list), and > selected automatic (DHCP) as the method for iP4 > > I looked at /etc/network/interfaces > auto lo > iface lo inet loopback > > so I tried adding > > auto eth0 > > but no luck. grep -i eth /var/log/syslog gives > > Network Manager[2029]: (eth0): new Ethernet device (driver:'tg3' > ifindex: 2) > Network Manager[2029]: (eth0): exported as > /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/0 > Network Manager[2029]: (eth0): mow managed > Network Manager[2029]: (eth0): device state change: unmanaged -> > unavailable (reason 'managed') [10 2 0 2] > Network Manager[2029]: (eth0): bringing up device > Network Manager[2029]: (eth0): preparing device > Network Manager[2029]: (eth0): deactivating device (reason 'managed') > [2] > kernel: [1815.448547] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready > kernel: [1815.449321] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready > > I looked at some forum posts on how to fix this, and the best I found was to > edit NetworkManager.conf and set managed=true (it came false out of the > box). That did not help. > > Thanks for any other suggestions you may have! > > Mark > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss