Wireless is now working, based on the info in this post: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1604868&page=58 Thanks! Mark On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 5:50 PM, Mark Phillips wrote: > Lisa and Stephen, > > I got the wired working...looks like a bad cable - see my previous post. > Have to take my starving daughter to dinner - they whine a lot when they > get hungry...;) > > I will let you know about the wifi when I get back! > > Thanks for the super quick responses!!! > > Mark > > On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 5:40 PM, Lisa Kachold wrote: > >> Hi Mark, >> >> On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 5:20 PM, Mark Phillips < >> mark@phillipsmarketing.biz> 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 >>> >>> >> It appears to be trying to use a tg3 driver - which is the ethernet. >> >> Follow these instructions to setup the /etc/network/interfaces networking >> for Network Manager: >> https://help.ubuntu.com/11.10/serverguide/network-configuration.html >> >> Example for /etc/network/interfaces: >> >> auto eth0 >> iface eth0 inet dhcp >> pre-up /sbin/ethtool -s eth0 speed 1000 duplex full >> >> Manual test (non-persistent): >> >> # sudo ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.50 netmask 255.255.255.0 up >> # route add default gw 192.168.1.1 eth0 >> >> For your wireless: >> >> Please show us the output of: >> >> >> nm-tool >> lsmod | grep b43 >> sudo iwlist scan >> >> >> >> sudo cat /var/log/syslog | grep -e b43 -e firmware -e wpa -e wlan -e etork | tail -n55 >> >> $ sudo apt-get install firmware-b43-installer >> $ sudo apt-get remove bcmwl-kernel-source >> >> -- >> (503) 754-4452 Android >> (623) 239-3392 Skype >> (623) 688-3392 Google Voice >> ** >> Safeway.com >> Automation Engineer >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> 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 >> > >