That's what I just suggested you do! Glad you got it working! On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 7:48 PM, Mark Phillips wrote: > 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 >>> >> >> > > --------------------------------------------------- > 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 > -- (503) 754-4452 Android (623) 239-3392 Skype (623) 688-3392 Google Voice ** Safeway.com Automation Engineer