by Gorki Z Kaprem » Wed Jul 07, 2010 8:58 pm
I installed Ultimate Edition 2.7 on my Acer Aspire 9410-2079. I had previously installed 2.6, but wanted to try the latest. Rather than an upgrade, I backed up my important files, then did a clean install.
Once installation was completed, I could not access the internet. It seems like many Debian based linuxes, especially those variatons of Ubuntu, have a hard time with Broadcom wireless cards.
I found this workaround on the internet, and it got me going:
sudo apt-get install --reinstall bcmwl-kernel-source
The program and associated dependencies were already installed, according to Synaptic. However, it seems like for some reason it has to be reinstalled before the Broadcom wireless card is sensed, and you can configure your connection and access the internet.
Hopefully this will help other frustrated users. Perhaps the program department can see if there is a way to patch this, so that a reinstall isn't needed.