Stephan Rose illuminated alt.os.linux.ubuntu by typing:
> I dusted off my laptop today and decided to install Hardy on it. Of
> course, this particular laptop happens to have one of the problematic
> broadcom chipsets for wireless.
>
> So go install hardy and try to get the wireless working. Ubuntu detects
> it's there, installs the necessary stuff via the restricted driver
> manager but it just will not work.
>
> So eventually I just give up and say forget it, I have a pcmcia intel
> wireless card I can just plug in instead and screw the built in wireless.
> Let me at least go into the bios and disable it...
>
> So I go into the bios, err wait a second...it's already set to disabled
> in the bios! No wonder ubuntu couldn't get it to work! Everything works
> flawessly now that I actually enabled it in the bios.
>
> On that note, I just realized, this may actually be worth something
> looking into for others who potentially have issues with their laptop,
> hardy and the broadcom wireless. I didn't expect it to be disabled in the
> bios since Ubuntu detected it...

Interesting. Wireless disabled in the BIOS. That's madness. Innit?

I've had a similar experience. All hardware worked perfectly on a
fresh install on an Acer 8920G

The one exception being that I had to change from ALSA to OSS4 to get
the Intel ICH8 sound system. Not too much effort though.

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Moog

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