Thread: new install of ubuntu 12.04 lts on DELL LATITUDE D610 - WLAN Issue

i have installed 12.04 on dell latitude d610 cannot wireless card enable. have tried install drivers "bcwml5.inf" no success.

below output of lshw -c network

kaitlyn@ko:~/bcm43xx$ sudo lshw -c network
*-network
description: ethernet interface
product: netxtreme bcm5751 gigabit ethernet pci express
vendor: broadcom corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
logical name: eth0
version: 01
serial: 00:12:3f:06:24:50
size: 1gbit/s
capacity: 1gbit/s
width: 64 bits
clock: 33mhz
capabilities: pm vpd msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=tg3 driverversion=3.121 duplex=full firmware=5751-v3.29a ip=192.168.1.11 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=1gbit/s
resources: irq:16 memory:dfcf0000-dfcfffff
*-network
description: network controller
product: bcm4318 [airforce 54g] 802.11a/b/g pci express transceiver
vendor: broadcom corporation
physical id: 3
bus info: pci@0000:03:03.0
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33mhz
capabilities: bus_master
configuration: driver=b43-pci-bridge latency=64
resources: irq:17 memory:dfbfe000-dfbfffff
*-network disabled
description: wireless interface
physical id: 2
logical name: wlan0
serial: 00:14:a5:4b:09:cf
capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=b43 driverversion=3.2.0-31-generic-pae firmware=n/a link=no multicast=yes wireless=ieee 802.11bg
kaitlyn@ko:~/bcm43xx$

please temporarily hook ethernet , do:

code:

sudo apt-get install linux-firmware-nonfree

reboot , let have report.

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