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fix wifi on dell vostro 1000 on ubuntu 12.04 and up
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# http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43 | |
sudo modprobe -r b43 bcma | |
sudo modprobe -r brcmsmac bcma | |
sudo modprobe -r wl | |
sudo apt-get purge bcmwl-kernel-source | |
sudo apt-get update | |
sudo apt-get install firmware-b43-installer | |
#without connection: those drivers are on the install medium (at least for ubuntu 14) one might need to add it to the list of repositories | |
#when the last line crashes and it tells to run "apt-get install -f" and "dpkg --configure -a" which crashes again: | |
#> sudo dpkg -r -a | |
#allows to make apt-get work again | |
sudo modprobe b43 |
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