HP 530 on Ubuntu 12.04 - no WiFi

12.04 wireless broadcom hp

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I had the same problem when using a Broadcom Wireless card in 12.04. I connected the laptop to the internet via a wired connection and let Ubuntu install all the newest updates (see the update button in the launch bar).

After rebooting with all the updates installed, the wireless card suddenly worked!

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Updated on September 18, 2022

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Glorfindel over 1 year

I have a HP 530 laptop with Ubuntu 12.04 installed. With Windows Vista, I could use its wireless hardware, but now it doesn't work. I have tried using the command: sudo rfkill unblock all

Does anyone know what I should do?

Edit: I have a Broadcom wireless network card.
- user206859 over 10 years
  
  lspci -vvnn | grep 14e4 Please post the output to the following command on the command line.
- Warren Hill over 10 years
  
  Please run this command lspci -vvnn | grep 14e4 and edit your question with the results.