Ubuntu 11.10 installed on Macbook Pro 13.3" no wifi

Can you give the output of:

sudo lshw -C network; lsb_release -a; uname -a; sudo rfkill list; dmesg | grep -i firm

I suggest you beg/borrow/steal an ethernet cable. It will make your life a LOT LOT easier as you can connect to the wired connection which 9 times in 10 works out of the box, and get online and get fully updated. This helps a LOT

Thanks actionparsnip for answering so soon...!

I just want to make i understand what you have suggested...I all i have to do is boot up Ubuntu open the terminal and type only:

sudo lshw -C network; lsb_release -a; uname -a; sudo rfkill list; dmesg | grep -i firm

This command will not affect my Mac OS X wifi since its on a different partition, correct?

I do not have access to ethernet connection...just wifi...should i wait to do anything before i can connect to internet through ethernet cable?

Thanks,

J

What does it have to do with your crappy Mac OS? It is a command to gather a lot of information about the wireless and the system which will help us diagnose. You can always put the output in a text file and transfer to a web accessible system via a USB stick etc

This is what I got...following your instructions...thanks.

root@bluetubevison:~# sudo lshw -C network
  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: NetXtreme BCM57765 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 10
       serial: c8:2a:14:25:fc:ba
       capacity: 1Gbit/s
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi msix 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=3.119 firmware=57765-v1.37 latency=0 link=no multicast=yes port=twisted pair
       resources: irq:16 memory:a0400000-a040ffff memory:a0410000-a041ffff
  *-network
       description: Network controller
       product: BCM4331 802.11a/b/g/n
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
       version: 02
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
       configuration: driver=bcma-pci-bridge latency=0
       resources: irq:17 memory:a0600000-a0603fff
root@bluetubevison:~# lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 11.10
Release: 11.10
Codename: oneiric
root@bluetubevison:~# uname -a
Linux bluetubevison 3.0.0-12-generic #20-Ubuntu SMP Fri Oct 7 14:56:25 UTC 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
root@bluetubevison:~# sudo rfkill list
0: hci0: Bluetooth
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: no
root@bluetubevison:~# dmesg | grep -i firm
[ 0.538070] [Firmware Bug]: ACPI: BIOS _OSI(Linux) query ignored
[ 2.534726] [Firmware Bug]: ACPI: BIOS _OSI(Linux) query ignored

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/bcm43xx

I hope you ran:
sudo -i

to get to root and are not logging in to the desktop as root...