[ale] Getting Wireless to work in Yoga 3 Pro

[Jim Kinney]

Sounds like the broadcom module didn't load. It may need a tweak in dbus conf files. Or dconf. Haven't finished coffee yet.

On November 24, 2014 4:45:24 PM EST, Marc Ferguson <marcferguson at gmail.com> wrote:
>Hiya folks,
>
>I'm super excited about my newly acquired Lenovo Yoga 3 Pro. I quickly
>dual-booted it with Ubuntu 14.10 and ran into the issue of the wireless
>adapter not working. Luckily there was an option in the "System update"
>for
>"Additional drivers." Sweet! I used the Broadcom drivers provided,
>connected to my wireless router and proceeded with the full install.
>
>Once I rebooted I'm unable to use those same drivers nor do I
>understand
>how to make the drivers work. I did some searching and right now most
>of
>the Internet is providing fixes for the Yoga 2.
>
>One of the solutions presented is to remove the "ideapad_laptop" (rmmod
>ideapad_laptop) module and then restart network-manager. Unfortunately
>that
>didn't work. Can someone point in the right direction of how to
>understand
>wireless modules?
>
>I just purchased a USB ethernet adapter so I can at least grab some
>updates
>and header files. If I understand correctly I might end up compiling
>the
>drivers from Lenovo's site. Thanks.
>
>Broadcom Corporation BCM4352 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter
>[14e4:43b1]
>(rev 3)
>
>-- 
>*Marc Ferguson*
>
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>
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>
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