Ubuntu
jockey package

Update apt cache if it is not present

Bug #439530 reported by Marc Deslauriers
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This bug affects 17 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
jockey (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Medium
Martin Pitt
Ubuntu ubuntu-10.04-beta-1
Lucid
Fix Released
Medium
Martin Pitt
Ubuntu ubuntu-10.04-beta-1

Bug Description

Booting the karmic 20090930.1 netbook remix on a Dell Mini 9, the wireless card isn't enabled during the livecd portion, but jockey detects it and lists the proprietary drivers.

If I install karmic on the Dell Mini 9, jockey does not detect the wireless card after installation. Opening jockey results in a blank window with no proprietary driver suggestions.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Sep 30 14:21:31 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu-Netbook-Remix 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Beta i386 (20090930.1)
MachineType: Dell Inc. Inspiron 910
Package: jockey-gtk 0.5.4-0ubuntu1
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-11-generic root=UUID=6e8bf388-c918-4e17-a583-c08060f95444 ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-11.36-generic
SourcePackage: jockey
Tags: ubuntu-unr
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-11-generic i686
dmi.bios.date: 03/05/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A05
dmi.board.name: CN0J14
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.board.version: A05
dmi.chassis.type: 8
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.version: A05
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA05:bd03/05/2009:svnDellInc.:pnInspiron910:pvrA05:rvnDellInc.:rnCN0J14:rvrA05:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvrA05:
dmi.product.name: Inspiron 910
dmi.product.version: A05
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.

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Marc Deslauriers (mdeslaur) wrote :
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Marc Deslauriers (mdeslaur) wrote :

FYI, during installation, I did _not_ have an ethernet cable plugged in.

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Marc Deslauriers (mdeslaur) wrote :

When installing with Internet connectivity via an ethernet cable, jokey works as expected and suggests the Broadcom STA wireless driver. Installing works as expected also.

Steve Langasek (vorlon)
Changed in jockey (Ubuntu):
status: New → Triaged
importance: Undecided → High
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Tony Espy (awe) wrote :

I've actually run into this on several machines that use the BCM4312 Wi-Fi card, a Dell Mini 9, a new Macbook 13" ( 5,1 ), and a recent HP Mini.

I've tried running Hardware Drivers with an Ethernet cable plugged in, and it seems to only detect the card ~ 50% of the time.

I usually end up having to install bcmwl-kernel-source by hand.

Note, my latest testing was done using Karmic Beta UNR over the weekend.

summary: - Wireless card not detected on Dell Mini 9
+ Broadcom Wi-Fi not detected
Brian Murray (brian-murray)
Changed in jockey (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Martin Pitt (pitti)
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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote : Re: Does not offer drivers when packages are not available

The main problem is that right after an installation (at least after those without internet), apt-get update hasn't run yet, and those drive packages are not actually available. They will appear (and also offered via popup) after the first apt-get update run.

summary: - Broadcom Wi-Fi not detected
+ Does not offer drivers when packages are not available
Changed in jockey (Ubuntu):
importance: High → Medium
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Marc Deslauriers (mdeslaur) wrote :

Once it was installed without network access, if I plug a cable in and do an apt-get update, jockey still reports no drivers available. I need to reboot for jockey to try again. This may be non-obvious for someone trying to get wireless working.

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Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote :

I think there are 2 separate issues here.

1) Wireless drivers do not work on the Live CD (which also can be seen in bug 443185)

 * This is also a regression from Jaunty where they did work

2) Jockey does not detect drivers after installing until apt-get update is run

Is that correct?

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Marc Deslauriers (mdeslaur) wrote :

It didn't occur to me that I should try to get the wireless drivers working during the Live CD portion, so that part I don't know about.

The second issue is correct. Also, even _after_ an apt-get update, jockey does not detect the drivers until a reboot.

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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote :

> The second issue is correct. Also, even _after_ an apt-get update, jockey does not detect the drivers until a reboot.

Or waiting for ten minutes, until the backend times out (or sudo killall jockey-backend). That's a know followup cause of this original report indeed.

Brian Murray (brian-murray)
tags: added: regression-potential
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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote :

Removing regression-potential again. Jockey never behaved any different.

tags: removed: regression-potential
Ubuntu QA Website (ubuntuqa)
tags: added: iso-testing
Martin Pitt (pitti)
Changed in jockey (Ubuntu Lucid):
milestone: none → ubuntu-10.04-beta-1
summary: - Does not offer drivers when packages are not available
+ Update apt cache if it is not present
Changed in jockey (Ubuntu Lucid):
status: Triaged → In Progress
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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote :

trunk r617

Changed in jockey (Ubuntu Lucid):
status: In Progress → Fix Committed
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package jockey - 0.5.8-0ubuntu1

---------------
jockey (0.5.8-0ubuntu1) lucid; urgency=low

  * New upstream bug fix release:
    - Make Control-C work properly. Thanks Adys! (LP: #479548)
    - Read system vendor/product from sysfs, not from hal
    - OSLib: Add new method has_repositories(), as a foundation for fixing
      #442776
    - backend.py, new_used_available(): Skip check if no package repositories
      are available, to avoid writing an empty cache file and thus never
      showing Jockey notifications again once they become available.
      (LP: #442776)
    - Shutdown D-BUS backend on UI shutdown, to not start the next UI with
      potentially outdated information.
    - backend.py: Expose has_repositories() and update_repository_indexes() to
      clients.
    - ui.py: Download/update package indexes if they are missing.
      (LP: #439530)
  * jockey/oslib.py: Provide an apt implementation of has_repositories().
  * jockey/oslib.py: Provide an apt implementation of
    update_repository_indexes().
 -- Martin Pitt <email address hidden> Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:48:11 +0100

Changed in jockey (Ubuntu Lucid):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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server_3249 (server-3249) wrote :

I have the same issue. This is not fixed..

Changed in jockey (Ubuntu Lucid):
status: Fix Released → Incomplete
Martin Pitt (pitti)
Changed in jockey (Ubuntu Lucid):
status: Incomplete → Fix Released
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