Ubuntu-Certification

Feedback on the Lenovo Thinkpad Edge 11

Asked by Anthony on 2011-06-02

I just bought a Lenovo Thinkpad edge 11 and tried to install Ubuntu 11.04 on it. There is a problem with the Wifi which does not work. After some investigations, it appears that my machine has a different wifi controller than others.

As mentionned in the Ubuntu certification page on the Lenovo edge 11 (and in several forums), the Wifi Controller should be: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8188CE 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adapter

Or, on my machine, the wifi controller is described as follow in Windows: 2x2 11a/b/g/n Wireless LAN PCI Express Half Mini Card Adaptater.

You can find details on this controller here: http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/MIGR-75618.html

Apparently, there is no linux driver for this controller.

Do you know if it's planned to have this material supported soon?

Many thanks in advance for your help,

Regards,

Anthony

Question information

Language:: English Edit question

Status:: Answered

For:: Ubuntu-Certification Edit question

Assignee:: No assignee Edit question

Last query:: 2013-01-09

Last reply:: 2013-01-16

Link existing bug

Revision history for this message

Brendan Donegan (brendan-donegan) said on 2011-06-02:

Hi Anthony,

To make sure you definitely have a different card, can you run 'lspci' from a terminal in Ubuntu? The info given from Windows may be ambiguous.

Revision history for this message

Anthony (anthony-besson) said on 2011-06-02:

Hi Brendan,

thanks for your quick response. Here it is:

anthony@anthony-ThinkPad-Edge:~$ lspci

00:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS880 Host Bridge

00:01.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780/RS880 PCI to PCI
bridge (int gfx)

00:04.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge
(PCIE port 0)

00:05.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge
(PCIE port 1)

00:11.0 SATA controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 SATA
Controller [AHCI mode]

00:12.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0
Controller

00:12.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI
Controller

00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0
Controller

00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI
Controller

00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 SMBus Controller (rev 42)

00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA) (rev 40)

00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 LPC host
controller (rev 40)

00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge (rev 40)

00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor
HyperTransport Configuration

00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor
Address Map

00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor DRAM
Controller

00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor
Miscellaneous Control

00:18.4 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor Link
Control

01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc M880G [Mobility
Radeon HD 4200]

01:05.1 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc RS880 Audio Device [Radeon HD
4200]

02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B
PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 03)

*08:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation Device 0576 (rev 01)*

Anthony*
*

2011/6/2 Brendan Donegan <email address hidden>

> Your question #160004 on Ubuntu-Certification changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu-certification/+question/160004
>
> Status: Open => Needs information
>
> Brendan Donegan requested more information:
> Hi Anthony,
>
> To make sure you definitely have a different card, can you run 'lspci'
> from a terminal in Ubuntu? The info given from Windows may be ambiguous.
>
> --
> To answer this request for more information, you can either reply to
> this email or enter your reply at the following page:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu-certification/+question/160004
>
> You received this question notification because you asked the question.
>

--
Anthony Besson
*Adresse *: 53 rue d'Alsace 92110 Clichy
*Tél* : +33 (0)1.47.30.29.04
*Mobile *: +33 (0)6.17.46.72.04
*Blog <http://maisouestcequonest.net> | Twitter <http://goog_1121732026> | *
*Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/anthony.besson> |
**Foursquare<http://goog_1121732037>
| **Viadeo* <http://www.viadeo.com/fr/profile/anthony.besson>* *| *
Lindkedin <http://www.linkedin.com/in/anthonybesson> |
Friendfeed<http://friendfeed.com/anthonybesson>
| Netvibes <http://goog_1121732074>*