MacBook Pro Wifi/Wireless Drivers for Ubuntu 12.04

The BCM4331 wireless card that comes with Macbook Por 8,1(late 2011) is supported by Linux kernel since 3.2-rc3 released. This tutorial will explain how to install wireless driver on Macbook Pro 8.1/8.2/8.3 running Ubuntu 12.04.

1. First install b43-fwcutter and firmware-b43-installer from ppa:mpodroid/mactel
Open up terminal from the dash home(or press Ctrl+Alt+T), execute following commands:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mpodroid/mactel
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install b43-fwcutter firmware-b43-installer

2. Install linux-backports-modules-cw-3.3-precise-generic:

sudo apt-get install linux-backports-modules-cw-3.3-precise-generic

if you have the pae kernel installed, install:

sudo apt-get install linux-backports-modules-cw-3.3-precise-generic-pae

3. Edit the /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf with your favorite editor, here use gedit:

sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

add this line and save it.

blacklist ndiswrapper

4. Create or edit the file /etc/pm/config.d/modules:

sudo gedit /etc/pm/config.d/modules

make sure the wireless modules (b43 and bcma) are blacklisted:

SUSPEND_MODULES="b43 bcma"

Now reboot and the wireless should work.
Enjoy

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