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“Network Management disabled” in KDE – How to Fix

My Kubuntu 10.04 fails to wake up from sleep every now and then and recently this caused KDE’s network manager to be disabled. A quick Google search reveals what turns out to be a very simple fix.
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Kubuntu Lucid Lynx (10.4) on Dell Studio 1558

Wireless Wireless networking doesn’t work out of the box. To install the wireless Broadcom STA driver, run the following on the command line and then reboot: sudo apt-get --reinstall install bcmwl-kernel-source Graphics The open-source driver installed by default causes the fan to run at full speed, generating considerable noise. Installing the proprietary ATI driver (called [...]
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