ubuntu 9.10 on netbook with broadcom sta

I installed Ubuntu 9.10 UNR and had trouble getting the Broadcom wireless driver to work.  The broadcom driver package is supplied with Ubuntu, and I could see it under "Hardware Drivers" but it wouldn't activate.  Here's what I had to do to get it activated:

1. Install the dkms and broadcom package (bcmwl kernel source package) - it's in the "restricted" folder inside pool - it's not installed by default.

2. Get a wired connection

3. use synaptic to install "patch" package (this wasn't installed by default for some reason, it seems odd since it's a common package).

4. Reinstall bcmwl package as follows:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get --reinstall install bcmwl-kernel-source

5. Go to hardware drivers, and it should be possible to activate the broadcom sta driver.