Dell D600 b43 wireless driver question
Hello,
I'm fairly new to ubuntu and have a question in regards to the wireless driver on my laptop. It dual boots to windows which give's me some information on what drivers are compatible with my Dell truemobile 1400 wireless card.
in windows I use the broadcom driver 4.10.40.11
should I be able to run the same version of driver in ubuntu? Should I at least get into the right generation? 4.x.x.x
On the linux wireless website it shows my the same card able to work with the standard b43 driver
http://
"b43legacy should be used on all BCM4301 cards and BCM4306 cards with a 80211 core revision of 4 or less. b43 should be used on all other cards."
My question:
1. How do I tell which driver is loaded?
2. How do I make sure the latest driver is loaded?
I think my confusion comes from the error if I try to apt-get b43legacy. I get an error that I should use b43.
Also If Ishw -C network it says "driver=b43legacy "
I've tried to force b43-fwcutter to install the later version, but not sure if it's worked.
I've also tried to modprobe and modprobe blacklist to influence the driver selection, and am unsure if that works either.
I appreciate the help.
Thanks
user@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install hwinfo grep; sudo lshw -C network; rfkill list; sudo iwlist scanning; cat /etc/network/
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grep is already the newest version.
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*-network:0
description: Ethernet interface
product: NetXtreme BCM5705M Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
logical name: eth0
version: 01
serial: 00:0d:56:e6:b1:80
capacity: 1Gbit/s
width: 64 bits
clock: 66MHz
resources: irq:11 memory:
*-network:1
description: Network controller
product: BCM4309 802.11a/b/g
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: 3
bus info: pci@0000:02:03.0
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
resources: irq:5 memory:
*-network
description: Wireless interface
physical id: 2
logical name: wlan0
serial: 00:90:4b:66:bc:ef
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.
eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.
wlan0 Scan completed :
Cell 01 - Address: 94:44:52:B5:22:B5
Cell 02 - Address: 00:12:FB:DF:86:86
Cell 03 - Address: C0:C1:C0:27:00:CD
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_
DISTRIB_
DISTRIB_
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 82855PM Processor to I/O Controller [8086:3340] (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82855PM Processor to AGP Controller [8086:3341] (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-
00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-
00:1d.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-
00:1d.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB2 EHCI Controller [8086:24cd] (rev 01)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev 81)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801DBM (ICH4-M) LPC Interface Bridge [8086:24cc] (rev 01)
00:1f.1 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801DBM (ICH4-M) IDE Controller [8086:24ca] (rev 01)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-
00:1f.6 Modem [0703]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon RV250 [Mobility FireGL 9000] [1002:4c66] (rev 02)
02:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5705M Gigabit Ethernet [14e4:165d] (rev 01)
02:01.0 CardBus bridge [0607]: O2 Micro, Inc. OZ711EC1 SmartCardBus Controller [1217:7113] (rev 20)
02:01.1 CardBus bridge [0607]: O2 Micro, Inc. OZ711EC1 SmartCardBus Controller [1217:7113] (rev 20)
02:03.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4309 802.11a/b/g [14e4:4324] (rev 02)
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
H/W path Device Class Description
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/0 bus 0G5152
/0/0 memory 64KiB BIOS
/0/400 processor Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1600
/0/400/700 memory 8KiB L1 cache
/0/400/701 memory 1MiB L2 cache
/0/1000 memory 2GiB System Memory
/0/1000/0 memory 1GiB DIMM DDR Synchronous 266 MHz (3
/0/1000/1 memory 1GiB DIMM DDR Synchronous 266 MHz (3
/0/100 bridge 82855PM Processor to I/O Controller
/0/100/1 bridge 82855PM Processor to AGP Controller
/0/100/1/0 display Radeon RV250 [Mobility FireGL 9000]
/0/100/1d bus 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-
/0/100/1d.1 bus 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-
/0/100/1d.2 bus 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-
/0/100/1d.7 bus 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB2 EHCI
/0/100/1e bridge 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge
/0/100/1e/0 eth0 network NetXtreme BCM5705M Gigabit Ethernet
/0/100/1e/1 bridge OZ711EC1 SmartCardBus Controller
/0/100/1e/1.1 bridge OZ711EC1 SmartCardBus Controller
/0/100/1e/3 network BCM4309 802.11a/b/g
/0/100/1f bridge 82801DBM (ICH4-M) LPC Interface Brid
/0/100/1f.1 scsi0 storage 82801DBM (ICH4-M) IDE Controller
/0/100/1f.1/0 /dev/sda disk 40GB TOSHIBA MK4025GA
/0/100/1f.1/0/1 /dev/sda1 volume 37GiB Windows NTFS volume
/0/100/1f.1/1 /dev/cdrom disk RW/DVD GCC-4241N
/0/100/1f.5 multimedia 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-
/0/100/1f.6 communication 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-
/1 power DELL 0007Y35
/2 wlan0 network Wireless interface
Linux ubuntu 2.6.38-11-generic #50-Ubuntu SMP Mon Sep 12 21:18:14 UTC 2011 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
[ 0.000000] APIC: switched to apic NOOP
[ 0.009447] SMP alternatives: switching to UP code
[ 0.094574] ACPI: ACPI Dock Station Driver: 1 docks/bays found
[ 0.094578] HEST: Table not found.
[ 0.121193] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
[ 0.121211] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
[ 0.121245] usbcore: registered new device driver usb
[ 0.121727] Switching to clocksource pit
[ 0.154183] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 13 devices
[ 0.191601] Switching to clocksource acpi_pm
[ 0.194330] Switched to NOHz mode on CPU #0
[ 0.250367] input: Lid Switch as /devices/
[ 0.250689] ACPI: Lid Switch [LID]
[ 0.269057] ERST: Table is not found!
[ 0.479485] i2c-core: driver [adp5520] using legacy suspend method
[ 0.479487] i2c-core: driver [adp5520] using legacy resume method
[ 0.508458] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.509018] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.509376] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.509938] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.564469] device-mapper: multipath: version 1.2.0 loaded
[ 0.564474] device-mapper: multipath round-robin: version 1.0.0 loaded
[ 0.641517] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 0.868085] usb 1-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 2
[ 0.911659] isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
[ 1.519737] usbcore: registered new interface driver uas
[ 1.571514] scsi2 : usb-storage 1-1:1.0
[ 1.571906] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
[ 1.629499] tg3 0000:02:00.0: eth0: Tigon3 [partno(
[ 1.629507] tg3 0000:02:00.0: eth0: attached PHY is 5705 (10/100/1000Base-T Ethernet) (WireSpeed[1])
[ 1.629512] tg3 0000:02:00.0: eth0: RXcsums[1] LinkChgREG[0] MIirq[0] ASF[0] TSOcap[1]
[ 1.629516] tg3 0000:02:00.0: eth0: dma_rwctrl[
[ 1.631556] b43-pci-bridge 0000:02:03.0: PCI INT A -> Link[LNKB] -> GSI 5 (level, low) -> IRQ 5
[ 1.631600] ssb: Core 0 found: ChipCommon (cc 0x800, rev 0x02, vendor 0x4243)
[ 1.631607] ssb: Core 1 found: IEEE 802.11 (cc 0x812, rev 0x04, vendor 0x4243)
[ 1.631614] ssb: Core 2 found: PCMCIA (cc 0x80D, rev 0x01, vendor 0x4243)
[ 1.631621] ssb: Core 3 found: V90 (cc 0x807, rev 0x01, vendor 0x4243)
[ 1.631627] ssb: Core 4 found: PCI (cc 0x804, rev 0x07, vendor 0x4243)
[ 1.631634] ssb: Core 5 found: IEEE 802.11 (cc 0x812, rev 0x04, vendor 0x4243)
[ 1.635330] ssb: Sonics Silicon Backplane found on PCI device 0000:02:03.0
[ 29.588884] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[ 31.722106] yenta_cardbus 0000:02:01.0: CardBus bridge found [1028:011d]
[ 31.886921] yenta_cardbus 0000:02:01.1: CardBus bridge found [1028:011d]
[ 32.468347] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 128x48
[ 32.488713] b43legacy-phy0: Broadcom 4306 WLAN found
[ 32.556487] b43legacy-phy0 debug: Found PHY: Analog 1, Type 2, Revision 1
[ 32.556510] b43legacy-phy0 debug: Found Radio: Manuf 0x17F, Version 0x2050, Revision 2
[ 32.588077] b43legacy-phy0 debug: Radio initialized
[ 32.665177] b43legacy-phy0 debug: Ignoring unconnected 802.11 core
[ 32.668684] Broadcom 43xx-legacy driver loaded [ Features: PLID, Firmware-ID: FW10 ]
[ 33.881326] ADDRCONF(
[ 34.640074] b43legacy-phy0: Loading firmware version 0x127, patch level 14 (2005-04-18 02:36:27)
[ 34.704570] b43legacy-phy0 debug: Chip initialized
[ 34.704844] b43legacy-phy0 debug: 30-bit DMA initialized
[ 34.708915] Registered led device: b43legacy-phy0::tx
[ 34.708955] Registered led device: b43legacy-phy0::rx
[ 34.708992] Registered led device: b43legacy-
[ 34.709026] b43legacy-phy0 debug: Wireless interface started
[ 34.716359] b43legacy-phy0 debug: Adding Interface type 2
[ 34.732335] ADDRCONF(
[ 50.280381] wlan0: authenticate with 94:44:52:b5:22:b5 (try 1)
[ 50.283804] wlan0: authenticated
[ 50.288114] wlan0: associate with 94:44:52:b5:22:b5 (try 1)
[ 50.291216] wlan0: RX AssocResp from 94:44:52:b5:22:b5 (capab=0x411 status=0 aid=3)
[ 50.291222] wlan0: associated
[ 50.291994] ADDRCONF(
[ 61.136032] wlan0: no IPv6 routers present
[ 201.852494] usb 1-1: USB disconnect, address 2
Manufacturer: Dell Computer Corporation
Product Name: Latitude D600
Manufacturer: Dell Computer Corporation
Product Name: 0G5152
Manufacturer: Dell Computer Corporation
Manufacturer: Intel
Manufacturer: Not Specified
Manufacturer: Not Specified
Manufacturer: Sanyo
SBDS Manufacture Date: 2004-08-07
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:"Net"
Bit Rate=24 Mb/s Tx-Power=27 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality=62/70 Signal level=-48 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:117 Invalid misc:410 Missed beacon:0
install snd-rawmidi /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-rawmidi $CMDLINE_OPTS && { /sbin/modprobe --quiet --use-blacklist snd-seq-midi ; : ; }
# which ath5k cannot recover. To prevent this condition, stop
blacklist ath_pci
blacklist eth1394
# replaced by p54pci
blacklist prism54
# replaced by b43 and ssb.
blacklist bcm43xx
#blacklist b43legacy
#blacklist b43
blacklist ndiswrapper
blacklist uart6850
blacklist twl4030_wdt
alias pci:v000014E4d0
alias pci:v000014E4d0
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[main]
NetworkingEnabl
WirelessEnabled
WWANEnabled=true
> hal.1: read hal dataprocess 2273: arguments to dbus_move_error() were incorrect, assertion "(dest) == NULL || !dbus_error_is_set ((dest))" failed in file dbus-errors.c line 280.
This is normally a bug in some application using the D-Bus library.
libhal.c 3483 : Error unsubscribing to signals, error=The name org.freedesktop.Hal was not provided by any .service files
21: PCI 200.0: 0200 Ethernet controller
[Created at pci.318]
Unique ID: rBUF.jGtOSOS7XzF
Parent ID: 6NW+.+ISWpD3pbdC
SysFS ID: /devices/
SysFS BusID: 0000:02:00.0
Hardware Class: network
Model: "Dell Latitude D400"
Vendor: pci 0x14e4 "Broadcom"
Device: pci 0x165d "NetXtreme BCM5705M Gigabit Ethernet"
SubVendor: pci 0x1028 "Dell"
SubDevice: pci 0x865d "Latitude D400"
Revision: 0x01
Driver: "tg3"
Driver Modules: "tg3"
Device File: eth0
Memory Range: 0xfaff0000-
IRQ: 11 (145097 events)
HW Address: 00:0d:56:e6:b1:80
Link detected: no
Module Alias: "pci:v000014E4d
Driver Info #0:
Driver Status: tg3 is active
Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe tg3"
Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
Attached to: #15 (PCI bridge)
24: PCI 203.0: 0282 WLAN controller
[Created at pci.318]
Unique ID: y9sn.QuElVHVlis5
Parent ID: 6NW+.+ISWpD3pbdC
SysFS ID: /devices/
SysFS BusID: 0000:02:03.0
Hardware Class: network
Model: "Dell Truemobile 1400"
Vendor: pci 0x14e4 "Broadcom"
Device: pci 0x4324 "BCM4309 802.11a/b/g"
SubVendor: pci 0x1028 "Dell"
SubDevice: pci 0x0001 "Truemobile 1400"
Revision: 0x02
Driver: "b43-pci-bridge"
Driver Modules: "ssb"
Device File: wlan0
Features: WLAN
Memory Range: 0xfafee000-
IRQ: 5 (79833 events)
HW Address: 00:90:4b:66:bc:ef
Link detected: yes
WLAN channels: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
WLAN frequencies: 2.412 2.417 2.422 2.427 2.432 2.437 2.442 2.447 2.452 2.457 2.462
WLAN encryption modes: WEP40 WEP104 TKIP CCMP
WLAN authentication modes: open sharedkey wpa-psk wpa-eap
Module Alias: "pci:v000014E4d
Driver Info #0:
Driver Status: ssb is active
Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe ssb"
Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
Attached to: #15 (PCI bridge)
Warning: bad ps syntax, perhaps a bogus '-'? See http://
root 713 0.0 0.2 25488 4560 ? Ssl 19:03 0:00 NetworkManager
root 1428 0.0 0.0 2552 1200 ? S 19:03 0:00 /sbin/dhclient -d -4 -sf /usr/lib/
user 2287 0.0 0.0 4148 840 pts/0 S+ 19:44 0:00 egrep --color=auto icd|etwork
Module Size Used by
cryptd 19801 0
aes_i586 16956 2
aes_generic 38023 1 aes_i586
nls_iso8859_1 12617 0
nls_cp437 12751 0
vfat 17335 0
fat 55505 1 vfat
binfmt_misc 13213 1
arc4 12473 2
b43legacy 127415 0
radeon 900494 3
snd_intel8x0 33213 2
snd_ac97_codec 105614 1 snd_intel8x0
ac97_bus 12642 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm 80042 2 snd_intel8x0,
ttm 65184 1 radeon
mac80211 257001 1 b43legacy
drm_kms_helper 40745 1 radeon
snd_seq_midi 13132 0
snd_rawmidi 25269 1 snd_seq_midi
pcmcia 39671 0
snd_seq_midi_event 14475 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 51291 2 snd_seq_
joydev 17322 0
drm 184164 5 radeon,
snd_timer 28659 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
cfg80211 156212 2 b43legacy,mac80211
yenta_socket 27230 0
ppdev 12849 0
snd_seq_device 14110 3 snd_seq_
pcmcia_rsrc 18292 1 yenta_socket
pcmcia_core 21505 3 pcmcia,
snd 55295 11 snd_intel8x0,
dcdbas 14054 0
i2c_algo_bit 13184 1 radeon
psmouse 73312 0
parport_pc 32111 1
soundcore 12600 1 snd
shpchp 32345 0
serio_raw 12990 0
snd_page_alloc 14073 2 snd_intel8x0,
video 18951 0
lp 13349 0
parport 36746 3 ppdev,parport_pc,lp
tg3 131476 0
usb_storage 43946 0
ssb 45942 1 b43legacy
uas 17676 0
user@ubuntu:~$
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