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b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode5.fw" not found -> DISABLED Wireless Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4309 802.11a/b/g [14e4:4324] (rev 03) not working on Dell Inspiron 2200 in Ubuntu 10.10

Asked by Steven D. Shown

I just installed 10.10 on my old Dell Inspiron 2200 and cannot seem to get the wireless card to work. Previously this laptop was shipped with no wireless card installed in it at all. I ordered the Dell Broadcom 1450 mini PCI wireless card and need to install the drivers for it. However, the only drivers for this card seem to be for windows xp only. Is there any way I can get a driver to work on this machine? The on-board LAN (hardline connection) works fine, but I need the wireless to work as well. Can someone please help me, it would be much appreciated. Thank you.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Can you give the output of:

sudo lshw -C network; lsb_release -a; sudo rfkill list; dmesg | grep -i firm

Thanks

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#2

Hi,

Please first connect your wired network adapter to the wireless router using an ethernet cable (also known as a LAN cable).

In order to gather essential troubleshooting information about your wireless card, please follow this procedure:

Step 1:

If you are using the Gnome interface, open the Terminal console via "Applications->Accessories->Terminal"

If you are using the Unity interface, the easiest way to open the Terminal is to use the 'search' function on the dash. Or you can click on the 'More Apps' button, click on the 'See more results' by the installed section, and find it in that list of applications. A third way, available after you click on the 'More Apps' button, is to go to the search bar, and see that the far right end of it says 'All Applications'. You then click on that, and you'll see the full list. Then you can go to Accessories > Terminal after that.

So the methods in Unity are:
Dash > Search for Terminal
Dash > More Apps > 'See More Results' > Terminal
Dash > More Apps > Accessories > Terminal

Step 2: Please copy-paste the following command from https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WirelessTroubleshootingProcedure in Firefox into the Linux Terminal. Do NOT copy-paste from the Email message into the Terminal, as that will only copy PART of the command. The command STARTS with the word sudo and ENDS with the word lsmod. So please copy-paste the ENTIRE command below from Firefox into a Terminal, press <enter>, then enter password when sudo asks for password, then press enter again.

Tip: If you have a wheel mouse or 3 button mouse you do not need to type commands into the Terminal. Highlight the command written on the page. Move your cursor anywhere in the Terminal and press the wheel or middle button. Automatic Copy and paste! No spelling mistakes! No Typos! No other errors!

sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install hwinfo grep; sudo lshw -C network; rfkill list; sudo iwlist scanning; cat /etc/network/interfaces; cat /etc/lsb-release; lspci -nn; lsusb; sudo lshw -short; uname -a; dmesg | egrep 'acx|at76|ath|b43|bcm|brcm|CX|eth|ipw|ireless|irmware|isl|lbtf|orinoco|ndiswrapper|NPE|ound|p54|prism|rtl|rt2|rt3|rt5|rt6|rt7|usb|witch|wl';sudo dmidecode|egrep 'Manufact|Product'; iwconfig; cat /etc/modprobe.d/* | egrep 'acx|at76|ath|b43|bcm|brcm|CX|eth|ipw|irmware|isl|lbtf|orinoco|ndiswrapper|NPE|p54|prism|rtl|rt2|rt3|rt6|rt7|wmi|witch|wl'; cat /var/lib/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.state; sudo hwinfo --netcard ; ps -aux|egrep 'icd|etwork'; sudo lsmod

Step 3: Please post results (copy/paste terminal output) on this thread. The troubleshooters here need to see the full Terminal output from running the above command.

Regards,

Mark

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Steven D. Shown (stevenshown90) said : 		#3

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  *-network:0
       description: Network controller
       product: BCM4309 802.11a/b/g
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 3
       bus info: pci@0000:02:03.0
       version: 03
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: bus_master
       configuration: driver=b43-pci-bridge latency=64
       resources: irq:19 memory:dfdfe000-dfdfffff
  *-network:1
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: 82562ET/EZ/GT/GZ - PRO/100 VE (LOM) Ethernet Controller Mobile
       vendor: Intel Corporation
       physical id: 8
       bus info: pci@0000:02:08.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 03
       serial: 00:12:3f:03:cc:0e
       size: 100MB/s
       capacity: 100MB/s
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=e100 driverversion=3.5.24-k2-NAPI duplex=full firmware=N/A ip=192.168.0.105 latency=64 link=yes maxlatency=56 mingnt=8 multicast=yes port=MII speed=100MB/s
       resources: irq:20 memory:dfdfd000-dfdfdfff ioport:df40(size=64)
  *-network DISABLED
       description: Wireless interface
       physical id: 2
       logical name: wlan0
       serial: 00:0b:7d:25:0c:fd
       capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=b43 driverversion=2.6.35-30-generic firmware=N/A link=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: no
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

wlan0 Interface doesn't support scanning : Network is down

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=10.10
DISTRIB_CODENAME=maverick
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 10.10"
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/PM/GMS/910GML Express Processor to DRAM Controller [8086:2590] (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller [8086:2592] (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller [0380]: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller [8086:2792] (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #1 [8086:2658] (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #2 [8086:2659] (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #3 [8086:265a] (rev 03)
00:1d.3 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #4 [8086:265b] (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller [8086:265c] (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev d3)
00:1e.2 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) AC'97 Audio Controller [8086:266e] (rev 03)
00:1e.3 Modem [0703]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) AC'97 Modem Controller [8086:266d] (rev 03)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801FBM (ICH6M) LPC Interface Bridge [8086:2641] (rev 03)
00:1f.1 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) IDE Controller [8086:266f] (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) SMBus Controller [8086:266a] (rev 03)
02:01.0 CardBus bridge [0607]: Texas Instruments PCI1510 PC card Cardbus Controller [104c:ac56]
02:03.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4309 802.11a/b/g [14e4:4324] (rev 03)
02:08.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation 82562ET/EZ/GT/GZ - PRO/100 VE (LOM) Ethernet Controller Mobile [8086:1068] (rev 03)
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
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
=============================================================
                                   system Inspiron 2200
/0 bus 0U6962
/0/0 memory 64KiB BIOS
/0/400 processor Intel(R) Celeron(R) M processo
/0/400/700 memory 8KiB L1 cache
/0/400/701 memory 1MiB L2 cache
/0/1000 memory 512MiB System Memory
/0/1000/0 memory 256MiB Chip DDR Synchronous 33
/0/1000/1 memory 256MiB DIMM DDR Synchronous 33
/0/100 bridge Mobile 915GM/PM/GMS/910GML Exp
/0/100/2 display Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Expres
/0/100/2.1 display Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Expres
/0/100/1d bus 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Fa
/0/100/1d.1 bus 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Fa
/0/100/1d.2 bus 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Fa
/0/100/1d.3 bus 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Fa
/0/100/1d.7 bus 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Fa
/0/100/1e bridge 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge
/0/100/1e/1 bridge PCI1510 PC card Cardbus Contro
/0/100/1e/3 network BCM4309 802.11a/b/g
/0/100/1e/8 eth0 network 82562ET/EZ/GT/GZ - PRO/100 VE
/0/100/1e.2 multimedia 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Fa
/0/100/1e.3 communication 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Fa
/0/100/1f bridge 82801FBM (ICH6M) LPC Interface
/0/100/1f.1 scsi0 storage 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Fa
/0/100/1f.1/0.0.0 /dev/sda disk 60GB FUJITSU MHV2060A
/0/100/1f.1/0.0.0/1 /dev/sda1 volume 54GiB EXT4 volume
/0/100/1f.1/0.0.0/2 /dev/sda2 volume 1495MiB Extended partition
/0/100/1f.1/0.0.0/2/5 /dev/sda5 volume 1495MiB Linux swap / Solaris p
/0/100/1f.1/0.1.0 /dev/cdrom disk CDRW/DVD CDD5263
/0/100/1f.3 bus 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Fa
/1 power DELL54SSN
/2 wlan0 network Wireless interface
Linux stevenshown-Inspiron-2200 2.6.35-30-generic #59-Ubuntu SMP Tue Aug 30 15:58:00 UTC 2011 i686 GNU/Linux
[ 0.009836] SMP alternatives: switching to UP code
[ 0.096504] ACPI: No dock devices found.
[ 0.167459] HEST: Table is not found!
[ 0.167982] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
[ 0.168015] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
[ 0.168054] usbcore: registered new device driver usb
[ 0.172026] Switching to clocksource tsc
[ 0.229417] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 12 devices
[ 0.268344] pci 0000:02:08.0: Firmware left e100 interrupts enabled; disabling
[ 0.759246] input: Lid Switch as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0C0D:00/input/input0
[ 0.759852] ACPI: Lid Switch [LID]
[ 0.764628] Switching to clocksource hpet
[ 0.772062] ERST: Table is not found!
[ 0.901763] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.902254] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.902607] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.902983] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.903353] hub 5-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.952390] device-mapper: multipath: version 1.1.1 loaded
[ 0.952394] device-mapper: multipath round-robin: version 1.0.0 loaded
[ 1.087319] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 1.175654] isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
[ 1.662533] e100 0000:02:08.0: eth0: addr 0xdfdfd000, irq 20, MAC addr 00:12:3f:03:cc:0e
[ 1.663986] b43-pci-bridge 0000:02:03.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 19
[ 1.664085] ssb: Core 0 found: ChipCommon (cc 0x800, rev 0x04, vendor 0x4243)
[ 1.664095] ssb: Core 1 found: IEEE 802.11 (cc 0x812, rev 0x05, vendor 0x4243)
[ 1.664103] ssb: Core 2 found: PCMCIA (cc 0x80D, rev 0x02, vendor 0x4243)
[ 1.664112] ssb: Core 3 found: V90 (cc 0x807, rev 0x02, vendor 0x4243)
[ 1.664121] ssb: Core 4 found: PCI (cc 0x804, rev 0x09, vendor 0x4243)
[ 1.667865] ssb: Sonics Silicon Backplane found on PCI device 0000:02:03.0
[ 18.934260] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[ 19.255683] [Firmware Bug]: Duplicate ACPI video bus devices for the same VGA controller, please try module parameter "video.allow_duplicates=1"if the current driver doesn't work.
[ 19.628365] yenta_cardbus 0000:02:01.0: CardBus bridge found [1028:01a4]
[ 20.118126] b43-phy0: Broadcom 4306 WLAN found (core revision 5)
[ 20.884386] Registered led device: b43-phy0::tx
[ 20.884412] Registered led device: b43-phy0::rx
[ 20.884442] Registered led device: b43-phy0::radio
[ 20.884553] Broadcom 43xx driver loaded [ Features: PL, Firmware-ID: FW13 ]
[ 21.658976] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 128x48
[ 21.873857] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode5.fw" not found
[ 21.873949] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43-open/ucode5.fw" not found
[ 21.874028] b43-phy0 ERROR: You must go to http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware and download the correct firmware for this driver version. Please carefully read all instructions on this website.
[ 21.897130] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 21.900170] e100 0000:02:08.0: eth0: NIC Link is Up 100 Mbps Full Duplex
[ 21.900385] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
 Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
 Product Name: Inspiron 2200
 Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
 Product Name: 0U6962
 Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
 Manufacturer: Intel
 Manufacturer: Not Specified
 Manufacturer: 7F7F7F0B00000000
 Manufacturer: Sanyo
 SBDS Manufacture Date: 2005-04-28
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:off/any
          Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=0 dBm
          Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
          Power Management:off

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 uart6850
blacklist twl4030_wdt
options iwlagn 11n_disable=1

[main]
NetworkingEnabled=true
WirelessEnabled=true
WWANEnabled=true
> hal.1: read hal dataprocess 1903: 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
23: PCI 203.0: 0282 WLAN controller
  [Created at pci.318]
  Unique ID: y9sn.zxnhFsu6a71
  Parent ID: 6NW+.Po6Q64fYxp8
  SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.0/0000:02:03.0
  SysFS BusID: 0000:02:03.0
  Hardware Class: network
  Model: "Dell Truemobile 1450 MiniPCI"
  Vendor: pci 0x14e4 "Broadcom"
  Device: pci 0x4324 "BCM4309 802.11a/b/g"
  SubVendor: pci 0x1028 "Dell"
  SubDevice: pci 0x0003 "Truemobile 1450 MiniPCI"
  Revision: 0x03
  Driver: "b43-pci-bridge"
  Driver Modules: "ssb"
  Device File: wlan0
  Features: WLAN
  Memory Range: 0xdfdfe000-0xdfdfffff (rw,non-prefetchable)
  IRQ: 19 (no events)
  HW Address: 00:0b:7d:25:0c:fd
  Link detected: yes
  WLAN channels: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
  WLAN frequencies: 2.412 2.417 2.422 2.427 2.432 2.437 2.442 2.447 2.452 2.457 2.462 2.467 2.472 2.484
  WLAN encryption modes: WEP40 WEP104 TKIP CCMP
  WLAN authentication modes: open sharedkey wpa-psk wpa-eap
  Module Alias: "pci:v000014E4d00004324sv00001028sd00000003bc02sc80i00"
  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: #16 (PCI bridge)

24: PCI 208.0: 0200 Ethernet controller
  [Created at pci.318]
  Unique ID: rBUF.iiphW6a6u0D
  Parent ID: 6NW+.Po6Q64fYxp8
  SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.0/0000:02:08.0
  SysFS BusID: 0000:02:08.0
  Hardware Class: network
  Model: "Intel 82562ET/EZ/GT/GZ - PRO/100 VE (LOM) Ethernet Controller Mobile"
  Vendor: pci 0x8086 "Intel Corporation"
  Device: pci 0x1068 "82562ET/EZ/GT/GZ - PRO/100 VE (LOM) Ethernet Controller Mobile"
  SubVendor: pci 0x1028 "Dell"
  SubDevice: pci 0x01a4
  Revision: 0x03
  Driver: "e100"
  Driver Modules: "e100"
  Device File: eth0
  Memory Range: 0xdfdfd000-0xdfdfdfff (rw,non-prefetchable)
  I/O Ports: 0xdf40-0xdf7f (rw)
  IRQ: 20 (7814 events)
  HW Address: 00:12:3f:03:cc:0e
  Link detected: yes
  Module Alias: "pci:v00008086d00001068sv00001028sd000001A4bc02sc00i00"
  Driver Info #0:
    Driver Status: e100 is active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe e100"
  Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
  Attached to: #16 (PCI bridge)
Warning: bad ps syntax, perhaps a bogus '-'? See http://procps.sf.net/faq.html
root 722 0.0 0.6 19140 3184 ? Ssl 11:35 0:00 NetworkManager
root 874 0.0 0.1 2296 648 ? S 11:35 0:00 /sbin/dhclient -d -sf /usr/lib/NetworkManager/nm-dhcp-client.action -pf /var/run/dhclient-eth0.pid -lf /var/lib/dhcp3/dhclient-2af28be2-cae7-45db-8f2b-95940aafd810-eth0.lease -cf /var/run/nm-dhclient-eth0.conf eth0
1000 1917 0.0 0.1 4012 728 pts/0 S+ 11:42 0:00 egrep --color=auto icd|etwork
Module Size Used by
parport_pc 26058 0
ppdev 5556 0
binfmt_misc 6599 1
joydev 8767 0
snd_intel8x0 25664 2
snd_ac97_codec 99227 1 snd_intel8x0
ac97_bus 1014 1 snd_ac97_codec
arc4 1165 2
snd_pcm 71475 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec
i915 295819 4
b43 168681 0
snd_seq_midi 4588 0
snd_rawmidi 17783 1 snd_seq_midi
mac80211 231927 1 b43
pcmcia 35973 0
snd_seq_midi_event 6047 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 47174 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
drm_kms_helper 30136 1 i915
drm 168092 4 i915,drm_kms_helper
snd_timer 19067 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 5744 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
intel_agp 26566 2 i915
dell_laptop 5730 0
yenta_socket 21518 0
cfg80211 144822 2 b43,mac80211
snd 49102 11 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
dcdbas 5402 1 dell_laptop
pcmcia_rsrc 10566 1 yenta_socket
psmouse 59033 0
pcmcia_core 14657 3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,pcmcia_rsrc
i2c_algo_bit 5168 1 i915
video 18712 1 i915
soundcore 880 1 snd
led_class 2633 1 b43
serio_raw 4022 0
snd_page_alloc 7120 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
agpgart 32011 2 drm,intel_agp
output 1883 1 video
lp 7342 0
parport 31492 3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp
e100 30356 0
ssb 39320 1 b43
mii 4425 1 e100
stevenshown@stevenshown-Inspiron-2200:~$

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Steven D. Shown (stevenshown90) said : 		#4

And Actionparsnip, here's the output of the command you said to run:

CI (sysfs)
  *-network:0
       description: Network controller
       product: BCM4309 802.11a/b/g
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 3
       bus info: pci@0000:02:03.0
       version: 03
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: bus_master
       configuration: driver=b43-pci-bridge latency=64
       resources: irq:19 memory:dfdfe000-dfdfffff
  *-network:1
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: 82562ET/EZ/GT/GZ - PRO/100 VE (LOM) Ethernet Controller Mobile
       vendor: Intel Corporation
       physical id: 8
       bus info: pci@0000:02:08.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 03
       serial: 00:12:3f:03:cc:0e
       size: 100MB/s
       capacity: 100MB/s
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=e100 driverversion=3.5.24-k2-NAPI duplex=full firmware=N/A ip=192.168.0.105 latency=64 link=yes maxlatency=56 mingnt=8 multicast=yes port=MII speed=100MB/s
       resources: irq:20 memory:dfdfd000-dfdfdfff ioport:df40(size=64)
  *-network DISABLED
       description: Wireless interface
       physical id: 2
       logical name: wlan0
       serial: 00:0b:7d:25:0c:fd
       capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=b43 driverversion=2.6.35-30-generic firmware=N/A link=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 10.10
Release: 10.10
Codename: maverick
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: no
[ 0.268344] pci 0000:02:08.0: Firmware left e100 interrupts enabled; disabling
[ 19.255683] [Firmware Bug]: Duplicate ACPI video bus devices for the same VGA controller, please try module parameter "video.allow_duplicates=1"if the current driver doesn't work.
[ 20.884553] Broadcom 43xx driver loaded [ Features: PL, Firmware-ID: FW13 ]
[ 21.873857] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode5.fw" not found
[ 21.873949] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43-open/ucode5.fw" not found
[ 21.874028] b43-phy0 ERROR: You must go to http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware and download the correct firmware for this driver version. Please carefully read all instructions on this website.
stevenshown@stevenshown-Inspiron-2200:~$
stevenshown@stevenshown-Inspiron-2200:~$
stevenshown@stevenshown-Inspiron-2200:~$

Hopefully all this information will be of help. Thanks.

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Steven D. Shown (stevenshown90) said : 		#5

And Actionparsnip, here's the output of the command you said to run:

CI (sysfs)
  *-network:0
       description: Network controller
       product: BCM4309 802.11a/b/g
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 3
       bus info: pci@0000:02:03.0
       version: 03
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: bus_master
       configuration: driver=b43-pci-bridge latency=64
       resources: irq:19 memory:dfdfe000-dfdfffff
  *-network:1
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: 82562ET/EZ/GT/GZ - PRO/100 VE (LOM) Ethernet Controller Mobile
       vendor: Intel Corporation
       physical id: 8
       bus info: pci@0000:02:08.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 03
       serial: 00:12:3f:03:cc:0e
       size: 100MB/s
       capacity: 100MB/s
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=e100 driverversion=3.5.24-k2-NAPI duplex=full firmware=N/A ip=192.168.0.105 latency=64 link=yes maxlatency=56 mingnt=8 multicast=yes port=MII speed=100MB/s
       resources: irq:20 memory:dfdfd000-dfdfdfff ioport:df40(size=64)
  *-network DISABLED
       description: Wireless interface
       physical id: 2
       logical name: wlan0
       serial: 00:0b:7d:25:0c:fd
       capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=b43 driverversion=2.6.35-30-generic firmware=N/A link=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 10.10
Release: 10.10
Codename: maverick
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: no
[ 0.268344] pci 0000:02:08.0: Firmware left e100 interrupts enabled; disabling
[ 19.255683] [Firmware Bug]: Duplicate ACPI video bus devices for the same VGA controller, please try module parameter "video.allow_duplicates=1"if the current driver doesn't work.
[ 20.884553] Broadcom 43xx driver loaded [ Features: PL, Firmware-ID: FW13 ]
[ 21.873857] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode5.fw" not found
[ 21.873949] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43-open/ucode5.fw" not found
[ 21.874028] b43-phy0 ERROR: You must go to http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware and download the correct firmware for this driver version. Please carefully read all instructions on this website.
stevenshown@stevenshown-Inspiron-2200:~$
stevenshown@stevenshown-Inspiron-2200:~$
stevenshown@stevenshown-Inspiron-2200:~$

Hopefully all this information will be of help. Thanks.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#6

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/bcm43xx

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#7

Hi,

You need to install the following Broadcom driver package using apt-get
or Synaptic package manager: bcmwl-kernel-source

This will of course require a working wirED Internet connection in
Ubuntu. (wired, not wireless)

For example: using the Terminal, you need to run the following commands
to install bcmwl-kernel-source:

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

Then reboot and retest wireless using Network Manager.

A similar explanation can be found at the end of this thread:

https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-docs/+question/89142

Wireless adapters with PCI-ID 14e4:4324 (like your wireless adapter) require the installation of the wl driver, which means you need to install the bcmwl-kernel-source package.

Regards,

Mark

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Steven D. Shown (stevenshown90) said : 		#8

Ok, I followed the steps both of you said to do, and installed the driver packages and restarted my computer, but now instead of the network manager telling me the firmware is missing, it don't even acknowledge the presence of a wireless device at all, let alone activate it. I need more assistance with this matter. Thank you.

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Best Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#9

These symptoms (not showing wireless adapter anymore) seem very similar to the symptoms described in the following thread:

https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-nettool/+question/140851

Please try the very last suggestion in that thread:

I quote:

"
g scoville (gscoville) said on 2011-01-25: #9

I reinstalled Ubuntu with hard wire connected to internet. was prompted for driver update for my router. All is working well now.
"

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Steven D. Shown (stevenshown90) said : 		#10

Thank you Mark, I did as you suggested and tried the very last suggestion in that thread, which was to re-install Ubuntu. And just like in that thread, this corrected my problem. My wireless card is now working exactly as it should. Thank you for helping me solve this problem.

Steven

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Steven D. Shown (stevenshown90) said : 		#11

Thanks Mark Rijckenberg, that solved my question.