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b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode5.fw" not found -> DISABLED Wireless Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4306 802.11a/b/g [14e4:4324] (rev 03) not working on Dell Inspiron 2200 CV29K71 laptop in Ubuntu 11.10

Asked by Steven D. Shown

I had installed Ubuntu 10.10 on my Dell Inspiron 2200 laptop, and had to install the packages to get the wireless card to work. Once I had it working I upgraded to 11.04 and the wireless kept working as it should. But now I have upgraded to 11.10 and the wireless networking card (built in) is no longer working. I tried re-installing the packages I installed before but it still don't work. In fact, I have exactly the same problem as I had before, where first it said that firmware was missing, now don't even acknowledge that there is even a wireless card installed. Is there any way I can correct this problem? I need assistance on this matter as soon as possible, as I have to go out of town and the wireless is of utmost importance. Thank you in advance.

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J. Austin Rodriguez (jeanaustinr) said : 		#1

Could you look in to Additional Drivers and see if there are any entries for networking? Please provide more information also about your hardware. Please run in a Terminal 'lspci' and post the results.

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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 'anufact|roduct|erial|elease'; 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

Ok Thank you both. Sorry to take so long posting back, but my hard drive crashed in said unit and had to be replaced. Anyway, Jean, the output of lspci is:

stevenshown@stevens:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/PM/GMS/910GML Express Processor to DRAM Controller (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #4 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev d3)
00:1e.2 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1e.3 Modem: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FBM (ICH6M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 03)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) IDE Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
02:01.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1510 PC card Cardbus Controller
02:03.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4306 802.11a/b/g (rev 03)
02:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82562ET/EZ/GT/GZ - PRO/100 VE (LOM) Ethernet Controller Mobile (rev 03)
stevenshown@stevens:~$

And Mark, the output you asked for is as follows:

Ign http://security.ubuntu.com oneiric-security InRelease
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric InRelease
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates InRelease
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports InRelease
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com oneiric InRelease
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com oneiric Release.gpg
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric Release.gpg
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates Release.gpg
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com oneiric-security Release.gpg
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com oneiric Release
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports Release.gpg
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com oneiric-security Release
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric Release
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates Release
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com oneiric/main Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/main Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports Release
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric/main Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric/restricted Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric/universe Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric/multiverse Sources
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com oneiric/main i386 Packages
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com oneiric/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/restricted Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/universe Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/multiverse Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/main i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric/main i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/multiverse TranslationIndex
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/restricted TranslationIndex
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/universe TranslationIndex
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric/multiverse TranslationIndex
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric/restricted TranslationIndex
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric/universe TranslationIndex
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates/main Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates/restricted Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/main Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates/universe Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates/multiverse Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates/main i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates/multiverse TranslationIndex
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates/restricted TranslationIndex
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates/universe TranslationIndex
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/universe Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/main Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/restricted Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/universe Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/multiverse Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/main i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/multiverse TranslationIndex
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/restricted TranslationIndex
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/universe TranslationIndex
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric/main Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric/universe Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates/main Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates/universe Translation-en
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com oneiric/main Translation-en_US
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/main Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/universe Translation-en
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com oneiric/main Translation-en
Reading package lists... Done
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
grep is already the newest version.
The following extra packages will be installed:
  libhal1 libhd16
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  hwinfo libhal1 libhd16
0 upgraded, 3 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 776 kB of archives.
After this operation, 2,314 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Y
Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric/universe libhal1 i386 0.5.14-6 [77.1 kB]
Get:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric/universe libhd16 i386 16.0-2ubuntu1 [681 kB]
Get:3 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric/universe hwinfo i386 16.0-2ubuntu1 [18.2 kB]
Fetched 776 kB in 2s (378 kB/s)
Selecting previously deselected package libhal1.
(Reading database ... 127630 files and directories currently installed.)
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Selecting previously deselected package libhd16.
Unpacking libhd16 (from .../libhd16_16.0-2ubuntu1_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package hwinfo.
Unpacking hwinfo (from .../hwinfo_16.0-2ubuntu1_i386.deb) ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Setting up libhal1 (0.5.14-6) ...
Setting up libhd16 (16.0-2ubuntu1) ...
Setting up hwinfo (16.0-2ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
  *-network:0
       description: Network controller
       product: BCM4306 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: 100Mbit/s
       capacity: 100Mbit/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=192.168.0.107 latency=64 link=yes maxlatency=56 mingnt=8 multicast=yes port=MII speed=100Mbit/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=3.0.0-12-generic firmware=N/A link=no 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=11.10
DISTRIB_CODENAME=oneiric
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 11.10"
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 BCM4306 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 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 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 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
H/W path Device Class Description
=============================================================
                                   system Portable Computer
/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 BCM4306 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 6007MB IBM-DJSA-210
/0/100/1f.1/0.0.0/1 /dev/sda1 volume 5225MiB EXT4 volume
/0/100/1f.1/0.0.0/2 /dev/sda2 volume 502MiB Extended partition
/0/100/1f.1/0.0.0/2/5 /dev/sda5 volume 502MiB Linux swap / Solaris pa
/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 stevens 3.0.0-12-generic #20-Ubuntu SMP Fri Oct 7 14:50:42 UTC 2011 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
[ 0.004794] SMP alternatives: switching to UP code
[ 0.085495] ACPI: No dock devices found.
[ 0.085498] HEST: Table not found.
[ 0.126989] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
[ 0.127008] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
[ 0.127046] usbcore: registered new device driver usb
[ 0.144036] Switching to clocksource hpet
[ 0.148014] Switched to NOHz mode on CPU #0
[ 0.178426] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 12 devices
[ 0.216871] pci 0000:02:08.0: Firmware left e100 interrupts enabled; disabling
[ 0.318713] input: Lid Switch as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0C0D:00/input/input0
[ 0.319241] ACPI: Lid Switch [LID]
[ 0.328777] ERST: Table is not found!
[ 0.436855] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.437446] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.437850] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.438247] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.438653] hub 5-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.947871] isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
[ 1.202594] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 1.735565] e100 0000:02:08.0: eth0: addr 0xdfdfd000, irq 20, MAC addr 00:12:3f:03:cc:0e
[ 1.735611] b43-pci-bridge 0000:02:03.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 19
[ 1.735663] ssb: Core 0 found: ChipCommon (cc 0x800, rev 0x04, vendor 0x4243)
[ 1.735672] ssb: Core 1 found: IEEE 802.11 (cc 0x812, rev 0x05, vendor 0x4243)
[ 1.735681] ssb: Core 2 found: PCMCIA (cc 0x80D, rev 0x02, vendor 0x4243)
[ 1.735690] ssb: Core 3 found: V90 (cc 0x807, rev 0x02, vendor 0x4243)
[ 1.735698] ssb: Core 4 found: PCI (cc 0x804, rev 0x09, vendor 0x4243)
[ 1.739123] ssb: Sonics Silicon Backplane found on PCI device 0000:02:03.0
[ 8.229734] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[ 8.639288] [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.
[ 9.343251] yenta_cardbus 0000:02:01.0: CardBus bridge found [1028:01a4]
[ 10.274703] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 128x48
[ 11.222122] b43-phy0: Broadcom 4306 WLAN found (core revision 5)
[ 11.859767] Registered led device: b43-phy0::tx
[ 11.859803] Registered led device: b43-phy0::rx
[ 11.859845] Registered led device: b43-phy0::radio
[ 11.859874] Broadcom 43xx driver loaded [ Features: PNL, Firmware-ID: FW13 ]
[ 28.975378] type=1400 audit(1320900452.267:20): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_load" name="/usr/lib/telepathy/mission-control-5" pid=837 comm="apparmor_parser"
[ 28.976436] type=1400 audit(1320900452.271:21): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_load" name="/usr/lib/telepathy/telepathy-*" pid=837 comm="apparmor_parser"
[ 29.652252] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode5.fw" not found
[ 29.652260] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43-open/ucode5.fw" not found
[ 29.652266] 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.
[ 29.676175] e100 0000:02:08.0: eth0: NIC Link is Up 100 Mbps Full Duplex
[ 29.676351] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 29.676418] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
 Release Date: 03/31/2005
  Serial services are supported (int 14h)
 Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
 Product Name: Inspiron 2200
 Serial Number: CV29K71
 Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
 Product Name: 0U6962
 Serial Number: .CV29K71.CN4864354R2221.
 Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
 Serial Number: CV29K71
 Manufacturer: Intel
 Manufacturer: Not Specified
 Serial Number: Not Specified
 Manufacturer: 7F7F7F0B00000000
 Serial Number: 86D92272
 Manufacturer: Sanyo
 SBDS Serial Number: 07FA
 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:on

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

[main]
NetworkingEnabled=true
WirelessEnabled=true
WWANEnabled=true
WimaxEnabled=true
> hal.1: read hal dataprocess 4870: arguments to dbus_move_error() were incorrect, assertion "(dest) == NULL || !dbus_error_is_set ((dest))" failed in file ../../dbus/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: no
  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 (29100 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 821 0.0 0.2 26860 1288 ? Ssl 22:47 0:00 NetworkManager
root 891 0.0 0.0 2736 148 ? S 22:47 0:00 /sbin/dhclient -d -4 -sf /usr/lib/NetworkManager/nm-dhcp-client.action -pf /var/run/dhclient-eth0.pid -lf /var/lib/dhcp/dhclient-22b72116-e14f-460e-a367-7c098fe19fc4-eth0.lease -cf /var/run/nm-dhclient-eth0.conf eth0
1000 4884 0.0 0.1 4444 784 pts/0 S+ 23:35 0:00 egrep --color=auto icd|etwork
Module Size Used by
bnep 17923 2
rfcomm 38408 0
bluetooth 148839 8 bnep,rfcomm
parport_pc 32114 0
ppdev 12849 0
binfmt_misc 17292 1
snd_intel8x0 33318 2
snd_ac97_codec 106082 1 snd_intel8x0
ac97_bus 12642 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm 80468 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec
snd_seq_midi 13132 0
arc4 12473 2
joydev 17393 0
snd_rawmidi 25241 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 14475 1 snd_seq_midi
b43 318816 0
snd_seq 51567 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer 28932 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
mac80211 272785 1 b43
snd_seq_device 14172 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
snd 55902 11 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
cfg80211 172392 2 b43,mac80211
psmouse 73673 0
pcmcia 39822 0
soundcore 12600 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 14115 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
serio_raw 12990 0
i915 505108 3
yenta_socket 27428 0
pcmcia_rsrc 18367 1 yenta_socket
pcmcia_core 21511 3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,pcmcia_rsrc
dell_laptop 13519 0
dcdbas 14098 1 dell_laptop
drm_kms_helper 32889 1 i915
drm 192226 4 i915,drm_kms_helper
i2c_algo_bit 13199 1 i915
video 18908 1 i915
lp 17455 0
parport 40930 3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp
ssb 50682 1 b43
e100 36289 0
stevenshown@stevens:~$

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#4

Your BCM4306 chipset is supported by the b43legacy firmware.

Please copy-paste the following command into the Terminal:

sudo apt-get install firmware-b43legacy-installer

Then reboot and retest wireless.

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Steven D. Shown (stevenshown90) said : 		#5

Ok I did as you suggested, but the wireless is still not working. In fact, the system doesn't even acknowledge the fact that there is even a wireless device present. This is what the terminal displayed after I entered the command and entered my password:

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
firmware-b43legacy-installer is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
stevenshown@stevens:~$

So it says that the b43 legacy firmware is already installed, yet it don't work. What can be done now?

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#6

Please copy-paste the following commands into the Terminal:

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

Then reboot and retest wireless using Network Manager.

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Steven D. Shown (stevenshown90) said : 		#7

Ok, once again I did as you suggested, however I got the same response. It told me that bcmwl-kernel-source was already installed and was latest. After reboot, still no wireless. I followed through with all the steps I had to go through when I got the wireless working on 10.10. The only thing I have not done is uninstall and re-install 11.10 and put the commands back in. That is what I ended up doing on 10.10, is it going to necessary to do this again? And if I end up re-installing the OS, in what order should I install the packages, and what commands do I need to use to do it? I must get this working as soon as possible. Thank you in advance.

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#8

Your blacklist entries do not indicate that the bcmwl-kernel-source package is already installed and do not show that the b43 driver is being blacklisted by the bcmwl-kernel-source package. When the bcmwl-kernel-source is installed, it usually automatically blacklists the b43 driver so that the wl driver can be activated...

The only logical conclusion is that your 11.10 install is broken.

I can only suggest performing a clean install of Ubuntu 11.04, because both the b43 and wl driver are not working for you in Ubuntu 11.10....

After installing 11.04, run this command and reboot your pc:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install firmware-b43legacy-installer

Sorry, but I have no further suggestions to make.

Maybe someone else has a better suggestion.

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J. Austin Rodriguez (jeanaustinr) said : 		#9

You might want to check also with Dell engineers if hardware is still working. Anyway, have you tried this solution? http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1861771

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Steven D. Shown (stevenshown90) said : 		#10

Thank you Mark, I did as you said and now all is working well once again. Obviously there is an incompatibility problem with the b43 legacy firmware in 11.10. I will be submitting a bug report about this issue, and hopefully they can get it resolved. Thanks again, you have been a tremendous help.