b43 driver blacklisted by wl driver + b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode15.fw" not found -> Wireless Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY [14e4:4315] (rev 01) not working on Dell Inspiron 1011 in Ubuntu 12.10

Asked by Agata

I have a problem with connecting to my wifi
It looks like the Network manager doesn't see the name of my home network but it sees other possible networks. Additionally, ubuntu used to connect to this wifi a month ago with no problems. I have tried to create the connection once again but with no result.
I have no problem with wire connection.
Agata

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said :
#1

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.

The methods in Unity are:
Press Control-ALT-T key combination.
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 rfkill; 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 'wpa|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.

Step 4: Please also specify the exact model and make of your PC (if known) on this thread

Step 5: Please also clarify if you installed Ubuntu to the harddisk and are running from a harddisk install OR if you are only testing Ubuntu in a LiveCD session.

Regards,

Mark

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Warren Hill (warren-hill) said :
#2

The most likely cause for this is wifi interference. Open a terminal (CTRL+ALT+T) and enter

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sudo iwlist scan

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You should see something similar to this

warren@dell:~$ sudo iwlist scan
[sudo] password for warren:
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

wlan0 Scan completed :
          Cell 01 - Address: 4C:60:DE:6B:85:4B
                    Channel:13
                    Frequency:2.472 GHz (Channel 13)
                    Quality=70/70 Signal level=-34 dBm
                    Encryption key:on
                    ESSID:"1gid46vaylveagu59b3ks232h"
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
                              24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
                    Bit Rates:6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
                    Mode:Master
                    Extra:tsf=000000467b7c5cf4
                    Extra: Last beacon: 3760ms ago
                    IE: Unknown: 00193167696434367661796C7665616775353962336B7332333268
                    IE: Unknown: 010882848B962430486C
                    IE: Unknown: 03010D
                    IE: Unknown: 2A0104
                    IE: Unknown: 2F0104
                    IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                    IE: Unknown: 32040C121860
                    IE: Unknown: DD730050F204104A00011010440001021041000100103B00010310470010C8F7D19B3C39E65DD5B3EC2A8601640D102100074E6574676561721023000844474E44333330301024000631323334353610420004313233341054000800060050F20400011011000844474E4433333030100800020088
                    IE: Unknown: DD090010180202F0040000
                    IE: WPA Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                    IE: Unknown: DD180050F2020101800003A4000027A4000042435E0062322F00
          Cell 02 - Address: 1C:AF:F7:63:A5:26
                    Channel:1
                    Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1)
                    Quality=57/70 Signal level=-53 dBm
                    Encryption key:on
                    ESSID:"TALKTALK-63A526"
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
                              9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
                    Bit Rates:24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
                    Mode:Master
                    Extra:tsf=000000010c0f71bc
                    Extra: Last beacon: 4364ms ago
                    IE: Unknown: 000F54414C4B54414C4B2D363341353236
                    IE: Unknown: 010882848B960C121824
                    IE: Unknown: 030101
                    IE: Unknown: 2A0104
                    IE: Unknown: 32043048606C
                    IE: WPA Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (2) : TKIP CCMP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                    IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (2) : TKIP CCMP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                    IE: Unknown: DD180050F2020101000003A4000027A4000042435E0062322F00
          Cell 03 - Address: F8:D1:11:70:53:4E
                    Channel:6
                    Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
                    Quality=60/70 Signal level=-50 dBm
                    Encryption key:on
                    ESSID:"1gid46vaylveagu59b3ks232h"
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
                              9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
                    Bit Rates:24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
                    Mode:Master
                    Extra:tsf=00000000e1e5bd80
                    Extra: Last beacon: 4104ms ago
                    IE: Unknown: 00193167696434367661796C7665616775353962336B7332333268
                    IE: Unknown: 010882848B960C121824
                    IE: Unknown: 030106
                    IE: WPA Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                    IE: Unknown: 2A0100
                    IE: Unknown: 32043048606C
                    IE: Unknown: DD180050F2020101860003A4000027A4000042435E0062322F00
                    IE: Unknown: DD1E00904C334E111BFF00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
                    IE: Unknown: 2D1A4E111BFF00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
                    IE: Unknown: DD1A00904C3406071B00000000000000000000000000000000000000
                    IE: Unknown: 3D1606071B00000000000000000000000000000000000000
                    IE: Unknown: DD0900037F01010000FF7F
                    IE: Unknown: DD0A00037F04010000004000
                    IE: Unknown: DD7F0050F204104A0001101044000102103B0001031047001000000000000010000000F8D11170534E1021000754502D4C494E4B10230009544C2D57413730314E10240003312E3010420003312E301054000800060050F204000110110017576972656C657373204E20415020544C2D57413730314E100800020086103C000101
          Cell 04 - Address: 4C:60:DE:6B:85:4A
                    Channel:36
                    Frequency:5.18 GHz (Channel 36)
                    Quality=64/70 Signal level=-46 dBm
                    Encryption key:on
                    ESSID:"HS-1gid46vaylveagu59b3ks232h"
                    Bit Rates:6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s
                              36 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
                    Mode:Master
                    Extra:tsf=000000467b769043
                    Extra: Last beacon: 3564ms ago
                    IE: Unknown: 001C48532D3167696434367661796C7665616775353962336B7332333268
                    IE: Unknown: 01088C129824B048606C
                    IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                    IE: Unknown: 2D1A6C081BFFFF000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
                    IE: Unknown: 3D1624080000000000000000000000000000000000000000
                    IE: Unknown: DD730050F204104A00011010440001021041000100103B00010310470010C8F7D19B3C39E65DD5B3EC2A8601640D102100074E6574676561721023000844474E44333330301024000631323334353610420004313233341054000800060050F20400011011000844474E4433333030100800020088
                    IE: Unknown: DD090010180200F0050000
                    IE: WPA Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                    IE: Unknown: DD180050F2020101800003A4000027A4000042435E0062322F00
                    IE: Unknown: DD1E00904C336C081BFFFF000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
                    IE: Unknown: DD1A00904C3424080000000000000000000000000000000000000000

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

warren@dell:~$

Take careful note of the channel numbers. You want to find a gap in the channel numbers and set your router to use this gap. Most routers have a web page interface for this and you can change it there. The documentation that came with your router should tell you how to do this.

If you need help choosing a suitable channel number let us know the name of your wifi and the output of the command.

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Agata (malichy7) said :
#3

Mark
I followed your instructions and below you can find what appeared.

agata@agata:~$ sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install hwinfo grep rfkill; 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 'wpa|icd|etwork'; sudo lsmod
[sudo] password for agata:
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Czytanie list pakietów... Gotowe
Czytanie list pakietów... Gotowe
Budowanie drzewa zależności
Reading state information... Gotowe
grep jest już w najnowszej wersji.
E: Nie udało się odnaleźć pakietu rfkill
sudo: lshw: command not found
bash: rfkill: command not found
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

sms Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth1 Scan completed :
          Cell 01 - Address: FC:94:E3:11:F0:A1
                    ESSID:"UPC0043663"
                    Mode:Managed
                    Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1)
                    Quality:1/5 Signal level:-84 dBm Noise level:-90 dBm
                    IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                    IE: WPA Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                    Encryption key:on
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
                              24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
                              12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
          Cell 02 - Address: 84:C9:B2:0E:D3:6A
                    ESSID:"ENDRJU-KOMPUTER_Network"
                    Mode:Managed
                    Frequency:2.432 GHz (Channel 5)
                    Quality:1/5 Signal level:-87 dBm Noise level:-92 dBm
                    IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
                        Group Cipher : CCMP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (1) : CCMP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                    IE: Unknown: DD0E0050F204104A0001101044000102
                    Encryption key:on
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
                              9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s
                              48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
          Cell 03 - Address: 00:18:39:C5:F3:CB
                    ESSID:"Home4U"
                    Mode:Managed
                    Frequency:2.462 GHz (Channel 11)
                    Quality:3/5 Signal level:-68 dBm Noise level:-90 dBm
                    IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                    IE: WPA Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                    Encryption key:on
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
                              24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
                              12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
          Cell 04 - Address: 00:27:19:DB:6C:D8
                    ESSID:"Jacky"
                    Mode:Managed
                    Frequency:2.452 GHz (Channel 9)
                    Quality:1/5 Signal level:-88 dBm Noise level:-90 dBm
                    IE: Unknown: DD0E0050F204104A0001101044000102
                    IE: WPA Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (1) : TKIP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                    Encryption key:on
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
                              9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s
                              48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=8.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=hardy
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 8.04.1"
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GME Express Memory Controller Hub [8086:27ac] (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GME Express Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:27ae] (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller [0380]: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:27a6] (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller [8086:27d8] (rev 02)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1 [8086:27d0] (rev 02)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 2 [8086:27d2] (rev 02)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 3 [8086:27d4] (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:27c8] (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:27c9] (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:27ca] (rev 02)
00:1d.3 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 [8086:27cb] (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller [8086:27cc] (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev e2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge [8086:27b9] (rev 02)
00:1f.2 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) SATA IDE Controller [8086:27c4] (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller [8086:27da] (rev 02)
03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g [14e4:4315] (rev 01)
04:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller [10ec:8136] (rev 02)
Bus 005 Device 003: ID 0bda:0158 Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
Bus 005 Device 002: ID 0c45:63e3 Microdia
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
sudo: lshw: command not found
Linux agata 2.6.24-22-lpia #1 SMP Thu Mar 26 17:04:58 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux
[ 0.000000] found SMP MP-table at 000f7d60
[ 0.000000] ACPI: BIOS bug: multiple APIC/MADT found, using 0
[ 8.152048] SMP alternatives: switching to UP code
[ 8.355239] ACPI: Looking for DSDT in initramfs... error, file /DSDT.aml not found.
[ 8.364033] SMP alternatives: switching to SMP code
[ 8.625305] No dock devices found.
[ 8.635386] ACPI: EC: non-query interrupt received, switching to interrupt mode
[ 8.751413] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 11 devices
[ 8.752158] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
[ 8.752232] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
[ 8.752318] usbcore: registered new device driver usb
[ 9.344037] assign_interrupt_mode Found MSI capability
[ 9.344395] assign_interrupt_mode Found MSI capability
[ 9.344729] assign_interrupt_mode Found MSI capability
[ 9.390729] Switched to high resolution mode on CPU 1
[ 9.394504] Switched to high resolution mode on CPU 0
[ 9.674649] input: Lid Switch as /devices/virtual/input/input1
[ 9.674733] ACPI: Lid Switch [LID0]
[ 9.836159] Driver 'sd' needs updating - please use bus_type methods
[ 9.836221] Driver 'sr' needs updating - please use bus_type methods
[ 10.331361] usb usb1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 10.331446] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 10.434104] usb usb2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 10.434191] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 10.537983] usb usb3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 10.538069] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 10.641912] usb usb4: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 10.641998] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 10.745386] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
[ 10.745462] usbcore: registered new interface driver libusual
[ 12.300833] usbcore: registered new interface driver hiddev
[ 12.300914] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbhid
[ 12.300922] /build/buildd/linux-2.6.24/debian/build/custom-source-lpia/drivers/hid/usbhid/hid-core.c: v2.6:USB HID core driver
[ 12.339973] usb usb5: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 12.340074] hub 5-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 12.852156] usb 5-2: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 2
[ 13.031617] usb 5-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 13.270756] usb 5-3: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 3
[ 15.104653] usb 5-3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 15.106906] usb-storage: device found at 3
[ 15.106911] usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
[ 18.266621] iTCO_wdt: Found a ICH7-M TCO device (Version=2, TCOBASE=0x1060)
[ 18.322645] eth0: RTL8101e at 0xf886c000, 00:26:b9:98:45:d6, XID 24c00000 IRQ 220
[ 19.319189] usb-storage: device scan complete
[ 27.122442] r8169: eth0: link up
[ 27.122476] r8169: eth0: link up
[ 36.723979] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
[ 38.134108] usbcore: registered new interface driver hci_usb
[ 38.575699] uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device Integrated Webcam (0c45:63e3)
[ 38.591285] usbcore: registered new interface driver uvcvideo
[ 38.626647] usbcore: registered new interface driver cdc_acm
[ 38.626661] /build/buildd/linux-2.6.24/debian/build/custom-source-lpia/drivers/usb/class/cdc-acm.c: v0.26:USB Abstract Control Model driver for USB modems and ISDN adapters
[ 38.671202] usbcore: registered new interface driver cdc_ether
[ 38.677716] usbcore: registered new interface driver mbm
[ 39.148008] wl: module license 'MIXED/Proprietary' taints kernel.
[ 39.247756] eth1: Broadcom BCM4315 802.11 Wireless Controller 5.10.79.10
[ 50.104599] eth1: no IPv6 routers present
[ 1064.007348] r8169: eth0: link down
[ 2084.686833] r8169: eth0: link up
[ 2331.942000] r8169: eth0: link down
[ 6130.347980] r8169: eth0: link up
 Release Date: 07/29/2009
 Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
 Product Name: Inspiron 1011
 Serial Number: G7JC2L1
 Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
 Product Name: CN0Y53
 Serial Number: .G7JC2L1.ppppppppppppppd
 Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
 Serial Number: G7JC2L1
 Manufacturer: Intel
 Serial Number: Not Specified
 Manufacturer:
 Serial Number:
 Manufacturer: Dell
 SBDS Serial Number: 0000
 SBDS Manufacture Date: 1980-00-00
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

sms no wireless extensions.

eth1 IEEE 802.11 Nickname:""
          Access Point: Not-Associated
          Link Quality:5 Signal level:201 Noise level:167
          Rx invalid nwid:0 invalid crypt:0 invalid misc:0

cat: /etc/modprobe.d/arch: Is a directory
install snd-rawmidi /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-rawmidi && { /sbin/modprobe --quiet snd-seq-midi ; : ; }
alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc
blacklist eth1394
# replaced by p54pci
blacklist prism54
# replaced by b43 and ssb.
blacklist bcm43xx
blacklist bcm43xx
blacklist b43
blacklist b43_legacy
blacklist uart6850
cat: /var/lib/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.state: No such file or directory
sudo: hwinfo: command not found
Warning: bad ps syntax, perhaps a bogus '-'? See http://procps.sf.net/faq.html
root 4601 0.0 0.2 14400 2700 ? Ssl 18:57 0:02 /usr/sbin/NetworkManager
root 4620 0.0 0.1 3940 1852 ? S 18:57 0:01 /sbin/wpa_supplicant -u -f /var/log/wpa_supplicant.log
root 4622 0.0 0.2 6252 2832 ? S 18:57 0:00 /usr/sbin/nm-system-settings --config /etc/NetworkManager/nm-system-settings.conf
dhcp 6414 0.0 0.1 2384 1164 ? S 20:39 0:00 /sbin/dhclient -d -sf /usr/lib/NetworkManager/nm-dhcp-client.action -pf /var/run/dhclient-eth0.pid -lf /var/run/dhclient-eth0.lease -cf /var/run/nm-dhclient-eth0.conf eth0
agata 6553 0.0 0.0 2984 792 pts/0 R+ 20:43 0:00 egrep wpa|icd|etwork
Module Size Used by
wl 1487188 0
parport_pc 36260 0
ppdev 10372 0
parport 37704 2 parport_pc,ppdev
sms1xxx 41860 0
mbm 7424 0
cdc_ether 7168 1 mbm
cdc_acm 18848 0
uvcvideo 58116 0
compat_ioctl32 2304 1 uvcvideo
videodev 29440 1 uvcvideo
v4l1_compat 15492 2 uvcvideo,videodev
v4l2_common 18304 2 uvcvideo,videodev
rfcomm 41232 2
l2cap 25472 13 rfcomm
hci_usb 16540 0
bluetooth 60900 5 rfcomm,l2cap,hci_usb
i915 32512 3
acpi_cpufreq 10796 1
cpufreq_conservative 8712 0
cpufreq_powersave 2688 0
cpufreq_stats 7104 0
cpufreq_userspace 5156 0
drm 82324 4 i915
intel_agp 25492 1
agpgart 34760 3 drm,intel_agp
snd_seq_midi 9376 0
snd_seq_oss 35456 0
snd_seq_dummy 4868 0
snd_pcm_oss 42144 0
snd_hda_intel 366736 3
snd_seq_midi_event 8320 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_oss
snd_rawmidi 25760 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_hwdep 10500 1 snd_hda_intel
snd_pcm 78596 2 snd_pcm_oss,snd_hda_intel
snd_page_alloc 11400 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
snd_mixer_oss 17920 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq 54224 6 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer 24836 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 9612 5 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_dummy,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
snd 56996 17 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_dummy,snd_pcm_oss,snd_hda_intel,snd_rawmidi,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_mixer_oss,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
soundcore 8800 1 snd
ieee80211_crypt_tkip 11520 0
r8169 33156 0
ieee80211_crypt 6912 2 wl,ieee80211_crypt_tkip
iTCO_wdt 13092 0
iTCO_vendor_support 4868 1 iTCO_wdt
serio_raw 7940 0
psmouse 68200 0
fuse 50324 3
ahci 28548 0
squashfs 49032 0
unionfs 73168 0
ehci_hcd 37900 0
usbhid 32256 0
hid 38912 1 usbhid
isofs 36004 0
zlib_inflate 18176 2 squashfs,isofs

My computer : Dell Inspiron mini
My UBUNTU is installed as main and the only one system

BTW - thx for prompt answer ;-)

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said :
#4

Ubuntu 8.04 desktop edition is end of life and not supported anymore since May 12, 2011.

I suggest installing Ubuntu 12.04 or 12.10.

Here is more info::

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases

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Warren Hill (warren-hill) said :
#5

I would certainly agree that you should upgrade

Looking at the list above there are clear signal on channels 1, 5, 9 and 11: Is one of these yours? If not try putting your router on channel 7

I don't think your computer is the problem -- look at router settings

eth1 Scan completed :
          Cell 01 - Address: FC:94:E3:11:F0:A1
                    ESSID:"UPC0043663" Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1)
                    Quality:1/5 Signal level:-84 dBm Noise level:-90 dBm

          Cell 02 - Address: 84:C9:B2:0E:D3:6A
                    ESSID:"ENDRJU-KOMPUTER_Network" Frequency:2.432 GHz (Channel 5)
                    Quality:1/5 Signal level:-87 dBm Noise level:-92 dBm

          Cell 04 - Address: 00:27:19:DB:6C:D8
                    ESSID:"Jacky" Frequency:2.452 GHz (Channel 9)
                    Quality:1/5 Signal level:-88 dBm Noise level:-90 dBm

          Cell 03 - Address: 00:18:39:C5:F3:CB
                    ESSID:"Home4U" Frequency:2.462 GHz (Channel 11)
                    Quality:3/5 Signal level:-68 dBm Noise level:-90 dBm

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Agata (malichy7) said :
#6

Thank you
Warren - the problem is that Network manager sees all wifi signals of my neighbours apart of mine own and other devices have no problem with finding it.
So I try to reinstall the system
Wish me luck
I will come back to you with the result or cry for help
A

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Agata (malichy7) said :
#7

Ok I give up
I have no idea how to reinstall Ubuntu 8.04 to 12.10.
I downloaded the required file: Ubuntu-12.10-desktop-i386.iso . I have it o my hard disk. I don't have CD so I got information that I need to create USB startup disk. Unfortunately in my obsolete system I have only Synaptic Package Manager. I haven't managed to find any info about creating startup disk in this program. So I would be grateful for any help to get through the process of installation .
A

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said :
#8

You can follow this guide:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/FromUSBStick

or use UNetbootin here to create a bootable version of Ubuntu running from a LiveUSB session:

http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/

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Agata (malichy7) said :
#9

Mark
So I did it! I have installed Ubuntu 12.10
I put your first recommeded command once again to the Terminal
And this is the information I have got: serial: 00:26:b9:98:45:d6
       size: 100Mbit/s
       capacity: 100Mbit/s
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix vpd bus_master cap_list rom ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=2.3LK-NAPI duplex=full ip=192.168.0.14 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=MII speed=100Mbit/s
       resources: irq:43 ioport:2000(size=256) memory:f0510000-f0510fff memory:f0500000-f050ffff memory:f0520000-f053ffff
0: compal-wifi: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: no
1: compal-bluetooth: Bluetooth
 Soft blocked: yes
 Hard blocked: no
2: brcmwl-0: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: no
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth1 Scan completed :
          Cell 01 - Address: FC:94:E3:11:F0:A1
                    ESSID:"UPC0043663"
                    Mode:Managed
                    Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1)
                    Quality:1/5 Signal level:-86 dBm Noise level:-92 dBm
                    IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                    IE: WPA Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                    Encryption key:on
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
                              24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
                              12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
          Cell 02 - Address: 00:23:54:DC:7E:F8
                    ESSID:"Drakula"
                    Mode:Managed
                    Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1)
                    Quality:1/5 Signal level:-87 dBm Noise level:-92 dBm
                    IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                    IE: Unknown: DD750050F204104A000110104400010210570001001041000100103B00010310470010565AA94967C14C0EAA8FF349E6F5931110210004415355531023000652542D473332102400043132333410420004353637381054000800060050F20400011011000741535553204150100800020084103C000101
                    IE: WPA Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                    Encryption key:on
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
                              11 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s
                              48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
          Cell 03 - Address: 70:71:BC:15:6E:1B
                    ESSID:"Aster-561253"
                    Mode:Managed
                    Frequency:2.422 GHz (Channel 3)
                    Quality:1/5 Signal level:-85 dBm Noise level:-92 dBm
                    IE: WPA Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (1) : TKIP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                    Encryption key:on
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
                              9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s
                              48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
          Cell 04 - Address: 00:24:D1:82:DB:58
                    ESSID:"Aster-359298"
                    Mode:Managed
                    Frequency:2.427 GHz (Channel 4)
                    Quality:1/5 Signal level:-86 dBm Noise level:-92 dBm
                    IE: WPA Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (1) : TKIP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                    Encryption key:on
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
                              24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
                              12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
          Cell 05 - Address: 00:18:39:C5:F3:CB
                    ESSID:"Home4U"
                    Mode:Managed
                    Frequency:2.462 GHz (Channel 11)
                    Quality:4/5 Signal level:-65 dBm Noise level:-92 dBm
                    IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                    IE: WPA Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                    Encryption key:on
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
                              24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
                              12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s

# interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8)
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=12.10
DISTRIB_CODENAME=quantal
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 12.10"
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GSE Express Memory Controller Hub [8086:27ac] (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GSE Express Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:27ae] (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller [0380]: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:27a6] (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family High Definition Audio Controller [8086:27d8] (rev 02)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family PCI Express Port 1 [8086:27d0] (rev 02)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family PCI Express Port 2 [8086:27d2] (rev 02)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family PCI Express Port 3 [8086:27d4] (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:27c8] (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:27c9] (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:27ca] (rev 02)
00:1d.3 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #4 [8086:27cb] (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB2 EHCI Controller [8086:27cc] (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev e2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge [8086:27b9] (rev 02)
00:1f.2 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7-M Family) SATA Controller [IDE mode] [8086:27c4] (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family SMBus Controller [8086:27da] (rev 02)
03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY [14e4:4315] (rev 01)
04:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller [10ec:8136] (rev 02)
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0c45:63e3 Microdia
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 15d9:0a33 Trust International B.V. Optical Mouse
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 Inspiron 1011 ()
/0 bus CN0Y53
/0/1 memory 102KiB BIOS
/0/5 processor Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU N270 @ 1.60GHz
/0/5/6 memory 32KiB L1 cache
/0/5/7 memory 512KiB L2 cache
/0/5/1.1 processor Logical CPU
/0/5/1.2 processor Logical CPU
/0/f memory 1GiB System Memory
/0/f/0 memory 1GiB SODIMM DDR2 Synchronous 533 MHz (1,9
/0/0 processor Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU N270 @ 1.60GHz
/0/0/1.1 processor Logical CPU
/0/0/1.2 processor Logical CPU
/0/100 bridge Mobile 945GSE Express Memory Controller H
/0/100/2 display Mobile 945GSE Express Integrated Graphics
/0/100/2.1 display Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express
/0/100/1b multimedia NM10/ICH7 Family High Definition Audio Co
/0/100/1c bridge NM10/ICH7 Family PCI Express Port 1
/0/100/1c.1 bridge NM10/ICH7 Family PCI Express Port 2
/0/100/1c.1/0 eth1 network BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY
/0/100/1c.2 bridge NM10/ICH7 Family PCI Express Port 3
/0/100/1c.2/0 eth0 network RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethern
/0/100/1d bus NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #1
/0/100/1d.1 bus NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #2
/0/100/1d.2 bus NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #3
/0/100/1d.3 bus NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #4
/0/100/1d.7 bus NM10/ICH7 Family USB2 EHCI Controller
/0/100/1e bridge 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge
/0/100/1f bridge 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge
/0/100/1f.2 storage 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7-M Family) SATA Control
/0/100/1f.3 bus NM10/ICH7 Family SMBus Controller
/0/2 scsi0 storage
/0/2/0.0.0 /dev/sda disk 8012MB SAMSUNG SSD UM41
/0/2/0.0.0/1 /dev/sda1 volume 6626MiB EXT4 volume
/0/2/0.0.0/2 /dev/sda2 volume 1013MiB Extended partition
/0/2/0.0.0/2/5 /dev/sda5 volume 1013MiB Linux swap / Solaris partition
/1 power Dell
Linux agata-Inspiron-1011 3.5.0-18-generic #29-Ubuntu SMP Fri Oct 19 10:27:31 UTC 2012 i686 i686 i686 GNU/Linux
[ 0.000000] Found optimal setting for mtrr clean up
[ 0.000000] found SMP MP-table at [mem 0x000f7d60-0x000f7d6f] mapped at [c00f7d60]
[ 0.000000] ACPI: BIOS bug: multiple APIC/MADT found, using 0
[ 0.123976] [Firmware Bug]: ACPI: BIOS _OSI(Linux) query ignored
[ 0.199461] ACPI: No dock devices found.
[ 0.232014] ACPI: bus type usb registered
[ 0.232014] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
[ 0.232014] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
[ 0.232014] usbcore: registered new device driver usb
[ 0.252567] Switching to clocksource hpet
[ 0.304752] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 11 devices
[ 0.421469] input: Lid Switch as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0C0D:00/input/input0
[ 0.421539] ACPI: Lid Switch [LID0]
[ 1.020889] ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: using broken periodic workaround
[ 1.036130] usb usb1: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0002
[ 1.036138] usb usb1: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 1.036146] usb usb1: Product: EHCI Host Controller
[ 1.036154] usb usb1: Manufacturer: Linux 3.5.0-18-generic ehci_hcd
[ 1.036161] usb usb1: SerialNumber: 0000:00:1d.7
[ 1.036583] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.037168] usb usb2: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0001
[ 1.037177] usb usb2: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 1.037184] usb usb2: Product: UHCI Host Controller
[ 1.037191] usb usb2: Manufacturer: Linux 3.5.0-18-generic uhci_hcd
[ 1.037198] usb usb2: SerialNumber: 0000:00:1d.0
[ 1.037494] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.037906] usb usb3: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0001
[ 1.037915] usb usb3: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 1.037922] usb usb3: Product: UHCI Host Controller
[ 1.037929] usb usb3: Manufacturer: Linux 3.5.0-18-generic uhci_hcd
[ 1.037936] usb usb3: SerialNumber: 0000:00:1d.1
[ 1.038219] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.038629] usb usb4: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0001
[ 1.038638] usb usb4: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 1.038645] usb usb4: Product: UHCI Host Controller
[ 1.038652] usb usb4: Manufacturer: Linux 3.5.0-18-generic uhci_hcd
[ 1.038659] usb usb4: SerialNumber: 0000:00:1d.2
[ 1.038990] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.039397] usb usb5: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0001
[ 1.039405] usb usb5: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 1.039413] usb usb5: Product: UHCI Host Controller
[ 1.039420] usb usb5: Manufacturer: Linux 3.5.0-18-generic uhci_hcd
[ 1.039427] usb usb5: SerialNumber: 0000:00:1d.3
[ 1.039711] hub 5-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.040137] usbcore: registered new interface driver libusual
[ 1.094588] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 1.205368] isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
[ 1.404179] usb 1-2: new high-speed USB device number 3 using ehci_hcd
[ 1.568898] r8169 0000:04:00.0: eth0: RTL8102e at 0xf8448000, 00:26:b9:98:45:d6, XID 04c00000 IRQ 43
[ 1.580768] ssb: Found chip with id 0x4312, rev 0x01 and package 0x00
[ 1.580796] ssb: Core 0 found: ChipCommon (cc 0x800, rev 0x16, vendor 0x4243)
[ 1.580819] ssb: Core 1 found: IEEE 802.11 (cc 0x812, rev 0x0F, vendor 0x4243)
[ 1.580842] ssb: Core 2 found: PCMCIA (cc 0x80D, rev 0x0A, vendor 0x4243)
[ 1.580864] ssb: Core 3 found: PCI-E (cc 0x820, rev 0x09, vendor 0x4243)
[ 1.583563] usb 1-2: New USB device found, idVendor=0c45, idProduct=63e3
[ 1.583576] usb 1-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=2, Product=1, SerialNumber=0
[ 1.583585] usb 1-2: Product: Integrated Webcam
[ 1.583594] usb 1-2: Manufacturer: CN0C811R724879AU014C
[ 1.668530] ssb: Sonics Silicon Backplane found on PCI device 0000:03:00.0
[ 1.824096] usb 2-1: new low-speed USB device number 2 using uhci_hcd
[ 1.991217] usb 2-1: New USB device found, idVendor=15d9, idProduct=0a33
[ 1.991235] usb 2-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=1, SerialNumber=0
[ 1.991248] usb 2-1: Product: USB Mouse
[ 2.015391] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbhid
[ 2.015401] usbhid: USB HID core driver
[ 2.027481] input: USB Mouse as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb2/2-1/2-1:1.0/input/input4
[ 2.028576] hid-generic 0003:15D9:0A33.0001: input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.10 Mouse [USB Mouse] on usb-0000:00:1d.0-1/input0
[ 4.720498] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 4.902269] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[ 6.137484] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 128x37
[ 6.137851] lpc_ich: Resource conflict(s) found affecting iTCO_wdt
[ 6.137902] lpc_ich: Resource conflict(s) found affecting gpio_ich
[ 6.192843] leds_ss4200: no LED devices found
[ 6.218959] b43-phy0: Broadcom 4312 WLAN found (core revision 15)
[ 6.298794] uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device Integrated Webcam (0c45:63e3)
[ 6.320395] input: Integrated Webcam as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb1/1-2/1-2:1.0/input/input6
[ 6.320721] usbcore: registered new interface driver uvcvideo
[ 6.355014] input: HDA Intel Mic as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input7
[ 6.355748] input: HDA Intel Headphone as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input8
[ 7.747844] r8169 0000:04:00.0: eth0: link down
[ 7.747896] r8169 0000:04:00.0: eth0: link down
[ 7.760835] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 7.764766] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 7.966392] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode15.fw" not found
[ 7.966403] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43-open/ucode15.fw" not found
[ 7.966410] 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.
[ 9.359918] r8169 0000:04:00.0: eth0: link up
[ 9.360483] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
[ 974.858196] r8169 0000:04:00.0: eth0: link down
[ 974.858374] r8169 0000:04:00.0: eth0: link down
[ 974.860435] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 976.597191] r8169 0000:04:00.0: eth0: link up
[ 976.597655] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
[ 1774.039276] wl: module license 'MIXED/Proprietary' taints kernel.
[ 1774.407819] eth1: Broadcom BCM4315 802.11 Hybrid Wireless Controller 5.100.82.112
[ 2047.608789] r8169 0000:04:00.0: eth0: link down
[ 2052.212128] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 2101.081243] r8169 0000:04:00.0: eth0: link up
[ 2101.081802] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
 Release Date: 07/29/2009
 Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
 Product Name: Inspiron 1011
 Serial Number: G7JC2L1
 Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
 Product Name: CN0Y53
 Serial Number: .G7JC2L1.ppppppppppppppd
 Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
 Serial Number: G7JC2L1
 Manufacturer: Intel
 Serial Number: Not Specified
 Manufacturer:
 Serial Number:
 Manufacturer: Dell
 SBDS Serial Number: 0000
 SBDS Manufacture Date: 1980-00-00
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

eth1 IEEE 802.11 Access Point: Not-Associated
          Link Quality:5 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
          Rx invalid nwid:0 invalid crypt:0 invalid misc: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
# Warning: This file is autogenerated by bcmwl. All changes to this file will be lost.
blacklist b43
blacklist b43legacy
blacklist bcm43xx
blacklist brcm80211
blacklist brcmfmac
blacklist brcmsmac
blacklist bcma
blacklist eth1394
# replaced by p54pci
blacklist prism54
# replaced by b43 and ssb.
blacklist bcm43xx
blacklist uart6850
blacklist twl4030_wdt
# /etc/modprobe.d/iwlwifi.conf
# iwlwifi will dyamically load either iwldvm or iwlmvm depending on the
# microcode file installed on the system. When removing iwlwifi, first
# remove the iwl?vm module and then iwlwifi.
remove iwlwifi \
(/sbin/lsmod | grep -o -e ^iwlmvm -e ^iwldvm -e ^iwlwifi | xargs /sbin/rmmod) \
[main]
NetworkingEnabled=true
WirelessEnabled=true
WWANEnabled=true
WimaxEnabled=true
> hal.1: read hal dataprocess 10741: arguments to dbus_move_error() were incorrect, assertion "(dest) == NULL || !dbus_error_is_set ((dest))" failed in file ../../dbus/dbus-errors.c line 282.
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
24: PCI 300.0: 0282 WLAN controller
  [Created at pci.318]
  Unique ID: JNkJ.reAAs+k0MA5
  Parent ID: qTvu.b2kCUI+AHJ3
  SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.1/0000:03:00.0
  SysFS BusID: 0000:03:00.0
  Hardware Class: network
  Model: "Dell Wireless 1397 WLAN Mini-Card"
  Vendor: pci 0x14e4 "Broadcom"
  Device: pci 0x4315 "BCM4312 802.11b/g"
  SubVendor: pci 0x1028 "Dell"
  SubDevice: pci 0x000c "Wireless 1397 WLAN Mini-Card"
  Revision: 0x01
  Driver: "wl"
  Driver Modules: "wl"
  Device File: eth1
  Features: WLAN
  Memory Range: 0xf0100000-0xf0103fff (rw,non-prefetchable)
  IRQ: 17 (932 events)
  HW Address: 0c:ee:e6:94:4a:67
  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 bitrates: 1 2 5.5 6 9 11 12 18 24 36 48 54
  WLAN encryption modes: WEP40 WEP104 WEP256 WEP128 TKIP CCMP
  WLAN authentication modes: open sharedkey wpa-psk wpa-eap
  Module Alias: "pci:v000014E4d00004315sv00001028sd0000000Cbc02sc80i00"
  Driver Info #0:
    Driver Status: ssb is not active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe ssb"
  Driver Info #1:
    Driver Status: wl is active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe wl"
  Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
  Attached to: #13 (PCI bridge)

25: PCI 400.0: 0200 Ethernet controller
  [Created at pci.318]
  Unique ID: rBUF.XfsG5SnG6dA
  Parent ID: hoOk.dtciRREbK44
  SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.2/0000:04:00.0
  SysFS BusID: 0000:04:00.0
  Hardware Class: network
  Model: "Realtek RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller"
  Vendor: pci 0x10ec "Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd."
  Device: pci 0x8136 "RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller"
  SubVendor: pci 0x1028 "Dell"
  SubDevice: pci 0x02f4
  Revision: 0x02
  Driver: "r8169"
  Driver Modules: "r8169"
  Device File: eth0
  I/O Ports: 0x2000-0x2fff (rw)
  Memory Range: 0xf0510000-0xf0510fff (ro,non-prefetchable)
  Memory Range: 0xf0500000-0xf050ffff (ro,non-prefetchable)
  Memory Range: 0xf0520000-0xf053ffff (ro,non-prefetchable,disabled)
  IRQ: 43 (14572 events)
  HW Address: 00:26:b9:98:45:d6
  Link detected: yes
  Module Alias: "pci:v000010ECd00008136sv00001028sd000002F4bc02sc00i00"
  Driver Info #0:
    Driver Status: r8169 is active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe r8169"
  Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
  Attached to: #14 (PCI bridge)
warning: bad ps syntax, perhaps a bogus '-'?
See http://gitorious.org/procps/procps/blobs/master/Documentation/FAQ
root 750 0.0 0.5 35868 5608 ? Ssl 20:31 0:01 NetworkManager
nobody 1229 0.0 0.1 6688 1200 ? S 20:31 0:00 /usr/sbin/dnsmasq --no-resolv --keep-in-foreground --no-hosts --bind-interfaces --pid-file=/var/run/sendsigs.omit.d/network-manager.dnsmasq.pid --listen-address=127.0.1.1 --conf-file=/var/run/nm-dns-dnsmasq.conf --cache-size=0 --proxy-dnssec --enable-dbus=org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.dnsmasq --conf-dir=/etc/NetworkManager/dnsmasq.d
root 4508 0.1 0.2 6136 2092 ? Ss 21:01 0:00 /sbin/wpa_supplicant -B -P /run/sendsigs.omit.d/wpasupplicant.pid -u -s -O /var/run/wpa_supplicant
root 10445 0.0 0.3 5492 3128 ? S 21:06 0:00 /sbin/dhclient -d -4 -sf /usr/lib/NetworkManager/nm-dhcp-client.action -pf /var/run/sendsigs.omit.d/network-manager.dhclient-eth0.pid -lf /var/lib/dhcp/dhclient-d11ed3a9-76fe-4e9e-9d7d-9e85e9dee38c-eth0.lease -cf /var/run/nm-dhclient-eth0.conf eth0
agata 10757 0.0 0.0 5632 828 pts/0 S+ 21:09 0:00 egrep --color=auto wpa|icd|etwork
Module Size Used by
lib80211_crypt_tkip 17229 0
wl 2442848 0
lib80211 14040 2 lib80211_crypt_tkip,wl
joydev 17161 0
coretemp 13168 0
dell_laptop 17161 0
compal_laptop 19250 0
dcdbas 14054 1 dell_laptop
microcode 18209 0
snd_hda_codec_realtek 63356 1
uvcvideo 71277 0
videobuf2_core 32070 1 uvcvideo
psmouse 84843 0
snd_hda_intel 32515 3
videodev 95841 2 uvcvideo,videobuf2_core
videobuf2_vmalloc 12756 1 uvcvideo
videobuf2_memops 13184 1 videobuf2_vmalloc
snd_hda_codec 111547 2 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep 13272 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm 80163 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
serio_raw 13031 0
mac80211 461161 0
lpc_ich 16925 0
snd_seq_midi 13132 0
snd_rawmidi 25382 1 snd_seq_midi
cfg80211 175375 1 mac80211
snd_seq_midi_event 14475 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 51255 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
bnep 17707 2
snd_timer 24411 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 14137 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
snd 61991 15 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
i915 461351 3
soundcore 14599 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 14036 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
rfcomm 37276 0
bluetooth 183228 10 bnep,rfcomm
drm_kms_helper 45271 1 i915
parport_pc 31968 0
drm 230463 4 i915,drm_kms_helper
i2c_algo_bit 13197 1 i915
ppdev 12817 0
video 18847 1 i915
mac_hid 13037 0
lp 13299 0
parport 40753 3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp
hid_generic 12445 0
usbhid 41702 0
hid 82142 2 hid_generic,usbhid
r8169 55976 0
agata@agata-Inspiron-1011:~$

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Best Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said :
#10

Your Terminal output shows the following issues:

[ 7.966392] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode15.fw" not found
[ 7.966403] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43-open/ucode15.fw" not found
[ 7.966410] 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.

So you need to install the firmware for the b43 drivers.

# Warning: This file is autogenerated by bcmwl. All changes to this file will be lost.
blacklist b43
blacklist b43legacy

So the b43 driver are blacklisted /blocked, but you need to use the b43 driver instead of the wl drivers. You are currently using the wrong drivers (wl drivers).

To fix this, please copy-paste the following commands into the Terminal (using a working, WIRED Internet connection):

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get remove --purge bcmwl-kernel-source
sudo apt-get install firmware-b43-lpphy-installer

Then please copy-paste each command below one by one into a Terminal. Hit <ENTER> after each command.

echo "blacklist bcma" | sudo tee -a /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
echo "blacklist brcmsmac" | sudo tee -a /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
echo "blacklist brcm80211" | sudo tee -a /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

After running the commands above, make sure to select "Load Defaults" in the BIOS, save the configuration.

Then reboot and retest wireless.

Source: https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-nettool/+question/200349
Source: https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-nettool/+question/209153

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Agata (malichy7) said :
#11

Thanks Mark Rijckenberg, that solved my question.