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b43legacy-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43legacy/ucode2.fw" not found or load failed -> Wireless Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4303 802.11b Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:4301] (rev 02) not working on Asus L4500R laptop in Ubuntu Netbook Remix 9.04

Asked by jmsroa88

Good day,
Need help with connecting to WLAN on my Prolink-H6300G. I just installed Ububtu remix 9.04 on me laptop Asus L4500R. Everything works perfect(including wired LAN) but that it cannot recognise/connect to the WLAN. It worked perfectly when I used Windows XP, so I must be doing something wrong.
Went to Network Manager, clicked on "connect to hidden wireless connection:, did the setting and authentication key WPA & WPA2 and clicked on connect - it showed wireless disconnected.
On the menu side - wireless is enabled.
This is the settings on my wireless modem

SSID Index : 1
Broadcast SSID : Yes
SSID : Prolink-H6300G 802.11b+g
Authentication Type : WPA-PSK
Encryption : TKIP
Pre-Shared Key : xxxxxxxxx (8~63 ASCII characters or 64 hexadecimal characters)
Wireless Address Filter : Deactivated

I sure would appreciate help on this folks - it would be sad fer me to have to revert back to XP. The start up, desktop and interface on this is just soo perfect, that even a novice would find it a synch to use it.

It need be, i can be contacted via email : <email address hidden>

Hoping that someone out there is able to help me with this.

Have a good day
James R

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#1

Hi,

Please first connect your network card 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: Open Terminal from "Applications->Accessories->Terminal"

Step 2: Please copy-paste the following command from the https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu website 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 restart. 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 lshw -C network; sudo iwlist scanning; cat /etc/network/interfaces; cat /etc/lsb-release; lspci -nn; lsusb; sudo lshw -short; uname -a; dmesg | grep ound; dmesg | grep b43; dmesg | grep wl; dmesg | grep witch; iwconfig; grep b43 /etc/modprobe.d/*; grep wl /etc/modprobe.d/*; sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart

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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jmsroa88 (jmsroa88) said : 		#2

Hi Mark,
Firstly thanks soo much fer the quick response.
Have done as above instructions - but when its ask fer me password, I am not able to type it in. The keys on the keypad don't work. Attached an external USB keyboard and still don't work. Also tried to type text inmanually from keypad/keyboard still unable to.
As you can see, the keypad/keyboard works just fine here as well as when i used it in the open office app.
Any ideas what i'm doing wrong?
Appreciate yer patience and my apologies fer any inconvenience caused.
Thanks - James R

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#3

When it asks for the Ubuntu password, simply enter the password you use to log into Ubuntu. It is perfectly normal that Ubuntu does not show the password you are typing. The password you enter is not displayed for security reasons. Just enter the password and the press the <ENTER> key. If the password is correct, Ubuntu will accept it.

Please send us the Terminal output of the command I sent you.

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jmsroa88 (jmsroa88) said : 		#4

Hi Mark, yup - sorry fer my stupidity and the trouble. Herein is the terminal output. Awaiting anxiously fer a solution and finally be able to use the WLAN. My sincerest thanks - James R

To run a command as administrator (user "root"), use "sudo <command>".
See "man sudo_root" for details.

helenvk@helenvk-laptop:~$ sudo lshw -C network; sudo iwlist scanning; cat /etc/network/interfaces; cat /etc/lsb-release; lspci -nn; lsusb; sudo lshw -short; uname -a; dmesg | grep ound; dmesg | grep b43; dmesg | grep wl; dmesg | grep witch; iwconfig; grep b43 /etc/modprobe.d/*; grep wl /etc/modprobe.d/*; sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart
[sudo] password for helenvk:
  *-network:0
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: BCM4401 100Base-T
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 6
       bus info: pci@0000:02:06.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 01
       serial: 00:11:2f:6c:2d:a5
       size: 100MB/s
       capacity: 100MB/s
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=b44 driverversion=2.0 duplex=full ip=192.168.254.100 latency=64 link=yes multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100MB/s
       resources: irq:7 memory:fdf00000-fdf01fff
  *-network:1
       description: Network controller
       product: BCM4303 802.11b Wireless LAN Controller
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 7
       bus info: pci@0000:02:07.0
       version: 02
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
       configuration: driver=b43-pci-bridge latency=64
       resources: irq:5 memory:fde00000-fde01fff
  *-network DISABLED
       description: Wireless interface
       physical id: 1
       logical name: wlan0
       serial: 00:0e:a6:ad:a2:57
       capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11b
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

wmaster0 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=9.10
DISTRIB_CODENAME=karmic
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 9.10"
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: ATI Technologies Inc RS300 Host Bridge [1002:5830] (rev 02)
00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon 9100 IGP AGP Bridge [1002:5838]
00:13.0 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc OHCI USB Controller #1 [1002:4347] (rev 01)
00:13.1 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc OHCI USB Controller #2 [1002:4348] (rev 01)
00:13.2 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc EHCI USB Controller [1002:4345] (rev 01)
00:14.0 SMBus [0c05]: ATI Technologies Inc SMBus [1002:4353] (rev 18)
00:14.1 IDE interface [0101]: ATI Technologies Inc Dual Channel Bus Master PCI IDE Controller [1002:4349]
00:14.3 ISA bridge [0601]: ATI Technologies Inc Device [1002:434c]
00:14.4 PCI bridge [0604]: ATI Technologies Inc IXP200 3COM 3C920B Ethernet Controller [1002:4342]
00:14.5 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: ATI Technologies Inc IXP150 AC'97 Audio Controller [1002:4341]
00:14.6 Modem [0703]: ATI Technologies Inc IXP AC'97 Modem [1002:434d] (rev 01)
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc RS300M AGP [Radeon Mobility 9100IGP] [1002:5835]
02:05.0 CardBus bridge [0607]: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c475 [1180:0475] (rev b8)
02:05.1 FireWire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C551 IEEE 1394 Controller [1180:0551]
02:06.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401 100Base-T [14e4:4401] (rev 01)
02:07.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4303 802.11b Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:4301] (rev 02)
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 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
H/W path Device Class Description
=========================================================
                               system L4R
/0 bus L4R
/0/0 memory 64KiB BIOS
/0/4 processor Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1.50GHz
/0/4/5 memory 64KiB L1 cache
/0/4/6 memory 2MiB L2 cache
/0/f memory 512MiB System Memory
/0/f/0 memory 256MiB DIMM DDR Fast-paged Pseudo-static 333 MHz (3.0 ns)
/0/f/1 memory 256MiB DIMM DDR Fast-paged Pseudo-static 333 MHz (3.0 ns)
/0/100 bridge RS300 Host Bridge
/0/100/1 bridge Radeon 9100 IGP AGP Bridge
/0/100/1/5 display RS300M AGP [Radeon Mobility 9100IGP]
/0/100/13 bus OHCI USB Controller #1
/0/100/13.1 bus OHCI USB Controller #2
/0/100/13.2 bus EHCI USB Controller
/0/100/14 bus SMBus
/0/100/14.1 scsi0 storage Dual Channel Bus Master PCI IDE Controller
/0/100/14.1/0 /dev/sda disk 40GB IC25N040ATMR04-0
/0/100/14.1/0/1 /dev/sda1 volume 36GiB EXT4 volume
/0/100/14.1/0/2 /dev/sda2 volume 1082MiB Extended partition
/0/100/14.1/0/2/5 /dev/sda5 volume 1082MiB Linux swap / Solaris partition
/0/100/14.1/1 /dev/cdrom disk DVD-ROM SD-R2512
/0/100/14.3 bridge ATI Technologies Inc
/0/100/14.4 bridge IXP200 3COM 3C920B Ethernet Controller
/0/100/14.4/5 bridge RL5c475
/0/100/14.4/5.1 bus R5C551 IEEE 1394 Controller
/0/100/14.4/6 eth0 network BCM4401 100Base-T
/0/100/14.4/7 network BCM4303 802.11b Wireless LAN Controller
/0/100/14.5 multimedia IXP150 AC'97 Audio Controller
/0/100/14.6 communication IXP AC'97 Modem
/1 wlan0 network Wireless interface
Linux helenvk-laptop 2.6.31-14-generic #48-Ubuntu SMP Fri Oct 16 14:04:26 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux
[ 0.000000] AMI BIOS detected: BIOS may corrupt low RAM, working around it.
[ 0.000000] Found and enabled local APIC!
[ 0.044001] ACPI: EC: EC description table is found, configuring boot EC
[ 0.044867] ACPI: EC: ASUSTek keeps feeding us with broken ECDT tables, which are very hard to workaround. Trying to use DSDT EC info instead. Please send output of acpidump to <email address hidden>
[ 0.066478] ACPI: No dock devices found.
[ 0.101598] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 12 devices
[ 0.863970] isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
[ 0.880170] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.940117] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.000122] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.004654] device-mapper: multipath round-robin: version 1.0.0 loaded
[ 1.006990] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 1.656184] ssb: Sonics Silicon Backplane found on PCI device 0000:02:07.0
[ 1.744071] ssb: Sonics Silicon Backplane found on PCI device 0000:02:06.0
[ 1.744124] b44: Invalid MAC address found in EEPROM
[ 7.822322] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[ 9.250097] yenta_cardbus 0000:02:05.0: CardBus bridge found [1043:1834]
[ 9.964659] b43legacy-phy0: Broadcom 4301 WLAN found
[ 9.988015] b43legacy-phy0 debug: Found PHY: Analog 0, Type 1, Revision 4
[ 9.988038] b43legacy-phy0 debug: Found Radio: Manuf 0x17F, Version 0x2053, Revision 2
[ 19.793567] b43legacy-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43legacy/ucode2.fw" not found or load failed.
[ 20.674030] b43legacy-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43legacy/ucode2.fw" not found or load failed.
[ 1.652774] b43-pci-bridge 0000:02:07.0: PCI INT A -> Link[LNKB] -> GSI 5 (level, low) -> IRQ 5
[ 9.964659] b43legacy-phy0: Broadcom 4301 WLAN found
[ 9.988015] b43legacy-phy0 debug: Found PHY: Analog 0, Type 1, Revision 4
[ 9.988038] b43legacy-phy0 debug: Found Radio: Manuf 0x17F, Version 0x2053, Revision 2
[ 10.012018] b43legacy-phy0 debug: Radio initialized
[ 19.092045] b43legacy ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43legacy/ucode2.fw
[ 19.793567] b43legacy-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43legacy/ucode2.fw" not found or load failed.
[ 19.793635] b43legacy-phy0 ERROR: You must go to http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware and download the correct firmware (version 3).
[ 20.667791] b43legacy ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43legacy/ucode2.fw
[ 20.674030] b43legacy-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43legacy/ucode2.fw" not found or load failed.
[ 20.674097] b43legacy-phy0 ERROR: You must go to http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware and download the correct firmware (version 3).
[ 0.017090] SMP alternatives: switching to UP code
[ 0.055473] ACPI: EC: non-query interrupt received, switching to interrupt mode
[ 0.502519] input: Lid Switch as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0C0D:00/input/input1
[ 0.504783] ACPI: Lid Switch [LID]
[ 0.652110] Switched to high resolution mode on CPU 0
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wmaster0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11b ESSID:""
          Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
          Tx-Power=0 dBm
          Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
          Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf:# replaced by b43 and ssb.
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-watchdog.conf:blacklist twl4030_wdt
 * Reconfiguring network interfaces... Ignoring unknown interface eth0=eth0.
                                                                                                                      [ OK ]
helenvk@helenvk-laptop:~$

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#5

Hi,

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

The error "b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode5.fw" not found or load failed" should mean that b43-fwcutter is not installed yet on your pc. And that means that the Broadcom firmware for your wireless card is not loaded or installed yet.

Please proceed with the following commands:

sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude install b43-fwcutter

b43-fwcutter exists in the Ubuntu repositories, but you will need a working wired Internet connection in Ubuntu in order to locate it and install it.

The only way to do that - in your case - is to connect the pc to the wireless router using a LAN cable, instead of using wireless.

After installing b43-fwcutter, please reboot and retest wireless.

Regards,

Mark

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jmsroa88 (jmsroa88) said : 		#6

Hi Mark, done as above instructions and appending the terminal output here fer yer reference. Hopefully I have done it correct. Will reboot and se what happens. Hopefully it works - by the way, i have done the fwcutter via the hardware drivers a couple of times before(it showed : Broadcom B43legacy wrieless driver by way of activating it - i guess that was wrong method. Anyway here is the outout

helenvk@helenvk-laptop:~$ sudo aptitude update
[sudo] password for helenvk:
Sorry, try again.
[sudo] password for helenvk:
Writing extended state information... Done
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security Release.gpg
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/main Translation-en_PH
Hit http://ph.archive.ubuntu.com karmic Release.gpg
Ign http://ph.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Translation-en_PH
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/restricted Translation-en_PH
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/universe Translation-en_PH
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/multiverse Translation-en_PH
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security Release
Ign http://ph.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/restricted Translation-en_PH
Ign http://ph.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/universe Translation-en_PH
Ign http://ph.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/multiverse Translation-en_PH
Get:1 http://ph.archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates Release.gpg [189B]
Ign http://ph.archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/main Translation-en_PH
Ign http://ph.archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/restricted Translation-en_PH
Ign http://ph.archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/universe Translation-en_PH
Ign http://ph.archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/multiverse Translation-en_PH
Hit http://ph.archive.ubuntu.com karmic Release
Get:2 http://ph.archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates Release [44.1kB]
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/main Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/restricted Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/main Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/restricted Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/universe Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/universe Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/multiverse Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/multiverse Sources
Hit http://ph.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Packages
Hit http://ph.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/restricted Packages
Hit http://ph.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Sources
Hit http://ph.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/restricted Sources
Hit http://ph.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/universe Packages
Hit http://ph.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/universe Sources
Hit http://ph.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/multiverse Packages
Hit http://ph.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/multiverse Sources
Get:3 http://ph.archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/main Packages [210kB]
Get:4 http://ph.archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/restricted Packages [14B]
Get:5 http://ph.archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/main Sources [62.5kB]
Get:6 http://ph.archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/restricted Sources [14B]
Get:7 http://ph.archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/universe Packages [128kB]
Get:8 http://ph.archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/universe Sources [30.8kB]
Get:9 http://ph.archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/multiverse Packages [10.1kB]
Get:10 http://ph.archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/multiverse Sources [4,598B]
Fetched 491kB in 11s (43.2kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done

helenvk@helenvk-laptop:~$ sudo aptitude install b43-fwcutter
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  b43-fwcutter
0 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 271 not upgraded.
Need to get 18.1kB of archives. After unpacking 115kB will be used.
Writing extended state information... Done
Get:1 http://ph.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main b43-fwcutter 1:012-1 [18.1kB]
Fetched 18.1kB in 1s (9,715B/s)
Preconfiguring packages ...
Selecting previously deselected package b43-fwcutter.
(Reading database ... 113332 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking b43-fwcutter (from .../b43-fwcutter_1%3a012-1_i386.deb) ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Setting up b43-fwcutter (1:012-1) ...
--2010-05-03 07:10:09-- http://downloads.openwrt.org/sources/wl_apsta-3.130.20.0.o
Resolving downloads.openwrt.org... 78.24.191.177
Connecting to downloads.openwrt.org|78.24.191.177|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 652866 (638K) [text/plain]
Saving to: `wl_apsta-3.130.20.0.o'

100%[===================================================================================>] 652,866 112K/s in 6.0s

2010-05-03 07:10:16 (106 KB/s) - `wl_apsta-3.130.20.0.o' saved [652866/652866]

--2010-05-03 07:10:16-- http://mirror2.openwrt.org/sources/broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5.tar.bz2
Resolving mirror2.openwrt.org... 88.198.39.176
Connecting to mirror2.openwrt.org|88.198.39.176|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 3888794 (3.7M) [application/x-tar]
Saving to: `broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5.tar.bz2'

100%[===================================================================================>] 3,888,794 50.1K/s in 82s

2010-05-03 07:11:40 (46.4 KB/s) - `broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5.tar.bz2' saved [3888794/3888794]

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  ID : FW10
  filename : wl_apsta.o
  version : 295.14
  MD5 : e08665c5c5b66beb9c3b2dd54aa80cb3
Extracting b43legacy/ucode2.fw
Extracting b43legacy/ucode4.fw
Extracting b43legacy/ucode5.fw
Extracting b43legacy/ucode11.fw
Extracting b43legacy/pcm4.fw
Extracting b43legacy/pcm5.fw
Extracting b43legacy/a0g0bsinitvals2.fw
Extracting b43legacy/b0g0bsinitvals5.fw
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broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/bcm4710.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/bcm947xx.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/bcmcrypto/
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/bcmcrypto/aes.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/bcmcrypto/aeskeywrap.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/bcmcrypto/bcmccx.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/bcmcrypto/bn.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/bcmcrypto/ccx.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/bcmcrypto/des.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/bcmcrypto/dh.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/bcmcrypto/hmac_sha256.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/bcmcrypto/md4.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/bcmcrypto/md5.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/bcmcrypto/passhash.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/bcmcrypto/prf.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/bcmcrypto/rc4.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/bcmcrypto/rijndael-alg-fst.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/bcmcrypto/sha1.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/bcmcrypto/sha256.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/bcmdefs.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/bcmdevs.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/bcmendian.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/bcmnvram.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/bcmotp.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/bcmparams.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/bcmperf.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/bcmrobo.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/bcmsrom.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/bcmstdlib.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/bcmutils.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/bcmwifi.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/bitfuncs.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/epivers.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/epivers.h.in
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/etioctl.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/flash.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/flashutl.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/hndchipc.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/hndcpu.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/hnddma.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/hndgige.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/hndmips.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/hndpci.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/hndpmu.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/linux_gpio.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/linuxver.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/min_osl.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/mipsinc.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/ndiserrmap.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/osl.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/pcicfg.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/proto/
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/proto/802.11.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/proto/802.11e.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/proto/802.1d.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/proto/bcmeth.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/proto/bcmevent.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/proto/bcmip.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/proto/bcmtcp.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/proto/eap.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/proto/eapol.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/proto/ethernet.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/proto/vlan.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/proto/wpa.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/rts/
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/rts/crc.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/sbchipc.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/sbconfig.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/sbgige.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/sbhndcpu.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/sbhnddma.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/sbhndmips.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/sbhndpio.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/sbmemc.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/sbpci.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/sbpcie.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/sbpcmcia.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/sbsdio.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/sbsdpcmdev.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/sbsdram.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/sbsocram.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/sbsprom.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/sbutils.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/sflash.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/trxhdr.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/typedefs.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/wlioctl.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/linux_osl.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/shared/
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/shared/bcmotp.c
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/shared/bcmrobo.c
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/shared/bcmsrom.c
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/shared/bcmstdlib.c
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/shared/bcmutils.c
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/shared/boot.S
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/shared/bzip2_inflate.c
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/shared/cfe_osl.c
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/shared/flashutl.c
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/shared/gzip_inflate.c
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/shared/hndchipc.c
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/shared/hnddma.c
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/shared/hndgige.c
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/shared/hndmips.c
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/shared/hndpci.c
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/shared/hndpmu.c
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/shared/hndrte.lds.in
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/shared/linux_gpio.c
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/shared/linux_osl.c
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/shared/load.c
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/shared/min_osl.c
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/shared/nvramstubs.c
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/shared/sbsdram.S
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/shared/sbutils.c
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/shared/sflash.c
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/shared/sromstubs.c
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/shared/xip.lds.in
This file is recognised as:
  ID : FW13
  filename : wl_apsta_mimo.o
  version : 410.2160
  MD5 : cb8d70972b885b1f8883b943c0261a3c
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Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
Writing extended state information... Done

helenvk@helenvk-laptop:~$

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jmsroa88 (jmsroa88) said : 		#7

Hi Mark - please forgive me fer the trouble again. Did everything but whats worse now is that now it displays only wired connection. went into network connections, wireless and input in the settings for new connection with the same SSID and authentication/password Security as WPA n WPA2Personal - still nothing. Here is the terminal output again fer yer review. Sorry and thanks fer the help.

helenvk@helenvk-laptop:~$ sudo lshw -C network; sudo iwlist scanning; cat /etc/network/interfaces; cat /etc/lsb-release; lspci -nn; lsusb; sudo lshw -short; uname -a; dmesg | grep ound; dmesg | grep b43; dmesg | grep wl; dmesg | grep witch; iwconfig; grep b43 /etc/modprobe.d/*; grep wl /etc/modprobe.d/*; sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart
[sudo] password for helenvk:
  *-network:0
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: BCM4401 100Base-T
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 6
       bus info: pci@0000:02:06.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 01
       serial: 00:11:2f:6c:2d:a5
       size: 100MB/s
       capacity: 100MB/s
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=b44 driverversion=2.0 duplex=full ip=192.168.254.100 latency=64 link=yes multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100MB/s
       resources: irq:7 memory:fdf00000-fdf01fff
  *-network:1
       description: Network controller
       product: BCM4303 802.11b Wireless LAN Controller
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 7
       bus info: pci@0000:02:07.0
       version: 02
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
       configuration: driver=b43-pci-bridge latency=64
       resources: irq:5 memory:fde00000-fde01fff
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=9.10
DISTRIB_CODENAME=karmic
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 9.10"
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: ATI Technologies Inc RS300 Host Bridge [1002:5830] (rev 02)
00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon 9100 IGP AGP Bridge [1002:5838]
00:13.0 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc OHCI USB Controller #1 [1002:4347] (rev 01)
00:13.1 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc OHCI USB Controller #2 [1002:4348] (rev 01)
00:13.2 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc EHCI USB Controller [1002:4345] (rev 01)
00:14.0 SMBus [0c05]: ATI Technologies Inc SMBus [1002:4353] (rev 18)
00:14.1 IDE interface [0101]: ATI Technologies Inc Dual Channel Bus Master PCI IDE Controller [1002:4349]
00:14.3 ISA bridge [0601]: ATI Technologies Inc Device [1002:434c]
00:14.4 PCI bridge [0604]: ATI Technologies Inc IXP200 3COM 3C920B Ethernet Controller [1002:4342]
00:14.5 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: ATI Technologies Inc IXP150 AC'97 Audio Controller [1002:4341]
00:14.6 Modem [0703]: ATI Technologies Inc IXP AC'97 Modem [1002:434d] (rev 01)
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc RS300M AGP [Radeon Mobility 9100IGP] [1002:5835]
02:05.0 CardBus bridge [0607]: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c475 [1180:0475] (rev b8)
02:05.1 FireWire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C551 IEEE 1394 Controller [1180:0551]
02:06.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401 100Base-T [14e4:4401] (rev 01)
02:07.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4303 802.11b Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:4301] (rev 02)
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 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
H/W path Device Class Description
=========================================================
                               system L4R
/0 bus L4R
/0/0 memory 64KiB BIOS
/0/4 processor Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1.50GHz
/0/4/5 memory 64KiB L1 cache
/0/4/6 memory 2MiB L2 cache
/0/f memory 512MiB System Memory
/0/f/0 memory 256MiB DIMM DDR Fast-paged Pseudo-static 333 MHz (3.0 ns)
/0/f/1 memory 256MiB DIMM DDR Fast-paged Pseudo-static 333 MHz (3.0 ns)
/0/100 bridge RS300 Host Bridge
/0/100/1 bridge Radeon 9100 IGP AGP Bridge
/0/100/1/5 display RS300M AGP [Radeon Mobility 9100IGP]
/0/100/13 bus OHCI USB Controller #1
/0/100/13.1 bus OHCI USB Controller #2
/0/100/13.2 bus EHCI USB Controller
/0/100/14 bus SMBus
/0/100/14.1 scsi0 storage Dual Channel Bus Master PCI IDE Controller
/0/100/14.1/0 /dev/sda disk 40GB IC25N040ATMR04-0
/0/100/14.1/0/1 /dev/sda1 volume 36GiB EXT4 volume
/0/100/14.1/0/2 /dev/sda2 volume 1082MiB Extended partition
/0/100/14.1/0/2/5 /dev/sda5 volume 1082MiB Linux swap / Solaris partition
/0/100/14.1/1 /dev/cdrom disk DVD-ROM SD-R2512
/0/100/14.3 bridge ATI Technologies Inc
/0/100/14.4 bridge IXP200 3COM 3C920B Ethernet Controller
/0/100/14.4/5 bridge RL5c475
/0/100/14.4/5.1 bus R5C551 IEEE 1394 Controller
/0/100/14.4/6 eth0 network BCM4401 100Base-T
/0/100/14.4/7 network BCM4303 802.11b Wireless LAN Controller
/0/100/14.5 multimedia IXP150 AC'97 Audio Controller
/0/100/14.6 communication IXP AC'97 Modem
Linux helenvk-laptop 2.6.31-14-generic #48-Ubuntu SMP Fri Oct 16 14:04:26 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux
[ 0.000000] AMI BIOS detected: BIOS may corrupt low RAM, working around it.
[ 0.000000] Found and enabled local APIC!
[ 0.044001] ACPI: EC: EC description table is found, configuring boot EC
[ 0.044877] ACPI: EC: ASUSTek keeps feeding us with broken ECDT tables, which are very hard to workaround. Trying to use DSDT EC info instead. Please send output of acpidump to <email address hidden>
[ 0.070472] ACPI: No dock devices found.
[ 0.105595] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 12 devices
[ 0.867987] isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
[ 0.884171] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.944118] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.004123] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.008601] device-mapper: multipath round-robin: version 1.0.0 loaded
[ 1.010931] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 1.662323] ssb: Sonics Silicon Backplane found on PCI device 0000:02:07.0
[ 1.740079] ssb: Sonics Silicon Backplane found on PCI device 0000:02:06.0
[ 1.740133] b44: Invalid MAC address found in EEPROM
[ 6.791655] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[ 8.123748] yenta_cardbus 0000:02:05.0: CardBus bridge found [1043:1834]
[ 1.658931] b43-pci-bridge 0000:02:07.0: PCI INT A -> Link[LNKB] -> GSI 5 (level, low) -> IRQ 5
[ 0.017090] SMP alternatives: switching to UP code
[ 0.059500] ACPI: EC: non-query interrupt received, switching to interrupt mode
[ 0.506526] input: Lid Switch as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0C0D:00/input/input1
[ 0.508790] ACPI: Lid Switch [LID]
[ 0.656117] Switched to high resolution mode on CPU 0
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf:# replaced by b43 and ssb.
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-local.conf:blacklist b43legacy
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-watchdog.conf:blacklist twl4030_wdt
 * Reconfiguring network interfaces... Ignoring unknown interface eth0=eth0.
                                                                                                                      [ OK ]
helenvk@helenvk-laptop:~$

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#8

That is strange. It should have worked by now.... Only other thing I can recommend is to do a clean install from scratch of Ubuntu 10.04 which has just been released. Then install b43-fwcutter in Ubuntu 10.04. Then reboot and retest wireless. I have no other suggestions to make.

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#9

If that does not help as well, then I suggest installing Linux Mint 8 Helena instead, which includes out-of-the-box support for Broadcom wireless cards:

http://www.linuxmint.com/rel_helena.php

First test wireless using a Linux Mint 8 LiveCD session before attempting an install.

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jmsroa88 (jmsroa88) said : 		#10

Have done a new install, also done the updates for the fwcutter via your instructions as well as all other updates thru update manager.

Where hardware drivers are concerned - it shows Broadcom b43legacy driver is activated.
It now at the point where ENABLED WIRELESS is greyed out-maybe there is a solution fer this?

I have installed 10.04 once before but after completion of install and reboot - it just hung. Tried getting a good download of it(Ubuntu Home Page) as well as other sites: Softpedia and torrents but to no avail, maybe you could recommend a link for 10.04?

Will go to the link you posted for Linux Mint 8 and download - thanks.

Would be grateful if you could please afford me another look at a solution - especially the greyed out issue on ENABLE WIRELESS or maybe a USB WIRELESS CARD.

Once again my sincerest thanks fer all the effort, patience and assistance rendered.

Thanks - James R

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#11

First test wireless during the Linux Mint 8 LiveCD session. If wireless does not work out-of-the-box during the LiveCD session, then I also recommend buying a wireless USB stick.

Here is a list of Ubuntu compatible wireless cards:

http://ubuntuhcl.org/browse/search?offset=0&category=25&manufacturer=&rating=5&price=&os=1&order-by=rating-desc&worksoutofthebox=on&keywords=

The ASUS WL-167G V2 (USB ID 0b05:1723) wireless USB stick is a good choice.

See here for details:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsAsus

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jmsroa88 (jmsroa88) said : 		#12

Hello Mark,
Well I have to tell you that the laptops works jsut fine now. The problem was a faulty wireless card, once I got it changes, it worked like a charm and am now prodly utilizing me Ubuntu 9.10. Did not realize that the wireless card was faulty cuase it worked just fine when using XP.
Anyways, please accept my deepest thanks fer all that you have done, the patience and support that you have provided.
I am now looking forward to a stable version of Lucid Lynx LTS which I can dploy on me desktop.
Once again my deepest thanks
Cheers
James R