BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:4318] (rev 02) working on compaq presario V2305CA in Ubuntu 9.04 but : wlan0 No scan results - Mark Rijckenberg

Hi Mark,
 I've been through a bunch of your posts to others. I think my laptop is almost there, but something's not quite right, it's now at least trying to connect.
And before you tell me to follow the some steps; Here are the most recent results:
Before that, is there a way to scan for nearby wifi, other than the command line? I don't mind, I'm just used to evil MS. and starting the leap from the vista vesel. Thanks!

chris@chris-laptop:~$ sudo aptitude update
Writing extended state information... Done
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security Release.gpg
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/main Translation-en_CA
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty Release.gpg
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main Translation-en_CA
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/restricted Translation-en_CA
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/universe Translation-en_CA
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/multiverse Translation-en_CA
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security Release
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/restricted Translation-en_CA
Ign http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/universe Translation-en_CA
Ign http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/multiverse Translation-en_CA
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates Release.gpg
Ign http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/main Translation-en_CA
Ign http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/restricted Translation-en_CA
Ign http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/universe Translation-en_CA
Ign http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/multiverse Translation-en_CA
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty Release
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates Release
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/main Packages
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main Packages
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/restricted Packages
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main Sources
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/restricted Sources
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/universe Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/restricted Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/main Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/restricted Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/universe Packages
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/universe Sources
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/multiverse Packages
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/multiverse Sources
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/main Packages
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/restricted Packages
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/main Sources
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/restricted Sources
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/universe Packages
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/universe Sources
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/multiverse Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/universe Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/multiverse Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/multiverse Sources
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/multiverse Sources
Reading package lists... Done

chris@chris-laptop:~$ sudo aptitude dist-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
No packages will be installed, upgraded, or removed.
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used.
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done

chris@chris-laptop:~$ sudo aptitude install hwinfo b43-fwcutter
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
No packages will be installed, upgraded, or removed.
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used.
Writing extended state information... Done
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done

chris@chris-laptop:~$ hwinfo --netcard
08: PCI 502.0: 0282 WLAN controller
  [Created at pci.314]
  UDI: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_14e4_4318
  Unique ID: y9sn.1jgFTWqeHhC
  Parent ID: qscc.hTSZxA6Z5F6
  SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.4/0000:05:02.0
  SysFS BusID: 0000:05:02.0
  Hardware Class: network
  Model: "Broadcom BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller"
  Vendor: pci 0x14e4 "Broadcom"
  Device: pci 0x4318 "BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller"
  SubVendor: pci 0x103c "Hewlett-Packard Company"
  SubDevice: pci 0x1355
  Revision: 0x02
  Driver: "b43-pci-bridge"
  Driver Modules: "ssb"
  Device File: wlan0
  Features: WLAN
  Memory Range: 0xc0204000-0xc0205fff (rw,non-prefetchable)
  IRQ: 20 (4963 events)
  HW Address: 00:14:a5:11:94:98
  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:v000014E4d00004318sv0000103Csd00001355bc02sc80i00"
  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: #17 (PCI bridge)

09: PCI 500.0: 0200 Ethernet controller
  [Created at pci.314]
  UDI: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_10ec_8139
  Unique ID: rBUF.1yOQ3Ja24v3
  Parent ID: qscc.hTSZxA6Z5F6
  SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.4/0000:05:00.0
  SysFS BusID: 0000:05:00.0
  Hardware Class: network
  Model: "Realtek RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+"
  Vendor: pci 0x10ec "Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd."
  Device: pci 0x8139 "RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+"
  SubVendor: pci 0x103c "Hewlett-Packard Company"
  SubDevice: pci 0x3091
  Revision: 0x10
  Driver: "8139too"
  Driver Modules: "8139too"
  Device File: eth0
  I/O Ports: 0xa000-0xafff (rw)
  Memory Range: 0xc0208000-0xc02080ff (rw,non-prefetchable)
  IRQ: 18 (12733 events)
  HW Address: 00:c0:9f:c5:be:cd
  Link detected: yes
  Module Alias: "pci:v000010ECd00008139sv0000103Csd00003091bc02sc00i00"
  Driver Info #0:
    Driver Status: 8139too is active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe 8139too"
  Driver Info #1:
    Driver Status: 8139cp is active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe 8139cp"
  Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
  Attached to: #17 (PCI bridge)
chris@chris-laptop:~$ sudo iwlist scanning
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

wmaster0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

wlan0 No scan results

pan0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

chris@chris-laptop:~$ sudo lshw -C network
  *-network:0
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+
       vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:05:00.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 10
       serial: 00:c0:9f:c5:be:cd
       size: 100MB/s
       capacity: 100MB/s
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=8139too driverversion=0.9.28 duplex=full ip=192.168.0.120 latency=64 link=yes maxlatency=64 mingnt=32 module=8139too multicast=yes port=MII speed=100MB/s
  *-network:1
       description: Network controller
       product: BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 2
       bus info: pci@0000:05:02.0
       version: 02
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: bus_master
       configuration: driver=b43-pci-bridge latency=64 module=ssb
  *-network:0
       description: Wireless interface
       physical id: 1
       logical name: wlan0
       serial: 00:14:a5:11:94:98
       capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg
  *-network:1 DISABLED
       description: Ethernet interface
       physical id: 2
       logical name: pan0
       serial: ee:22:36:40:d5:88
       capabilities: ethernet physical
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=bridge driverversion=2.3 firmware=N/A link=yes multicast=yes
chris@chris-laptop:~$ lspci -nn
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 Host Bridge [1002:5950] (rev 01)
00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge [1002:5a3f]
00:13.0 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB Host Controller [1002:4374]
00:13.1 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB Host Controller [1002:4375]
00:13.2 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB2 Host Controller [1002:4373]
00:14.0 SMBus [0c05]: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 SMBus Controller [1002:4372] (rev 11)
00:14.1 IDE interface [0101]: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 IDE Controller [1002:4376]
00:14.3 ISA bridge [0601]: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 PCI-ISA Bridge [1002:4377]
00:14.4 PCI bridge [0604]: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 PCI-PCI Bridge [1002:4371]
00:14.5 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 AC'97 Audio Controller [1002:4370] (rev 02)
00:14.6 Modem [0703]: ATI Technologies Inc SB400 AC'97 Modem Controller [1002:4378] (rev 02)
00:18.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration [1022:1100]
00:18.1 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map [1022:1101]
00:18.2 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller [1022:1102]
00:18.3 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control [1022:1103]
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon XPRESS 200M 5955 (PCIE) [1002:5955]
05:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ [10ec:8139] (rev 10)
05:02.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:4318] (rev 02)
05:09.0 CardBus bridge [0607]: Texas Instruments PCIxx21/x515 Cardbus Controller [104c:8031]
chris@chris-laptop:~$ lsusb
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
chris@chris-laptop:~$ uname -a
Linux chris-laptop 2.6.28-11-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 17 01:57:59 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux
chris@chris-laptop:~$ dmesg | grep ound
[ 0.000000] found SMP MP-table at [c00f8340] 000f8340
[ 0.516508] ACPI: No dock devices found.
[ 0.528095] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 10 devices
[ 2.337463] isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
[ 2.836123] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 2.896117] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 2.956090] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 2.960027] device-mapper: multipath round-robin: version 1.0.0 loaded
[ 2.961784] powernow-k8: Found 1 Mobile AMD Sempron(tm) Processor 3000+ processors (1 cpu cores) (version 2.20.00)
[ 2.962182] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 3.520107] ssb: Sonics Silicon Backplane found on PCI device 0000:05:02.0
[ 11.220953] yenta_cardbus 0000:05:09.0: CardBus bridge found [103c:3091]
[ 11.530719] b43-phy0: Broadcom 4318 WLAN found
[ 12.074642] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
chris@chris-laptop:~$ dmesg | grep witch
[ 0.020694] SMP alternatives: switching to UP code
[ 0.510309] ACPI: EC: non-query interrupt received, switching to interrupt mode
[ 1.064118] Switched to high resolution mode on CPU 0
[ 1.978206] input: Lid Switch as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0C0D:00/input/input3
[ 1.978666] ACPI: Lid Switch [LID]
chris@chris-laptop:~$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wmaster0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:""
          Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
          Tx-Power=20 dBm
          Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2352 B
          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

pan0 no wireless extensions.

chris@chris-laptop:~$