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BCM4312 802.11b/g [14e4:4315] (rev 01) not working on HP Mini 1010NR in Ubuntu 9.10

Asked by Colby

Newbie got Ubuntu 9.10 running fine on an HP Mini 1010NR with 8gb SSHD

WiFi does not work. Tried the network icon and checked the "enable networking" box which responds "No Network Connection" This laptop does not have a Ethernet jack. Multiple tries in various configurations of hardware WiFi switch LED does not turn on "blue"

Any leads appreciated. Niffty operating system
- Colby
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Short version of the command line diagnostics:
$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.

$ lspci -n | grep '14e4:43'
01:00.0 0280: 14e4:4315 (rev 01)

$ lspci | grep Network
01:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g (rev 01)

scolby@ColbyNetbook:~$ dmesg |grep WLAN
[ 5.818791] b43-phy0: Broadcom 4312 WLAN found (core revision 15)

$ nm-tool
NetworkManager Tool
State: disconnected
- Device: eth0 ------------------------------
  Type: Wired
  Driver: sky2
  State: unavailable
  Default: no
  HW Address: 00:22:64:6B:42:99
 Capabilities:
    Carrier Detect: yes
 Wired Properties
    Carrier: off

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Long Version of diagnostics:
colby@ColbyNetbook:~$ cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=9.10
DISTRIB_CODENAME=karmic
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 9.10"

scolby@ColbyNetbook:~$ sudo iwlist scanning
[sudo] password for scolby:
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.
eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

scolby@ColbyNetbook:~$ sudo lshw -C network
  *-network
       description: Network controller
       product: BCM4312 802.11b/g
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
       version: 01
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
       configuration: driver=b43-pci-bridge latency=0
       resources: irq:16 memory:feafc000-feafffff
  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: 88E8040 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller
       vendor: Marvell Technology Group Ltd.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 00
       serial: 00:22:64:6b:42:99
       capacity: 100MB/s
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=sky2 driverversion=1.23 firmware=N/A latency=0 link=no multicast=yes port=twisted pair
       resources: irq:26 memory:febfc000-febfffff ioport:ec00(size=256)

scolby@ColbyNetbook:~$ lspci -nn
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)
00:1d.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.1 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) IDE Controller [8086:27df] (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller [8086:27da] (rev 02)
01:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g [14e4:4315] (rev 01)
02:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8040 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller [11ab:4354]

scolby@ColbyNetbook:~$ lsusb
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 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
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 10f1:1a08
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

scolby@ColbyNetbook:~$ uname -a
Linux ColbyNetbook 2.6.31-14-generic #48-Ubuntu SMP Fri Oct 16 14:04:26 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux

scolby@ColbyNetbook:~$ dmesg |grep ound
[ 0.000000] found SMP MP-table at [c00ff780] ff780
[ 0.937307] ACPI: No dock devices found.
[ 0.996454] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 12 devices
[ 1.797556] isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
[ 1.828277] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.828956] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.829481] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.829946] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.830417] hub 5-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.840484] device-mapper: multipath round-robin: version 1.0.0 loaded
[ 1.846287] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 2.561615] ssb: Sonics Silicon Backplane found on PCI device 0000:01:00.0
[ 5.584418] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[ 5.638040] uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device Webcam-101 (10f1:1a08)
[ 5.818791] b43-phy0: Broadcom 4312 WLAN found (core revision 15)
[ 8.834158] input: HDA Intel Line In at Ext Rear Jack as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input10
[ 8.834417] input: HDA Intel Mic at Sep Rear Jack as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input11
[ 8.834619] input: HDA Intel Mic at Ext Rear Jack as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input12
[ 8.834825] input: HDA Intel HP Out at Ext Rear Jack as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input13

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#1

Please try all the suggestions one by one in the following bugreport:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bcm43xx-fwcutter/+bug/379052

Also try this solution:

https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/87470

In order to implement that last solution, you need to have a working WIRED Internet connection in Ubuntu.

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#2

For future reference, in case anyone has issues with the BCM4312 wireless network controller in Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala):

Please first try the solution from Tom Haddon from this location:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bcmwl/+bug/385293

If that does not help, please try the solution from Ayuthia from this location:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=8297306

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Amit (agarwalamit081) said : 		#3

https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-nettool/+question/93476

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