Wireless in Inspiron 5100 does not work. HELP!

Asked by Raj Kapoor

Hello, following is the config...

1. Inspiron 5100 - no wireless switch.
2. On in the BIOS settings
3. Works with Win 7
4. Running 11.04

Wireless does not work.

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said :
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Hi,

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

In order to gather essential troubleshooting information about your wireless card, please follow this procedure:

Step 1:

If you are using the Gnome interface, open the Terminal console via "Applications->Accessories->Terminal"

If you are using the Unity interface, the easiest way to open the Terminal is to use the 'search' function on the dash. Or you can click on the 'More Apps' button, click on the 'See more results' by the installed section, and find it in that list of applications. A third way, available after you click on the 'More Apps' button, is to go to the search bar, and see that the far right end of it says 'All Applications'. You then click on that, and you'll see the full list. Then you can go to Accessories > Terminal after that.

So the methods in Unity are:
Dash > Search for Terminal
Dash > More Apps > 'See More Results' > Terminal
Dash > More Apps > Accessories > Terminal

Step 2: Please copy-paste the following command from https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WirelessTroubleshootingProcedure in Firefox into the Linux Terminal. Do NOT copy-paste from the Email message into the Terminal, as that will only copy PART of the command. The command STARTS with the word sudo and ENDS with the word lsmod. So please copy-paste the ENTIRE command below from Firefox into a Terminal, press <enter>, then enter password when sudo asks for password, then press enter again.

Tip: If you have a wheel mouse or 3 button mouse you do not need to type commands into the Terminal. Highlight the command written on the page. Move your cursor anywhere in the Terminal and press the wheel or middle button. Automatic Copy and paste! No spelling mistakes! No Typos! No other errors!

sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install hwinfo grep; sudo lshw -C network; rfkill list; sudo iwlist scanning; cat /etc/network/interfaces; cat /etc/lsb-release; lspci -nn; lsusb; sudo lshw -short; uname -a; dmesg | egrep 'acx|at76|ath|b43|bcm|brcm|CX|eth|ipw|ireless|irmware|isl|lbtf|orinoco|ndiswrapper|NPE|ound|p54|prism|rtl|rt2|rt3|rt5|rt6|rt7|usb|witch|wl';sudo dmidecode|egrep 'Manufact|Product'; iwconfig; cat /etc/modprobe.d/* | egrep 'acx|at76|ath|b43|bcm|brcm|CX|eth|ipw|irmware|isl|lbtf|orinoco|ndiswrapper|NPE|p54|prism|rtl|rt2|rt3|rt6|rt7|wmi|witch|wl'; cat /var/lib/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.state; sudo hwinfo --netcard ; ps -aux|egrep 'icd|etwork'; sudo lsmod

Step 3: Please post results (copy/paste terminal output) on this thread. The troubleshooters here need to see the full Terminal output from running the above command.

Regards,

Mark

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Raj Kapoor (rajdotkapoor) said :
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yushrajkapoor@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install hwinfo grep; sudo lshw -C network; rfkill list; sudo iwlist scanning; cat /etc/network/interfaces; cat /etc/lsb-release; lspci -nn; lsusb; sudo lshw -short; uname -a; dmesg | egrep 'acx|at76|ath|b43|bcm|brcm|CX|eth|ipw|ireless|irmware|isl|lbtf|orinoco|ndiswrapper|NPE|ound|p54|prism|rtl|rt2|rt3|rt5|rt6|rt7|usb|witch|wl';sudo dmidecode|egrep 'Manufact|Product'; iwconfig; cat /etc/modprobe.d/* | egrep 'acx|at76|ath|b43|bcm|brcm|CX|eth|ipw|irmware|isl|lbtf|orinoco|ndiswrapper|NPE|p54|prism|rtl|rt2|rt3|rt6|rt7|wmi|witch|wl'; cat /var/lib/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.state; sudo hwinfo --netcard ; ps -aux|egrep 'icd|etwork'; sudo lsmod
[sudo] password for yushrajkapoor:
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Reading package lists... Done
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
grep is already the newest version.
hwinfo is already the newest version.
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  linux-headers-2.6.38-8 linux-headers-2.6.38-8-generic
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 18 not upgraded.
  *-network:0
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: BCM4401 100Base-T
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 1
       bus info: pci@0000:02:01.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 01
       serial: 00:0d:56:3b:3c:56
       size: 100Mbit/s
       capacity: 100Mbit/s
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list rom ethernet physical mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=b44 driverversion=2.0 duplex=full ip=192.168.0.22 latency=32 link=yes multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100Mbit/s
       resources: irq:7 memory:faffe000-faffffff memory:fb000000-fb01ffff
  *-network:1
       description: Network controller
       product: BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 2
       bus info: pci@0000:02:02.0
       version: 02
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
       configuration: driver=b43-pci-bridge latency=32
       resources: irq:11 memory:faffc000-faffdfff
  *-network DISABLED
       description: Wireless interface
       physical id: 2
       logical name: wlan0
       serial: 00:90:4b:19:5d:82
       capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=b43legacy driverversion=2.6.38-11-generic firmware=N/A link=no multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: no
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

wlan0 Interface doesn't support scanning : Network is down

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=11.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=natty
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 11.04"
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE/PE DRAM Controller/Host-Hub Interface [8086:2560] (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE/PE Host-to-AGP Bridge [8086:2561] (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:24c2] (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:24c4] (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:24c7] (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB2 EHCI Controller [8086:24cd] (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge [8086:244e] (rev 82)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL (ICH4/ICH4-L) LPC Interface Bridge [8086:24c0] (rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801DB (ICH4) IDE Controller [8086:24cb] (rev 02)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller [8086:24c5] (rev 02)
00:1f.6 Modem [0703]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Modem Controller [8086:24c6] (rev 02)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility M7 LW [Radeon Mobility 7500] [1002:4c57]
02:01.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401 100Base-T [14e4:4401] (rev 01)
02:02.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:4320] (rev 02)
02:04.0 CardBus bridge [0607]: Texas Instruments PCI4510 PC card Cardbus Controller [104c:ac44] (rev 02)
02:04.1 FireWire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]: Texas Instruments PCI4510 IEEE-1394 Controller [104c:8029]
Bus 004 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 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
PCI (sysfs)

H/W path Device Class Description
=======================================================
                             system Portable Computer
/0 bus Motherboard
/0/0 memory 64KiB BIOS
/0/400 processor Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.40GHz
/0/400/700 memory 8KiB L1 cache
/0/400/701 memory 512KiB L2 cache
/0/1000 memory 768MiB System Memory
/0/1000/0 memory 256MiB DIMM DDR Synchronous 266 MHz (3.8 ns)
/0/1000/1 memory 512MiB DIMM DDR Synchronous 266 MHz (3.8 ns)
/0/100 bridge 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE/PE DRAM Controller/Host-Hub Interface
/0/100/1 bridge 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE/PE Host-to-AGP Bridge
/0/100/1/0 display Radeon Mobility M7 LW [Radeon Mobility 7500]
/0/100/1d bus 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #1
/0/100/1d.1 bus 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #2
/0/100/1d.2 bus 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #3
/0/100/1d.7 bus 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB2 EHCI Controller
/0/100/1e bridge 82801 PCI Bridge
/0/100/1e/1 eth0 network BCM4401 100Base-T
/0/100/1e/2 network BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller
/0/100/1e/4 bridge PCI4510 PC card Cardbus Controller
/0/100/1e/4.1 bus PCI4510 IEEE-1394 Controller
/0/100/1f bridge 82801DB/DBL (ICH4/ICH4-L) LPC Interface Bridge
/0/100/1f.1 scsi0 storage 82801DB (ICH4) IDE Controller
/0/100/1f.1/0 /dev/cdrom disk CDRW/DVD SBW-242
/0/100/1f.1/1 /dev/sda disk 80GB ST980815A
/0/100/1f.1/1/1 /dev/sda1 volume 74GiB Windows NTFS volume
/0/100/1f.5 multimedia 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller
/0/100/1f.6 communication 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Modem Controller
/1 power DELL D0093
/2 wlan0 network Wireless interface
Linux ubuntu 2.6.38-11-generic #49-Ubuntu SMP Mon Aug 29 20:47:58 UTC 2011 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
[ 0.000000] APIC: switched to apic NOOP
[ 0.005406] SMP alternatives: switching to UP code
[ 0.101644] ACPI: No dock devices found.
[ 0.101650] HEST: Table not found.
[ 0.113160] * The chipset may have PM-Timer Bug. Due to workarounds for a bug,
[ 0.113166] * this bug, please use "acpi_pm_good" to disable the workaround
[ 0.124554] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
[ 0.124574] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
[ 0.124618] usbcore: registered new device driver usb
[ 0.125188] Switching to clocksource pit
[ 0.146219] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 11 devices
[ 0.183957] Switching to clocksource acpi_pm
[ 0.186879] Switched to NOHz mode on CPU #0
[ 0.238340] input: Lid Switch as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0C0D:00/input/input0
[ 0.238713] ACPI: Lid Switch [LID]
[ 0.256191] ERST: Table is not found!
[ 0.339780] i2c-core: driver [adp5520] using legacy suspend method
[ 0.339783] i2c-core: driver [adp5520] using legacy resume method
[ 0.380700] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.381321] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.381968] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.382555] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.480242] device-mapper: multipath: version 1.2.0 loaded
[ 0.480250] device-mapper: multipath round-robin: version 1.0.0 loaded
[ 0.482754] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 0.851843] isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
[ 1.200144] Switching to clocksource tsc
[ 1.516827] b43-pci-bridge 0000:02:02.0: PCI INT A -> Link[LNKC] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
[ 1.516874] ssb: Core 0 found: ChipCommon (cc 0x800, rev 0x02, vendor 0x4243)
[ 1.516883] ssb: Core 1 found: IEEE 802.11 (cc 0x812, rev 0x04, vendor 0x4243)
[ 1.516890] ssb: Core 2 found: PCMCIA (cc 0x80D, rev 0x01, vendor 0x4243)
[ 1.516898] ssb: Core 3 found: V90 (cc 0x807, rev 0x01, vendor 0x4243)
[ 1.516905] ssb: Core 4 found: PCI (cc 0x804, rev 0x07, vendor 0x4243)
[ 1.516912] ssb: Core 5 found: IEEE 802.11 (cc 0x812, rev 0x04, vendor 0x4243)
[ 1.561400] ssb: Sonics Silicon Backplane found on PCI device 0000:02:02.0
[ 1.597230] ssb: Core 0 found: Fast Ethernet (cc 0x806, rev 0x04, vendor 0x4243)
[ 1.597241] ssb: Core 1 found: V90 (cc 0x807, rev 0x01, vendor 0x4243)
[ 1.597248] ssb: Core 2 found: PCI (cc 0x804, rev 0x02, vendor 0x4243)
[ 1.644263] ssb: Sonics Silicon Backplane found on PCI device 0000:02:01.0
[ 1.665252] b44 ssb1:0: eth0: Broadcom 44xx/47xx 10/100BaseT Ethernet 00:0d:56:3b:3c:56
[ 21.340632] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[ 21.959093] [Firmware Bug]: Duplicate ACPI video bus devices for the same VGA controller, please try module parameter "video.allow_duplicates=1"if the current driver doesn't work.
[ 22.828151] yenta_cardbus 0000:02:04.0: CardBus bridge found [1028:0149]
[ 23.893452] b43legacy-phy0: Broadcom 4306 WLAN found
[ 23.916035] b43legacy-phy0 debug: Found PHY: Analog 1, Type 2, Revision 1
[ 23.916059] b43legacy-phy0 debug: Found Radio: Manuf 0x17F, Version 0x2050, Revision 2
[ 23.940068] b43legacy-phy0 debug: Radio initialized
[ 24.011891] Broadcom 43xx-legacy driver loaded [ Features: PLID, Firmware-ID: FW10 ]
[ 24.548517] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 128x48
[ 27.451405] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 27.891314] b43legacy-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43legacy/ucode4.fw" not found or load failed.
[ 27.891323] b43legacy-phy0 ERROR: You must go to http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware and download the correct firmware (version 3).
[ 30.816236] b44 ssb1:0: eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex
[ 30.816243] b44 ssb1:0: eth0: Flow control is off for TX and off for RX
[ 30.816511] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
[ 41.824051] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
 Manufacturer: Dell Computer Corporation
 Product Name: Inspiron 5100
 Manufacturer: Dell Computer Corporation
 Product Name:
 Manufacturer: Dell Computer Corporation
 Manufacturer: Intel
 Manufacturer: Not Specified
 Manufacturer: Not Specified
 Manufacturer: Panasonic
 SBDS Manufacture Date: 2003-09-15
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:off/any
          Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=0 dBm
          Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
          Power Management:off

install snd-rawmidi /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-rawmidi $CMDLINE_OPTS && { /sbin/modprobe --quiet --use-blacklist snd-seq-midi ; : ; }
# which ath5k cannot recover. To prevent this condition, stop
blacklist ath_pci
blacklist eth1394
# replaced by p54pci
blacklist prism54
# replaced by b43 and ssb.
blacklist bcm43xx
blacklist uart6850
blacklist twl4030_wdt

[main]
NetworkingEnabled=true
WirelessEnabled=true
WWANEnabled=true
> hal.1: read hal dataprocess 2061: arguments to dbus_move_error() were incorrect, assertion "(dest) == NULL || !dbus_error_is_set ((dest))" failed in file dbus-errors.c line 280.
This is normally a bug in some application using the D-Bus library.
libhal.c 3483 : Error unsubscribing to signals, error=The name org.freedesktop.Hal was not provided by any .service files
20: PCI 201.0: 0200 Ethernet controller
  [Created at pci.318]
  Unique ID: rBUF.XxRvaJkOm82
  Parent ID: 6NW+.ccU5FZC1tz2
  SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.0/0000:02:01.0
  SysFS BusID: 0000:02:01.0
  Hardware Class: network
  Model: "Broadcom BCM4401 100Base-T"
  Vendor: pci 0x14e4 "Broadcom"
  Device: pci 0x4401 "BCM4401 100Base-T"
  SubVendor: pci 0x4401
  SubDevice: pci 0x1028
  Revision: 0x01
  Driver: "b44"
  Driver Modules: "ssb", "b44"
  Device File: eth0
  Memory Range: 0xfaffe000-0xfaffffff (rw,non-prefetchable)
  Memory Range: 0xfb000000-0xfb01ffff (ro,non-prefetchable,disabled)
  IRQ: 7 (9805 events)
  HW Address: 00:0d:56:3b:3c:56
  Link detected: yes
  Module Alias: "pci:v000014E4d00004401sv00004401sd00001028bc02sc00i00"
  Driver Info #0:
    Driver Status: b44 is active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe b44"
  Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
  Attached to: #14 (PCI bridge)

21: PCI 202.0: 0282 WLAN controller
  [Created at pci.318]
  Unique ID: y9sn.METla+0xbK4
  Parent ID: 6NW+.ccU5FZC1tz2
  SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.0/0000:02:02.0
  SysFS BusID: 0000:02:02.0
  Hardware Class: network
  Model: "Dell TrueMobile 1300 WLAN Mini-PCI Card"
  Vendor: pci 0x14e4 "Broadcom"
  Device: pci 0x4320 "BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller"
  SubVendor: pci 0x1028 "Dell"
  SubDevice: pci 0x0001 "TrueMobile 1300 WLAN Mini-PCI Card"
  Revision: 0x02
  Driver: "b43-pci-bridge"
  Driver Modules: "ssb"
  Device File: wlan0
  Features: WLAN
  Memory Range: 0xfaffc000-0xfaffdfff (rw,non-prefetchable)
  IRQ: 11 (926 events)
  HW Address: 00:90:4b:19:5d:82
  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:v000014E4d00004320sv00001028sd00000001bc02sc80i00"
  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: #14 (PCI bridge)
Warning: bad ps syntax, perhaps a bogus '-'? See http://procps.sf.net/faq.html
root 686 0.0 0.5 25448 4244 ? Ssl 13:02 0:00 NetworkManager
root 1126 0.0 0.1 2552 856 ? S 13:02 0:00 /sbin/dhclient -d -4 -sf /usr/lib/NetworkManager/nm-dhcp-client.action -pf /var/run/dhclient-eth0.pid -lf /var/lib/dhcp/dhclient-f156c31c-7f65-495a-b1ac-8e16312d19cb-eth0.lease -cf /var/run/nm-dhclient-eth0.conf eth0
1000 2075 0.0 0.1 4148 840 pts/0 S+ 13:12 0:00 egrep --color=auto icd|etwork
Module Size Used by
binfmt_misc 13213 1
parport_pc 32111 0
ppdev 12849 0
snd_intel8x0 33213 2
radeon 900494 2
snd_ac97_codec 105614 1 snd_intel8x0
ac97_bus 12642 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm 80042 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec
arc4 12473 2
ttm 65184 1 radeon
snd_seq_midi 13132 0
b43legacy 127415 0
snd_rawmidi 25269 1 snd_seq_midi
drm_kms_helper 40745 1 radeon
snd_seq_midi_event 14475 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 51291 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
mac80211 257001 1 b43legacy
joydev 17322 0
snd_timer 28659 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
pcmcia 39671 0
snd_seq_device 14110 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
drm 184164 4 radeon,ttm,drm_kms_helper
dcdbas 14054 0
cfg80211 156212 2 b43legacy,mac80211
yenta_socket 27230 0
snd 55295 11 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
pcmcia_rsrc 18292 1 yenta_socket
pcmcia_core 21505 3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,pcmcia_rsrc
i2c_algo_bit 13184 1 radeon
psmouse 73312 0
soundcore 12600 1 snd
serio_raw 12990 0
snd_page_alloc 14073 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
shpchp 32345 0
video 18951 0
lp 13349 0
parport 36746 3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp
b44 35301 0
firewire_ohci 31504 0
ssb 45942 2 b43legacy,b44
firewire_core 56138 1 firewire_ohci
crc_itu_t 12627 1 firewire_core
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Raj Kapoor (rajdotkapoor) said :
#3

Here's another run...

yushrajkapoor@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install hwinfo grep; sudo lshw -C network; rfkill list; sudo iwlist scanning; cat /etc/network/interfaces; cat /etc/lsb-release; lspci -nn; lsusb; sudo lshw -short; uname -a; dmesg | egrep 'acx|at76|ath|b43|bcm|brcm|CX|eth|ipw|ireless|irmware|isl|lbtf|orinoco|ndiswrapper|NPE|ound|p54|prism|rtl|rt2|rt3|rt5|rt6|rt7|usb|witch|wl';sudo dmidecode|egrep 'Manufact|Product'; iwconfig; cat /etc/modprobe.d/* | egrep 'acx|at76|ath|b43|bcm|brcm|CX|eth|ipw|irmware|isl|lbtf|orinoco|ndiswrapper|NPE|p54|prism|rtl|rt2|rt3|rt6|rt7|wmi|witch|wl'; cat /var/lib/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.state; sudo hwinfo --netcard ; ps -aux|egrep 'icd|etwork'; sudo lsmod
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Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com natty Release.gpg
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Hit http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security Release.gpg
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty Release.gpg
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Hit http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security Release
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Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com natty/main i386 Packages
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Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty Release
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Hit http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/universe Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/multiverse Sources
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Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-proposed Release
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty/main Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty/restricted Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty/universe Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty/multiverse Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty/main i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty/multiverse i386 Packages
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty/main TranslationIndex
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Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/main Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/restricted Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/universe Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/multiverse Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/main i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/multiverse i386 Packages
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/main TranslationIndex
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/multiverse TranslationIndex
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Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-backports/main i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-backports/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-backports/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-backports/multiverse i386 Packages
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Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-proposed/main i386 Packages
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Reading package lists... Done
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
grep is already the newest version.
hwinfo is already the newest version.
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  linux-headers-2.6.38-8 linux-headers-2.6.38-8-generic
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 18 not upgraded.
  *-network:0
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: BCM4401 100Base-T
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 1
       bus info: pci@0000:02:01.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 01
       serial: 00:0d:56:3b:3c:56
       size: 100Mbit/s
       capacity: 100Mbit/s
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list rom ethernet physical mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=b44 driverversion=2.0 duplex=full ip=192.168.0.22 latency=32 link=yes multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100Mbit/s
       resources: irq:7 memory:faffe000-faffffff memory:fb000000-fb01ffff
  *-network:1
       description: Network controller
       product: BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 2
       bus info: pci@0000:02:02.0
       version: 02
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
       configuration: driver=b43-pci-bridge latency=32
       resources: irq:11 memory:faffc000-faffdfff
  *-network DISABLED
       description: Wireless interface
       physical id: 2
       logical name: wlan0
       serial: 00:90:4b:19:5d:82
       capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=b43legacy driverversion=2.6.38-11-generic firmware=N/A link=no multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: no
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

wlan0 Interface doesn't support scanning : Network is down

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=11.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=natty
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 11.04"
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE/PE DRAM Controller/Host-Hub Interface [8086:2560] (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE/PE Host-to-AGP Bridge [8086:2561] (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:24c2] (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:24c4] (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:24c7] (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB2 EHCI Controller [8086:24cd] (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge [8086:244e] (rev 82)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL (ICH4/ICH4-L) LPC Interface Bridge [8086:24c0] (rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801DB (ICH4) IDE Controller [8086:24cb] (rev 02)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller [8086:24c5] (rev 02)
00:1f.6 Modem [0703]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Modem Controller [8086:24c6] (rev 02)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility M7 LW [Radeon Mobility 7500] [1002:4c57]
02:01.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401 100Base-T [14e4:4401] (rev 01)
02:02.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:4320] (rev 02)
02:04.0 CardBus bridge [0607]: Texas Instruments PCI4510 PC card Cardbus Controller [104c:ac44] (rev 02)
02:04.1 FireWire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]: Texas Instruments PCI4510 IEEE-1394 Controller [104c:8029]
Bus 004 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 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
H/W path Device Class Description
=======================================================
                             system Portable Computer
/0 bus Motherboard
/0/0 memory 64KiB BIOS
/0/400 processor Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.40GHz
/0/400/700 memory 8KiB L1 cache
/0/400/701 memory 512KiB L2 cache
/0/1000 memory 768MiB System Memory
/0/1000/0 memory 256MiB DIMM DDR Synchronous 266 MHz (3.8 ns)
/0/1000/1 memory 512MiB DIMM DDR Synchronous 266 MHz (3.8 ns)
/0/100 bridge 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE/PE DRAM Controller/Host-Hub Interface
/0/100/1 bridge 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE/PE Host-to-AGP Bridge
/0/100/1/0 display Radeon Mobility M7 LW [Radeon Mobility 7500]
/0/100/1d bus 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #1
/0/100/1d.1 bus 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #2
/0/100/1d.2 bus 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #3
/0/100/1d.7 bus 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB2 EHCI Controller
/0/100/1e bridge 82801 PCI Bridge
/0/100/1e/1 eth0 network BCM4401 100Base-T
/0/100/1e/2 network BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller
/0/100/1e/4 bridge PCI4510 PC card Cardbus Controller
/0/100/1e/4.1 bus PCI4510 IEEE-1394 Controller
/0/100/1f bridge 82801DB/DBL (ICH4/ICH4-L) LPC Interface Bridge
/0/100/1f.1 scsi0 storage 82801DB (ICH4) IDE Controller
/0/100/1f.1/0 /dev/cdrom disk CDRW/DVD SBW-242
/0/100/1f.1/1 /dev/sda disk 80GB ST980815A
/0/100/1f.1/1/1 /dev/sda1 volume 74GiB Windows NTFS volume
/0/100/1f.5 multimedia 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller
/0/100/1f.6 communication 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Modem Controller
/1 power DELL D0093
/2 wlan0 network Wireless interface
Linux ubuntu 2.6.38-11-generic #49-Ubuntu SMP Mon Aug 29 20:47:58 UTC 2011 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
[ 0.000000] APIC: switched to apic NOOP
[ 0.005406] SMP alternatives: switching to UP code
[ 0.101644] ACPI: No dock devices found.
[ 0.101650] HEST: Table not found.
[ 0.113160] * The chipset may have PM-Timer Bug. Due to workarounds for a bug,
[ 0.113166] * this bug, please use "acpi_pm_good" to disable the workaround
[ 0.124554] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
[ 0.124574] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
[ 0.124618] usbcore: registered new device driver usb
[ 0.125188] Switching to clocksource pit
[ 0.146219] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 11 devices
[ 0.183957] Switching to clocksource acpi_pm
[ 0.186879] Switched to NOHz mode on CPU #0
[ 0.238340] input: Lid Switch as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0C0D:00/input/input0
[ 0.238713] ACPI: Lid Switch [LID]
[ 0.256191] ERST: Table is not found!
[ 0.339780] i2c-core: driver [adp5520] using legacy suspend method
[ 0.339783] i2c-core: driver [adp5520] using legacy resume method
[ 0.380700] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.381321] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.381968] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.382555] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.480242] device-mapper: multipath: version 1.2.0 loaded
[ 0.480250] device-mapper: multipath round-robin: version 1.0.0 loaded
[ 0.482754] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 0.851843] isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
[ 1.200144] Switching to clocksource tsc
[ 1.516827] b43-pci-bridge 0000:02:02.0: PCI INT A -> Link[LNKC] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
[ 1.516874] ssb: Core 0 found: ChipCommon (cc 0x800, rev 0x02, vendor 0x4243)
[ 1.516883] ssb: Core 1 found: IEEE 802.11 (cc 0x812, rev 0x04, vendor 0x4243)
[ 1.516890] ssb: Core 2 found: PCMCIA (cc 0x80D, rev 0x01, vendor 0x4243)
[ 1.516898] ssb: Core 3 found: V90 (cc 0x807, rev 0x01, vendor 0x4243)
[ 1.516905] ssb: Core 4 found: PCI (cc 0x804, rev 0x07, vendor 0x4243)
[ 1.516912] ssb: Core 5 found: IEEE 802.11 (cc 0x812, rev 0x04, vendor 0x4243)
[ 1.561400] ssb: Sonics Silicon Backplane found on PCI device 0000:02:02.0
[ 1.597230] ssb: Core 0 found: Fast Ethernet (cc 0x806, rev 0x04, vendor 0x4243)
[ 1.597241] ssb: Core 1 found: V90 (cc 0x807, rev 0x01, vendor 0x4243)
[ 1.597248] ssb: Core 2 found: PCI (cc 0x804, rev 0x02, vendor 0x4243)
[ 1.644263] ssb: Sonics Silicon Backplane found on PCI device 0000:02:01.0
[ 1.665252] b44 ssb1:0: eth0: Broadcom 44xx/47xx 10/100BaseT Ethernet 00:0d:56:3b:3c:56
[ 21.340632] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[ 21.959093] [Firmware Bug]: Duplicate ACPI video bus devices for the same VGA controller, please try module parameter "video.allow_duplicates=1"if the current driver doesn't work.
[ 22.828151] yenta_cardbus 0000:02:04.0: CardBus bridge found [1028:0149]
[ 23.893452] b43legacy-phy0: Broadcom 4306 WLAN found
[ 23.916035] b43legacy-phy0 debug: Found PHY: Analog 1, Type 2, Revision 1
[ 23.916059] b43legacy-phy0 debug: Found Radio: Manuf 0x17F, Version 0x2050, Revision 2
[ 23.940068] b43legacy-phy0 debug: Radio initialized
[ 24.011891] Broadcom 43xx-legacy driver loaded [ Features: PLID, Firmware-ID: FW10 ]
[ 24.548517] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 128x48
[ 27.451405] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 27.891314] b43legacy-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43legacy/ucode4.fw" not found or load failed.
[ 27.891323] b43legacy-phy0 ERROR: You must go to http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware and download the correct firmware (version 3).
[ 30.816236] b44 ssb1:0: eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex
[ 30.816243] b44 ssb1:0: eth0: Flow control is off for TX and off for RX
[ 30.816511] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
[ 41.824051] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
 Manufacturer: Dell Computer Corporation
 Product Name: Inspiron 5100
 Manufacturer: Dell Computer Corporation
 Product Name:
 Manufacturer: Dell Computer Corporation
 Manufacturer: Intel
 Manufacturer: Not Specified
 Manufacturer: Not Specified
 Manufacturer: Panasonic
 SBDS Manufacture Date: 2003-09-15
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:off/any
          Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=0 dBm
          Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
          Power Management:off

install snd-rawmidi /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-rawmidi $CMDLINE_OPTS && { /sbin/modprobe --quiet --use-blacklist snd-seq-midi ; : ; }
# which ath5k cannot recover. To prevent this condition, stop
blacklist ath_pci
blacklist eth1394
# replaced by p54pci
blacklist prism54
# replaced by b43 and ssb.
blacklist bcm43xx
blacklist uart6850
blacklist twl4030_wdt

[main]
NetworkingEnabled=true
WirelessEnabled=true
WWANEnabled=true
> hal.1: read hal dataprocess 2174: arguments to dbus_move_error() were incorrect, assertion "(dest) == NULL || !dbus_error_is_set ((dest))" failed in file dbus-errors.c line 280.
This is normally a bug in some application using the D-Bus library.
libhal.c 3483 : Error unsubscribing to signals, error=The name org.freedesktop.Hal was not provided by any .service files
20: PCI 201.0: 0200 Ethernet controller
  [Created at pci.318]
  Unique ID: rBUF.XxRvaJkOm82
  Parent ID: 6NW+.ccU5FZC1tz2
  SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.0/0000:02:01.0
  SysFS BusID: 0000:02:01.0
  Hardware Class: network
  Model: "Broadcom BCM4401 100Base-T"
  Vendor: pci 0x14e4 "Broadcom"
  Device: pci 0x4401 "BCM4401 100Base-T"
  SubVendor: pci 0x4401
  SubDevice: pci 0x1028
  Revision: 0x01
  Driver: "b44"
  Driver Modules: "ssb", "b44"
  Device File: eth0
  Memory Range: 0xfaffe000-0xfaffffff (rw,non-prefetchable)
  Memory Range: 0xfb000000-0xfb01ffff (ro,non-prefetchable,disabled)
  IRQ: 7 (10984 events)
  HW Address: 00:0d:56:3b:3c:56
  Link detected: yes
  Module Alias: "pci:v000014E4d00004401sv00004401sd00001028bc02sc00i00"
  Driver Info #0:
    Driver Status: b44 is active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe b44"
  Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
  Attached to: #14 (PCI bridge)

21: PCI 202.0: 0282 WLAN controller
  [Created at pci.318]
  Unique ID: y9sn.METla+0xbK4
  Parent ID: 6NW+.ccU5FZC1tz2
  SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.0/0000:02:02.0
  SysFS BusID: 0000:02:02.0
  Hardware Class: network
  Model: "Dell TrueMobile 1300 WLAN Mini-PCI Card"
  Vendor: pci 0x14e4 "Broadcom"
  Device: pci 0x4320 "BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller"
  SubVendor: pci 0x1028 "Dell"
  SubDevice: pci 0x0001 "TrueMobile 1300 WLAN Mini-PCI Card"
  Revision: 0x02
  Driver: "b43-pci-bridge"
  Driver Modules: "ssb"
  Device File: wlan0
  Features: WLAN
  Memory Range: 0xfaffc000-0xfaffdfff (rw,non-prefetchable)
  IRQ: 11 (929 events)
  HW Address: 00:90:4b:19:5d:82
  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:v000014E4d00004320sv00001028sd00000001bc02sc80i00"
  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: #14 (PCI bridge)
Warning: bad ps syntax, perhaps a bogus '-'? See http://procps.sf.net/faq.html
root 686 0.0 0.5 25448 4240 ? Ssl 13:02 0:00 NetworkManager
root 1126 0.0 0.1 2552 856 ? S 13:02 0:00 /sbin/dhclient -d -4 -sf /usr/lib/NetworkManager/nm-dhcp-client.action -pf /var/run/dhclient-eth0.pid -lf /var/lib/dhcp/dhclient-f156c31c-7f65-495a-b1ac-8e16312d19cb-eth0.lease -cf /var/run/nm-dhclient-eth0.conf eth0
1000 2188 0.0 0.1 4148 840 pts/0 S+ 13:15 0:00 egrep --color=auto icd|etwork
Module Size Used by
binfmt_misc 13213 1
parport_pc 32111 0
ppdev 12849 0
snd_intel8x0 33213 2
radeon 900494 2
snd_ac97_codec 105614 1 snd_intel8x0
ac97_bus 12642 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm 80042 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec
arc4 12473 2
ttm 65184 1 radeon
snd_seq_midi 13132 0
b43legacy 127415 0
snd_rawmidi 25269 1 snd_seq_midi
drm_kms_helper 40745 1 radeon
snd_seq_midi_event 14475 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 51291 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
mac80211 257001 1 b43legacy
joydev 17322 0
snd_timer 28659 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
pcmcia 39671 0
snd_seq_device 14110 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
drm 184164 4 radeon,ttm,drm_kms_helper
dcdbas 14054 0
cfg80211 156212 2 b43legacy,mac80211
yenta_socket 27230 0
snd 55295 11 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
pcmcia_rsrc 18292 1 yenta_socket
pcmcia_core 21505 3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,pcmcia_rsrc
i2c_algo_bit 13184 1 radeon
psmouse 73312 0
soundcore 12600 1 snd
serio_raw 12990 0
snd_page_alloc 14073 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
shpchp 32345 0
video 18951 0
lp 13349 0
parport 36746 3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp
b44 35301 0
firewire_ohci 31504 0
ssb 45942 2 b43legacy,b44
firewire_core 56138 1 firewire_ohci
crc_itu_t 12627 1 firewire_core
yushrajkapoor@ubuntu:~$

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said :
#4

Please proceed with the following commands:

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install b43-fwcutter firmware-b43legacy-installer

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.

Then reboot your PC and run the following command:

sudo rfkill unblock all

Then retest wireless.

Hope it helps.

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Raj Kapoor (rajdotkapoor) said :
#5

I get an error. Pasting terminal dump below...

yushrajkapoor@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get update
[sudo] password for yushrajkapoor:
Ign http://archive.canonical.com natty InRelease
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com natty InRelease
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security InRelease
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty InRelease
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates InRelease
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-backports InRelease
Hit http://archive.canonical.com natty Release.gpg
Get:1 http://extras.ubuntu.com natty Release.gpg [72 B]
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security Release.gpg
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-proposed InRelease
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty Release.gpg
Hit http://archive.canonical.com natty Release
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates Release.gpg
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com natty Release
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security Release
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-backports Release.gpg
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-proposed Release.gpg
Hit http://archive.canonical.com natty/partner Sources
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com natty/main i386 Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/main Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty Release
Hit http://archive.canonical.com natty/partner i386 Packages
Ign http://archive.canonical.com natty/partner TranslationIndex
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com natty/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/restricted Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/universe Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/multiverse Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/main i386 Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates Release
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-backports Release
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/multiverse i386 Packages
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/main TranslationIndex
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/multiverse TranslationIndex
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/restricted TranslationIndex
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/universe TranslationIndex
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-proposed Release
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty/main Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty/restricted Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty/universe Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty/multiverse Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty/main i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty/multiverse i386 Packages
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty/main TranslationIndex
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty/multiverse TranslationIndex
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty/restricted TranslationIndex
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty/universe TranslationIndex
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/main Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/restricted Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/universe Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/multiverse Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/main i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/multiverse i386 Packages
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/main TranslationIndex
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/multiverse TranslationIndex
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/restricted TranslationIndex
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/universe TranslationIndex
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-backports/main i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-backports/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-backports/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-backports/multiverse i386 Packages
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-backports/main TranslationIndex
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-backports/multiverse TranslationIndex
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-backports/restricted TranslationIndex
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-backports/universe TranslationIndex
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-proposed/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-proposed/main i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-proposed/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-proposed/universe i386 Packages
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-proposed/main TranslationIndex
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-proposed/multiverse TranslationIndex
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-proposed/restricted TranslationIndex
Ign http://archive.canonical.com natty/partner Translation-en_US
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com natty/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-proposed/universe TranslationIndex
Ign http://archive.canonical.com natty/partner Translation-en
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com natty/main Translation-en
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/main Translation-en
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/multiverse Translation-en
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/restricted Translation-en
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/universe Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty/main Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty/multiverse Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty/restricted Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty/universe Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/main Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/multiverse Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/restricted Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/universe Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-backports/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-backports/main Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-backports/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-backports/multiverse Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-backports/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-backports/restricted Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-backports/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-backports/universe Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-proposed/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-proposed/main Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-proposed/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-proposed/multiverse Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-proposed/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-proposed/restricted Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-proposed/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-proposed/universe Translation-en
Fetched 72 B in 7s (10 B/s)
Reading package lists... Done
yushrajkapoor@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get install b43-fwcutter firmware-b43legacy-installer
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
b43-fwcutter is already the newest version.
firmware-b43legacy-installer is already the newest version.
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  linux-headers-2.6.38-8 linux-headers-2.6.38-8-generic
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Setting up firmware-b43legacy-installer (4.178.10.4-5) ...
Not supported card here (PCI id 14e4:4401
14e4:4320)!
Use b43 firmware. This is just for the b43legacy driver.
Aborting.
dpkg: error processing firmware-b43legacy-installer (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 firmware-b43legacy-installer
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
yushrajkapoor@ubuntu:~$

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said :
#6

Try this...

sudo apt-get -f install
sudo apt-get --fix-missing install

sudo apt-get purge b43-fwcutter firmware-b43legacy-installer

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
sudo apt-get autoclean
sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get --reinstall install b43-fwcutter firmware-b43legacy-installer

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said :
#7

Better i made an error in command...

Try this...

sudo apt-get -f install
sudo apt-get --fix-missing install

sudo apt-get purge b43-fwcutter firmware-b43legacy-installer

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
sudo apt-get autoclean
sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get --reinstall install b43-fwcutter firmware-b43legacy-installer

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Raj Kapoor (rajdotkapoor) said :
#8

I get an error in the very first command... but I continue to execute all commands just to see what happens... pasting log on the terminal below...

yushrajkapoor@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get -f install
[sudo] password for yushrajkapoor:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  linux-headers-2.6.38-8 linux-headers-2.6.38-8-generic
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up firmware-b43legacy-installer (4.178.10.4-5) ...
Not supported card here (PCI id 14e4:4401
14e4:4320)!
Use b43 firmware. This is just for the b43legacy driver.
Aborting.
dpkg: error processing firmware-b43legacy-installer (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 firmware-b43legacy-installer
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
yushrajkapoor@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get --fix-missing install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  linux-headers-2.6.38-8 linux-headers-2.6.38-8-generic
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up firmware-b43legacy-installer (4.178.10.4-5) ...
Not supported card here (PCI id 14e4:4401
14e4:4320)!
Use b43 firmware. This is just for the b43legacy driver.
Aborting.
dpkg: error processing firmware-b43legacy-installer (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 firmware-b43legacy-installer
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
yushrajkapoor@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get purge b43-fwcutter firmware-b43legacy-installer
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  linux-headers-2.6.38-8 linux-headers-2.6.38-8-generic
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  b43-fwcutter* firmware-b43-installer* firmware-b43legacy-installer*
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 3 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 180 kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
(Reading database ... 158149 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing firmware-b43legacy-installer ...
Purging configuration files for firmware-b43legacy-installer ...
Removing firmware-b43-installer ...
Deleting old extracted firmware...
Purging configuration files for firmware-b43-installer ...
Removing b43-fwcutter ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
yushrajkapoor@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get update
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com natty InRelease
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security InRelease
Ign http://archive.canonical.com natty InRelease
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty InRelease
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates InRelease
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-backports InRelease
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-proposed InRelease
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security Release.gpg
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com natty Release.gpg
Hit http://archive.canonical.com natty Release.gpg
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty Release.gpg
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security Release
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates Release.gpg
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-backports Release.gpg
Hit http://archive.canonical.com natty Release
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-proposed Release.gpg
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty Release
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates Release
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/main Sources
Hit http://archive.canonical.com natty/partner Sources
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com natty Release
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-backports Release
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/restricted Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/universe Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/multiverse Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/main i386 Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.canonical.com natty/partner i386 Packages
Ign http://archive.canonical.com natty/partner TranslationIndex
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-proposed Release
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty/main Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty/restricted Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty/universe Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty/multiverse Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty/main i386 Packages
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com natty/main i386 Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/multiverse i386 Packages
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/main TranslationIndex
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/multiverse TranslationIndex
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/restricted TranslationIndex
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/universe TranslationIndex
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty/multiverse i386 Packages
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty/main TranslationIndex
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com natty/main TranslationIndex
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty/multiverse TranslationIndex
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty/restricted TranslationIndex
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty/universe TranslationIndex
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/main Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/restricted Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/universe Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/multiverse Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/main i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/multiverse i386 Packages
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/main TranslationIndex
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/multiverse TranslationIndex
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/restricted TranslationIndex
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/universe TranslationIndex
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-backports/main i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-backports/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-backports/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-backports/multiverse i386 Packages
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-backports/main TranslationIndex
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-backports/multiverse TranslationIndex
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-backports/restricted TranslationIndex
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-backports/universe TranslationIndex
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-proposed/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-proposed/main i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-proposed/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-proposed/universe i386 Packages
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-proposed/main TranslationIndex
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-proposed/multiverse TranslationIndex
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-proposed/restricted TranslationIndex
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-proposed/universe TranslationIndex
Ign http://archive.canonical.com natty/partner Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.canonical.com natty/partner Translation-en
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com natty/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/main Translation-en
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com natty/main Translation-en
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/multiverse Translation-en
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/restricted Translation-en
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/universe Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty/main Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty/multiverse Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty/restricted Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty/universe Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/main Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/multiverse Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/restricted Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/universe Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-backports/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-backports/main Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-backports/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-backports/multiverse Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-backports/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-backports/restricted Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-backports/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-backports/universe Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-proposed/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-proposed/main Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-proposed/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-proposed/multiverse Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-proposed/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-proposed/restricted Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-proposed/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-proposed/universe Translation-en
Reading package lists... Done
yushrajkapoor@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
yushrajkapoor@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
yushrajkapoor@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get autoclean
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Del libcupscgi1 1.4.6-5ubuntu1.3 [35.6 kB]
Del cups 1.4.6-5ubuntu1.3 [1,963 kB]
Del libcupsmime1 1.4.6-5ubuntu1.3 [18.6 kB]
Del grub-gfxpayload-lists 0.2.2 [3,216 B]
Del libcupsppdc1 1.4.6-5ubuntu1.3 [60.8 kB]
Del cups-common 1.4.6-5ubuntu1.3 [1,275 kB]
Del libcupsimage2 1.4.6-5ubuntu1.3 [54.7 kB]
Del libcupsdriver1 1.4.6-5ubuntu1.3 [24.7 kB]
Del linux-libc-dev 2.6.38-11.49 [805 kB]
Del cups-bsd 1.4.6-5ubuntu1.3 [44.5 kB]
Del libcups2 1.4.6-5ubuntu1.3 [158 kB]
Del linux-headers-2.6.38-11 2.6.38-11.49 [11.1 MB]
Del linux-headers-2.6.38-11-generic 2.6.38-11.49 [829 kB]
Del cups-ppdc 1.4.6-5ubuntu1.3 [34.4 kB]
Del cups-client 1.4.6-5ubuntu1.3 [126 kB]
Del linux-image-2.6.38-11-generic 2.6.38-11.49 [36.1 MB]
yushrajkapoor@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get clean
yushrajkapoor@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get update
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security InRelease
Ign http://archive.canonical.com natty InRelease
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com natty InRelease
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty InRelease
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates InRelease
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-backports InRelease
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security Release.gpg
Hit http://archive.canonical.com natty Release.gpg
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-proposed InRelease
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com natty Release.gpg
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty Release.gpg
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security Release
Hit http://archive.canonical.com natty Release
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates Release.gpg
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-backports Release.gpg
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com natty Release
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-proposed Release.gpg
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/main Sources
Hit http://archive.canonical.com natty/partner Sources
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com natty/main i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty Release
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates Release
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/restricted Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/universe Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/multiverse Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/main i386 Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.canonical.com natty/partner i386 Packages
Ign http://archive.canonical.com natty/partner TranslationIndex
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com natty/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-backports Release
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/multiverse i386 Packages
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/main TranslationIndex
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/multiverse TranslationIndex
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/restricted TranslationIndex
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/universe TranslationIndex
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-proposed Release
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty/main Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty/restricted Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty/universe Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty/multiverse Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty/main i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty/multiverse i386 Packages
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty/main TranslationIndex
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty/multiverse TranslationIndex
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty/restricted TranslationIndex
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty/universe TranslationIndex
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/main Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/restricted Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/universe Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/multiverse Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/main i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/multiverse i386 Packages
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/main TranslationIndex
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/multiverse TranslationIndex
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/restricted TranslationIndex
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/universe TranslationIndex
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-backports/main i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-backports/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-backports/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-backports/multiverse i386 Packages
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-backports/main TranslationIndex
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-backports/multiverse TranslationIndex
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-backports/restricted TranslationIndex
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-backports/universe TranslationIndex
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-proposed/restricted i386 Packages
Ign http://archive.canonical.com natty/partner Translation-en_US
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com natty/main Translation-en_US
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-proposed/main i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-proposed/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-proposed/universe i386 Packages
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-proposed/main TranslationIndex
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-proposed/multiverse TranslationIndex
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-proposed/restricted TranslationIndex
Ign http://archive.canonical.com natty/partner Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-proposed/universe TranslationIndex
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com natty/main Translation-en
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/main Translation-en
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/multiverse Translation-en
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/restricted Translation-en
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/universe Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty/main Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty/multiverse Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty/restricted Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty/universe Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/main Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/multiverse Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/restricted Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/universe Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-backports/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-backports/main Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-backports/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-backports/multiverse Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-backports/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-backports/restricted Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-backports/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-backports/universe Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-proposed/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-proposed/main Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-proposed/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-proposed/multiverse Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-proposed/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-proposed/restricted Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-proposed/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-proposed/universe Translation-en
Reading package lists... Done
yushrajkapoor@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get --reinstall install b43-fecutter firmware-b43legacy-installer
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package b43-fecutter
yushrajkapoor@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get --reinstall install b43-fwcutter firmware-b43legacy-installer
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  linux-headers-2.6.38-8 linux-headers-2.6.38-8-generic
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  b43-fwcutter firmware-b43legacy-installer
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 18.1 kB of archives.
After this operation, 131 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty/main b43-fwcutter i386 1:013-3 [14.6 kB]
Get:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty/multiverse firmware-b43legacy-installer all 4.178.10.4-5 [3,478 B]
Fetched 18.1 kB in 0s (25.4 kB/s)
Selecting previously deselected package b43-fwcutter.
(Reading database ... 158135 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking b43-fwcutter (from .../b43-fwcutter_1%3a013-3_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package firmware-b43legacy-installer.
Unpacking firmware-b43legacy-installer (from .../firmware-b43legacy-installer_4.178.10.4-5_all.deb) ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Setting up b43-fwcutter (1:013-3) ...
Setting up firmware-b43legacy-installer (4.178.10.4-5) ...
Not supported card here (PCI id 14e4:4401
14e4:4320)!
Use b43 firmware. This is just for the b43legacy driver.
Aborting.
dpkg: error processing firmware-b43legacy-installer (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 firmware-b43legacy-installer
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
yushrajkapoor@ubuntu:~$

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said :
#9
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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said :
#10
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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said :
#11

Read the post MasterNetra (designerkline) wrote on 2011-04-27:
into the bug link https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/b43-fwcutter/+bug/711397

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Raj Kapoor (rajdotkapoor) said :
#12

thanks marcobra, however, that is way too confusing to me to decipher...

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Eliah Kagan (degeneracypressure) said :
#13

For the convenience of others, the instructions in question are at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/b43-fwcutter/+bug/711397/comments/6.

The information you have provided us indicates that you are using the i386 (32-bit PC or 32-bit Intel Mac) version of Ubuntu, so the specific .deb package from http://packages.ubuntu.com/maverick/bcmwl-kernel-source that you need is https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+archive/primary/+files/bcmwl-kernel-source_5.60.48.36%2Bbdcom-0ubuntu5_i386.deb (that's a Launchpad download link rather than a packages.ubuntu.com download link, because Launchpad is a better site for manually downloading .deb packages -- the https protocol decreases the likelihood of a bad download).

If you don't have the Synaptic Package Manager installed, you can install it in the Software Center -- it is itself provided by the package: synaptic.

After synaptic is installed, quit any other package management utilities (including the Software Center), run Synaptic, remove the currently installed bcmwl-kernel-source package (use "Mark for Complete Removal"), then install the .deb package downloaded from the above link.

Then follow the rest of MasterNetra's instructions, which I have reproduced here for your convenience and that of others. (This is only a minority portion of his post, and I am guessing nobody will mind me reposting it under these circumstances.)

"After thats installed, go back into synaptic, find bcmwl-kernel-source again and this time, select it, and goto "Package > Lock Version" to prevent it being upgraded back to the broken natty version. After all that, restart your computer and it should be working again."

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