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Can't get dell wireless 1500 wireless card to work in Ubuntu 10.04

Asked by Rob Hamilton

I have googled and searched forums and can't seem to get my Dell wireless 1500 wireless card (Broadcom) to work. I've followed all the steps and can get to the point where the driver seems to be acknowledged. When I type the following into the terminal: ndiswrapper -l

I get:

WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/ndiswrapper, it will be ignored in a future release.
bcmwl5 : driver installed
 device (14E4:4328) present (alternate driver: ssb)

But after putting in: sudo depmod -a

and: sudo modprobe ndiswrapper

into terminal. The commands: ifconfig and iwconfig result in no WAN0 being found. And I can't locate wireless networks. I have tried the bcmwl5.ini and bcmwl6.ini drivers that dell/broadcom recommend.

Any help would be appreciated!

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robinot (robinot) said : 		#1

for dell, you must go to the dell-site and not to google; and choose the drivers-update.

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#2

Hi,

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

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

Step 1: Open Terminal from "Applications->Accessories->Terminal"

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

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

sudo aptitude update; sudo aptitude 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 'ound|irmware|eth|ath|wl|ipw|b43|witch|ndiswrapper'; iwconfig; grep b43 /etc/modprobe.d/*; grep wl /etc/modprobe.d/*; sudo hwinfo --netcard ; sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart

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

Step 4: Please also specify the exact model and make of PC that you are using (if known)

Regards,

Mark

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Paul Royds-Jones (paulrj) said : 		#3

Can you help me. I have a similar problem.
Thank you
Paul (my computer is a laptop made by Novatech.

paul@paul-laptop:~$ sudo aptitude update; sudo aptitude 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 'ound|irmware|eth|ath|wl|ipw|b43|witch|ndiswrapper'; iwconfig; grep b43 /etc/modprobe.d/*; grep wl /etc/modprobe.d/*; sudo hwinfo --netcard ; sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart
[sudo] password for paul:
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  *-network
       description: Network controller
       product: PRO/Wireless 4965 AG or AGN Network Connection
       vendor: Intel Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:04:00.0
       version: 61
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
       configuration: driver=iwl4965 latency=0 module=iwl4965
  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: RTL8101E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller
       vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:06:00.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 01
       serial: 00:03:0d:89:9b:98
       size: 100MB/s
       capacity: 1GB/s
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm vpd msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=2.2LK duplex=full ip=192.168.0.5 latency=0 link=yes module=r8169 multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100MB/s
bash: rfkill: command not found
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=8.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=hardy
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS"
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory Controller Hub [8086:2a00] (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2a02] (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller [0380]: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2a03] (rev 03)
00:1a.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 [8086:2834] (rev 03)
00:1a.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 [8086:2835] (rev 03)
00:1a.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 [8086:283a] (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller [8086:284b] (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 1 [8086:283f] (rev 03)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 3 [8086:2843] (rev 03)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 4 [8086:2845] (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:2830] (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:2831] (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:2832] (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 [8086:2836] (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev f3)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801HEM (ICH8M) LPC Interface Controller [8086:2815] (rev 03)
00:1f.1 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) IDE Controller [8086:2850] (rev 03)
00:1f.2 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) SATA IDE Controller [8086:2828] (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) SMBus Controller [8086:283e] (rev 03)
04:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 4965 AG or AGN Network Connection [8086:4229] (rev 61)
06:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller [10ec:8136] (rev 01)
Bus 007 Device 003: ID 0a12:0001 Cambridge Silicon Radio, Ltd Bluetooth Dongle (HCI mode)
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 002 Device 004: ID 04f2:b022 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
H/W path Device Class Description
==========================================================
                                   system OEM
/0 bus OEM
/0/0 memory 96KiB BIOS
/0/4 processor Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T5
/0/4/5 memory 64KiB L1 cache
/0/4/6 memory 2MiB L2 cache
/0/4/0.1 processor Logical CPU
/0/4/0.2 processor Logical CPU
/0/12 memory 2GiB System Memory
/0/12/0 memory 1GiB SODIMM Synchronous 667 MHz (
/0/12/1 memory 1GiB SODIMM Synchronous 667 MHz (
/0/1 processor
/0/1/0.1 processor Logical CPU
/0/1/0.2 processor Logical CPU
/0/100 bridge Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory C
/0/100/2 display Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Gra
/0/100/2.1 display Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Gra
/0/100/1a bus 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Con
/0/100/1a.1 bus 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Con
/0/100/1a.7 bus 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Co
/0/100/1b multimedia 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Con
/0/100/1c bridge 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express
/0/100/1c.2 bridge 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express
/0/100/1c.2/0 network PRO/Wireless 4965 AG or AGN Netwo
/0/100/1c.3 bridge 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express
/0/100/1c.3/0 eth0 network RTL8101E PCI Express Fast Etherne
/0/100/1d bus 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Con
/0/100/1d.1 bus 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Con
/0/100/1d.2 bus 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Con
/0/100/1d.7 bus 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Co
/0/100/1e bridge 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge
/0/100/1f bridge 82801HEM (ICH8M) LPC Interface Co
/0/100/1f.1 scsi0 storage 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) IDE
/0/100/1f.1/0.0.0 /dev/cdrom disk CDDVDW SN-S082H
/0/100/1f.2 scsi2 storage 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) SATA
/0/100/1f.2/0.0.0 /dev/sda disk 120GB FUJITSU MHY2120B
/0/100/1f.2/0.0.0/1 /dev/sda1 volume 107GiB EXT3 volume
/0/100/1f.2/0.0.0/2 /dev/sda2 volume 4690MiB Extended partition
/0/100/1f.2/0.0.0/2/5 /dev/sda5 volume 4690MiB Linux swap / Solaris part
/0/100/1f.3 bus 82801H (ICH8 Family) SMBus Contro
/1 power Lithium Ion Battery
Linux paul-laptop 2.6.24-28-generic #1 SMP Thu May 27 00:16:49 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux
[ 0.000000] found SMP MP-table at 000f80e0
[ 10.889741] SMP alternatives: switching to UP code
[ 11.235710] ACPI: Looking for DSDT in initramfs... error, file /DSDT.aml not found.
[ 11.303918] SMP alternatives: switching to SMP code
[ 11.566537] ACPI: EC: non-query interrupt received, switching to interrupt mode
[ 11.592994] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 10 devices
[ 11.700115] Switched to high resolution mode on CPU 0
[ 11.700215] Switched to high resolution mode on CPU 1
[ 12.473396] assign_interrupt_mode Found MSI capability
[ 12.473651] assign_interrupt_mode Found MSI capability
[ 12.473901] assign_interrupt_mode Found MSI capability
[ 12.827932] isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
[ 12.879777] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 14.413040] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 14.536814] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 14.641106] eth0: RTL8101e at 0xf8886000, 00:03:0d:89:9b:98, XID 34200000 IRQ 220
[ 14.641111] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 14.743655] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 14.847517] hub 5-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 14.951403] hub 6-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 15.055247] hub 7-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 16.367689] Driver 'sr' needs updating - please use bus_type methods
[ 16.369850] Driver 'sd' needs updating - please use bus_type methods
[ 25.322877] input: Lid Switch as /devices/virtual/input/input5
[ 25.355536] ACPI: Lid Switch [LID]
[ 25.648884] iTCO_wdt: Found a ICH8M TCO device (Version=2, TCOBASE=0x1060)
[ 26.030203] iwl4965: Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN driver for Linux, 1.2.0
[ 26.030207] iwl4965: Copyright(c) 2003-2007 Intel Corporation
[ 26.030414] iwl4965: Detected Intel Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN
[ 26.199589] uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device USB 2.0 Camera (04f2:b022)
[ 26.817522] iwl4965: Radio disabled by HW RF Kill switch
[ 27.010127] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[ 29.709793] No dock devices found.
[ 30.990029] apm: BIOS not found.
[ 32.180783] r8169: eth0: link down
[ 55.019588] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 348.534854] r8169: eth0: link up
[ 348.538608] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
[ 364.603479] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
[ 1549.276486] r8169: eth0: link up
[ 1554.540042] SMP alternatives: switching to UP code
[ 0.322783] SMP alternatives: switching to SMP code
[ 0.439148] Switched to high resolution mode on CPU 1
[ 0.849192] iwl4965: Radio disabled by HW RF Kill switch
[ 2.517808] uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device USB 2.0 Camera (04f2:b022)
[ 2.632734] eth0: RTL8101e at 0xf8c64000, 00:03:0d:89:9b:98, XID 34200000 IRQ 220
[ 2.697816] r8169: eth0: link down
[ 2.697830] r8169: eth0: link down
[ 2.699938] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 2.855568] r8169: eth0: link down
[ 2.857717] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 4.286209] r8169: eth0: link up
[ 4.289659] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
[ 18.745546] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
[ 45.193244] r8169: eth0: link down
[ 98.152424] r8169: eth0: link up
[ 98.156048] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
[ 115.764754] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
[ 498.241685] r8169: eth0: link down
[ 2434.452849] r8169: eth0: link up
[ 2434.456574] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
[ 2451.536039] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist:# replaced by b43 and ssb.
/etc/modprobe.d/arch-aliases:alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc
sudo: hwinfo: command not found
 * Reconfiguring network interfaces... [ OK ]
paul@paul-laptop:~$

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#4

@Paul: your wireless issue is totally different as you are using totally different hardware. Please create a new thread using this link:

https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+addquestion

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Rob Hamilton (dieseljohnny) said : 		#5

Mark:

Thanks for taking the lead on helping me. I'm at work right now with no access to my laptop, but will follow your directions above and post the answers/results when I get home ~12 hours from now.

Thanks and have a good day!

Rob

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Rob Hamilton (dieseljohnny) said : 		#6

Mark:

First, as to question 4: i have a Dell XPS M1210 Laptop (came installed with Vista OS)

Next as to question 3, here is the output:

rob@rob-laptop:~$ sudo aptitude update; sudo aptitude 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 'ound|irmware|eth|ath|wl|ipw|b43|witch|ndiswrapper'; iwconfig; grep b43 /etc/modprobe.d/*; grep wl /etc/modprobe.d/*; sudo hwinfo --netcard ; sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart
[sudo] password for rob:
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  *-network
       description: Network controller
       product: BCM4328 802.11a/b/g/n
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:0c: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:17 memory:ecffc000-ecffffff memory:e0000000-e00fffff(prefetchable)
  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 02
       serial: 00:18:8b:ce:33:a7
       size: 100MB/s
       capacity: 100MB/s
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=b44 driverversion=2.0 duplex=full ip=192.168.0.178 latency=64 link=yes multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100MB/s
       resources: irq:17 memory:ecbfe000-ecbfffff
0: dell-wifi: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: no
1: dell-bluetooth: Bluetooth
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: no
6: hci0: Bluetooth
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: no
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

pan0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=10.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=lucid
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 10.04 LTS"
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 945GT Express Memory Controller Hub [8086:27a0] (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 945GT Express PCI Express Root Port [8086:27a1] (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family High Definition Audio Controller [8086:27d8] (rev 01)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 1 [8086:27d0] (rev 01)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 2 [8086:27d2] (rev 01)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 4 [8086:27d6] (rev 01)
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:27c8] (rev 01)
00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:27c9] (rev 01)
00:1d.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:27ca] (rev 01)
00:1d.3 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #4 [8086:27cb] (rev 01)
00:1d.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB2 EHCI Controller [8086:27cc] (rev 01)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev e1)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge [8086:27b9] (rev 01)
00:1f.2 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) SATA IDE Controller [8086:27c4] (rev 01)
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family SMBus Controller [8086:27da] (rev 01)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation G72M [GeForce Go 7400] [10de:01d8] (rev a1)
03:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX [14e4:170c] (rev 02)
03:01.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller [1180:0832]
03:01.1 SD Host controller [0805]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter [1180:0822] (rev 19)
03:01.2 System peripheral [0880]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C843 MMC Host Controller [1180:0843] (rev 0a)
03:01.3 System peripheral [0880]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter [1180:0592] (rev 05)
03:01.4 System peripheral [0880]: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller [1180:0852] (rev ff)
0c:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4328 802.11a/b/g/n [14e4:4328] (rev 01)
Bus 005 Device 002: ID 0204:6025 Chipsbank Microelectronics Co., Ltd CBM2080 Flash drive controller
Bus 005 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 003 Device 009: ID 0a5c:4503 Broadcom Corp.
Bus 003 Device 008: ID 0a5c:4502 Broadcom Corp.
Bus 003 Device 007: ID 413c:8126 Dell Computer Corp. Wireless 355 Bluetooth
Bus 003 Device 006: ID 0a5c:4500 Broadcom Corp. BCM2046B1 USB 2.0 Hub (part of BCM2046 Bluetooth)
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 MXC062
/0 bus 0FP985
/0/0 memory 64KiB BIOS
/0/400 processor Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU T7200
/0/400/700 memory 32KiB L1 cache
/0/400/701 memory 4MiB L2 cache
/0/400/1.1 processor Logical CPU
/0/400/1.2 processor Logical CPU
/0/1000 memory 2GiB System Memory
/0/1000/0 memory 1GiB DIMM DDR Synchronous 667 MHz (1.
/0/1000/1 memory 1GiB DIMM DDR Synchronous
/0/100 bridge Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 9
/0/100/1 bridge Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 9
/0/100/1/0 display G72M [GeForce Go 7400]
/0/100/1b multimedia N10/ICH 7 Family High Definition Audi
/0/100/1c bridge N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 1
/0/100/1c.1 bridge N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 2
/0/100/1c.1/0 network BCM4328 802.11a/b/g/n
/0/100/1c.3 bridge N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 4
/0/100/1d bus N10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #
/0/100/1d.1 bus N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller
/0/100/1d.2 bus N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller
/0/100/1d.3 bus N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller
/0/100/1d.7 bus N10/ICH 7 Family USB2 EHCI Controller
/0/100/1e bridge 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge
/0/100/1e/0 eth0 network BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX
/0/100/1e/1 bus R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller
/0/100/1e/1.1 generic R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adap
/0/100/1e/1.2 generic R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter
/0/100/1e/1.3 generic xD-Picture Card Controller
/0/100/1e/1.4 generic Illegal Vendor ID
/0/100/1f bridge 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridg
/0/100/1f.2 scsi0 storage 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) SATA IDE C
/0/100/1f.2/0 /dev/sda disk 80GB Hitachi HTS54168
/0/100/1f.2/0/1 /dev/sda1 volume 54MiB Windows FAT volume
/0/100/1f.2/0/2 /dev/sda2 volume 5170MiB Windows NTFS volume
/0/100/1f.2/0/3 /dev/sda3 volume 43GiB Windows NTFS volume
/0/100/1f.2/0/4 /dev/sda4 volume 21GiB Extended partition
/0/100/1f.2/0/4/5 /dev/sda5 volume 2047MiB
/0/100/1f.2/0/4/6 /dev/sda6 volume 18GiB Linux filesystem partition
/0/100/1f.2/0/4/7 /dev/sda7 volume 865MiB Linux swap / Solaris partition
/0/100/1f.2/1 /dev/cdrom disk CDRW/DVD TSL462D
/0/100/1f.2/1/0 /dev/cdrom disk
/0/100/1f.3 bus N10/ICH 7 Family SMBus Controller
/0/1 scsi2 storage
/0/1/0.0.0 /dev/sdb disk 529MB SCSI Disk
/0/1/0.0.0/1 /dev/sdb1 volume 504MiB Windows FAT volume
/1 power Dell HF67473
Linux rob-laptop 2.6.32-21-generic #32-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 16 08:10:02 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux
[ 0.211447] ACPI: No dock devices found.
[ 0.244285] Switching to clocksource hpet
[ 0.276479] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 12 devices
[ 0.327916] input: Lid Switch as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0C0D:00/input/input0
[ 0.328394] ACPI: Lid Switch [LID]
[ 0.370490] ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: using broken periodic workaround
[ 0.389129] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.389445] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.389706] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.389960] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.390218] hub 5-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.431337] device-mapper: multipath: version 1.1.0 loaded
[ 0.431340] device-mapper: multipath round-robin: version 1.0.0 loaded
[ 0.434411] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 0.714566] isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
[ 0.940805] b43-pci-bridge 0000:0c:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
[ 0.940818] b43-pci-bridge 0000:0c:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 1.008115] ssb: Sonics Silicon Backplane found on PCI device 0000:0c:00.0
[ 1.112085] ssb: Sonics Silicon Backplane found on PCI device 0000:03:00.0
[ 1.133846] eth0: Broadcom 44xx/47xx 10/100BaseT Ethernet 00:18:8b:ce:33:a7
[ 1.317689] hub 3-1:1.0: USB hub found
[ 12.866260] sdhci-pci 0000:03:01.1: SDHCI controller found [1180:0822] (rev 19)
[ 12.870794] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[ 12.882600] ricoh-mmc: Ricoh MMC controller found at 0000:03:01.2 [1180:0843] (rev 1)
[ 13.292226] usb-storage: device found at 2
[ 13.345047] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: ... BIOS signature not found
[ 13.408824] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: BIT BIOS found
[ 13.408831] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: BIT table 'd' not found
[ 13.408834] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Found Display Configuration Block version 3.0
[ 13.569501] input: HDA Intel Mic at Ext Front Jack as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input10
[ 13.569698] input: HDA Intel Mic at Ext Front Jack as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input11
[ 13.569898] input: HDA Intel HP Out at Ext Front Jack as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input12
[ 13.570107] input: HDA Intel HP Out at Ext Front Jack as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input13
[ 13.873910] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 14.226336] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 160x50
[ 266.816301] b44: eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex.
[ 266.816307] b44: eth0: Flow control is off for TX and off for RX.
[ 266.816778] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
[ 277.064108] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
[ 808.157757] ndiswrapper version 1.55 loaded (smp=yes, preempt=no)
[ 808.197217] usbcore: registered new interface driver ndiswrapper
[19804.772278] usbcore: deregistering interface driver ndiswrapper
[19804.795223] ndiswrapper version 1.55 loaded (smp=yes, preempt=no)
[19804.809175] usbcore: registered new interface driver ndiswrapper
[20256.245357] usbcore: deregistering interface driver ndiswrapper
[20256.268432] ndiswrapper version 1.55 loaded (smp=yes, preempt=no)
[20256.280689] usbcore: registered new interface driver ndiswrapper
[20485.524225] usbcore: deregistering interface driver ndiswrapper
[20485.546299] ndiswrapper version 1.55 loaded (smp=yes, preempt=no)
[20485.559418] usbcore: registered new interface driver ndiswrapper
[20578.791528] hub 3-1:1.0: USB hub found
[21531.572230] usbcore: deregistering interface driver ndiswrapper
[21531.591760] ndiswrapper version 1.55 loaded (smp=yes, preempt=no)
[21531.603111] usbcore: registered new interface driver ndiswrapper
[25376.168364] b44: eth0: powering down PHY
[25378.136224] b43-pci-bridge 0000:0c:00.0: PCI INT A disabled
[25378.908025] SMP alternatives: switching to UP code
[25378.914717] SMP alternatives: switching to SMP code
[25379.043782] b43-pci-bridge 0000:0c:00.0: restoring config space at offset 0xf (was 0x100, writing 0x105)
[25379.043806] b43-pci-bridge 0000:0c:00.0: restoring config space at offset 0x6 (was 0xc, writing 0xe000000c)
[25379.043815] b43-pci-bridge 0000:0c:00.0: restoring config space at offset 0x4 (was 0x4, writing 0xecffc004)
[25379.043822] b43-pci-bridge 0000:0c:00.0: restoring config space at offset 0x3 (was 0x0, writing 0x10)
[25379.043831] b43-pci-bridge 0000:0c:00.0: restoring config space at offset 0x1 (was 0x100000, writing 0x100107)
[25379.530077] b43-pci-bridge 0000:0c:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
[25383.301778] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[25387.000295] b44: eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex.
[25387.000301] b44: eth0: Flow control is off for TX and off for RX.
[25387.000778] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
[25397.236105] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
[25436.544292] b44: eth0: powering down PHY
[25438.428226] b43-pci-bridge 0000:0c:00.0: PCI INT A disabled
[25438.940025] SMP alternatives: switching to UP code
[25438.946580] SMP alternatives: switching to SMP code
[25439.075670] b43-pci-bridge 0000:0c:00.0: restoring config space at offset 0xf (was 0x100, writing 0x105)
[25439.075694] b43-pci-bridge 0000:0c:00.0: restoring config space at offset 0x6 (was 0xc, writing 0xe000000c)
[25439.075703] b43-pci-bridge 0000:0c:00.0: restoring config space at offset 0x4 (was 0x4, writing 0xecffc004)
[25439.075710] b43-pci-bridge 0000:0c:00.0: restoring config space at offset 0x3 (was 0x0, writing 0x10)
[25439.075719] b43-pci-bridge 0000:0c:00.0: restoring config space at offset 0x1 (was 0x100000, writing 0x100107)
[25439.558074] b43-pci-bridge 0000:0c:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
[25443.377819] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[25446.989182] b44: eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex.
[25446.989186] b44: eth0: Flow control is off for TX and off for RX.
[25446.989464] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
[25457.388166] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
[25699.404335] b44: eth0: powering down PHY
[25701.208232] b43-pci-bridge 0000:0c:00.0: PCI INT A disabled
[25701.748061] SMP alternatives: switching to UP code
[25701.754749] SMP alternatives: switching to SMP code
[25701.883818] b43-pci-bridge 0000:0c:00.0: restoring config space at offset 0xf (was 0x100, writing 0x105)
[25701.883842] b43-pci-bridge 0000:0c:00.0: restoring config space at offset 0x6 (was 0xc, writing 0xe000000c)
[25701.883851] b43-pci-bridge 0000:0c:00.0: restoring config space at offset 0x4 (was 0x4, writing 0xecffc004)
[25701.883858] b43-pci-bridge 0000:0c:00.0: restoring config space at offset 0x3 (was 0x0, writing 0x10)
[25701.883867] b43-pci-bridge 0000:0c:00.0: restoring config space at offset 0x1 (was 0x100000, writing 0x100107)
[25702.370089] b43-pci-bridge 0000:0c:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
[25706.243418] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[25709.000303] b44: eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex.
[25709.000309] b44: eth0: Flow control is off for TX and off for RX.
[25709.000782] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
[25719.352055] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

pan0 no wireless extensions.

/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf:# replaced by b43 and ssb.
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf:blacklist b43
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf:blacklist b43legacy
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-watchdog.conf:blacklist twl4030_wdt
24: PCI c00.0: 0280 Network controller
  [Created at pci.318]
  UDI: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_14e4_4328
  Unique ID: zb5c.3FTh9kNzJz1
  Parent ID: qTvu.4chw4Z9dkyF
  SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.1/0000:0c:00.0
  SysFS BusID: 0000:0c:00.0
  Hardware Class: network
  Model: "Dell Wireless 1500 Draft 802.11n WLAN Mini-Card"
  Vendor: pci 0x14e4 "Broadcom"
  Device: pci 0x4328 "BCM4328 802.11a/b/g/n"
  SubVendor: pci 0x1028 "Dell"
  SubDevice: pci 0x0009 "Wireless 1500 Draft 802.11n WLAN Mini-Card"
  Revision: 0x01
  Driver: "b43-pci-bridge"
  Driver Modules: "ssb"
  Memory Range: 0xecffc000-0xecffffff (rw,non-prefetchable)
  Memory Range: 0xe0000000-0xe00fffff (rw,prefetchable)
  IRQ: 17 (175133 events)
  Module Alias: "pci:v000014E4d00004328sv00001028sd00000009bc02sc80i00"
  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: #12 (PCI bridge)

25: PCI 300.0: 0200 Ethernet controller
  [Created at pci.318]
  UDI: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_14e4_170c
  Unique ID: rBUF.puHcaLl1U_7
  Parent ID: 6NW+.WGY8iKV5q78
  SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.0/0000:03:00.0
  SysFS BusID: 0000:03:00.0
  Hardware Class: network
  Model: "Dell XPS M1210"
  Vendor: pci 0x14e4 "Broadcom"
  Device: pci 0x170c "BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX"
  SubVendor: pci 0x1028 "Dell"
  SubDevice: pci 0x01d7 "XPS M1210"
  Revision: 0x02
  Driver: "b44"
  Driver Modules: "ssb", "b44"
  Device File: eth0
  Memory Range: 0xecbfe000-0xecbfffff (rw,non-prefetchable)
  IRQ: 17 (175133 events)
  HW Address: 00:18:8b:ce:33:a7
  Link detected: yes
  Module Alias: "pci:v000014E4d0000170Csv00001028sd000001D7bc02sc00i00"
  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: #19 (PCI bridge)
 * Reconfiguring network interfaces... Ignoring unknown interface eth0=eth0.
                                                                         [ OK ]

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#7

Hi Rob,

The following output seems to indicate that the ssb driver module used by your b44 WIRED ethernet driver is preventing your wireLESS card from using the right driver:

  Vendor: pci 0x14e4 "Broadcom"
  Device: pci 0x4328 "BCM4328 802.11a/b/g/n"
  SubVendor: pci 0x1028 "Dell"
  SubDevice: pci 0x0009 "Wireless 1500 Draft 802.11n WLAN Mini-Card"
  Revision: 0x01
  Driver: "b43-pci-bridge"
  Driver Modules: "ssb"
  Memory Range: 0xecffc000-0xecffffff (rw,non-prefetchable)
  Memory Range: 0xe0000000-0xe00fffff (rw,prefetchable)
  IRQ: 17 (175133 events)
  Module Alias: "pci:v000014E4d00004328sv00001028sd00000009bc02sc80i00"
  Driver Info #0:
    Driver Status: ssb is active

This looks similar to this bugreport:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/jockey/+bug/289845

The ugly workaround "solution" is to disable your wired ethernet driver (by blacklisting b44 and ssb) OR to make sure Ubuntu successfully loads the b43 driver (wireless Broadcom driver) before loading ssb and b44 (wired ethernet driver).

A better solution is probably this:

Install the following Broadcom driver package using aptitude or Synaptic package manager: bcmwl-kernel-source

This will of course require a working wirED Internet connection in Ubuntu. (wired, not wireless)

For example: using the Terminal, you need to run the following commands to install bcmwl-kernel-source:

sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude install bcmwl-kernel-source

To enable the bcml-kernel-source (wl) driver, you will also need to UNINSTALL ndiswrapper using this command:

sudo aptitude remove ndiswrapper

Then blacklist ndiswrapper using the gedit editor.

So run this command to open gedit:

gksudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

In the blackist.conf file, add the following line:

blacklist ndiswrapper

Save the change.

Then reboot and retest wireless using the bcmwl-kernel-source driver.

A similar issue was solved using the bcmwl-kernel-source driver here:

https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-nettool/+question/114338

If it still does not work after all this, then I suggest doing a clean install of Ubuntu 10.04 from a LiveCD session and then simply installing the bcmwl-kernel-source driver.

Regards,

Mark

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Rob Hamilton (dieseljohnny) said : 		#8

Hi Mark:

Did everything above and didn't work. I didn't have wireless or wired connections. Can you explain how to do a "clean" install of ubuntu 10.04? Again I looked into reinstalling on forums/internet and there just seemed to be a lot of "noise" with everyone having something specific they were trying to achieve.

I just want to reinstall and try the above again.

Thanks for your continued help! I really appreciate it!

Rob

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#9

Clean install means doing backup of all your personal data (in /home directory and other personal directories), then booting from Ubuntu 10.04 LiveCD and installing from the LiveCD Session into an empty root partition. During install, choose to format the root partition to make sure the install is "clean".

The best procedure after doing a clean install of Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, is to AVOID ndiswrapper, AVOID blacklisting any drivers, and to ONLY run the following commands while using a working, wired Internet connection:

You need a working WIRED internet connection to run the following 2 commands:

sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude install bcmwl-kernel-source

Then reboot and retest wireless.

A similar issue was solved using the bcmwl-kernel-source driver here:

https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-nettool/+question/114338

Can you help with this problem?

Provide an answer of your own, or ask Rob Hamilton for more information if necessary.

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