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b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode15.fw" not found -> Wireless Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g [14e4:4315] (rev 01) not working on Lenovo G550 in Ubuntu 10.04

Asked by Faby

Hi everyone.

I just installed Ubuntu 10.04 on my laptop-Lenovo G550 and everything seems to be working fine but my internet connection. Prior to the installation of this OS, my wireless connection was working but now it doesn't work. Since it is dual boot, anytime I boot back into windows 7, the wireless automatically connects and work but not with Ubuntu. I have read some of the answers of other posts and I decided to post my log after doing some commands. Below are the details.

Thanks in advance.

  *-network
       description: Network controller
       product: BCM4312 802.11b/g
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:04:00.0
       version: 01
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
       configuration: driver=b43-pci-bridge latency=0
       resources: irq:18 memory:f4500000-f4503fff
  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: NetLink BCM5906M Fast Ethernet PCI Express
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:07:00.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 02
       serial: 88:ae:1d:2c:c3:cc
       capacity: 100MB/s
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm vpd msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=tg3 driverversion=3.102 firmware=sb v3.04 latency=0 link=no multicast=yes port=twisted pair
       resources: irq:31 memory:f4600000-f460ffff
  *-network DISABLED
       description: Wireless interface
       physical id: 1
       logical name: wlan0
       serial: 78:e4:00:6b:3b:36
       capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes 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=10.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=lucid
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 10.04 LTS"
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Memory Controller Hub [8086:2a40] (rev 09)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2a42] (rev 09)
00:02.1 Display controller [0380]: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2a43] (rev 09)
00:1a.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 [8086:2937] (rev 03)
00:1a.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 [8086:2938] (rev 03)
00:1a.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6 [8086:2939] (rev 03)
00:1a.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 [8086:293c] (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller [8086:293e] (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 1 [8086:2940] (rev 03)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 2 [8086:2942] (rev 03)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 3 [8086:2944] (rev 03)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 4 [8086:2946] (rev 03)
00:1c.5 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 6 [8086:294a] (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:2934] (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:2935] (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:2936] (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 [8086:293a] (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev 93)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation ICH9M LPC Interface Controller [8086:2919] (rev 03)
00:1f.2 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation ICH9M/M-E SATA AHCI Controller [8086:2929] (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller [8086:2930] (rev 03)
00:1f.6 Signal processing controller [1180]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) Thermal Subsystem [8086:2932] (rev 03)
04:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g [14e4:4315] (rev 01)
07:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Broadcom Corporation NetLink BCM5906M Fast Ethernet PCI Express [14e4:1713] (rev 02)
Bus 008 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 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 002: ID 090c:37b1 Feiya Technology Corp.
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
H/W path Device Class Description
======================================================
                               system 2958
/0 bus NITU1
/0/0 memory 106KiB BIOS
/0/4 processor Pentium(R) Dual-Core CPU T4500
/0/4/5 memory 64KiB L1 cache
/0/4/6 memory 1MiB L2 cache
/0/4/0.1 processor Logical CPU
/0/4/0.2 processor Logical CPU
/0/d memory 4GiB System Memory
/0/d/0 memory 2GiB SODIMM Synchronous 800 MHz (1.2
/0/d/1 memory 2GiB SODIMM Synchronous 800 MHz (1.2
/0/1 processor
/0/1/0.1 processor Logical CPU
/0/1/0.2 processor Logical CPU
/0/100 bridge Mobile 4 Series Chipset Memory Contro
/0/100/2 display Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Gr
/0/100/2.1 display Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Gr
/0/100/1a bus 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Control
/0/100/1a.1 bus 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Control
/0/100/1a.2 bus 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Control
/0/100/1a.7 bus 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Contro
/0/100/1b multimedia 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Control
/0/100/1c bridge 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port
/0/100/1c.1 bridge 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port
/0/100/1c.2 bridge 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port
/0/100/1c.2/0 network BCM4312 802.11b/g
/0/100/1c.3 bridge 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port
/0/100/1c.5 bridge 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port
/0/100/1c.5/0 eth0 network NetLink BCM5906M Fast Ethernet PCI Ex
/0/100/1d bus 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Control
/0/100/1d.1 bus 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Control
/0/100/1d.2 bus 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Control
/0/100/1d.7 bus 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Contro
/0/100/1e bridge 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge
/0/100/1f bridge ICH9M LPC Interface Controller
/0/100/1f.2 scsi0 storage ICH9M/M-E SATA AHCI Controller
/0/100/1f.2/0 /dev/sda disk 250GB FUJITSU MJA2250B
/0/100/1f.2/0/1 /dev/sda1 volume 200MiB Windows NTFS volume
/0/100/1f.2/0/2 /dev/sda2 volume 138GiB Windows NTFS volume
/0/100/1f.2/0/3 /dev/sda3 volume 79GiB Extended partition
/0/100/1f.2/0/3/5 /dev/sda5 volume 30GiB HPFS/NTFS partition
/0/100/1f.2/0/3/6 /dev/sda6 volume 46GiB Linux filesystem partition
/0/100/1f.2/0/3/7 /dev/sda7 volume 2083MiB Linux swap / Solaris partitio
/0/100/1f.2/0/4 /dev/sda4 volume 14GiB Windows NTFS volume
/0/100/1f.2/1 /dev/cdrom disk DVDRAM GT30N
/0/100/1f.3 bus 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller
/0/100/1f.6 generic 82801I (ICH9 Family) Thermal Subsyste
/1 wlan0 network Wireless interface
Linux Faby-laptop 2.6.32-21-generic #32-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 16 08:10:02 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux
[ 0.000000] found SMP MP-table at [c00f75a0] f75a0
[ 0.266983] ACPI: No dock devices found.
[ 0.288089] Switching to clocksource tsc
[ 0.308391] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 10 devices
[ 0.359096] input: Lid Switch as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0C0D:00/input/input0
[ 0.359162] ACPI: Lid Switch [LID0]
[ 0.366890] Switching to clocksource hpet
[ 0.420106] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.440111] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.440384] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.440613] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.440818] hub 5-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.441024] hub 6-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.441238] hub 7-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.441458] hub 8-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.509569] device-mapper: multipath: version 1.1.0 loaded
[ 0.509572] device-mapper: multipath round-robin: version 1.0.0 loaded
[ 0.516731] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 0.753604] isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
[ 0.888851] b43-pci-bridge 0000:04:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
[ 0.888868] b43-pci-bridge 0000:04:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 0.956301] ssb: Sonics Silicon Backplane found on PCI device 0000:04:00.0
[ 1.249824] eth0: Tigon3 [partno(BCM95906) rev c002] (PCI Express) MAC address 88:ae:1d:2c:c3:cc
[ 1.249827] eth0: attached PHY is 5906 (10/100Base-TX Ethernet) (WireSpeed[0])
[ 1.249830] eth0: RXcsums[1] LinkChgREG[0] MIirq[0] ASF[0] TSOcap[0]
[ 1.249832] eth0: dma_rwctrl[76180000] dma_mask[64-bit]
[ 10.741970] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[ 10.916303] uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device Lenovo EasyCamera (090c:37b1)
[ 10.997565] b43-phy0: Broadcom 4312 WLAN found (core revision 15)
[ 11.135433] Registered led device: b43-phy0::tx
[ 11.135448] Registered led device: b43-phy0::rx
[ 11.135463] Registered led device: b43-phy0::radio
[ 11.135522] Broadcom 43xx driver loaded [ Features: PL, Firmware-ID: FW13 ]
[ 11.535238] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43/ucode15.fw
[ 11.600535] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43-open/ucode15.fw
[ 11.607807] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode15.fw" not found
[ 11.607809] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43-open/ucode15.fw" not found
[ 11.607812] b43-phy0 ERROR: You must go to http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware and download the correct firmware for this driver version. Please carefully read all instructions on this website.
[ 11.643188] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 11.698646] input: HDA Intel Mic as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input8
[ 11.698886] input: HDA Intel Mic as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input9
[ 11.699072] input: HDA Intel Headphone as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input10
[ 11.707734] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43/ucode15.fw
[ 11.718296] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43-open/ucode15.fw
[ 11.737603] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode15.fw" not found
[ 11.737605] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43-open/ucode15.fw" not found
[ 11.737607] b43-phy0 ERROR: You must go to http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware and download the correct firmware for this driver version. Please carefully read all instructions on this website.
[ 12.263833] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 170x48
[ 1836.412291] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43/ucode15.fw
[ 1836.414957] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43-open/ucode15.fw
[ 1836.421008] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode15.fw" not found
[ 1836.421016] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43-open/ucode15.fw" not found
[ 1836.421020] b43-phy0 ERROR: You must go to http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware and download the correct firmware for this driver version. Please carefully read all instructions on this website.
[ 1836.444259] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43/ucode15.fw
[ 1836.458259] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43-open/ucode15.fw
[ 1836.466004] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode15.fw" not found
[ 1836.466009] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43-open/ucode15.fw" not found
[ 1836.466012] b43-phy0 ERROR: You must go to http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware and download the correct firmware for this driver version. Please carefully read all instructions on this website.
[ 3324.288270] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43/ucode15.fw
[ 3324.291330] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43-open/ucode15.fw
[ 3324.304670] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode15.fw" not found
[ 3324.304676] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43-open/ucode15.fw" not found
[ 3324.304678] b43-phy0 ERROR: You must go to http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware and download the correct firmware for this driver version. Please carefully read all instructions on this website.
[ 3324.624279] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43/ucode15.fw
[ 3324.629256] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43-open/ucode15.fw
[ 3324.641110] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode15.fw" not found
[ 3324.641114] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43-open/ucode15.fw" not found
[ 3324.641117] b43-phy0 ERROR: You must go to http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware and download the correct firmware for this driver version. Please carefully read all instructions on this website.
[ 3364.736261] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43/ucode15.fw
[ 3364.738840] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43-open/ucode15.fw
[ 3364.753062] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode15.fw" not found
[ 3364.753068] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43-open/ucode15.fw" not found
[ 3364.753071] b43-phy0 ERROR: You must go to http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware and download the correct firmware for this driver version. Please carefully read all instructions on this website.
[ 3364.993299] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43/ucode15.fw
[ 3365.001825] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43-open/ucode15.fw
[ 3365.005872] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode15.fw" not found
[ 3365.005877] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43-open/ucode15.fw" not found
[ 3365.005880] b43-phy0 ERROR: You must go to http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware and download the correct firmware for this driver version. Please carefully read all instructions on this website.
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

grepb43: command not found
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-watchdog.conf:blacklist twl4030_wdt
sudo: hwinfo: command not found
 * Reconfiguring network interfaces...

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Use a wired connection and get full updates using:

sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get upgrade; sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

May help.

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Best Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#2

Hi,

You need to 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

Then reboot and retest wireless using Network Manager.

A similar explanation can be found at the end of this thread:

https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-docs/+question/89142

Regards,

Mark

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Faby (talk2ndu2002) said : 		#3

tnx actionparsnip and Mark! I combined and ran both suggestions on the command line and before I could use network manager, my wireless appeared immediately and I quickly connected. You're awesome guys and I really appreciate your help.

Hey actionparsnip! I noticed how you're always helping guys and so far all my different questions have been attended to by you. This is the best forum and I'm really happy with Ubuntu. I guess I shouldn't been typing much just to say your solution helped in my problem. But I'm doing this on behalf of all the unknown ppl that have been helped in this great forum.

THANK YOU!!!

<i know i'll be back again cos problems never get exhausted :) >

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Faby (talk2ndu2002) said : 		#4

Thanks Mark Rijckenberg, that solved my question.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#5

No worries dude. It's a little selfish me helping folks as I only buy super compatible hardware and avoid apple, kodak, ati, sis and the like so I have ZERO issues with anything so to learn the OS I help others with theirs. Plus it helps people enjoy the OS.

Glad to help dude. You could help folks too as you learn the OS and it makes the world go around

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Faby (talk2ndu2002) said : 		#6

I'd love to help too. But I wonder where to start from as I don't really know much. I just started using Ubuntu one month ago...

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abrar (ahq8085) said : 		#7

Hi all, I was just browsing around in launchpad to see if I can solve my problem with wireless connectivity (BCM5906M), and then landed upon in these discussions. Hi Mark, you already responded to my initial query, and I furnished with the info you needed, albeit little late. Hope you would come up with sth.
To echo Faby here, yes indeed, it's a great community. Long live Open Source and FSF, and Stallman!