[ 2664.980782] usb 1-7: (p54usb) cannot load firmware isl3887usb (-2)! -> Bus 001 Device 005: ID 0baf:0118 U.S. Robotics U5 802.11g wireless USB Adapter not working on Dell Dimension 3000 using Ubuntu 10.04 LTS due to missing firmware

$ 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 matt:
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Hit http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security Release.gpg
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security/main Translation-en_GB
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com lucid Release.gpg
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main Translation-en_GB
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/restricted Translation-en_GB
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/universe Translation-en_GB
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/multiverse Translation-en_GB
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Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/main Translation-en_GB
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Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/universe Translation-en_GB
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Ign http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security/restricted Translation-en_GB
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security/universe Translation-en_GB
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Hit http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security Release
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com lucid Release
Get:2 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates Release [44.7kB]
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/main Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/restricted Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/main Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/restricted Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/universe Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/universe Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/multiverse Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/multiverse Sources
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/main Packages
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Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/main Sources
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  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: 82562EZ 10/100 Ethernet Controller
       vendor: Intel Corporation
       physical id: 8
       bus info: pci@0000:01:08.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 02
       serial: 00:13:20:49:79:fa
       size: 100MB/s
       capacity: 100MB/s
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=e100 driverversion=3.5.24-k2-NAPI duplex=full firmware=N/A ip=192.168.0.102 latency=64 link=yes maxlatency=56 mingnt=8 multicast=yes port=MII speed=100MB/s
       resources: irq:20 memory:feaff000-feafffff ioport:ddc0(size=64)
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 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 82865G/PE/P DRAM Controller/Host-Hub Interface [8086:2570] (rev 02)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation 82865G Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2572] (rev 02)
00:06.0 System peripheral [0880]: Intel Corporation 82865G/PE/P Processor to I/O Memory Interface [8086:2576] (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:24d2] (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:24d4] (rev 02)
00:1d.3 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #4 [8086:24de] (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB2 EHCI Controller [8086:24dd] (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge [8086:244e] (rev c2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) LPC Interface Bridge [8086:24d0] (rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) IDE Controller [8086:24db] (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) SMBus Controller [8086:24d3] (rev 02)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) AC'97 Audio Controller [8086:24d5] (rev 02)
01:01.0 Modem [0703]: Intel Corporation FA82537EP 56K V.92 Data/Fax Modem PCI [8086:1080] (rev 04)
01:02.0 Multimedia controller [0480]: Philips Semiconductors SAA7130 Video Broadcast Decoder [1131:7130] (rev 01)
01:08.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation 82562EZ 10/100 Ethernet Controller [8086:1050] (rev 02)
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 413c:2005 Dell Computer Corp. RT7D50 Keyboard
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 046d:08f0 Logitech, Inc. QuickCam Messenger
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 0baf:0118 U.S. Robotics U5 802.11g Adapter
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
H/W path Device Class Description
=========================================================
                               system Dimension 3000
/0 bus 0TC667
/0/0 memory 64KiB BIOS
/0/400 processor Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz
/0/400/700 memory 8KiB L1 cache
/0/400/701 memory 1MiB L2 cache
/0/1000 memory 768MiB System Memory
/0/1000/0 memory 512MiB DIMM SDRAM Synchronous 266 MHz (3.8 ns)
/0/1000/1 memory 256MiB DIMM SDRAM Synchronous 266 MHz (3.8 ns)
/0/100 bridge 82865G/PE/P DRAM Controller/Host-Hub Interface
/0/100/2 display 82865G Integrated Graphics Controller
/0/100/6 generic 82865G/PE/P Processor to I/O Memory Interface
/0/100/1d bus 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #1
/0/100/1d.1 bus 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #2
/0/100/1d.3 bus 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #4
/0/100/1d.7 bus 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB2 EHCI Controller
/0/100/1e bridge 82801 PCI Bridge
/0/100/1e/1 communication FA82537EP 56K V.92 Data/Fax Modem PCI
/0/100/1e/2 multimedia SAA7130 Video Broadcast Decoder
/0/100/1e/8 eth0 network 82562EZ 10/100 Ethernet Controller
/0/100/1f bridge 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) LPC Interface Bridge
/0/100/1f.1 scsi0 storage 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) IDE Controller
/0/100/1f.1/0 /dev/sda disk 80GB Maxtor 6Y080L0
/0/100/1f.1/0/1 /dev/sda1 volume 73GiB EXT3 volume
/0/100/1f.1/0/2 /dev/sda2 volume 1451MiB Extended partition
/0/100/1f.1/0/2/5 /dev/sda5 volume 1451MiB Linux swap / Solaris partition
/0/100/1f.1/1 /dev/cdrom disk DVD+-RW DVD8701
/0/100/1f.3 bus 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) SMBus Controller
/0/100/1f.5 multimedia 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) AC'97 Audio Controller
Linux matt-desktop 2.6.32-23-generic #37-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jun 11 07:54:58 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux
[ 0.000000] found SMP MP-table at [c00fe710] fe710
[ 0.025301] SMP alternatives: switching to UP code
[ 0.210351] ACPI: No dock devices found.
[ 0.332030] Switching to clocksource tsc
[ 0.358585] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 11 devices
[ 0.396427] pci 0000:01:08.0: Firmware left e100 interrupts enabled; disabling
[ 0.556446] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.556961] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.557269] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.557572] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.568298] device-mapper: multipath: version 1.1.0 loaded
[ 0.568304] device-mapper: multipath round-robin: version 1.0.0 loaded
[ 0.574626] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 1.092422] isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
[ 1.433348] e100: eth0: e100_probe: addr 0xfeaff000, irq 20, MAC addr 00:13:20:49:79:fa
[ 17.830706] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[ 17.910648] intel_rng: Firmware space is locked read-only. If you can't or
[ 17.910651] intel_rng: don't want to disable this in firmware setup, and if
[ 18.380866] dell-wmi: No known WMI GUID found
[ 18.779711] saa7130[0]: found at 0000:01:02.0, rev: 1, irq: 17, latency: 64, mmio: 0xfeafdc00
[ 19.007892] usb 1-7: firmware: requesting isl3887usb
[ 19.116726] saa7134 ALSA driver for DMA sound loaded
[ 19.158509] usb 1-7: (p54usb) cannot load firmware isl3887usb (-2)!
[ 19.158561] usb 1-7: firmware: requesting isl3887usb_bare
[ 19.397164] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 19.400163] e100: eth0 NIC Link is Up 100 Mbps Full Duplex
[ 19.400465] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
[ 19.571518] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 160x64
[ 30.084014] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
[ 147.816309] e100: eth0 NIC Link is Down
[ 259.816140] e100: eth0 NIC Link is Up 100 Mbps Full Duplex
[ 279.305162] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 279.308166] e100: eth0 NIC Link is Up 100 Mbps Full Duplex
[ 279.308531] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
[ 289.752011] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
[ 1196.473157] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 1196.476160] e100: eth0 NIC Link is Up 100 Mbps Full Duplex
[ 1196.476564] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
[ 1206.816015] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
[ 2664.977865] usb 1-7: firmware: requesting isl3887usb
[ 2664.980782] usb 1-7: (p54usb) cannot load firmware isl3887usb (-2)!
[ 2664.980792] usb 1-7: firmware: requesting isl3887usb_bare
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf:# replaced by b43 and ssb.
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-watchdog.conf:blacklist twl4030_wdt
24: PCI 108.0: 0200 Ethernet controller
  [Created at pci.318]
  UDI: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_8086_1050
  Unique ID: rBUF.Cdgckm4g_x7
  Parent ID: 6NW+.c7JTK_YUBi2
  SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.0/0000:01:08.0
  SysFS BusID: 0000:01:08.0
  Hardware Class: network
  Model: "Dell Dimension 3000"
  Vendor: pci 0x8086 "Intel Corporation"
  Device: pci 0x1050 "82562EZ 10/100 Ethernet Controller"
  SubVendor: pci 0x1028 "Dell"
  SubDevice: pci 0x019d "Dimension 3000"
  Revision: 0x02
  Driver: "e100"
  Driver Modules: "e100"
  Device File: eth0
  Memory Range: 0xfeaff000-0xfeafffff (rw,non-prefetchable)
  I/O Ports: 0xddc0-0xddff (rw)
  IRQ: 20 (17368 events)
  HW Address: 00:13:20:49:79:fa
  Link detected: yes
  Module Alias: "pci:v00008086d00001050sv00001028sd0000019Dbc02sc00i00"
  Driver Info #0:
    Driver Status: e100 is active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe e100"
  Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
  Attached to: #17 (PCI bridge)
 * Reconfiguring network interfaces... Ignoring unknown interface eth0=eth0.