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gnome-nettool package

wifi not enabled or working

Asked by Maclyn Clewell

mac@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 '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 mac:
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  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: MCP67 Ethernet
       vendor: nVidia Corporation
       physical id: a
       bus info: pci@0000:00:0a.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: a2
       serial: 00:1b:24:e0:d5:3a
       size: 100MB/s
       capacity: 100MB/s
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 66MHz
       capabilities: pm msi ht bus_master cap_list ethernet physical mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=forcedeth driverversion=0.64 duplex=full ip=192.168.1.6 latency=0 link=yes maxlatency=20 mingnt=1 multicast=yes port=MII speed=100MB/s
       resources: irq:27 memory:f6488000-f6488fff ioport:30f8(size=8) memory:f6489c00-f6489cff memory:f6489800-f648980f
  *-network
       description: Network controller
       product: BCM4312 802.11a/b/g
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
       version: 02
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
       configuration: driver=b43-pci-bridge latency=0
       resources: irq:19 memory:f6000000-f6003fff
  *-network DISABLED
       description: Wireless interface
       physical id: 1
       logical name: wlan0
       serial: 00:1a:73:b9:05:32
       capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: no
1: hci0: Bluetooth
 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

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 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation MCP67 Memory Controller [10de:0547] (rev a2)
00:01.0 ISA bridge [0601]: nVidia Corporation MCP67 ISA Bridge [10de:0548] (rev a2)
00:01.1 SMBus [0c05]: nVidia Corporation MCP67 SMBus [10de:0542] (rev a2)
00:01.2 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation MCP67 Memory Controller [10de:0541] (rev a2)
00:01.3 Co-processor [0b40]: nVidia Corporation MCP67 Co-processor [10de:0543] (rev a2)
00:02.0 USB Controller [0c03]: nVidia Corporation MCP67 OHCI USB 1.1 Controller [10de:055e] (rev a2)
00:02.1 USB Controller [0c03]: nVidia Corporation MCP67 EHCI USB 2.0 Controller [10de:055f] (rev a2)
00:04.0 USB Controller [0c03]: nVidia Corporation MCP67 OHCI USB 1.1 Controller [10de:055e] (rev a2)
00:04.1 USB Controller [0c03]: nVidia Corporation MCP67 EHCI USB 2.0 Controller [10de:055f] (rev a2)
00:06.0 IDE interface [0101]: nVidia Corporation MCP67 IDE Controller [10de:0560] (rev a1)
00:07.0 Audio device [0403]: nVidia Corporation MCP67 High Definition Audio [10de:055c] (rev a1)
00:08.0 PCI bridge [0604]: nVidia Corporation MCP67 PCI Bridge [10de:0561] (rev a2)
00:09.0 IDE interface [0101]: nVidia Corporation MCP67 AHCI Controller [10de:0550] (rev a2)
00:0a.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: nVidia Corporation MCP67 Ethernet [10de:054c] (rev a2)
00:0c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: nVidia Corporation MCP67 PCI Express Bridge [10de:0563] (rev a2)
00:0d.0 PCI bridge [0604]: nVidia Corporation MCP67 PCI Express Bridge [10de:0563] (rev a2)
00:12.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation C67 [GeForce 7150M / nForce 630M] [10de:0531] (rev a2)
00:18.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration [1022:1100]
00:18.1 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map [1022:1101]
00:18.2 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller [1022:1102]
00:18.3 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control [1022:1103]
02:05.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller [1180:0832] (rev 05)
02:05.1 SD Host controller [0805]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter [1180:0822] (rev 22)
02:05.2 System peripheral [0880]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C843 MMC Host Controller [1180:0843] (rev 12)
02:05.3 System peripheral [0880]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter [1180:0592] (rev 12)
02:05.4 System peripheral [0880]: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller [1180:0852] (rev ff)
03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11a/b/g [14e4:4312] (rev 02)
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 03f0:171d Hewlett-Packard Wireless (Bluetooth + WLAN) Interface [Integrated Module]
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 064e:a110 Suyin Corp. HP Webcam
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
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                          system HP Pavilion dv9500 Notebook PC
/0 bus 30D1
/0/0 memory 111KiB BIOS
/0/3 processor AMD Turion(tm) 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-58
/0/3/5 memory 64KiB L1 cache
/0/3/6 memory 1MiB L2 cache
/0/b memory 4GiB System Memory
/0/b/0 memory 2GiB DIMM DDR2 Synchronous 667 MHz (1.5 ns)
/0/b/1 memory 2GiB DIMM DDR2 667 MHz (1.5 ns)
/0/4 memory RAM memory
/0/1 bridge MCP67 ISA Bridge
/0/1.1 bus MCP67 SMBus
/0/1.2 memory RAM memory
/0/1.3 processor MCP67 Co-processor
/0/2 bus MCP67 OHCI USB 1.1 Controller
/0/2.1 bus MCP67 EHCI USB 2.0 Controller
/0/5 bus MCP67 OHCI USB 1.1 Controller
/0/4.1 bus MCP67 EHCI USB 2.0 Controller
/0/6 scsi4 storage MCP67 IDE Controller
/0/6/0.0.0 /dev/cdrom disk DVD RW AD-7561A
/0/6/0.0.0/0 /dev/cdrom disk
/0/7 multimedia MCP67 High Definition Audio
/0/8 bridge MCP67 PCI Bridge
/0/8/5 bus R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller
/0/8/5.1 generic R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter
/0/8/5.2 generic R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter
/0/8/5.3 generic xD-Picture Card Controller
/0/8/5.4 generic Illegal Vendor ID
/0/9 scsi0 storage MCP67 AHCI Controller
/0/9/0.0.0 /dev/sda disk 640GB WDC WD6400BEVT-0
/0/9/0.0.0/1 /dev/sda1 volume 587GiB Windows NTFS volume
/0/9/0.0.0/2 /dev/sda2 volume 7536MiB Windows NTFS volume
/0/9/0.0.0/3 /dev/sda3 volume 1077MiB Windows NTFS volume
/0/a eth0 network MCP67 Ethernet
/0/c bridge MCP67 PCI Express Bridge
/0/d bridge MCP67 PCI Express Bridge
/0/d/0 network BCM4312 802.11a/b/g
/0/12 display C67 [GeForce 7150M / nForce 630M]
/0/100 bridge K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
/0/101 bridge K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
/0/102 bridge K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
/0/103 bridge K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
/1 wlan0 network Wireless interface
Linux ubuntu 2.6.32-21-generic #32-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 16 08:09:38 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux
[ 0.000000] found SMP MP-table at [ffff8800000f8220] f8220
[ 0.000000] No AGP bridge found
[ 0.020000] Switch to broadcast mode on CPU1
[ 0.310451] Switch to broadcast mode on CPU0
[ 0.334268] ACPI: No dock devices found.
[ 0.400004] Switching to clocksource hpet
[ 0.405650] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 12 devices
[ 0.418217] pci 0000:00:00.0: Found enabled HT MSI Mapping
[ 0.418274] pci 0000:00:00.0: Found enabled HT MSI Mapping
[ 0.418337] pci 0000:00:00.0: Found enabled HT MSI Mapping
[ 0.418407] pci 0000:00:00.0: Found enabled HT MSI Mapping
[ 0.418481] pci 0000:00:00.0: Found enabled HT MSI Mapping
[ 0.418561] pci 0000:00:00.0: Found enabled HT MSI Mapping
[ 0.434069] input: Lid Switch as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0C0D:00/input/input1
[ 0.434352] ACPI: Lid Switch [LID]
[ 0.480469] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.500215] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.572241] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.632137] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.655387] device-mapper: multipath: version 1.1.0 loaded
[ 0.655390] device-mapper: multipath round-robin: version 1.0.0 loaded
[ 0.657035] powernow-k8: Found 1 AMD Turion(tm) 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-58 processors (2 cpu cores) (version 2.20.00)
[ 0.657767] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 1.136776] forcedeth: Reverse Engineered nForce ethernet driver. Version 0.64.
[ 1.137195] forcedeth 0000:00:0a.0: PCI INT A -> Link[LMAC] -> GSI 20 (level, low) -> IRQ 20
[ 1.137200] forcedeth 0000:00:0a.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 1.143907] b43-pci-bridge 0000:03:00.0: PCI INT A -> Link[LK4E] -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 19
[ 1.143916] b43-pci-bridge 0000:03:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 1.260092] ssb: Sonics Silicon Backplane found on PCI device 0000:03:00.0
[ 1.661103] forcedeth 0000:00:0a.0: ifname eth0, PHY OUI 0x732 @ 1, addr 00:1b:24:e0:d5:3a
[ 1.661107] forcedeth 0000:00:0a.0: highdma pwrctl mgmt lnktim msi desc-v3
[ 12.305550] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[ 12.776551] ricoh-mmc: Ricoh MMC controller found at 0000:02:05.2 [1180:0843] (rev 12)
[ 12.786422] uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device HP Webcam (064e:a110)
[ 12.807460] sdhci-pci 0000:02:05.1: SDHCI controller found [1180:0822] (rev 22)
[ 12.867183] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:12.0: ... BIOS signature not found
[ 12.909750] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:12.0: BIT BIOS found
[ 12.909760] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:12.0: BIT table 'd' not found
[ 12.909763] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:12.0: Found Display Configuration Block version 3.0
[ 12.934551] b43-phy0: Broadcom 4311 WLAN found (core revision 13)
[ 13.142947] Registered led device: b43-phy0::tx
[ 13.142968] Registered led device: b43-phy0::rx
[ 13.142994] Registered led device: b43-phy0::radio
[ 13.143076] Broadcom 43xx driver loaded [ Features: PL, Firmware-ID: FW13 ]
[ 13.497500] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 180x56
[ 921.969492] forcedeth 0000:00:0a.0: irq 27 for MSI/MSI-X
[ 921.969728] eth0: no link during initialization.
[ 921.971842] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 922.070069] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43/ucode13.fw
[ 922.098490] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43-open/ucode13.fw
[ 922.105625] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode13.fw" not found
[ 922.105640] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43-open/ucode13.fw" not found
[ 922.105648] 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.
[ 922.152655] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43/ucode13.fw
[ 922.166528] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43-open/ucode13.fw
[ 922.187257] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode13.fw" not found
[ 922.187270] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43-open/ucode13.fw" not found
[ 922.187277] 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.
[ 9056.231910] eth0: link up.
[ 9056.233809] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
[ 9066.240031] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
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

pan0 no wireless extensions.

/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf:# replaced by b43 and ssb.
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-watchdog.conf:blacklist twl4030_wdt
21: PCI 0a.0: 0200 Ethernet controller
  [Created at pci.318]
  UDI: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_10de_54c
  Unique ID: rBUF.Qh8YuQ9wg77
  SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:0a.0
  SysFS BusID: 0000:00:0a.0
  Hardware Class: network
  Model: "nVidia MCP67 Ethernet"
  Vendor: pci 0x10de "nVidia Corporation"
  Device: pci 0x054c "MCP67 Ethernet"
  SubVendor: pci 0x103c "Hewlett-Packard Company"
  SubDevice: pci 0x30cf
  Revision: 0xa2
  Driver: "forcedeth"
  Driver Modules: "forcedeth"
  Device File: eth0
  Memory Range: 0xf6488000-0xf6488fff (rw,non-prefetchable)
  I/O Ports: 0x30f8-0x30ff (rw)
  Memory Range: 0xf6489c00-0xf6489cff (rw,non-prefetchable)
  Memory Range: 0xf6489800-0xf648980f (rw,non-prefetchable)
  IRQ: 27 (16170 events)
  HW Address: 00:1b:24:e0:d5:3a
  Link detected: yes
  Module Alias: "pci:v000010DEd0000054Csv0000103Csd000030CFbc02sc00i00"
  Driver Info #0:
    Driver Status: forcedeth is active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe forcedeth"
  Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown

34: PCI 300.0: 0282 WLAN controller
  [Created at pci.318]
  UDI: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_14e4_4312
  Unique ID: y9sn.sutOIVpu5J9
  Parent ID: qnJ_.iXEd68VX6l3
  SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:0d.0/0000:03:00.0
  SysFS BusID: 0000:03:00.0
  Hardware Class: network
  Model: "Hewlett-Packard Company Broadcom 802.11a/b/g WLAN"
  Vendor: pci 0x14e4 "Broadcom"
  Device: pci 0x4312 "BCM4312 802.11a/b/g"
  SubVendor: pci 0x103c "Hewlett-Packard Company"
  SubDevice: pci 0x1370 "Broadcom 802.11a/b/g WLAN"
  Revision: 0x02
  Driver: "b43-pci-bridge"
  Driver Modules: "ssb"
  Device File: wlan0
  Features: WLAN
  Memory Range: 0xf6000000-0xf6003fff (rw,non-prefetchable)
  IRQ: 19 (no events)
  HW Address: 00:1a:73:b9:05:32
  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:v000014E4d00004312sv0000103Csd00001370bc02sc80i00"
  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: #23 (PCI bridge)
 * Reconfiguring network interfaces... Ignoring unknown interface eth0=eth0.
                                                                                                                                      [ OK ]
mac@ubuntu:~$ sudo lshw -c network
  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: MCP67 Ethernet
       vendor: nVidia Corporation
       physical id: a
       bus info: pci@0000:00:0a.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: a2
       serial: 00:1b:24:e0:d5:3a
       size: 100MB/s
       capacity: 100MB/s
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 66MHz
       capabilities: pm msi ht bus_master cap_list ethernet physical mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=forcedeth driverversion=0.64 duplex=full ip=192.168.1.6 latency=0 link=yes maxlatency=20 mingnt=1 multicast=yes port=MII speed=100MB/s
       resources: irq:27 memory:f6488000-f6488fff ioport:30f8(size=8) memory:f6489c00-f6489cff memory:f6489800-f648980f
  *-network
       description: Network controller
       product: BCM4312 802.11a/b/g
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
       version: 02
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
       configuration: driver=b43-pci-bridge latency=0
       resources: irq:19 memory:f6000000-f6003fff
  *-network DISABLED
       description: Wireless interface
       physical id: 1
       logical name: wlan0
       serial: 00:1a:73:b9:05:32
       capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg
mac@ubuntu:~$

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Allan Shand (ashand79) said : 		#1

after a quick look I found a bug which I have linked to your question it is for an older version of ubuntu but the symptoms are the same the temporary solution given in the bug was to completely remove the fwcutter package using synaptic package manager (system > admin > synaptic package manager) reboot and reinstall the package with synaptic instead of with the restricted drivers installer (jockey) the original bug was that the restricted drivers installer was installing the wrong version of fwcutter. It may be there has been a repeat of this bug in the update to 10.04 if this is the case then you should open a new bug linking to the old bug advising of a relapse of this problem.

Please reply with the results of the fix or any questions about how to do this.

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#2

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

The error "b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode13.fw" not found" means that b43-fwcutter is not installed yet on your pc. And that means that the Broadcom firmware for your wireless card is not loaded or installed yet.

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

Step 2: Please copy-paste the following 2 commands into the Linux Terminal. Press <enter> after each command.

sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude install b43-fwcutter

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.

After installing b43-fwcutter, please reboot and then retest wireless.

I have seen this Broadcom error message so many times before. The reason why the Broadcom wireless driver does not work out-of-the-box in Ubuntu , is because the firmware for your wireless card is proprietary.

The firmware files for your wireless card are not allowed to be included as part of the default Ubuntu install, because it is non-free software.

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Maclyn Clewell (bigmacy53) said : 		#3

updated driver and it worked