Wireless Firmware Missing Dell D600

Asked by Domonique Johnson

I have a Dell D600 Latitude that I just installed Ubuntu 10.10 on, the install was perfect however I have tried without success to get the wireless card to work, says firmware missing, tried sudo aptitude update it says command not found, tried sudo aptitude install b43-fwcutter also get command not found, tried to update B43Legacy Wireless Driver I got SystemError: installArchives () failed, here is some info that might be helpful please help me get the card working.

description: Ethernet interface
       product: NetXtreme BCM5705M Gigabit Ethernet
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 01
       serial: 00:0f:1f:a0:54:78
       size: 100MB/s
       capacity: 1GB/s
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 66MHz
       capabilities: pm vpd msi bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=tg3 driverversion=3.110 duplex=full firmware=5705-v3.16 ip=192.168.2.11 latency=32 link=yes mingnt=64 multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100MB/s
       resources: irq:11 memory:faff0000-faffffff
  *-network:1
       description: Network controller
       product: BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 3
       bus info: pci@0000:02:03.0
       version: 02
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
       configuration: driver=b43-pci-bridge latency=32
       resources: irq:5 memory:fafee000-fafeffff
  *-network DISABLED
       description: Wireless interface
       physical id: 2
       logical name: wlan0
       serial: 00:90:4b:7a:93:2e
       capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=b43legacy driverversion=2.6.35-22-generic firmware=N/A link=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg
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=10.10
DISTRIB_CODENAME=maverick
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 10.10"
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 82855PM Processor to I/O Controller [8086:3340] (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82855PM Processor to AGP Controller [8086:3341] (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 01)
00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:24c4] (rev 01)
00:1d.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:24c7] (rev 01)
00:1d.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB2 EHCI Controller [8086:24cd] (rev 01)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev 81)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801DBM (ICH4-M) LPC Interface Bridge [8086:24cc] (rev 01)
00:1f.1 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801DBM (ICH4-M) IDE Controller [8086:24ca] (rev 01)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller [8086:24c5] (rev 01)
00:1f.6 Modem [0703]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Modem Controller [8086:24c6] (rev 01)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon RV250 [Mobility FireGL 9000] [1002:4c66] (rev 02)
02:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5705M Gigabit Ethernet [14e4:165d] (rev 01)
02:01.0 CardBus bridge [0607]: O2 Micro, Inc. OZ711EC1 SmartCardBus Controller [1217:7113] (rev 20)
02:01.1 CardBus bridge [0607]: O2 Micro, Inc. OZ711EC1 SmartCardBus Controller [1217:7113] (rev 20)
02:03.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:4320] (rev 02)
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 Latitude D600
/0 bus 0G5152
/0/0 memory 64KiB BIOS
/0/400 processor Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 14
/0/400/700 memory 8KiB L1 cache
/0/400/701 memory 1MiB L2 cache
/0/1000 memory 512MiB System Memory
/0/1000/0 memory 256MiB DIMM DDR Synchronous 266 MH
/0/1000/1 memory 256MiB DIMM DDR Synchronous 266 MH
/0/100 bridge 82855PM Processor to I/O Controlle
/0/100/1 bridge 82855PM Processor to AGP Controlle
/0/100/1/0 display Radeon RV250 [Mobility FireGL 9000
/0/100/1d bus 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-
/0/100/1d.1 bus 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-
/0/100/1d.2 bus 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-
/0/100/1d.7 bus 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB2 EHC
/0/100/1e bridge 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge
/0/100/1e/0 eth0 network NetXtreme BCM5705M Gigabit Etherne
/0/100/1e/1 bridge OZ711EC1 SmartCardBus Controller
/0/100/1e/1.1 bridge OZ711EC1 SmartCardBus Controller
/0/100/1e/3 network BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Con
/0/100/1f bridge 82801DBM (ICH4-M) LPC Interface Br
/0/100/1f.1 scsi0 storage 82801DBM (ICH4-M) IDE Controller
/0/100/1f.1/0 /dev/sda disk 40GB HTS548040M9AT00
/0/100/1f.1/0/1 /dev/sda1 volume 35GiB EXT4 volume
/0/100/1f.1/0/2 /dev/sda2 volume 1496MiB Extended partition
/0/100/1f.1/0/2/5 /dev/sda5 volume 1496MiB Linux swap / Solaris parti
/0/100/1f.1/1 /dev/cdrom disk CDRW/DVD CRX830E
/0/100/1f.1/1/0 /dev/cdrom disk
/0/100/1f.5 multimedia 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-
/0/100/1f.6 communication 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-
/1 power DELL Y133844
/2 wlan0 network Wireless interface
Linux domonique-Latitude-D600 2.6.35-22-generic #35-Ubuntu SMP Sat Oct 16 20:36:48 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux
[ 0.104602] ACPI: ACPI Dock Station Driver: 1 docks/bays found
[ 0.144533] HEST: Table is not found!
[ 0.197156] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 13 devices
[ 0.321791] ERST: Table is not found!
[ 0.464449] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.465041] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.465398] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.466097] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.528375] device-mapper: multipath round-robin: version 1.0.0 loaded
[ 0.668772] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 1.095501] isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
[ 1.658609] ssb: Core 0 found: ChipCommon (cc 0x800, rev 0x02, vendor 0x4243)
[ 1.658616] ssb: Core 1 found: IEEE 802.11 (cc 0x812, rev 0x04, vendor 0x4243)
[ 1.658623] ssb: Core 2 found: PCMCIA (cc 0x80D, rev 0x01, vendor 0x4243)
[ 1.658631] ssb: Core 3 found: V90 (cc 0x807, rev 0x01, vendor 0x4243)
[ 1.658638] ssb: Core 4 found: PCI (cc 0x804, rev 0x07, vendor 0x4243)
[ 1.658645] ssb: Core 5 found: IEEE 802.11 (cc 0x812, rev 0x04, vendor 0x4243)
[ 1.662063] ssb: Sonics Silicon Backplane found on PCI device 0000:02:03.0
[ 17.585775] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[ 18.263840] yenta_cardbus 0000:02:01.0: CardBus bridge found [1028:011d]
[ 18.473863] yenta_cardbus 0000:02:01.1: CardBus bridge found [1028:011d]
[ 18.901540] b43legacy-phy0: Broadcom 4306 WLAN found
[ 18.937710] b43legacy-phy0 debug: Found PHY: Analog 1, Type 2, Revision 1
[ 18.937736] b43legacy-phy0 debug: Found Radio: Manuf 0x17F, Version 0x2050, Revision 2
[ 20.786512] b43legacy-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43legacy/ucode4.fw" not found or load failed.
[ 1.658577] b43-pci-bridge 0000:02:03.0: PCI INT A -> Link[LNKB] -> GSI 5 (level, low) -> IRQ 5
[ 18.901540] b43legacy-phy0: Broadcom 4306 WLAN found
[ 18.937710] b43legacy-phy0 debug: Found PHY: Analog 1, Type 2, Revision 1
[ 18.937736] b43legacy-phy0 debug: Found Radio: Manuf 0x17F, Version 0x2050, Revision 2
[ 18.960306] b43legacy-phy0 debug: Radio initialized
[ 20.786512] b43legacy-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43legacy/ucode4.fw" not found or load failed.
[ 20.786520] b43legacy-phy0 ERROR: You must go to http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware and download the correct firmware (version 3).
[ 0.000000] APIC: switched to apic NOOP
[ 0.005829] SMP alternatives: switching to UP code
[ 0.145613] Switching to clocksource tsc
[ 0.291898] input: Lid Switch as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0C0D:00/input/input0
[ 0.292271] ACPI: Lid Switch [LID]
[ 0.302670] Switching to clocksource acpi_pm
[ 19.915746] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 128x48
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

/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf:# replaced by b43 and ssb.
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-watchdog.conf:blacklist twl4030_wdt
/etc/modprobe.d/intel-5300-iwlagn-disable11n.conf:options iwlagn 11n_disable=1
 * Reconfiguring network interfaces... Ignoring unknown interface eth0=eth0.

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said :
#1

Hi,

The error "b43legacy-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43legacy/ucode4.fw" not found or load failed." should mean 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.

Please proceed with running the following Terminal commands:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get 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.

Keep in mind that aptitude is NOT installed by default in Ubuntu 10.10. That is why you need to use apt-get instead of aptitude.

Regards,

Mark

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Domonique Johnson (spykatrockstar) said :
#2

results from
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install b43-fw-cutter

domonique@domonique-Latitude-D600:~$ sudo apt-get update
[sudo] password for domonique:
Get:1 http://extras.ubuntu.com maverick Release.gpg [65B]
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/main Translation-en
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com maverick-security Release.gpg
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-security/main Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick Release.gpg
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/main Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/main Translation-en_US
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com maverick Release
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-security/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-security/multiverse Translation-en
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-security/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-security/restricted Translation-en
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-security/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-security/universe Translation-en
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-security/universe Translation-en_US
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com maverick-security Release
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/multiverse Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/restricted Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/universe Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/universe Translation-en_US
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates Release.gpg
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/multiverse Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/restricted Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/universe Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/universe Translation-en_US
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com maverick/main Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com maverick-security/main Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick Release
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates Release
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com maverick/main i386 Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com maverick-security/restricted Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com maverick-security/universe Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com maverick-security/multiverse Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com maverick-security/main i386 Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com maverick-security/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick/main Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com maverick-security/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com maverick-security/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick/restricted Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick/universe Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick/multiverse Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick/main i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates/main Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates/restricted Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates/universe Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates/multiverse Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates/main i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates/multiverse i386 Packages
Fetched 65B in 1s (44B/s)
Reading package lists... Done
domonique@domonique-Latitude-D600:~$ sudo apt-get install b43-fwcutter
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
b43-fwcutter is already the newest version.
b43-fwcutter set to manually installed.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Setting up firmware-b43legacy-installer (4.178.10.4-4) ...
Not supported card here (PCI id 14e4:165
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)
domonique@domonique-Latitude-D600:~$

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said :
#3

Please run the following commands:

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

Then execute the following installation procedure:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1621331

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Manohar Aren (arenmanohar) said :
#4

Kindly run the following commands on terminal:

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

Then execute the following installation procedure:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1621331

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