wi-fi not working in ubuntu but working in windows 7

Asked by sushant mehta

I have a dell studio 1558 laptop. It has ubuntu 10.04 LTS and windows 7(64-bit) in dual boot mode. The problem is that wi-fi does not function at all in ubuntu whereas in windows, it is working. I followed the wireless troubleshooting procedure by typing the diagnostic command at the following link:-

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WirelessTroubleshootingProcedure

and the output was as follows:-

Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com lucid Release.gpg
Ign http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main Translation-en_IN
Ign http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/restricted Translation-en_IN
Ign http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/universe Translation-en_IN
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security Release.gpg
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security/main Translation-en_IN
Ign http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/multiverse Translation-en_IN
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates Release.gpg
Ign http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/main Translation-en_IN
Ign http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/restricted Translation-en_IN
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security/restricted Translation-en_IN
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security/universe Translation-en_IN
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security/multiverse Translation-en_IN
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security Release
Ign http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/universe Translation-en_IN
Ign http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/multiverse Translation-en_IN
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com lucid Release
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates Release
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/main Packages
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/main Packages
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/restricted Packages
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/main Sources
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://in.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/restricted Sources
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/universe Packages
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/universe Sources
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://in.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/multiverse Packages
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/multiverse Sources
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/main Packages
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/restricted Packages
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/main Sources
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/restricted Sources
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/universe Packages
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/universe Sources
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/multiverse Packages
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/multiverse Sources
Reading package lists... Done
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
grep is already the newest version.
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  linux-headers-2.6.32-21 user-setup linux-headers-2.6.32-21-generic localechooser-data
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following extra packages will be installed:
  libhd16
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  hwinfo libhd16
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 7 not upgraded.
Need to get 744kB of archives.
After this operation, 2,060kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Get:1 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/universe libhd16 16.0-2 [698kB]
Get:2 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/universe hwinfo 16.0-2 [46.1kB]
Fetched 744kB in 10s (70.9kB/s)
Selecting previously deselected package libhd16.
(Reading database ... 150621 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking libhd16 (from .../libhd16_16.0-2_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package hwinfo.
Unpacking hwinfo (from .../hwinfo_16.0-2_i386.deb) ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Setting up libhd16 (16.0-2) ...

Setting up hwinfo (16.0-2) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
  *-network UNCLAIMED
       description: Network controller
       product: Broadcom Corporation
       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: latency=0
       resources: memory:f0500000-f0503fff
  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller
       vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:09:00.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 03
       serial: f0:4d:a2:44:21:d7
       size: 100MB/s
       capacity: 1GB/s
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix vpd bus_master cap_list rom ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=2.3LK-NAPI duplex=full ip=192.168.1.2 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=MII speed=100MB/s
       resources: irq:34 ioport:5000(size=256) memory:f0404000-f0404fff(prefetchable) memory:f0400000-f0403fff(prefetchable) memory:f0420000-f043ffff(prefetchable)
0: dell-wifi: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: yes
 Hard blocked: no
1: dell-bluetooth: Bluetooth
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: no
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 10.04.1 LTS"
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor DRAM Controller [8086:0044] (rev 18)
00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Core Processor PCI Express x16 Root Port [8086:0045] (rev 18)
00:16.0 Communication controller [0780]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset HECI Controller [8086:3b64] (rev 06)
00:1a.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller [8086:3b3c] (rev 06)
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset High Definition Audio [8086:3b56] (rev 06)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 1 [8086:3b42] (rev 06)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 2 [8086:3b44] (rev 06)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 4 [8086:3b48] (rev 06)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 5 [8086:3b4a] (rev 06)
00:1c.5 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 6 [8086:3b4c] (rev 06)
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller [8086:3b34] (rev 06)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev a6)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation Mobile 5 Series Chipset LPC Interface Controller [8086:3b09] (rev 06)
00:1f.2 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset 4 port SATA AHCI Controller [8086:3b29] (rev 06)
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset SMBus Controller [8086:3b30] (rev 06)
00:1f.6 Signal processing controller [1180]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset Thermal Subsystem [8086:3b32] (rev 06)
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc Manhattan [Mobility Radeon HD 5000 Series] [1002:68e0]
02:00.1 Audio device [0403]: ATI Technologies Inc Manhattan HDMI Audio [Mobility Radeon HD 5000 Series] [1002:aa68]
04:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation Device [14e4:4353] (rev 01)
07:00.0 SD Host controller [0805]: Ricoh Co Ltd Device [1180:e822] (rev 01)
07:00.1 System peripheral [0880]: Ricoh Co Ltd Device [1180:e230] (rev 01)
07:00.2 System peripheral [0880]: Ricoh Co Ltd Device [1180:e852] (rev 01)
07:00.3 FireWire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]: Ricoh Co Ltd Device [1180:e832] (rev 01)
09:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller [10ec:8168] (rev 03)
ff:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture Generic Non-core Registers [8086:2c62] (rev 05)
ff:00.1 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture System Address Decoder [8086:2d01] (rev 05)
ff:02.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Link 0 [8086:2d10] (rev 05)
ff:02.1 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Physical 0 [8086:2d11] (rev 05)
ff:02.2 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor Reserved [8086:2d12] (rev 05)
ff:02.3 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor Reserved [8086:2d13] (rev 05)
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0020
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 018: ID 413c:8162 Dell Computer Corp.
Bus 001 Device 017: ID 413c:8161 Dell Computer Corp.
Bus 001 Device 016: ID 0a5c:4500 Broadcom Corp. BCM2046B1 USB 2.0 Hub (part of BCM2046 Bluetooth)
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0c45:6417 Microdia
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0020
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
H/W path Device Class Description
=========================================================
                               system Studio 1558
/0 bus 0874P6
/0/1 memory 122KiB BIOS
/0/5 processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU M 450 @ 2.40GHz
/0/5/6 memory 128KiB L1 cache
/0/5/7 memory 512KiB L2 cache
/0/5/8 memory 3MiB L3 cache
/0/5/4.1 processor Logical CPU
/0/5/4.2 processor Logical CPU
/0/5/4.3 processor Logical CPU
/0/5/4.4 processor Logical CPU
/0/5/4.5 processor Logical CPU
/0/5/4.6 processor Logical CPU
/0/5/4.7 processor Logical CPU
/0/5/4.8 processor Logical CPU
/0/5/4.9 processor Logical CPU
/0/5/4.a processor Logical CPU
/0/5/4.b processor Logical CPU
/0/5/4.c processor Logical CPU
/0/5/4.d processor Logical CPU
/0/5/4.e processor Logical CPU
/0/5/4.f processor Logical CPU
/0/5/4.10 processor Logical CPU
/0/16 memory 4GiB System Memory
/0/16/0 memory 2GiB SODIMM Synchronous 1333 MHz (0.8 ns)
/0/16/1 memory 2GiB SODIMM Synchronous 1333 MHz (0.8 ns)
/0/0 processor
/0/0/4.1 processor Logical CPU
/0/0/4.2 processor Logical CPU
/0/0/4.3 processor Logical CPU
/0/0/4.4 processor Logical CPU
/0/0/4.5 processor Logical CPU
/0/0/4.6 processor Logical CPU
/0/0/4.7 processor Logical CPU
/0/0/4.8 processor Logical CPU
/0/0/4.9 processor Logical CPU
/0/0/4.a processor Logical CPU
/0/0/4.b processor Logical CPU
/0/0/4.c processor Logical CPU
/0/0/4.d processor Logical CPU
/0/0/4.e processor Logical CPU
/0/0/4.f processor Logical CPU
/0/0/4.10 processor Logical CPU
/0/100 bridge Core Processor DRAM Controller
/0/100/1 bridge Core Processor PCI Express x16 Root Port
/0/100/1/0 display Manhattan [Mobility Radeon HD 5000 Series]
/0/100/1/0.1 multimedia Manhattan HDMI Audio [Mobility Radeon HD 5000 Series]
/0/100/16 communication 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset HECI Controller
/0/100/1a bus 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller
/0/100/1b multimedia 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset High Definition Audio
/0/100/1c bridge 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 1
/0/100/1c.1 bridge 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 2
/0/100/1c.1/0 network Broadcom Corporation
/0/100/1c.3 bridge 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 4
/0/100/1c.4 bridge 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 5
/0/100/1c.4/0 generic Ricoh Co Ltd
/0/100/1c.4/0.1 generic Ricoh Co Ltd
/0/100/1c.4/0.2 generic Ricoh Co Ltd
/0/100/1c.4/0.3 bus Ricoh Co Ltd
/0/100/1c.5 bridge 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 6
/0/100/1c.5/0 eth0 network RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller
/0/100/1d bus 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller
/0/100/1e bridge 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge
/0/100/1f bridge Mobile 5 Series Chipset LPC Interface Controller
/0/100/1f.2 scsi0 storage 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset 4 port SATA AHCI Controller
/0/100/1f.2/0 /dev/sda disk 320GB ST9320423AS
/0/100/1f.2/0/1 /dev/sda1 volume 100MiB Windows NTFS volume
/0/100/1f.2/0/2 /dev/sda2 volume 50GiB Windows NTFS volume
/0/100/1f.2/0/3 /dev/sda3 volume 232GiB Windows NTFS volume
/0/100/1f.2/0/4 /dev/sda4 volume 15GiB Extended partition
/0/100/1f.2/0/4/5 /dev/sda5 volume 15GiB Linux filesystem partition
/0/100/1f.2/1 /dev/cdrom disk DVD+-RW TS-T633C
/0/100/1f.2/1/0 /dev/cdrom disk
/0/100/1f.3 bus 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset SMBus Controller
/0/100/1f.6 generic 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset Thermal Subsystem
/0/101 bridge Core Processor QuickPath Architecture Generic Non-core Registers
/0/102 bridge Core Processor QuickPath Architecture System Address Decoder
/0/103 bridge Core Processor QPI Link 0
/0/104 bridge Core Processor QPI Physical 0
/0/105 bridge Core Processor Reserved
/0/106 bridge Core Processor Reserved
/1 power SANYO
/2 system
/3 power To Be Defined By O.E.M
Linux sushant-laptop 2.6.32-25-generic #45-Ubuntu SMP Sat Oct 16 19:48:22 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux
[ 0.000000] found SMP MP-table at [c00f7050] f7050
[ 0.534013] ACPI: No dock devices found.
[ 0.545947] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
[ 0.545955] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
[ 0.545975] usbcore: registered new device driver usb
[ 0.546342] hpet0: 8 comparators, 64-bit 14.318180 MHz counter
[ 0.555622] Switching to clocksource tsc
[ 0.560284] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 12 devices
[ 0.607871] input: Lid Switch as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0C0D:00/input/input2
[ 0.608552] ACPI: Lid Switch [LID0]
[ 0.647343] usb usb1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 0.647368] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.667320] usb usb2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 0.667345] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.675693] device-mapper: multipath: version 1.1.0 loaded
[ 0.675696] device-mapper: multipath round-robin: version 1.0.0 loaded
[ 0.679690] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 0.995248] isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
[ 1.018637] usb 1-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 2
[ 1.060912] eth0: RTL8168d/8111d at 0xf80ec000, f0:4d:a2:44:21:d7, XID 081000c0 IRQ 34
[ 1.162834] usb 1-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 1.162927] hub 1-1:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.262698] usb 2-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 2
[ 1.395050] usb 2-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 1.395205] hub 2-1:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.468102] usb 1-1.1: new full speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 3
[ 1.560541] usb 1-1.1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 1.560736] hub 1-1.1:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.634810] usb 1-1.4: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 4
[ 1.827555] usb 1-1.4: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 1.901842] usb 1-1.1.1: new full speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 5
[ 1.997908] usb 1-1.1.1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 2.069517] usb 1-1.1.2: new full speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 6
[ 2.164904] usb 1-1.1.2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 2.169617] usbcore: registered new interface driver hiddev
[ 2.171091] input: HID 413c:8161 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.1/1-1.1.1/1-1.1.1:1.0/input/input7
[ 2.171147] generic-usb 0003:413C:8161.0001: input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.11 Keyboard [HID 413c:8161] on usb-0000:00:1a.0-1.1.1/input0
[ 2.173791] input: HID 413c:8162 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.1/1-1.1.2/1-1.1.2:1.0/input/input8
[ 2.173847] generic-usb 0003:413C:8162.0002: input,hidraw1: USB HID v1.11 Mouse [HID 413c:8162] on usb-0000:00:1a.0-1.1.2/input0
[ 2.173859] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbhid
[ 2.173861] usbhid: v2.6:USB HID core driver
[ 2.647714] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 80x30
[ 12.308739] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[ 12.407208] uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device Laptop_Integrated_Webcam_2M (0c45:6417)
[ 12.420643] input: Laptop_Integrated_Webcam_2M as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.4/1-1.4:1.0/input/input9
[ 12.420700] usbcore: registered new interface driver uvcvideo
[ 12.454196] sdhci-pci 0000:07:00.0: SDHCI controller found [1180:e822] (rev 1)
[ 12.636626] input: HDA Intel Mic at Ext Left Jack as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input12
[ 12.636717] input: HDA Intel HP Out at Ext Left Jack as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input13
[ 12.636778] input: HDA Intel HP Out at Ext Left Jack as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input14
[ 12.789999] r8169: eth0: link up
[ 12.790005] r8169: eth0: link up
[ 15.952464] hda-intel: IRQ timing workaround is activated for card #1. Suggest a bigger bdl_pos_adj.
[ 23.666733] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
[ 199.565300] r8169: eth0: link down
[ 227.579678] r8169: eth0: link up
[ 908.372933] r8169: eth0: link down
[ 922.187871] usb 1-1.1: USB disconnect, address 3
[ 922.187881] usb 1-1.1.1: USB disconnect, address 5
[ 922.245959] usb 1-1.1.2: USB disconnect, address 6
[ 924.940047] usb 1-1.1: new full speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 7
[ 925.033570] usb 1-1.1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 925.033783] hub 1-1.1:1.0: USB hub found
[ 925.303223] usb 1-1.1.1: new full speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 8
[ 925.398263] usb 1-1.1.1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 925.400034] input: HID 413c:8161 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.1/1-1.1.1/1-1.1.1:1.0/input/input16
[ 925.400173] generic-usb 0003:413C:8161.0003: input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.11 Keyboard [HID 413c:8161] on usb-0000:00:1a.0-1.1.1/input0
[ 925.471076] usb 1-1.1.2: new full speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 9
[ 925.566498] usb 1-1.1.2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 925.569385] input: HID 413c:8162 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.1/1-1.1.2/1-1.1.2:1.0/input/input17
[ 925.569514] generic-usb 0003:413C:8162.0004: input,hidraw1: USB HID v1.11 Mouse [HID 413c:8162] on usb-0000:00:1a.0-1.1.2/input0
[ 927.554800] usb 1-1.1: USB disconnect, address 7
[ 927.554805] usb 1-1.1.1: USB disconnect, address 8
[ 927.604075] usb 1-1.1.2: USB disconnect, address 9
[ 929.028780] usb 1-1.1: new full speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 10
[ 929.122525] usb 1-1.1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 929.122728] hub 1-1.1:1.0: USB hub found
[ 929.343700] usb 1-1.1: USB disconnect, address 10
[ 930.054875] usb 1-1.1: new full speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 11
[ 930.149092] usb 1-1.1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 930.149392] hub 1-1.1:1.0: USB hub found
[ 930.621515] usb 1-1.1: USB disconnect, address 11
[ 947.942892] usb 1-1.1: new full speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 16
[ 948.036669] usb 1-1.1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 948.036867] hub 1-1.1:1.0: USB hub found
[ 948.306246] usb 1-1.1.1: new full speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 17
[ 948.401365] usb 1-1.1.1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 948.403091] input: HID 413c:8161 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.1/1-1.1.1/1-1.1.1:1.0/input/input18
[ 948.403207] generic-usb 0003:413C:8161.0005: input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.11 Keyboard [HID 413c:8161] on usb-0000:00:1a.0-1.1.1/input0
[ 948.478889] usb 1-1.1.2: new full speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 18
[ 948.573712] usb 1-1.1.2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 948.576756] input: HID 413c:8162 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.1/1-1.1.2/1-1.1.2:1.0/input/input19
[ 948.576943] generic-usb 0003:413C:8162.0006: input,hidraw1: USB HID v1.11 Mouse [HID 413c:8162] on usb-0000:00:1a.0-1.1.2/input0
[ 1182.506522] r8169: eth0: link up
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

blacklist bcm43xx
blacklist bcm43xx
# which ath5k cannot recover. To prevent this condition, stop
blacklist ath_pci
blacklist eth1394
# replaced by p54pci
blacklist prism54
# replaced by b43 and ssb.
blacklist bcm43xx
blacklist twl4030_wdt
26: PCI 400.0: 0280 Network controller
  [Created at pci.318]
  UDI: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_14e4_4353
  Unique ID: YmUS.p8+2KKjRM33
  Parent ID: qTvu.FaF8B+KlM_8
  SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.1/0000:04:00.0
  SysFS BusID: 0000:04:00.0
  Hardware Class: network
  Model: "Broadcom Network controller"
  Vendor: pci 0x14e4 "Broadcom"
  Device: pci 0x4353
  SubVendor: pci 0x1028 "Dell"
  SubDevice: pci 0x000e
  Revision: 0x01
  Memory Range: 0xf0500000-0xf0503fff (rw,non-prefetchable)
  IRQ: 7 (no events)
  Module Alias: "pci:v000014E4d00004353sv00001028sd0000000Ebc02sc80i00"
  Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
  Attached to: #14 (PCI bridge)

31: PCI 900.0: 0200 Ethernet controller
  [Created at pci.318]
  UDI: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_10ec_8168
  Unique ID: rBUF.5ivLVgtBmHC
  Parent ID: HnsE.Nuo71ZHOa2C
  SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.5/0000:09:00.0
  SysFS BusID: 0000:09:00.0
  Hardware Class: network
  Model: "Realtek RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller"
  Vendor: pci 0x10ec "Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd."
  Device: pci 0x8168 "RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller"
  SubVendor: pci 0x1028 "Dell"
  SubDevice: pci 0x0413
  Revision: 0x03
  Driver: "r8169"
  Driver Modules: "r8169"
  Device File: eth0
  I/O Ports: 0x5000-0x5fff (rw)
  Memory Range: 0xf0404000-0xf0404fff (rw,prefetchable)
  Memory Range: 0xf0400000-0xf0403fff (rw,prefetchable)
  Memory Range: 0xf0420000-0xf043ffff (ro,prefetchable,disabled)
  IRQ: 34 (28803 events)
  HW Address: f0:4d:a2:44:21:d7
  Link detected: yes
  Module Alias: "pci:v000010ECd00008168sv00001028sd00000413bc02sc00i00"
  Driver Info #0:
    Driver Status: r8169 is active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe r8169"
  Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
  Attached to: #17 (PCI bridge)

[main]
NetworkingEnabled=true
WirelessEnabled=false
WWANEnabled=true
Module Size Used by
isofs 29250 1
binfmt_misc 6587 1
ppdev 5259 0
kvm_intel 39416 0
dm_crypt 11331 0
kvm 244969 1 kvm_intel
joydev 8708 0
snd_hda_codec_atihdmi 2367 1
snd_hda_codec_idt 51978 1
snd_hda_intel 22037 2
snd_hda_codec 74201 3 snd_hda_codec_atihdmi,snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep 5412 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm_oss 35308 0
snd_mixer_oss 13746 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 70694 3 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_dummy 1338 0
snd_seq_oss 26722 0
snd_seq_midi 4557 0
snd_rawmidi 19056 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 6003 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 47263 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
dell_wmi 1793 0
snd_timer 19098 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 5700 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
sdhci_pci 5470 0
sdhci 15462 1 sdhci_pci
led_class 2864 1 sdhci
psmouse 63245 0
dell_laptop 6856 0
serio_raw 3978 0
dcdbas 5422 1 dell_laptop
snd 54180 16 snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
uvcvideo 57054 0
videodev 34361 1 uvcvideo
v4l1_compat 13251 2 uvcvideo,videodev
soundcore 6620 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 7076 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
lp 7060 0
parport 32635 2 ppdev,lp
dm_raid45 81647 0
xor 15028 1 dm_raid45
fbcon 35102 71
tileblit 2031 1 fbcon
usbhid 36110 0
hid 67032 1 usbhid
font 7557 1 fbcon
ohci1394 26950 0
bitblit 4707 1 fbcon
softcursor 1189 1 bitblit
video 17375 0
output 1871 1 video
intel_agp 24119 0
vga16fb 11385 1
vgastate 8961 1 vga16fb
ahci 32200 2
r8169 34076 0
mii 4381 1 r8169
ieee1394 81181 1 ohci1394
agpgart 31724 1 intel_agp

Also, I tried installing the wireless drivers from the CD that I got along with my laptop for windows using Ndiswrapper but it gives an error while installing and then says "invalid drivers". How do I get the wi-fi in my ubuntu to work?

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marcus aurelius (adbiz) said :
#1

give this a try.

http://bare516.posterous.com/wifidocsdriverbcm43xx-community-ubuntu-docume

if it still isn't working, you might have to refresh the ip address by unplugging your wireless router for a few minutes then go into terminal and typing

sudo dhclient

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
#2

What windows does or doesn't. Do is of no value. It's a different OS with different support.

Have you got full updates?
Have you tried the hardware driver manager in the system menu?
Is there a killswitch to turn the device off/on? You can see if it's enabled with:

rfkill list

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
#3

What windows does or doesn't. Do is of no value. It's a different OS with different support.

Have you got full updates?
Have you tried the hardware driver manager in the system menu?
Is there a killswitch to turn the device off/on? You can see if it's enabled with:

rfkill list

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said :
#4

Your Terminal output shows the following issue:

  *-network UNCLAIMED
       description: Network controller
       product: Broadcom Corporation
       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: latency=0
       resources: memory:f0500000-f0503fff

So there are no drivers loaded yet for your wireless card. That is why the output shows "UNCLAIMED"

See reply number 6 from forumuser bitterfriend99 at this location:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1398426

Hopefully it will solve your wireless issue.

Another issue is this:

0: dell-wifi: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: yes
 Hard blocked: no

So your wireless adapter is also blocked by a software switch.

So after performing the driver installation using the link I just mentioned, you will also need to unblock the wireless card using the following Terminal command:

sudo rfkill unblock all

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sushant mehta (sushantthebest) said :
#5

Thank you, all of you for your suggestions and advice. Wiereless drivers were not installed in ubuntu and that is the reason wireless was not working.