b43-phy0 ERROR: FOUND UNSUPPORTED PHY (Analog 5, Type 4, Revision 2) -> no eth1 or wlan0 interface created for Wireless Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4321 802.11a/b/g/n [14e4:4328] (rev 03) - wireless not working on Dell Inspiron 1521 in Ubuntu 10.10

Asked by Darien Nixon

I am having problems finding a wireless driver for a dell inspiron 1521. i am running unubutu 10.04. 32 bit OS. Can you please help show where me to find driver and how to install

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Ubfan (ubfan1) said :
#1

Please run the following and post the output here.
sudo lshw -C network

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Darien Nixon (dknixon) said :
#2

This is the output i received

darien@darien-Inspiron-1521:~$ sudo lshw -C network
[sudo] password for darien:
  *-network
       description: Network controller
       product: BCM4321 802.11a/b/g/n
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:0b:00.0
       version: 03
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
       configuration: driver=b43-pci-bridge latency=0
       resources: irq:17 memory:fe8fc000-fe8fffff memory:f0000000-f00fffff
  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 02
       serial: 00:1c:23:8d:fd:3d
       size: 100MB/s
       capacity: 100MB/s
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=b44 driverversion=2.0 duplex=full ip=152.65.91.234 latency=64 link=yes multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100MB/s
       resources: irq:21 memory:fe5fe000-fe5fffff

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said :
#3

Hi,

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

In order to gather essential troubleshooting information about your wireless card, please follow this procedure:

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

Step 2: Please copy-paste the following command from the https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu website in Firefox into the Linux Terminal. Do NOT copy-paste from the Email message into the Terminal, as that will only copy PART of the command. The command STARTS with the word sudo and ENDS with the word lsmod. So please copy-paste the ENTIRE command below from Firefox into a Terminal, press <enter>, then enter password when sudo asks for password, then press enter again.

Tip: If you have a wheel mouse or 3 button mouse you do not need to type commands into the Terminal. Highlight the command written on the page. Move your cursor anywhere in the Terminal and press the wheel or middle button. Automatic Copy and paste! No spelling mistakes! No Typos! No other errors!

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 'acx|at76|ath|b43|bcm|CX|eth|ipw|irmware|isl|lbtf|orinoco|ndiswrapper|NPE|ound|p54|prism|rtl|rt2|rt3|rt6|rt7|usb|witch|wl'; iwconfig; cat /etc/modprobe.d/* | egrep 'acx|at76|ath|b43|bcm|CX|eth|ipw|irmware|isl|lbtf|orinoco|ndiswrapper|NPE|p54|prism|rtl|rt2|rt3|rt6|rt7|witch|wl'; sudo hwinfo --netcard ; cat /var/lib/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.state; sudo lsmod

Step 3: Please post results (copy/paste terminal output) on this thread. The troubleshooters here need to see the full Terminal output from running the above command.

Regards,

Mark

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Darien Nixon (dknixon) said :
#4

Thanks for the tip, here is the output

Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick Release.gpg
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/main Translation-en
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com maverick Release.gpg
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/main Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/main Translation-en_US
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com maverick-security Release.gpg
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-security/main Translation-en
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-security/main Translation-en_US
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://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/main Translation-en_US
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://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://extras.ubuntu.com maverick Release
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com maverick-security Release
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://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick Release
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates Release
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com maverick/main Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com maverick-security/main Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick/main Sources
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://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
Reading package lists... Done
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
grep is already the newest version.
hwinfo is already the newest version.
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  fakeroot linux-headers-2.6.35-22 linux-headers-2.6.35-22-generic dkms patch
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
  *-network
       description: Network controller
       product: BCM4321 802.11a/b/g/n
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:0b:00.0
       version: 03
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
       configuration: driver=b43-pci-bridge latency=0
       resources: irq:17 memory:fe8fc000-fe8fffff memory:f0000000-f00fffff
  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 02
       serial: 00:1c:23:8d:fd:3d
       size: 100MB/s
       capacity: 100MB/s
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=b44 driverversion=2.0 duplex=full ip=10.149.1.103 latency=64 link=yes multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100MB/s
       resources: irq:21 memory:fe5fe000-fe5fffff
0: dell-wifi: Wireless LAN
 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=10.10
DISTRIB_CODENAME=maverick
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 10.10"
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: ATI Technologies Inc RS690 Host Bridge [1002:7910]
00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: ATI Technologies Inc RS690 PCI to PCI Bridge (Internal gfx) [1002:7912]
00:05.0 PCI bridge [0604]: ATI Technologies Inc RS690 PCI to PCI Bridge (PCI Express Port 1) [1002:7915]
00:07.0 PCI bridge [0604]: ATI Technologies Inc RS690 PCI to PCI Bridge (PCI Express Port 3) [1002:7917]
00:12.0 SATA controller [0106]: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 Non-Raid-5 SATA [1002:4380]
00:13.0 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI0) [1002:4387]
00:13.1 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI1) [1002:4388]
00:13.2 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI2) [1002:4389]
00:13.3 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI3) [1002:438a]
00:13.4 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI4) [1002:438b]
00:13.5 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB Controller (EHCI) [1002:4386]
00:14.0 SMBus [0c05]: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 SMBus Controller [1002:4385] (rev 14)
00:14.1 IDE interface [0101]: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 IDE [1002:438c]
00:14.2 Audio device [0403]: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA) [1002:4383]
00:14.3 ISA bridge [0601]: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 PCI to LPC Bridge [1002:438d]
00:14.4 PCI bridge [0604]: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge [1002:4384]
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]
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc RS690M [Radeon X1200 Series] [1002:791f]
03:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX [14e4:170c] (rev 02)
03:01.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller [1180:0832] (rev 05)
03:01.1 SD Host controller [0805]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter [1180:0822] (rev 22)
03:01.2 System peripheral [0880]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter [1180:0592] (rev 12)
03:01.3 System peripheral [0880]: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller [1180:0852] (rev 12)
0b:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4321 802.11a/b/g/n [14e4:4328] (rev 03)
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 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 Inspiron 1521
/0 bus 0GU163
/0/0 memory 64KiB BIOS
/0/400 processor AMD Turion(tm) 64 X2 Mobile Technol
/0/400/700 memory 128KiB L1 cache
/0/400/701 memory 512KiB L2 cache
/0/1000 memory 2GiB System Memory
/0/1000/0 memory 1GiB DIMM DDR Synchronous 667 MHz (
/0/1000/1 memory 1GiB DIMM DDR Synchronous 667 MHz (
/0/100 bridge RS690 Host Bridge
/0/100/1 bridge RS690 PCI to PCI Bridge (Internal g
/0/100/1/5 display RS690M [Radeon X1200 Series]
/0/100/5 bridge RS690 PCI to PCI Bridge (PCI Expres
/0/100/5/0 network BCM4321 802.11a/b/g/n
/0/100/7 bridge RS690 PCI to PCI Bridge (PCI Expres
/0/100/12 scsi2 storage SB600 Non-Raid-5 SATA
/0/100/12/0.0.0 /dev/sda disk 250GB WDC WD2500BEVT-7
/0/100/12/0.0.0/1 /dev/sda1 volume 100MiB Windows NTFS volume
/0/100/12/0.0.0/2 /dev/sda2 volume 203GiB Windows NTFS volume
/0/100/12/0.0.0/3 /dev/sda3 volume 29GiB Extended partition
/0/100/12/0.0.0/3/5 /dev/sda5 volume 27GiB Linux filesystem partition
/0/100/12/0.0.0/3/6 /dev/sda6 volume 2344MiB Linux swap / Solaris partit
/0/100/13 bus SB600 USB (OHCI0)
/0/100/13.1 bus SB600 USB (OHCI1)
/0/100/13.2 bus SB600 USB (OHCI2)
/0/100/13.3 bus SB600 USB (OHCI3)
/0/100/13.4 bus SB600 USB (OHCI4)
/0/100/13.5 bus SB600 USB Controller (EHCI)
/0/100/14 bus SBx00 SMBus Controller
/0/100/14.1 scsi0 storage SB600 IDE
/0/100/14.1/0.0.0 /dev/cdrom disk DVD+-RW DR-K17Y
/0/100/14.2 multimedia SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA)
/0/100/14.3 bridge SB600 PCI to LPC Bridge
/0/100/14.4 bridge SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge
/0/100/14.4/0 eth0 network BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX
/0/100/14.4/1 bus R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller
/0/100/14.4/1.1 generic R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Ad
/0/100/14.4/1.2 generic R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapte
/0/100/14.4/1.3 generic xD-Picture Card Controller
/0/101 bridge K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTranspor
/0/102 bridge K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
/0/103 bridge K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controll
/0/104 bridge K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous
/1 power DELL GK47977
Linux darien-Inspiron-1521 2.6.35-25-generic #44-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jan 21 17:40:48 UTC 2011 i686 GNU/Linux
[ 0.000000] [Firmware Warn]: MTRR: CPU 0: SYSCFG[MtrrFixDramModEn] not cleared by BIOS, clearing this bit
[ 0.084000] [Firmware Warn]: MTRR: CPU 0: SYSCFG[MtrrFixDramModEn] not cleared by BIOS, clearing this bit
[ 0.008000] Switch to broadcast mode on CPU1
[ 0.168379] [Firmware Warn]: MTRR: CPU 1: SYSCFG[MtrrFixDramModEn] not cleared by BIOS, clearing this bit
[ 0.169526] Switch to broadcast mode on CPU0
[ 0.298518] ACPI: No dock devices found.
[ 0.474580] HEST: Table is not found!
[ 0.476000] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
[ 0.476000] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
[ 0.476000] usbcore: registered new device driver usb
[ 0.479224] Switching to clocksource hpet
[ 0.600221] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 12 devices
[ 0.682659] input: Lid Switch as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0C0D:00/input/input0
[ 0.683339] ACPI: Lid Switch [LID]
[ 0.697682] ERST: Table is not found!
[ 0.706177] ehci_hcd 0000:00:13.5: applying AMD SB600/SB700 USB freeze workaround
[ 0.717429] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.806176] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.865934] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.925434] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.985592] hub 5-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.046338] hub 6-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.083565] isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
[ 1.084289] device-mapper: multipath: version 1.1.1 loaded
[ 1.084297] device-mapper: multipath round-robin: version 1.0.0 loaded
[ 1.088167] powernow-k8: Found 1 AMD Turion(tm) 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-56 (2 cpu cores) (version 2.20.00)
[ 1.090226] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 1.653063] b43-pci-bridge 0000:0b:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
[ 1.653088] b43-pci-bridge 0000:0b:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 1.676165] ssb: Core 0 found: ChipCommon (cc 0x800, rev 0x13, vendor 0x4243)
[ 1.676182] ssb: Core 1 found: IEEE 802.11 (cc 0x812, rev 0x0C, vendor 0x4243)
[ 1.676196] ssb: Core 2 found: PCI-E (cc 0x820, rev 0x04, vendor 0x4243)

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Darien Nixon (dknixon) said :
#5

I had to cut the information into two pieces because it would give a time out error when i put all into one message. Here is the rest of it

[ 1.676209] ssb: Core 3 found: PCI (cc 0x804, rev 0x0D, vendor 0x4243)
[ 1.676221] ssb: Core 4 found: USB 1.1 Host (cc 0x817, rev 0x04, vendor 0x4243)
[ 1.724220] ssb: Sonics Silicon Backplane found on PCI device 0000:0b:00.0
[ 1.752108] ssb: Core 0 found: Fast Ethernet (cc 0x806, rev 0x07, vendor 0x4243)
[ 1.752122] ssb: Core 1 found: V90 (cc 0x807, rev 0x03, vendor 0x4243)
[ 1.752136] ssb: Core 2 found: PCI (cc 0x804, rev 0x0A, vendor 0x4243)
[ 1.792211] ssb: Sonics Silicon Backplane found on PCI device 0000:03:00.0
[ 1.813749] b44 ssb1:0: eth0: Broadcom 44xx/47xx 10/100BaseT Ethernet 00:1c:23:8d:fd:3d
[ 1.901333] sdhci-pci 0000:03:01.1: SDHCI controller found [1180:0822] (rev 22)
[ 2.408058] ata3: applying SB600 PMP SRST workaround and retrying
[ 3.722585] PM: Signature found, resuming
[ 19.003014] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[ 20.095900] dell-wmi-aio: No known WMI GUID found
[ 20.150573] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 20.205489] input: HDA ATI SB Mic at Ext Left Jack as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.2/sound/card0/input7
[ 20.205614] input: HDA ATI SB HP Out at Ext Left Jack as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.2/sound/card0/input8
[ 20.490577] b43-phy0: Broadcom 4321 WLAN found (core revision 12)
[ 20.532063] b43-phy0 ERROR: FOUND UNSUPPORTED PHY (Analog 5, Type 4, Revision 2)
[ 20.532169] b43: probe of ssb0:0 failed with error -95
[ 20.532219] Broadcom 43xx driver loaded [ Features: PL, Firmware-ID: FW13 ]
[ 20.991062] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 160x50
[ 23.804169] b44 ssb1:0: eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex
[ 23.804175] b44 ssb1:0: eth0: Flow control is off for TX and off for RX
[ 23.804508] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
[ 34.529027] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
[ 34.968049] ata3: applying SB600 PMP SRST workaround and retrying
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

# 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 uart6850
blacklist twl4030_wdt
options iwlagn 11n_disable=1
> hal.1: read hal dataprocess 1941: arguments to dbus_move_error() were incorrect, assertion "(dest) == NULL || !dbus_error_is_set ((dest))" failed in file dbus-errors.c line 280.
This is normally a bug in some application using the D-Bus library.
libhal.c 3483 : Error unsubscribing to signals, error=The name org.freedesktop.Hal was not provided by any .service files
29: PCI b00.0: 0280 Network controller
  [Created at pci.318]
  Unique ID: IluS.cVoHMOE8QgD
  Parent ID: CvwD.JJmPtSZGn9B
  SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:05.0/0000:0b:00.0
  SysFS BusID: 0000:0b:00.0
  Hardware Class: network
  Model: "Dell Wireless 1500 Draft 802.11n WLAN Mini-card"
  Vendor: pci 0x14e4 "Broadcom"
  Device: pci 0x4328 "BCM4328 802.11a/b/g/n"
  SubVendor: pci 0x1028 "Dell"
  SubDevice: pci 0x000a "Wireless 1500 Draft 802.11n WLAN Mini-card"
  Revision: 0x03
  Driver: "b43-pci-bridge"
  Driver Modules: "ssb"
  Memory Range: 0xfe8fc000-0xfe8fffff (rw,non-prefetchable)
  Memory Range: 0xf0000000-0xf00fffff (ro,non-prefetchable)
  IRQ: 17 (no events)
  Module Alias: "pci:v000014E4d00004328sv00001028sd0000000Abc02sc80i00"
  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: #10 (PCI bridge)

30: PCI 300.0: 0200 Ethernet controller
  [Created at pci.318]
  Unique ID: rBUF.uk1ZI_bcEZ9
  Parent ID: qscc.ULOo3yhA66C
  SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.4/0000:03:00.0
  SysFS BusID: 0000:03:00.0
  Hardware Class: network
  Model: "Broadcom BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX"
  Vendor: pci 0x14e4 "Broadcom"
  Device: pci 0x170c "BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX"
  SubVendor: pci 0x1028 "Dell"
  SubDevice: pci 0x01fc
  Revision: 0x02
  Driver: "b44"
  Driver Modules: "ssb", "b44"
  Device File: eth0
  Memory Range: 0xfe5fe000-0xfe5fffff (rw,non-prefetchable)
  IRQ: 21 (3706 events)
  HW Address: 00:1c:23:8d:fd:3d
  Link detected: yes
  Module Alias: "pci:v000014E4d0000170Csv00001028sd000001FCbc02sc00i00"
  Driver Info #0:
    Driver Status: b44 is active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe b44"
  Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
  Attached to: #23 (PCI bridge)

[main]
NetworkingEnabled=true
WirelessEnabled=true
WWANEnabled=true
Module Size Used by
parport_pc 26058 0
ppdev 5556 0
binfmt_misc 6599 1
b43 168681 0
snd_hda_codec_idt 54919 1
dell_wmi_aio 1733 0
snd_hda_intel 22203 2
mac80211 231959 1 b43
snd_hda_codec 87552 2 snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep 5040 1 snd_hda_codec
joydev 8767 0
snd_pcm 71475 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
radeon 829447 3
snd_seq_midi 4588 0
snd_rawmidi 17783 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 6047 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 47174 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
ttm 56633 1 radeon
drm_kms_helper 30200 1 radeon
snd_timer 19067 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 5744 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
cfg80211 144694 2 b43,mac80211
drm 168092 5 radeon,ttm,drm_kms_helper
r852 9536 0
sm_common 3285 1 r852
nand 34905 2 r852,sm_common
dell_laptop 5730 0
dell_wmi 2852 0
nand_ids 2903 1 nand
nand_ecc 3938 1 nand
dcdbas 5402 1 dell_laptop
video 18712 0
snd 49038 13 snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
mtd 18877 2 sm_common,nand
i2c_algo_bit 5168 1 radeon
psmouse 59033 0
ati_agp 5202 0
serio_raw 4022 0
output 1883 1 video
shpchp 29886 0
i2c_piix4 8635 0
k8temp 3228 0
agpgart 32011 3 ttm,drm,ati_agp
soundcore 880 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 7120 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
lp 7342 0
parport 31492 3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp
ahci 19198 2
firewire_ohci 21234 0
sdhci_pci 6339 0
b44 26253 0
sdhci 15890 1 sdhci_pci
ssb 39320 2 b43,b44
firewire_core 46643 1 firewire_ohci
led_class 2633 2 b43,sdhci
libahci 21728 1 ahci
mii 4425 1 b44
crc_itu_t 1383 1 firewire_core
pata_atiixp 3288 0

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said :
#6

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 apt-get update
sudo apt-get 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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Darien Nixon (dknixon) said :
#7

Thank you very much. This command worked and i can view various wirless networks in my area. When i choose my schools networks, it says connected but firefox shows otherwirse. i uncheck the work offline mode, but still the same results. I know the network i am on is good, as i use it for my phone and when i use the windows partition on my laptop

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Darien Nixon (dknixon) said :
#8

I got the problem figured out. Thank you for you assistance!!!!

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Darien Nixon (dknixon) said :
#9

Ok, the command$ sudo apt-get install bcmwl-kernel-soure works, however aftera a few minutes after start up all programs freeze and i am unable to do anything other than move the mouse around. Is there any solution to this?

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Ubfan (ubfan1) said :
#10

Rerun Mark's script again to confirm the proper removal of the b43 driver config. We are looking for the blacklist of b43 in modprobe.d, the wl driver in the modules list,

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Darien Nixon (dknixon) said :
#11

darien@darien-Inspiron-1521:~$ 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 'acx|at76|ath|b43|bcm|CX|eth|ipw|irmware|isl|lbtf|orinoco|ndiswrapper|NPE|ound|p54|prism|rtl|rt2|rt3|rt6|rt7|usb|witch|wl'; iwconfig; cat /etc/modprobe.d/* | egrep 'acx|at76|ath|b43|bcm|CX|eth|ipw|irmware|isl|lbtf|orinoco|ndiswrapper|NPE|p54|prism|rtl|rt2|rt3|rt6|rt7|witch|wl'; sudo hwinfo --netcard ; cat /var/lib/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.state; sudo lsmod
[sudo] password for darien:
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com maverick Release.gpg
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  *-network
       description: Wireless interface
       product: BCM4321 802.11a/b/g/n
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:0b:00.0
       logical name: eth1
       version: 03
       serial: 00:1c:26:58:bd:ee
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=wl1 driverversion=5.60.48.36 latency=0 multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11abgn
       resources: irq:17 memory:fe8fc000-fe8fffff memory:f0000000-f00fffff
  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 02
       serial: 00:1c:23:8d:fd:3d
       size: 100MB/s
       capacity: 100MB/s
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=b44 driverversion=2.0 duplex=full ip=152.65.90.47 latency=64 link=yes multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100MB/s
       resources: irq:21 memory:fe5fe000-fe5fffff
0: dell-wifi: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: no
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth1 Failed to read scan data : Invalid argument

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]: ATI Technologies Inc RS690 Host Bridge [1002:7910]
00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: ATI Technologies Inc RS690 PCI to PCI Bridge (Internal gfx) [1002:7912]
00:05.0 PCI bridge [0604]: ATI Technologies Inc RS690 PCI to PCI Bridge (PCI Express Port 1) [1002:7915]
00:07.0 PCI bridge [0604]: ATI Technologies Inc RS690 PCI to PCI Bridge (PCI Express Port 3) [1002:7917]
00:12.0 SATA controller [0106]: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 Non-Raid-5 SATA [1002:4380]
00:13.0 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI0) [1002:4387]
00:13.1 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI1) [1002:4388]
00:13.2 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI2) [1002:4389]
00:13.3 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI3) [1002:438a]
00:13.4 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI4) [1002:438b]
00:13.5 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB Controller (EHCI) [1002:4386]
00:14.0 SMBus [0c05]: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 SMBus Controller [1002:4385] (rev 14)
00:14.1 IDE interface [0101]: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 IDE [1002:438c]
00:14.2 Audio device [0403]: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA) [1002:4383]
00:14.3 ISA bridge [0601]: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 PCI to LPC Bridge [1002:438d]
00:14.4 PCI bridge [0604]: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge [1002:4384]
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]
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc RS690M [Radeon X1200 Series] [1002:791f]
03:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX [14e4:170c] (rev 02)
03:01.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller [1180:0832] (rev 05)
03:01.1 SD Host controller [0805]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter [1180:0822] (rev 22)
03:01.2 System peripheral [0880]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter [1180:0592] (rev 12)
03:01.3 System peripheral [0880]: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller [1180:0852] (rev 12)
0b:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4321 802.11a/b/g/n [14e4:4328] (rev 03)
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 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

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Darien Nixon (dknixon) said :
#12

========================================================
                                 system Inspiron 1521
/0 bus 0GU163
/0/0 memory 64KiB BIOS
/0/400 processor AMD Turion(tm) 64 X2 Mobile Technol
/0/400/700 memory 128KiB L1 cache
/0/400/701 memory 512KiB L2 cache
/0/1000 memory 2GiB System Memory
/0/1000/0 memory 1GiB DIMM DDR Synchronous 667 MHz (
/0/1000/1 memory 1GiB DIMM DDR Synchronous 667 MHz (
/0/100 bridge RS690 Host Bridge
/0/100/1 bridge RS690 PCI to PCI Bridge (Internal g
/0/100/1/5 display RS690M [Radeon X1200 Series]
/0/100/5 bridge RS690 PCI to PCI Bridge (PCI Expres
/0/100/5/0 eth1 network BCM4321 802.11a/b/g/n
/0/100/7 bridge RS690 PCI to PCI Bridge (PCI Expres
/0/100/12 scsi2 storage SB600 Non-Raid-5 SATA
/0/100/12/0.0.0 /dev/sda disk 250GB WDC WD2500BEVT-7
/0/100/12/0.0.0/1 /dev/sda1 volume 100MiB Windows NTFS volume
/0/100/12/0.0.0/2 /dev/sda2 volume 203GiB Windows NTFS volume
/0/100/12/0.0.0/3 /dev/sda3 volume 29GiB Extended partition
/0/100/12/0.0.0/3/5 /dev/sda5 volume 27GiB Linux filesystem partition
/0/100/12/0.0.0/3/6 /dev/sda6 volume 2344MiB Linux swap / Solaris partit
/0/100/13 bus SB600 USB (OHCI0)
/0/100/13.1 bus SB600 USB (OHCI1)
/0/100/13.2 bus SB600 USB (OHCI2)
/0/100/13.3 bus SB600 USB (OHCI3)
/0/100/13.4 bus SB600 USB (OHCI4)
/0/100/13.5 bus SB600 USB Controller (EHCI)
/0/100/14 bus SBx00 SMBus Controller
/0/100/14.1 scsi0 storage SB600 IDE
/0/100/14.1/0.0.0 /dev/cdrom disk DVD+-RW DR-K17Y
/0/100/14.2 multimedia SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA)
/0/100/14.3 bridge SB600 PCI to LPC Bridge
/0/100/14.4 bridge SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge
/0/100/14.4/0 eth0 network BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX
/0/100/14.4/1 bus R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller
/0/100/14.4/1.1 generic R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Ad
/0/100/14.4/1.2 generic R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapte
/0/100/14.4/1.3 generic xD-Picture Card Controller
/0/101 bridge K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTranspor
/0/102 bridge K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
/0/103 bridge K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controll
/0/104 bridge K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous
/1 power DELL GK47977
Linux darien-Inspiron-1521 2.6.35-22-generic #33-Ubuntu SMP Sun Sep 19 20:34:50 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux
[ 0.000000] [Firmware Warn]: MTRR: CPU 0: SYSCFG[MtrrFixDramModEn] not cleared by BIOS, clearing this bit
[ 0.072000] [Firmware Warn]: MTRR: CPU 0: SYSCFG[MtrrFixDramModEn] not cleared by BIOS, clearing this bit
[ 0.156118] Switch to broadcast mode on CPU1
[ 0.156181] [Firmware Warn]: MTRR: CPU 1: SYSCFG[MtrrFixDramModEn] not cleared by BIOS, clearing this bit
[ 0.156809] Switch to broadcast mode on CPU0
[ 0.229793] ACPI: No dock devices found.
[ 0.324029] HEST: Table is not found!
[ 0.328000] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
[ 0.328000] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
[ 0.328000] usbcore: registered new device driver usb
[ 0.328000] Switching to clocksource hpet
[ 0.387683] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 12 devices
[ 0.443190] input: Lid Switch as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0C0D:00/input/input0
[ 0.443675] ACPI: Lid Switch [LID]
[ 0.464858] ERST: Table is not found!
[ 0.468410] ehci_hcd 0000:00:13.5: applying AMD SB600/SB700 USB freeze workaround
[ 0.477174] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.537353] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.597275] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.657211] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.734164] hub 5-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.793121] hub 6-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.797034] device-mapper: multipath: version 1.1.1 loaded
[ 0.797037] device-mapper: multipath round-robin: version 1.0.0 loaded
[ 0.798653] powernow-k8: Found 1 AMD Turion(tm) 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-56 (2 cpu cores) (version 2.20.00)
[ 0.819040] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 0.863133] isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
[ 1.317328] sdhci-pci 0000:03:01.1: SDHCI controller found [1180:0822] (rev 22)
[ 1.800039] ata3: applying SB600 PMP SRST workaround and retrying
[ 13.456314] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[ 14.549685] input: HDA ATI SB Mic at Ext Left Jack as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.2/sound/card0/input7
[ 14.549977] input: HDA ATI SB HP Out at Ext Left Jack as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.2/sound/card0/input8
[ 15.390078] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 160x50
[ 100.509205] wl: module license 'MIXED/Proprietary' taints kernel.
[ 100.518635] wl 0000:0b:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
[ 100.518644] wl 0000:0b:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 100.538659] eth0: Broadcom BCM4328 802.11 Hybrid Wireless Controller 5.60.48.36
[ 100.556806] udev[538]: renamed network interface eth0 to eth1
[ 100.740120] ssb: Core 0 found: Fast Ethernet (cc 0x806, rev 0x07, vendor 0x4243)
[ 100.740133] ssb: Core 1 found: V90 (cc 0x807, rev 0x03, vendor 0x4243)
[ 100.740143] ssb: Core 2 found: PCI (cc 0x804, rev 0x0A, vendor 0x4243)
[ 100.780782] ssb: Sonics Silicon Backplane found on PCI device 0000:03:00.0
[ 100.801316] b44 ssb0:0: eth0: Broadcom 44xx/47xx 10/100BaseT Ethernet 00:1c:23:8d:fd:3d
[ 100.819511] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 100.852212] wl 0000:0b:00.0: PCI INT A disabled
[ 100.852516] wl 0000:0b:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
[ 100.852526] wl 0000:0b:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 100.871259] eth1: Broadcom BCM4328 802.11 Hybrid Wireless Controller 5.60.48.36
[ 103.805197] b44 ssb0:0: eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex
[ 103.805203] b44 ssb0:0: eth0: Flow control is off for TX and off for RX
[ 103.805578] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
[ 112.288046] eth1: no IPv6 routers present
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

eth1 IEEE 802.11 Access Point: Not-Associated
          Link Quality:5 Signal level:0 Noise level:168
          Rx invalid nwid:0 invalid crypt:16 invalid misc:0

# which ath5k cannot recover. To prevent this condition, stop
blacklist ath_pci
# Warning: This file is autogenerated by bcmwl. All changes to this file will be lost.
blacklist b43
blacklist b43legacy
blacklist bcm43xx
install wl modprobe -r b43 b44 b43legacy ssb; modprobe --ignore-install wl ; modprobe --ignore-install b44
blacklist eth1394
# replaced by p54pci
blacklist prism54
# replaced by b43 and ssb.
blacklist bcm43xx
blacklist uart6850
blacklist twl4030_wdt
options iwlagn 11n_disable=1
> hal.1: read hal dataprocess 2125: arguments to dbus_move_error() were incorrect, assertion "(dest) == NULL || !dbus_error_is_set ((dest))" failed in file dbus-errors.c line 280.
This is normally a bug in some application using the D-Bus library.
libhal.c 3483 : Error unsubscribing to signals, error=The name org.freedesktop.Hal was not provided by any .service files
29: PCI b00.0: 0282 WLAN controller
  [Created at pci.318]
  Unique ID: JNkJ.ewgitxEFqvB
  Parent ID: CvwD.JJmPtSZGn9B
  SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:05.0/0000:0b:00.0
  SysFS BusID: 0000:0b:00.0
  Hardware Class: network
  Model: "Dell Wireless 1500 Draft 802.11n WLAN Mini-card"
  Vendor: pci 0x14e4 "Broadcom"
  Device: pci 0x4328 "BCM4328 802.11a/b/g/n"
  SubVendor: pci 0x1028 "Dell"
  SubDevice: pci 0x000a "Wireless 1500 Draft 802.11n WLAN Mini-card"
  Revision: 0x03
  Driver: "wl"
  Driver Modules: "wl"
  Device File: eth1
  Features: WLAN
  Memory Range: 0xfe8fc000-0xfe8fffff (rw,non-prefetchable)
  Memory Range: 0xf0000000-0xf00fffff (ro,non-prefetchable)
  IRQ: 17 (5604 events)
  HW Address: 00:1c:26:58:bd:ee
  Link detected: yes
  WLAN channels: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 36 40 44 48 52 56 60 64 100 104 108 112 116 120 124 128 132 136 140
  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 5.18 5.2 5.22 5.24 5.26 5.28 5.3 5.32 5.5 5.52 5.54 5.56 5.58 5.6 5.62 5.64 5.66 5.68 5.7
  WLAN bitrates: 1 2 5.5 6 9 11 12 18 24 36 48 54
  WLAN encryption modes: WEP40 WEP104 WEP256 WEP128 TKIP CCMP
  WLAN authentication modes: open sharedkey wpa-psk wpa-eap
  Module Alias: "pci:v000014E4d00004328sv00001028sd0000000Abc02sc80i00"
  Driver Info #0:
    Driver Status: ssb is active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe ssb"
  Driver Info #1:
    Driver Status: wl is active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe wl"
  Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
  Attached to: #10 (PCI bridge)

30: PCI 300.0: 0200 Ethernet controller
  [Created at pci.318]
  Unique ID: rBUF.uk1ZI_bcEZ9
  Parent ID: qscc.ULOo3yhA66C
  SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.4/0000:03:00.0
  SysFS BusID: 0000:03:00.0
  Hardware Class: network
  Model: "Broadcom BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX"
  Vendor: pci 0x14e4 "Broadcom"
  Device: pci 0x170c "BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX"
  SubVendor: pci 0x1028 "Dell"
  SubDevice: pci 0x01fc
  Revision: 0x02
  Driver: "b44"
  Driver Modules: "ssb", "b44"
  Device File: eth0
  Memory Range: 0xfe5fe000-0xfe5fffff (rw,non-prefetchable)
  IRQ: 21 (9795 events)
  HW Address: 00:1c:23:8d:fd:3d
  Link detected: yes
  Module Alias: "pci:v000014E4d0000170Csv00001028sd000001FCbc02sc00i00"
  Driver Info #0:
    Driver Status: b44 is active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe b44"
  Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
  Attached to: #23 (PCI bridge)

[main]
NetworkingEnabled=true
WirelessEnabled=true
WWANEnabled=true
Module Size Used by
michael_mic 1744 0
arc4 1165 0
b44 26253 0
ssb 39288 1 b44
mii 4425 1 b44
lib80211_crypt_tkip 7736 0
wl 1959533 0
lib80211 5058 2 lib80211_crypt_tkip,wl
binfmt_misc 6599 1
parport_pc 26058 0
ppdev 5556 0
snd_hda_codec_idt 54887 1
snd_hda_intel 22107 2
snd_hda_codec 87552 2 snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep 5040 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm 71475 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
snd_seq_midi 4588 0
snd_rawmidi 17783 1 snd_seq_midi
joydev 8735 0
snd_seq_midi_event 6047 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 47174 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
radeon 825934 3
snd_timer 19067 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 5744 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
dell_wmi 2852 0
ttm 56633 1 radeon
drm_kms_helper 30200 1 radeon
drm 168054 5 radeon,ttm,drm_kms_helper
r852 9536 0
sm_common 3285 1 r852
nand 34905 2 r852,sm_common
nand_ids 2903 1 nand
nand_ecc 3938 1 nand
dell_laptop 5730 0
video 18712 0
dcdbas 5402 1 dell_laptop
snd 49006 13 snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
mtd 18877 2 sm_common,nand
ati_agp 5202 0
psmouse 59033 0
output 1883 1 video
serio_raw 4022 0
i2c_algo_bit 5168 1 radeon
k8temp 3132 0
soundcore 880 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 7120 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
i2c_piix4 8635 0
agpgart 32011 3 ttm,drm,ati_agp
shpchp 29886 0
lp 7342 0
parport 31492 3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp
sdhci_pci 6339 0
ahci 19013 0
sdhci 15890 1 sdhci_pci
firewire_ohci 21106 0
led_class 2633 1 sdhci
firewire_core 46643 1 firewire_ohci
libahci 21667 3 ahci
crc_itu_t 1383 1 firewire_core
pata_atiixp 3288 0
darien@darien-Inspiron-1521:~$

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said :
#13

I believe that the Terminal output below is showing the issue with your wireless configuration.

I think that the ssb driver (used by the b44 wired ethernet driver) is conflicting with the wl driver used by your wireless card.

I think that the solution involves 2 separate steps:

1) First blacklist the ssb driver.

Copy-paste the following command into the Terminal:

echo -e "blacklist ssb" | sudo tee -a /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

This type of blacklist procedure is also described here:

http://ohioloco.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=25683&page=59

2) Install wicd to replace NetworkManager:

Copy-paste the following command into the Terminal:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install wicd

Then reboot the PC and set eth1 as wireless interface name in the wicd configuration panel.

Then retest wireless using wicd.

==================================================================================================

    Driver Status: ssb is active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe ssb"
  Driver Info #1:
    Driver Status: wl is active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe wl"
  Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
  Attached to: #10 (PCI bridge)

30: PCI 300.0: 0200 Ethernet controller
  [Created at pci.318]
  Unique ID: rBUF.uk1ZI_bcEZ9
  Parent ID: qscc.ULOo3yhA66C
  SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.4/0000:03:00.0
  SysFS BusID: 0000:03:00.0
  Hardware Class: network
  Model: "Broadcom BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX"
  Vendor: pci 0x14e4 "Broadcom"
  Device: pci 0x170c "BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX"
  SubVendor: pci 0x1028 "Dell"
  SubDevice: pci 0x01fc
  Revision: 0x02
  Driver: "b44"
  Driver Modules: "ssb", "b44"
  Device File: eth0
  Memory Range: 0xfe5fe000-0xfe5fffff (rw,non-prefetchable)
  IRQ: 21 (9795 events)
  HW Address: 00:1c:23:8d:fd:3d
  Link detected: yes
  Module Alias: "pci:v000014E4d0000170Csv00001028sd000001FCbc02sc00i00"
  Driver Info #0:
    Driver Status: b44 is active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe b44"
  Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
  Attached to: #23 (PCI bridge)

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