Unable to get wireless to work
I am unable to get my wireless to work. Here is some output data if someone could take a look at it and let me know what may be the issue. I am able to get wired network access and wireless works on Windows.
Here is the output
HP-Pavilion-
*-network
description: Network controller
product: BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
resources: irq:19 memory:
*-network DISABLED
description: Wireless interface
physical id: 1
logical name: wlan0
serial: 00:1a:73:2a:11:5f
0: hp-wifi: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
1: phy0: Wireless LAN
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
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet loopbackDISTRIB
DISTRIB_
DISTRIB_
DISTRIB_
00:00.0 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation C51 Host Bridge [10de:02f0] (rev a2)
00:00.1 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 0 [10de:02fa] (rev a2)
00:00.2 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 1 [10de:02fe] (rev a2)
00:00.3 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 5 [10de:02f8] (rev a2)
00:00.4 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 4 [10de:02f9] (rev a2)
00:00.5 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation C51 Host Bridge [10de:02ff] (rev a2)
00:00.6 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 3 [10de:027f] (rev a2)
00:00.7 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 2 [10de:027e] (rev a2)
00:02.0 PCI bridge [0604]: nVidia Corporation C51 PCI Express Bridge [10de:02fc] (rev a1)
00:03.0 PCI bridge [0604]: nVidia Corporation C51 PCI Express Bridge [10de:02fd] (rev a1)
00:05.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation C51 [Geforce Go 6150] [10de:0244] (rev a2)
00:09.0 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation MCP51 Host Bridge [10de:0270] (rev a2)
00:0a.0 ISA bridge [0601]: nVidia Corporation MCP51 LPC Bridge [10de:0260] (rev a3)
00:0a.1 SMBus [0c05]: nVidia Corporation MCP51 SMBus [10de:0264] (rev a3)
00:0a.3 Co-processor [0b40]: nVidia Corporation MCP51 PMU [10de:0271] (rev a3)
00:0b.0 USB Controller [0c03]: nVidia Corporation MCP51 USB Controller [10de:026d] (rev a3)
00:0b.1 USB Controller [0c03]: nVidia Corporation MCP51 USB Controller [10de:026e] (rev a3)
00:0d.0 IDE interface [0101]: nVidia Corporation MCP51 IDE [10de:0265] (rev f1)
00:0e.0 IDE interface [0101]: nVidia Corporation MCP51 Serial ATA Controller [10de:0266] (rev f1)
00:10.0 PCI bridge [0604]: nVidia Corporation MCP51 PCI Bridge [10de:026f] (rev a2)
00:10.1 Audio device [0403]: nVidia Corporation MCP51 High Definition Audio [10de:026c] (rev a2)
00:14.0 Bridge [0680]: nVidia Corporation MCP51 Ethernet Controller [10de:0269] (rev a3)
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]
03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN [14e4:4311] (rev 01)
07:05.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller [1180:0832]
07:05.1 SD Host controller [0805]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/
07:05.2 System peripheral [0880]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter [1180:0592] (rev 0a)
07:05.3 System peripheral [0880]: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller [1180:0852] (rev 05)
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 05ca:1810 Ricoh Co., Ltd Pavilion Webcam [R5U870]
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
H/W path Device Class Description
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/0 bus 30B9
/0/0 memory 101KiB BIOS
/0/4 processor AMD Turion(tm) 64 X2 Mobile Technology T
/0/4/5 memory 128KiB L1 cache
/0/4/6 memory 512KiB L2 cache
/0/c memory 1GiB System Memory
/0/c/0 memory 512MiB DIMM DDR2 Synchronous 667 MHz (1.
/0/c/1 memory 512MiB DIMM DDR2 667 MHz (1.5 ns)
/0/1 processor
/0/1/0 memory 128KiB L1 cache
/0/1/1 memory 512KiB L2 cache
/0/6 memory RAM memory
/0/0.1 memory RAM memory
/0/0.2 memory RAM memory
/0/0.3 memory RAM memory
/0/0.4 memory RAM memory
/0/0.5 memory RAM memory
/0/0.6 memory RAM memory
/0/0.7 memory RAM memory
/0/2 bridge C51 PCI Express Bridge
/0/3 bridge C51 PCI Express Bridge
/0/3/0 network BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN
/0/5 display C51 [Geforce Go 6150]
/0/9 memory RAM memory
/0/a bridge MCP51 LPC Bridge
/0/a.1 bus MCP51 SMBus
/0/a.3 processor MCP51 PMU
/0/b bus MCP51 USB Controller
/0/b.1 bus MCP51 USB Controller
/0/d scsi0 storage MCP51 IDE
/0/d/0.0.0 /dev/cdrom disk CD/DVDW TS-L632M
/0/e scsi2 storage MCP51 Serial ATA Controller
/0/e/0.0.0 /dev/sda disk 120GB ST9120821AS
/0/e/0.0.0/1 /dev/sda1 volume 58GiB Windows NTFS volume
/0/e/0.0.0/2 /dev/sda2 volume 53GiB Extended partition
/0/e/0.0.0/2/5 /dev/sda5 volume 1907MiB Linux swap / Solaris partition
/0/e/0.0.0/2/6 /dev/sda6 volume 51GiB Linux filesystem partition
/0/10 bridge MCP51 PCI Bridge
/0/10/5 bus R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller
/0/10/5.1 generic R5C822 SD/SDIO/
/0/10/5.2 generic R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter
/0/10/5.3 generic xD-Picture Card Controller
/0/10.1 multimedia MCP51 High Definition Audio
/0/14 eth0 bridge MCP51 Ethernet Controller
/0/100 bridge K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Tec
/0/101 bridge K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
/0/102 bridge K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
/0/103 bridge K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Cont
/1 wlan0 network Wireless interface
Linux kardos-
[ 0.000000] found SMP MP-table at [c00f8920] f8920
[ 0.171952] ACPI: No dock devices found.
[ 0.220562] HEST: Table is not found!
[ 0.252199] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 13 devices
[ 0.291017] pci 0000:00:00.0: Found disabled HT MSI Mapping
[ 0.291072] pci 0000:00:00.0: Found enabled HT MSI Mapping
[ 0.291100] pci 0000:00:00.0: Found enabled HT MSI Mapping
[ 0.493603] pci 0000:00:09.0: Found enabled HT MSI Mapping
[ 0.493661] pci 0000:00:09.0: Found enabled HT MSI Mapping
[ 0.493722] pci 0000:00:09.0: Found enabled HT MSI Mapping
[ 0.758246] ERST: Table is not found!
[ 0.773501] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.831133] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.846328] device-mapper: multipath round-robin: version 1.0.0 loaded
[ 0.848062] powernow-k8: Found 1 AMD Turion(tm) 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-52 (2 cpu cores) (version 2.20.00)
[ 0.851480] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 1.112115] isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
[ 1.329116] ssb: Core 0 found: ChipCommon (cc 0x800, rev 0x11, vendor 0x4243)
[ 1.329126] ssb: Core 1 found: IEEE 802.11 (cc 0x812, rev 0x0A, vendor 0x4243)
[ 1.329134] ssb: Core 2 found: USB 1.1 Host (cc 0x817, rev 0x03, vendor 0x4243)
[ 1.329141] ssb: Core 3 found: PCI-E (cc 0x820, rev 0x01, vendor 0x4243)
[ 1.356869] nv_probe: set workaround bit for reversed mac addr
[ 1.369111] ssb: Sonics Silicon Backplane found on PCI device 0000:03:00.0
[ 2.167056] sdhci-pci 0000:07:05.1: SDHCI controller found [1180:0822] (rev 19)
[ 15.845265] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[ 16.368497] uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device <unnamed> (05ca:1810)
[ 16.370373] uvcvideo: UVC non compliance - GET_DEF(PROBE) not supported. Enabling workaround.
[ 16.494501] b43-phy0: Broadcom 4311 WLAN found (core revision 10)
[ 16.620235] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:05.0: BIT BIOS found
[ 16.620247] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:05.0: BIT table 'd' not found
[ 16.620251] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:05.0: Found Display Configuration Block version 3.0
[ 16.844216] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode5.fw" not found
[ 16.844303] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43-open/
[ 16.871088] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode5.fw" not found
[ 16.871174] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43-open/
[ 17.478301] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode5.fw" not found
[ 17.478305] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43-open/
[ 18.500457] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode5.fw" not found
[ 18.500465] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43-open/
[ 18.520230] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode5.fw" not found
[ 18.520237] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43-open/
[ 134.461779] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode5.fw" not found
[ 134.461793] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43-open/
[ 138.918979] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode5.fw" not found
[ 138.918993] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43-open/
[ 811.284138] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode5.fw" not found
[ 811.284152] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43-open/
[ 16.663574] Broadcom 43xx driver loaded [ Features: PL, Firmware-ID: FW13 ]
[ 16.844216] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode5.fw" not found
[ 16.844303] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43-open/
[ 16.844386] b43-phy0 ERROR: You must go to http://
[ 16.871088] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode5.fw" not found
[ 16.871174] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43-open/
[ 16.871256] b43-phy0 ERROR: You must go to http://
[ 17.478301] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode5.fw" not found
[ 17.478305] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43-open/
[ 17.478309] b43-phy0 ERROR: You must go to http://
[ 18.500457] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode5.fw" not found
[ 18.500465] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43-open/
[ 18.500469] b43-phy0 ERROR: You must go to http://
[ 18.520230] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode5.fw" not found
[ 18.520237] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43-open/
[ 18.520241] b43-phy0 ERROR: You must go to http://
[ 134.461779] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode5.fw" not found
[ 134.461793] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43-open/
[ 134.461802] b43-phy0 ERROR: You must go to http://
[ 138.918979] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode5.fw" not found
[ 138.918993] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43-open/
[ 138.919002] b43-phy0 ERROR: You must go to http://
[ 811.284138] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode5.fw" not found
[ 811.284152] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43-open/
[ 811.284161] b43-phy0 ERROR: You must go to http://
[ 1.356368] forcedeth: Reverse Engineered nForce ethernet driver. Version 0.64.
[ 1.356805] forcedeth 0000:00:14.0: PCI INT A -> Link[LMAC] -> GSI 20 (level, high) -> IRQ 20
[ 1.356811] forcedeth 0000:00:14.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 1.877119] forcedeth 0000:00:14.0: ifname eth0, PHY OUI 0x732 @ 1, addr 00:16:36:f8:c2:67
[ 1.877124] forcedeth 0000:00:14.0: highdma pwrctl lnktim desc-v3
[ 0.846324] device-mapper: multipath: version 1.1.1 loaded
[ 0.846328] device-mapper: multipath round-robin: version 1.0.0 loaded
[ 1.309773] b43-pci-bridge 0000:03:00.0: PCI INT A -> Link[LK4E] -> GSI 19 (level, high) -> IRQ 19
[ 1.309784] b43-pci-bridge 0000:03:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 16.494501] b43-phy0: Broadcom 4311 WLAN found (core revision 10)
[ 16.663442] Registered led device: b43-phy0::tx
[ 16.663466] Registered led device: b43-phy0::rx
[ 16.663490] Registered led device: b43-phy0::radio
[ 16.844216] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode5.fw" not found
[ 16.844303] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43-open/
[ 16.844386] b43-phy0 ERROR: You must go to http://
[ 16.871088] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode5.fw" not found
[ 16.871174] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43-open/
[ 16.871256] b43-phy0 ERROR: You must go to http://
[ 17.478301] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode5.fw" not found
[ 17.478305] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43-open/
[ 17.478309] b43-phy0 ERROR: You must go to http://
[ 18.500457] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode5.fw" not found
[ 18.500465] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43-open/
[ 18.500469] b43-phy0 ERROR: You must go to http://
[ 18.520230] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode5.fw" not found
[ 18.520237] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43-open/
[ 18.520241] b43-phy0 ERROR: You must go to http://
[ 134.461779] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode5.fw" not found
[ 134.461793] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43-open/
[ 134.461802] b43-phy0 ERROR: You must go to http://
[ 138.918979] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode5.fw" not found
[ 138.918993] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43-open/
[ 138.919002] b43-phy0 ERROR: You must go to http://
[ 811.284138] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode5.fw" not found
[ 811.284152] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43-open/
[ 811.284161] b43-phy0 ERROR: You must go to http://
[ 1443.468245] wl: module license 'unspecified' taints kernel.
[ 0.008000] Switch to broadcast mode on CPU1
[ 0.156403] Switch to broadcast mode on CPU0
[ 0.232060] Switching to clocksource hpet
[ 0.753464] input: Lid Switch as /devices/
[ 0.753734] ACPI: Lid Switch [LID]
[ 17.981793] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 180x56
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:off/any
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:off
/etc/modprobe.
/etc/modprobe.
/etc/modprobe.
29: PCI 14.0: 0200 Ethernet controller
[Created at pci.318]
UDI: /org/freedeskto
Unique ID: rBUF.bYAEq7iXviA
SysFS ID: /devices/
SysFS BusID: 0000:00:14.0
Hardware Class: network
Model: "Hewlett-Packard Company Presario V6133CL"
Vendor: pci 0x10de "nVidia Corporation"
Device: pci 0x0269 "MCP51 Ethernet Controller"
SubVendor: pci 0x103c "Hewlett-Packard Company"
SubDevice: pci 0x30b7 "Presario V6133CL"
Revision: 0xa3
Driver: "forcedeth"
Driver Modules: "forcedeth"
Device File: eth0
Memory Range: 0xb0008000-
I/O Ports: 0x30e0-0x30e7 (rw)
IRQ: 20 (29351 events)
HW Address: 00:16:36:f8:c2:67
Link detected: yes
Module Alias: "pci:v000010DEd
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/freedeskto
Unique ID: y9sn.7ewyyDVm2_5
Parent ID: 3hqH.Q0xgpa4wjL6
SysFS ID: /devices/
SysFS BusID: 0000:03:00.0
Hardware Class: network
Model: "Hewlett-Packard Company BCM4311 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller"
Vendor: pci 0x14e4 "Broadcom"
Device: pci 0x4311 "BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN"
SubVendor: pci 0x103c "Hewlett-Packard Company"
SubDevice: pci 0x1363 "BCM4311 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller"
Revision: 0x01
Driver: "b43-pci-bridge"
Driver Modules: "ssb"
Device File: wlan0
Features: WLAN
Memory Range: 0xb6000000-
IRQ: 19 (no events)
HW Address: 00:1a:73:2a:11:5f
Link detected: yes
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:v000014E4d
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: #17 (PCI bridge)
* Reconfiguring network interfaces... Ignoring unknown interface eth0=eth0.
SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such file or directory
SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such file or directory
Failed to bring up wlan0.
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