eth%d: 5.100.82.38 driver failed with code 21 -> 0: dell-wifi: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: yes -> Wireless Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN [14e4:4311] (rev 01) not working on Dell Inspiron 6400 Model MM061 in Ubuntu 11.04

Asked by Cassy G

I just installed Ubuntu on my computer when it was done installing Broadcom STA wireless driver error occurred which says:

"Proprietary drivers do not have public source code that Ubuntu developers are free to modify. Security updates and corrections depend solely on the responsiveness of the manufacturer, Ubuntu cannot fix or improve these these drivers."

I don't know what to do. Please Help! What should I do?

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Cassy G (gustcn) said :
#1

My Computer is a Dell Inspiron E1505. And I installed Ubuntu to my harddrive.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
#2

Install them, it will make your hardware work.

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Cassy G (gustcn) said :
#3

From where should I install them?

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Cassy G (gustcn) said :
#4

From where should I install them?

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said :
#6

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:

If you are using the Gnome interface, open the Terminal console via "Applications->Accessories->Terminal"

If you are using the Unity interface, the easiest way to open the Terminal is to use the 'search' function on the dash. Or you can click on the 'More Apps' button, click on the 'See more results' by the installed section, and find it in that list of applications. A third way, available after you click on the 'More Apps' button, is to go to the search bar, and see that the far right end of it says 'All Applications'. You then click on that, and you'll see the full list. Then you can go to Accessories > Terminal after that.

So the methods in Unity are:
Dash > Search for Terminal
Dash > More Apps > 'See More Results' > Terminal
Dash > More Apps > Accessories > Terminal

Step 2: Please copy-paste the following command from https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WirelessTroubleshootingProcedure 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|brcm|CX|eth|ipw|ireless|irmware|isl|lbtf|orinoco|ndiswrapper|NPE|ound|p54|prism|rtl|rt2|rt3|rt5|rt6|rt7|usb|witch|wl';sudo dmidecode|egrep 'Manufact|Product'; iwconfig; cat /etc/modprobe.d/* | egrep 'acx|at76|ath|b43|bcm|brcm|CX|eth|ipw|irmware|isl|lbtf|orinoco|ndiswrapper|NPE|p54|prism|rtl|rt2|rt3|rt6|rt7|witch|wl'; cat /var/lib/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.state; sudo hwinfo --netcard ; ps -aux|egrep 'icd|etwork'; 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.

Step 4: Please also clarify if you installed Ubuntu to the harddisk and are running from a harddisk install OR if you are only testing Ubuntu in a LiveCD session.

Regards,

Mark

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Cassy G (gustcn) said :
#7

This was the terminal output:

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Hit http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security Release.gpg
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty Release.gpg
Get:1 http://extras.ubuntu.com natty Release.gpg [72 B]
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security Release
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates Release.gpg
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com natty Release
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty Release
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates Release
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/main Sources
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com natty/main Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty/main Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty/restricted Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty/universe Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty/multiverse Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty/main i386 Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/restricted Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/universe Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/multiverse Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/main i386 Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com natty/main i386 Packages
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com natty/main TranslationIndex
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Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/main i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/universe i386 Packages
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Fetched 72 B in 3s (23 B/s)
Reading package lists... Done
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
grep is already the newest version.
The following extra packages will be installed:
  libhal1 libhd16
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  hwinfo libhal1 libhd16
0 upgraded, 3 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
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Cassy G (gustcn) said :
#8

This was the terminal output:

Ign http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security InRelease
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com natty InRelease
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Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates InRelease
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security Release.gpg
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty Release.gpg
Get:1 http://extras.ubuntu.com natty Release.gpg [72 B]
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security Release
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates Release.gpg
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com natty Release
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty Release
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates Release
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/main Sources
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com natty/main Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty/main Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty/restricted Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty/universe Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty/multiverse Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty/main i386 Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/restricted Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/universe Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/multiverse Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/main i386 Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com natty/main i386 Packages
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com natty/main TranslationIndex
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Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty/main TranslationIndex
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Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/restricted Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/universe Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/multiverse Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/main i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/multiverse i386 Packages
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/main TranslationIndex
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Fetched 72 B in 3s (23 B/s)
Reading package lists... Done
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Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
grep is already the newest version.
The following extra packages will be installed:
  libhal1 libhd16
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  hwinfo libhal1 libhd16
0 upgraded, 3 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
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Cassy G (gustcn) said :
#9

babygurl@babygurl-MM061:~$ 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|brcm|CX|eth|ipw|ireless|irmware|isl|lbtf|orinoco|ndiswrapper|NPE|ound|p54|prism|rtl|rt2|rt3|rt5|rt6|rt7|usb|witch|wl';sudo dmidecode|egrep 'Manufact|Product'; iwconfig; cat /etc/modprobe.d/* | egrep 'acx|at76|ath|b43|bcm|brcm|CX|eth|ipw|irmware|isl|lbtf|orinoco|ndiswrapper|NPE|p54|prism|rtl|rt2|rt3|rt6|rt7|witch|wl'; cat /var/lib/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.state; sudo hwinfo --netcard ; ps -aux|egrep 'icd|etwork'; sudo lsmod
[sudo] password for babygurl:
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security InRelease
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Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty Release.gpg
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Hit http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security Release
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates Release.gpg
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com natty Release
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty Release
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates Release
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/main Sources
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com natty/main Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty/main Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty/restricted Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty/universe Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty/multiverse Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty/main i386 Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/restricted Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/universe Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/multiverse Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/main i386 Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com natty/main i386 Packages
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com natty/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty/multiverse i386 Packages
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty/main TranslationIndex
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Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/multiverse Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/main i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/multiverse i386 Packages
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/main TranslationIndex
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/multiverse TranslationIndex
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Fetched 72 B in 3s (23 B/s)
Reading package lists... Done
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
grep is already the newest version.
The following extra packages will be installed:
  libhal1 libhd16
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  hwinfo libhal1 libhd16
0 upgraded, 3 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 818 kB of archives.
After this operation, 2,269 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Y
Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty/universe libhal1 i386 0.5.14-5+svn1 [74.4 kB]
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[sudo] password for babygurl:
  *-network
       description: Network controller
       product: BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:0b:00.0
       version: 01
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
       configuration: driver=b43-pci-bridge latency=0
       resources: irq:16 memory:efdfc000-efdfffff
  *-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: 00:15:c5:bf:de:d8
       size: 100Mbit/s
       capacity: 100Mbit/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=192.168.2.6 latency=64 link=yes multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100Mbit/s
       resources: irq:17 memory:ef9fe000-ef9fffff
0: dell-wifi: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: yes
 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=11.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=natty
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 11.04"
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 945GT Express Memory Controller Hub [8086:27a0] (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:27a2] (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller [0380]: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:27a6] (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family High Definition Audio Controller [8086:27d8] (rev 01)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 1 [8086:27d0] (rev 01)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 4 [8086:27d6] (rev 01)
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:27c8] (rev 01)
00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:27c9] (rev 01)
00:1d.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:27ca] (rev 01)
00:1d.3 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #4 [8086:27cb] (rev 01)
00:1d.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB2 EHCI Controller [8086:27cc] (rev 01)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev e1)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge [8086:27b9] (rev 01)
00:1f.2 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) SATA IDE Controller [8086:27c4] (rev 01)
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family SMBus Controller [8086:27da] (rev 01)
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]
03:01.1 SD Host controller [0805]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter [1180:0822] (rev 19)
03:01.2 System peripheral [0880]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter [1180:0592] (rev 0a)
03:01.3 System peripheral [0880]: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller [1180:0852] (rev 05)
0b:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN [14e4:4311] (rev 01)
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 Portable Computer
/0 bus Motherboard
/0/0 memory 64KiB BIOS
/0/400 processor Genuine Intel(R) CPU T2300
/0/400/700 memory 32KiB L1 cache
/0/400/701 memory 2MiB L2 cache
/0/400/1.1 processor Logical CPU
/0/400/1.2 processor Logical CPU
/0/1000 memory 1GiB System Memory
/0/1000/0 memory 512MiB DIMM DDR Synchronous 533 MHz (
/0/1000/1 memory 512MiB DIMM DDR Synchronous 533 MHz (
/0/100 bridge Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 9
/0/100/2 display Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express
/0/100/2.1 display Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Expr
/0/100/1b multimedia N10/ICH 7 Family High Definition Audi
/0/100/1c bridge N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 1
/0/100/1c/0 network BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN
/0/100/1c.3 bridge N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 4
/0/100/1d bus N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller
/0/100/1d.1 bus N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller
/0/100/1d.2 bus N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller
/0/100/1d.3 bus N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller
/0/100/1d.7 bus N10/ICH 7 Family USB2 EHCI Controller
/0/100/1e bridge 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge
/0/100/1e/0 eth0 network BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX
/0/100/1e/1 bus R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller
/0/100/1e/1.1 generic R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adap
/0/100/1e/1.2 generic R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter
/0/100/1e/1.3 generic xD-Picture Card Controller
/0/100/1f bridge 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridg
/0/100/1f.2 scsi0 storage 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) SATA IDE C
/0/100/1f.2/0 /dev/sda disk 100GB HTS541010G9SA00
/0/100/1f.2/0/1 /dev/sda1 volume 92GiB EXT4 volume
/0/100/1f.2/0/2 /dev/sda2 volume 1013MiB Extended partition
/0/100/1f.2/0/2/5 /dev/sda5 volume 1013MiB Linux swap / Solaris partitio
/0/100/1f.2/1 /dev/cdrom disk CDRW/DVD GCC4244
/0/100/1f.3 bus N10/ICH 7 Family SMBus Controller
/1 power DELL00
Linux babygurl-MM061 2.6.38-10-generic #46-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jun 28 15:05:41 UTC 2011 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
[ 0.252256] ACPI: No dock devices found.
[ 0.252264] HEST: Table not found.
[ 0.289143] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
[ 0.289159] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
[ 0.289199] usbcore: registered new device driver usb
[ 0.292069] Switching to clocksource hpet
[ 0.295838] Switched to NOHz mode on CPU #0
[ 0.295934] Switched to NOHz mode on CPU #1
[ 0.322673] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 12 devices
[ 0.381070] input: Lid Switch as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0C0D:00/input/input0
[ 0.464032] ACPI: Lid Switch [LID]
[ 0.554335] ERST: Table is not found!
[ 0.928844] isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
[ 0.970444] i2c-core: driver [adp5520] using legacy suspend method
[ 0.970447] i2c-core: driver [adp5520] using legacy resume method
[ 0.972886] ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: using broken periodic workaround
[ 0.992188] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.992666] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.993068] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.996244] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.996648] hub 5-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.000285] device-mapper: multipath: version 1.2.0 loaded
[ 1.000288] device-mapper: multipath round-robin: version 1.0.0 loaded
[ 1.003773] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 1.360059] sdhci-pci 0000:03:01.1: SDHCI controller found [1180:0822] (rev 19)
[ 1.361136] mmc0: no vmmc regulator found
[ 15.202421] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[ 15.222685] ndiswrapper version 1.56 loaded (smp=yes, preempt=no)
[ 15.293482] usbcore: registered new interface driver ndiswrapper
[ 15.435085] leds_ss4200: no LED devices found
[ 15.845707] [Firmware Bug]: Duplicate ACPI video bus devices for the same VGA controller, please try module parameter "video.allow_duplicates=1"if the current driver doesn't work.
[ 15.998632] wl 0000:0b:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
[ 15.998644] wl 0000:0b:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 16.001330] eth%d: 5.100.82.38 driver failed with code 21
[ 16.063743] b43-pci-bridge 0000:0b:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 16.080083] ssb: Core 0 found: ChipCommon (cc 0x800, rev 0x11, vendor 0x4243)
[ 16.080099] ssb: Core 1 found: IEEE 802.11 (cc 0x812, rev 0x0A, vendor 0x4243)
[ 16.080114] ssb: Core 2 found: USB 1.1 Host (cc 0x817, rev 0x03, vendor 0x4243)
[ 16.080124] ssb: Core 3 found: PCI-E (cc 0x820, rev 0x01, vendor 0x4243)
[ 16.124899] ssb: Sonics Silicon Backplane found on PCI device 0000:0b:00.0
[ 16.308062] ssb: Core 0 found: Fast Ethernet (cc 0x806, rev 0x07, vendor 0x4243)
[ 16.308072] ssb: Core 1 found: V90 (cc 0x807, rev 0x03, vendor 0x4243)
[ 16.308081] ssb: Core 2 found: PCI (cc 0x804, rev 0x0A, vendor 0x4243)
[ 16.356390] ssb: Sonics Silicon Backplane found on PCI device 0000:03:00.0
[ 16.378716] b44 ssb1:0: eth0: Broadcom 44xx/47xx 10/100BaseT Ethernet 00:15:c5:bf:de:d8
[ 16.401140] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 16.586396] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 160x50
[ 16.672831] input: HDA Intel Mic at Ext Right Jack as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input7
[ 16.673188] input: HDA Intel HP Out at Ext Right Jack as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input8
[ 19.816199] b44 ssb1:0: eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex
[ 19.816204] b44 ssb1:0: eth0: Flow control is off for TX and off for RX
[ 19.818419] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
[ 30.480045] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
 Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
 Product Name: MM061
 Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
 Product Name:
 Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
 Manufacturer: Intel
 Manufacturer: 7F7F7F0B00000000
 Manufacturer: 7F7F7F0B00000000
 Manufacturer: Sony
 SBDS Manufacture Date: 2010-09-17
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

blacklist bcm43xx
# 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
blacklist brcm80211
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

[main]
NetworkingEnabled=true
WirelessEnabled=true
WWANEnabled=true
> hal.1: read hal dataprocess 14934: 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
23: PCI b00.0: 0280 Network controller
  [Created at pci.318]
  Unique ID: IluS.AUabv0M9SM3
  Parent ID: z8Q3.2EHfjazND95
  SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.0/0000:0b:00.0
  SysFS BusID: 0000:0b:00.0
  Hardware Class: network
  Model: "Dell Wireless 1390 WLAN Mini-Card"
  Vendor: pci 0x14e4 "Broadcom"
  Device: pci 0x4311 "BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN"
  SubVendor: pci 0x1028 "Dell"
  SubDevice: pci 0x0007 "Wireless 1390 WLAN Mini-Card"
  Revision: 0x01
  Driver: "b43-pci-bridge"
  Driver Modules: "ssb"
  Memory Range: 0xefdfc000-0xefdfffff (rw,non-prefetchable)
  IRQ: 16 (281980 events)
  Module Alias: "pci:v000014E4d00004311sv00001028sd00000007bc02sc80i00"
  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: #12 (PCI bridge)

24: PCI 300.0: 0200 Ethernet controller
  [Created at pci.318]
  Unique ID: rBUF.BCnMZHQFpUF
  Parent ID: 6NW+.Wj0NIVYGM5E
  SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.0/0000:03:00.0
  SysFS BusID: 0000:03:00.0
  Hardware Class: network
  Model: "Dell Inspiron 6400"
  Vendor: pci 0x14e4 "Broadcom"
  Device: pci 0x170c "BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX"
  SubVendor: pci 0x1028 "Dell"
  SubDevice: pci 0x01af "Inspiron 6400"
  Revision: 0x02
  Driver: "b44"
  Driver Modules: "ssb", "b44"
  Device File: eth0
  Memory Range: 0xef9fe000-0xef9fffff (rw,non-prefetchable)
  IRQ: 17 (31812 events)
  HW Address: 00:15:c5:bf:de:d8
  Link detected: yes
  Module Alias: "pci:v000014E4d0000170Csv00001028sd000001AFbc02sc00i00"
  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: #19 (PCI bridge)
Warning: bad ps syntax, perhaps a bogus '-'? See http://procps.sf.net/faq.html
root 625 0.0 0.3 26516 3852 ? Ssl 20:32 0:00 NetworkManager
root 1140 0.0 0.0 2552 588 ? S 20:32 0:00 /sbin/dhclient -d -4 -sf /usr/lib/NetworkManager/nm-dhcp-client.action -pf /var/run/dhclient-eth0.pid -lf /var/lib/dhcp/dhclient-549a7336-c331-4bd9-b771-969eae0bb3ed-eth0.lease -cf /var/run/nm-dhclient-eth0.conf eth0
babygurl 14427 0.0 0.3 33780 3340 ? Sl 21:28 0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/gvfsd-network --spawner :1.10 /org/gtk/gvfs/exec_spaw/3
babygurl 14946 0.0 0.0 4148 840 pts/0 S+ 22:00 0:00 egrep --color=auto icd|etwork
Module Size Used by
parport_pc 32111 0
ppdev 12849 0
snd_hda_codec_idt 60537 1
joydev 17322 0
b44 35301 0
snd_hda_intel 24140 2
snd_hda_codec 90901 2 snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep 13274 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm 80042 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
i915 450934 3
snd_seq_midi 13132 0
snd_rawmidi 25269 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 14475 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 51291 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
ssb 45942 1 b44
drm_kms_helper 40745 1 i915
binfmt_misc 13213 1
drm 180037 4 i915,drm_kms_helper
r852 17878 0
wl 2642531 0
snd_timer 28659 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 14110 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
sm_common 16737 1 r852
nand 49822 2 r852,sm_common
i2c_algo_bit 13184 1 i915
dell_wmi 12601 0
nand_ids 8547 1 nand
sparse_keymap 13666 1 dell_wmi
nand_ecc 13070 1 nand
dell_laptop 13515 0
snd 55295 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 26720 2 sm_common,nand
dcdbas 14054 1 dell_laptop
psmouse 73312 0
lib80211 14570 1 wl
serio_raw 12990 0
soundcore 12600 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 14073 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
video 18951 1 i915
ndiswrapper 192828 0
lp 13349 0
parport 36746 3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp
firewire_ohci 31504 0
firewire_core 56138 1 firewire_ohci
sdhci_pci 13623 0
sdhci 22720 1 sdhci_pci
crc_itu_t 12627 1 firewire_core
babygurl@babygurl-MM061:~$

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said :
#10

First issue:

You have activated both the ndiswrapper driver and wl driver at the same
time. This should never be done... The 2 wireless drivers are in conflict with
each other...

Copy-paste the following command into the Terminal and then press
<ENTER>:

gksudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

Using the gedit editor, ADD the following configuration line into the
file:

blacklist ndiswrapper

Using the gedit editor, SAVE the change to the
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf file.

Second issue:

I am pretty sure that your BCM4311 wireless adapter is experiencing the following Broadcom driver bug in Ubuntu 11.04:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bcmwl/+bug/732677

I suggest installing bcmwl-kernel-source (5.60.48.36+bdcom-0ubuntu5) from maverick (Ubuntu 10.10) using gdebi

Solution is described here:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bcmwl/+bug/732677/comments/23

Then reboot your PC and run the following commands to enable your wireless adapter:

rfkill unblock all
sudo rfkill unblock all

Then retest wireless using NetworkManager AFTER fixing the 2 issues above.

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Cassy G (gustcn) said :
#11

I solved my own problem by going on the website below (Alternate Solution 1 helped me). Hope this can help someone else.

http://computerandu.wordpress.com/2011/05/04/how-to-solve-no-wireless-networks-in-ubuntu-11-04/