Have A Dell Latitude D600 Laptop needs wireless connection

Asked by Melinda

I have a Dell Latitude D600 Laptop, that I'm trying to make work on wifi but can't seem to get a wireless connection. I currently use Ubuntu 11.04. Thanks!

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Melinda (melired15-deactivatedaccount) said :
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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|wmi|witch|wl'; cat /var/lib/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.state; sudo hwinfo --netcard ; ps -aux|egrep 'icd|etwork'; sudo lsmod
fire4life04@ubuntu:~$ 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|wmi|witch|wl'; cat /var/lib/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.state; sudo hwinfo --netcard ; ps -aux|egrep 'icd|etwork'; sudo lsmod
[sudo] password for fire4life04:
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  *-network:0
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: NetXtreme BCM5705M Gigabit Ethernet
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 01
       serial: 00:0f:1f:c0:ce:89
       size: 100Mbit/s
       capacity: 1Gbit/s
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 66MHz
       capabilities: pm vpd msi bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=tg3 driverversion=3.116 duplex=full firmware=5705-v3.16 ip=10.0.0.5 latency=32 link=yes mingnt=64 multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100Mbit/s
       resources: irq:11 memory:faff0000-faffffff
  *-network:1
       description: Network controller
       product: BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 3
       bus info: pci@0000:02:03.0
       version: 03
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: bus_master
       configuration: driver=b43-pci-bridge latency=32
       resources: irq:5 memory:fafee000-fafeffff
  *-network DISABLED
       description: Wireless interface
       physical id: 2
       logical name: wlan0
       serial: 00:0b:7d:06:dc:c0
       capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=b43 driverversion=2.6.38-10-generic firmware=N/A link=no multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg
0: 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

DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=11.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=natty
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 11.04"
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 82855PM Processor to I/O Controller [8086:3340] (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82855PM Processor to AGP Controller [8086:3341] (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:24c2] (rev 01)
00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:24c4] (rev 01)
00:1d.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:24c7] (rev 01)
00:1d.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB2 EHCI Controller [8086:24cd] (rev 01)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev 81)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801DBM (ICH4-M) LPC Interface Bridge [8086:24cc] (rev 01)
00:1f.1 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801DBM (ICH4-M) IDE Controller [8086:24ca] (rev 01)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller [8086:24c5] (rev 01)
00:1f.6 Modem [0703]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Modem Controller [8086:24c6] (rev 01)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon RV250 [Mobility FireGL 9000] [1002:4c66] (rev 02)
02:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5705M Gigabit Ethernet [14e4:165d] (rev 01)
02:01.0 CardBus bridge [0607]: O2 Micro, Inc. OZ711EC1 SmartCardBus Controller [1217:7113] (rev 20)
02:01.1 CardBus bridge [0607]: O2 Micro, Inc. OZ711EC1 SmartCardBus Controller [1217:7113] (rev 20)
02:03.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:4320] (rev 03)
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 0461:4d0f Primax Electronics, Ltd
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 0G5152
/0/0 memory 64KiB BIOS
/0/400 processor Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1.60
/0/400/700 memory 8KiB L1 cache
/0/400/701 memory 2MiB L2 cache
/0/1000 memory 512MiB System Memory
/0/1000/0 memory DIMM DDR Synchronous 266 MHz (3.8 ns
/0/1000/1 memory 512MiB DIMM DDR Synchronous 266 MHz
/0/100 bridge 82855PM Processor to I/O Controller
/0/100/1 bridge 82855PM Processor to AGP Controller
/0/100/1/0 display Radeon RV250 [Mobility FireGL 9000]
/0/100/1d bus 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M)
/0/100/1d.1 bus 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M)
/0/100/1d.2 bus 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M)
/0/100/1d.7 bus 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB2 EHCI
/0/100/1e bridge 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge
/0/100/1e/0 eth0 network NetXtreme BCM5705M Gigabit Ethernet
/0/100/1e/1 bridge OZ711EC1 SmartCardBus Controller
/0/100/1e/1.1 bridge OZ711EC1 SmartCardBus Controller
/0/100/1e/3 network BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Contr
/0/100/1f bridge 82801DBM (ICH4-M) LPC Interface Brid
/0/100/1f.1 scsi0 storage 82801DBM (ICH4-M) IDE Controller
/0/100/1f.1/0 /dev/sda disk 60GB HTS548060M9AT00
/0/100/1f.1/0/1 /dev/sda1 volume 55GiB Windows NTFS volume
/0/100/1f.1/1 /dev/cdrom disk CDRW/DVD SBW242U
/0/100/1f.5 multimedia 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M)
/0/100/1f.6 communication 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M)
/1 power DELL Y133848
/2 wlan0 network Wireless interface
Linux ubuntu 2.6.38-10-generic #46-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jun 28 15:05:41 UTC 2011 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
[ 0.000000] APIC: switched to apic NOOP
[ 0.009245] SMP alternatives: switching to UP code
[ 0.090372] ACPI: ACPI Dock Station Driver: 1 docks/bays found
[ 0.090375] HEST: Table not found.
[ 0.115690] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
[ 0.115707] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
[ 0.115741] usbcore: registered new device driver usb
[ 0.116239] Switching to clocksource pit
[ 0.148446] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 13 devices
[ 0.185644] Switching to clocksource acpi_pm
[ 0.187791] Switched to NOHz mode on CPU #0
[ 0.238256] input: Lid Switch as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0C0D:00/input/input0
[ 0.238658] ACPI: Lid Switch [LID]
[ 0.256642] ERST: Table is not found!
[ 0.471381] i2c-core: driver [adp5520] using legacy suspend method
[ 0.471384] i2c-core: driver [adp5520] using legacy resume method
[ 0.628447] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.629112] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.629461] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.630018] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.641816] device-mapper: multipath: version 1.2.0 loaded
[ 0.641820] device-mapper: multipath round-robin: version 1.0.0 loaded
[ 0.759858] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 0.971631] isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
[ 1.180188] usb 3-1: new low speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2
[ 1.529474] tg3 0000:02:00.0: eth0: Tigon3 [partno(BCM95705A50) rev 3001] (PCI:33MHz:32-bit) MAC address 00:0f:1f:c0:ce:89
[ 1.529481] tg3 0000:02:00.0: eth0: attached PHY is 5705 (10/100/1000Base-T Ethernet) (WireSpeed[1])
[ 1.529485] tg3 0000:02:00.0: eth0: RXcsums[1] LinkChgREG[0] MIirq[0] ASF[0] TSOcap[1]
[ 1.529490] tg3 0000:02:00.0: eth0: dma_rwctrl[763f0000] dma_mask[64-bit]
[ 1.529528] b43-pci-bridge 0000:02:03.0: PCI INT A -> Link[LNKB] -> GSI 5 (level, low) -> IRQ 5
[ 1.529563] ssb: Core 0 found: ChipCommon (cc 0x800, rev 0x04, vendor 0x4243)
[ 1.529570] ssb: Core 1 found: IEEE 802.11 (cc 0x812, rev 0x05, vendor 0x4243)
[ 1.529577] ssb: Core 2 found: PCMCIA (cc 0x80D, rev 0x02, vendor 0x4243)
[ 1.529583] ssb: Core 3 found: V90 (cc 0x807, rev 0x02, vendor 0x4243)
[ 1.529590] ssb: Core 4 found: PCI (cc 0x804, rev 0x09, vendor 0x4243)
[ 1.534981] ssb: Sonics Silicon Backplane found on PCI device 0000:02:03.0
[ 1.553371] input: USB Optical Mouse as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.1/usb3/3-1/3-1:1.0/input/input4
[ 1.553661] generic-usb 0003:0461:4D0F.0001: input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.11 Mouse [USB Optical Mouse] on usb-0000:00:1d.1-1/input0
[ 1.553890] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbhid
[ 1.553893] usbhid: USB HID core driver
[ 26.865565] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[ 27.709654] yenta_cardbus 0000:02:01.0: CardBus bridge found [1028:011d]
[ 27.853107] yenta_cardbus 0000:02:01.1: CardBus bridge found [1028:011d]
[ 28.706119] b43-phy0: Broadcom 4306 WLAN found (core revision 5)
[ 28.892549] Registered led device: b43-phy0::tx
[ 28.892646] Registered led device: b43-phy0::rx
[ 28.892765] Registered led device: b43-phy0::radio
[ 28.892825] Broadcom 43xx driver loaded [ Features: PNL, Firmware-ID: FW13 ]
[ 29.214088] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 100x37
[ 32.122418] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 32.195546] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode5.fw" not found
[ 32.195553] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43-open/ucode5.fw" not found
[ 32.195558] b43-phy0 ERROR: You must go to http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware and download the correct firmware for this driver version. Please carefully read all instructions on this website.
[ 33.676478] tg3 0000:02:00.0: eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex
[ 33.676485] tg3 0000:02:00.0: eth0: Flow control is on for TX and on for RX
[ 33.676543] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
[ 44.336027] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
 Manufacturer: Dell Computer Corporation
 Product Name: Latitude D600
 Manufacturer: Dell Computer Corporation
 Product Name: 0G5152
 Manufacturer: Dell Computer Corporation
 Manufacturer: Intel
 Manufacturer: Not Specified
 Manufacturer: Not Specified
 Manufacturer: Sanyo
 SBDS Manufacture Date: 2004-08-24
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:off/any
          Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=0 dBm
          Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
          Power Management:off

install snd-rawmidi /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-rawmidi $CMDLINE_OPTS && { /sbin/modprobe --quiet --use-blacklist snd-seq-midi ; : ; }
# 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

[main]
NetworkingEnabled=true
WirelessEnabled=true
WWANEnabled=true
> hal.1: read hal dataprocess 2726: 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
21: PCI 200.0: 0200 Ethernet controller
  [Created at pci.318]
  Unique ID: rBUF.jGtOSOS7XzF
  Parent ID: 6NW+.+ISWpD3pbdC
  SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.0/0000:02:00.0
  SysFS BusID: 0000:02:00.0
  Hardware Class: network
  Model: "Dell Latitude D400"
  Vendor: pci 0x14e4 "Broadcom"
  Device: pci 0x165d "NetXtreme BCM5705M Gigabit Ethernet"
  SubVendor: pci 0x1028 "Dell"
  SubDevice: pci 0x865d "Latitude D400"
  Revision: 0x01
  Driver: "tg3"
  Driver Modules: "tg3"
  Device File: eth0
  Memory Range: 0xfaff0000-0xfaffffff (rw,non-prefetchable)
  IRQ: 11 (171217 events)
  HW Address: 00:0f:1f:c0:ce:89
  Link detected: yes
  Module Alias: "pci:v000014E4d0000165Dsv00001028sd0000865Dbc02sc00i00"
  Driver Info #0:
    Driver Status: tg3 is active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe tg3"
  Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
  Attached to: #15 (PCI bridge)

24: PCI 203.0: 0282 WLAN controller
  [Created at pci.318]
  Unique ID: y9sn.vH0iKaQITbF
  Parent ID: 6NW+.+ISWpD3pbdC
  SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.0/0000:02:03.0
  SysFS BusID: 0000:02:03.0
  Hardware Class: network
  Model: "Dell Wireless 1350 WLAN Mini-PCI Card"
  Vendor: pci 0x14e4 "Broadcom"
  Device: pci 0x4320 "BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller"
  SubVendor: pci 0x1028 "Dell"
  SubDevice: pci 0x0003 "Wireless 1350 WLAN Mini-PCI Card"
  Revision: 0x03
  Driver: "b43-pci-bridge"
  Driver Modules: "ssb"
  Device File: wlan0
  Features: WLAN
  Memory Range: 0xfafee000-0xfafeffff (rw,non-prefetchable)
  IRQ: 5 (294 events)
  HW Address: 00:0b:7d:06:dc:c0
  Link detected: no
  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:v000014E4d00004320sv00001028sd00000003bc02sc80i00"
  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: #15 (PCI bridge)
Warning: bad ps syntax, perhaps a bogus '-'? See http://procps.sf.net/faq.html
root 768 0.0 0.5 25496 2692 ? Ssl 13:48 0:00 NetworkManager
root 2004 0.0 0.1 2552 800 ? S 14:09 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-c3aecbb7-a6d3-42f6-9491-5c70616c163c-eth0.lease -cf /var/run/nm-dhclient-eth0.conf eth0
1000 2740 0.0 0.1 4148 840 pts/0 S+ 14:21 0:00 egrep --color=auto icd|etwork
Module Size Used by
binfmt_misc 13213 1
snd_intel8x0 33213 2
snd_ac97_codec 105614 1 snd_intel8x0
ac97_bus 12642 1 snd_ac97_codec
radeon 900494 3
arc4 12473 2
snd_pcm 80042 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec
snd_seq_midi 13132 0
b43 296610 0
snd_rawmidi 25269 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 14475 1 snd_seq_midi
joydev 17322 0
ttm 65184 1 radeon
snd_seq 51291 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
mac80211 257001 1 b43
drm_kms_helper 40745 1 radeon
snd_timer 28659 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
pcmcia 39671 0
snd_seq_device 14110 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
drm 180037 5 radeon,ttm,drm_kms_helper
ppdev 12849 0
snd 55295 11 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
cfg80211 156212 2 b43,mac80211
i2c_algo_bit 13184 1 radeon
yenta_socket 27230 0
dcdbas 14054 0
psmouse 73312 0
pcmcia_rsrc 18292 1 yenta_socket
pcmcia_core 21505 3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,pcmcia_rsrc
soundcore 12600 1 snd
parport_pc 32111 1
serio_raw 12990 0
video 18951 0
shpchp 32345 0
snd_page_alloc 14073 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
lp 13349 0
parport 36746 3 ppdev,parport_pc,lp
usbhid 41704 0
hid 77084 1 usbhid
tg3 131476 0
ssb 45942 1 b43
fire4life04@ubuntu:~$ sudo aptitude update
sudo: aptitude: command not found
fire4life04@ubuntu:~$ sudo aptitude update
sudo: aptitude: command not found
fire4life04@ubuntu:~$ sudo aptitude install b43-fwcutter
sudo: aptitude: command not found
fire4life04@ubuntu:~$

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Best actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
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Melinda (melired15-deactivatedaccount) said :
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Thanks actionparsnip, that solved my question.