can't find wlan0
ubuntu can't find my wireless. it says wlan0 not found. i have already installed the additional drivers and firmware. I have a DELL inspiron 6400... 32-bit. i dont understand on windows it is ok but here it doesn't work. the output is this:
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Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
grep is already the newest version.
rfkill is already the newest version.
hwinfo is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 259 not upgraded.
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*-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
resources: irq:16 memory:
*-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: 00:19:b9:79:37:0a
size: 100Mbit/s
capacity: 100Mbit/s
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
resources: irq:17 memory:
0: hci0: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
1: dell-wifi: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
2: dell-bluetooth: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
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lo Interface doesn't support scanning.
eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
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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/
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 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 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 004 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 005 Device 002: ID 0a5c:4500 Broadcom Corp. BCM2046B1 USB 2.0 Hub (part of BCM2046 Bluetooth)
Bus 005 Device 003: ID 413c:8126 Dell Computer Corp. Wireless 355 Bluetooth
Bus 005 Device 004: ID 0a5c:4502 Broadcom Corp. Keyboard (Boot Interface Subclass)
Bus 005 Device 005: ID 0a5c:4503 Broadcom Corp. Mouse (Boot Interface Subclass)
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H/W path Device Class Description
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/0 bus 0KD882
/0/0 memory 64KiB BIOS
/0/400 processor Intel(R) Core(TM) Duo CPU T2450
/0/400/700 memory 32KiB L1 cache
/0/400/701 memory 2MiB L2 cache
/0/400/0.1 processor Logical CPU
/0/400/0.2 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/
/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 80GB FUJITSU MHW2080B
/0/100/1f.2/0/1 /dev/sda1 volume 47MiB Windows FAT volume
/0/100/1f.2/0/2 /dev/sda2 volume 63GiB Windows NTFS volume
/0/100/1f.2/0/3 /dev/sda3 volume 8713MiB Windows NTFS volume
/0/100/1f.2/0/4 /dev/sda4 volume 2055MiB Extended partition
/0/100/1f.2/0/4/5 /dev/sda5 volume 2055MiB
/0/100/1f.2/1 /dev/cdrom disk DVD+-RW TS-L632D
/0/100/1f.3 bus N10/ICH 7 Family SMBus Controller
Linux exhi 3.0.0-12-generic #20-Ubuntu SMP Fri Oct 7 14:50:42 UTC 2011 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
[ 0.000000] Found optimal setting for mtrr clean up
[ 0.189751] ACPI: No dock devices found.
[ 0.189755] HEST: Table not found.
[ 0.221533] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
[ 0.221547] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
[ 0.221580] usbcore: registered new device driver usb
[ 0.228128] Switching to clocksource hpet
[ 0.231786] Switched to NOHz mode on CPU #0
[ 0.231868] Switched to NOHz mode on CPU #1
[ 0.255376] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 12 devices
[ 0.331774] input: Lid Switch as /devices/
[ 0.332292] ACPI: Lid Switch [LID]
[ 0.339649] ERST: Table is not found!
[ 0.694330] isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
[ 0.703420] ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: using broken periodic workaround
[ 0.720188] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.720572] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.720886] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.721198] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.721508] hub 5-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.738479] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 1.122811] sdhci-pci 0000:03:01.1: SDHCI controller found [1180:0822] (rev 19)
[ 1.123888] mmc0: no vmmc regulator found
[ 1.384065] usb 5-2: new full speed USB device number 2 using uhci_hcd
[ 1.562551] hub 5-2:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.845442] usb 5-2.1: new full speed USB device number 3 using uhci_hcd
[ 2.053433] usb 5-2.2: new full speed USB device number 4 using uhci_hcd
[ 2.198457] input: Broadcom Corp as /devices/
[ 2.198577] generic-usb 0003:0A5C:
[ 2.198594] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbhid
[ 2.198596] usbhid: USB HID core driver
[ 2.265450] usb 5-2.3: new full speed USB device number 5 using uhci_hcd
[ 2.406990] input: Broadcom Corp as /devices/
[ 2.407112] generic-usb 0003:0A5C:
[ 14.305402] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[ 14.514372] [Firmware Bug]: Duplicate ACPI video bus devices for the same VGA controller, please try module parameter "video.
[ 14.528953] leds_ss4200: no LED devices found
[ 14.628077] wl: module license 'MIXED/Proprietary' taints kernel.
[ 14.662161] usbcore: registered new interface driver btusb
[ 14.693536] wl 0000:0b:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
[ 14.693546] wl 0000:0b:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 14.696205] eth%d: 5.100.82.38 driver failed with code 21
[ 15.072650] input: HDA Intel Mic at Ext Right Jack as /devices/
[ 15.072773] input: HDA Intel HP Out at Ext Right Jack as /devices/
[ 15.160229] b43-pci-bridge 0000:0b:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 15.180144] ssb: Core 0 found: ChipCommon (cc 0x800, rev 0x11, vendor 0x4243)
[ 15.180160] ssb: Core 1 found: IEEE 802.11 (cc 0x812, rev 0x0A, vendor 0x4243)
[ 15.180170] ssb: Core 2 found: USB 1.1 Host (cc 0x817, rev 0x03, vendor 0x4243)
[ 15.180180] ssb: Core 3 found: PCI-E (cc 0x820, rev 0x01, vendor 0x4243)
[ 15.236275] ssb: Sonics Silicon Backplane found on PCI device 0000:0b:00.0
[ 15.284138] ssb: Core 0 found: Fast Ethernet (cc 0x806, rev 0x07, vendor 0x4243)
[ 15.284155] ssb: Core 1 found: V90 (cc 0x807, rev 0x03, vendor 0x4243)
[ 15.284169] ssb: Core 2 found: PCI (cc 0x804, rev 0x0A, vendor 0x4243)
[ 15.324235] ssb: Sonics Silicon Backplane found on PCI device 0000:03:00.0
[ 15.344952] b44 ssb1:0: eth0: Broadcom 44xx/47xx 10/100BaseT Ethernet 00:19:b9:79:37:0a
[ 15.543632] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 160x50
[ 17.829515] ADDRCONF(
[ 69.816213] b44 ssb1:0: eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex
[ 69.816218] b44 ssb1:0: eth0: Flow control is off for TX and off for RX
[ 69.816488] ADDRCONF(
[ 80.728029] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
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Release Date: 04/20/2007
Serial services are supported (int 14h)
Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
Product Name: MM061
Serial Number: 8G9TZ2J
Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
Product Name: 0KD882
Serial Number: .8G9TZ2J.
Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
Serial Number: 8G9TZ2J
Manufacturer: Intel
Serial Number: Not Specified
Manufacturer: 4000000000000000
Serial Number: 176A1D00
Manufacturer: 4000000000000000
Serial Number: 9B6A1D00
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
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
# 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]
NetworkingEnabl
WirelessEnabled
WWANEnabled=true
WimaxEnabled=true
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> hal.1: read hal dataprocess 5121: arguments to dbus_move_error() were incorrect, assertion "(dest) == NULL || !dbus_error_is_set ((dest))" failed in file ../../dbus/
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/
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-
IRQ: 16 (91735 events)
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: #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/
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-
IRQ: 17 (12943 events)
HW Address: 00:19:b9:79:37:0a
Link detected: yes
Module Alias: "pci:v000014E4d
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://
root 880 0.0 0.4 27892 4156 ? Ssl 12:52 0:00 NetworkManager
root 1366 0.0 0.1 2736 1036 ? S 12:53 0:00 /sbin/dhclient -d -4 -sf /usr/lib/
exhi 5133 0.0 0.0 4444 788 pts/0 S+ 13:21 0:00 egrep --color=auto icd|etwork
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Module Size Used by
bnep 17923 2
rfcomm 38408 8
parport_pc 32114 0
ppdev 12849 0
binfmt_misc 17292 1
joydev 17393 0
b44 31443 0
dell_wmi 12601 0
sparse_keymap 13658 1 dell_wmi
ssb 50682 1 b44
dell_laptop 13519 0
dcdbas 14098 1 dell_laptop
snd_hda_codec_idt 60049 1
wl 2646601 0
i915 505108 3
snd_hda_intel 24262 2
snd_hda_codec 91754 2 snd_hda_
snd_hwdep 13276 1 snd_hda_codec
btusb 18160 2
snd_pcm 80468 2 snd_hda_
snd_seq_midi 13132 0
r852 17901 0
sm_common 16737 1 r852
nand 49707 2 r852,sm_common
snd_rawmidi 25241 1 snd_seq_midi
drm_kms_helper 32889 1 i915
snd_seq_midi_event 14475 1 snd_seq_midi
bluetooth 148839 23 bnep,rfcomm,btusb
nand_ids 8547 1 nand
nand_bch 13003 1 nand
bch 21757 1 nand_bch
nand_ecc 13070 1 nand
psmouse 73673 0
snd_seq 51567 2 snd_seq_
drm 192226 4 i915,drm_kms_helper
serio_raw 12990 0
mtd 35852 2 sm_common,nand
snd_timer 28932 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
i2c_algo_bit 13199 1 i915
snd_seq_device 14172 3 snd_seq_
snd 55902 13 snd_hda_
wmi 18744 1 dell_wmi
soundcore 12600 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 14115 2 snd_hda_
lib80211 14570 1 wl
video 18908 1 i915
lp 17455 0
parport 40930 3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp
usbhid 41905 0
hid 77367 1 usbhid
firewire_ohci 35854 0
firewire_core 56937 1 firewire_ohci
crc_itu_t 12627 1 firewire_core
sdhci_pci 13658 0
sdhci 27360 1 sdhci_pci
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