b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode5.fw" not found -> DISABLED Wireless Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:4318] (rev 02) not working on Hewlett-Packard Pavilion zv6000 notebook in Ubuntu 11.10
jessie@dads:~$ sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install hwinfo grep rfkill; sudo lshw -C network; rfkill list; sudo iwlist scanning; cat /etc/network/
[sudo] password for jessie:
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*-network:0
description: Network controller
product: BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: 2
bus info: pci@0000:03:02.0
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
resources: irq:9 memory:
*-network:1
description: Ethernet interface
product: RTL-8139/
vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
physical id: 6
bus info: pci@0000:03:06.0
logical name: eth0
version: 10
serial: 00:0f:b0:71:ad:f7
size: 100Mbit/s
capacity: 100Mbit/s
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
resources: irq:22 ioport:
*-network DISABLED
description: Wireless interface
physical id: 3
logical name: wlan0
serial: 00:90:4b:ef:2c:dd
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
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
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00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 Host Bridge [1002:5950]
00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge [1002:5a3f]
00:04.0 PCI bridge [0604]: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge [1002:5a36]
00:13.0 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB Host Controller [1002:4374]
00:13.1 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB Host Controller [1002:4375]
00:13.2 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB2 Host Controller [1002:4373]
00:14.0 SMBus [0c05]: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 SMBus Controller [1002:4372] (rev 10)
00:14.1 IDE interface [0101]: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 IDE Controller [1002:4376]
00:14.3 ISA bridge [0601]: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 PCI-ISA Bridge [1002:4377]
00:14.4 PCI bridge [0604]: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 PCI-PCI Bridge [1002:4371]
00:14.5 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 AC'97 Audio Controller [1002:4370] (rev 01)
00:14.6 Modem [0703]: ATI Technologies Inc SB400 AC'97 Modem Controller [1002:4378] (rev 01)
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 Radeon XPRESS 200M 5955 (PCIE) [1002:5955]
03:02.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:4318] (rev 02)
03:04.0 CardBus bridge [0607]: Texas Instruments PCI1510 PC card Cardbus Controller [104c:ac56]
03:06.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/
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
H/W path Device Class Description
=======
/0 bus 3085
/0/0 memory 101KiB BIOS
/0/4 processor AMD Sempron(tm) Processor 3200+
/0/4/5 memory 256KiB L2 cache
/0/4/0 memory 128KiB L1 cache
/0/4/1 memory 256KiB L2 cache
/0/c memory 512MiB System Memory
/0/c/0 memory 256MiB DIMM DRAM Synchronous
/0/c/1 memory 256MiB DIMM DRAM Synchronous
/0/100 bridge RS480 Host Bridge
/0/100/1 bridge RS480 PCI Bridge
/0/100/1/5 display Radeon XPRESS 200M 5955 (PCIE)
/0/100/4 bridge RS480 PCI Bridge
/0/100/13 bus IXP SB400 USB Host Controller
/0/100/13.1 bus IXP SB400 USB Host Controller
/0/100/13.2 bus IXP SB400 USB2 Host Controller
/0/100/14 bus IXP SB400 SMBus Controller
/0/100/14.1 scsi0 storage IXP SB400 IDE Controller
/0/100/14.1/0 /dev/sda disk 40GB ST94019A
/0/100/14.1/0/1 /dev/sda1 volume 36GiB EXT4 volume
/0/100/14.1/0/2 /dev/sda2 volume 759MiB Extended partition
/0/100/14.1/0/2/5 /dev/sda5 volume 759MiB Linux swap / Solaris partit
/0/100/14.1/1 /dev/cdrom disk RW/DVD GCC-4244N
/0/100/14.3 bridge IXP SB400 PCI-ISA Bridge
/0/100/14.4 bridge IXP SB400 PCI-PCI Bridge
/0/100/14.4/2 network BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g
/0/100/14.4/4 bridge PCI1510 PC card Cardbus Controller
/0/100/14.4/6 eth0 network RTL-8139/
/0/100/14.5 multimedia IXP SB400 AC'97 Audio Controller
/0/100/14.6 communication SB400 AC'97 Modem Controller
/0/101 bridge K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTranspo
/0/102 bridge K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
/0/103 bridge K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Control
/0/104 bridge K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneou
/1 power
/2 system
/3 wlan0 network Wireless interface
Linux dads 3.0.0-15-generic #26-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jan 20 15:59:53 UTC 2012 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux
[ 0.000000] DMI: Hewlett-Packard Pavilion ZV6100 (EC361UA#ABA) /3085, BIOS F.14 05/27/2005
[ 0.000000] Found optimal setting for mtrr clean up
[ 0.000000] found SMP MP-table at [c00f7e20] f7e20
[ 0.004718] SMP alternatives: switching to UP code
[ 0.140743] ACPI: No dock devices found.
[ 0.140747] HEST: Table not found.
[ 0.155593] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
[ 0.155608] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
[ 0.155644] usbcore: registered new device driver usb
[ 0.208047] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 10 devices
[ 0.245734] Switching to clocksource acpi_pm
[ 0.247439] Switched to NOHz mode on CPU #0
[ 0.331512] input: Lid Switch as /devices/
[ 0.331571] ACPI: Lid Switch [LID]
[ 0.406492] ERST: Table is not found!
[ 0.466129] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.596486] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.668140] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.903990] isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
[ 1.124963] powernow-k8: Found 1 AMD Sempron(tm) Processor 3200+ (1 cpu cores) (version 2.20.00)
[ 1.131080] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 1.272078] Switching to clocksource tsc
[ 1.386196] b43-pci-bridge 0000:03:02.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ 9
[ 1.412103] ssb: Core 0 found: ChipCommon (cc 0x800, rev 0x0D, vendor 0x4243)
[ 1.412116] ssb: Core 1 found: IEEE 802.11 (cc 0x812, rev 0x09, vendor 0x4243)
[ 1.412127] ssb: Core 2 found: PCI (cc 0x804, rev 0x0C, vendor 0x4243)
[ 1.412136] ssb: Core 3 found: PCMCIA (cc 0x80D, rev 0x07, vendor 0x4243)
[ 1.452170] ssb: Sonics Silicon Backplane found on PCI device 0000:03:02.0
[ 1.822442] 8139too 0000:03:06.0: eth0: RealTek RTL8139 at 0xa000, 00:0f:b0:71:ad:f7, IRQ 22
[ 6.139283] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[ 8.437689] yenta_cardbus 0000:03:04.0: CardBus bridge found [103c:3085]
[ 9.496040] b43-phy0: Broadcom 4318 WLAN found (core revision 9)
[ 10.440074] Registered led device: b43-phy0::radio
[ 10.440098] Broadcom 43xx driver loaded [ Features: PNL, Firmware-ID: FW13 ]
[ 11.119532] [drm] Radeon display connector LVDS-1: Found valid EDID
[ 11.221078] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 160x50
[ 19.922558] 8139too 0000:03:06.0: eth0: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex, lpa 0x41E1
[ 20.265740] type=1400 audit(132760554
[ 20.266372] type=1400 audit(132760554
[ 30.776009] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
[ 91.772194] Switching to clocksource acpi_pm
[ 120.587920] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode5.fw" not found
[ 120.587929] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43-open/
[ 120.587936] b43-phy0 ERROR: You must go to http://
Release Date: 05/27/2005
Manufacturer: Hewlett-Packard
Product Name: Pavilion ZV6100 (EC361UA#ABA)
Serial Number: CND5250Y4P
Manufacturer: Hewlett-Packard
Product Name: 3085
Serial Number: CND5250Y4P
Manufacturer: Hewlett-Packard
Serial Number: None
Manufacturer: AuthenticAMD
Serial Number: Not Specified
Manufacturer: Not Specified
Serial Number: Not Specified
Manufacturer: Not Specified
Serial Number: Not Specified
Manufacturer: Not Specified
SBDS Serial Number: 0000
SBDS Manufacture Date: 1980-00-00
Manufacturer Name: Intel
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:on
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]
NetworkingEnabl
WirelessEnabled
WWANEnabled=true
WimaxEnabled=true
> hal.1: read hal dataprocess 6110: 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
25: PCI 302.0: 0282 WLAN controller
[Created at pci.318]
Unique ID: y9sn.1jgFTWqeHhC
Parent ID: qscc.hTSZxA6Z5F6
SysFS ID: /devices/
SysFS BusID: 0000:03:02.0
Hardware Class: network
Model: "Hewlett-Packard Company Broadcom 802.11b/g WLAN"
Vendor: pci 0x14e4 "Broadcom"
Device: pci 0x4318 "BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller"
SubVendor: pci 0x103c "Hewlett-Packard Company"
SubDevice: pci 0x1355 "Broadcom 802.11b/g WLAN"
Revision: 0x02
Driver: "b43-pci-bridge"
Driver Modules: "ssb"
Device File: wlan0
Features: WLAN
Memory Range: 0xb0200000-
IRQ: 9 (204 events)
HW Address: 00:90:4b:ef:2c:dd
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:v000014E4d
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: #17 (PCI bridge)
27: PCI 306.0: 0200 Ethernet controller
[Created at pci.318]
Unique ID: rBUF.rXLFsLooXc8
Parent ID: qscc.hTSZxA6Z5F6
SysFS ID: /devices/
SysFS BusID: 0000:03:06.0
Hardware Class: network
Model: "Realtek RTL-8139/
Vendor: pci 0x10ec "Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd."
Device: pci 0x8139 "RTL-8139/
SubVendor: pci 0x103c "Hewlett-Packard Company"
SubDevice: pci 0x3085
Revision: 0x10
Driver: "8139too"
Driver Modules: "8139too"
Device File: eth0
I/O Ports: 0xa000-0xafff (rw)
Memory Range: 0xb0203000-
IRQ: 22 (82866 events)
HW Address: 00:0f:b0:71:ad:f7
Link detected: yes
Module Alias: "pci:v000010ECd
Driver Info #0:
Driver Status: 8139too is active
Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe 8139too"
Driver Info #1:
Driver Status: 8139cp is active
Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe 8139cp"
Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
Attached to: #17 (PCI bridge)
Warning: bad ps syntax, perhaps a bogus '-'? See http://
root 822 0.0 0.4 26764 1656 ? Ssl 14:19 0:00 NetworkManager
root 840 0.0 0.0 2736 336 ? S 14:19 0:00 /sbin/dhclient -d -4 -sf /usr/lib/
jessie 6124 0.0 0.2 4444 784 pts/1 S+ 18:32 0:00 egrep --color=auto wpa|icd|etwork
Module Size Used by
bnep 17923 2
rfcomm 38408 0
bluetooth 148839 10 bnep,rfcomm
parport_pc 32114 0
ppdev 12849 0
snd_atiixp 19337 2
snd_atiixp_modem 18604 5
snd_ac97_codec 106082 2 snd_atiixp,
ac97_bus 12642 1 snd_ac97_codec
binfmt_misc 17292 1
snd_pcm 80435 5 snd_atiixp,
snd_seq_midi 13132 0
snd_rawmidi 25241 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 14475 1 snd_seq_midi
radeon 925178 3
ttm 65224 1 radeon
drm_kms_helper 32889 1 radeon
arc4 12473 2
snd_seq 51567 2 snd_seq_
drm 192194 5 radeon,
snd_timer 28932 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 14172 3 snd_seq_
snd 55902 20 snd_atiixp,
i2c_algo_bit 13199 1 radeon
joydev 17393 0
b43 318816 0
mac80211 393459 1 b43
pcmcia 39822 0
soundcore 12600 1 snd
cfg80211 172427 2 b43,mac80211
hp_wmi 13652 0
ati_agp 13242 0
sparse_keymap 13658 1 hp_wmi
snd_page_alloc 14115 3 snd_atiixp,
yenta_socket 27428 0
pcmcia_rsrc 18367 1 yenta_socket
wmi 18744 1 hp_wmi
psmouse 73673 0
pcmcia_core 21511 3 pcmcia,
shpchp 32356 0
serio_raw 12990 0
k8temp 12905 0
i2c_piix4 13093 0
video 18908 0
lp 17455 0
parport 40930 3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp
8139too 23283 0
8139cp 22636 0
ssb 50682 1 b43
pata_atiixp 12967 2
jessie@dads:~$
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