n3100 wireless troubleshooting- stuck :(
I can't seem to get my wireless adapter to work no matter what I do- here's my info: Thanks ahead of time!
where 'devid' is either PCIID or USBID of the form XXXX:XXXX,
as reported by 'lspci -n' or 'lsusb' for the card
nick@nick-
driver bcmwlhigh5 is already installed
nick@nick-
nick@nick-NF66:~$ ndiswrapper -v
utils version: '1.9', utils version needed by module: '1.9'
module details:
filename: /lib/modules/
version: 1.57
vermagic: 3.0.0-17-generic SMP mod_unload modversions 686
nick@nick-NF66:~$ sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install hwinfo grep rfkill; sudo lshw -C network; rfkill list; sudo iwlist scanning; cat /etc/network/
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grep is already the newest version.
rfkill is already the newest version.
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esound-common libesd0 libaudiofile0 wine1.2-gecko
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following NEW packages will be installed:
hwinfo libhal1 libhd16
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ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.
eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
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00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: nVidia Corporation C55 Host Bridge [10de:03a2] (rev a2)
00:00.1 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation C55 Memory Controller [10de:03ac] (rev a1)
00:00.2 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation C55 Memory Controller [10de:03aa] (rev a1)
00:00.3 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation C55 Memory Controller [10de:03a9] (rev a1)
00:00.4 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation C55 Memory Controller [10de:03ab] (rev a1)
00:00.5 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation C55 Memory Controller [10de:03a8] (rev a2)
00:00.6 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation C55 Memory Controller [10de:03b5] (rev a1)
00:00.7 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation C55 Memory Controller [10de:03b4] (rev a1)
00:01.0 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation C55 Memory Controller [10de:03ad] (rev a1)
00:01.1 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation C55 Memory Controller [10de:03ae] (rev a1)
00:01.2 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation C55 Memory Controller [10de:03af] (rev a1)
00:01.3 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation C55 Memory Controller [10de:03b0] (rev a1)
00:01.4 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation C55 Memory Controller [10de:03b1] (rev a1)
00:01.5 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation C55 Memory Controller [10de:03b2] (rev a1)
00:01.6 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation C55 Memory Controller [10de:03b3] (rev a1)
00:02.0 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation C55 Memory Controller [10de:03b6] (rev a1)
00:02.1 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation C55 Memory Controller [10de:03bc] (rev a1)
00:02.2 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation C55 Memory Controller [10de:03ba] (rev a1)
00:03.0 PCI bridge [0604]: nVidia Corporation C55 PCI Express bridge [10de:03b7] (rev a1)
00:06.0 PCI bridge [0604]: nVidia Corporation C55 PCI Express bridge [10de:03b9] (rev a1)
00:07.0 PCI bridge [0604]: nVidia Corporation C55 PCI Express bridge [10de:03bb] (rev a1)
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.2 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation MCP51 Memory Controller 0 [10de:0272] (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 a1)
00:0e.0 IDE interface [0101]: nVidia Corporation MCP51 Serial ATA Controller [10de:0266] (rev a1)
00:0f.0 IDE interface [0101]: nVidia Corporation MCP51 Serial ATA Controller [10de:0267] (rev a1)
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)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation G84 [GeForce 8600 GT] [10de:0402] (rev a1)
04:08.0 USB Controller [0c03]: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller [1106:3038] (rev 62)
04:08.1 USB Controller [0c03]: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller [1106:3038] (rev 62)
04:08.2 USB Controller [0c03]: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 [1106:3104] (rev 65)
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 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 002 Device 002: ID 05e3:0608 Genesys Logic, Inc. USB-2.0 4-Port HUB
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 046d:c404 Logitech, Inc. TrackMan Wheel
Bus 002 Device 005: ID 0846:9020 NetGear, Inc. WNA3100(v1) Wireless-N 300 [Broadcom BCM43231]
H/W path Device Class Description
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/0 bus NF66
/0/0 memory 128KiB BIOS
/0/4 processor Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU 2.80GHz
/0/4/a memory 32KiB L1 cache
/0/4/b memory 1MiB L2 cache
/0/4/1.1 processor Logical CPU
/0/4/1.2 processor Logical CPU
/0/1e memory 2GiB System Memory
/0/1e/0 memory DIMM DRAM [empty]
/0/1e/1 memory DIMM DRAM [empty]
/0/1e/2 memory 1GiB DIMM DRAM 667 MHz (1.5 ns)
/0/1e/3 memory 1GiB DIMM DRAM 667 MHz (1.5 ns)
/0/1 processor
/0/1/1.1 processor Logical CPU
/0/1/1.2 processor Logical CPU
/0/3100 generic
/0/100 bridge C55 Host Bridge
/0/100/0.1 memory RAM memory
/0/100/0.2 memory RAM memory
/0/100/0.3 memory RAM memory
/0/100/0.4 memory RAM memory
/0/100/0.5 memory RAM memory
/0/100/0.6 memory RAM memory
/0/100/0.7 memory RAM memory
/0/100/1 memory RAM memory
/0/100/1.1 memory RAM memory
/0/100/1.2 memory RAM memory
/0/100/1.3 memory RAM memory
/0/100/1.4 memory RAM memory
/0/100/1.5 memory RAM memory
/0/100/1.6 memory RAM memory
/0/100/2 memory RAM memory
/0/100/2.1 memory RAM memory
/0/100/2.2 memory RAM memory
/0/100/3 bridge C55 PCI Express bridge
/0/100/3/0 display G84 [GeForce 8600 GT]
/0/100/6 bridge C55 PCI Express bridge
/0/100/7 bridge C55 PCI Express bridge
/0/100/9 memory RAM memory
/0/100/a bridge MCP51 LPC Bridge
/0/100/a.1 bus MCP51 SMBus
/0/100/a.2 memory RAM memory
/0/100/b bus MCP51 USB Controller
/0/100/b.1 bus MCP51 USB Controller
/0/100/d storage MCP51 IDE
/0/100/e scsi2 storage MCP51 Serial ATA Controller
/0/100/e/0.0.0 /dev/sda disk 500GB ST3500418AS
/0/100/e/0.0.0/1 /dev/sda1 volume 463GiB EXT4 volume
/0/100/e/0.0.0/2 /dev/sda2 volume 2044MiB Extended partition
/0/100/e/0.0.0/2/5 /dev/sda5 volume 2044MiB Linux swap / Solaris partiti
/0/100/f scsi4 storage MCP51 Serial ATA Controller
/0/100/f/0.0.0 /dev/cdrom disk CDDVDW SH-S223C
/0/100/10 bridge MCP51 PCI Bridge
/0/100/10/8 bus VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller
/0/100/10/8.1 bus VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller
/0/100/10/8.2 bus USB 2.0
/0/100/10.1 multimedia MCP51 High Definition Audio
/0/100/14 eth0 bridge MCP51 Ethernet Controller
Linux nick-NF66 3.0.0-17-generic #30-Ubuntu SMP Thu Mar 8 17:34:21 UTC 2012 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
[ 0.000000] Found optimal setting for mtrr clean up
[ 0.000000] found SMP MP-table at [c00f3ee0] f3ee0
[ 0.208308] ACPI: No dock devices found.
[ 0.208312] HEST: Table not found.
[ 0.372242] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
[ 0.372262] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
[ 0.372331] usbcore: registered new device driver usb
[ 0.423645] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 14 devices
[ 0.500109] Switching to clocksource acpi_pm
[ 0.500119] Switched to NOHz mode on CPU #1
[ 0.514337] Switched to NOHz mode on CPU #0
[ 0.672419] ERST: Table is not found!
[ 1.026012] isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
[ 1.180244] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.192206] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.250177] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.250926] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.251600] hub 5-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.269111] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 1.484487] forcedeth: Reverse Engineered nForce ethernet driver. Version 0.64.
[ 1.484797] forcedeth 0000:00:14.0: PCI INT A -> Link[APCH] -> GSI 23 (level, low) -> IRQ 23
[ 1.484805] forcedeth 0000:00:14.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 1.604050] Switching to clocksource tsc
[ 1.740015] usb 3-4: new low speed USB device number 2 using ohci_hcd
[ 1.924017] usb 3-4: device descriptor read/64, error -62
[ 2.009124] forcedeth 0000:00:14.0: ifname eth0, PHY OUI 0x5043 @ 1, addr 00:04:4b:06:73:15
[ 2.009130] forcedeth 0000:00:14.0: highdma pwrctl gbit lnktim desc-v3
[ 2.212019] usb 3-4: device descriptor read/64, error -62
[ 2.492075] usb 3-4: new low speed USB device number 3 using ohci_hcd
[ 2.676044] usb 3-4: device descriptor read/64, error -62
[ 2.964044] usb 3-4: device descriptor read/64, error -62
[ 3.244027] usb 3-4: new low speed USB device number 4 using ohci_hcd
[ 3.652063] usb 3-4: device not accepting address 4, error -62
[ 3.828021] usb 3-4: new low speed USB device number 5 using ohci_hcd
[ 4.236013] usb 3-4: device not accepting address 5, error -62
[ 4.348051] usb 2-1: new high speed USB device number 2 using ehci_hcd
[ 4.482167] hub 2-1:1.0: USB hub found
[ 4.756375] usb 2-1.2: new low speed USB device number 3 using ehci_hcd
[ 4.864781] input: Logitech Trackball as /devices/
[ 4.864970] generic-usb 0003:046D:
[ 4.864996] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbhid
[ 4.865000] usbhid: USB HID core driver
[ 8.542037] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[ 10.072057] usb 3-4: new low speed USB device number 6 using ohci_hcd
[ 10.256024] usb 3-4: device descriptor read/64, error -62
[ 10.544026] usb 3-4: device descriptor read/64, error -62
[ 10.824022] usb 3-4: new low speed USB device number 7 using ohci_hcd
[ 11.008028] usb 3-4: device descriptor read/64, error -62
[ 11.296024] usb 3-4: device descriptor read/64, error -62
[ 11.576015] usb 3-4: new low speed USB device number 8 using ohci_hcd
[ 11.984017] usb 3-4: device not accepting address 8, error -62
[ 12.160015] usb 3-4: new low speed USB device number 9 using ohci_hcd
[ 12.620023] usb 3-4: device not accepting address 9, error -62
[ 13.912783] input: HDA NVidia Headphone as /devices/
[ 15.730187] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 80x30
[ 28.656009] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
[ 31.808028] usb 3-4: new low speed USB device number 10 using ohci_hcd
[ 31.992020] usb 3-4: device descriptor read/64, error -62
[ 32.280031] usb 3-4: device descriptor read/64, error -62
[ 32.560019] usb 3-4: new low speed USB device number 11 using ohci_hcd
[ 32.744053] usb 3-4: device descriptor read/64, error -62
[ 33.032041] usb 3-4: device descriptor read/64, error -62
[ 33.312045] usb 3-4: new low speed USB device number 12 using ohci_hcd
[ 33.721205] usb 3-4: device not accepting address 12, error -62
[ 33.896023] usb 3-4: new low speed USB device number 13 using ohci_hcd
[ 34.304036] usb 3-4: device not accepting address 13, error -62
[ 120.172300] usb 2-1.3: new high speed USB device number 4 using ehci_hcd
[ 120.604020] usb 3-4: new low speed USB device number 14 using ohci_hcd
[ 120.788027] usb 3-4: device descriptor read/64, error -62
[ 121.076016] usb 3-4: device descriptor read/64, error -62
[ 121.356018] usb 3-4: new low speed USB device number 15 using ohci_hcd
[ 121.540022] usb 3-4: device descriptor read/64, error -62
[ 121.828014] usb 3-4: device descriptor read/64, error -62
[ 122.108020] usb 3-4: new low speed USB device number 16 using ohci_hcd
[ 122.516023] usb 3-4: device not accepting address 16, error -62
[ 122.692022] usb 3-4: new low speed USB device number 17 using ohci_hcd
[ 123.100017] usb 3-4: device not accepting address 17, error -62
[ 123.156087] usb 2-1.3: usbfs: USBDEVFS_CONTROL failed cmd mtp-probe rqt 128 rq 6 len 255 ret -71
[ 123.160200] usb 2-1.3: usbfs: USBDEVFS_CONTROL failed cmd mtp-probe rqt 128 rq 6 len 1024 ret -71
[ 123.301081] usb 2-1.3: USB disconnect, device number 4
[ 124.268380] usb 2-1.4: new high speed USB device number 5 using ehci_hcd
[ 125.444073] usb 2-1.4: usbfs: USBDEVFS_CONTROL failed cmd mtp-probe rqt 128 rq 6 len 1024 ret -110
Release Date: 03/27/2007
Serial services are supported (int 14h)
Manufacturer: EVGA
Product Name: NF66
Serial Number: 1
Manufacturer: EVGA
Product Name: NF66
Serial Number: 1
Manufacturer: EVGA
Serial Number:
Manufacturer: Intel
Serial Number:
Port Type: Serial Port 16450 Compatible
Port Type: Serial Port 16450 Compatible
Manufacturer: None
Serial Number: None
Manufacturer: None
Serial Number: None
Manufacturer: None
Serial Number: None
Manufacturer: None
Serial Number: None
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
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 3774: 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
41: PCI 14.0: 0200 Ethernet controller
[Created at pci.318]
Unique ID: rBUF.BHS_GNmzbEC
SysFS ID: /devices/
SysFS BusID: 0000:00:14.0
Hardware Class: network
Model: "nVidia MCP51 Ethernet Controller"
Vendor: pci 0x10de "nVidia Corporation"
Device: pci 0x0269 "MCP51 Ethernet Controller"
SubVendor: pci 0x10de "nVidia Corporation"
SubDevice: pci 0x0162
Revision: 0xa3
Driver: "forcedeth"
Driver Modules: "forcedeth"
Device File: eth0
Memory Range: 0xcfffb000-
I/O Ports: 0xc800-0xc807 (rw)
IRQ: 23 (182511 events)
HW Address: 00:04:4b:06:73:15
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
Warning: bad ps syntax, perhaps a bogus '-'? See http://
root 905 0.0 0.2 27792 4672 ? Ssl 01:49 0:00 NetworkManager
root 1006 0.0 0.0 2744 1204 ? S 01:49 0:00 /sbin/dhclient -d -4 -sf /usr/lib/
nick 3788 0.0 0.0 4452 756 pts/0 S+ 02:10 0:00 egrep --color=auto wpa|icd|etwork
Module Size Used by
joydev 17393 0
bnep 17923 2
rfcomm 38408 0
bluetooth 148839 10 bnep,rfcomm
parport_pc 32114 0
ppdev 12849 0
vesafb 13489 1
snd_hda_
snd_hda_intel 24262 1
snd_hda_codec 91859 2 snd_hda_
snd_hwdep 13276 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm 80435 2 snd_hda_
snd_seq_midi 13132 0
nvidia 10390874 40
snd_rawmidi 25241 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 14475 1 snd_seq_midi
binfmt_misc 17292 1
snd_seq 51567 2 snd_seq_
snd_timer 28932 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 14172 3 snd_seq_
snd 55902 11 snd_hda_
nv_tco 13399 0
soundcore 12600 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 14115 2 snd_hda_
i2c_nforce2 12906 0
lp 17455 0
parport 40930 3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp
usbhid 41905 0
hid 77367 1 usbhid
forcedeth 58103 0
sata_nv 23379 2
pata_amd 13753 0
floppy 60310 0
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