UNCLAIMED Wireless Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY [14e4:4315] (rev 01) not working on Dell Inspiron 1545 in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (precise)

Try hooking it up directly via ethernet to your router and try to update the drivers that way

I tried hooking up through ethernet and tried updating through ubuntu, no difference. Even checked through broadcom and wasn't able to find anything. What am I looking for on ubuntu? I am a new user to ubuntu,

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 rfkill; 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 'anufact|roduct|erial|elease'; 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 'wpa|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 specify the exact model and make of your PC (if known) on this thread

Regards,

Mark

I have read many posts about wireless card problems... I hope they fix this issue.. or I have a feeling the Ubuntu 12.04 will be a bust

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  *-network UNCLAIMED
       description: Network controller
       product: BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:0c:00.0
       version: 01
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
       configuration: latency=0
       resources: memory:f69fc000-f69fffff
  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: 88E8040 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller
       vendor: Marvell Technology Group Ltd.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:09:00.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 13
       serial: 00:25:64:50:23:ce
       size: 100Mbit/s
       capacity: 100Mbit/s
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=sky2 driverversion=1.30 duplex=full firmware=N/A ip=192.168.1.18 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100Mbit/s
       resources: irq:45 memory:f68fc000-f68fffff ioport:de00(size=256)
0: dell-wifi: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: no
 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=12.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=precise
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 12.04 LTS"
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Memory Controller Hub [8086:2a40] (rev 07)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2a42] (rev 07)
00:02.1 Display controller [0380]: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2a43] (rev 07)
00:1a.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 [8086:2937] (rev 03)
00:1a.1 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 [8086:2938] (rev 03)
00:1a.2 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6 [8086:2939] (rev 03)
00:1a.7 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 [8086:293c] (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller [8086:293e] (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 1 [8086:2940] (rev 03)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 2 [8086:2942] (rev 03)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 3 [8086:2944] (rev 03)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 5 [8086:2948] (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:2934] (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:2935] (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:2936] (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 [8086:293a] (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev 93)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation ICH9M LPC Interface Controller [8086:2919] (rev 03)
00:1f.2 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation 82801IBM/IEM (ICH9M/ICH9M-E) 4 port SATA Controller [AHCI mode] [8086:2929] (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller [8086:2930] (rev 03)
09:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8040 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller [11ab:4354] (rev 13)
0c:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY [14e4:4315] (rev 01)
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 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 008 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 007 Device 002: ID 046d:c52f Logitech, Inc. Wireless Mouse M305
H/W path Device Class Description
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                               system Inspiron 1545 ()
/0 bus 0G848F
/0/0 memory 64KiB BIOS
/0/400 processor Pentium(R) Dual-Core CPU T4200
/0/400/700 memory 128KiB L1 cache
/0/400/701 memory 1MiB L2 cache
/0/400/0.1 processor Logical CPU
/0/400/0.2 processor Logical CPU
/0/1000 memory 4GiB System Memory
/0/1000/0 memory 2GiB DIMM DDR Synchronous 800 MHz (1.
/0/1000/1 memory 2GiB DIMM DDR Synchronous 800 MHz (1.
/0/100 bridge Mobile 4 Series Chipset Memory Contro
/0/100/2 display Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Gr
/0/100/2.1 display Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Gr
/0/100/1a bus 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Control
/0/100/1a.1 bus 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Control
/0/100/1a.2 bus 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Control
/0/100/1a.7 bus 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Contro
/0/100/1b multimedia 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Control
/0/100/1c bridge 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port
/0/100/1c.1 bridge 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port
/0/100/1c.1/0 network BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY
/0/100/1c.2 bridge 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port
/0/100/1c.2/0 eth0 network 88E8040 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controlle
/0/100/1c.4 bridge 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port
/0/100/1d bus 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Control
/0/100/1d.1 bus 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Control
/0/100/1d.2 bus 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Control
/0/100/1d.7 bus 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Contro
/0/100/1e bridge 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge
/0/100/1f bridge ICH9M LPC Interface Controller
/0/100/1f.2 scsi0 storage 82801IBM/IEM (ICH9M/ICH9M-E) 4 port S
/0/100/1f.2/0 /dev/sda disk 320GB ST9320325AS
/0/100/1f.2/0/1 /dev/sda1 volume 294GiB EXT4 volume
/0/100/1f.2/0/2 /dev/sda2 volume 4056MiB Extended partition
/0/100/1f.2/0/2/5 /dev/sda5 volume 4056MiB Linux swap / Solaris partitio
/0/100/1f.2/1 /dev/cdrom disk DVD+-RW AD-7560S
/0/100/1f.3 bus 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller
/1 power DELL Y823G97
Linux IBC-PC 3.2.0-24-generic-pae #37-Ubuntu SMP Wed Apr 25 10:47:59 UTC 2012 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
[ 0.200146] [Firmware Bug]: ACPI: BIOS _OSI(Linux) query ignored
[ 0.274412] ACPI: No dock devices found.
[ 0.274416] HEST: Table not found.
[ 0.349661] i2c-core: driver [aat2870] using legacy suspend method
[ 0.349663] i2c-core: driver [aat2870] using legacy resume method
[ 0.349882] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
[ 0.349898] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
[ 0.349931] usbcore: registered new device driver usb
[ 0.360106] Switching to clocksource hpet
[ 0.407314] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 13 devices
[ 0.496555] input: Lid Switch as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0C0D:00/input/input0
[ 0.497422] ACPI: Lid Switch [LID]
[ 0.519732] ERST: Table is not found!
[ 0.890839] isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
[ 0.992191] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.012158] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.012544] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.012884] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.013219] hub 5-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.013561] hub 6-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.013890] hub 7-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.014212] hub 8-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.014364] usbcore: registered new interface driver libusual
[ 1.065169] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 1.328040] usb 1-5: new high-speed USB device number 2 using ehci_hcd
[ 1.477830] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
[ 1.880067] usb 7-1: new full-speed USB device number 2 using uhci_hcd
[ 2.503114] sky2 0000:09:00.0: eth0: addr 00:25:64:50:23:ce
[ 2.510144] usbcore: registered new interface driver uas
[ 2.514893] input: Logitech USB Receiver as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.1/usb7/7-1/7-1:1.0/input/input4
[ 2.515236] generic-usb 0003:046D:C52F.0001: input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.11 Mouse [Logitech USB Receiver] on usb-0000:00:1d.1-1/input0
[ 2.521035] input: Logitech USB Receiver as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.1/usb7/7-1/7-1:1.1/input/input5
[ 2.521275] generic-usb 0003:046D:C52F.0002: input,hiddev0,hidraw1: USB HID v1.11 Device [Logitech USB Receiver] on usb-0000:00:1d.1-1/input1
[ 2.521297] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbhid
[ 2.521300] usbhid: USB HID core driver
[ 2.528310] usb 1-5: USB disconnect, device number 2
[ 2.535030] scsi6 : usb-storage 1-5:1.0
[ 2.535294] usbcore: registered new interface driver ums-realtek
[ 16.529402] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 16.589148] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[ 17.253646] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 170x48
[ 17.311399] [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.
[ 17.367253] input: HDA Intel Mic as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input8
[ 17.367546] input: HDA Intel Headphone as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input9
[ 17.876777] sky2 0000:09:00.0: eth0: enabling interface
[ 17.877662] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 17.878263] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 48.952843] sky2 0000:09:00.0: eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex, flow control both
[ 48.953027] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
[ 59.680054] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
 Release Date: 07/17/2009
  Serial services are supported (int 14h)
 Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
 Product Name: Inspiron 1545
 Serial Number: 3VK5XJ1
 Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
 Product Name: 0G848F
 Serial Number: .3VK5XJ1.CN7016698K039O.
 Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
 Serial Number: 3VK5XJ1
 Manufacturer: Intel
 Serial Number: Not Specified
 Manufacturer: AD00000000000000
 Serial Number: 5B50F3D6
 Manufacturer: AD00000000000000
 Serial Number: 5A8102A8
 Manufacturer: SMP
 SBDS Serial Number: 0B83
 SBDS Manufacture Date: 2009-07-26
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
blacklist brcmfmac
blacklist brcmsmac
blacklist bcma
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
WimaxEnabled=true
> hal.1: read hal dataprocess 2756: arguments to dbus_move_error() were incorrect, assertion "(dest) == NULL || !dbus_error_is_set ((dest))" failed in file ../../dbus/dbus-errors.c line 282.
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
28: PCI c00.0: 0280 Network controller
  [Created at pci.318]
  Unique ID: zb5c.pDIlKSkvxw6
  Parent ID: qTvu._Hl1AdOePmF
  SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.1/0000:0c:00.0
  SysFS BusID: 0000:0c:00.0
  Hardware Class: network
  Model: "Dell Wireless 1397 WLAN Mini-Card"
  Vendor: pci 0x14e4 "Broadcom"
  Device: pci 0x4315 "BCM4312 802.11b/g"
  SubVendor: pci 0x1028 "Dell"
  SubDevice: pci 0x000c "Wireless 1397 WLAN Mini-Card"
  Revision: 0x01
  Memory Range: 0xf69fc000-0xf69fffff (rw,non-prefetchable)
  IRQ: 4 (no events)
  Module Alias: "pci:v000014E4d00004315sv00001028sd0000000Cbc02sc80i00"
  Driver Info #0:
    Driver Status: ssb is not active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe ssb"
  Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
  Attached to: #17 (PCI bridge)

29: PCI 900.0: 0200 Ethernet controller
  [Created at pci.318]
  Unique ID: rBUF.0FslDBOVMC9
  Parent ID: hoOk.07eX7md2TX0
  SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.2/0000:09:00.0
  SysFS BusID: 0000:09:00.0
  Hardware Class: network
  Model: "Marvell 88E8040 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller"
  Vendor: pci 0x11ab "Marvell Technology Group Ltd."
  Device: pci 0x4354 "88E8040 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller"
  SubVendor: pci 0x1028 "Dell"
  SubDevice: pci 0x02aa
  Revision: 0x13
  Driver: "sky2"
  Driver Modules: "sky2"
  Device File: eth0
  Memory Range: 0xf68fc000-0xf68fffff (rw,non-prefetchable)
  I/O Ports: 0xde00-0xdeff (rw)
  IRQ: 45 (19087 events)
  HW Address: 00:25:64:50:23:ce
  Link detected: yes
  Module Alias: "pci:v000011ABd00004354sv00001028sd000002AAbc02sc00i00"
  Driver Info #0:
    Driver Status: sky2 is active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe sky2"
  Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
  Attached to: #18 (PCI bridge)
Warning: bad ps syntax, perhaps a bogus '-'? See http://procps.sf.net/faq.html
root 811 0.0 0.1 31108 4984 ? Ssl 13:27 0:00 NetworkManager
root 1915 0.0 0.0 2908 1276 ? S 13:27 0:00 /sbin/dhclient -d -4 -sf /usr/lib/NetworkManager/nm-dhcp-client.action -pf /var/run/sendsigs.omit.d/network-manager.dhclient-eth0.pid -lf /var/lib/dhcp/dhclient-79ffba91-b077-4a7d-bff2-a3830be0b5cb-eth0.lease -cf /var/run/nm-dhclient-eth0.conf eth0
nobody 1919 0.0 0.0 5384 1160 ? S 13:27 0:00 /usr/sbin/dnsmasq --no-resolv --keep-in-foreground --no-hosts --bind-interfaces --pid-file=/var/run/sendsigs.omit.d/network-manager.dnsmasq.pid --listen-address=127.0.0.1 --conf-file=/var/run/nm-dns-dnsmasq.conf --cache-size=0 --proxy-dnssec
1000 2127 0.0 0.0 35020 3316 ? Sl 13:28 0:00 /usr/lib/glib-networking/glib-pacrunner
1000 2768 0.0 0.0 4368 816 pts/0 S+ 13:36 0:00 egrep --color=auto wpa|icd|etwork
Module Size Used by
rfcomm 38139 0
bnep 17830 2
bluetooth 158438 10 rfcomm,bnep
parport_pc 32114 0
ppdev 12849 0
snd_hda_codec_idt 60251 1
dell_wmi 12601 0
sparse_keymap 13658 1 dell_wmi
binfmt_misc 17292 1
dell_laptop 13671 0
dcdbas 14098 1 dell_laptop
snd_hda_intel 32765 3
snd_hda_codec 109562 2 snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep 13276 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm 80845 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
snd_seq_midi 13132 0
psmouse 72919 0
joydev 17393 0
serio_raw 13027 0
snd_rawmidi 25424 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 14475 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 51567 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer 28931 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 14172 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
snd 62064 15 snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
soundcore 14635 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 14108 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
mac_hid 13077 0
wmi 18744 1 dell_wmi
i915 414603 3
drm_kms_helper 45466 1 i915
drm 197692 4 i915,drm_kms_helper
i2c_algo_bit 13199 1 i915
video 19068 1 i915
lp 17455 0
parport 40930 3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp
ums_realtek 17920 0
uas 17699 0
usbhid 41906 0
hid 77367 1 usbhid
sky2 53628 0
usb_storage 39646 1 ums_realtek

The computer is a Dell Inspiron 1545

see above

when i went to delete the configuration lines, i didnt see them in the editor

# This file lists those modules which we don't want to be loaded by
# alias expansion, usually so some other driver will be loaded for the
# device instead.

# evbug is a debug tool that should be loaded explicitly
blacklist evbug

# these drivers are very simple, the HID drivers are usually preferred
blacklist usbmouse
blacklist usbkbd

# replaced by e100
blacklist eepro100

# replaced by tulip
blacklist de4x5

# causes no end of confusion by creating unexpected network interfaces
blacklist eth1394

# snd_intel8x0m can interfere with snd_intel8x0, doesn't seem to support much
# hardware on its own (Ubuntu bug #2011, #6810)
blacklist snd_intel8x0m

# Conflicts with dvb driver (which is better for handling this device)
blacklist snd_aw2

# causes failure to suspend on HP compaq nc6000 (Ubuntu: #10306)
blacklist i2c_i801

# replaced by p54pci
blacklist prism54

# replaced by b43 and ssb.
blacklist bcm43xx

# most apps now use garmin usb driver directly (Ubuntu: #114565)
blacklist garmin_gps

# replaced by asus-laptop (Ubuntu: #184721)
blacklist asus_acpi

# low-quality, just noise when being used for sound playback, causes
# hangs at desktop session start (Ubuntu: #246969)
blacklist snd_pcsp

# ugly and loud noise, getting on everyone's nerves; this should be done by a
# nice pulseaudio bing (Ubuntu: #77010)
blacklist pcspkr

# EDAC driver for amd76x clashes with the agp driver preventing the aperture
# from being initialised (Ubuntu: #297750). Blacklist so that the driver
# continues to build and is installable for the few cases where its
# really needed.
blacklist amd76x_edac

I restarted the computer and it is recognizing the wireless networks and has connected. Thankyou for all your help.

Thanks Mark Rijckenberg, that solved my question.