Wireless LAN hard blocked: yes + eth2 Failed to read scan data : Invalid argument -> 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
i was running 11.10 and i could connect wirelessly to the internet but i decided to fresh installed 12.04 and now i cant connect... when i want to connect it says "wireless is disabled by hardware switch."
i ran the wirekess troubleshooting proceedure and i got this:
Reading package lists... Done
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 0 not upgraded.
*-network DISABLED
description: Wireless interface
product: BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:0c:00.0
logical name: eth2
version: 01
serial: 70:f1:a1:72:ef:54
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
resources: irq:17 memory:
*-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: a4:ba:db:bb:2a:b0
size: 100Mbit/s
capacity: 100Mbit/s
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
resources: irq:45 memory:
0: dell-wifi: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: yes
Hard blocked: yes
3: brcmwl-2: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: yes
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.
eth2 Failed to read scan data : Invalid argument
eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_
DISTRIB_
DISTRIB_
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 001 Device 003: ID 0c45:63ee Microdia
H/W path Device Class Description
=======
/0 bus 0G848F
/0/0 memory 64KiB BIOS
/0/400 processor Pentium(R) Dual-Core CPU T4500
/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 3GiB System Memory
/0/1000/0 memory 1GiB 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 eth2 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 Hitachi HTS72323
/0/100/1f.2/0/1 /dev/sda1 volume 295GiB EXT4 volume
/0/100/1f.2/0/2 /dev/sda2 volume 3031MiB Extended partition
/0/100/1f.2/0/2/5 /dev/sda5 volume 3031MiB Linux swap / Solaris partitio
/0/100/1f.2/1 /dev/cdrom disk DVD+-RW TS-L633C
/0/100/1f.3 bus 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller
/1 power DELL N586M04
Linux Luna 3.2.0-24-
[ 0.192153] [Firmware Bug]: ACPI: BIOS _OSI(Linux) query ignored
[ 0.261130] ACPI: No dock devices found.
[ 0.261134] HEST: Table not found.
[ 0.332428] i2c-core: driver [aat2870] using legacy suspend method
[ 0.332430] i2c-core: driver [aat2870] using legacy resume method
[ 0.332635] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
[ 0.332650] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
[ 0.332679] usbcore: registered new device driver usb
[ 0.340226] Switching to clocksource hpet
[ 0.383990] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 13 devices
[ 0.465868] input: Lid Switch as /devices/
[ 0.466811] ACPI: Lid Switch [LID]
[ 0.487009] ERST: Table is not found!
[ 0.860099] isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
[ 0.964179] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.984141] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.984506] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.984822] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.985133] hub 5-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.985451] hub 6-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.985756] hub 7-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.986062] hub 8-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.986199] usbcore: registered new interface driver libusual
[ 1.034006] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 1.292050] usb 1-5: new high-speed USB device number 2 using ehci_hcd
[ 1.441640] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
[ 1.552054] usb 1-6: new high-speed USB device number 3 using ehci_hcd
[ 2.425719] sky2 0000:09:00.0: eth0: addr a4:ba:db:bb:2a:b0
[ 2.426694] usbcore: registered new interface driver uas
[ 2.441630] usb 1-5: USB disconnect, device number 2
[ 2.448691] scsi6 : usb-storage 1-5:1.0
[ 2.448802] usbcore: registered new interface driver ums-realtek
[ 8.391148] ADDRCONF(
[ 9.784993] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[ 10.671945] wl: module license 'MIXED/Proprietary' taints kernel.
[ 10.687055] wl 0000:0c:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
[ 10.687070] wl 0000:0c:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 11.065825] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 170x48
[ 11.080734] [Firmware Bug]: Duplicate ACPI video bus devices for the same VGA controller, please try module parameter "video.
[ 11.172447] eth1: Broadcom BCM4315 802.11 Hybrid Wireless Controller 5.100.82.38
[ 11.240546] udevd[431]: renamed network interface eth1 to eth2
[ 11.777742] uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device Integrated_
[ 11.785864] input: Integrated_
[ 11.785936] usbcore: registered new interface driver uvcvideo
[ 12.348968] input: HDA Intel Mic as /devices/
[ 12.349106] input: HDA Intel Headphone as /devices/
[ 16.336531] type=1400 audit(133884775
[ 17.239408] ADDRCONF(
[ 17.244948] sky2 0000:09:00.0: eth0: enabling interface
[ 17.245183] ADDRCONF(
[ 17.245795] ADDRCONF(
[ 18.904912] sky2 0000:09:00.0: eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex, flow control both
[ 18.905076] ADDRCONF(
[ 29.464035] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
[ 225.157382] sky2 0000:09:00.0: eth0: Link is down
[ 229.288148] ADDRCONF(
[ 434.145763] sky2 0000:09:00.0: eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex, flow control both
[ 434.146056] ADDRCONF(
[ 444.512059] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
[ 1583.502157] sky2 0000:09:00.0: eth0: disabling interface
[ 1586.566622] wl 0000:0c:00.0: PCI INT A disabled
[ 1587.393573] wl 0000:0c:00.0: restoring config space at offset 0xf (was 0x100, writing 0x104)
[ 1587.393633] wl 0000:0c:00.0: restoring config space at offset 0x4 (was 0x4, writing 0xf69fc004)
[ 1587.393645] wl 0000:0c:00.0: restoring config space at offset 0x3 (was 0x0, writing 0x10)
[ 1587.393662] wl 0000:0c:00.0: restoring config space at offset 0x1 (was 0x100000, writing 0x100106)
[ 1587.474014] usb usb3: root hub lost power or was reset
[ 1587.474063] usb usb4: root hub lost power or was reset
[ 1587.474110] usb usb5: root hub lost power or was reset
[ 1587.474312] usb usb6: root hub lost power or was reset
[ 1587.474360] usb usb7: root hub lost power or was reset
[ 1587.474406] usb usb8: root hub lost power or was reset
[ 1587.474728] wl 0000:0c:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
[ 1587.474740] wl 0000:0c:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 1587.728062] usb 1-6: reset high-speed USB device number 3 using ehci_hcd
[ 1590.308088] usb 1-5: new high-speed USB device number 4 using ehci_hcd
[ 1590.486002] scsi7 : usb-storage 1-5:1.0
[ 1590.486220] usb 1-5: USB disconnect, device number 4
[ 1591.212483] sky2 0000:09:00.0: eth0: enabling interface
[ 1591.212752] ADDRCONF(
[ 1592.798661] sky2 0000:09:00.0: eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex, flow control both
[ 1592.798965] ADDRCONF(
[ 1603.680038] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
[ 3068.009309] wl 0000:0c:00.0: PCI INT A disabled
[ 3068.009680] wl 0000:0c:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
[ 3068.009699] wl 0000:0c:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 3068.052502] eth2: Broadcom BCM4315 802.11 Hybrid Wireless Controller 5.100.82.38
[ 3068.064601] udevd[4270]: renamed network interface eth1 to eth2
[ 3068.076166] ADDRCONF(
[ 3207.036597] wl 0000:0c:00.0: PCI INT A disabled
[ 3207.036953] wl 0000:0c:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
[ 3207.036972] wl 0000:0c:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 3207.068605] eth1: Broadcom BCM4315 802.11 Hybrid Wireless Controller 5.100.82.38
[ 3207.085180] udevd[19106]: renamed network interface eth1 to eth2
[ 3207.088596] ADDRCONF(
Release Date: 12/07/2009
Serial services are supported (int 14h)
Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
Product Name: Inspiron 1545
Serial Number: G4RPBL1
Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
Product Name: 0G848F
Serial Number: .G4RPBL1.
Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
Serial Number: G4RPBL1
Manufacturer: Intel
Serial Number: Not Specified
Manufacturer: CE00000000000000
Serial Number: 96BC6AEB
Manufacturer: 7F98000000000000
Serial Number: 5124D96E
Manufacturer: Sanyo
SBDS Serial Number: 0296
SBDS Manufacture Date: 2010-04-14
lo no wireless extensions.
eth2 IEEE 802.11 Access Point: Not-Associated
Link Quality:5 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 invalid crypt:0 invalid misc:0
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]
NetworkingEnabl
WirelessEnabled
WWANEnabled=true
WimaxEnabled=true
> hal.1: read hal dataprocess 31784: 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
28: PCI c00.0: 0282 WLAN controller
[Created at pci.318]
Unique ID: mY_N.reAAs+k0MA5
Parent ID: qTvu._Hl1AdOePmF
SysFS ID: /devices/
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
Driver: "wl"
Driver Modules: "wl"
Device File: eth2
Features: WLAN
Memory Range: 0xf69fc000-
IRQ: 17 (no events)
HW Address: 70:f1:a1:72:ef:54
WLAN channels: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
WLAN frequencies: 2.412 2.417 2.422 2.427 2.432 2.437 2.442 2.447 2.452 2.457 2.462
WLAN bitrates: 1 2 5.5 6 9 11 12 18 24 36 48 54
WLAN encryption modes: WEP40 WEP104 WEP256 WEP128 TKIP CCMP
WLAN authentication modes: open sharedkey wpa-psk wpa-eap
Module Alias: "pci:v000014E4d
Driver Info #0:
Driver Status: ssb is not 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: #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/
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-
I/O Ports: 0xde00-0xdeff (rw)
IRQ: 45 (59255 events)
HW Address: a4:ba:db:bb:2a:b0
Link detected: yes
Module Alias: "pci:v000011ABd
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://
root 905 0.0 0.1 31112 5016 ? Ssl 15:09 0:00 NetworkManager
root 4605 0.0 0.0 2908 1280 ? S 15:35 0:00 /sbin/dhclient -d -4 -sf /usr/lib/
nobody 4608 0.0 0.0 5384 1164 ? S 15:35 0:00 /usr/sbin/dnsmasq --no-resolv --keep-
monze 31798 0.0 0.0 4368 816 pts/0 S+ 16:09 0:00 egrep --color=auto wpa|icd|etwork
Module Size Used by
bnep 17830 2
rfcomm 38139 0
bluetooth 158438 10 bnep,rfcomm
parport_pc 32114 0
ppdev 12849 0
snd_hda_codec_idt 60251 1
snd_hda_intel 32765 3
snd_hda_codec 109562 2 snd_hda_
snd_hwdep 13276 1 snd_hda_codec
uvcvideo 67203 0
videodev 86588 1 uvcvideo
snd_pcm 80845 2 snd_hda_
snd_seq_midi 13132 0
snd_rawmidi 25424 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 14475 1 snd_seq_midi
lib80211_crypt_tkip 17275 0
snd_seq 51567 2 snd_seq_
joydev 17393 0
wl 2646601 0
i915 414672 3
snd_timer 28931 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 14172 3 snd_seq_
snd 62064 15 snd_hda_
dell_laptop 13671 0
dell_wmi 12601 0
sparse_keymap 13658 1 dell_wmi
soundcore 14635 1 snd
dcdbas 14098 1 dell_laptop
drm_kms_helper 45466 1 i915
drm 197692 4 i915,drm_kms_helper
psmouse 72919 0
i2c_algo_bit 13199 1 i915
video 19068 1 i915
serio_raw 13027 0
snd_page_alloc 14108 2 snd_hda_
lib80211 14040 2 lib80211_
mac_hid 13077 0
wmi 18744 1 dell_wmi
lp 17455 0
parport 40930 3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp
ums_realtek 17920 0
uas 17828 0
sky2 53628 0
usb_storage 39646 1 ums_realtek
help is appretiated
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