b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode15.fw" not found -> Wireless Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY [14e4:4315] (rev 01) not working on Dell Inspiron 1545 in Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS
I have made a full downlaod of the Ubuntu and am currently running in off of my harddisk. I am able to connect using a wired connection but recieve a message that i'm a missing firmware when i try to use a wireless one. This is the full terminal output that i reciever after using the command suggested on your other page.
Hit http://
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*-network
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
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: 00:23:ae:41:b4:9a
size: 100Mbit/s
capacity: 100Mbit/s
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
resources: irq:45 memory:
*-network DISABLED
description: Wireless interface
physical id: 2
logical name: wlan0
serial: 00:22:5f:bf:79:fb
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
1: dell-wifi: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.
wlan0 Interface doesn't support scanning : Network is down
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 002: ID 0bda:0158 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. USB 2.0 multicard reader
H/W path Device Class Description
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/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 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 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 500GB WDC WD5000BPVT-7
/0/100/1f.2/0/1 /dev/sda1 volume 462GiB EXT4 volume
/0/100/1f.2/0/2 /dev/sda2 volume 3032MiB Extended partition
/0/100/1f.2/0/2/5 /dev/sda5 volume 3032MiB 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
/0/1 scsi6 storage
/0/1/0.0.0 /dev/sdb disk SCSI Disk
/1 power DELL N586M95
/2 wlan0 network Wireless interface
Linux jswain1809-
[ 0.192140] [Firmware Bug]: ACPI: BIOS _OSI(Linux) query ignored
[ 0.266333] ACPI: No dock devices found.
[ 0.266338] HEST: Table not found.
[ 0.341650] i2c-core: driver [aat2870] using legacy suspend method
[ 0.341652] i2c-core: driver [aat2870] using legacy resume method
[ 0.341875] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
[ 0.341889] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
[ 0.341922] usbcore: registered new device driver usb
[ 0.348089] Switching to clocksource hpet
[ 0.393786] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 13 devices
[ 0.477652] input: Lid Switch as /devices/
[ 0.478448] ACPI: Lid Switch [LID]
[ 0.500533] ERST: Table is not found!
[ 0.872585] isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
[ 0.976173] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.996152] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.996546] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.996885] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.997203] hub 5-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.997537] hub 6-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.997861] hub 7-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.998187] hub 8-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.998336] usbcore: registered new interface driver libusual
[ 1.045320] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 1.315950] usb 1-5: new high-speed USB device number 2 using ehci_hcd
[ 1.465818] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
[ 2.460601] b43-pci-bridge 0000:0c:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
[ 2.460648] b43-pci-bridge 0000:0c:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 2.464246] sky2 0000:09:00.0: eth0: addr 00:23:ae:41:b4:9a
[ 2.469635] usbcore: registered new interface driver uas
[ 2.480365] ssb: Core 0 found: ChipCommon (cc 0x800, rev 0x16, vendor 0x4243)
[ 2.480383] ssb: Core 1 found: IEEE 802.11 (cc 0x812, rev 0x0F, vendor 0x4243)
[ 2.480401] ssb: Core 2 found: PCMCIA (cc 0x80D, rev 0x0A, vendor 0x4243)
[ 2.480419] ssb: Core 3 found: PCI-E (cc 0x820, rev 0x09, vendor 0x4243)
[ 2.489915] scsi6 : usb-storage 1-5:1.0
[ 2.490029] usbcore: registered new interface driver ums-realtek
[ 2.552288] ssb: Sonics Silicon Backplane found on PCI device 0000:0c:00.0
[ 9.901233] ADDRCONF(
[ 9.995420] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[ 10.215869] b43-phy0: Broadcom 4312 WLAN found (core revision 15)
[ 10.306269] Registered led device: b43-phy0::tx
[ 10.306331] Registered led device: b43-phy0::rx
[ 10.306389] Registered led device: b43-phy0::radio
[ 10.600650] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 170x48
[ 10.824953] type=1400 audit(134814449
[ 10.870325] [Firmware Bug]: Duplicate ACPI video bus devices for the same VGA controller, please try module parameter "video.
[ 10.925140] input: HDA Intel Mic as /devices/
[ 10.925246] input: HDA Intel Headphone as /devices/
[ 11.211965] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode15.fw" not found
[ 11.211970] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43-open/
[ 11.211973] b43-phy0 ERROR: You must go to http://
[ 11.212604] ADDRCONF(
[ 11.218513] sky2 0000:09:00.0: eth0: enabling interface
[ 11.218859] ADDRCONF(
[ 11.219718] ADDRCONF(
[ 12.753408] sky2 0000:09:00.0: eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex, flow control rx
[ 12.753593] ADDRCONF(
[ 23.744056] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
[ 37.521178] type=1400 audit(134816221
[ 489.127241] sky2 0000:09:00.0: eth0: Link is down
[ 490.806439] sky2 0000:09:00.0: eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex, flow control rx
Release Date: 05/13/2009
Serial services are supported (int 14h)
Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
Product Name: Inspiron 1545
Serial Number: BKK1VJ1
Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
Product Name: 0G848F
Serial Number: .BKK1VJ1.
Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
Serial Number: BKK1VJ1
Manufacturer: Intel
Serial Number: Not Specified
Manufacturer: AD00000000000000
Serial Number: 04004330
Manufacturer: AD00000000000000
Serial Number: 4C208DAA
Manufacturer: Sanyo
SBDS Serial Number: 06EC
SBDS Manufacture Date: 2009-05-23
lo no wireless extensions.
wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:off/any
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:on
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 2737: 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: y9sn.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: "b43-pci-bridge"
Driver Modules: "ssb"
Device File: wlan0
Features: WLAN
Memory Range: 0xf69fc000-
IRQ: 17 (no events)
HW Address: 00:22:5f:bf:79:fb
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)
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 (19307 events)
HW Address: 00:23:ae:41:b4:9a
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 718 0.0 0.1 32356 5676 ? Ssl 10:29 0:00 NetworkManager
root 1234 0.0 0.0 2908 1284 ? S 10:29 0:00 /sbin/dhclient -d -4 -sf /usr/lib/
nobody 1428 0.0 0.0 5384 1160 ? S 10:29 0:00 /usr/sbin/dnsmasq --no-resolv --keep-
1000 2753 0.0 0.0 4368 816 pts/0 S+ 10:45 0:00 egrep --color=auto wpa|icd|etwork
Module Size Used by
joydev 17393 0
snd_hda_codec_idt 60251 1
rfcomm 38139 0
dell_wmi 12601 0
sparse_keymap 13658 1 dell_wmi
bnep 17830 2
bluetooth 158438 10 rfcomm,bnep
parport_pc 32114 0
ppdev 12849 0
dell_laptop 17767 0
dcdbas 14098 1 dell_laptop
arc4 12473 2
snd_hda_intel 32765 3
snd_hda_codec 109562 2 snd_hda_
snd_hwdep 13276 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm 80845 2 snd_hda_
psmouse 72919 0
serio_raw 13027 0
snd_seq_midi 13132 0
snd_rawmidi 25424 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 14475 1 snd_seq_midi
b43 342643 0
snd_seq 51567 2 snd_seq_
mac80211 436455 1 b43
snd_timer 28931 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 14172 3 snd_seq_
mac_hid 13077 0
cfg80211 178679 2 b43,mac80211
bcma 25651 1 b43
snd 62064 15 snd_hda_
wmi 18744 1 dell_wmi
i915 414739 3
drm_kms_helper 45466 1 i915
drm 197692 4 i915,drm_kms_helper
soundcore 14635 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 14108 2 snd_hda_
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 17828 0
sky2 53628 0
ssb 50691 1 b43
usb_storage 39646 1 ums_realtek
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