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12.04 new install: wireless not working

Asked by LukeR

Brand new install of 12.04 to a Dell Inspiron 1501. Wired connectivity works (on it right now), but wireless status shows, "device not ready (firmware missing)" I am brand new to Linux, many thanks.

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Warren Hill (warren-hill) said : 		#1

On dell Inspiron laptops wifi can get disabled by the BIOS. If you dual boot then and it works in the other OS then this is obviously not the problem but if it's Ubuntu only it needs checking first.

When you boot look for the key press that takes you into BIOS settings (I think it's F2) ensure wifi is enabled. Then reboot with the LAN cable disconnected

Open a terminal (CTRL+ALT+T) and enter the following command

sudo lshw -C network; lsb_release -a; uname -a; sudo rfkill list; dmesg | grep -i firm; sudo iwlist scan

Plug the LAN cable back in so you have an internet connection then paste all the results back here.

Also Is this machine dual boot and if so: (1) What's the other OS and (2) is Wifi fine in the other OS?

If the issue was just the BIOS setting then it may be fixed; otherwise it won't but the reply you send us will give us a clue where to look next.

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LukeR (theogotmyjob) said : 		#2

-This is a dual boot machine with XP Home
-The BIOS shows that wireless is enabled (and it does work in XP).
-Terminal output is below. Many thanks

luke@ubuntu:~$ sudo lshw -C network; lsb_release -a; uname -a; sudo rfkill list; dmesg | grep -i firm; sudo iwlist scan
[sudo] password for luke:
  *-network
       description: Network controller
       product: BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:05:00.0
       version: 01
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
       configuration: driver=b43-pci-bridge latency=0
       resources: irq:18 memory:c0200000-c0203fff
  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:08:00.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 02
       serial: 00:19:b9:4c:4e:db
       size: 10Mbit/s
       capacity: 100Mbit/s
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=b44 driverversion=2.0 duplex=half latency=64 link=no multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=10Mbit/s
       resources: irq:21 memory:c0300000-c0301fff
  *-network DISABLED
       description: Wireless interface
       physical id: 2
       logical name: wlan0
       serial: 00:19:7d:32:df:40
       capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=b43 driverversion=3.2.0-29-generic-pae firmware=N/A link=no multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS
Release: 12.04
Codename: precise
Linux ubuntu 3.2.0-29-generic-pae #46-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jul 27 17:25:43 UTC 2012 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: no
1: dell-wifi: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: no
[ 0.083557] [Firmware Bug]: ACPI: BIOS _OSI(Linux) query ignored
[ 0.091389] [Firmware Bug]: ACPI: No _BQC method, cannot determine initial brightness
[ 22.325706] [Firmware Bug]: ACPI: No _BQC method, cannot determine initial brightness
[ 25.442975] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode5.fw" not found
[ 25.442981] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43-open/ucode5.fw" not found
[ 25.442985] b43-phy0 ERROR: You must go to http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware and download the correct firmware for this driver version. Please carefully read all instructions on this website.
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

wlan0 Interface doesn't support scanning : Network is down

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

sudo apt-get install b43-fwcutter firmware-b43-installer

Source:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/bcm43xx

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LukeR (theogotmyjob) said : 		#4

Result of command:

luke@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get install b43-fwcutter firmware-b43-installer
[sudo] password for luke:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package b43-fwcutter
E: Unable to locate package firmware-b43-installer

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arochester (arochester) said : 		#5

Are you running actopnparsnip's command with the laptop connected by wire?

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LukeR (theogotmyjob) said : 		#6

arochester: yes, I am responding here from that laptop.

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N1ck 7h0m4d4k15 (nicktux) said : 		#7

First enable multivere repository (restricted)

gksudo software-properties-gtk

go to "Ubuntu Softwar" and mark the box . (multiverse)

Then in terminal

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install firmware-b43-installer

Thanks

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LukeR (theogotmyjob) said : 		#8

Ran "sudo apt-get update" The result below indicates an error?

luke@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get update
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Reading package lists... Done
W: GPG error: http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise Release: The following signatures were invalid: BADSIG 40976EAF437D05B5 Ubuntu Archive Automatic Signing Key <email address hidden>

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#9

sudo apt-key adv --recv-key --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com 40976EAF437D05B5

Will import the key yo need

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N1ck 7h0m4d4k15 (nicktux) said : 		#10

sudo apt-key adv --recv-key --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com 40976EAF437D05B5

sudo apt-get upgate

sudo apt-get install firmware-b43-installer

Thanks

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LukeR (theogotmyjob) said : 		#11

Results of the key update showed:

luke@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-key adv --recv-key --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com 40976EAF437D05B5
[sudo] password for luke:
Executing: gpg --ignore-time-conflict --no-options --no-default-keyring --secret-keyring /tmp/tmp.6C65qwJshc --trustdb-name /etc/apt/trustdb.gpg --keyring /etc/apt/trusted.gpg --primary-keyring /etc/apt/trusted.gpg --recv-key --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com 40976EAF437D05B5
gpg: requesting key 437D05B5 from hkp server keyserver.ubuntu.com
gpg: key 437D05B5: "Ubuntu Archive Automatic Signing Key <email address hidden>" 24 new signatures
gpg: no ultimately trusted keys found
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg: new signatures: 24

And the invalid signature error persists on running get update:

luke@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get update
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W: GPG error: http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise Release: The following signatures were invalid: BADSIG 40976EAF437D05B5 Ubuntu Archive Automatic Signing Key <email address hidden>

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N1ck 7h0m4d4k15 (nicktux) said : 		#12

Try again , with these commands

1) sudo apt-key adv --recv-key --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com 40976EAF437D05B5

2) sudo apt-key update

3) sudo apt-get update

4) sudo apt-get install firmware-b43-installer

Thanks

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LukeR (theogotmyjob) said : 		#13

Same Result:

luke@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-key adv --recv-key --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com 40976EAF437D05B5

Executing: gpg --ignore-time-conflict --no-options --no-default-keyring --secret-keyring /tmp/tmp.credr4Er0F --trustdb-name /etc/apt/trustdb.gpg --keyring /etc/apt/trusted.gpg --primary-keyring /etc/apt/trusted.gpg --recv-key --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com 40976EAF437D05B5
gpg: requesting key 437D05B5 from hkp server keyserver.ubuntu.com
gpg: key 437D05B5: "Ubuntu Archive Automatic Signing Key <email address hidden>" not changed
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg: unchanged: 1
luke@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-key adv --recv-key --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com 40976EAF437D05B5
[sudo] password for luke:
Executing: gpg --ignore-time-conflict --no-options --no-default-keyring --secret-keyring /tmp/tmp.W3K6j5q5DJ --trustdb-name /etc/apt/trustdb.gpg --keyring /etc/apt/trusted.gpg --primary-keyring /etc/apt/trusted.gpg --recv-key --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com 40976EAF437D05B5
gpg: requesting key 437D05B5 from hkp server keyserver.ubuntu.com
gpg: key 437D05B5: "Ubuntu Archive Automatic Signing Key <email address hidden>" not changed
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg: unchanged: 1

luke@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-key update

gpg: key 437D05B5: "Ubuntu Archive Automatic Signing Key <email address hidden>" not changed
gpg: key FBB75451: "Ubuntu CD Image Automatic Signing Key <email address hidden>" not changed
gpg: Total number processed: 2
gpg: unchanged: 2

luke@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get update

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W: GPG error: http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise Release: The following signatures were invalid: BADSIG 40976EAF437D05B5 Ubuntu Archive Automatic Signing Key <email address hidden>

luke@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get install firmware-b43-installer

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package firmware-b43-installer

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Best N1ck 7h0m4d4k15 (nicktux) said : 		#14

On 10/06/2012 11:55 PM, LukeR wrote:
> W: GPG error:http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise Release: The following signatures were invalid: BADSIG 40976EAF437D05B5 Ubuntu Archive Automatic Signing Key<email address hidden>

Try this

sudo rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*

sudo apt-key update

sudo apt-get update

Thanks

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LukeR (theogotmyjob) said : 		#15

Resolved. Many thanks!

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N1ck 7h0m4d4k15 (nicktux) said : 		#16

Hi ,

please re-mark the question as solved (edit question) by clicking on appropriate answer that solved your question.

This is important for other users could have the same problem as yours to find the appropiate answer more quickly and easier.

Thanks (and glad you solved it).

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LukeR (theogotmyjob) said : 		#17

Thanks NikTh, that solved my question.