Dell Inspiron 5520 wireless not working in Ubuntu12.04

Asked by R.Lakshmi Narasimhan

Hi,
 I have a Dell Inspiron 5520. I recently installed Ubuntu 12.04 64 bit in my machine. My machine is not detecting wireless connections whereas wired connection works fine. I Googled it and tried quite few solutions but not successful. Please help me to resolve this issue. lspci -vv gives this for Ethernet controller

07:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 05)
 Subsystem: Dell Device 056a
 Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+
 Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
 Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
 Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 43
 Region 0: I/O ports at 2000 [size=256]
 Region 2: Memory at c1404000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=4K]
 Region 4: Memory at c1400000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=16K]
 Capabilities: <access denied>
 Kernel driver in use: r8169
 Kernel modules: r8169

08:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation Device 4365 (rev 01)
 Subsystem: Dell Device 0016
 Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
 Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
 Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
 Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 11
 Region 0: Memory at c1500000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=32K]
 Capabilities: <access denied>

Thanks.

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N1ck 7h0m4d4k15 (nicktux) said :
#1

Hi ,

please open a terminal and post here the results of bellow 3 commands

lspci -nnk | grep -iA2 net

rfkill list all

dmesg | grep -e firmware -e ath -e net -e wlan

Thanks

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said :
#2

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.

The methods in Unity are:
Press Control-ALT-T key combination.
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.

Regards,

Mark

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R.Lakshmi Narasimhan (rlaknar) said :
#3

Hi NikTh,
   Here is the results of the commands mentioned

lspci -nnk | grep -iA2 net

07:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller [10ec:8136] (rev 05)
 Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:056a]
 Kernel driver in use: r8169
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08:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation Device [14e4:4365] (rev 01)
 Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:0016]

rfkill list all

0: dell-wifi: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: yes
 Hard blocked: yes
1: dell-bluetooth: Bluetooth
 Soft blocked: yes
 Hard blocked: yes

dmesg | grep -e firmware -e ath -e net -e wlan

[ 0.951814] audit: initializing netlink socket (disabled)
[ 1.636824] r8169 Gigabit Ethernet driver 2.3LK-NAPI loaded
[ 12.041151] Bluetooth: BNEP (Ethernet Emulation) ver 1.3
[ 12.065708] type=1400 audit(1349974657.266:11): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_load" name="/usr/lib/telepathy/mission-control-5" pid=848 comm="apparmor_parser"
[ 12.256217] psmouse serio1: elantech: assuming hardware version 3 (with firmware version 0x450f02)
[ 30.100770] type=1400 audit(1349974675.322:24): apparmor="DENIED" operation="open" parent=1 profile="/usr/lib/telepathy/mission-control-5" name="/usr/share/gvfs/remote-volume-monitors/" pid=1716 comm="mission-control" requested_mask="r" denied_mask="r" fsuid=1000 ouid=0

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R.Lakshmi Narasimhan (rlaknar) said :
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Hi Mark Rijckenberg,
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  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller
       vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:07:00.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 05
       serial: d4:be:d9:2d:cd:87
       size: 10Mbit/s
       capacity: 100Mbit/s
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix vpd bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=2.3LK-NAPI duplex=half firmware=rtl_nic/rtl8105e-1.fw latency=0 link=no multicast=yes port=MII speed=10Mbit/s
       resources: irq:43 ioport:2000(size=256) memory:c1404000-c1404fff memory:c1400000-c1403fff
  *-network UNCLAIMED
       description: Network controller
       product: Broadcom Corporation
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:08:00.0
       version: 01
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
       configuration: latency=0
       resources: memory:c1500000-c1507fff
0: dell-wifi: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: yes
 Hard blocked: yes
1: dell-bluetooth: Bluetooth
 Soft blocked: yes
 Hard blocked: yes
ppp0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

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 12.04.1 LTS"
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Ivy Bridge DRAM Controller [8086:0154] (rev 09)
00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Ivy Bridge PCI Express Root Port [8086:0151] (rev 09)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Ivy Bridge Graphics Controller [8086:0166] (rev 09)
00:14.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation Panther Point USB xHCI Host Controller [8086:1e31] (rev 04)
00:16.0 Communication controller [0780]: Intel Corporation Panther Point MEI Controller #1 [8086:1e3a] (rev 04)
00:1a.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation Panther Point USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 [8086:1e2d] (rev 04)
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation Panther Point High Definition Audio Controller [8086:1e20] (rev 04)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Panther Point PCI Express Root Port 1 [8086:1e10] (rev c4)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Panther Point PCI Express Root Port 2 [8086:1e12] (rev c4)
00:1d.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation Panther Point USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 [8086:1e26] (rev 04)
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00:1f.2 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation Panther Point 6 port SATA Controller [AHCI mode] [8086:1e03] (rev 04)
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01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI Thames XT/GL [Radeon HD 7600M Series] [1002:6840]
07:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller [10ec:8136] (rev 05)
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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:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 15d9:0a4c Trust International B.V. USB+PS/2 Optical Mouse
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0bda:0129 Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0c45:648d Microdia
Bus 003 Device 005: ID 12d1:1001 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. E169/E620/E800 HSDPA Modem
H/W path Device Class Description
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                               system Inspiron 5520 (xxx123x#ABA)
/0 bus 085M0K
/0/0 memory 128KiB BIOS
/0/4 processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3210M CPU @ 2
/0/4/9 memory 32KiB L1 cache
/0/4/a memory 256KiB L2 cache
/0/4/b memory 3MiB L3 cache
/0/8 memory 32KiB L1 cache
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/0/29/0 memory DIMM [empty]
/0/29/1 memory 4GiB SODIMM DDR3 Synchronous 1600
/0/100 bridge Ivy Bridge DRAM Controller
/0/100/1 bridge Ivy Bridge PCI Express Root Port
/0/100/1/0 display Thames XT/GL [Radeon HD 7600M Seri
/0/100/2 display Ivy Bridge Graphics Controller
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/0/100/16 communication Panther Point MEI Controller #1
/0/100/1a bus Panther Point USB Enhanced Host Co
/0/100/1b multimedia Panther Point High Definition Audi
/0/100/1c bridge Panther Point PCI Express Root Por
/0/100/1c/0 eth0 network RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast
/0/100/1c.1 bridge Panther Point PCI Express Root Por
/0/100/1c.1/0 network Broadcom Corporation
/0/100/1d bus Panther Point USB Enhanced Host Co
/0/100/1f bridge Panther Point LPC Controller
/0/100/1f.2 scsi0 storage Panther Point 6 port SATA Controll
/0/100/1f.2/0 /dev/sda disk 1TB WDC WD10JPVT-75A
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/0/100/1f.2/0/4/5 /dev/sda5 volume 1906MiB Linux swap / Solaris parti
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/0/100/1f.2/1 /dev/cdrom disk DVD+-RW SN-208BB
/0/100/1f.3 bus Panther Point SMBus Controller
/0/1 scsi6 storage
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/0/1/0.0.0/0 /dev/sdb disk
/1 power DELL 911MD25D
Linux lakshminarasimhan 3.2.0-29-generic #46-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jul 27 17:03:23 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
[ 0.000000] No AGP bridge found
[ 0.000000] found SMP MP-table at [ffff8800000fe1b0] fe1b0
[ 0.000000] No NUMA configuration found
[ 0.000000] No AGP bridge found
[ 0.806341] ACPI: No dock devices found.
[ 0.806343] HEST: Table not found.
[ 0.838613] i2c-core: driver [aat2870] using legacy suspend method
[ 0.838614] i2c-core: driver [aat2870] using legacy resume method
[ 0.838734] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
[ 0.838741] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
[ 0.838762] usbcore: registered new device driver usb
[ 0.847504] Switching to clocksource hpet
[ 0.911890] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 12 devices
[ 0.991277] input: Lid Switch as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0C0D:00/input/input1
[ 0.991311] ACPI: Lid Switch [LID0]
[ 1.052393] ERST: Table is not found!
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[ 1.215122] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.215509] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.215670] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.267001] usbcore: registered new interface driver libusual
[ 1.311610] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 1.506662] usb 1-1: new high-speed USB device number 2 using ehci_hcd
[ 1.637308] r8169 0000:07:00.0: eth0: RTL8105e at 0xffffc9000063c000, d4:be:d9:2d:cd:87, XID 00c00000 IRQ 43
[ 1.639031] hub 1-1:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.750352] usb 2-1: new high-speed USB device number 2 using ehci_hcd
[ 1.882828] hub 2-1:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.950083] Switching to clocksource tsc
[ 2.049932] usb 3-3: new low-speed USB device number 2 using xhci_hcd
[ 2.070193] usb 3-3: ep 0x81 - rounding interval to 64 microframes, ep desc says 80 microframes
[ 2.073787] input: USB OPTICAL MOUSE as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb3/3-3/3-3:1.0/input/input4
[ 2.073917] generic-usb 0003:15D9:0A4C.0001: input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.11 Mouse [ USB OPTICAL MOUSE] on usb-0000:00:14.0-3/input0
[ 2.073942] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbhid
[ 2.073944] usbhid: USB HID core driver
[ 2.141981] usb 1-1.3: new high-speed USB device number 3 using ehci_hcd
[ 2.305800] usb 1-1.5: new high-speed USB device number 4 using ehci_hcd
[ 2.541493] usb 2-1.5: new full-speed USB device number 3 using ehci_hcd
[ 11.521467] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 11.555096] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[ 11.663825] uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device Laptop_Integrated_Webcam_HD (0c45:648d)
[ 11.689493] input: Laptop_Integrated_Webcam_HD as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.5/1-1.5:1.0/input/input5
[ 11.692416] usbcore: registered new interface driver uvcvideo
[ 11.708812] usbcore: registered new interface driver rts5139
[ 12.065708] type=1400 audit(1349974657.266:11): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_load" name="/usr/lib/telepathy/mission-control-5" pid=848 comm="apparmor_parser"
[ 12.256217] psmouse serio1: elantech: assuming hardware version 3 (with firmware version 0x450f02)
[ 12.299621] r8169 0000:07:00.0: eth0: link down
[ 12.299847] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 12.300040] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 12.455929] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 170x48
[ 12.456133] [Firmware Bug]: ACPI(PEGP) defines _DOD but not _DOS
[ 12.499131] [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.
[ 13.041251] hda_codec: CX20590: BIOS auto-probing.
[ 13.045315] input: HDA Intel PCH HDMI/DP,pcm=3 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input10
[ 13.045443] input: HDA Intel PCH Mic as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input11
[ 13.045538] input: HDA Intel PCH Headphone as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input12
[ 16.545514] usb 2-1.5: USB disconnect, device number 3
[ 30.100770] type=1400 audit(1349974675.322:24): apparmor="DENIED" operation="open" parent=1 profile="/usr/lib/telepathy/mission-control-5" name="/usr/share/gvfs/remote-volume-monitors/" pid=1716 comm="mission-control" requested_mask="r" denied_mask="r" fsuid=1000 ouid=0
[ 36.545329] usb 3-1: new full-speed USB device number 3 using xhci_hcd
[ 36.607411] scsi7 : usb-storage 3-1:1.0
[ 36.607470] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
[ 36.647991] usbcore: registered new interface driver uas
[ 37.309406] usb 3-1: USB disconnect, device number 3
[ 38.546748] usb 3-1: new full-speed USB device number 4 using xhci_hcd
[ 38.565927] scsi8 : usb-storage 3-1:1.0
[ 47.155462] usb 3-1: USB disconnect, device number 4
[ 51.733679] usb 3-1: new full-speed USB device number 5 using xhci_hcd
[ 51.793215] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbserial
[ 51.793248] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbserial_generic
[ 51.793249] usbserial: USB Serial Driver core
[ 51.800302] usb 3-1: GSM modem (1-port) converter now attached to ttyUSB0
[ 51.800374] usb 3-1: GSM modem (1-port) converter now attached to ttyUSB1
[ 51.800434] usb 3-1: GSM modem (1-port) converter now attached to ttyUSB2
[ 51.800446] usbcore: registered new interface driver option
 Release Date: 05/17/2012
 Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
 Product Name: Inspiron 5520
 Serial Number: C3MFVS1
 Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
 Product Name: 085M0K
 Serial Number: .C3MFVS1.CN12961256GER6.
 Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
 Serial Number: C3MFVS1
 Manufacturer: Intel(R) Corporation
 Serial Number: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
 Port Type: Serial Port 16550A Compatible
 Option 1: String1 for Type12 Equipment Manufacturer
 Option 2: String2 for Type12 Equipment Manufacturer
 Option 3: String3 for Type12 Equipment Manufacturer
 Option 4: String4 for Type12 Equipment Manufacturer
 Manufacturer: Empty
 Serial Number: Empty
 Manufacturer: Hynix/Hyundai
 Serial Number: 0D13E8D3
 Manufacturer: SANYO
 SBDS Serial Number: 0001
 SBDS Manufacture Date: 2009-01-01
ppp0 no wireless extensions.

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 eth1394
# replaced by p54pci
blacklist prism54
# replaced by b43 and ssb.
blacklist uart6850
blacklist twl4030_wdt

[main]
NetworkingEnabled=true
WirelessEnabled=true
WWANEnabled=true
WimaxEnabled=true
> hal.1: read hal dataprocess 3973: 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
22: PCI 700.0: 0200 Ethernet controller
  [Created at pci.318]
  Unique ID: rBUF.rYSq1D_9B29
  Parent ID: z8Q3.bqR8WvUilI0
  SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.0/0000:07:00.0
  SysFS BusID: 0000:07:00.0
  Hardware Class: network
  Model: "Realtek RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller"
  Vendor: pci 0x10ec "Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd."
  Device: pci 0x8136 "RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller"
  SubVendor: pci 0x1028 "Dell"
  SubDevice: pci 0x056a
  Revision: 0x05
  Driver: "r8169"
  Driver Modules: "r8169"
  Device File: eth0
  I/O Ports: 0x2000-0x2fff (rw)
  Memory Range: 0xc1404000-0xc1404fff (ro,non-prefetchable)
  Memory Range: 0xc1400000-0xc1403fff (ro,non-prefetchable)
  IRQ: 43 (no events)
  HW Address: d4:be:d9:2d:cd:87
  Link detected: no
  Module Alias: "pci:v000010ECd00008136sv00001028sd0000056Abc02sc00i00"
  Driver Info #0:
    Driver Status: r8169 is active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe r8169"
  Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
  Attached to: #15 (PCI bridge)

23: PCI 800.0: 0280 Network controller
  [Created at pci.318]
  Unique ID: GBI1.DYh_m92ssO5
  Parent ID: qTvu.dfKeT2k6p31
  SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.1/0000:08:00.0
  SysFS BusID: 0000:08:00.0
  Hardware Class: network
  Model: "Broadcom Network controller"
  Vendor: pci 0x14e4 "Broadcom"
  Device: pci 0x4365
  SubVendor: pci 0x1028 "Dell"
  SubDevice: pci 0x0016
  Revision: 0x01
  Memory Range: 0xc1500000-0xc1507fff (rw,non-prefetchable)
  IRQ: 11 (no events)
  Module Alias: "pci:v000014E4d00004365sv00001028sd00000016bc02sc80i00"
  Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
  Attached to: #16 (PCI bridge)
Warning: bad ps syntax, perhaps a bogus '-'? See http://procps.sf.net/faq.html
root 780 0.0 0.1 249276 6072 ? Ssl 22:27 0:00 NetworkManager
root 2266 0.0 0.0 56780 2924 ? S 22:33 0:00 /usr/sbin/pppd nodetach lock nodefaultroute ttyUSB0 noipdefault noauth usepeerdns lcp-echo-failure 5 lcp-echo-interval 30 ipparam /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/PPP/1 plugin /usr/lib/pppd/2.4.5/nm-pppd-plugin.so
nobody 2309 0.0 0.0 33012 1272 ? S 22:34 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 3987 0.0 0.0 13576 924 pts/0 S+ 23:09 0:00 egrep --color=auto wpa|icd|etwork
Module Size Used by
ppp_deflate 13038 0
zlib_deflate 27139 1 ppp_deflate
bsd_comp 12994 0
ppp_async 17539 1
crc_ccitt 12667 1 ppp_async
option 25932 1
usb_wwan 20491 1 option
usbserial 47077 5 option,usb_wwan
uas 18180 0
usb_storage 49198 0
snd_hda_codec_hdmi 32474 1
snd_hda_codec_conexant 62358 1
joydev 17693 0
bnep 18281 2
parport_pc 32866 0
rfcomm 47604 0
bluetooth 180104 10 bnep,rfcomm
ppdev 17113 0
snd_hda_intel 33773 3
snd_hda_codec 127706 3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_conexant,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep 13668 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm 97188 3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
dell_wmi 12681 0
sparse_keymap 13890 1 dell_wmi
snd_seq_midi 13324 0
snd_rawmidi 30748 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 14899 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 61896 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
i915 472941 2
dell_laptop 18119 0
dcdbas 14490 1 dell_laptop
drm_kms_helper 46978 1 i915
rts5139 351143 0
snd_timer 29990 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
drm 242038 3 i915,drm_kms_helper
snd_seq_device 14540 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
i2c_algo_bit 13423 1 i915
psmouse 87692 0
serio_raw 13211 0
snd 78855 16 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_conexant,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
fglrx 3263886 0
uvcvideo 72627 0
videodev 98259 1 uvcvideo
v4l2_compat_ioctl32 17128 1 videodev
soundcore 15091 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 18529 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
mei 41616 0
wmi 19256 1 dell_wmi
video 19596 1 i915
mac_hid 13253 0
lp 17799 0
parport 46562 3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp
usbhid 47199 0
hid 99559 1 usbhid
r8169 62099 0

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said :
#5

Your wireless adapter is very new and not supported out-of-the-box YET.

Please try this driver:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bcmwl/+bug/923809/comments/5

in the following bugreport:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bcmwl/+bug/923809

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