BCM4312 not working on Ubuntu 12.10

Asked by mijan

I have a wireless adapter from Broadcom that just won't work. I found a similar problem here: https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-nettool/+question/212504 and tried to fix my card but didn't have any luck.

My laptop is a Dell Inspiron 1545 and I have another one bought togeter and it's wireless card work with same Ubuntu version.

Is there anything else that I could try? Followe d the guid from over here https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WirelessTroubleshootingProcedure and posted a log.

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Thanks in advance

  *-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
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
       configuration: driver=b43-pci-bridge latency=0
       resources: irq:17 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: a4:ba:db:a5:6a:b7
       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 ip=192.168.2.139 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100Mbit/s
       resources: irq:44 memory:f68fc000-f68fffff ioport:de00(size=256)
eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

# interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8)
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=12.10
DISTRIB_CODENAME=quantal
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 12.10"
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 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801IBM/IEM (ICH9M/ICH9M-E) 2 port SATA Controller [IDE mode] [8086:2928] (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller [8086:2930] (rev 03)
00:1f.5 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801IBM/IEM (ICH9M/ICH9M-E) 2 port SATA Controller [IDE mode] [8086:292d] (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 003: ID 05ca:180a Ricoh Co., Ltd
Bus 007 Device 002: ID 045e:0745 Microsoft Corp. Nano Transceiver v1.0 for Bluetooth
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
H/W path Device Class Description
=================================================
                          system Inspiron 1545 ()
/0 bus 0G848F
/0/0 memory 64KiB BIOS
/0/400 processor Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T66
/0/400/700 memory 128KiB L1 cache
/0/400/701 memory 2MiB L2 cache
/0/1000 memory 4GiB System Memory
/0/1000/0 memory 2GiB DIMM DDR Synchronous 800 MHz
/0/1000/1 memory 2GiB DIMM DDR Synchronous 800 MHz
/0/100 bridge Mobile 4 Series Chipset Memory Con
/0/100/2 display Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated
/0/100/2.1 display Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated
/0/100/1a bus 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Cont
/0/100/1a.1 bus 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Cont
/0/100/1a.2 bus 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Cont
/0/100/1a.7 bus 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Con
/0/100/1b multimedia 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Cont
/0/100/1c bridge 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express P
/0/100/1c.1 bridge 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express P
/0/100/1c.1/0 network BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY
/0/100/1c.2 bridge 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express P
/0/100/1c.2/0 eth0 network 88E8040 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Contro
/0/100/1c.4 bridge 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express P
/0/100/1d bus 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Cont
/0/100/1d.1 bus 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Cont
/0/100/1d.2 bus 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Cont
/0/100/1d.7 bus 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Con
/0/100/1e bridge 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge
/0/100/1f bridge ICH9M LPC Interface Controller
/0/100/1f.2 storage 82801IBM/IEM (ICH9M/ICH9M-E) 2 por
/0/100/1f.3 bus 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Control
/0/100/1f.5 storage 82801IBM/IEM (ICH9M/ICH9M-E) 2 por
/0/1 scsi0 storage
/0/1/0.0.0 /dev/sda disk 320GB ST9320325AS
/0/1/0.0.0/1 /dev/sda1 volume 100MiB Windows NTFS volume
/0/1/0.0.0/2 /dev/sda2 volume 100GiB Windows NTFS volume
/0/1/0.0.0/3 /dev/sda3 volume 197GiB Windows NTFS volume
/1 power DELL N586M:1
Linux ubuntu 3.5.0-18-generic #29-Ubuntu SMP Fri Oct 19 10:26:51 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
[ 0.000000] No AGP bridge found
[ 0.000000] No NUMA configuration found
[ 0.000000] No AGP bridge found
[ 0.384142] [Firmware Bug]: ACPI: BIOS _OSI(Linux) query ignored
[ 0.450986] ACPI: No dock devices found.
[ 0.521630] ACPI: bus type usb registered
[ 0.521630] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
[ 0.521630] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
[ 0.521630] usbcore: registered new device driver usb
[ 0.532047] Switching to clocksource hpet
[ 0.570692] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 13 devices
[ 0.611050] input: Lid Switch as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0C0D:00/input/input0
[ 0.611869] ACPI: Lid Switch [LID]
[ 0.836045] usb usb1: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0002
[ 0.836048] usb usb1: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 0.836050] usb usb1: Product: EHCI Host Controller
[ 0.836052] usb usb1: Manufacturer: Linux 3.5.0-18-generic ehci_hcd
[ 0.836054] usb usb1: SerialNumber: 0000:00:1a.7
[ 0.836169] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.852054] usb usb2: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0002
[ 0.852057] usb usb2: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 0.852059] usb usb2: Product: EHCI Host Controller
[ 0.852061] usb usb2: Manufacturer: Linux 3.5.0-18-generic ehci_hcd
[ 0.852063] usb usb2: SerialNumber: 0000:00:1d.7
[ 0.852163] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.852350] usb usb3: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0001
[ 0.852352] usb usb3: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 0.852354] usb usb3: Product: UHCI Host Controller
[ 0.852357] usb usb3: Manufacturer: Linux 3.5.0-18-generic uhci_hcd
[ 0.852359] usb usb3: SerialNumber: 0000:00:1a.0
[ 0.852457] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.852608] usb usb4: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0001
[ 0.852611] usb usb4: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 0.852613] usb usb4: Product: UHCI Host Controller
[ 0.852615] usb usb4: Manufacturer: Linux 3.5.0-18-generic uhci_hcd
[ 0.852617] usb usb4: SerialNumber: 0000:00:1a.1
[ 0.852722] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.852864] usb usb5: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0001
[ 0.852866] usb usb5: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 0.852868] usb usb5: Product: UHCI Host Controller
[ 0.852871] usb usb5: Manufacturer: Linux 3.5.0-18-generic uhci_hcd
[ 0.852873] usb usb5: SerialNumber: 0000:00:1a.2
[ 0.852966] hub 5-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.853109] usb usb6: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0001
[ 0.853111] usb usb6: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 0.853113] usb usb6: Product: UHCI Host Controller
[ 0.853115] usb usb6: Manufacturer: Linux 3.5.0-18-generic uhci_hcd
[ 0.853118] usb usb6: SerialNumber: 0000:00:1d.0
[ 0.853213] hub 6-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.853358] usb usb7: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0001
[ 0.853361] usb usb7: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 0.853363] usb usb7: Product: UHCI Host Controller
[ 0.853365] usb usb7: Manufacturer: Linux 3.5.0-18-generic uhci_hcd
[ 0.853367] usb usb7: SerialNumber: 0000:00:1d.1
[ 0.853465] hub 7-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.853604] usb usb8: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0001
[ 0.853606] usb usb8: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 0.853608] usb usb8: Product: UHCI Host Controller
[ 0.853611] usb usb8: Manufacturer: Linux 3.5.0-18-generic uhci_hcd
[ 0.853613] usb usb8: SerialNumber: 0000:00:1d.2
[ 0.853706] hub 8-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.853827] usbcore: registered new interface driver libusual
[ 0.898670] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 1.175380] usb 1-5: new high-speed USB device number 2 using ehci_hcd
[ 1.327117] usb 1-5: New USB device found, idVendor=0bda, idProduct=0158
[ 1.327122] usb 1-5: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[ 1.327127] usb 1-5: Product: USB2.0-CRW
[ 1.327131] usb 1-5: Manufacturer: Generic
[ 1.327134] usb 1-5: SerialNumber: 20071114173400000
[ 1.333601] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
[ 1.444087] usb 1-6: new high-speed USB device number 3 using ehci_hcd
[ 1.470312] usbcore: registered new interface driver uas
[ 1.475226] sky2 0000:09:00.0: eth0: addr a4:ba:db:a5:6a:b7
[ 1.489640] scsi4 : usb-storage 1-5:1.0
[ 1.489745] usbcore: registered new interface driver ums-realtek
[ 1.492274] ssb: Found chip with id 0x4312, rev 0x01 and package 0x00
[ 1.492294] ssb: Core 0 found: ChipCommon (cc 0x800, rev 0x16, vendor 0x4243)
[ 1.492311] ssb: Core 1 found: IEEE 802.11 (cc 0x812, rev 0x0F, vendor 0x4243)
[ 1.492325] ssb: Core 2 found: PCMCIA (cc 0x80D, rev 0x0A, vendor 0x4243)
[ 1.492338] ssb: Core 3 found: PCI-E (cc 0x820, rev 0x09, vendor 0x4243)
[ 1.556217] ssb: Sonics Silicon Backplane found on PCI device 0000:0c:00.0
[ 1.582873] usb 1-6: New USB device found, idVendor=05ca, idProduct=180a
[ 1.582879] usb 1-6: New USB device strings: Mfr=9, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
[ 1.582884] usb 1-6: Product: Integrated Webcam
[ 1.582888] usb 1-6: Manufacturer: M091R-R01-0112-SC5L5
[ 1.932049] usb 7-1: new full-speed USB device number 2 using uhci_hcd
[ 2.096393] usb 7-1: New USB device found, idVendor=045e, idProduct=0745
[ 2.096400] usb 7-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
[ 2.096404] usb 7-1: Product: Microsoft\xffffffc2\xffffffae\xffffffae Nano Transceiver v1.0
[ 2.096408] usb 7-1: Manufacturer: Microsoft
[ 2.099631] usb 1-5: USB disconnect, device number 2
[ 2.119270] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbhid
[ 2.119274] usbhid: USB HID core driver
[ 2.121328] input: Microsoft Microsoft\xffffffc2\xffffffae\xffffffae Nano Transceiver v1.0 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.1/usb7/7-1/7-1:1.0/input/input4
[ 2.121416] hid-generic 0003:045E:0745.0001: input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.11 Keyboard [Microsoft Microsoft\xffffffc2\xffffffae\xffffffae Nano Transceiver v1.0] on usb-0000:00:1d.1-1/input0
[ 2.122221] input: Microsoft Microsoft\xffffffc2\xffffffae\xffffffae Nano Transceiver v1.0 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.1/usb7/7-1/7-1:1.1/input/input5
[ 2.123120] hid-generic 0003:045E:0745.0002: input,hidraw1: USB HID v1.11 Mouse [Microsoft Microsoft\xffffffc2\xffffffae\xffffffae Nano Transceiver v1.0] on usb-0000:00:1d.1-1/input1
[ 2.141651] input: Microsoft Microsoft\xffffffc2\xffffffae\xffffffae Nano Transceiver v1.0 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.1/usb7/7-1/7-1:1.2/input/input6
[ 2.141792] hid-generic 0003:045E:0745.0003: input,hiddev0,hidraw2: USB HID v1.11 Device [Microsoft Microsoft\xffffffc2\xffffffae\xffffffae Nano Transceiver v1.0] on usb-0000:00:1d.1-1/input2
[ 21.548992] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 24.147614] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[ 24.211329] lpc_ich: Resource conflict(s) found affecting iTCO_wdt
[ 25.106194] uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device Integrated Webcam (05ca:180a)
[ 25.107560] input: Integrated Webcam as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.7/usb1/1-6/1-6:1.0/input/input8
[ 25.107735] usbcore: registered new interface driver uvcvideo
[ 25.963390] b43-phy0: Broadcom 4312 WLAN found (core revision 15)
[ 26.130754] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 170x48
[ 26.145311] [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.
[ 26.195622] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode15.fw" not found
[ 26.195627] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43-open/ucode15.fw" not found
[ 26.195630] 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.
[ 26.749661] input: HDA Intel Mic as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input12
[ 26.749816] input: HDA Intel Headphone as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input13
[ 30.569716] sky2 0000:09:00.0: eth0: enabling interface
[ 30.570244] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 30.570816] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 30.835347] type=1400 audit(1352589133.432:19): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_load" name="/usr/lib/telepathy/mission-control-5" pid=907 comm="apparmor_parser"
[ 32.127410] sky2 0000:09:00.0: eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex, flow control both
[ 32.127888] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
[ 3487.552204] sky2 0000:09:00.0: eth0: Link is down
[ 3489.168225] sky2 0000:09:00.0: eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex, flow control both
 Release Date: 10/23/2009
  Serial services are supported (int 14h)
 Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
 Product Name: Inspiron 1545
 Serial Number: JGV19L1
 Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
 Product Name: 0G848F
 Serial Number: .JGV19L1.CN7016602L0689.
 Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
 Serial Number: JGV19L1
 Manufacturer: Intel
 Serial Number: Not Specified
 Manufacturer: 7F98000000000000
 Serial Number: 87298144
 Manufacturer: 7F98000000000000
 Serial Number: 85295B44
 Manufacturer: Sanyo
 SBDS Serial Number: 0BCA
 SBDS Manufacture Date: 2010-01-10
eth0 no wireless extensions.

lo 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
blacklist eth1394
# replaced by p54pci
blacklist prism54
# replaced by b43 and ssb.
blacklist bcm43xx
blacklist uart6850
blacklist twl4030_wdt
# /etc/modprobe.d/iwlwifi.conf
# iwlwifi will dyamically load either iwldvm or iwlmvm depending on the
# microcode file installed on the system. When removing iwlwifi, first
# remove the iwl?vm module and then iwlwifi.
remove iwlwifi \
(/sbin/lsmod | grep -o -e ^iwlmvm -e ^iwldvm -e ^iwlwifi | xargs /sbin/rmmod) \
[main]
NetworkingEnabled=true
WirelessEnabled=true
WWANEnabled=true
WimaxEnabled=true
> hal.1: read hal dataprocess 3922: 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
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: 44 (21446 events)
  HW Address: a4:ba:db:a5:6a:b7
  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)

30: 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
  Driver: "b43-pci-bridge"
  Driver Modules: "ssb"
  Memory Range: 0xf69fc000-0xf69fffff (rw,non-prefetchable)
  IRQ: 17 (no events)
  Module Alias: "pci:v000014E4d00004315sv00001028sd0000000Cbc02sc80i00"
  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)
warning: bad ps syntax, perhaps a bogus '-'?
See http://gitorious.org/procps/procps/blobs/master/Documentation/FAQ
root 841 0.0 0.1 250276 6340 ? Ssl 18:12 0:00 NetworkManager
root 1038 0.0 0.0 10192 3712 ? S 18:12 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-ff0debaa-41b7-4801-8ff1-6bf8ab3b073a-eth0.lease -cf /var/run/nm-dhclient-eth0.conf eth0
nobody 1169 0.0 0.0 27600 1536 ? S 18:12 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=127.0.1.1 --conf-file=/var/run/nm-dns-dnsmasq.conf --cache-size=0 --proxy-dnssec --enable-dbus=org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.dnsmasq --conf-dir=/etc/NetworkManager/dnsmasq.d
mijansky 3936 0.0 0.0 8112 912 pts/0 S+ 19:12 0:00 egrep --color=auto wpa|icd|etwork
Module Size Used by
snd_hda_codec_idt 70209 1
snd_hda_intel 33491 3
snd_hda_codec 134212 2 snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep 13602 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm 96580 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
snd_seq_midi 13324 0
b43 369753 0
snd_rawmidi 30512 1 snd_seq_midi
i915 520629 3
snd_seq_midi_event 14899 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 61521 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer 29425 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
mac80211 539908 1 b43
snd_seq_device 14497 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
bnep 18140 2
uvcvideo 76749 0
drm_kms_helper 46784 1 i915
drm 275528 4 i915,drm_kms_helper
snd 78734 15 snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
rfcomm 46619 0
videobuf2_core 32851 1 uvcvideo
gpio_ich 13383 0
bluetooth 209199 10 bnep,rfcomm
videodev 120309 2 uvcvideo,videobuf2_core
soundcore 15047 1 snd
cfg80211 206566 2 b43,mac80211
parport_pc 32688 0
coretemp 13400 0
snd_page_alloc 18484 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
psmouse 95552 0
i2c_algo_bit 13413 1 i915
ppdev 17073 0
videobuf2_vmalloc 12860 1 uvcvideo
dell_wmi 12681 0
dell_laptop 17369 0
lpc_ich 17061 0
sparse_keymap 13890 1 dell_wmi
lp 17759 0
videobuf2_memops 13368 1 videobuf2_vmalloc
joydev 17457 0
wmi 19070 1 dell_wmi
microcode 22803 0
serio_raw 13215 0
dcdbas 14438 1 dell_laptop
bcma 35656 1 b43
video 19335 1 i915
parport 46345 3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp
mac_hid 13205 0
hid_generic 12493 0
usbhid 46947 0
hid 100366 2 hid_generic,usbhid
sky2 58111 0
ssb 52036 1 b43
ums_realtek 17949 0
uas 17844 0
usb_storage 48838 1 ums_realtek

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Ubfan (ubfan1) said :
#1

With the Ubuntu 11.x releases, the proprietary Broadcom drivers stopped
working with the 4311 Broadcom chips (see bug 732677), and perhaps this
bug also affects the 4312 chip. However your chip works fine with the open
b43 driver, but you first need to install its firmware -- easily done with
a package install.

The proprietary firmware cannot be distributed with the release,so you
have to manually add it. Use a wired connection, and in a terminal:
   sudo apt-get update
   sudo apt-get install b43-fwcutter
and accept the offer to download the Broadcom files, which
will put the Broadcom firmware into /lib/firmware/b43.
If you don't get the offer to download, then purge the package
and try again:
   sudo apt-get purge b43-fwcutter
   sudo apt-get install b43-fwcutter

You can even use the open source firmware (which is what I use):
   sudo apt-get install firmware-b43-lpphy-installer
but only one set of firmware is needed (and non-4312 users should
check for needing other versions of the firmware (like
firmware-b43-installer). If both sets of firmware are
present, the proprietary set in /lib/firmware/b43 will be used.

With the firmware in place, NetworkManager may start scanning,
if not, manually load the b43 driver module, or just reboot.
 sudo modprobe b43

NetworkManager should start scanning and offer a list of possible
connection points within a few seconds.

Select your access point, select the correct encryption method, and enter
your key. If you are not broadcasting your ssid and it does not show up in
the list of access points, you might have to left click NetworkManager and
select the menu item "connect to hidden network", and enter your ssid. Next
boot, the connection should be automatic.

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mijan (feeddle) said :
#2

I already tried this from an answer you gave to someone else and it isn't working

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Best actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
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mijan (feeddle) said :
#4

Thanks actionparsnip, that solved my question.

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mijan (feeddle) said :
#5

Hey,

in the end i managed while going through the instructions from /bcm43xx to reach the broadcom site and from there I found they're magic readme.txt. :)

From there it was a breeze, I just opened up the Software Center and did a search for "bcmwl-kernel-source" and what do you know? After simply installing my card works like a charm now :)

Thanks guys!