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conflict between b43 and ndiswrapper drivers -> UNCLAIMED Wireless Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11a/b/g [14e4:4312] (rev 01) not working on Dell Precision M90 in Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS

Asked by v veirs

I know my PCI card is working as it runs when I boot under XP.

But, I can't figure out why 12.04 can't get it going. I am trying
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WirelessTroubleshootingProcedureg the troubleshooter

and am at Step 2. Below is the output:

Can anyone see a big red flag(s) in all this?

Thanks so much,
Val

Ign http://cran.cs.wwu.edu precise/ InRelease
Hit http://cran.cs.wwu.edu precise/ Release.gpg
Hit http://cran.cs.wwu.edu precise/ Release
Hit http://cran.cs.wwu.edu precise/ Packages
Ign http://dl.google.com stable InRelease
Ign http://dl.google.com stable InRelease
Hit http://dl.google.com stable Release.gpg
Hit http://dl.google.com stable Release.gpg
Hit http://dl.google.com stable Release
Ign http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com precise InRelease
Ign http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates InRelease
Ign http://cran.cs.wwu.edu precise/ Translation-en_CA
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security InRelease
Ign http://cran.cs.wwu.edu precise/ Translation-en
Hit http://dl.google.com stable Release
Hit http://dl.google.com stable/main i386 Packages
Ign http://dl.google.com stable/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://dl.google.com stable/main i386 Packages
Ign http://dl.google.com stable/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com precise Release.gpg
Get:1 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security Release.gpg [198 B]
Get:2 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates Release.gpg [198 B]
Get:3 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security Release [49.6 kB]
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com precise Release
Ign http://dl.google.com stable/main Translation-en_CA
Get:4 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates Release [49.6 kB]
Ign http://dl.google.com stable/main Translation-en
Ign http://dl.google.com stable/main Translation-en_CA
Ign http://dl.google.com stable/main Translation-en
Get:5 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/main Sources [55.9 kB]
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com precise/main Sources
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted Sources
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe Sources
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse Sources
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com precise/main i386 Packages
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com precise/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse TranslationIndex
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted TranslationIndex
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe TranslationIndex
Get:6 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main Sources [193 kB]
Get:7 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/restricted Sources [1,950 B]
Get:8 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/universe Sources [17.7 kB]
Get:9 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/multiverse Sources [1,392 B]
Get:10 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/main i386 Packages [206 kB]
Get:11 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/restricted Sources [4,419 B]
Get:12 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/universe Sources [65.4 kB]
Get:13 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/restricted i386 Packages [3,968 B]
Get:14 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/universe i386 Packages [58.4 kB]
Get:15 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/multiverse i386 Packages [2,388 B]
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/multiverse TranslationIndex
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/restricted TranslationIndex
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/universe TranslationIndex
Get:16 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/multiverse Sources [4,241 B]
Get:17 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main i386 Packages [442 kB]
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/main Translation-en
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/universe Translation-en
Get:18 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/restricted i386 Packages [8,374 B]
Get:19 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/universe i386 Packages [160 kB]
Get:20 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/multiverse i386 Packages [9,661 B]
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/multiverse TranslationIndex
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/restricted TranslationIndex
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/universe TranslationIndex
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com precise/main Translation-en_CA
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com precise/main Translation-en
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe Translation-en_CA
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe Translation-en
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main Translation-en_CA
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main Translation-en
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/universe Translation-en_CA
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/universe Translation-en
Fetched 1,335 kB in 4s (319 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
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 7 not upgraded.
  *-network UNCLAIMED
       description: Network controller
       product: BCM4311 802.11a/b/g
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:0c:00.0
       version: 01
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
       configuration: latency=0
       resources: memory:ecffc000-ecffffff
  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: NetXtreme BCM5752 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:09:00.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 02
       serial: 00:15:c5:5c:ec:67
       size: 100Mbit/s
       capacity: 1Gbit/s
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm vpd msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=tg3 driverversion=3.121 duplex=full firmware=5752-v3.19 ip=192.168.1.9 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100Mbit/s
       resources: irq:46 memory:ecef0000-ecefffff
0: dell-wifi: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: no
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 Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 945GT Express Memory Controller Hub [8086:27a0] (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 945GT Express PCI Express Root Port [8086:27a1] (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family High Definition Audio Controller [8086:27d8] (rev 01)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 1 [8086:27d0] (rev 01)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 2 [8086:27d2] (rev 01)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 3 [8086:27d4] (rev 01)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 4 [8086:27d6] (rev 01)
00:1d.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:27c8] (rev 01)
00:1d.1 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:27c9] (rev 01)
00:1d.2 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:27ca] (rev 01)
00:1d.3 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #4 [8086:27cb] (rev 01)
00:1d.7 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB2 EHCI Controller [8086:27cc] (rev 01)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev e1)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge [8086:27b9] (rev 01)
00:1f.2 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7-M Family) SATA Controller [IDE mode] [8086:27c4] (rev 01)
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family SMBus Controller [8086:27da] (rev 01)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: NVIDIA Corporation G71 [Quadro FX 1500M] [10de:029b] (rev a1)
03:01.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller [1180:0832]
03:01.1 SD Host controller [0805]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter [1180:0822] (rev 19)
03:01.2 System peripheral [0880]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter [1180:0592] (rev 0a)
03:01.3 System peripheral [0880]: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller [1180:0852] (rev 05)
09:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5752 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express [14e4:1600] (rev 02)
0c:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11a/b/g [14e4:4312] (rev 01)
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 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 002 Device 002: ID 413c:a005 Dell Computer Corp. Internal 2.0 Hub
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 0b97:7761 O2 Micro, Inc. Oz776 1.1 Hub
Bus 002 Device 004: ID 0b97:7762 O2 Micro, Inc. Oz776 SmartCard Reader
H/W path Device Class Description
======================================================
                               system Portable Computer
/0 bus Motherboard
/0/0 memory 64KiB BIOS
/0/400 processor Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU T7200
/0/400/700 memory 32KiB L1 cache
/0/400/701 memory 4MiB 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 2GiB DIMM DDR Synchronous 667 MHz (1
/0/1000/1 memory 1GiB DIMM DDR Synchronous 667 MHz (1
/0/100 bridge Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and
/0/100/1 bridge Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and
/0/100/1/0 display G71 [Quadro FX 1500M]
/0/100/1b multimedia N10/ICH 7 Family High Definition Aud
/0/100/1c bridge N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 1
/0/100/1c.1 bridge N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 2
/0/100/1c.1/0 network BCM4311 802.11a/b/g
/0/100/1c.2 bridge N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 3
/0/100/1c.2/0 eth0 network NetXtreme BCM5752 Gigabit Ethernet P
/0/100/1c.3 bridge N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 4
/0/100/1d bus N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller
/0/100/1d.1 bus N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller
/0/100/1d.2 bus N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller
/0/100/1d.3 bus N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller
/0/100/1d.7 bus N10/ICH 7 Family USB2 EHCI Controlle
/0/100/1e bridge 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge
/0/100/1e/1 bus R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller
/0/100/1e/1.1 generic R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Ada
/0/100/1e/1.2 generic R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter
/0/100/1e/1.3 generic xD-Picture Card Controller
/0/100/1f bridge 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Brid
/0/100/1f.2 scsi0 storage 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7-M Family) SATA Co
/0/100/1f.2/0 /dev/sda disk 320GB ST9320423AS
/0/100/1f.2/0/1 /dev/sda1 volume 111GiB Windows NTFS volume
/0/100/1f.2/0/2 /dev/sda2 volume 186GiB Extended partition
/0/100/1f.2/0/2/5 /dev/sda5 volume 178GiB Linux filesystem partition
/0/100/1f.2/0/2/6 /dev/sda6 volume 7788MiB Linux swap / Solaris partiti
/0/100/1f.2/1 /dev/cdrom disk DVD+-RW GSA-T11N
/0/100/1f.3 bus N10/ICH 7 Family SMBus Controller
/1 power DELL C54479C
Linux val-dell 3.2.0-33-generic #52-Ubuntu SMP Thu Oct 18 16:19:45 UTC 2012 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
[ 0.000000] Found optimal setting for mtrr clean up
[ 0.204619] ACPI: ACPI Dock Station Driver: 1 docks/bays found
[ 0.204622] HEST: Table not found.
[ 0.244472] i2c-core: driver [aat2870] using legacy suspend method
[ 0.244474] i2c-core: driver [aat2870] using legacy resume method
[ 0.248124] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
[ 0.248124] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
[ 0.248124] usbcore: registered new device driver usb
[ 0.256070] Switching to clocksource hpet
[ 0.289954] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 13 devices
[ 0.359773] input: Lid Switch as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0C0D:00/input/input0
[ 0.360153] ACPI: Lid Switch [LID]
[ 0.375026] ERST: Table is not found!
[ 0.749099] isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
[ 0.810198] ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: using broken periodic workaround
[ 0.828191] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.828617] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.828983] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.829353] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.829716] hub 5-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.829861] usbcore: registered new interface driver libusual
[ 0.845280] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 1.221809] tg3 0000:09:00.0: eth0: Tigon3 [partno(BCM5752KFBG) rev 6002] (PCI Express) MAC address 00:15:c5:5c:ec:67
[ 1.221815] tg3 0000:09:00.0: eth0: attached PHY is 5752 (10/100/1000Base-T Ethernet) (WireSpeed[1], EEE[0])
[ 1.221819] tg3 0000:09:00.0: eth0: RXcsums[1] LinkChgREG[0] MIirq[0] ASF[0] TSOcap[1]
[ 1.221823] tg3 0000:09:00.0: eth0: dma_rwctrl[76180000] dma_mask[64-bit]
[ 1.268192] sdhci-pci 0000:03:01.1: SDHCI controller found [1180:0822] (rev 19)
[ 1.269284] mmc0: no vmmc regulator found
[ 1.384024] usb 2-1: new full-speed USB device number 2 using uhci_hcd
[ 1.535618] hub 2-1:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.833558] usb 2-1.2: new full-speed USB device number 3 using uhci_hcd
[ 1.963642] hub 2-1.2:1.0: USB hub found
[ 2.245569] usb 2-1.2.2: new full-speed USB device number 4 using uhci_hcd
[ 2.629776] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 160x64
[ 20.866823] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 20.934194] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[ 21.400719] leds_ss4200: no LED devices found
[ 22.172922] input: HDA Intel Mic as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input6
[ 22.173123] input: HDA Intel Headphone as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input7
[ 22.646924] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 22.647605] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 328.954848] tg3 0000:09:00.0: eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex
[ 328.954856] tg3 0000:09:00.0: eth0: Flow control is on for TX and on for RX
[ 328.955272] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
[ 339.648034] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
 Release Date: 07/31/2007
  Serial services are supported (int 14h)
 Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
 Product Name: Precision M90
 Serial Number: Not Specified
 Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
 Product Name:
 Serial Number: . . .
 Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
 Serial Number: Not Specified
 Manufacturer: Intel
 Serial Number: Not Specified
 Manufacturer: 7F7F7F7F7F7F3400
 Serial Number: 00000000
 Manufacturer: AD00000000000000
 Serial Number: 04008287
 Manufacturer: Sanyo
 SBDS Serial Number: 036E
 SBDS Manufacture Date: 2009-12-22
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 bcm43xx
blacklist wl
blacklist eth1394
# replaced by p54pci
blacklist prism54
# replaced by b43 and ssb.
# blacklist bcm43xx
#VV#blacklist b43
blacklist wl
blacklist uart6850
blacklist twl4030_wdt
alias pci:v000014E4d00004311sv00000007sd00001028bc*sc*i* ndiswrapper
alias pci:v000014E4d00004311sv00000008sd00001028bc*sc*i* ndiswrapper
alias pci:v000014E4d00004311sv*sd*bc*sc*i* ndiswrapper
alias pci:v000014E4d00004312sv00000007sd00001028bc*sc*i* ndiswrapper
alias pci:v000014E4d00004312sv00000008sd00001028bc*sc*i* ndiswrapper
alias pci:v000014E4d00004312sv*sd*bc*sc*i* ndiswrapper
alias pci:v000014E4d00004318sv00000005sd00001028bc*sc*i* ndiswrapper
alias pci:v000014E4d00004318sv00000006sd00001028bc*sc*i* ndiswrapper
alias pci:v000014E4d00004318sv*sd*bc*sc*i* ndiswrapper
alias pci:v000014E4d00004319sv00000005sd00001028bc*sc*i* ndiswrapper
alias pci:v000014E4d00004319sv00000006sd00001028bc*sc*i* ndiswrapper
alias pci:v000014E4d00004319sv*sd*bc*sc*i* ndiswrapper
alias pci:v000014E4d00004320sv00000001sd00001028bc*sc*i* ndiswrapper
alias pci:v000014E4d00004320sv00000002sd00001028bc*sc*i* ndiswrapper
alias pci:v000014E4d00004320sv00000003sd00001028bc*sc*i* ndiswrapper
alias pci:v000014E4d00004320sv00000004sd00001028bc*sc*i* ndiswrapper
alias pci:v000014E4d00004320sv*sd*bc*sc*i* ndiswrapper
alias pci:v000014E4d00004324sv00000001sd00001028bc*sc*i* ndiswrapper
alias pci:v000014E4d00004324sv00000002sd00001028bc*sc*i* ndiswrapper
alias pci:v000014E4d00004324sv00000003sd00001028bc*sc*i* ndiswrapper
alias pci:v000014E4d00004324sv00000004sd00001028bc*sc*i* ndiswrapper
alias pci:v000014E4d00004324sv*sd*bc*sc*i* ndiswrapper
alias pci:v000014E4d00004328sv00000009sd00001028bc*sc*i* ndiswrapper
alias pci:v000014E4d00004328sv0000000Asd00001028bc*sc*i* ndiswrapper
alias pci:v000014E4d00004328sv*sd*bc*sc*i* ndiswrapper

[main]
NetworkingEnabled=true
WirelessEnabled=true
WWANEnabled=true
25: PCI c00.0: 0280 Network controller
  [Created at pci.318]
  UDI: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_14e4_4312
  Unique ID: zb5c.huWLObTszk3
  Parent ID: qTvu.MAlvUft94s6
  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 1490 Dual Band WLAN Mini-Card"
  Vendor: pci 0x14e4 "Broadcom"
  Device: pci 0x4312 "BCM4312 802.11a/b/g"
  SubVendor: pci 0x1028 "Dell"
  SubDevice: pci 0x0007 "Wireless 1490 Dual Band WLAN Mini-Card"
  Revision: 0x01
  Memory Range: 0xecffc000-0xecffffff (rw,non-prefetchable)
  IRQ: 3 (no events)
  Module Alias: "pci:v000014E4d00004312sv00001028sd00000007bc02sc80i00"
  Driver Info #0:
    Driver Status: ssb is not active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe ssb"
  Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
  Attached to: #12 (PCI bridge)

26: PCI 900.0: 0200 Ethernet controller
  [Created at pci.318]
  UDI: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_14e4_1600
  Unique ID: rBUF.sbjvdES3Cw0
  Parent ID: hoOk.O+dPSo6a7d7
  SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.2/0000:09:00.0
  SysFS BusID: 0000:09:00.0
  Hardware Class: network
  Model: "Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5752 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express"
  Vendor: pci 0x14e4 "Broadcom"
  Device: pci 0x1600 "NetXtreme BCM5752 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express"
  SubVendor: pci 0x1028 "Dell"
  SubDevice: pci 0x01cf
  Revision: 0x02
  Driver: "tg3"
  Driver Modules: "tg3"
  Device File: eth0
  Memory Range: 0xecef0000-0xecefffff (rw,non-prefetchable)
  IRQ: 46 (2523 events)
  HW Address: 00:15:c5:5c:ec:67
  Link detected: yes
  Module Alias: "pci:v000014E4d00001600sv00001028sd000001CFbc02sc00i00"
  Driver Info #0:
    Driver Status: tg3 is active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe tg3"
  Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
  Attached to: #13 (PCI bridge)
Warning: bad ps syntax, perhaps a bogus '-'? See http://procps.sf.net/faq.html
root 809 0.0 0.1 32220 4940 ? Ssl 12:26 0:00 NetworkManager
root 2164 0.0 0.0 2928 1300 ? S 12:32 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-198dc439-e57a-4320-a6a4-69135dd3f68b-eth0.lease -cf /var/run/nm-dhclient-eth0.conf eth0
nobody 2168 0.0 0.0 6624 1168 ? S 12:32 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
val 2553 0.0 0.0 5608 816 pts/0 S+ 12:34 0:00 egrep --color=auto wpa|icd|etwork
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window irtt Iface
0.0.0.0 192.168.1.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0
169.254.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.0.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
192.168.1.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
# Dynamic resolv.conf(5) file for glibc resolver(3) generated by resolvconf(8)
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE BY HAND -- YOUR CHANGES WILL BE OVERWRITTEN
nameserver 127.0.0.1
Module Size Used by
dm_crypt 22528 0
parport_pc 32114 0
ppdev 12849 0
bnep 17830 2
rfcomm 38139 0
bluetooth 158438 10 bnep,rfcomm
joydev 17393 0
snd_hda_codec_idt 60251 1
snd_hda_intel 32765 3
snd_hda_codec 109562 2 snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep 13276 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm 80845 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
snd_seq_midi 13132 0
snd_rawmidi 25424 1 snd_seq_midi
dell_wmi 12601 0
sparse_keymap 13658 1 dell_wmi
binfmt_misc 17292 1
snd_seq_midi_event 14475 1 snd_seq_midi
dell_laptop 17767 0
dcdbas 14098 1 dell_laptop
psmouse 96684 0
r592 17808 0
r852 17901 0
sm_common 16737 1 r852
nand 49667 2 r852,sm_common
nand_ids 8547 1 nand
mtd 35584 2 sm_common,nand
nand_bch 13003 1 nand
bch 21757 1 nand_bch
memstick 15857 1 r592
nand_ecc 13070 1 nand
nvidia 7098356 36
snd_seq 51567 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer 28931 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 14172 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
serio_raw 13027 0
snd 62064 15 snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
mac_hid 13077 0
wmi 18744 1 dell_wmi
soundcore 14635 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 14115 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
lp 17455 0
parport 40930 3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp
vesafb 13516 1
sdhci_pci 18324 0
sdhci 28241 1 sdhci_pci
firewire_ohci 40180 0
firewire_core 56906 1 firewire_ohci
crc_itu_t 12627 1 firewire_core
tg3 137273 0
video 19068 0

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

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

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#2

Please copy-paste the following commands into the Terminal:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get remove bcmwl-kernel-source
sudo apt-get install b43-fwcutter firmware-b43-installer

Then reboot and retest wireless.

Source: https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-nettool/+question/183634

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v veirs (vveirs-2) said : 		#3

I took Mark's advice but nothing improved. Here is what was reported:

(Reading database ... 268144 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing bcmwl-kernel-source ...
Removing all DKMS Modules
Done.
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
Processing triggers for initramfs-tools ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-33-generic
val@val-dell:~$ sudo apt-get install b43-fwcutter firmware-b43-installer
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
b43-fwcutter is already the newest version.
firmware-b43-installer is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 9 not upgraded.

############################################
When I ask about the hardware, the answer below suggests (via network UNCLAIMED) a driver problem, right?
How can I check to see what driver(s) are available on my machine. I do know that in earlier efforts on this problem I found windows drivers (bcmwl5.inf) and tried to use them.
When I run: sudo ndisgtk
I get a window that says that bcmwl5 with Hardware present:Yes is the "Currently installed Windows Driver"
Perhaps I should remove this driver and see what happens. Hmmmmmmmm.
sudo lshw -C network
  *-network UNCLAIMED
       description: Network controller
       product: BCM4311 802.11a/b/g
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:0c:00.0
       version: 01
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
       configuration: latency=0
       resources: memory:ecffc000-ecffffff
  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: NetXtreme BCM5752 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:09:00.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 02
       serial: 00:15:c5:5c:ec:67
       size: 100Mbit/s
       capacity: 1Gbit/s
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm vpd msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=tg3 driverversion=3.121 duplex=full firmware=5752-v3.19 ip=192.168.1.9 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100Mbit/s
       resources: irq:46 memory:ecef0000-ecefffff

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#4

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

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#5

You need to use the b43 driver. So the "UNCLAIMED" driver status simply means your b43 wireless driver is being blocked/blacklisted in one of your configuration files.

Check each configuration file in /etc/modprobe.d/

and remove any configuration lines containing the following:

blacklist b43

The following command will help find the offending configuration line(s):

grep b43 /etc/modprobe.d/*

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v veirs (vveirs-2) said : 		#6

I don't have any blacklist b43 lines in files in the modprobe.d folder.

Puttering around I found that nm-tool knows about my wireless on lan0 and says its state is disconnected. It has found the driver (b43) and found my access point (OrcaSound).

If I could just connect the wlan0 device, maybe I would be up and WiFi-ing.

Here is the nm-tool output:
val@val-dell:~$ nm-tool

NetworkManager Tool

State: connected (global)

- Device: wlan0 ----------------------------------------------------------------
  Type: 802.11 WiFi
  Driver: b43
  State: disconnected
  Default: no
  HW Address: 00:19:7D:73:44:53

  Capabilities:

  Wireless Properties
    WEP Encryption: yes
    WPA Encryption: yes
    WPA2 Encryption: yes

  Wireless Access Points
    OrcaSound: Infra, 80:A1:D7:00:7F:D4, Freq 2457 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 95 WEP

- Device: eth0 [Wired connection 1] -------------------------------------------
  Type: Wired
  Driver: tg3
  State: connected
  Default: yes
  HW Address: 00:15:C5:5C:EC:67

  Capabilities:
    Carrier Detect: yes
    Speed: 100 Mb/s

  Wired Properties
    Carrier: on

  IPv4 Settings:
    Address: 192.168.1.9
    Prefix: 24 (255.255.255.0)
    Gateway: 192.168.1.1

    DNS: 192.168.1.1

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And I spent some time looking at actionparsnip's suggestion above. At this time I don't have Module wl (whatever this is)

val@val-dell:~$ sudo modprobe wl
WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/aliases, it will be ignored in a future release.
FATAL: Module wl not found.

Should I have wl?

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#7

 I already gave you the answer in #2

Your PC's wireless chipset is 14e4:4312

The chipset in

https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-nettool/+question/183634

is also 14e4:4312

In both threads (this one and the other one), the b43 driver is required.

Furthermore, in

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BroadcomSTA(Wireless)

AND in

http://nfolamp.wordpress.com/2011/10/15/ubuntu-11-10-getting-wireless-bcm4311-working/

they state that the 14e4:4312 needs the b43 driver, not the wl driver.

I rest my case....

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v veirs (vveirs-2) said : 		#8

Thanks for this clarification re the wl driver, Mark. I will stay away from that.

hwinfo reports (below) that I am using:
  Driver: "b43-pci-bridge"
  Driver Modules: "ssb"
and that:
 Driver Info #0:
    Driver Status: ssb is active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe ssb"
  Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
Does this all seem correct to you?

From nm-tool everything looks good except:
How can I switch from disconnected to connected?

Thanks for all your help!!
Val

val@val-dell:~$ nm-tool

NetworkManager Tool

State: connected (global)

- Device: wlan0 ----------------------------------------------------------------
  Type: 802.11 WiFi
  Driver: b43
  State: disconnected
  Default: no
  HW Address: 00:19:7D:73:44:53

  Capabilities:

  Wireless Properties
    WEP Encryption: yes
    WPA Encryption: yes
    WPA2 Encryption: yes

  Wireless Access Points
    OrcaSound: Infra, 80:A1:D7:00:7F:D4, Freq 2457 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 95 WEP
    Wendt: Infra, C8:3A:35:06:8E:51, Freq 2422 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 40 WPA

####################################################hwinfo --netcard
val@val-dell:~$ hwinfo --netcard
24: PCI c00.0: 0282 WLAN controller
  [Created at pci.318]
  UDI: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_14e4_4312
  Unique ID: y9sn.jJPmv8UzN_1
  Parent ID: qTvu.MAlvUft94s6
  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 1490 Dual Band WLAN Mini-Card"
  Vendor: pci 0x14e4 "Broadcom"
  Device: pci 0x4312 "BCM4312 802.11a/b/g"
  SubVendor: pci 0x1028 "Dell"
  SubDevice: pci 0x0007 "Wireless 1490 Dual Band WLAN Mini-Card"
  Revision: 0x01
  Driver: "b43-pci-bridge"
  Driver Modules: "ssb"
  Device File: wlan0
  Features: WLAN
  Memory Range: 0xecffc000-0xecffffff (rw,non-prefetchable)
  IRQ: 17 (489 events)
  HW Address: 00:19:7d:73:44:53
  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:v000014E4d00004312sv00001028sd00000007bc02sc80i00"
  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: #11 (PCI bridge)

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Best Ubfan (ubfan1) said : 		#9

Your wireless driver conflict looks like between the b43 and the ndiswrapper (Windows driver). I suggest you purge all the ndiswrapper... packages and reboot. Looks like you are not blacklisting the b43 driver, and have a copy of the firmware, so your wireless should work.

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v veirs (vveirs-2) said : 		#10

Rick, thank you so much for all your help on my wireless problem.
And, Ubfan, thank you so much for telling me to purge the ndiswrapper files.

I now have my wireless working. !! F A N T A S T I C !!

It seems that I have to open a terminal and enter sudo modprobe b43 after any reboot to have the wireless be recognized but that is a small price to pay -- and I can probably make a little script file that runs on start up. I'll putter with that now, but thanks to you two one more time.

Val

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v veirs (vveirs-2) said : 		#11

Thanks Ubfan, that solved my question.