wl driver 6.20.155.1 (r326264) failed with code 21 -> Wireless Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN [14e4:4311] (rev 01) not working on Hewlett-Packard Presario C500 (RQ340UA#ABA) in Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS
Compaq Presario C-500; HDD clean install of 12.04.2 LTS today. No response from WiFi attempts. Full terminal report below:
bruce@BCsUbLap:~$ lspci -nn
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 945GT Express Memory Controller Hub [8086:27a0] (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:27a2] (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller [0380]: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:27a6] (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.2 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 3 [8086:27d4] (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.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.1 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) IDE Controller [8086:27df] (rev 01)
00:1f.2 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7-M Family) SATA Controller [AHCI mode] [8086:27c5] (rev 01)
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family SMBus Controller [8086:27da] (rev 01)
06:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN [14e4:4311] (rev 01)
08:08.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/
Full Term report:
bruce@BCsUbLap:~$ sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install hwinfo grep rfkill; sudo lshw -C network; rfkill list; sudo iwlist scan | egrep -i 'chan|ssid'; cat /etc/network/
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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 0 not upgraded.
*-network
description: Network controller
product: BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:06:00.0
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
resources: irq:18 memory:
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: RTL-8139/
vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
physical id: 8
bus info: pci@0000:08:08.0
logical name: eth0
version: 10
serial: 00:16:d4:a3:b6:4c
size: 100Mbit/s
capacity: 100Mbit/s
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
resources: irq:16 ioport:
0: hp-wifi: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
1: hp-bluetooth: Bluetooth
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_
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06:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN [14e4:4311] (rev 01)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company BCM4311 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller [103c:1363]
Kernel driver in use: wl
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08:08.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:30a5]
Kernel driver in use: 8139too
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
RUNNING STATE WIFI-HARDWARE WIFI WWAN-HARDWARE WWAN
running connected enabled enabled enabled disabled
H/W path Device Class Description
=======
/0 bus 30C6
/0/0 memory 99KiB BIOS
/0/4 processor Intel(R) Celeron(R) M CPU 440 @
/0/4/5 memory 1MiB L2 cache
/0/a memory 2GiB System Memory
/0/a/0 memory 1GiB SODIMM DDR2 Synchronous
/0/a/1 memory 1GiB SODIMM DDR2 Synchronous
/0/100 bridge Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 945G
/0/100/2 display Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Int
/0/100/2.1 display Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express
/0/100/1b multimedia N10/ICH 7 Family High Definition Audio C
/0/100/1c bridge N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 1
/0/100/1c.2 bridge N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 3
/0/100/1c.2/0 network BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN
/0/100/1d bus N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #1
/0/100/1d.1 bus N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #2
/0/100/1d.2 bus N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #3
/0/100/1d.7 bus N10/ICH 7 Family USB2 EHCI Controller
/0/100/1e bridge 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge
/0/100/1e/8 eth0 network RTL-8139/
/0/100/1f bridge 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge
/0/100/1f.1 storage 82801G (ICH7 Family) IDE Controller
/0/100/1f.2 storage 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7-M Family) SATA Contro
/0/100/1f.3 bus N10/ICH 7 Family SMBus Controller
/0/1 scsi0 storage
/0/1/0.0.0 /dev/cdrom disk DVD RW AD-7530A
/0/2 scsi2 storage
/0/2/0.0.0 /dev/sda disk 500GB ST9500420AS
/0/2/0.0.0/1 /dev/sda1 volume 139GiB EXT4 volume
/0/2/0.0.0/2 /dev/sda2 volume 326GiB Extended partition
/0/2/0.0.0/2/5 /dev/sda5 volume 279GiB Linux filesystem partition
/0/2/0.0.0/2/6 /dev/sda6 volume 46GiB Linux swap / Solaris partition
Linux BCsUbLap 3.5.0-28-generic #48~precise1-Ubuntu SMP Wed Apr 24 21:43:05 UTC 2013 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
[ 0.000000] DMI: Hewlett-Packard Presario C500 (RQ340UA#ABA) /30C6, BIOS F.11 11/30/2006
[ 0.000000] Found optimal setting for mtrr clean up
[ 0.000000] found SMP MP-table at [mem 0x000f65c0-
[ 0.000000] ACPI: BIOS bug: multiple APIC/MADT found, using 0
[ 0.004954] SMP alternatives: switching to UP code
[ 0.085129] [Firmware Bug]: ACPI: BIOS _OSI(Linux) query ignored
[ 0.177022] ACPI: No dock devices found.
[ 0.186209] ACPI: bus type usb registered
[ 0.186242] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
[ 0.186260] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
[ 0.186289] usbcore: registered new device driver usb
[ 0.200060] Switching to clocksource hpet
[ 0.248802] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 10 devices
[ 2.004532] input: Lid Switch as /devices/
[ 2.004565] ACPI: Lid Switch [LID]
[ 2.004779] ACPI Error: Could not enable SleepButton event (20120320/
[ 2.004841] button: probe of LNXSLPBN:00 failed with error -22
[ 2.217836] ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: using broken periodic workaround
[ 2.284259] usb usb1: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0002
[ 2.284263] usb usb1: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 2.284267] usb usb1: Product: EHCI Host Controller
[ 2.284270] usb usb1: Manufacturer: Linux 3.5.0-28-generic ehci_hcd
[ 2.284273] usb usb1: SerialNumber: 0000:00:1d.7
[ 2.284446] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 2.284749] usb usb2: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0001
[ 2.284753] usb usb2: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 2.284756] usb usb2: Product: UHCI Host Controller
[ 2.284759] usb usb2: Manufacturer: Linux 3.5.0-28-generic uhci_hcd
[ 2.284762] usb usb2: SerialNumber: 0000:00:1d.0
[ 2.284894] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 2.285088] usb usb3: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0001
[ 2.285091] usb usb3: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 2.285094] usb usb3: Product: UHCI Host Controller
[ 2.285098] usb usb3: Manufacturer: Linux 3.5.0-28-generic uhci_hcd
[ 2.285101] usb usb3: SerialNumber: 0000:00:1d.1
[ 2.285221] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 2.285414] usb usb4: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0001
[ 2.285418] usb usb4: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 2.285421] usb usb4: Product: UHCI Host Controller
[ 2.285424] usb usb4: Manufacturer: Linux 3.5.0-28-generic uhci_hcd
[ 2.285427] usb usb4: SerialNumber: 0000:00:1d.2
[ 2.285542] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 2.285686] usbcore: registered new interface driver libusual
[ 2.735782] isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
[ 2.939246] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 3.122010] 8139too 0000:08:08.0: eth0: RealTek RTL8139 at 0x00012000, 00:16:d4:a3:b6:4c, IRQ 16
[ 4.233935] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 160x50
[ 15.761155] IPv6: ADDRCONF(
[ 15.935726] EXT4-fs (sda1): re-mounted. Opts: errors=remount-ro
[ 16.704462] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[ 16.966306] lib80211: common routines for IEEE802.11 drivers
[ 16.966313] lib80211_crypt: registered algorithm 'NULL'
[ 17.090470] cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain
[ 17.211155] lpc_ich: Resource conflict(s) found affecting iTCO_wdt
[ 17.211176] lpc_ich: Resource conflict(s) found affecting gpio_ich
[ 17.215640] leds_ss4200: no LED devices found
[ 17.348507] wl: module license 'MIXED/Proprietary' taints kernel.
[ 17.387568] wl driver 6.20.155.1 (r326264) failed with code 21
[ 17.387641] kernel BUG at include/
[ 17.387724] Modules linked in: wl(PO+) snd_timer snd_seq_device lpc_ich microcode(+) serio_raw snd cfg80211 lib80211 soundcore snd_page_alloc mac_hid lp parport i915 drm_kms_helper drm i2c_algo_bit ahci libahci wmi 8139too 8139cp video
[ 17.387961] Pid: 553, comm: modprobe Tainted: P O 3.5.0-28-generic #48~precise1-Ubuntu Hewlett-Packard Presario C500 (RQ340UA#ABA) /30C6
[ 17.388014] EIP is at wdev_priv.
[ 17.388014] EAX: 00000000 EBX: f6082cc0 ECX: f6082cc0 EDX: f3e6ec90
[ 17.388014] [<f8f649a4>] wl_cfg80211_
[ 17.388014] [<f8f5d5bf>] wl_free_
[ 17.388014] [<f8f5dfab>] wl_free+0x5b/0x250 [wl]
[ 17.388014] [<f8e7de92>] ? wlc_attach+
[ 17.388014] [<f8f65494>] wl_pci_
[ 17.388014] [<f870c017>] wl_module_
[ 17.388014] EIP: [<f8f65521>] wdev_priv.
[ 18.333592] hda_codec: CX20549 (Venice): BIOS auto-probing.
[ 18.337875] input: HDA Intel Mic as /devices/
[ 18.338148] input: HDA Intel Headphone as /devices/
[ 19.551663] cfg80211: World regulatory domain updated:
[ 19.551670] cfg80211: (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp)
[ 19.551673] cfg80211: (2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
[ 19.551676] cfg80211: (2457000 KHz - 2482000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
[ 19.551679] cfg80211: (2474000 KHz - 2494000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
[ 19.551681] cfg80211: (5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
[ 19.551684] cfg80211: (5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
[ 22.226168] 8139too 0000:08:08.0: eth0: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex, lpa 0xC5E1
[ 62.564962] type=1400 audit(136828368
Release Date: 11/30/2006
Manufacturer: Hewlett-Packard
Product Name: Presario C500 (RQ340UA#ABA)
Serial Number: CND6512CMY
Manufacturer: Hewlett-Packard
Product Name: 30C6
Serial Number: CND6512CMY
Manufacturer: Hewlett-Packard
Serial Number: None
Manufacturer: Intel
Serial Number: Not Specified
Manufacturer: Not Specified
Serial Number: Not Specified
Manufacturer: Not Specified
Serial Number: Not Specified
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
# Warning: This file is autogenerated by bcmwl. All changes to this file will be lost.
blacklist b43
blacklist b43legacy
blacklist bcm43xx
blacklist brcm80211
blacklist brcmfmac
blacklist brcmsmac
blacklist bcma
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 2800: 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
23: PCI 600.0: 0280 Network controller
[Created at pci.318]
Unique ID: vTuk.5D2YRgUfek7
Parent ID: hoOk.9zUzlSyYv85
SysFS ID: /devices/
SysFS BusID: 0000:06:00.0
Hardware Class: network
Model: "Hewlett-Packard Company BCM4311 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller"
Vendor: pci 0x14e4 "Broadcom"
Device: pci 0x4311 "BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN"
SubVendor: pci 0x103c "Hewlett-Packard Company"
SubDevice: pci 0x1363 "BCM4311 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller"
Revision: 0x01
Driver: "wl"
Memory Range: 0x80400000-
IRQ: 18 (no events)
Module Alias: "pci:v000014E4d
Driver Info #0:
Driver Status: ssb is not active
Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe ssb"
Driver Info #1:
Driver Status: wl is active
Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe wl"
Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
Attached to: #13 (PCI bridge)
24: PCI 808.0: 0200 Ethernet controller
[Created at pci.318]
Unique ID: rBUF.LI924rkRv88
Parent ID: 6NW+.ZoShP53dxYC
SysFS ID: /devices/
SysFS BusID: 0000:08:08.0
Hardware Class: network
Model: "Realtek RTL-8139/
Vendor: pci 0x10ec "Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd."
Device: pci 0x8139 "RTL-8139/
SubVendor: pci 0x103c "Hewlett-Packard Company"
SubDevice: pci 0x30a5
Revision: 0x10
Driver: "8139too"
Driver Modules: "8139too"
Device File: eth0
I/O Ports: 0x2000-0x2fff (rw)
Memory Range: 0xd0100000-
IRQ: 16 (44706 events)
HW Address: 00:16:d4:a3:b6:4c
Link detected: yes
Module Alias: "pci:v000010ECd
Driver Info #0:
Driver Status: 8139too is active
Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe 8139too"
Driver Info #1:
Driver Status: 8139cp is active
Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe 8139cp"
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 905 0.0 0.2 32388 5472 ? Ssl 10:47 0:00 NetworkManager
root 1056 0.0 0.0 2924 1244 ? S 10:47 0:00 /sbin/dhclient -d -4 -sf /usr/lib/
nobody 1155 0.0 0.0 5400 1132 ? S 10:47 0:00 /usr/sbin/dnsmasq --no-resolv --keep-
bruce 2812 0.0 0.0 4384 792 pts/0 S+ 11:10 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
search hsd1.fl.comcast.net
total 59844
5242881 drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 May 11 10:43 .
2 drwxr-xr-x 23 root root 4096 May 11 10:41 ..
5242884 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 856743 Jan 25 12:37 abi-3.5.
5243101 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 860943 Apr 24 18:08 abi-3.5.
5242885 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 154436 Jan 25 12:37 config-
5243102 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 154661 Apr 24 18:08 config-
5242882 drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 12288 May 11 10:42 grub
5242891 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 21726282 May 11 10:13 initrd.
5243100 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 21812480 May 11 10:43 initrd.
5242886 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 176764 Nov 27 2011 memtest86+.bin
5242887 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 178944 Nov 27 2011 memtest86+
5242883 -rw------- 1 root root 2421090 Jan 25 12:37 System.
5243104 -rw------- 1 root root 2419138 Apr 24 18:08 System.
5242889 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5237968 Feb 13 17:15 vmlinuz-
5243103 -rw------- 1 root root 5231440 Apr 24 18:08 vmlinuz-
Module Size Used by
dm_crypt 22572 1
bnep 17791 2
rfcomm 38104 0
bluetooth 189585 10 bnep,rfcomm
joydev 17394 0
parport_pc 32115 0
snd_hda_
ppdev 12850 0
snd_hda_intel 32983 3
snd_hda_codec 116477 2 snd_hda_
snd_hwdep 13277 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm 81124 2 snd_hda_
snd_seq_midi 13133 0
snd_rawmidi 25426 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 14476 1 snd_seq_midi
coretemp 13362 0
hp_wmi 13653 0
snd_seq 51594 2 snd_seq_
psmouse 91022 0
sparse_keymap 13659 1 hp_wmi
wl 3032548 1
snd_timer 28932 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 14138 3 snd_seq_
lpc_ich 16993 0
microcode 18396 0
serio_raw 13032 0
snd 62675 15 snd_hda_
cfg80211 181041 1 wl
lib80211 14041 1 wl
soundcore 14636 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 14109 2 snd_hda_
mac_hid 13078 0
lp 17456 0
parport 40931 3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp
i915 474913 3
drm_kms_helper 47459 1 i915
drm 240232 4 i915,drm_kms_helper
i2c_algo_bit 13317 1 i915
ahci 25621 2
libahci 26166 1 ahci
wmi 18745 1 hp_wmi
8139too 23312 0
8139cp 26760 0
video 19117 1 i915
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