b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode5.fw" not found -> Wireless Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:4318] (rev 02) not working on Dell Inspiron 1300 in Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS
Dell Inspiron 1300
Ubunto 12.04.2 installed to harddisk, NEW user
wireless card: BCM4318
Tried:
- Fn F2
- pulled battery and power, pressed power button several times, then plugged in and restarted
-vvnn | grep 14e4
02:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX [14e4:170c] (rev 02)
02:03.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:4318] (rev 02)
[sudo] password for kelly:
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*-network:0
description: Ethernet interface
product: BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
logical name: eth0
version: 02
serial: 00:14:22:91:8d:20
size: 100Mbit/s
capacity: 100Mbit/s
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
resources: irq:18 memory:
*-network:1
description: Network controller
product: BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: 3
bus info: pci@0000:02:03.0
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
resources: irq:17 memory:
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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02:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX [14e4:170c] (rev 02)
Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:01c9]
Kernel driver in use: b44
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02:03.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:4318] (rev 02)
Subsystem: Dell Wireless 1370 WLAN Mini-PCI Card [1028:0005]
Kernel driver in use: b43-pci-bridge
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 046d:c018 Logitech, Inc. Optical Wheel Mouse
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
RUNNING STATE WIFI-HARDWARE WIFI WWAN-HARDWARE WWAN
running connected enabled enabled enabled disabled
H/W path Device Class Description
=======
/0 bus 0GD366
/0/0 memory 64KiB BIOS
/0/400 processor Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1.73GHz
/0/400/700 memory 8KiB L1 cache
/0/400/701 memory 2MiB L2 cache
/0/1000 memory 1GiB System Memory
/0/1000/0 memory 512MiB DIMM DDR Synchronous 533 MHz (1.9 ns)
/0/1000/1 memory 512MiB DIMM DDR Synchronous 533 MHz (1.9 ns)
/0/100 bridge Mobile 915GM/PM/GMS/910GML Express Processor to DRAM Controller
/0/100/2 display Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller
/0/100/2.1 display Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller
/0/100/1b multimedia 82801FB/
/0/100/1c bridge 82801FB/
/0/100/1c.3 bridge 82801FB/
/0/100/1d bus 82801FB/
/0/100/1d.1 bus 82801FB/
/0/100/1d.2 bus 82801FB/
/0/100/1d.3 bus 82801FB/
/0/100/1d.7 bus 82801FB/
/0/100/1e bridge 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge
/0/100/1e/0 eth0 network BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX
/0/100/1e/3 network BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller
/0/100/1f bridge 82801FBM (ICH6M) LPC Interface Bridge
/0/100/1f.1 storage 82801FB/
/0/1 scsi0 storage
/0/1/0.0.0 /dev/sda disk 40GB TOSHIBA MK4032GA
/0/1/0.0.0/1 /dev/sda1 volume 36GiB EXT4 volume
/0/1/0.0.0/2 /dev/sda2 volume 1014MiB Extended partition
/0/1/0.0.0/2/5 /dev/sda5 volume 1014MiB Linux swap / Solaris partition
/0/1/0.1.0 /dev/cdrom disk CDRW/DVD SCB5265
/1 power DELL WD4165B
Linux kelly-ME051 3.5.0-36-generic #57~precise1-Ubuntu SMP Thu Jun 20 15:22:35 UTC 2013 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
[ 0.008984] SMP alternatives: switching to UP code
[ 0.116729] ACPI: No dock devices found.
[ 0.141573] pci 0000:02:00.0: [14e4:170c] type 00 class 0x020000
[ 0.141596] pci 0000:02:00.0: reg 10: [mem 0xdfbfc000-
[ 0.141692] pci 0000:02:00.0: supports D1 D2
[ 0.141696] pci 0000:02:00.0: PME# supported from D0 D1 D2 D3hot D3cold
[ 0.152138] ACPI: bus type usb registered
[ 0.152170] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
[ 0.152185] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
[ 0.152214] usbcore: registered new device driver usb
[ 0.168031] Switching to clocksource hpet
[ 0.198964] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 11 devices
[ 0.333946] input: Lid Switch as /devices/
[ 0.334212] ACPI: Lid Switch [LID]
[ 0.861212] usb usb1: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0002
[ 0.861216] usb usb1: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 0.861219] usb usb1: Product: EHCI Host Controller
[ 0.861223] usb usb1: Manufacturer: Linux 3.5.0-36-generic ehci_hcd
[ 0.861226] usb usb1: SerialNumber: 0000:00:1d.7
[ 0.904956] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.905216] usb usb2: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0001
[ 0.905220] usb usb2: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 0.905224] usb usb2: Product: UHCI Host Controller
[ 0.905227] usb usb2: Manufacturer: Linux 3.5.0-36-generic uhci_hcd
[ 0.905230] usb usb2: SerialNumber: 0000:00:1d.0
[ 0.905374] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.905561] usb usb3: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0001
[ 0.905564] usb usb3: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 0.905568] usb usb3: Product: UHCI Host Controller
[ 0.905571] usb usb3: Manufacturer: Linux 3.5.0-36-generic uhci_hcd
[ 0.905575] usb usb3: SerialNumber: 0000:00:1d.1
[ 0.905717] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.905901] usb usb4: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0001
[ 0.905905] usb usb4: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 0.905908] usb usb4: Product: UHCI Host Controller
[ 0.905911] usb usb4: Manufacturer: Linux 3.5.0-36-generic uhci_hcd
[ 0.905915] usb usb4: SerialNumber: 0000:00:1d.2
[ 0.906058] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.906246] usb usb5: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0001
[ 0.906250] usb usb5: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 0.906253] usb usb5: Product: UHCI Host Controller
[ 0.906257] usb usb5: Manufacturer: Linux 3.5.0-36-generic uhci_hcd
[ 0.906260] usb usb5: SerialNumber: 0000:00:1d.3
[ 0.906400] hub 5-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.906563] usbcore: registered new interface driver libusual
[ 1.094543] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 1.141589] isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
[ 1.516095] ssb: Found chip with id 0x4318, rev 0x02 and package 0x02
[ 1.516107] ssb: Core 0 found: ChipCommon (cc 0x800, rev 0x0D, vendor 0x4243)
[ 1.516115] ssb: Core 1 found: IEEE 802.11 (cc 0x812, rev 0x09, vendor 0x4243)
[ 1.516123] ssb: Core 2 found: PCI (cc 0x804, rev 0x0C, vendor 0x4243)
[ 1.516130] ssb: Core 3 found: PCMCIA (cc 0x80D, rev 0x07, vendor 0x4243)
[ 1.556105] ssb: Sonics Silicon Backplane found on PCI device 0000:02:03.0
[ 1.576044] ssb: Found chip with id 0x4401, rev 0x02 and package 0x00
[ 1.576055] ssb: Core 0 found: Fast Ethernet (cc 0x806, rev 0x07, vendor 0x4243)
[ 1.576062] ssb: Core 1 found: V90 (cc 0x807, rev 0x03, vendor 0x4243)
[ 1.576069] ssb: Core 2 found: PCI (cc 0x804, rev 0x0A, vendor 0x4243)
[ 1.616321] ssb: Sonics Silicon Backplane found on PCI device 0000:02:00.0
[ 1.616627] b44: Broadcom 44xx/47xx 10/100 PCI ethernet driver version 2.0
[ 1.636640] b44 ssb1:0: eth0: Broadcom 44xx/47xx 10/100 PCI ethernet driver 00:14:22:91:8d:20
[ 16.039774] IPv6: ADDRCONF(
[ 16.162421] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[ 16.204241] [Firmware Bug]: Duplicate ACPI video bus devices for the same VGA controller, please try module parameter "video.
[ 16.366195] EXT4-fs (sda1): re-mounted. Opts: errors=remount-ro
[ 16.653490] cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain
[ 17.066315] b43-phy0: Broadcom 4318 WLAN found (core revision 9)
[ 17.674625] IPv6: ADDRCONF(
[ 17.681217] IPv6: ADDRCONF(
[ 18.147451] cfg80211: World regulatory domain updated:
[ 18.147458] cfg80211: (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp)
[ 18.147461] cfg80211: (2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
[ 18.147464] cfg80211: (2457000 KHz - 2482000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
[ 18.147467] cfg80211: (2474000 KHz - 2494000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
[ 18.147470] cfg80211: (5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
[ 18.147473] cfg80211: (5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
[ 18.182234] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode5.fw" not found
[ 18.182241] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43-open/
[ 18.182244] b43-phy0 ERROR: You must go to http://
[ 18.276924] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 160x50
[ 18.458734] input: HDA Intel Mic as /devices/
[ 18.459375] input: HDA Intel Headphone as /devices/
[ 202.816203] b44 ssb1:0: eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex
[ 202.816215] b44 ssb1:0: eth0: Flow control is off for TX and off for RX
[ 202.816779] IPv6: ADDRCONF(
[ 206.816112] b44 ssb1:0: eth0: Link is down
[ 209.816297] b44 ssb1:0: eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex
[ 209.816309] b44 ssb1:0: eth0: Flow control is off for TX and off for RX
[ 668.896049] usb 4-1: new low-speed USB device number 2 using uhci_hcd
[ 669.071990] usb 4-1: New USB device found, idVendor=046d, idProduct=c018
[ 669.072000] usb 4-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
[ 669.072027] usb 4-1: Product: USB Optical Mouse
[ 669.072035] usb 4-1: Manufacturer: Logitech
[ 669.250426] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbhid
[ 669.250435] usbhid: USB HID core driver
[ 669.265072] input: Logitech USB Optical Mouse as /devices/
[ 669.265332] hid-generic 0003:046D:
Release Date: 11/21/2005
Serial services are supported (int 14h)
Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
Product Name: ME051
Serial Number: CW50291
Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
Product Name: 0GD366
Serial Number: .CW50291.
Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
Serial Number: CW50291
Manufacturer: Intel
Manufacturer: AD00000000000000
Serial Number: 00001048
Manufacturer: AD00000000000000
Serial Number: 00007046
Manufacturer: SMP
SBDS Serial Number: 0FA1
SBDS Manufacture Date: 2005-11-24
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 uart6850
blacklist twl4030_wdt
[main]
NetworkingEnabl
WirelessEnabled
WWANEnabled=true
WimaxEnabled=true
> hal.1: read hal dataprocess 2702: 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
22: PCI 200.0: 0200 Ethernet controller
[Created at pci.318]
Unique ID: rBUF.bF3aAoTmvN9
Parent ID: 6NW+.UesMqiV7iOA
SysFS ID: /devices/
SysFS BusID: 0000:02:00.0
Hardware Class: network
Model: "Broadcom BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX"
Vendor: pci 0x14e4 "Broadcom"
Device: pci 0x170c "BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX"
SubVendor: pci 0x1028 "Dell"
SubDevice: pci 0x01c9
Revision: 0x02
Driver: "b44"
Driver Modules: "ssb", "b44"
Device File: eth0
Memory Range: 0xdfbfc000-
IRQ: 18 (6402 events)
HW Address: 00:14:22:91:8d:20
Link detected: yes
Module Alias: "pci:v000014E4d
Driver Info #0:
Driver Status: b44 is active
Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe b44"
Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
Attached to: #19 (PCI bridge)
23: PCI 203.0: 0280 Network controller
[Created at pci.318]
Unique ID: QOEa.GzN3dC+wUS1
Parent ID: 6NW+.UesMqiV7iOA
SysFS ID: /devices/
SysFS BusID: 0000:02:03.0
Hardware Class: network
Model: "Dell Wireless 1370 WLAN Mini-PCI Card"
Vendor: pci 0x14e4 "Broadcom"
Device: pci 0x4318 "BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller"
SubVendor: pci 0x1028 "Dell"
SubDevice: pci 0x0005 "Wireless 1370 WLAN Mini-PCI Card"
Revision: 0x02
Driver: "b43-pci-bridge"
Driver Modules: "ssb"
Memory Range: 0xdfbfe000-
IRQ: 17 (no events)
Module Alias: "pci:v000014E4d
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: #19 (PCI bridge)
Warning: bad ps syntax, perhaps a bogus '-'? See http://
root 693 0.0 0.4 31124 4784 ? Ssl 18:18 0:00 NetworkManager
root 2003 0.0 0.1 2924 1252 ? S 18:21 0:00 /sbin/dhclient -d -4 -sf /usr/lib/
nobody 2007 0.0 0.1 5400 1136 ? S 18:21 0:00 /usr/sbin/dnsmasq --no-resolv --keep-
kelly 2714 0.0 0.0 4384 788 pts/0 S+ 18:30 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 myhome.westell.com
total 47480
130817 drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Jul 20 10:43 .
2 drwxr-xr-x 23 root root 4096 Jul 20 10:40 ..
130820 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 856743 Jan 25 2013 abi-3.5.
132971 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 860873 Jun 20 10:44 abi-3.5.
130821 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 154436 Jan 25 2013 config-
132972 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 154698 Jun 20 10:44 config-
130818 drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 12288 Jul 20 10:41 grub
132561 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 15399755 Jul 20 09:58 initrd.
131342 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 15480404 Jul 20 10:43 initrd.
130822 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 176764 Nov 27 2011 memtest86+.bin
130823 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 178944 Nov 27 2011 memtest86+
130819 -rw------- 1 root root 2421090 Jan 25 2013 System.
132975 -rw------- 1 root root 2419775 Jun 20 10:44 System.
163740 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5237968 Feb 13 11:22 vmlinuz-
132969 -rw------- 1 root root 5233296 Jun 20 10:44 vmlinuz-
Module Size Used by
hid_generic 12485 0
usbhid 46054 0
hid 82511 2 hid_generic,usbhid
snd_hda_codec_idt 60238 1
gpio_ich 13160 0
joydev 17394 0
snd_hda_intel 32983 3
snd_hda_codec 116477 2 snd_hda_
snd_hwdep 13277 1 snd_hda_codec
dell_laptop 17210 0
snd_pcm 81124 2 snd_hda_
b43 351674 0
dcdbas 14099 1 dell_laptop
snd_seq_midi 13133 0
parport_pc 32115 0
rfcomm 38104 0
bnep 17791 2
ppdev 12850 0
bluetooth 189585 10 rfcomm,bnep
microcode 18396 0
snd_rawmidi 25426 1 snd_seq_midi
mac80211 475546 1 b43
psmouse 91381 0
cfg80211 181041 2 b43,mac80211
snd_seq_midi_event 14476 1 snd_seq_midi
lpc_ich 16993 0
serio_raw 13032 0
bcma 34573 1 b43
snd_seq 51594 2 snd_seq_
snd_timer 28932 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
mac_hid 13078 0
snd_seq_device 14138 3 snd_seq_
snd 62675 15 snd_hda_
i915 479235 3
drm_kms_helper 47459 1 i915
drm 240443 4 i915,drm_kms_helper
i2c_algo_bit 13317 1 i915
soundcore 14636 1 snd
video 19117 1 i915
snd_page_alloc 14109 2 snd_hda_
lp 17456 0
parport 40931 3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp
b44 31365 0
ssb 51014 2 b43,b44
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