Wireless Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM43142 802.11b/g/n [14e4:4365] (rev 01) not working on Dell Vostro 2520 in Ubuntu 13.10
I installed Ubuntu 13.10 but wireless is not working. Please suggest
rahul@rahul-
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*-network
description: Network controller
product: BCM43142 802.11b/g/n
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:07:00.0
version: 01
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
resources: irq:19 memory:
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:09:00.0
logical name: eth0
version: 07
serial: e0:db:55:a8:a2:33
size: 100Mbit/s
capacity: 1Gbit/s
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
resources: irq:40 ioport:
0: hci0: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.
eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.
# interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8)
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
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07:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM43142 802.11b/g/n [14e4:4365] (rev 01)
Subsystem: Dell Wireless 1704 802.11n + BT 4.0 [1028:0016]
Kernel driver in use: bcma-pci-bridge
09:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller [10ec:8168] (rev 07)
Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:0558]
Kernel driver in use: r8169
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0c45:6473 Microdia
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0a5c:21d7 Broadcom Corp. BCM43142 Bluetooth 4.0
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
RUNNING STATE WIFI-HARDWARE WIFI WWAN-HARDWARE WWAN
running connected enabled enabled enabled disabled
H/W path Device Class Description
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/0 bus 0V1NDP
/0/0 memory 64KiB BIOS
/0/4 memory 128KiB L1 cache
/0/5 memory 512KiB L2 cache
/0/6 memory 3MiB L3 cache
/0/27 processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-3110M CPU @ 2.4
/0/27/1.1 processor Logical CPU
/0/27/1.2 processor Logical CPU
/0/27/1.3 processor Logical CPU
/0/27/1.4 processor Logical CPU
/0/27/1.5 processor Logical CPU
/0/27/1.6 processor Logical CPU
/0/27/1.7 processor Logical CPU
/0/27/1.8 processor Logical CPU
/0/27/1.9 processor Logical CPU
/0/27/1.a processor Logical CPU
/0/27/1.b processor Logical CPU
/0/27/1.c processor Logical CPU
/0/27/1.d processor Logical CPU
/0/27/1.e processor Logical CPU
/0/27/1.f processor Logical CPU
/0/27/1.10 processor Logical CPU
/0/7 memory 4GiB System Memory
/0/7/0 memory 4GiB SODIMM DDR3 Synchronous 1600 MH
/0/7/1 memory DIMM [empty]
/0/1 processor
/0/1/1.1 processor Logical CPU
/0/1/1.2 processor Logical CPU
/0/1/1.3 processor Logical CPU
/0/1/1.4 processor Logical CPU
/0/1/1.5 processor Logical CPU
/0/1/1.6 processor Logical CPU
/0/1/1.7 processor Logical CPU
/0/1/1.8 processor Logical CPU
/0/1/1.9 processor Logical CPU
/0/1/1.a processor Logical CPU
/0/1/1.b processor Logical CPU
/0/1/1.c processor Logical CPU
/0/1/1.d processor Logical CPU
/0/1/1.e processor Logical CPU
/0/1/1.f processor Logical CPU
/0/1/1.10 processor Logical CPU
/0/100 bridge 3rd Gen Core processor DRAM Controll
/0/100/2 display 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Cont
/0/100/16 communication 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family
/0/100/1a bus 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family
/0/100/1b multimedia 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family
/0/100/1c bridge 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family
/0/100/1c.3 bridge 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family
/0/100/1c.3/0 network BCM43142 802.11b/g/n
/0/100/1c.5 bridge 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family
/0/100/1c.5/0 eth0 network RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabi
/0/100/1d bus 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family
/0/100/1f bridge HM75 Express Chipset LPC Controller
/0/100/1f.2 storage 7 Series Chipset Family 6-port SATA
/0/100/1f.3 bus 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family
/0/2 scsi0 storage
/0/2/0.0.0 /dev/sda disk 500GB WDC WD5000LPVX-7
/0/2/0.0.0/1 /dev/sda1 volume 350MiB Windows FAT volume
/0/2/0.0.0/2 /dev/sda2 volume 3GiB Windows FAT volume
/0/2/0.0.0/3 /dev/sda3 volume 405GiB Windows NTFS volume
/0/2/0.0.0/4 /dev/sda4 volume 56GiB Extended partition
/0/2/0.0.0/4/5 /dev/sda5 volume 7922MiB Linux swap / Solaris partiti
/0/2/0.0.0/4/6 /dev/sda6 volume 49GiB Linux filesystem partition
/0/3 scsi4 storage
/0/3/0.0.0 /dev/cdrom disk DVD+-RW UJ8D1
/1 power DELL 4YRJH37
Linux rahul-Vostro-2520 3.11.0-15-generic #25-Ubuntu SMP Thu Jan 30 17:25:07 UTC 2014 i686 i686 i686 GNU/Linux
[ 0.000000] Found optimal setting for mtrr clean up
[ 0.000000] found SMP MP-table at [mem 0x000fda10-
[ 0.119139] [Firmware Bug]: ACPI: BIOS _OSI(Linux) query ignored
[ 0.158848] ACPI: No dock devices found.
[ 0.189590] Found 1 acpi root devices
[ 0.189884] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
[ 0.189891] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
[ 0.189910] usbcore: registered new device driver usb
[ 0.193807] Switched to clocksource hpet
[ 0.199990] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 12 devices
[ 0.574155] input: Lid Switch as /devices/
[ 0.575612] ACPI: Lid Switch [LID0]
[ 0.941165] isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
[ 0.966489] usb usb1: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0002
[ 0.966491] usb usb1: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 0.966492] usb usb1: Product: EHCI Host Controller
[ 0.966494] usb usb1: Manufacturer: Linux 3.11.0-15-generic ehci_hcd
[ 0.966496] usb usb1: SerialNumber: 0000:00:1a.0
[ 0.966581] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.982498] usb usb2: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0002
[ 0.982500] usb usb2: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 0.982501] usb usb2: Product: EHCI Host Controller
[ 0.982503] usb usb2: Manufacturer: Linux 3.11.0-15-generic ehci_hcd
[ 0.982505] usb usb2: SerialNumber: 0000:00:1d.0
[ 0.982581] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.990332] MODSIGN: Loaded cert 'Magrathea: Glacier signing key: 5f32dde6ae99ae1
[ 0.996644] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 1.035165] r8169 0000:09:00.0 eth0: RTL8168evl/8111evl at 0xf8416000, e0:db:55:a8:a2:33, XID 0c900800 IRQ 40
[ 1.035168] r8169 0000:09:00.0 eth0: jumbo features [frames: 9200 bytes, tx checksumming: ko]
[ 1.278816] usb 1-1: new high-speed USB device number 2 using ehci-pci
[ 1.411258] usb 1-1: New USB device found, idVendor=8087, idProduct=0024
[ 1.411262] usb 1-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=0, SerialNumber=0
[ 1.411519] hub 1-1:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.523044] usb 2-1: new high-speed USB device number 2 using ehci-pci
[ 1.655420] usb 2-1: New USB device found, idVendor=8087, idProduct=0024
[ 1.655427] usb 2-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=0, SerialNumber=0
[ 1.655701] hub 2-1:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.727265] usb 1-1.4: new full-speed USB device number 3 using ehci-pci
[ 1.821798] usb 1-1.4: New USB device found, idVendor=0a5c, idProduct=21d7
[ 1.821802] usb 1-1.4: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[ 1.821804] usb 1-1.4: Product: BCM43142A0
[ 1.821806] usb 1-1.4: Manufacturer: Broadcom Corp
[ 1.821808] usb 1-1.4: SerialNumber: 9C2A70D9F05E
[ 1.891558] usb 1-1.5: new high-speed USB device number 4 using ehci-pci
[ 2.059469] usb 1-1.5: New USB device found, idVendor=0c45, idProduct=6473
[ 2.059473] usb 1-1.5: New USB device strings: Mfr=2, Product=1, SerialNumber=0
[ 2.059475] usb 1-1.5: Product: Laptop_
[ 2.059477] usb 1-1.5: Manufacturer: CN0PV1667248736
[ 2.552013] Switched to clocksource tsc
[ 8.875857] IPv6: ADDRCONF(
[ 9.652610] EXT4-fs (sda6): re-mounted. Opts: errors=remount-ro
[ 10.028973] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[ 12.300416] lpc_ich: Resource conflict(s) found affecting gpio_ich
[ 12.572995] bcma: bus0: Found chip with id 0xA886, rev 0x01 and package 0x08
[ 12.573022] bcma: bus0: Core 0 found: ChipCommon (manuf 0x4BF, id 0x800, rev 0x28, class 0x0)
[ 12.573043] bcma: bus0: Core 1 found: IEEE 802.11 (manuf 0x4BF, id 0x812, rev 0x21, class 0x0)
[ 12.573083] bcma: bus0: Core 2 found: PCIe (manuf 0x4BF, id 0x820, rev 0x16, class 0x0)
[ 12.573134] bcma: bus0: Core 3 found: UNKNOWN (manuf 0x43B, id 0x368, rev 0x00, class 0x0)
[ 12.587959] bcma: bus0: Bus registered
[ 13.242841] ACPI Warning: \_SB_.PCI0.
[ 13.242869] ACPI Warning: \_SB_.PCI0.
[ 13.644559] uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device Laptop_
[ 13.670506] input: Laptop_
[ 13.670631] usbcore: registered new interface driver uvcvideo
[ 13.736190] usbcore: registered new interface driver btusb
[ 13.798868] Bluetooth: can't load firmware, may not work correctly
[ 14.165809] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 170x48
[ 14.305943] input: HDA Intel PCH HDMI/DP,pcm=3 as /devices/
[ 14.306068] input: HDA Intel PCH Headphone as /devices/
[ 14.306164] input: HDA Intel PCH Mic as /devices/
[ 20.501146] r8169 0000:09:00.0 eth0: link down
[ 20.501170] r8169 0000:09:00.0 eth0: link down
[ 20.501196] IPv6: ADDRCONF(
[ 20.501496] IPv6: ADDRCONF(
[ 22.141658] r8169 0000:09:00.0 eth0: link up
[ 22.141667] IPv6: ADDRCONF(
[ 96.628292] r8169 0000:09:00.0 eth0: link down
[ 139.019759] r8169 0000:09:00.0 eth0: link up
Release Date: 05/18/2013
Serial services are supported (int 14h)
Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
Product Name: Vostro 2520
Serial Number: 4JSVFY1
Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
Product Name: 0V1NDP
Serial Number: .4JSVFY1.
Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
Serial Number: 4JSVFY1
Manufacturer: SANYO
Serial Number: 1235
SBDS Manufacture Date: 2013-07-11
Manufacturer: Intel(R) Corporation
Serial Number: Not Specified
Manufacturer: Hynix/Hyundai
Serial Number: 38844C46
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
blacklist eth1394
# replaced by p54pci
blacklist prism54
# replaced by b43 and ssb.
blacklist bcm43xx
blacklist uart6850
blacklist twl4030_wdt
# /etc/modprobe.
# 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) \
&& /sbin/modprobe -r mac80211
[main]
NetworkingEnabl
WirelessEnabled
WWANEnabled=true
WimaxEnabled=true
sudo: hwinfo: command not found
warning: bad ps syntax, perhaps a bogus '-'?
See http://
root 681 0.0 0.1 42824 5304 ? Ssl 22:40 0:00 NetworkManager
nobody 827 0.0 0.0 5540 1412 ? S 22:40 0:00 /usr/sbin/dnsmasq --no-resolv --keep-
root 2261 0.0 0.0 5536 3076 ? S 22:42 0:00 /sbin/dhclient -d -sf /usr/lib/
rahul 10724 0.0 0.0 4448 808 pts/9 S+ 23:18 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
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 127.0.1.1
total 74960
1310721 drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Feb 1 22:38 .
2 drwxr-xr-x 22 root root 4096 Feb 1 22:32 ..
1310978 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1010148 Jan 30 23:29 abi-3.11.
1310724 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 925636 Apr 18 2013 abi-3.8.
1310974 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 926513 Sep 11 01:58 abi-3.8.
1310979 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 168527 Jan 30 23:29 config-
1310725 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 160890 Apr 18 2013 config-
1310975 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 160908 Sep 11 01:58 config-
1310722 drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Feb 1 22:33 grub
1310726 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 17040715 Feb 1 22:38 initrd.
1310972 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 15986448 Sep 28 18:40 initrd.
1310973 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 16054581 Feb 1 21:59 initrd.
1310983 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 176500 Jun 17 2013 memtest86+.bin
1310982 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 178680 Jun 17 2013 memtest86+
1310980 -rw------- 1 root root 2627916 Jan 30 23:29 System.
1310723 -rw------- 1 root root 2443579 Apr 18 2013 System.
1310976 -rw------- 1 root root 2445683 Sep 11 01:58 System.
1310981 -rw------- 1 root root 5663888 Jan 30 23:29 vmlinuz-
1310729 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5367344 Apr 25 2013 vmlinuz-
1310730 -rw------- 1 root root 5372944 Sep 11 01:58 vmlinuz-
Support status summary of 'rahul-
You have 4 packages (0.2%) supported until November 2014 (9m)
You have 1713 packages (92.1%) supported until July 2014 (9m)
You have 32 packages (1.7%) that can not/no-longer be downloaded
You have 110 packages (5.9%) that are unsupported
Run with --show-unsupported, --show-supported or --show-all to see more details
Module Size Used by
nvram 13986 0
parport_pc 31981 0
ppdev 17391 0
bnep 18959 2
rfcomm 53664 12
x86_pkg_
snd_hda_codec_hdmi 40373 1
intel_powerclamp 14239 0
snd_hda_
coretemp 13195 0
kvm_intel 128218 0
kvm 368949 1 kvm_intel
crc32_pclmul 12967 0
dell_wmi 12665 0
sparse_keymap 13708 1 dell_wmi
btusb 23443 0
uvcvideo 71309 0
bluetooth 323656 22 bnep,btusb,rfcomm
videobuf2_vmalloc 13048 1 uvcvideo
videobuf2_memops 13170 1 videobuf2_vmalloc
videobuf2_core 39125 1 uvcvideo
videodev 107508 2 uvcvideo,
dell_laptop 17161 0
dcdbas 14383 1 dell_laptop
snd_hda_intel 42658 3
snd_hda_codec 164003 3 snd_hda_
i915 594380 5
snd_hwdep 13272 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm 89488 3 snd_hda_
snd_page_alloc 14230 2 snd_pcm,
snd_seq_midi 13132 0
snd_seq_midi_event 14475 1 snd_seq_midi
drm_kms_helper 46867 1 i915
snd_rawmidi 25094 1 snd_seq_midi
drm 242400 6 i915,drm_kms_helper
snd_seq 55383 2 snd_seq_
snd_seq_device 14137 3 snd_seq,
i2c_algo_bit 13197 1 i915
snd_timer 24447 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
mei_me 13933 0
mei 66411 1 mei_me
snd 60790 17 snd_hwdep,
bcma 40966 0
soundcore 12600 1 snd
microcode 18830 0
psmouse 90642 0
serio_raw 13189 0
lpc_ich 16864 0
wmi 18590 1 dell_wmi
mac_hid 13037 0
video 18777 1 i915
lp 13299 0
parport 40795 3 lp,ppdev,parport_pc
ahci 25579 2
r8169 61562 0
libahci 26554 1 ahci
mii 13654 1 r8169
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