b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode15.fw" not found -> Wireless Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY [14e4:4315] (rev 01) not working on Dell Inspiron 1011 in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Wireless networking option is not longer displayed
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*-network
description: Network controller
product: BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
version: 01
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
resources: irq:17 memory:
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller
vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:04:00.0
logical name: eth0
version: 02
serial: 00:24:e8:cf:23:af
size: 100Mbit/s
capacity: 100Mbit/s
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
resources: irq:43 ioport:
0: compal-wifi: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
1: compal-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
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03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY [14e4:4315] (rev 01)
Subsystem: Dell Wireless 1397 WLAN Mini-Card [1028:000c]
Kernel driver in use: b43-pci-bridge
04:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller [10ec:8136] (rev 02)
Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:02f4]
Kernel driver in use: r8169
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 174f:1403 Syntek Integrated Webcam
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 005 Device 002: ID 045e:00e1 Microsoft Corp. Wireless Laser Mouse 6000 Reciever
Bus 005 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 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 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
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/0 bus CN0Y53
/0/1 memory 102KiB BIOS
/0/5 processor Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU N270 @ 1.60GHz
/0/5/6 memory 32KiB L1 cache
/0/5/7 memory 512KiB L2 cache
/0/5/1.1 processor Logical CPU
/0/5/1.2 processor Logical CPU
/0/f memory 1GiB System Memory
/0/f/0 memory 1GiB SODIMM DDR2 Synchronous 533 MHz (1.9 ns)
/0/100 bridge Mobile 945GSE Express Memory Controller Hub
/0/100/2 display Mobile 945GSE Express Integrated Graphics Controller
/0/100/2.1 display Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Contro
/0/100/1b multimedia NM10/ICH7 Family High Definition Audio Controller
/0/100/1c bridge NM10/ICH7 Family PCI Express Port 1
/0/100/1c.1 bridge NM10/ICH7 Family PCI Express Port 2
/0/100/1c.1/0 network BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY
/0/100/1c.2 bridge NM10/ICH7 Family PCI Express Port 3
/0/100/1c.2/0 eth0 network RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller
/0/100/1d bus NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #1
/0/100/1d.1 bus NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #2
/0/100/1d.2 bus NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #3
/0/100/1d.3 bus NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #4
/0/100/1d.7 bus NM10/ICH7 Family USB2 EHCI Controller
/0/100/1e bridge 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge
/0/100/1f bridge 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge
/0/100/1f.2 storage 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7-M Family) SATA Controller [IDE mode]
/0/100/1f.3 bus NM10/ICH7 Family SMBus Controller
/0/0 scsi0 storage
/0/0/0.0.0 /dev/sda disk 160GB ST9160314AS
/0/0/0.0.0/1 /dev/sda1 volume 39MiB Windows FAT volume
/0/0/0.0.0/2 /dev/sda2 volume 69GiB Windows NTFS volume
/0/0/0.0.0/3 /dev/sda3 volume 9993MiB Windows FAT volume
/0/0/0.0.0/4 /dev/sda4 volume 69GiB Extended partition
/0/0/0.0.0/4/5 /dev/sda5 volume 66GiB Linux filesystem partition
/0/0/0.0.0/4/6 /dev/sda6 volume 2949MiB Linux swap / Solaris partition
/1 power Dell
Linux ted-dell-mini 3.13.0-44-generic #73-Ubuntu SMP Tue Dec 16 00:23:46 UTC 2014 i686 i686 i686 GNU/Linux
[ 0.000000] Found optimal setting for mtrr clean up
[ 0.000000] found SMP MP-table at [mem 0x000f7d60-
[ 0.000000] ACPI: BIOS bug: multiple APIC/MADT found, using 0
[ 0.116807] [Firmware Bug]: ACPI: BIOS _OSI(Linux) query ignored
[ 0.128643] ACPI: No dock devices found.
[ 0.252554] Found 1 acpi root devices
[ 0.252905] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
[ 0.252905] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
[ 0.252905] usbcore: registered new device driver usb
[ 0.268069] Switched to clocksource hpet
[ 0.308339] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 10 devices
[ 1.631473] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 100x37
[ 1.659794] input: Lid Switch as /devices/
[ 1.659841] ACPI: Lid Switch [LID0]
[ 1.974555] isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
[ 2.188409] usb usb1: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0002
[ 2.188417] usb usb1: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 2.188423] usb usb1: Product: EHCI Host Controller
[ 2.188429] usb usb1: Manufacturer: Linux 3.13.0-44-generic ehci_hcd
[ 2.188435] usb usb1: SerialNumber: 0000:00:1d.7
[ 2.188811] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 2.190324] usb usb2: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0001
[ 2.190331] usb usb2: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 2.190338] usb usb2: Product: UHCI Host Controller
[ 2.190343] usb usb2: Manufacturer: Linux 3.13.0-44-generic uhci_hcd
[ 2.190349] usb usb2: SerialNumber: 0000:00:1d.0
[ 2.190682] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 2.191464] usb usb3: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0001
[ 2.191471] usb usb3: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 2.191477] usb usb3: Product: UHCI Host Controller
[ 2.191483] usb usb3: Manufacturer: Linux 3.13.0-44-generic uhci_hcd
[ 2.191489] usb usb3: SerialNumber: 0000:00:1d.1
[ 2.191810] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 2.192610] usb usb4: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0001
[ 2.192618] usb usb4: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 2.192624] usb usb4: Product: UHCI Host Controller
[ 2.192630] usb usb4: Manufacturer: Linux 3.13.0-44-generic uhci_hcd
[ 2.192636] usb usb4: SerialNumber: 0000:00:1d.2
[ 2.192972] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 2.193843] usb usb5: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0001
[ 2.193851] usb usb5: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 2.193857] usb usb5: Product: UHCI Host Controller
[ 2.193863] usb usb5: Manufacturer: Linux 3.13.0-44-generic uhci_hcd
[ 2.193869] usb usb5: SerialNumber: 0000:00:1d.3
[ 2.194197] hub 5-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 2.235241] Loaded X.509 cert 'Magrathea: Glacier signing key: 221a5ee8b665d05
[ 2.255133] IMA: No TPM chip found, activating TPM-bypass!
[ 2.257392] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 2.500185] usb 1-2: new high-speed USB device number 2 using ehci-pci
[ 2.628756] ssb: Found chip with id 0x4312, rev 0x01 and package 0x00
[ 2.628784] ssb: Core 0 found: ChipCommon (cc 0x800, rev 0x16, vendor 0x4243)
[ 2.628809] ssb: Core 1 found: IEEE 802.11 (cc 0x812, rev 0x0F, vendor 0x4243)
[ 2.628834] ssb: Core 2 found: PCMCIA (cc 0x80D, rev 0x0A, vendor 0x4243)
[ 2.628860] ssb: Core 3 found: PCI-E (cc 0x820, rev 0x09, vendor 0x4243)
[ 2.692432] ssb: Sonics Silicon Backplane found on PCI device 0000:03:00.0
[ 2.737843] r8169 0000:04:00.0 eth0: RTL8102e at 0xf8410000, 00:24:e8:cf:23:af, XID 04c00000 IRQ 43
[ 2.794011] usb 1-2: New USB device found, idVendor=174f, idProduct=1403
[ 2.794024] usb 1-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
[ 2.794033] usb 1-2: Product: Integrated Webcam
[ 2.794042] usb 1-2: Manufacturer: D-MAX(Sunplus)
[ 2.927137] Console: switching to colour dummy device 80x25
[ 3.176224] usb 5-2: new low-speed USB device number 2 using uhci_hcd
[ 3.357149] usb 5-2: New USB device found, idVendor=045e, idProduct=00e1
[ 3.357154] usb 5-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
[ 3.357158] usb 5-2: Product: Microsoft Wireless Optical Mouse\xffffffc2
[ 3.357162] usb 5-2: Manufacturer: Microsoft
[ 3.468543] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbhid
[ 3.468546] usbhid: USB HID core driver
[ 3.493252] input: Microsoft Microsoft Wireless Optical Mouse\xffffffc2
[ 3.493760] hid-generic 0003:045E:
[ 3.728229] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 128x37
[ 9.365235] IPv6: ADDRCONF(
[ 10.647355] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[ 11.189244] EXT4-fs (sda5): re-mounted. Opts: errors=remount-ro
[ 15.242476] lpc_ich: Resource conflict(s) found affecting gpio_ich
[ 15.569917] leds_ss4200: no LED devices found
[ 15.671580] cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain
[ 15.789039] input: HDA Intel Headphone as /devices/
[ 15.789376] input: HDA Intel Mic as /devices/
[ 16.489065] b43-phy0: Broadcom 4312 WLAN found (core revision 15)
[ 16.532334] b43-phy0: Found PHY: Analog 6, Type 5 (LP), Revision 1
[ 16.918699] b43 ssb0:0: Direct firmware load failed with error -2
[ 16.918711] b43 ssb0:0: Falling back to user helper
[ 17.104815] uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device Integrated Webcam (174f:1403)
[ 17.120302] input: Integrated Webcam as /devices/
[ 17.120601] usbcore: registered new interface driver uvcvideo
[ 17.817766] b43 ssb0:0: Direct firmware load failed with error -2
[ 17.817778] b43 ssb0:0: Falling back to user helper
[ 17.857761] b43 ssb0:0: Direct firmware load failed with error -2
[ 17.857773] b43 ssb0:0: Falling back to user helper
[ 17.876348] b43 ssb0:0: Direct firmware load failed with error -2
[ 17.876360] b43 ssb0:0: Falling back to user helper
[ 17.915901] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode15.fw" not found
[ 17.915915] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43-open/
[ 17.915924] b43-phy0 ERROR: You must go to http://
[ 19.059642] cfg80211: World regulatory domain updated:
[ 19.059655] cfg80211: (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp)
[ 19.059665] cfg80211: (2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
[ 19.059672] cfg80211: (2457000 KHz - 2482000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
[ 19.059679] cfg80211: (2474000 KHz - 2494000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
[ 19.059687] cfg80211: (5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
[ 19.059695] cfg80211: (5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
[ 23.340335] type=1400 audit(142272688
[ 23.340362] type=1400 audit(142272688
[ 23.340407] type=1400 audit(142272688
[ 23.344199] type=1400 audit(142272688
[ 35.273316] r8169 0000:04:00.0 eth0: link down
[ 35.273359] r8169 0000:04:00.0 eth0: link down
[ 35.273428] IPv6: ADDRCONF(
[ 35.274415] IPv6: ADDRCONF(
[ 36.979812] r8169 0000:04:00.0 eth0: link up
[ 36.979845] IPv6: ADDRCONF(
[ 290.548899] r8169 0000:04:00.0 eth0: link down
[ 295.219856] IPv6: ADDRCONF(
[ 371.347388] r8169 0000:04:00.0 eth0: link up
[ 371.347417] IPv6: ADDRCONF(
Release Date: 07/29/2009
Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
Product Name: Inspiron 1011
Serial Number: CDSGQK1
Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
Product Name: CN0Y53
Serial Number: .CDSGQK1.
Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
Serial Number: CDSGQK1
Manufacturer: Intel
Serial Number: Not Specified
Manufacturer:
Serial Number:
Manufacturer: Dell
SBDS Serial Number: 0000
SBDS Manufacture Date: 1980-00-00
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
sudo: hwinfo: command not found
root 788 0.3 0.7 54020 8084 ? Ssl 10:54 0:06 NetworkManager
nobody 1209 0.0 0.1 5552 1336 ? S 10:55 0:00 /usr/sbin/dnsmasq --no-resolv --keep-
root 2540 0.0 0.2 5516 2592 ? S 11:00 0:00 /sbin/dhclient -d -sf /usr/lib/
ted 3084 0.0 0.0 4432 800 pts/0 S+ 11:29 0:00 egrep --color=auto wpa|icd|etwork
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window irtt Iface
0.0.0.0 192.168.0.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0
192.168.0.0 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
search ph.cox.net
total 116140
3145729 drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 12288 Jan 31 10:20 .
2 drwxr-xr-x 22 root root 4096 Jan 31 10:16 ..
3149706 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 735445 Apr 11 2011 abi-2.6.
3151901 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1168764 Oct 28 07:43 abi-3.13.
3145965 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1168937 Dec 15 18:27 abi-3.13.
3172243 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 800473 Jul 15 2014 abi-3.2.
3149705 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 137319 Apr 11 2011 config-
3149626 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 169782 Oct 28 07:43 config-
3145955 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 169818 Dec 15 18:27 config-
3172242 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 147650 Jul 15 2014 config-
3145730 drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 12288 Jan 31 10:21 grub
3145738 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 12584904 Nov 12 2011 initrd.
3153995 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 26327113 Nov 13 20:32 initrd.
3145949 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 26358372 Jan 31 10:20 initrd.
3147826 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 17704648 Nov 13 18:14 initrd.
3151925 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 176500 Mar 12 2014 memtest86+.bin
3151927 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 178176 Mar 12 2014 memtest86+.elf
3151923 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 178680 Mar 12 2014 memtest86+
3149707 -rw------- 1 root root 2107662 Apr 11 2011 System.
3148475 -rw------- 1 root root 2697539 Oct 28 07:43 System.
3145958 -rw------- 1 root root 2699036 Dec 15 18:27 System.
3172240 -rw------- 1 root root 2261493 Jul 15 2014 System.
3149708 -rw------- 1 root root 1216 Apr 11 2011 vmcoreinfo-
3149704 -rw------- 1 root root 4521296 Apr 11 2011 vmlinuz-
3151407 -rw------- 1 root root 5828720 Oct 28 07:43 vmlinuz-
3145966 -rw------- 1 root root 5833648 Dec 15 18:27 vmlinuz-
3172241 -rw------- 1 root root 4883840 Jul 15 2014 vmlinuz-
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/
pkg.name, support_tag)
File "/usr/bin/
raise Exception("No date tag found")
Exception: No date tag found
Downloaded daily snapshot dated 2015-01-28 03:15:02
--2015-01-31 11:29:23-- http://
Resolving www.linux-usb.org (www.linux-
Connecting to www.linux-usb.org (www.linux-
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 539875 (527K) [text/plain]
Saving to: ‘/var/lib/
100%[==
2015-01-31 11:29:25 (669 KB/s) - ‘/var/lib/
Done.
Module Size Used by
dm_crypt 22589 0
bnep 18895 2
rfcomm 53664 0
bluetooth 342208 10 bnep,rfcomm
joydev 17101 0
dell_laptop 17808 0
uvcvideo 71309 0
compal_laptop 19199 0
videobuf2_vmalloc 13048 1 uvcvideo
dcdbas 14448 1 dell_laptop
videobuf2_memops 13170 1 videobuf2_vmalloc
videobuf2_core 39258 1 uvcvideo
videodev 108503 2 uvcvideo,
b43 356470 0
bcma 42043 1 b43
mac80211 546067 1 b43
snd_hda_
snd_hda_intel 42730 3
cfg80211 409394 2 b43,mac80211
snd_hda_codec 164067 2 snd_hda_
coretemp 13195 0
snd_hwdep 13272 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm 85501 2 snd_hda_
lpc_ich 16864 0
snd_page_alloc 14230 2 snd_pcm,
psmouse 91357 0
snd_seq_midi 13132 0
serio_raw 13230 0
snd_seq_midi_event 14475 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_rawmidi 25135 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 55383 2 snd_seq_
snd_seq_device 14137 3 snd_seq,
snd_timer 28584 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd 60939 16 snd_hda_
soundcore 12600 1 snd
mac_hid 13037 0
binfmt_misc 13140 1
parport_pc 31981 0
ppdev 17391 0
lp 13299 0
parport 40836 3 lp,ppdev,parport_pc
hid_generic 12492 0
usbhid 47070 0
hid 87604 2 hid_generic,usbhid
i915 710093 4
i2c_algo_bit 13197 1 i915
drm_kms_helper 48868 1 i915
drm 244037 5 i915,drm_kms_helper
r8169 61562 0
mii 13654 1 r8169
ssb 51854 1 b43
video 18903 1 i915
ted@ted-
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