b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode13.fw" not found -> Wireless Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN [14e4:4311] (rev 02) not working on HP G7000 Notebook PC (GR591EA#AB9) during LiveUSB session on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Sorry, forgot this:

~$ lspci -nn -d 14e4:
01:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN [14e4:4311] (rev 02)

Your Terminal output shows the following error message:

[ 29.296954] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode13.fw" not found

The following query

http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?suite=vivid&arch=any&mode=exactfilename&searchon=contents&keywords=ucode13.fw

shows that Ubuntu 15.04 (which is not ready for use yet!) does not have any Ubuntu package yet that contains the Broadcom firmware file ucode13.fw

However, the following query

http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?suite=trusty&arch=any&mode=exactfilename&searchon=contents&keywords=ucode13.fw

shows that Ubuntu 14.04 LTS does have that firmware file.

So you need to install Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and then install the Ubuntu package linux-firmware-nonfree using a working, wirED Internet connection to get support for your wireless adapter.

You should not be using 15.04 anyway, unless you know how to solve this type of issue yourself..... 15.04 is not officially released yet, so you can expect all kinds of issues in a pre-release version.

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS is supported until April 2019.

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

@Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg):
I already tried it with 14.04.1 LTS with the same results, i.e., not getting wireless.

Another thing if I run sudo ls /lib/firmware/b43 | grep ucode13.fw I get as output ucode13.fw

Doesn't that means that the firmware file is preent?

@actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666):
If you read carefully my first post you see I already tried the suggested solution for this wifi card

Please send us the output of the following command, while running Ubuntu 14.04 LTS from a harddisk/SSD :

sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install usbutils pciutils hwinfo grep rfkill; sudo lshw -C network; rfkill list; sudo iwlist scan | egrep -i 'chan|ssid'; cat /etc/network/interfaces; cat /etc/lsb-release; lspci -nnk | grep -iA2 net; lsusb; nmcli nm status; sudo lshw -short; uname -a; sudo updatedb; dmesg | egrep '02:00|80211|acx|at76|ath|b43|bcm|brcm|CX|eth|ipw|ireless|irmware|isl|lbtf|orinoco|ndiswrapper|NPE|ound|p54|prism|rror|rtl|RTL|rt2|RT2|rt3|RT3|rt5|RT5|rt6|RT6|rt7|RT7|usb|witch|wl';sudo dmidecode|egrep 'anufact|roduct|erial|elease'; iwconfig; cat /etc/modprobe.d/* | egrep '80211|acx|at76|ath|b43|bcm|brcm|CX|eth|ipw|irmware|isl|lbtf|orinoco|ndiswrapper|NPE|p54|prism|rtl|rt2|rt3|rt6|rt7|wmi|witch|wl'; cat /var/lib/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.state; sudo hwinfo --netcard ; ps -aux|egrep 'wpa|icd|etwork'; netstat -rn ; cat /etc/resolv.conf; ls -lia /boot; grep tmpfs /etc/fstab; ubuntu-support-status; sudo update-pciids; sudo update-usbids; sudo lsmod

I can only provide support for 14.04 LTS, not 15.04, which has not even been released yet....

Ok Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) I'm going to prepare a USB flash drive with 14.04.1 LTS, boot the laptop with it and the will post the output you're requesting.

Ok Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) with a fresh 14.04.1 LTS image.

~$ sudo apt-get install usbutils pciutils hwinfo grep rfkill
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package hwinfo is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source

E: Package 'hwinfo' has no installation candidate

:~$ sudo lshw -C network
  *-network
       description: Network controller
       product: BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
       version: 02
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
       configuration: driver=b43-pci-bridge latency=0
       resources: irq:16 memory:51300000-51303fff
  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: RTL-8100/8101L/8139 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter
       vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
       physical id: 1
       bus info: pci@0000:02:01.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 10
       serial: 00:1b:38:8d:b3:bf
       size: 100Mbit/s
       capacity: 100Mbit/s
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=8139too driverversion=0.9.28 duplex=full ip=10.40.111.20 latency=64 link=yes maxlatency=64 mingnt=32 multicast=yes port=MII speed=100Mbit/s
       resources: irq:16 ioport:1000(size=256) memory:51200000-512000ff

~$ rfkill list
~$

~$ sudo iwlist scan | egrep -i 'chan|ssid'
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

~$ cat /etc/network/interfaces
# interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8)
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

~$ cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=14.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=trusty
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 14.04 LTS"

~$ lspci -nnk | grep -iA2 net
01:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN [14e4:4311] (rev 02)
 Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company BCM4311 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller [103c:1375]
 Kernel driver in use: b43-pci-bridge
02:01.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8100/8101L/8139 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter [10ec:8139] (rev 10)
 Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Presario C700 [103c:30d9]
 Kernel driver in use: 8139too

~$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8644:800a
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 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

~$ nmcli nm status
RUNNING STATE WIFI-HARDWARE WIFI WWAN-HARDWARE WWAN
running connected enabled enabled enabled disabled

~$ nmcli nm status
RUNNING STATE WIFI-HARDWARE WIFI WWAN-HARDWARE WWAN
running connected enabled enabled enabled disabled
xubuntu@xubuntu:~$ sudo lshw -short
H/W path Device Class Description
=================================================
                          system HP G7000 Notebook PC (GR591EA#AB9)
/0 bus 30D9
/0/0 memory 1MiB BIOS
/0/e processor Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual CPU T2310 @ 1.46GHz
/0/e/f memory 1MiB L2 cache
/0/e/11 memory 32KiB L1 cache
/0/e/1.1 processor Logical CPU
/0/e/1.2 processor Logical CPU
/0/10 memory 32KiB L1 cache
/0/12 memory 1GiB System Memory
/0/12/0 memory 512MiB SODIMM DDR2 Synchronous 533 MHz (1.9 ns)
/0/12/1 memory 512MiB SODIMM DDR2 Synchronous 533 MHz (1.9 ns)
/0/100 bridge Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory Controller Hub
/0/100/2 display Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (primary)
/0/100/2.1 display Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (secondary)
/0/100/1b multimedia 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller
/0/100/1c bridge 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 1
/0/100/1c/0 network BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN
/0/100/1d bus 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1
/0/100/1d.1 bus 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2
/0/100/1d.2 bus 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3
/0/100/1d.7 bus 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1
/0/100/1e bridge 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge
/0/100/1e/1 eth0 network RTL-8100/8101L/8139 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter
/0/100/1f bridge 82801HM (ICH8M) LPC Interface Controller
/0/100/1f.1 storage 82801HM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) IDE Controller
/0/100/1f.2 storage 82801HM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) SATA Controller [AHCI mode]
/0/100/1f.3 bus 82801H (ICH8 Family) SMBus Controller
/0/1 scsi0 storage
/0/1/0.0.0 /dev/cdrom disk DVD RW AD-7530B
/0/2 scsi2 storage
/0/2/0.0.0 /dev/sda disk 2003MB SCSI Disk
/0/2/0.0.0/1 /dev/sda1 volume 1910MiB Windows FAT volume
/0/3 scsi3 storage
/0/3/0.0.0 /dev/sdb disk 80GB TOSHIBA MK8037GS
/0/3/0.0.0/1 /dev/sdb1 volume 74GiB Windows NTFS volume

~$ uname -a
Linux xubuntu 3.13.0-24-generic #46-Ubuntu SMP Thu Apr 10 19:08:14 UTC 2014 i686 i686 i686 GNU/Linux

~$ sudo updatedb
~$

~$ dmesg | egrep '02:00|80211|acx|at76|ath|b43|bcm|brcm|CX|eth|ipw|ireless|irmware|isl|lbtf|orinoco|ndiswrapper|NPE|ound|p54|prism|rror|rtl|RTL|rt2|RT2|rt3|RT3|rt5|RT5|rt6|RT6|rt7|RT7|usb|witch|wl'
[ 0.000000] DMI: Hewlett-Packard HP G7000 Notebook PC/30D9, BIOS F.08 09/13/2007
[ 0.000000] found SMP MP-table at [mem 0x000fe270-0x000fe27f] mapped at [c00fe270]
[ 0.116571] [Firmware Bug]: ACPI: BIOS _OSI(Linux) query ignored
[ 0.272359] ACPI: No dock devices found.
[ 0.517550] [Firmware Bug]: ACPI: No _BQC method, cannot determine initial brightness
[ 0.517582] [Firmware Bug]: ACPI: No _BQC method, cannot determine initial brightness
[ 0.596645] ACPI BIOS Error (bug): \_SB_.PCI0._OSC: Excess arguments - ASL declared 5, ACPI requires 4 (20131115/nsarguments-189)
[ 0.610509] Found 1 acpi root devices
[ 0.610813] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
[ 0.610813] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
[ 0.610813] usbcore: registered new device driver usb
[ 0.626217] Switched to clocksource hpet
[ 0.717154] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 8 devices
[ 7.992249] input: Lid Switch as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0C0D:00/input/input1
[ 7.992274] ACPI: Lid Switch [LID0]
[ 8.160170] usb usb1: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0002
[ 8.160175] usb usb1: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 8.160179] usb usb1: Product: EHCI Host Controller
[ 8.160183] usb usb1: Manufacturer: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic ehci_hcd
[ 8.160187] usb usb1: SerialNumber: 0000:00:1d.7
[ 8.160359] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 8.161131] usb usb2: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0001
[ 8.161136] usb usb2: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 8.161140] usb usb2: Product: UHCI Host Controller
[ 8.161144] usb usb2: Manufacturer: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic uhci_hcd
[ 8.161147] usb usb2: SerialNumber: 0000:00:1d.0
[ 8.161302] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 8.161855] usb usb3: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0001
[ 8.161860] usb usb3: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 8.161864] usb usb3: Product: UHCI Host Controller
[ 8.161868] usb usb3: Manufacturer: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic uhci_hcd
[ 8.161872] usb usb3: SerialNumber: 0000:00:1d.1
[ 8.162027] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 8.162574] usb usb4: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0001
[ 8.162578] usb usb4: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 8.162582] usb usb4: Product: UHCI Host Controller
[ 8.162586] usb usb4: Manufacturer: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic uhci_hcd
[ 8.162590] usb usb4: SerialNumber: 0000:00:1d.2
[ 8.162735] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 8.204655] Loaded X.509 cert 'Magrathea: Glacier signing key: 77d70e1df42996dc92b01d759d3e8562ea32a1c7'
[ 8.214974] IMA: No TPM chip found, activating TPM-bypass!
[ 8.215980] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 8.472053] usb 1-3: new high-speed USB device number 2 using ehci-pci
[ 8.490746] isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
[ 8.610791] usb 1-3: New USB device found, idVendor=8644, idProduct=800a
[ 8.610798] usb 1-3: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[ 8.610802] usb 1-3: Product: USB Flash Disk
[ 8.610806] usb 1-3: Manufacturer: General
[ 8.610810] usb 1-3: SerialNumber: 00000000000002BC
[ 8.634246] 8139too 0000:02:01.0 eth0: RealTek RTL8139 at 0x00011000, 00:1b:38:8d:b3:bf, IRQ 16
[ 8.672100] ssb: Found chip with id 0x4311, rev 0x02 and package 0x00
[ 8.672114] ssb: Core 0 found: ChipCommon (cc 0x800, rev 0x13, vendor 0x4243)
[ 8.672124] ssb: Core 1 found: IEEE 802.11 (cc 0x812, rev 0x0D, vendor 0x4243)
[ 8.672135] ssb: Core 2 found: USB 1.1 Host (cc 0x817, rev 0x04, vendor 0x4243)
[ 8.672145] ssb: Core 3 found: PCI-E (cc 0x820, rev 0x05, vendor 0x4243)
[ 8.673662] usb-storage 1-3:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected
[ 8.673801] scsi2 : usb-storage 1-3:1.0
[ 8.673935] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
[ 8.712197] ssb: Sonics Silicon Backplane found on PCI device 0000:01:00.0
[ 9.579096] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 160x50
[ 9.586064] [Firmware Bug]: ACPI: No _BQC method, cannot determine initial brightness
[ 9.587105] [Firmware Bug]: ACPI: No _BQC method, cannot determine initial brightness
[ 9.677850] sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] No Caching mode page found
[ 9.680472] sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] No Caching mode page found
[ 9.684598] sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] No Caching mode page found
[ 26.528091] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 26.995581] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[ 27.310259] lpc_ich: Resource conflict(s) found affecting gpio_ich
[ 27.913328] cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain
[ 28.570076] device-mapper: multipath: version 1.6.0 loaded
[ 29.014489] b43-phy0: Broadcom 4311 WLAN found (core revision 13)
[ 29.075633] b43-phy0: Found PHY: Analog 4, Type 2 (G), Revision 9
[ 29.102757] b43 ssb0:0: Direct firmware load failed with error -2
[ 29.102764] b43 ssb0:0: Falling back to user helper
[ 29.314450] b43 ssb0:0: Direct firmware load failed with error -2
[ 29.314459] b43 ssb0:0: Falling back to user helper
[ 29.351945] b43 ssb0:0: Direct firmware load failed with error -2
[ 29.351952] b43 ssb0:0: Falling back to user helper
[ 29.379515] b43 ssb0:0: Direct firmware load failed with error -2
[ 29.379522] b43 ssb0:0: Falling back to user helper
[ 29.394348] hda_codec: CX20549 (Venice): BIOS auto-probing.
[ 29.416596] input: HDA Intel Front Headphone as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input11
[ 29.418419] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode13.fw" not found
[ 29.418427] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43-open/ucode13.fw" not found
[ 29.418431] b43-phy0 ERROR: You must go to http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware and download the correct firmware for this driver version. Please carefully read all instructions on this website.
[ 29.424354] input: HDA Intel Mic as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input10
[ 29.552103] cfg80211: World regulatory domain updated:
[ 29.552110] cfg80211: (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp)
[ 29.552114] cfg80211: (2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
[ 29.552118] cfg80211: (2457000 KHz - 2482000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
[ 29.552121] cfg80211: (2474000 KHz - 2494000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
[ 29.552125] cfg80211: (5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
[ 29.552128] cfg80211: (5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
[ 31.456746] 8139too 0000:02:01.0 eth0: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex, lpa 0xC1E1

~$ sudo dmidecode|egrep 'anufact|roduct|erial|elease'
 Release Date: 09/13/2007
 Manufacturer: Hewlett-Packard
 Product Name: HP G7000 Notebook PC
 Serial Number: CND74228JS
 Manufacturer: Hewlett-Packard
 Product Name: 30D9
 Serial Number: CND74228JS
 Manufacturer: Hewlett-Packard
 Serial Number: None
 Manufacturer: Intel(R) Corporation
 Serial Number: NotSupport
 Manufacturer: 0xCE00000000000000
 Serial Number: 0x74175439
 Manufacturer: 0xCE00000000000000
 Serial Number: 0x74175440

~$ iwconfig; cat /etc/modprobe.d/* | egrep '80211|acx|at76|ath|b43|bcm|brcm|CX|eth|ipw|irmware|isl|lbtf|orinoco|ndiswrapper|NPE|p54|prism|rtl|rt2|rt3|rt6|rt7|wmi|witch|wl'
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.d/iwlwifi.conf
# 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

~$ cat /var/lib/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.state
[main]
NetworkingEnabled=true
WirelessEnabled=true
WWANEnabled=true
WimaxEnabled=true

~$ sudo hwinfo --netcard
sudo: hwinfo: command not found

~$ ps -aux|egrep 'wpa|icd|etwork'
root 1362 0.0 0.8 53320 9040 ? Ssl 18:02 0:00 NetworkManager
root 1707 0.0 0.2 5516 2508 ? S 18:02 0:00 /sbin/dhclient -d -sf /usr/lib/NetworkManager/nm-dhcp-client.action -pf /run/sendsigs.omit.d/network-manager.dhclient-eth0.pid -lf /var/lib/NetworkManager/dhclient-b4a74553-94e6-4687-9720-48fe3e69060b-eth0.lease -cf /var/lib/NetworkManager/dhclient-eth0.conf eth0
nobody 1876 0.0 0.1 5804 1436 ? S 18:02 0:00 /usr/sbin/dnsmasq --no-resolv --keep-in-foreground --no-hosts --bind-interfaces --pid-file=/run/sendsigs.omit.d/network-manager.dnsmasq.pid --listen-address=127.0.1.1 --conf-file=/var/run/NetworkManager/dnsmasq.conf --cache-size=0 --proxy-dnssec --enable-dbus=org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.dnsmasq --conf-dir=/etc/NetworkManager/dnsmasq.d
xubuntu 5684 0.0 0.0 4684 792 pts/0 S+ 18:24 0:00 egrep --color=auto wpa|icd|etwork

~$ netstat -rn
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window irtt Iface
0.0.0.0 10.##.###.### 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0
10.##.###.# 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0

~$ cat /etc/resolv.conf
# 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 ####.#####

~$ ls -lia /boot
total 4445
40700 drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 60 Apr 16 2014 .
 8807 drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 240 Feb 12 18:02 ..
  187 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1162233 Apr 10 2014 abi-3.13.0-24-generic
  188 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 169631 Apr 10 2014 config-3.13.0-24-generic
40701 drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 60 Feb 12 18:02 grub
  191 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 176500 Mar 12 2014 memtest86+.bin
  192 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 178176 Mar 12 2014 memtest86+.elf
  193 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 178680 Mar 12 2014 memtest86+_multiboot.bin
  186 -rw------- 1 root root 2685850 Apr 10 2014 System.map-3.13.0-24-generic

~$ grep tmpfs /etc/fstab
tmpfs /tmp tmpfs nosuid,nodev 0 0

~$ ubuntu-support-status
Support status summary of 'xubuntu':

You have 145 packages (9.8%) supported until May 2017 (3y)
You have 1330 packages (90.0%) supported until May 2019 (5y)
You have 1 packages (0.1%) supported until April 2019 (5y)

You have 0 packages (0.0%) that can not/no-longer be downloaded
You have 1 packages (0.1%) that are unsupported

Run with --show-unsupported, --show-supported or --show-all to see more details

~$ sudo update-pciids
Downloaded daily snapshot dated 2015-02-12 03:15:01

~$ sudo update-usbids
--2015-02-12 18:28:55-- http://www.linux-usb.org/usb.ids
Resolving www.linux-usb.org (www.linux-usb.org)... 216.34.181.97
Connecting to www.linux-usb.org (www.linux-usb.org)|216.34.181.97|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 539992 (527K) [text/plain]
Saving to: ‘/var/lib/usbutils/usb.ids.new’

100%[==========================================================================================================================================>] 539,992 208KB/s in 2.5s

2015-02-12 18:29:00 (208 KB/s) - ‘/var/lib/usbutils/usb.ids.new’ saved [539992/539992]

Done.

~$ sudo lsmod
Module Size Used by
joydev 17101 0
dm_crypt 22622 0
snd_hda_codec_conexant 47785 1
hp_wmi 13702 0
sparse_keymap 13708 1 hp_wmi
snd_hda_intel 42730 3
snd_hda_codec 164067 2 snd_hda_codec_conexant,snd_hda_intel
gpio_ich 13229 0
snd_hwdep 13272 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm 85501 2 snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel
snd_page_alloc 14230 2 snd_pcm,snd_hda_intel
b43 356470 0
snd_seq_midi 13132 0
snd_seq_midi_event 14475 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_rawmidi 25135 1 snd_seq_midi
bcma 42043 1 b43
dm_multipath 22402 0
coretemp 13195 0
scsi_dh 14458 1 dm_multipath
mac80211 545990 1 b43
psmouse 91033 0
serio_raw 13230 0
snd_seq 55383 2 snd_seq_midi_event,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_device 14137 3 snd_seq,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_midi
snd_timer 28584 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
cfg80211 409394 2 b43,mac80211
rfcomm 53664 4
ssb_hcd 12749 0
bnep 18895 2
bluetooth 342263 10 bnep,rfcomm
snd 60871 16 snd_hwdep,snd_timer,snd_hda_codec_conexant,snd_pcm,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel,snd_seq_device,snd_seq_midi
lpc_ich 16864 0
soundcore 12600 1 snd
mac_hid 13037 0
parport_pc 31981 0
ppdev 17391 0
lp 13299 0
parport 40836 3 lp,ppdev,parport_pc
squashfs 42874 1
overlayfs 27158 1
nls_iso8859_1 12617 1
dm_mirror 21756 0
dm_region_hash 20121 1 dm_mirror
dm_log 18072 2 dm_region_hash,dm_mirror
usb_storage 48417 1
ahci 25579 1
ssb 51854 2 b43,ssb_hcd
i915 705396 3
libahci 26754 1 ahci
8139too 32571 0
8139cp 27171 0
mii 13654 2 8139cp,8139too
i2c_algo_bit 13197 1 i915
drm_kms_helper 46907 1 i915
wmi 18673 1 hp_wmi
drm 243792 4 i915,drm_kms_helper
video 18903 1 i915

It's a lot of output. As a heads up I've masked the IPs from the netstat command and from the DNS conf file because of privace concerns.

Please carefully reread posts #2 and #5.

I do not see any evidence that my advice was followed.

Post #2 asks you to " install Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and then install the Ubuntu package linux-firmware-nonfree using a working, wirED Internet connection to get support for your wireless adapter." -> not done

Post #5 asks you again to run 14.04 LTS from a harddisk/SSD -> also not done

Furthermore, it was entirely unnecessary to split my single command into lots of pieces....

The commands I sent you, will not destroy your computer.

This is why I STILL see the following error message in your Terminal output in 14.04 LTS:

"[ 29.418419] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode13.fw" not found"

Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) the reason why the system is running from a LiveISO instead of a HDD is because I'm trying to triage if the wireless will work, before formatting the drive and installing Xubuntu on it.

Do you think that there's no chance to check this without rebooting the live session or without installing Xubuntu on the drive?

They are not included in Linux Mint for the same reason they aren't included with Ubuntu, a post here with the same issue trying Live version of LM http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=189394
17.1 off DVD won't recognize wireless card in laptop

And linux-firmware-nonfree has not had the b43 firmware since August 2014, changelog- http://changelogs.ubuntu.com/changelogs/pool/multiverse/l/linux-firmware-nonfree/linux-firmware-nonfree_1.14ubuntu3/changelog

I don't understand why the following command

apt-file list linux-firmware-nonfree | grep ucode13

gives incorrect output and why the website

http://packages.ubuntu.com/

also gives incorrect information about the contents of linux-firmware-nonfree

Strange.....

Jeremy: you are right....

Wow, now that is strange.

@ Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg):
Thanks for your all the help and knowledge you provided me.

@ Jeremy (wa113y3s):
Thanks for stepping in and input.

I guess I have no other choice than take a leap of faith and install Xubuntu on the laptop. The first thing I'll is to install firmware-b43-installer and reboot (keeping my fingers crossed the all time).

I'll get back to report how it all end up.

Ok, I went ahead and did a full install of Xubuntu 14.04.1 and upon boot the wireless worked as expected.

~$ ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet Endereço de HW 00:1b:38:8d:b3:bf
          inet end.: 10.40.111.20 Bcast:10.40.111.255 Masc:255.255.255.0
          endereço inet6: fe80::21b:38ff:fe8d:b3bf/64 Escopo:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Métrica:1
          pacotes RX:15198 erros:0 descartados:0 excesso:0 quadro:0
          Pacotes TX:12509 erros:0 descartados:0 excesso:0 portadora:0
          colisões:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:16835351 (16.8 MB) TX bytes:1168338 (1.1 MB)

lo Link encap:Loopback Local
          inet end.: 127.0.0.1 Masc:255.0.0.0
          endereço inet6: ::1/128 Escopo:Máquina
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:65536 Métrica:1
          pacotes RX:2268 erros:0 descartados:0 excesso:0 quadro:0
          Pacotes TX:2268 erros:0 descartados:0 excesso:0 portadora:0
          colisões:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:214291 (214.2 KB) TX bytes:214291 (214.2 KB)

wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet Endereço de HW 00:1a:73:b9:37:ec
          endereço inet6: fe80::21a:73ff:feb9:37ec/64 Escopo:Link
          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Métrica:1
          pacotes RX:0 erros:0 descartados:0 excesso:0 quadro:0
          Pacotes TX:0 erros:0 descartados:0 excesso:0 portadora:0
          colisões:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
          IRQ:16

Thanks Mark Rijckenberg, that solved my question.