wireless not working

Asked by nblchrst

i am following the trouble shoot page and this is what it said to post the results of this command below

youngerarcane@youngerarcane-Inspiron-910:~$ 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
[sudo] password for youngerarcane:
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security InRelease
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty InRelease
Get:1 http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security Release.gpg [933 B]
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates InRelease
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com trusty InRelease
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports InRelease
Get:2 http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security Release [62.0 kB]
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty Release.gpg
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com trusty Release.gpg
Get:3 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates Release.gpg [933 B]
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports Release.gpg
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com trusty Release
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty Release
Get:4 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates Release [62.0 kB]
Get:5 http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/main Sources [70.3 kB]
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports Release
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com trusty/main Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/main Sources
Get:6 http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/restricted Sources [2,061 B]
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/restricted Sources
Get:7 http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/universe Sources [17.9 kB]
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/universe Sources
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com trusty/main i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/multiverse Sources
Get:8 http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/multiverse Sources [1,896 B]
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/main i386 Packages
Get:9 http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/main i386 Packages [205 kB]
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/main Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/multiverse Translation-en
Get:10 http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/restricted i386 Packages [8,846 B]
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/restricted Translation-en
Get:11 http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/universe i386 Packages [87.3 kB]
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/universe Translation-en
Get:12 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/main Sources [179 kB]
Get:13 http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/multiverse i386 Packages [3,624 B]
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/main Translation-en
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/multiverse Translation-en
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com trusty/main Translation-en_US
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/universe Translation-en
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com trusty/main Translation-en
Get:14 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/restricted Sources [2,061 B]
Get:15 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/universe Sources [104 kB]
Get:16 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/multiverse Sources [4,463 B]
Get:17 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/main i386 Packages [430 kB]
Get:18 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/restricted i386 Packages [8,846 B]
Get:19 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/universe i386 Packages [254 kB]
Get:20 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/multiverse i386 Packages [11.3 kB]
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/main Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/universe Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports/main Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports/restricted Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports/universe Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports/multiverse Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports/main i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports/main Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports/universe Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/universe Translation-en_US
100% [Translation-en 18.6 MB]

here is the info from the termanil on my device id for wireless adapter

youngerarcane@youngerarcane-Inspiron-910:~$ lspci -nn
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GSE Express Memory Controller Hub [8086:27ac] (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GSE Express Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:27ae] (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 NM10/ICH7 Family High Definition Audio Controller [8086:27d8] (rev 02)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family PCI Express Port 1 [8086:27d0] (rev 02)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family PCI Express Port 2 [8086:27d2] (rev 02)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family PCI Express Port 3 [8086:27d4] (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:27c8] (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:27c9] (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:27ca] (rev 02)
00:1d.3 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #4 [8086:27cb] (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB2 EHCI Controller [8086:27cc] (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev e2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge [8086:27b9] (rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) IDE Controller [8086:27df] (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family SMBus Controller [8086:27da] (rev 02)
02:00.0 System peripheral [0880]: JMicron Technology Corp. SD/MMC Host Controller [197b:2382]
02:00.2 SD Host controller [0805]: JMicron Technology Corp. Standard SD Host Controller [197b:2381]
02:00.3 System peripheral [0880]: JMicron Technology Corp. MS Host Controller [197b:2383]
03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY [14e4:4315] (rev 01)
04:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller [10ec:8136] (rev 02)
youngerarcane@youngerarcane-Inspiron-910:~$

I am using ubuntu installed onto hard disk on a dell inspirion mini 910

wireless access point is SamFlynn

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said :
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Please copy-paste the following commands into the Terminal (using a working, WIRED Internet connection):

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get remove --purge bcmwl-kernel-source
sudo apt-get install firmware-b43-installer

Then reboot and retest wireless.

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