Ubunto 14.04.3 LTS no network device dell inspiron 1501 Help?
I am new to Ubuntu. I installed Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS on a Dell Inspiron 1501 and i have no network devices showing. I cannot connect to a LAN or a wireless network. Can someone help me? I went to the Ubuntu wireless troubleshooter and ran the script it said to. This what I got:
Err http://
Err http://
Err http://
Could not resolve 'security.
Err http://
Err http://
Could not resolve 'extras.ubuntu.com'
Err http://
Err http://
Err http://
Could not resolve 'us.archive.
Err http://
Could not resolve 'us.archive.
Err http://
Could not resolve 'us.archive.
Reading package lists... Done
W: Failed to fetch http://
W: Failed to fetch http://
W: Failed to fetch http://
W: Failed to fetch http://
W: Failed to fetch http://
W: Failed to fetch http://
W: Failed to fetch http://
W: Failed to fetch http://
W: Failed to fetch http://
W: Failed to fetch http://
W: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
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
*-network
description: Network controller
product: BCM4311 802.11a/b/g
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:05:00.0
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
resources: irq:18 memory:
*-network UNCLAIMED
description: Ethernet controller
product: BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:08:00.0
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
resources: memory:
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.
# interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8)
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_
DISTRIB_
DISTRIB_
05:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11a/b/g [14e4:4312] (rev 01)
Subsystem: Dell Wireless 1490 Dual Band WLAN Mini-Card [1028:0007]
Kernel driver in use: wl
08:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX [14e4:170c] (rev 02)
Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:01f5]
08:01.0 SD Host controller [0805]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0781:5530 SanDisk Corp. Cruzer
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
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 disconnected enabled enabled enabled disabled
H/W path Device Class Description
=======
/0 bus 0UW744
/0/1 memory 105KiB BIOS
/0/5 processor AMD Turion(tm) 64 Mobile Technology MK-
/0/5/6 memory 512KiB L2 cache
/0/5/0 memory 128KiB L1 cache
/0/5/1 memory 512KiB L2 cache
/0/19 memory 1GiB System Memory
/0/19/0 memory 512MiB DIMM DRAM Synchronous
/0/19/1 memory 512MiB DIMM DRAM Synchronous
/0/100 bridge RS480/RS482/RS485 Host Bridge
/0/100/1 bridge RC4xx/RS4xx PCI Bridge [int gfx]
/0/100/1/5 display RS482M [Mobility Radeon Xpress 200]
/0/100/5 bridge RC4xx/RS4xx PCI Express Port 2
/0/100/6 bridge RC4xx/RS4xx PCI Express Port 3
/0/100/6/0 network BCM4311 802.11a/b/g
/0/100/12 storage SB600 Non-Raid-5 SATA
/0/100/13 bus SB600 USB (OHCI0)
/0/100/13.1 bus SB600 USB (OHCI1)
/0/100/13.2 bus SB600 USB (OHCI2)
/0/100/13.3 bus SB600 USB (OHCI3)
/0/100/13.4 bus SB600 USB (OHCI4)
/0/100/13.5 bus SB600 USB Controller (EHCI)
/0/100/14 bus SBx00 SMBus Controller
/0/100/14.1 storage SB600 IDE
/0/100/14.2 multimedia SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA)
/0/100/14.3 bridge SB600 PCI to LPC Bridge
/0/100/14.4 bridge SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge
/0/100/14.4/0 network BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX
/0/100/14.4/1 generic R5C822 SD/SDIO/
/0/100/14.4/1.1 generic R5C843 MMC Host Controller
/0/101 bridge K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Te
/0/102 bridge K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
/0/103 bridge K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
/0/104 bridge K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Con
/0/0 scsi0 storage
/0/0/0.0.0 /dev/cdrom disk DVD+-RW TS-L632D
/0/2 scsi2 storage
/0/2/0.0.0 /dev/sda disk 80GB WDC WD800BEVS-75
/0/2/0.0.0/1 /dev/sda1 volume 73GiB EXT4 volume
/0/2/0.0.0/2 /dev/sda2 volume 893MiB Extended partition
/0/2/0.0.0/2/5 /dev/sda5 volume 893MiB Linux swap / Solaris partition
/0/3 scsi6 storage
/0/3/0.0.0 /dev/sdb disk 2GB Cruzer
/0/3/0.0.0/0 /dev/sdb disk 2GB
/0/3/0.0.0/0/1 /dev/sdb1 volume 1907MiB Windows FAT volume
/1 power Panasonic DELLTM7776
Linux jrh-Inspiron-1501 3.19.0-25-generic #26~14.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jul 24 21:18:00 UTC 2015 i686 athlon i686 GNU/Linux
[ 0.000000] Found optimal setting for mtrr clean up
[ 0.000000] found SMP MP-table at [mem 0x000f8530-
[ 0.048000] ..... (found apic 0 pin 0) ...
[ 0.096933] [Firmware Bug]: ACPI: BIOS _OSI(Linux) query ignored
[ 0.106251] [Firmware Bug]: ACPI: No _BQC method, cannot determine initial brightness
[ 0.109027] ACPI Error: Needed type [Reference], found [Device] f5480f90 (20141107/
[ 0.109038] ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0._OSC] (Node f5488dc8), AE_AML_OPERAND_TYPE (20141107/
[ 0.110201] acpi PNP0A08:00: [Firmware Info]: MMCONFIG for domain 0000 [bus 00-09] only partially covers this bridge
[ 0.118076] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
[ 0.118076] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
[ 0.118076] usbcore: registered new device driver usb
[ 0.120355] Switched to clocksource refined-jiffies
[ 0.132049] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 6 devices
[ 0.169881] Switched to clocksource acpi_pm
[ 0.657979] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 128x48
[ 0.659542] input: Lid Switch as /devices/
[ 0.660040] ACPI: Lid Switch [LID]
[ 0.852381] ehci-pci 0000:00:13.5: applying AMD SB600/SB700 USB freeze workaround
[ 0.896259] usb usb1: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0002
[ 0.896262] usb usb1: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 0.896265] usb usb1: Product: EHCI Host Controller
[ 0.896268] usb usb1: Manufacturer: Linux 3.19.0-25-generic ehci_hcd
[ 0.896270] usb usb1: SerialNumber: 0000:00:13.5
[ 0.896456] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.984061] isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
[ 0.984201] usb usb2: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0001
[ 0.984204] usb usb2: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 0.984206] usb usb2: Product: OHCI PCI host controller
[ 0.984209] usb usb2: Manufacturer: Linux 3.19.0-25-generic ohci_hcd
[ 0.984211] usb usb2: SerialNumber: 0000:00:13.0
[ 0.984403] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.040113] usb usb3: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0001
[ 1.040116] usb usb3: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 1.040119] usb usb3: Product: OHCI PCI host controller
[ 1.040121] usb usb3: Manufacturer: Linux 3.19.0-25-generic ohci_hcd
[ 1.040124] usb usb3: SerialNumber: 0000:00:13.1
[ 1.040294] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.096110] usb usb4: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0001
[ 1.096113] usb usb4: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 1.096116] usb usb4: Product: OHCI PCI host controller
[ 1.096118] usb usb4: Manufacturer: Linux 3.19.0-25-generic ohci_hcd
[ 1.096121] usb usb4: SerialNumber: 0000:00:13.2
[ 1.096281] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.152114] usb usb5: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0001
[ 1.152117] usb usb5: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 1.152120] usb usb5: Product: OHCI PCI host controller
[ 1.152122] usb usb5: Manufacturer: Linux 3.19.0-25-generic ohci_hcd
[ 1.152125] usb usb5: SerialNumber: 0000:00:13.3
[ 1.152287] hub 5-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.208113] usb usb6: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0001
[ 1.208116] usb usb6: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 1.208119] usb usb6: Product: OHCI PCI host controller
[ 1.208121] usb usb6: Manufacturer: Linux 3.19.0-25-generic ohci_hcd
[ 1.208124] usb usb6: SerialNumber: 0000:00:13.4
[ 1.208282] hub 6-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.212418] PCCT header not found.
[ 1.217812] Loaded X.509 cert 'Magrathea: Glacier signing key: bb268d6deecbed5
[ 1.225704] ima: No TPM chip found, activating TPM-bypass!
[ 1.226418] powernow_k8: Found 1 AMD Turion(tm) 64 Mobile Technology MK-36 (1 cpu cores) (version 2.20.00)
[ 1.226429] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 1.533885] sdhci-pci 0000:08:01.0: SDHCI controller found [1180:0822] (rev 19)
[ 1.535033] sdhci-pci 0000:08:01.0: No vmmc regulator found
[ 1.535035] sdhci-pci 0000:08:01.0: No vqmmc regulator found
[ 1.575189] sdhci-pci 0000:08:01.1: SDHCI controller found [1180:0843] (rev 1)
[ 1.575318] sdhci-pci 0000:08:01.1: No vmmc regulator found
[ 1.575321] sdhci-pci 0000:08:01.1: No vqmmc regulator found
[ 2.040029] ata3: applying PMP SRST workaround and retrying
[ 9.811942] EXT4-fs (sda1): re-mounted. Opts: errors=remount-ro
[ 10.015225] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[ 10.308648] [Firmware Bug]: ACPI: No _BQC method, cannot determine initial brightness
[ 11.020422] cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain
[ 11.740431] wl: module license 'MIXED/Proprietary' taints kernel.
[ 11.831184] fb: switching to radeondrmfb from VESA VGA
[ 11.831251] Console: switching to colour dummy device 80x25
[ 11.905707] wl: module verification failed: signature and/or required key missing - tainting kernel
[ 11.998149] wl driver 6.30.223.248 (r487574) failed with code 21
[ 11.998182] kernel BUG at include/
[ 11.998187] Modules linked in: snd_rawmidi wl(POE+) dell_laptop dcdbas radeon(+) kvm_amd snd_seq snd_seq_device kvm ttm snd_timer joydev drm_kms_helper edac_core snd serio_raw bnep rfcomm edac_mce_amd bluetooth k8temp cfg80211 drm soundcore i2c_piix4 i2c_algo_bit ati_agp shpchp wmi video mac_hid parport_pc ppdev lp parport pata_acpi psmouse sdhci_pci ahci sdhci pata_atiixp libahci
[ 11.998283] EIP is at wdev_priv.
[ 11.998286] EAX: 00000000 EBX: f4bbae34 ECX: f4bb4600 EDX: f4bbae34
[ 11.998360] [<f972dbea>] wl_cfg80211_
[ 11.998404] [<f9725aa3>] wl_free_
[ 11.998447] [<f97262d8>] wl_free+0x78/0x220 [wl]
[ 11.998503] [<f97267f1>] wl_pci_
[ 11.998588] [<f89b1073>] wl_module_
[ 11.998683] EIP: [<f972e2a1>] wdev_priv.
[ 12.583168] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 160x50
[ 12.706277] sound hdaudioC0D0: autoconfig: line_outs=0 (0x0/0x0/
[ 12.706292] sound hdaudioC0D0: speaker_outs=0 (0x0/0x0/
[ 12.706295] sound hdaudioC0D0: hp_outs=0 (0x0/0x0/
[ 12.706298] sound hdaudioC0D0: mono: mono_out=0x0
[ 12.706300] sound hdaudioC0D0: inputs:
[ 12.716563] sound hdaudioC0D1: autoconfig: line_outs=1 (0xe/0x0/
[ 12.716577] sound hdaudioC0D1: speaker_outs=0 (0x0/0x0/
[ 12.716581] sound hdaudioC0D1: hp_outs=1 (0xd/0x0/
[ 12.716583] sound hdaudioC0D1: mono: mono_out=0x0
[ 12.716585] sound hdaudioC0D1: inputs:
[ 12.716588] sound hdaudioC0D1: Mic=0x10
[ 12.724542] cfg80211: World regulatory domain updated:
[ 12.724549] cfg80211: DFS Master region: unset
[ 12.724551] cfg80211: (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp), (dfs_cac_time)
[ 12.724555] cfg80211: (2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm), (N/A)
[ 12.724557] cfg80211: (2457000 KHz - 2482000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm), (N/A)
[ 12.724560] cfg80211: (2474000 KHz - 2494000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm), (N/A)
[ 12.724563] cfg80211: (5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm), (N/A)
[ 12.724565] cfg80211: (5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm), (N/A)
[ 12.730300] input: HDA ATI SB Mic as /devices/
[ 12.730587] input: HDA ATI SB Headphone as /devices/
[ 2258.996061] usb 1-3: new high-speed USB device number 2 using ehci-pci
[ 2259.128859] usb 1-3: New USB device found, idVendor=0781, idProduct=5530
[ 2259.128872] usb 1-3: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[ 2259.128879] usb 1-3: Product: Cruzer
[ 2259.128886] usb 1-3: Manufacturer: SanDisk
[ 2259.128892] usb 1-3: SerialNumber: 43219207C4213DB9
[ 2259.739901] usb-storage 1-3:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected
[ 2259.747663] scsi host6: usb-storage 1-3:1.0
[ 2259.748088] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
[ 2259.782449] usbcore: registered new interface driver uas
[ 2260.747834] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] No Caching mode page found
Release Date: 12/07/2007
Serial services are supported (int 14h)
Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
Product Name: Inspiron 1501
Serial Number: DKDTMC1
Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
Product Name: 0UW744
Serial Number: .DKDTMC1.
Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
Serial Number: DKDTMC1
Manufacturer: AMD
Serial Number: Not Specified
Manufacturer: Not Specified
Serial Number: Not Specified
Manufacturer: Not Specified
Serial Number: Not Specified
Manufacturer: Panasonic DELLTM7776
SBDS Serial Number: 0036
SBDS Manufacture Date: 1980-00-00
lo no wireless extensions.
/etc/modprobe.
/etc/modprobe.
/etc/modprobe.
/etc/modprobe.
/etc/modprobe.
/etc/modprobe.
/etc/modprobe.
/etc/modprobe.
/etc/modprobe.
/etc/modprobe.
/etc/modprobe.
/etc/modprobe.
/etc/modprobe.
/etc/modprobe.
/etc/modprobe.
/etc/modprobe.
/etc/modprobe.
/etc/modprobe.
/etc/modprobe.
/etc/modprobe.
/etc/modprobe.
/etc/modprobe.
/etc/modprobe.
/etc/modprobe.
/etc/modprobe.
/etc/modprobe.
[main]
NetworkingEnabl
WirelessEnabled
WWANEnabled=true
WimaxEnabled=true
sudo: hwinfo: command not found
root 704 0.0 1.3 53428 12340 ? Ssl 10:49 0:00 NetworkManager
jrh 2500 0.0 0.2 4692 1940 pts/0 S+ 11:30 0:00 grep --color=auto -E wpa|icd|etwork
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window irtt Iface
# 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
total 29748
1966081 drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Jan 14 09:54 .
2 drwxr-xr-x 22 root root 4096 Jan 14 09:50 ..
1966084 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1266546 Jul 24 18:33 abi-3.19.
1966085 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 182014 Jul 24 18:33 config-
1966082 drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Jan 14 09:52 grub
1966372 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 19380114 Jan 14 09:54 initrd.
1966086 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 176500 Mar 12 2014 memtest86+.bin
1966087 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 178176 Mar 12 2014 memtest86+.elf
1966088 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 178680 Mar 12 2014 memtest86+
1966083 -rw------- 1 root root 2877917 Jul 24 18:33 System.
1966090 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6191392 Aug 5 00:27 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
--2016-01-14 11:30:57-- http://
Resolving www.linux-usb.org (www.linux-
wget: unable to resolve host address ‘www.linux-usb.org’
update-usbids: download failed
Module Size Used by
nls_iso8859_1 16384 1
uas 24576 0
usb_storage 57344 2 uas
snd_hda_codec_idt 57344 1
snd_hda_
snd_hda_intel 32768 3
snd_hda_controller 32768 1 snd_hda_intel
snd_hda_codec 122880 4 snd_hda_
snd_hwdep 16384 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm 94208 3 snd_hda_
ssb 57344 1
dell_wmi 16384 0
mii 16384 0
snd_seq_midi 16384 0
sparse_keymap 16384 1 dell_wmi
snd_seq_midi_event 16384 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_rawmidi 28672 1 snd_seq_midi
wl 6148096 1
dell_laptop 16384 0
dcdbas 16384 1 dell_laptop
radeon 1425408 3
kvm_amd 53248 0
snd_seq 57344 2 snd_seq_
snd_seq_device 16384 3 snd_seq,
kvm 413696 1 kvm_amd
ttm 86016 1 radeon
snd_timer 28672 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
joydev 20480 0
drm_kms_helper 114688 1 radeon
edac_core 49152 0
snd 69632 16 snd_hwdep,
serio_raw 16384 0
bnep 20480 2
rfcomm 61440 0
edac_mce_amd 24576 0
bluetooth 430080 10 bnep,rfcomm
k8temp 16384 0
cfg80211 450560 1 wl
drm 282624 6 ttm,drm_
soundcore 16384 2 snd,snd_hda_codec
i2c_piix4 20480 0
i2c_algo_bit 16384 1 radeon
ati_agp 16384 0
shpchp 32768 0
wmi 20480 1 dell_wmi
video 20480 0
mac_hid 16384 0
parport_pc 32768 0
ppdev 20480 0
lp 16384 0
parport 40960 3 lp,ppdev,parport_pc
pata_acpi 16384 0
psmouse 102400 0
sdhci_pci 20480 0
ahci 32768 2
sdhci 45056 1 sdhci_pci
pata_atiixp 16384 0
libahci 32768 1 ahci
jrh@jrh-
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