wifi on dell 3442
E: Could not get lock /var/lib/
E: Unable to lock directory /var/lib/apt/lists/
E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?
E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?
*-network UNCLAIMED
description: Network controller
product: BCM43142 802.11b/g/n
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:06:00.0
version: 01
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
resources: memory:
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: RTL8101/2/6E PCI Express Fast/Gigabit Ethernet controller
vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:07:00.0
logical name: enp7s0
version: 07
serial: b8:2a:72:ab:e5:01
size: 100Mbit/s
capacity: 100Mbit/s
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
resources: irq:41 ioport:
0: dell-rbtn: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
1: hci0: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
enp7s0 Interface doesn't support scanning.
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_
06:00.0 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 modules: bcma, wl
07:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101/2/6E PCI Express Fast/Gigabit Ethernet controller [10ec:8136] (rev 07)
Subsystem: Dell RTL8101/2/6E PCI Express Fast/Gigabit Ethernet controller [1028:0652]
Kernel driver in use: r8169
Kernel modules: r8169
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 0a5c:21d7 Broadcom Corp. BCM43142 Bluetooth 4.0
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 064e:c233 Suyin Corp.
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 05dc:a81d Lexar Media, Inc.
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:8000 Intel Corp.
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Error: Object 'nm' is unknown, try 'nmcli help'.
H/W path Device Class Description
=======
/0 bus Motherboard
/0/0 memory 3855MiB System memory
/0/1 processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-4005U C
/0/100 bridge Haswell-ULT DRAM Controller
/0/100/2 display Haswell-ULT Integrated Graph
/0/100/3 multimedia Haswell-ULT HD Audio Control
/0/100/14 bus 8 Series USB xHCI HC
/0/100/14/0 usb3 bus xHCI Host Controller
/0/100/14/1 usb2 bus xHCI Host Controller
/0/100/16 communication 8 Series HECI #0
/0/100/1b multimedia 8 Series HD Audio Controller
/0/100/1c bridge 8 Series PCI Express Root Po
/0/100/1c.2 bridge 8 Series PCI Express Root Po
/0/100/1c.2/0 network BCM43142 802.11b/g/n
/0/100/1c.3 bridge 8 Series PCI Express Root Po
/0/100/1c.3/0 enp7s0 network RTL8101/2/6E PCI Express Fas
/0/100/1c.4 bridge 8 Series PCI Express Root Po
/0/100/1c.4/0 display GF117M [GeForce 610M/710M/81
/0/100/1d bus 8 Series USB EHCI #1
/0/100/1d/1 usb1 bus EHCI Host Controller
/0/100/1d/1/1 bus USB hub
/0/100/1d/1/1/2 scsi2 storage USB Flash Drive
/0/100/
/0/100/
/0/100/1d/1/1/5 multimedia Integrated_
/0/100/1d/1/1/6 generic BCM43142A0
/0/100/1f bridge 8 Series LPC Controller
/0/100/1f.2 storage 8 Series SATA Controller 1 [
/0/100/1f.3 bus 8 Series SMBus Controller
/0/2 scsi0 storage
/0/2/0.0.0 /dev/sda disk 500GB TOSHIBA MQ01ABF0
/0/2/0.0.0/1 /dev/sda1 volume 299MiB Windows NTFS volume
/0/2/0.0.0/2 /dev/sda2 volume 99MiB Windows FAT volume
/0/2/0.0.0/3 /dev/sda3 volume 127MiB reserved partition
/0/2/0.0.0/4 /dev/sda4 volume 384GiB Windows NTFS volume
/0/2/0.0.0/5 /dev/sda5 volume 449MiB Windows NTFS volume
/0/3 scsi1 storage
/0/3/0.0.0 /dev/cdrom disk DVD+-RW GU90N
Linux ubuntu 4.4.0-21-generic #37-Ubuntu SMP Mon Apr 18 18:33:37 UTC 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
[ 0.000000] x86/fpu: Using 'eager' FPU context switches.
[ 0.000000] Found optimal setting for mtrr clean up
[ 0.000000] No NUMA configuration found
[ 0.135942] PCCT header not found.
[ 0.136257] core: PMU erratum BJ122, BV98, HSD29 worked around, HT is on
[ 0.162172] [Firmware Bug]: ACPI: BIOS _OSI(Linux) query ignored
[ 0.243351] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
[ 0.243361] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
[ 0.243381] usbcore: registered new device driver usb
[ 0.247343] clocksource: Switched to clocksource hpet
[ 0.258816] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 8 devices
[ 7.104017] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 170x48
[ 7.107278] input: Lid Switch as /devices/
[ 7.108570] ACPI: Lid Switch [LID0]
[ 7.143244] usb usb1: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0002
[ 7.143247] usb usb1: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 7.143250] usb usb1: Product: EHCI Host Controller
[ 7.143252] usb usb1: Manufacturer: Linux 4.4.0-21-generic ehci_hcd
[ 7.143253] usb usb1: SerialNumber: 0000:00:1d.0
[ 7.143859] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 7.145452] usb usb2: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0002
[ 7.145454] usb usb2: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 7.145456] usb usb2: Product: xHCI Host Controller
[ 7.145458] usb usb2: Manufacturer: Linux 4.4.0-21-generic xhci-hcd
[ 7.145460] usb usb2: SerialNumber: 0000:00:14.0
[ 7.145582] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 7.147759] usb usb3: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0003
[ 7.147761] usb usb3: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 7.147763] usb usb3: Product: xHCI Host Controller
[ 7.147765] usb usb3: Manufacturer: Linux 4.4.0-21-generic xhci-hcd
[ 7.147767] usb usb3: SerialNumber: 0000:00:14.0
[ 7.147891] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 7.163704] ima: No TPM chip found, activating TPM-bypass!
[ 7.164522] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 7.244202] r8169 0000:07:00.0 eth0: RTL8106e at 0xffffc90000656000, b8:2a:72:ab:e5:01, XID 04900000 IRQ 41
[ 7.298296] r8169 0000:07:00.0 enp7s0: renamed from eth0
[ 7.302446] fb: switching to inteldrmfb from EFI VGA
[ 7.302484] Console: switching to colour dummy device 80x25
[ 7.307415] ACPI Warning: \_SB_.PCI0.
[ 7.307516] ACPI Warning: \_SB_.PCI0.
[ 7.307755] VGA switcheroo: detected Optimus DSM method \_SB_.PCI0.
[ 7.333918] [Firmware Bug]: ACPI(PEGP) defines _DOD but not _DOS
[ 7.337083] ACPI Error: [\_SB_.
[ 7.337091] ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed [\_SB.PCI0.
[ 7.463100] usb 1-1: new high-speed USB device number 2 using ehci-pci
[ 7.595386] usb 1-1: New USB device found, idVendor=8087, idProduct=8000
[ 7.595388] usb 1-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=0, SerialNumber=0
[ 7.595709] hub 1-1:1.0: USB hub found
[ 7.867089] usb 1-1.2: new high-speed USB device number 3 using ehci-pci
[ 7.961008] usb 1-1.2: New USB device found, idVendor=05dc, idProduct=a81d
[ 7.961009] usb 1-1.2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[ 7.961011] usb 1-1.2: Product: USB Flash Drive
[ 7.961012] usb 1-1.2: Manufacturer: Lexar
[ 7.961014] usb 1-1.2: SerialNumber: AAC6NY8DEMBP4W5
[ 7.964973] usb-storage 1-1.2:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected
[ 7.965128] scsi host2: usb-storage 1-1.2:1.0
[ 7.965228] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
[ 7.966881] usbcore: registered new interface driver uas
[ 8.031076] usb 1-1.5: new high-speed USB device number 4 using ehci-pci
[ 8.176508] usb 1-1.5: New USB device found, idVendor=064e, idProduct=c233
[ 8.176510] usb 1-1.5: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
[ 8.176511] usb 1-1.5: Product: Integrated_
[ 8.176513] usb 1-1.5: Manufacturer: SuYin
[ 8.315081] usb 1-1.6: new full-speed USB device number 5 using ehci-pci
[ 8.409992] usb 1-1.6: New USB device found, idVendor=0a5c, idProduct=21d7
[ 8.409994] usb 1-1.6: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[ 8.409995] usb 1-1.6: Product: BCM43142A0
[ 8.409997] usb 1-1.6: Manufacturer: Broadcom Corp
[ 8.409998] usb 1-1.6: SerialNumber: 543530E6E95E
[ 8.652344] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 170x48
[ 8.703384] vga_switcheroo: enabled
[ 9.095143] clocksource: Switched to clocksource tsc
[ 9.252577] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] No Caching mode page found
[ 14.810839] ACPI Warning: \_SB_.PCI0.
[ 14.811209] ACPI Warning: \_SB_.PCI0.
[ 20.172176] systemd[1]: Starting Monitoring of LVM2 mirrors, snapshots etc. using dmeventd or progress polling...
[ 20.385428] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[ 20.667637] bcma-pci-bridge 0000:06:00.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0002)
[ 20.667687] bcma: bus0: Found chip with id 43142, rev 0x01 and package 0x08
[ 20.667712] bcma: bus0: Core 0 found: ChipCommon (manuf 0x4BF, id 0x800, rev 0x28, class 0x0)
[ 20.667732] bcma: bus0: Core 1 found: IEEE 802.11 (manuf 0x4BF, id 0x812, rev 0x21, class 0x0)
[ 20.667770] bcma: bus0: Core 2 found: PCIe (manuf 0x4BF, id 0x820, rev 0x16, class 0x0)
[ 20.667815] bcma: bus0: Core 3 found: UNKNOWN (manuf 0x43B, id 0x368, rev 0x00, class 0x0)
[ 20.685099] bcma: bus0: Bus registered
[ 20.910289] snd_hda_intel 0000:00:03.0: bound 0000:00:02.0 (ops i915_audio_
[ 20.961550] input: HDA Intel HDMI HDMI/DP,pcm=3 as /devices/
[ 20.961657] input: HDA Intel HDMI HDMI/DP,pcm=7 as /devices/
[ 20.961757] input: HDA Intel HDMI HDMI/DP,pcm=8 as /devices/
[ 20.962478] uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device Integrated_
[ 20.972570] input: Integrated_
[ 20.972684] usbcore: registered new interface driver uvcvideo
[ 20.985034] usbcore: registered new interface driver btusb
[ 21.045757] bluetooth hci0: Direct firmware load for brcm/BCM.hcd failed with error -2
[ 21.045766] Bluetooth: hci0: BCM: Patch brcm/BCM.hcd not found
[ 21.105075] hid-rmi 0018:06CB:
[ 21.107617] hid-rmi 0018:06CB:
[ 21.110038] input: HDA Intel PCH Headphone Mic as /devices/
[ 21.110126] hid-rmi 0018:06CB:
[ 21.116280] hid-rmi 0018:06CB:
[ 21.118601] hid-rmi 0018:06CB:
[ 21.124454] intel_rapl: Found RAPL domain package
[ 21.124460] intel_rapl: Found RAPL domain core
[ 21.124465] intel_rapl: Found RAPL domain uncore
[ 21.124469] intel_rapl: Found RAPL domain dram
[ 21.124477] hid-rmi 0018:06CB:
[ 21.182592] hid-rmi 0018:06CB:
[ 28.798339] ACPI Warning: \_SB_.PCI0.
[ 28.798718] ACPI Warning: \_SB_.PCI0.
[ 271.567349] cfg80211: World regulatory domain updated:
[ 271.567354] cfg80211: DFS Master region: unset
[ 271.567355] cfg80211: (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp), (dfs_cac_time)
[ 271.567358] cfg80211: (2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (N/A, 2000 mBm), (N/A)
[ 271.567360] cfg80211: (2457000 KHz - 2482000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (N/A, 2000 mBm), (N/A)
[ 271.567362] cfg80211: (2474000 KHz - 2494000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (N/A, 2000 mBm), (N/A)
[ 271.567364] cfg80211: (5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 80000 KHz, 160000 KHz AUTO), (N/A, 2000 mBm), (N/A)
[ 271.567366] cfg80211: (5250000 KHz - 5330000 KHz @ 80000 KHz, 160000 KHz AUTO), (N/A, 2000 mBm), (0 s)
[ 271.567368] cfg80211: (5490000 KHz - 5730000 KHz @ 160000 KHz), (N/A, 2000 mBm), (0 s)
[ 271.567370] cfg80211: (5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 80000 KHz), (N/A, 2000 mBm), (N/A)
[ 271.567372] cfg80211: (57240000 KHz - 63720000 KHz @ 2160000 KHz), (N/A, 0 mBm), (N/A)
Release Date: 07/13/2015
Serial services are supported (int 14h)
Manufacturer: Kingston
Serial Number: C735AF5F
Manufacturer: Intel
Serial Number: Not Specified
Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
Product Name: Inspiron 3442
Serial Number: 7NJ8412
Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
Product Name: 0WW5X6
Serial Number: .7NJ8412.
Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
Serial Number: 7NJ8412
Manufacturer: SMP-SDI2.8
Serial Number: 3208
SBDS Manufacture Date: 2014-03-11
enp7s0 no wireless extensions.
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.
[main]
NetworkingEnabl
WirelessEnabled
WWANEnabled=true
sudo: hwinfo: command not found
root 1432 0.0 0.3 456008 15564 ? Ssl 05:53 0:00 /usr/sbin/
root 2512 0.0 0.0 16120 3684 ? S 05:55 0:00 /sbin/dhclient -d -q -sf /usr/lib/
nobody 2526 0.0 0.1 59936 4080 ? S 05:55 0:00 /usr/sbin/dnsmasq --no-resolv --keep-
ubuntu 4585 0.0 0.0 21296 1092 pts/1 S+ 06:02 0:00 grep --color=auto -E wpa|icd|etwork
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window irtt Iface
0.0.0.0 192.168.8.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 enp7s0
169.254.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.0.0 U 0 0 0 enp7s0
192.168.8.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 enp7s0
# 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 5700
10223 drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 60 Apr 20 22:19 .
8284 drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 240 May 14 2016 ..
210 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1239577 Apr 18 22:21 abi-4.4.
211 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 189412 Apr 18 22:21 config-
15339 drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 60 May 14 2016 grub
215 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 182704 Jan 28 12:44 memtest86+.bin
216 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 184380 Jan 28 12:44 memtest86+.elf
217 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 184840 Jan 28 12:44 memtest86+
209 -rw------- 1 root root 3853719 Apr 18 22:21 System.
tmpfs /tmp tmpfs nosuid,nodev 0 0
Support status summary of 'ubuntu':
You have 1910 packages (99.7%) supported until April 2021 (5y)
You have 5 packages (0.3%) supported until January 2017 (9m)
You have 0 packages (0.0%) that can not/no-longer be downloaded
You have 0 packages (0.0%) that are unsupported
Run with --show-unsupported, --show-supported or --show-all to see more details
Downloaded daily snapshot dated 2016-05-11 03:15:02
--2016-05-14 06:02:53-- http://
Resolving www.linux-usb.org (www.linux-
Connecting to www.linux-usb.org (www.linux-
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 560164 (547K) [text/plain]
Saving to: ‘/var/lib/
/var/lib/usbutils/u 100%[==
2016-05-14 06:02:57 (216 KB/s) - ‘/var/lib/
Done.
Module Size Used by
cfg80211 565248 0
rfcomm 69632 2
bnep 20480 2
joydev 20480 0
intel_rapl 20480 0
x86_pkg_
intel_powerclamp 16384 0
coretemp 16384 0
kvm_intel 172032 0
hid_rmi 24576 0
kvm 536576 1 kvm_intel
dell_wmi 16384 0
sparse_keymap 16384 1 dell_wmi
dell_led 16384 1
dell_laptop 20480 0
dcdbas 16384 1 dell_laptop
irqbypass 16384 1 kvm
dell_smm_hwmon 16384 0
crct10dif_pclmul 16384 0
btusb 45056 0
crc32_pclmul 16384 0
snd_hda_
snd_soc_rt5640 114688 0
btrtl 16384 1 btusb
uvcvideo 90112 0
snd_hda_codec_hdmi 53248 1
snd_hda_
btbcm 16384 1 btusb
btintel 16384 1 btusb
snd_soc_rl6231 16384 1 snd_soc_rt5640
videobuf2_vmalloc 16384 1 uvcvideo
bluetooth 520192 29 bnep,btbcm,
videobuf2_memops 16384 1 videobuf2_vmalloc
aesni_intel 167936 0
videobuf2_v4l2 28672 1 uvcvideo
snd_hda_intel 36864 5
snd_soc_core 212992 1 snd_soc_rt5640
aes_x86_64 20480 1 aesni_intel
videobuf2_core 36864 2 uvcvideo,
v4l2_common 16384 1 videobuf2_v4l2
lrw 16384 1 aesni_intel
snd_hda_codec 135168 4 snd_hda_
videodev 176128 4 uvcvideo,
gf128mul 16384 1 lrw
snd_compress 20480 1 snd_soc_core
snd_hda_core 73728 5 snd_hda_
ac97_bus 16384 1 snd_soc_core
glue_helper 16384 1 aesni_intel
snd_pcm_dmaengine 16384 1 snd_soc_core
snd_hwdep 16384 1 snd_hda_codec
ablk_helper 16384 1 aesni_intel
media 24576 2 uvcvideo,videodev
snd_pcm 106496 7 snd_soc_
cryptd 20480 2 aesni_intel,
input_leds 16384 0
snd_seq_midi 16384 0
snd_seq_midi_event 16384 1 snd_seq_midi
serio_raw 16384 0
snd_rawmidi 32768 1 snd_seq_midi
lpc_ich 24576 0
snd_seq 69632 2 snd_seq_
snd_seq_device 16384 3 snd_seq,
snd_timer 32768 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
mei_me 36864 0
mei 98304 1 mei_me
dw_dmac 16384 0
elan_i2c 36864 0
snd 81920 23 snd_hda_
dw_dmac_core 24576 1 dw_dmac
8250_dw 16384 0
spi_pxa2xx_platform 24576 0
shpchp 36864 0
soundcore 16384 1 snd
snd_soc_sst_acpi 16384 0
mac_hid 16384 0
i2c_designware_
i2c_designware_core 20480 1 i2c_designware_
dell_rbtn 16384 0
parport_pc 32768 0
ppdev 20480 0
lp 20480 0
parport 49152 3 lp,ppdev,parport_pc
autofs4 40960 2
squashfs 49152 1
overlay 49152 1
nls_iso8859_1 16384 1
dm_mirror 24576 0
dm_region_hash 24576 1 dm_mirror
dm_log 20480 2 dm_region_
uas 24576 0
usb_storage 69632 2 uas
nouveau 1495040 1
i915 1208320 6
mxm_wmi 16384 1 nouveau
ttm 98304 1 nouveau
i2c_algo_bit 16384 2 i915,nouveau
drm_kms_helper 139264 2 i915,nouveau
syscopyarea 16384 1 drm_kms_helper
sysfillrect 16384 1 drm_kms_helper
sysimgblt 16384 1 drm_kms_helper
fb_sys_fops 16384 1 drm_kms_helper
ahci 36864 0
drm 360448 10 ttm,i915,
r8169 81920 0
libahci 32768 1 ahci
mii 16384 1 r8169
sdhci_acpi 16384 0
wmi 20480 4 dell_led,
sdhci 45056 1 sdhci_acpi
video 40960 4 i915,dell_
i2c_hid 20480 0
hid 118784 2 i2c_hid,hid_rmi
fjes 28672 0
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