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b43-phy0 ERROR: FOUND UNSUPPORTED PHY (Analog 6, Type 5, Revision 1) -> Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g [14e4:4315] (rev 01) not working on Dell Vostro 1520 in Ubuntu 9.10

Asked by jwesleycooper

[windows installer - Ubuntu 9.10] Neither gnome-nettool nor wicd are detecting any wireless networks on Dell Vostro 1520

Due to a corrupted GRUB bootloader, I'd decided to wait until now to install Ubuntu 9.20 using the windows installer from XP, but now I'm once again unable to use my wireless networks. I've retried the steps from the question "BCM4312 802.11b/g [14e4:4315] (rev 01) wireless controller seems to work fine and detects 5 wireless networks using Dell Vostro 1520 in Ubuntu 9.04", which I'd previously asked on here; but wicd isn't working either, even after a cold reboot! Here's what I'm currently getting:

jwesleycooper@ubuntu:~$ sudo lshw -C network; sudo iwlist scanning; cat /etc/network/interfaces; cat /etc/lsb-release; lspci -nn; lsusb; sudo lshw -C usb; uname -a; dmesg | grep ound; dmesg | grep b43; dmesg | grep iwl; iwconfig; sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart
[sudo] password for jwesleycooper:
  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller
       vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:08:00.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 03
       serial: 00:24:e8:95:c5:3d
       size: 100MB/s
       capacity: 1GB/s
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix vpd bus_master cap_list rom ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=2.3LK-NAPI duplex=full ip=193.169.9.6 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=MII speed=100MB/s
       resources: irq:31 ioport:3000(size=256) memory:f6004000-f6004fff(prefetchable) memory:f6000000-f6003fff(prefetchable) memory:f6020000-f603ffff(prefetchable)
  *-network
       description: Network controller
       product: BCM4312 802.11b/g
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:0e:00.0
       version: 01
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
       configuration: driver=b43-pci-bridge latency=0
       resources: irq:18 memory:fa000000-fa003fff
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=9.10
DISTRIB_CODENAME=karmic
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 9.10"
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Memory Controller Hub [8086:2a40] (rev 07)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2a42] (rev 07)
00:02.1 Display controller [0380]: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2a43] (rev 07)
00:1a.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 [8086:2937] (rev 03)
00:1a.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 [8086:2938] (rev 03)
00:1a.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6 [8086:2939] (rev 03)
00:1a.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 [8086:293c] (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller [8086:293e] (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 1 [8086:2940] (rev 03)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 2 [8086:2942] (rev 03)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 3 [8086:2944] (rev 03)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 4 [8086:2946] (rev 03)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 5 [8086:2948] (rev 03)
00:1c.5 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 6 [8086:294a] (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:2934] (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:2935] (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:2936] (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 [8086:293a] (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev 93)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation ICH9M LPC Interface Controller [8086:2919] (rev 03)
00:1f.2 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation ICH9M/M-E SATA AHCI Controller [8086:2929] (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller [8086:2930] (rev 03)
08:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller [10ec:8168] (rev 03)
0e:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g [14e4:4315] (rev 01)
1a:00.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]: O2 Micro, Inc. Device [1217:10f7] (rev 01)
1a:00.1 SD Host controller [0805]: O2 Micro, Inc. Device [1217:8120] (rev 01)
1a:00.2 Mass storage controller [0180]: O2 Micro, Inc. Device [1217:8130] (rev 01)
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0930:6545 Toshiba Corp. Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 Stick (4GB) / PNY Attache 4GB Stick
Bus 002 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 007 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 008 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 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Linux ubuntu 2.6.31-14-generic #48-Ubuntu SMP Fri Oct 16 14:05:01 UTC 2009 x86_64 GNU/Linux
[ 0.000000] No NUMA configuration found
[ 0.000000] found SMP MP-table at [ffff8800000f6b20] f6b20
[ 0.000000] No AGP bridge found
[ 0.562447] ACPI: No dock devices found.
[ 0.731273] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 10 devices
[ 1.120165] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.140114] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.140442] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.140698] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.140946] hub 5-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.141184] hub 6-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.141420] hub 7-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.141673] hub 8-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.196509] device-mapper: multipath round-robin: version 1.0.0 loaded
[ 1.206968] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 2.260837] usb-storage: device found at 2
[ 2.441695] ssb: Sonics Silicon Backplane found on PCI device 0000:0e:00.0
[ 6.759988] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[ 7.198639] sdhci-pci 0000:1a:00.1: SDHCI controller found [1217:8120] (rev 1)
[ 7.245208] dell-wmi: No known WMI GUID found
[ 8.125271] b43-phy0: Broadcom 4312 WLAN found (core revision 15)
[ 8.930429] input: HDA Intel Mic at Ext Front Jack as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input10
[ 8.930488] input: HDA Intel HP Out at Ext Front Jack as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input11
[ 2.222702] b43-pci-bridge 0000:0e:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
[ 2.222719] b43-pci-bridge 0000:0e:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 8.125271] b43-phy0: Broadcom 4312 WLAN found (core revision 15)
[ 8.220248] b43-phy0 ERROR: FOUND UNSUPPORTED PHY (Analog 6, Type 5, Revision 1)
[ 8.220293] b43: probe of ssb0:0 failed with error -95
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

 * Reconfiguring network interfaces... [ OK ]

I also find it rather confusing that though 9.10 supposedly already supports my wireless chip, at least according to your documentation, it apparently doesn't; so please tell me how on Earth I can fix this.

PS: I have a .tar file for a Linux version of Avira's AntiVir Personal Antivirus; which I want to install ASAP, but I can't find any instructions whatsoever for how to do such (at least not any that actually work), so where can I find such instructions?

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#1

Please try these solutions:

https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/87470

and

https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/89219

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Best Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#2

For future reference, in case anyone has issues with the BCM4312 wireless network controller in Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala):

Please first try the solution from Tom Haddon from this location:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bcmwl/+bug/385293

If that does not help, please try the solution from Ayuthia from this location:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=8297306

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jwesleycooper (jwesleycooper) said : 		#3

Is there any way to do this without having to burn a CD image? And I should also note that I used the wubi.exe WinXP installer, so I'm currently using boot.ini, and not grub... so how does this affect the process for me?

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#4

You only need a wired internet connection in Ubuntu to be able to try all the solutions suggested in this thread. You do not need to burn another CD image, if you have already installed Ubuntu.

Please skip the following suggestion, as it is apparently unclear for some people:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=8297306

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jwesleycooper (jwesleycooper) said : 		#5

Thanks Mark Rijckenberg, that solved my question.

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Amit (agarwalamit081) said : 		#6

https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-nettool/+question/93476

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Dark7Man (7darkman) said : 		#7

Hey guys! New to Ubuntu - been playing with it for the past few days... and I'm currently dual booting with Windows 7 - running on 2 separate partitions. I've managed to kill the last 2 installs of ubuntu - just from playing around and trying things out... I love the freedom Linux Distro's give... I definitely say that when I have enough knowledge and can find my way around Linux the way I do Windows I'll be a Linux only guy... I wanna get into it in a big way!

ANYWAY! My laptop is a
HP DV6 1340sa
2.4 Dual Core 2Duo
4GB RAM
Intel Mobile 4 Chip
Broadcom BCM4312 (14e4:4315) Rev01

This WLAN card was the problem for me... I was reading and testing and reading n testing and at the minute the setup I have is working.

NOTE: Connect an ethernet cable (Network cable from your laptop straight into Your router/modem)

Heres what I done... From a fresh install of ubuntu... install ALL updates from "System>Administration>Update Manager

Install via "System>Administration>Synaptics Package Manager" AND ONLY The listed below...

1. bcmwl-kernel-source (Version) 5.60.48.36+bdcom-0ubuntu5
2. b43-FWCutter (Version) 1:013-2
3. bcmwl-modaliases (Version) 5.60.48.36+bdcom-0ubuntu5

Ignore what the popups say from the "Additional Hardware" app in "System>Administration>Additional Hardware" Just install the packages I listed from Synaptics.

I had the package "firmware-b43-lpphy-installer (Version) 4.174.64.19-4 and I removed it (didn't select COMPLETELY REMOVE) whats the difference?

REBOOTED! And it worked fine... I had this before with a few of the other fixes. Usually after a second reboot I would be back to square one... either the WLan not being detected or I could see the wireless networks but when I tried to connect it would try for a few minutes and come back asking for the password again or with WICD it stated "bad password".

I'm going to post this up now as I've rebooted 3 times and still working dead on! Going to try and complete shutdown...have a cup of coffee and give it a blast again!

Hope this at least helps someone - and bare in mind.... I'm a complete Ubuntu noob! but with my wlan working now I'm gonna put the work in :) Love the freedom!

Good luck You guys... will keep You's posted if its still working after a shutdown...
~Dark

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Dark7Man (7darkman) said : 		#8

Update:

Everything seems to be working fine :)

However I ran the "lshw" command in terminal - it said the logical name for my WLAN is "eth1" ?? Will this cause problems?

Heres the output for both devices:

                description: Ethernet interface
                product: RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller
                vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
                physical id: 0
                bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
                logical name: eth0
                version: 02
                serial: 00:26:9e:33:a1:13
                width: 64 bits
                clock: 33MHz
                capabilities: bus_master cap_list rom ethernet physical
                configuration: broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=2.3LK-NAPI latency=0 multicast=yes
                resources: irq:46 ioport:5000(size=256) memory:d1410000-d1410fff memory:d1400000-d140ffff memory:d1420000-d142ffff

===============

                description: Wireless interface
                product: BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY
                vendor: Broadcom Corporation
                physical id: 0
                bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
                logical name: eth1
                version: 01
                serial: 00:26:5e:8f:f8:33
                width: 64 bits
                clock: 33MHz
                capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
                configuration: broadcast=yes driver=wl0 driverversion=5.60.48.36 ip=192.168.7.100 latency=0 multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11
                resources: irq:16 memory:d9500000-d9503fff

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#9

@Dark7Man: please create a separate thread here:

https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+addquestion

The current thread is in status 'solved' since November 2009.

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Dark7Man (7darkman) said : 		#10

OK Amigo - thank you! :)