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b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode5.fw" not found -> Wireless Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:4320] (rev 03) not working on Compaq Presario R3000 in Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

Asked by Sam Jazrawi

Hi,

I just installed Ubuntu 10.04 and my wireless networking is not working. Please find below the details of some commands I ran:

1. lshw -C network
PCI (sysfs)
  *-network:0
       description: Network controller
       product: BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 2
       bus info: pci@0000:02:02.0
       version: 03
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: bus_master
       configuration: driver=b43-pci-bridge latency=64
       resources: irq:18 memory:e8204000-e8205fff
  *-network:1
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+
       vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
       physical id: 3
       bus info: pci@0000:02:03.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 10
       serial: 00:02:3f:6b:12:9e
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=8139too driverversion=0.9.28 ip=192.168.0.3 latency=128 maxlatency=64 mingnt=32 multicast=yes
       resources: irq:19 ioport:a000(size=256) memory:e8208800-e82088ff
  *-network DISABLED
       description: Wireless interface
       physical id: 1
       logical name: wlan0
       serial: 00:90:4b:4c:ba:fd
       capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg

2. iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:off/any
          Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=0 dBm
          Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
          Power Management:off

3. ifconfig -a
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:02:3f:6b:12:9e
          inet addr:192.168.0.3 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::202:3fff:fe6b:129e/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
          RX packets:3543 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:2911 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:3297538 (3.2 MB) TX bytes:418384 (418.3 KB)
          Interrupt:19 Base address:0xa000

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
          inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
          RX packets:24 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:24 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:1440 (1.4 KB) TX bytes:1440 (1.4 KB)

wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:90:4b:4c:ba:fd
          BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

4. nm-tool
- Device: wlan0 ----------------------------------------------------------------
  Type: 802.11 WiFi
  Driver: b43
  State: disconnected
  Default: no
  HW Address: 00:90:4B:4C:BA:FD

  Capabilities:

  Wireless Properties
    WEP Encryption: yes
    WPA Encryption: yes
    WPA2 Encryption: yes

  Wireless Access Points

- Device: eth0 [Auto eth0] ----------------------------------------------------
  Type: Wired
  Driver: 8139too
  State: connected
  Default: yes
  HW Address: 00:02:3F:6B:12:9E

  Capabilities:
    Carrier Detect: yes
    Speed: 100 Mb/s

  Wired Properties
    Carrier: on

  IPv4 Settings:
    Address: 192.168.0.3
    Prefix: 24 (255.255.255.0)
    Gateway: 192.168.0.1

    DNS: 192.168.0.1

Any help on getting this up and running would be appreciated. Thanks.

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#1

Hi,

Please first connect your network card to the wireless router using an ethernet cable (also known as a LAN cable).

In order to gather essential troubleshooting information about your wireless card, please follow this procedure:

Step 1: Open Terminal from "Applications->Accessories->Terminal"

Step 2: Please copy-paste the following command from the https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu website in Firefox into the Linux Terminal. Do NOT copy-paste from the Email message into the Terminal, as that will only copy PART of the command. The command STARTS with the word sudo and ENDS with the word restart. So please copy-paste the ENTIRE command below from Firefox into a Terminal, press <enter>, then enter password when sudo asks for password, then press enter again.

Tip: If you have a wheel mouse or 3 button mouse you do not need to type commands into the Terminal. Highlight the command written on the page. Move your cursor anywhere in the Terminal and press the wheel or middle button. Automatic Copy and paste! No spelling mistakes! No Typos! No other errors!

sudo lshw -C network; sudo iwlist scanning; cat /etc/network/interfaces; cat /etc/lsb-release; lspci -nn; lsusb; sudo lshw -short; uname -a; dmesg | grep ound; dmesg | grep eth; dmesg | grep ath; dmesg | grep b43; dmesg | grep wl; dmesg | grep witch; iwconfig; grep b43 /etc/modprobe.d/*; grep wl /etc/modprobe.d/*; sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart

Step 3: Please post results (copy/paste terminal output) on this thread. The troubleshooters here need to see the full Terminal output from running the above command.

Step 4: Please also specify the exact model and make of your PC (if known) on this thread

Regards,

Mark

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Sam Jazrawi (wjazrawi) said : 		#2

Hi Mark,

I was actually posting this thread from the machine that has the issue. I was connected via an ethernet cable. My machine is a Compaq Presario R3000.

The output of the above mentioned command is below. Please let me know if there are any other details you require, and thanks in advance for your help.

  *-network:0
       description: Network controller
       product: BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 2
       bus info: pci@0000:02:02.0
       version: 03
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: bus_master
       configuration: driver=b43-pci-bridge latency=64
       resources: irq:18 memory:e8204000-e8205fff
  *-network:1
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+
       vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
       physical id: 3
       bus info: pci@0000:02:03.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 10
       serial: 00:02:3f:6b:12:9e
       size: 100MB/s
       capacity: 100MB/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=192.168.0.3 latency=128 link=yes maxlatency=64 mingnt=32 multicast=yes port=MII speed=100MB/s
       resources: irq:19 ioport:a000(size=256) memory:e8208800-e82088ff
  *-network DISABLED
       description: Wireless interface
       physical id: 3
       logical name: wlan0
       serial: 00:90:4b:4c:ba:fd
       capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

wlan0 Interface doesn't support scanning : Network is down

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=10.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=lucid
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 10.04 LTS"
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon 9100 IGP Host Bridge [1002:5833] (rev 02)
00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon 9100 IGP AGP Bridge [1002:5838]
00:13.0 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc OHCI USB Controller #1 [1002:4347] (rev 01)
00:13.1 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc OHCI USB Controller #2 [1002:4348] (rev 01)
00:14.0 SMBus [0c05]: ATI Technologies Inc SMBus [1002:4353] (rev 16)
00:14.1 IDE interface [0101]: ATI Technologies Inc Dual Channel Bus Master PCI IDE Controller [1002:4349]
00:14.3 ISA bridge [0601]: ATI Technologies Inc Device [1002:434c]
00:14.4 PCI bridge [0604]: ATI Technologies Inc IXP200 3COM 3C920B Ethernet Controller [1002:4342]
00:14.5 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: ATI Technologies Inc IXP150 AC'97 Audio Controller [1002:4341]
00:14.6 Modem [0703]: ATI Technologies Inc IXP AC'97 Modem [1002:434d] (rev 01)
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc M9+ 5C61 [Radeon Mobility 9200 (AGP)] [1002:5c61] (rev 01)
02:00.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]: Texas Instruments TSB43AB21 IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link) [104c:8026]
02:02.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:4320] (rev 03)
02:03.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ [10ec:8139] (rev 10)
02:04.0 CardBus bridge [0607]: Texas Instruments PCI1620 PC Card Controller [104c:ac54] (rev 01)
02:04.1 CardBus bridge [0607]: Texas Instruments PCI1620 PC Card Controller [104c:ac54] (rev 01)
02:04.2 System peripheral [0880]: Texas Instruments PCI1620 Firmware Loading Function [104c:8201] (rev 01)
02:07.0 USB Controller [0c03]: NEC Corporation USB [1033:0035] (rev 43)
02:07.1 USB Controller [0c03]: NEC Corporation USB [1033:0035] (rev 43)
02:07.2 USB Controller [0c03]: NEC Corporation USB 2.0 [1033:00e0] (rev 04)
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
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
H/W path Device Class Description
=========================================================
                               system Presario R3000 (DS481U#ABA)
/0 bus 0898
/0/0 memory 107KiB BIOS
/0/4 processor Mobile Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz
/0/4/8 memory 8KiB L2 cache
/0/4/0 memory 512KiB L2 cache
/0/e memory 512MiB System Memory
/0/e/0 memory 256MiB DIMM DRAM Synchronous
/0/e/1 memory 256MiB DIMM DRAM Synchronous
/0/100 bridge Radeon 9100 IGP Host Bridge
/0/100/1 bridge Radeon 9100 IGP AGP Bridge
/0/100/1/5 display M9+ 5C61 [Radeon Mobility 9200 (AGP)]
/0/100/13 bus OHCI USB Controller #1
/0/100/13.1 bus OHCI USB Controller #2
/0/100/14 bus SMBus
/0/100/14.1 scsi0 storage Dual Channel Bus Master PCI IDE Controller
/0/100/14.1/0 /dev/sda disk 100GB TOSHIBA MK1032GA
/0/100/14.1/0/1 /dev/sda1 volume 91GiB EXT4 volume
/0/100/14.1/0/2 /dev/sda2 volume 1452MiB Extended partition
/0/100/14.1/0/2/5 /dev/sda5 volume 1452MiB Linux swap / Solaris partition
/0/100/14.1/1 /dev/cdrom disk DVD reader
/0/100/14.3 bridge ATI Technologies Inc
/0/100/14.4 bridge IXP200 3COM 3C920B Ethernet Controller
/0/100/14.4/0 bus TSB43AB21 IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link)
/0/100/14.4/2 network BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller
/0/100/14.4/3 eth0 network RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+
/0/100/14.4/4 bridge PCI1620 PC Card Controller
/0/100/14.4/4.1 bridge PCI1620 PC Card Controller
/0/100/14.4/4.2 generic PCI1620 Firmware Loading Function
/0/100/14.4/7 bus USB
/0/100/14.4/7.1 bus USB
/0/100/14.4/7.2 bus USB 2.0
/0/100/14.5 multimedia IXP150 AC'97 Audio Controller
/0/100/14.6 communication IXP AC'97 Modem
/1 power
/2 system
/3 wlan0 network Wireless interface
Linux Yuma 2.6.32-21-generic #32-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 16 08:10:02 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux
[ 0.000000] found SMP MP-table at [c00f6620] f6620
[ 0.060001] ..... (found apic 0 pin 2) ...
[ 0.156409] ACPI: No dock devices found.
[ 0.190424] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 10 devices
[ 0.364418] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.456604] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.543868] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.692344] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.808336] hub 5-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.886329] device-mapper: multipath round-robin: version 1.0.0 loaded
[ 0.889857] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 0.976924] isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
[ 1.330797] ssb: Sonics Silicon Backplane found on PCI device 0000:02:02.0
[ 4.348060] floppy0: no floppy controllers found
[ 16.033766] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[ 16.641115] yenta_cardbus 0000:02:04.0: CardBus bridge found [103c:006b]
[ 16.877840] yenta_cardbus 0000:02:04.1: CardBus bridge found [103c:006b]
[ 17.001016] b43-phy0: Broadcom 4306 WLAN found (core revision 5)
[ 17.523891] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode5.fw" not found
[ 17.523964] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43-open/ucode5.fw" not found
[ 17.767269] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode5.fw" not found
[ 17.767273] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43-open/ucode5.fw" not found
[ 19.332042] floppy0: no floppy controllers found
[ 158.119209] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode5.fw" not found
[ 158.119216] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43-open/ucode5.fw" not found
[ 1.725771] eth0: RealTek RTL8139 at 0xa000, 00:02:3f:6b:12:9e, IRQ 19
[ 17.528856] eth0: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex, lpa 0x41E1
[ 27.876035] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
[ 0.886289] device-mapper: multipath: version 1.1.0 loaded
[ 0.886329] device-mapper: multipath round-robin: version 1.0.0 loaded
[ 1.327295] b43-pci-bridge 0000:02:02.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
[ 17.001016] b43-phy0: Broadcom 4306 WLAN found (core revision 5)
[ 17.269899] Registered led device: b43-phy0::tx
[ 17.269925] Registered led device: b43-phy0::rx
[ 17.269948] Registered led device: b43-phy0::radio
[ 17.508066] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43/ucode5.fw
[ 17.513758] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43-open/ucode5.fw
[ 17.523891] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode5.fw" not found
[ 17.523964] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43-open/ucode5.fw" not found
[ 17.524068] 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.
[ 17.739577] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43/ucode5.fw
[ 17.754233] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43-open/ucode5.fw
[ 17.767269] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode5.fw" not found
[ 17.767273] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43-open/ucode5.fw" not found
[ 17.767276] 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.
[ 158.056263] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43/ucode5.fw
[ 158.106533] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43-open/ucode5.fw
[ 158.119209] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode5.fw" not found
[ 158.119216] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43-open/ucode5.fw" not found
[ 158.119220] 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.
[ 0.029108] SMP alternatives: switching to UP code
[ 0.165491] Switching to clocksource tsc
[ 0.262244] input: Lid Switch as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0C0D:00/input/input0
[ 0.262342] ACPI: Lid Switch [LID]
[ 0.266947] Switching to clocksource acpi_pm
[ 17.811819] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 160x50
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:off/any
          Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=0 dBm
          Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
          Power Management:off

/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf:# replaced by b43 and ssb.
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist:blacklist wl
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-watchdog.conf:blacklist twl4030_wdt
 * Reconfiguring network interfaces... Ignoring unknown interface eth0=eth0.
                                                                                                   [ OK ]

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#3

Hi,

Please first connect your network card to the wireless router using an ethernet cable (also known as a LAN cable).

The error "b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode5.fw" not found or load failed" should mean that b43-fwcutter is not installed yet on your pc. And that means that the Broadcom firmware for your wireless card is not loaded or installed yet.

Please proceed with the following commands:

sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude install b43-fwcutter

b43-fwcutter exists in the Ubuntu repositories, but you will need a working wired Internet connection in Ubuntu in order to locate it and install it.

The only way to do that - in your case - is to connect the pc to the wireless router using a LAN cable, instead of using wireless.

Regards,

Mark

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Sam Jazrawi (wjazrawi) said : 		#4

Hi Mark,

I ran the above commands and they appeared to execute successfully (I can provide the output if required). However, I still don't appear to be able to connect wirelessly. I have a button to activate the wireless card that doesn't appear to be working at the moment (used to when I ran Windows XP). I'm presuming that this has some bearing on the issue?

Thanks.

Sam.

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#5

Did you reboot after installing b43-fwcutter?

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Sam Jazrawi (wjazrawi) said : 		#6

No, sorry. I'll reboot and post the new information as to whether it's started working or not. Thanks.

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Sam Jazrawi (wjazrawi) said : 		#7

Nope, still the same after reboot.

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#8

Please resend output of this command:

sudo lshw -C network; sudo iwlist scanning; cat /etc/network/interfaces; cat /etc/lsb-release; lspci -nn; lsusb; sudo lshw -short; uname -a; dmesg | grep ound; dmesg | grep eth; dmesg | grep ath; dmesg | grep b43; dmesg | grep wl; dmesg | grep witch; iwconfig; grep b43 /etc/modprobe.d/*; grep wl /etc/modprobe.d/*; sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart

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Sam Jazrawi (wjazrawi) said : 		#9

  *-network:0
       description: Network controller
       product: BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 2
       bus info: pci@0000:02:02.0
       version: 03
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: bus_master
       configuration: driver=b43-pci-bridge latency=64
       resources: irq:18 memory:e8204000-e8205fff
  *-network:1
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+
       vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
       physical id: 3
       bus info: pci@0000:02:03.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 10
       serial: 00:02:3f:6b:12:9e
       size: 100MB/s
       capacity: 100MB/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=192.168.0.3 latency=128 link=yes maxlatency=64 mingnt=32 multicast=yes port=MII speed=100MB/s
       resources: irq:19 ioport:a000(size=256) memory:e8208800-e82088ff
  *-network DISABLED
       description: Wireless interface
       physical id: 3
       logical name: wlan0
       serial: 00:90:4b:4c:ba:fd
       capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

wlan0 Interface doesn't support scanning : Network is down

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=10.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=lucid
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 10.04 LTS"
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon 9100 IGP Host Bridge [1002:5833] (rev 02)
00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon 9100 IGP AGP Bridge [1002:5838]
00:13.0 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc OHCI USB Controller #1 [1002:4347] (rev 01)
00:13.1 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc OHCI USB Controller #2 [1002:4348] (rev 01)
00:14.0 SMBus [0c05]: ATI Technologies Inc SMBus [1002:4353] (rev 16)
00:14.1 IDE interface [0101]: ATI Technologies Inc Dual Channel Bus Master PCI IDE Controller [1002:4349]
00:14.3 ISA bridge [0601]: ATI Technologies Inc Device [1002:434c]
00:14.4 PCI bridge [0604]: ATI Technologies Inc IXP200 3COM 3C920B Ethernet Controller [1002:4342]
00:14.5 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: ATI Technologies Inc IXP150 AC'97 Audio Controller [1002:4341]
00:14.6 Modem [0703]: ATI Technologies Inc IXP AC'97 Modem [1002:434d] (rev 01)
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc M9+ 5C61 [Radeon Mobility 9200 (AGP)] [1002:5c61] (rev 01)
02:00.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]: Texas Instruments TSB43AB21 IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link) [104c:8026]
02:02.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:4320] (rev 03)
02:03.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ [10ec:8139] (rev 10)
02:04.0 CardBus bridge [0607]: Texas Instruments PCI1620 PC Card Controller [104c:ac54] (rev 01)
02:04.1 CardBus bridge [0607]: Texas Instruments PCI1620 PC Card Controller [104c:ac54] (rev 01)
02:04.2 System peripheral [0880]: Texas Instruments PCI1620 Firmware Loading Function [104c:8201] (rev 01)
02:07.0 USB Controller [0c03]: NEC Corporation USB [1033:0035] (rev 43)
02:07.1 USB Controller [0c03]: NEC Corporation USB [1033:0035] (rev 43)
02:07.2 USB Controller [0c03]: NEC Corporation USB 2.0 [1033:00e0] (rev 04)
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
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
H/W path Device Class Description
=========================================================
                               system Presario R3000 (DS481U#ABA)
/0 bus 0898
/0/0 memory 107KiB BIOS
/0/4 processor Mobile Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 C
/0/4/8 memory 8KiB L2 cache
/0/4/0 memory 512KiB L2 cache
/0/e memory 512MiB System Memory
/0/e/0 memory 256MiB DIMM DRAM Synchronous
/0/e/1 memory 256MiB DIMM DRAM Synchronous
/0/100 bridge Radeon 9100 IGP Host Bridge
/0/100/1 bridge Radeon 9100 IGP AGP Bridge
/0/100/1/5 display M9+ 5C61 [Radeon Mobility 9200 (AG
/0/100/13 bus OHCI USB Controller #1
/0/100/13.1 bus OHCI USB Controller #2
/0/100/14 bus SMBus
/0/100/14.1 scsi0 storage Dual Channel Bus Master PCI IDE Co
/0/100/14.1/0 /dev/sda disk 100GB TOSHIBA MK1032GA
/0/100/14.1/0/1 /dev/sda1 volume 91GiB EXT4 volume
/0/100/14.1/0/2 /dev/sda2 volume 1452MiB Extended partition
/0/100/14.1/0/2/5 /dev/sda5 volume 1452MiB Linux swap / Solaris parti
/0/100/14.1/1 /dev/cdrom disk DVD reader
/0/100/14.3 bridge ATI Technologies Inc
/0/100/14.4 bridge IXP200 3COM 3C920B Ethernet Contro
/0/100/14.4/0 bus TSB43AB21 IEEE-1394a-2000 Controll
/0/100/14.4/2 network BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Con
/0/100/14.4/3 eth0 network RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+
/0/100/14.4/4 bridge PCI1620 PC Card Controller
/0/100/14.4/4.1 bridge PCI1620 PC Card Controller
/0/100/14.4/4.2 generic PCI1620 Firmware Loading Function
/0/100/14.4/7 bus USB
/0/100/14.4/7.1 bus USB
/0/100/14.4/7.2 bus USB 2.0
/0/100/14.5 multimedia IXP150 AC'97 Audio Controller
/0/100/14.6 communication IXP AC'97 Modem
/1 power
/2 system
/3 wlan0 network Wireless interface
Linux Yuma 2.6.32-21-generic #32-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 16 08:10:02 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux
[ 0.000000] found SMP MP-table at [c00f6620] f6620
[ 0.056001] ..... (found apic 0 pin 2) ...
[ 0.152411] ACPI: No dock devices found.
[ 0.186437] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 10 devices
[ 0.360517] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.452547] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.539830] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.688341] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.804335] hub 5-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.901795] device-mapper: multipath round-robin: version 1.0.0 loaded
[ 0.905364] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 0.992403] isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
[ 1.341176] ssb: Sonics Silicon Backplane found on PCI device 0000:02:02.0
[ 4.360057] floppy0: no floppy controllers found
[ 15.961731] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[ 16.547754] yenta_cardbus 0000:02:04.0: CardBus bridge found [103c:006b]
[ 16.786398] yenta_cardbus 0000:02:04.1: CardBus bridge found [103c:006b]
[ 16.901977] b43-phy0: Broadcom 4306 WLAN found (core revision 5)
[ 17.516802] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode5.fw" not found
[ 17.516875] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43-open/ucode5.fw" not found
[ 17.846057] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode5.fw" not found
[ 17.846329] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43-open/ucode5.fw" not found
[ 19.264047] floppy0: no floppy controllers found
[ 97.527075] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode5.fw" not found
[ 97.527090] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43-open/ucode5.fw" not found
[ 1.753718] eth0: RealTek RTL8139 at 0xa000, 00:02:3f:6b:12:9e, IRQ 19
[ 17.520836] eth0: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex, lpa 0x41E1
[ 28.392025] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
[ 0.901755] device-mapper: multipath: version 1.1.0 loaded
[ 0.901795] device-mapper: multipath round-robin: version 1.0.0 loaded
[ 1.337610] b43-pci-bridge 0000:02:02.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
[ 16.901977] b43-phy0: Broadcom 4306 WLAN found (core revision 5)
[ 17.183558] Registered led device: b43-phy0::tx
[ 17.183581] Registered led device: b43-phy0::rx
[ 17.183603] Registered led device: b43-phy0::radio
[ 17.456098] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43/ucode5.fw
[ 17.484714] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43-open/ucode5.fw
[ 17.516802] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode5.fw" not found
[ 17.516875] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43-open/ucode5.fw" not found
[ 17.516939] 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.
[ 17.790734] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43/ucode5.fw
[ 17.801196] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43-open/ucode5.fw
[ 17.846057] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode5.fw" not found
[ 17.846329] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43-open/ucode5.fw" not found
[ 17.846602] 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.
[ 97.501935] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43/ucode5.fw
[ 97.511163] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43-open/ucode5.fw
[ 97.527075] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode5.fw" not found
[ 97.527090] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43-open/ucode5.fw" not found
[ 97.527102] 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.
[ 0.025106] SMP alternatives: switching to UP code
[ 0.161482] Switching to clocksource tsc
[ 0.257523] input: Lid Switch as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0C0D:00/input/input0
[ 0.257622] ACPI: Lid Switch [LID]
[ 0.262547] Switching to clocksource acpi_pm
[ 17.757703] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 160x50
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:off/any
          Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=0 dBm
          Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
          Power Management:off

/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf:# replaced by b43 and ssb.
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist:blacklist wl
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-watchdog.conf:blacklist twl4030_wdt
 * Reconfiguring network interfaces... Ignoring unknown interface eth0=eth0.
                                                                         [ OK ]

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#10

Well, it seems that b43-fwcutter is still not installed on your pc, which is strange. Because you still have the same error "b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode5.fw" not found"

Keep in mind that you need a wired and working internet connection in order to install b43-fwcutter

Anyway, I suggest doing a manual install of the firmware using the instructions here:

http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware

Follow the part of the instructions right under the following header:

"You are using the b43 driver from linux-2.6.25 or newer"

Then REBOOT and retest wireless.

If that does not work, then please try the solution from forumuser billfinch at this location:

http://georgia.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1356628

If that does not work, I have no more suggestions to make.

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#11

For your information:

Here is what a correct installation of b43-fwcutter (including all the firmware files) looks like in Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:

$ sudo aptitude install b43-fwcutter

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  b43-fwcutter
0 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/17.9kB of archives. After unpacking 115kB will be used.
Writing extended state information... Done
Preconfiguring packages ...
Selecting previously deselected package b43-fwcutter.
(Reading database ... 94205 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking b43-fwcutter (from .../b43-fwcutter_1%3a012-1build1_i386.deb) ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Setting up b43-fwcutter (1:012-1build1) ...
--2010-05-02 19:45:01-- http://downloads.openwrt.org/sources/wl_apsta-3.130.20.0.o
Resolving downloads.openwrt.org... 78.24.191.177
Connecting to downloads.openwrt.org|78.24.191.177|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 652866 (638K) [text/plain]
Saving to: `wl_apsta-3.130.20.0.o'

100%[=====================================================================================================================================================================================================================================>] 652,866 293K/s in 2.2s

2010-05-02 19:45:04 (293 KB/s) - `wl_apsta-3.130.20.0.o' saved [652866/652866]

--2010-05-02 19:45:04-- http://mirror2.openwrt.org/sources/broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5.tar.bz2
Resolving mirror2.openwrt.org... 88.198.39.176
Connecting to mirror2.openwrt.org|88.198.39.176|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 3888794 (3.7M) [application/x-tar]
Saving to: `broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5.tar.bz2'

100%[=====================================================================================================================================================================================================================================>] 3,888,794 278K/s in 14s

2010-05-02 19:45:18 (270 KB/s) - `broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5.tar.bz2' saved [3888794/3888794]

This file is recognised as:
  ID : FW10
  filename : wl_apsta.o
  version : 295.14
  MD5 : e08665c5c5b66beb9c3b2dd54aa80cb3
Extracting b43legacy/ucode2.fw
Extracting b43legacy/ucode4.fw
Extracting b43legacy/ucode5.fw
Extracting b43legacy/ucode11.fw
Extracting b43legacy/pcm4.fw
Extracting b43legacy/pcm5.fw
Extracting b43legacy/a0g0bsinitvals2.fw
Extracting b43legacy/b0g0bsinitvals5.fw
Extracting b43legacy/a0g0initvals5.fw
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Extracting b43legacy/b0g0initvals5.fw
Extracting b43legacy/b0g0initvals2.fw
Extracting b43legacy/a0g0bsinitvals5.fw
tar: Record size = 8 blocks
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broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/driver/
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/driver/config/
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/driver/config/wlconfig_apdef
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/driver/config/wlconfig_lx_router_ap
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/driver/config/wlconfig_lx_router_ap_1chipG
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/driver/config/wlconfig_lx_router_ap_micro
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/driver/config/wlconfig_lx_router_ap_mimo
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/driver/config/wlconfig_lx_router_apsta
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/driver/config/wlconfig_lx_router_apsta_1chipG
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/driver/config/wlconfig_lx_router_apsta_micro
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broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/driver/config/wlconfig_lx_router_sta_1chipG
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/driver/config/wlconfig_lx_router_sta_micro
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broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/driver/wl_ap.o
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/driver/wl_apsta_micro.o
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/driver/wl_apsta_mimo.o
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/driver/wl_apsta.o
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/driver/wl_sta_micro.o
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/driver/wl_sta_mimo.o
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/driver/wl_sta.o
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broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/UdpLib.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/bcm4710.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/bcm947xx.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/bcmcrypto/
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/bcmcrypto/aes.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/bcmcrypto/aeskeywrap.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/bcmcrypto/bcmccx.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/bcmcrypto/bn.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/bcmcrypto/ccx.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/bcmcrypto/des.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/bcmcrypto/dh.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/bcmcrypto/hmac_sha256.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/bcmcrypto/md4.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/bcmcrypto/md5.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/bcmcrypto/passhash.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/bcmcrypto/prf.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/bcmcrypto/rc4.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/bcmcrypto/rijndael-alg-fst.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/bcmcrypto/sha1.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/bcmcrypto/sha256.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/bcmdefs.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/bcmdevs.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/bcmendian.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/bcmnvram.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/bcmotp.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/bcmparams.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/bcmperf.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/bcmrobo.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/bcmsrom.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/bcmstdlib.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/bcmutils.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/bcmwifi.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/bitfuncs.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/epivers.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/epivers.h.in
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broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/flash.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/flashutl.h
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broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/hndcpu.h
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broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/hndgige.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/hndmips.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/hndpci.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/hndpmu.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/linux_gpio.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/linuxver.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/min_osl.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/mipsinc.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/ndiserrmap.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/osl.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/pcicfg.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/proto/
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/proto/802.11.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/proto/802.11e.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/proto/802.1d.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/proto/bcmeth.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/proto/bcmevent.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/proto/bcmip.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/proto/bcmtcp.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/proto/eap.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/proto/eapol.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/proto/ethernet.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/proto/vlan.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/proto/wpa.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/rts/
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/rts/crc.h
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broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/sbmemc.h
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broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/sbpcie.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/sbpcmcia.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/sbsdio.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/sbsdpcmdev.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/sbsdram.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/sbsocram.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/sbsprom.h
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broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/trxhdr.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/typedefs.h
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/include/wlioctl.h
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broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/shared/bcmsrom.c
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/shared/bcmstdlib.c
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/shared/bcmutils.c
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/shared/boot.S
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/shared/bzip2_inflate.c
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/shared/cfe_osl.c
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/shared/flashutl.c
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/shared/gzip_inflate.c
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/shared/hndchipc.c
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/shared/hnddma.c
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/shared/hndgige.c
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/shared/hndmips.c
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/shared/hndpci.c
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/shared/hndpmu.c
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/shared/hndrte.lds.in
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/shared/linux_gpio.c
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/shared/linux_osl.c
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/shared/load.c
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/shared/min_osl.c
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/shared/nvramstubs.c
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/shared/sbsdram.S
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/shared/sbutils.c
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/shared/sflash.c
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/shared/sromstubs.c
broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/shared/xip.lds.in
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  ID : FW13
  filename : wl_apsta_mimo.o
  version : 410.2160
  MD5 : cb8d70972b885b1f8883b943c0261a3c
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Sam Jazrawi (wjazrawi) said : 		#12

Sorry about this Mark, quick question. I downloaded broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5.tar.bz2 and tar'd it. However, when I tried to run the last command on the list (i.e. sudo ../../b43-fwcutter-013/b43-fwcutter -w "$FIRMWARE_INSTALL_DIR" wl_apsta_mimo.o), I got an error saying command not found. I tried to find the command using find and locate, but couldn't. I'm sure I'm doing something stupid...

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#13

You first need to install b43-fwcutter using the following commands:

wget http://bu3sch.de/b43/fwcutter/b43-fwcutter-013.tar.bz2

tar xjf b43-fwcutter-013.tar.bz2

cd b43-fwcutter-013

make

cd ..

Then run the following commands:

export FIRMWARE_INSTALL_DIR="/lib/firmware"

wget http://mirror2.openwrt.org/sources/broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5.tar.bz2

tar xjf broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5.tar.bz2

cd broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/driver

sudo ../../b43-fwcutter-013/b43-fwcutter -w "$FIRMWARE_INSTALL_DIR" wl_apsta_mimo.o

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Sam Jazrawi (wjazrawi) said : 		#14

Hi Mark,

Well I now appear to be connecting to my wireless network - at least it shows that it's connected from Ubuntu. However, I can't access any web pages. It's the same as not having access, but the light on my wireless card appears to be on and it's showing a number of wireless connections. Interestingly, I can access my router over wireless, just not the internet. Any thoughts?

Thanks for your help.

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#15

Try this guide:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/WirelessTroubleShootingGuide#Connected%20but%20no%20internet

It is also possible that your wireless router is having hardware issues or is misconfigured.

So also try rebooting the wireless router and try again.

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#16

If that does not help as well, then I suggest installing Linux Mint 8 Helena instead, which includes out-of-the-box support for Broadcom wireless cards:

http://www.linuxmint.com/rel_helena.php

First test wireless using a Linux Mint 8 LiveCD session before attempting an install.

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Sam Jazrawi (wjazrawi) said : 		#17

Hi Mark,

In digging around my old CDs, I found the original one for my laptop, which had the relevant files for the wireless device. I downloaded bcmwl5.inf, bcmwl5a.inf and bcmwl5.sys. When trying to install it using ndiswrapper, I encounter issues.

For example, when I've looked up how to install these files using ndiswrapper, I'm supposed to run the command "sudo apt-get install ndisgtk". However, when I do I get an error:

E: Couldn't find package ndisgtk

Should this not be a part of the Ubuntu build? If it isn't, where do I get it from and how do I ensure its appropriate installation. Btw, I'm using https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/Ndiswrapper as instructions for this. If there are other more appropriate ones, please let me know.

Thanks again.

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#18

I am suspecting that both apt-get and aptitude on your pc are unable to access the Internet (both via wired and wireless connections)

Unfortunately, you could not get b43-fwcutter installed using aptitude. Now you cannot install ndisgtk using apt-get. This happens if your Internet connection is down or if you did not first refresh the apt database using this command:

sudo aptitude update

Then:

sudo aptitude install ndisgtk

But yes, ndisgtk is in the Ubuntu repositories in Ubuntu 10.04:

$ apt-cache show ndisgtk
Package: ndisgtk
Priority: optional
Section: net
Installed-Size: 864
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <email address hidden>
Original-Maintainer: Julian Andres Klode <email address hidden>
Architecture: i386
Version: 0.8.5-1
Depends: python (>= 2.4), ndiswrapper-utils-1.9, python-gtk2, python-glade2
Filename: pool/main/n/ndisgtk/ndisgtk_0.8.5-1_i386.deb
Size: 21354
MD5sum: e8db25137962d97309baf051a7e66f7b
SHA1: 2847586042f9903725e49138570ab90be4ecf978
SHA256: 06fd3d3fee24e4b4c8ebf0e991a784fc5eb1f99b678e5d68919384cfad837059
Description: graphical frontend for ndiswrapper (installation of Windows WiFi drivers)
 ndisgtk is a GTK+ based frontend for ndiswrapper, allowing an easy way to
 install Windows wireless drivers.
Homepage: http://jak-linux.org/projects/ndisgtk/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 3y

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Sam Jazrawi (wjazrawi) said : 		#19

Hmm, you may be right. There's definitely something fishy going on. See output below. I wonder if this has anything to do with the fact that when I try to install software using the Software Ubuntu Centre, I get an error saying

"Package dependencies cannot be resolved. This error could be caused by requiring additional software packages which are missing or not installable. Alternatively, there could be a conflict between software packages which are not allowed to be installed at the same time."

In any case, see below the output of the commands you ran above.

sjazrawi@Yuma:~/wlan-driver$ sudo aptitude update
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security Release.gpg
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security/main Translation-en_GB
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security/restricted Translation-en_GB
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com lucid Release.gpg
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main Translation-en_GB
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security/universe Translation-en_GB
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security/multiverse Translation-en_GB
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security Release
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/restricted Translation-en_GB
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/universe Translation-en_GB
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/multiverse Translation-en_GB
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates Release.gpg
Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/main Translation-en_GB
Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/restricted Translation-en_GB
Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/universe Translation-en_GB
Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/multiverse Translation-en_GB
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com lucid Release
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates Release
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/main Packages
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/main Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/restricted Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/main Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/restricted Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/universe Packages
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/restricted Packages
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/main Sources
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/restricted Sources
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/universe Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/universe Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/multiverse Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/multiverse Sources
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/universe Sources
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/multiverse Packages
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/multiverse Sources
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/main Packages
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/restricted Packages
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/main Sources
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/restricted Sources
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/universe Packages
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/universe Sources
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/multiverse Packages
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/multiverse Sources
Reading package lists... Done

sjazrawi@Yuma:~/wlan-driver$ sudo aptitude install ndisgtk
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initialising package states... Done
Couldn't find any package whose name or description matched "ndisgtk"
Couldn't find any package whose name or description matched "ndisgtk"
No packages will be installed, upgraded, or removed.
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used.
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initialising package states... Done

sjazrawi@Yuma:~/wlan-driver$ apt-cache show ndisgtk
W: Unable to locate package ndisgtk
E: No packages found
sjazrawi@Yuma:~/wlan-driver$

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) said : 		#20

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