Configure a wireless connection on a Dell XPS laptop?

[Twilight_Bandit]

Hello Linux Experts,

I've loaded out Linux Slackware 12.2 on my Dell laptop; it is configured as a dual bootable machine "Windows" & "Slackware Linux". Everything works great except for the wireless Internet connection on the Linux side. I'm a newbie and I admit I'm lost right now; would someone be so kind and break down the procedure in basic steps what to do to get it up and running. The basic hardware components of the laptop is listed below:

Intel® Core™ 2 Duo P8600 (3MB cache/2.4GHz/1066Mhz FSB)
4GB Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM at 1067MHz (2 Dimms)
NVIDIA® GeForce® 9500M - 256MB
320GB 7200 RPM SATA Hard Drive
Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium Edition SP1, 64-bit
Slot Load DVD+/-RW (DVD/CD read/write)
High Definition Audio 2.0
Dell Wireless 1510 802.11n Half Mini-Card

I'll appreciate any type of quality assistance to get the wireless connection up and running.

[jayd512]

Hello and Welcome!

First, take a look at this post. Run the commands detailed, and post back here with the output.

[Dapper Dan]

To add to jay512s excellent advice, Slackware is a much more "hands on" distro and requires more command line configuration than others. The file you'll need to configure once you know what configuration gets you online is in /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf. Open this file with an editor... I suppose "kate" is still available in Slackware so it'd be:

su

...to become "su." It'll ask for password. Type it in and press enter. Then:

kate /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf

... to open this file. If kate isn't on your machine, you can also open it from the command line using the "joe" editor...

joe /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf

Hope this also helps...

[Twilight_Bandit]

First of all,

Thanks JayD512

Here's the output I received from the commands that you told me to run. Hopefully, it helps to sort out my wireless situation.


lspci -nn

00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: nVidia Corporation MCP79 Host Bridge [10de:0a82] (rev b1)
00:00.1 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation MCP79 Memory Controller [10de:0a88] (rev b1)
00:03.0 ISA bridge [0601]: nVidia Corporation MCP79 LPC Bridge [10de:0aae] (rev b2)
00:03.1 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation MCP79 Memory Controller [10de:0aa4] (rev b1)
00:03.2 SMBus [0c05]: nVidia Corporation MCP79 SMBus [10de:0aa2] (rev b1)
00:03.3 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation MCP79 Memory Controller [10de:0a89] (rev b1)
00:03.5 Co-processor [0b40]: nVidia Corporation MCP79 Co-processor [10de:0aa3] (rev b1)
00:04.0 USB Controller [0c03]: nVidia Corporation MCP79 OHCI USB 1.1 Controller [10de:0aa5] (rev b1)
00:04.1 USB Controller [0c03]: nVidia Corporation MCP79 EHCI USB 2.0 Controller [10de:0aa6] (rev b1)
00:06.0 USB Controller [0c03]: nVidia Corporation MCP79 OHCI USB 1.1 Controller [10de:0aa7] (rev b1)
00:06.1 USB Controller [0c03]: nVidia Corporation MCP79 EHCI USB 2.0 Controller [10de:0aa9] (rev b1)
00:08.0 Audio device [0403]: nVidia Corporation MCP79 High Definition Audio [10de:0ac0] (rev b1)
00:09.0 PCI bridge [0604]: nVidia Corporation MCP79 PCI Bridge [10de:0aab] (rev b1)
00:0a.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: nVidia Corporation MCP79 Ethernet [10de:0ab0] (rev b1)
00:0b.0 SATA controller [0106]: nVidia Corporation MCP79 AHCI Controller [10de:0ab9] (rev b1)
00:0c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: nVidia Corporation MCP79 PCI Express Bridge [10de:0ac4] (rev b1)
00:10.0 PCI bridge [0604]: nVidia Corporation MCP79 PCI Express Bridge [10de:0aa0] (rev b1)
00:15.0 PCI bridge [0604]: nVidia Corporation MCP79 PCI Express Bridge [10de:0ac6] (rev b1)
00:16.0 PCI bridge [0604]: nVidia Corporation MCP79 PCI Express Bridge [10de:0ac7] (rev b1)
00:17.0 PCI bridge [0604]: nVidia Corporation MCP79 PCI Express Bridge [10de:0ac7] (rev b1)
00:18.0 PCI bridge [0604]: nVidia Corporation MCP79 PCI Express Bridge [10de:0ac7] (rev b1)
01:07.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller [1180:0832] (rev 05)
01:07.1 SD Host controller [0805]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter [1180:0822] (rev 22)
01:07.2 System peripheral [0880]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C843 MMC Host Controller [1180:0843] (rev 12)
01:07.3 System peripheral [0880]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter [1180:0592] (rev 12)
01:07.4 System peripheral [0880]: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller [1180:0852] (rev ff)
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation GeForce 9200M GS [10de:06e8] (rev a1)
03:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation GeForce 9400M G [10de:0866] (rev b1)
06:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4322 802.11a/b/g/n Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:432b] (rev 01)
root@host:~#





root@host:~# dmesg
hot D3cold
pci 0000:00:04.1: PME# disabled
PCI: 0000:00:06.0 reg 10 32bit mmio: [f0887000, f0887fff]
pci 0000:00:06.0: supports D1
pci 0000:00:06.0: supports D2
pci 0000:00:06.0: PME# supported from D0 D1 D2 D3hot D3cold
pci 0000:00:06.0: PME# disabled
PCI: 0000:00:06.1 reg 10 32bit mmio: [f0889400, f08894ff]
pci 0000:00:06.1: supports D1
pci 0000:00:06.1: supports D2
pci 0000:00:06.1: PME# supported from D0 D1 D2 D3hot D3cold
pci 0000:00:06.1: PME# disabled
PCI: 0000:00:08.0 reg 10 32bit mmio: [f0880000, f0883fff]
pci 0000:00:08.0: PME# supported from D3hot D3cold
pci 0000:00:08.0: PME# disabled
PCI: 0000:00:0a.0 reg 10 32bit mmio: [f0888000, f0888fff]
PCI: 0000:00:0a.0 reg 14 io port: [30d0, 30d7]
PCI: 0000:00:0a.0 reg 18 32bit mmio: [f0889c00, f0889cff]
PCI: 0000:00:0a.0 reg 1c 32bit mmio: [f0889800, f088980f]
pci 0000:00:0a.0: supports D1
pci 0000:00:0a.0: supports D2
pci 0000:00:0a.0: PME# supported from D0 D1 D2 D3hot D3cold
pci 0000:00:0a.0: PME# disabled
PCI: 0000:00:0b.0 reg 10 io port: [30e8, 30ef]
PCI: 0000:00:0b.0 reg 14 io port: [30dc, 30df]
PCI: 0000:00:0b.0 reg 18 io port: [30e0, 30e7]
PCI: 0000:00:0b.0 reg 1c io port: [30d8, 30db]
PCI: 0000:00:0b.0 reg 20 io port: [30c0, 30cf]
PCI: 0000:00:0b.0 reg 24 32bit mmio: [f0884000, f0885fff]
pci 0000:00:0c.0: PME# supported from D0 D1 D2 D3hot D3cold
pci 0000:00:0c.0: PME# disabled
pci 0000:00:10.0: PME# supported from D0 D1 D2 D3hot D3cold
pci 0000:00:10.0: PME# disabled
pci 0000:00:15.0: PME# supported from D0 D1 D2 D3hot D3cold
pci 0000:00:15.0: PME# disabled
pci 0000:00:16.0: PME# supported from D0 D1 D2 D3hot D3cold
pci 0000:00:16.0: PME# disabled
pci 0000:00:17.0: PME# supported from D0 D1 D2 D3hot D3cold
pci 0000:00:17.0: PME# disabled
pci 0000:00:18.0: PME# supported from D0 D1 D2 D3hot D3cold
pci 0000:00:18.0: PME# disabled
PCI: 0000:01:07.0 reg 10 32bit mmio: [f0500000, f05007ff]
pci 0000:01:07.0: supports D1
pci 0000:01:07.0: supports D2
pci 0000:01:07.0: PME# supported from D0 D1 D2 D3hot D3cold
pci 0000:01:07.0: PME# disabled
PCI: 0000:01:07.1 reg 10 32bit mmio: [f0500800, f05008ff]
pci 0000:01:07.1: supports D1
pci 0000:01:07.1: supports D2
pci 0000:01:07.1: PME# supported from D0 D1 D2 D3hot D3cold
pci 0000:01:07.1: PME# disabled
PCI: 0000:01:07.2 reg 10 32bit mmio: [f0500c00, f0500cff]
pci 0000:01:07.2: supports D1
pci 0000:01:07.2: supports D2
pci 0000:01:07.2: PME# supported from D0 D1 D2 D3hot D3cold
pci 0000:01:07.2: PME# disabled
PCI: 0000:01:07.3 reg 10 32bit mmio: [f0501000, f05010ff]
pci 0000:01:07.3: supports D1
pci 0000:01:07.3: supports D2
pci 0000:01:07.3: PME# supported from D0 D1 D2 D3hot D3cold
pci 0000:01:07.3: PME# disabled
PCI: 0000:01:07.4 reg 10 32bit mmio: [f0501400, f05014ff]
pci 0000:01:07.4: supports D1
pci 0000:01:07.4: supports D2
pci 0000:01:07.4: PME# supported from D0 D1 D2 D3hot D3cold
pci 0000:01:07.4: PME# disabled
pci 0000:00:09.0: transparent bridge
PCI: bridge 0000:00:09.0 32bit mmio: [f0500000, f05fffff]
PCI: 0000:02:00.0 reg 10 32bit mmio: [ae000000, aeffffff]
PCI: 0000:02:00.0 reg 14 64bit mmio: [d0000000, dfffffff]
PCI: 0000:02:00.0 reg 1c 64bit mmio: [ac000000, adffffff]
PCI: 0000:02:00.0 reg 24 io port: [4000, 407f]
PCI: 0000:02:00.0 reg 30 32bit mmio: [0, 1ffff]
PCI: bridge 0000:00:0c.0 io port: [4000, 4fff]
PCI: bridge 0000:00:0c.0 32bit mmio: [ac000000, aeffffff]
PCI: bridge 0000:00:0c.0 64bit mmio pref: [d0000000, dfffffff]
PCI: 0000:03:00.0 reg 10 32bit mmio: [aa000000, aaffffff]
PCI: 0000:03:00.0 reg 14 64bit mmio: [b0000000, bfffffff]
PCI: 0000:03:00.0 reg 1c 64bit mmio: [cc000000, cdffffff]
PCI: 0000:03:00.0 reg 24 io port: [5000, 507f]
PCI: 0000:03:00.0 reg 30 32bit mmio: [0, 1ffff]
PCI: bridge 0000:00:10.0 io port: [5000, 5fff]
PCI: bridge 0000:00:10.0 32bit mmio: [aa000000, aaffffff]
PCI: bridge 0000:00:10.0 64bit mmio pref: [b0000000, cdffffff]
PCI: bridge 0000:00:15.0 io port: [6000, 6fff]
PCI: bridge 0000:00:15.0 32bit mmio: [f0200000, f03fffff]
PCI: bridge 0000:00:15.0 64bit mmio pref: [f0000000, f01fffff]
PCI: 0000:06:00.0 reg 10 64bit mmio: [f0400000, f0403fff]
pci 0000:06:00.0: supports D1
pci 0000:06:00.0: supports D2
pci 0000:06:00.0: PME# supported from D0 D3hot D3cold
pci 0000:06:00.0: PME# disabled
PCI: bridge 0000:00:16.0 32bit mmio: [f0400000, f04fffff]
bus 00 -> node 0
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0._PRT]
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0.IXVE._PRT]
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0.P2P0._PRT]
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNK1] (IRQs 5 7 *10 11 14 15)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNK2] (IRQs 5 7 10 *11 14 15)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNK3] (IRQs 5 7 10 11 14 15) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNK4] (IRQs 5 7 10 11 14 15) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [Z00Q] (IRQs 18 19 20 21 22 23) *11
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [Z00R] (IRQs 18 19 20 21 22 23) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [Z00S] (IRQs 18 19 20 21 22 23) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [Z00T] (IRQs 18 19 20 21 22 23) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [Z00U] (IRQs 18 19 20 21 22 23) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [Z00V] (IRQs 18 19 20 21 22 23) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [Z00W] (IRQs 18 19 20 21 22 23) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [Z00X] (IRQs 18 19 20 21 22 23) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [Z00Y] (IRQs 18 19 20 21 22 23) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [Z00Z] (IRQs 18 19 20 21 22 23) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [Z010] (IRQs 18 19 20 21 22 23) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [Z011] (IRQs 18 19 20 21 22 23) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [Z012] (IRQs 18 19 20 21 22 23) *10
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [Z013] (IRQs 18 19 20 21 22 23) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [Z014] (IRQs 18 19 20 21 22 23) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [Z015] (IRQs 18 19 20 21 22 23) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [Z016] (IRQs 18 19 20 21 22 23) *11
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [Z017] (IRQs 18 19 20 21 22 23) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [Z018] (IRQs 18 19 20 21 22 23) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [Z019] (IRQs 18 19 20 21 22 23) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [Z01A] (IRQs 18 19 20 21 22 23) *10
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [Z01B] (IRQs 18 19 20 21 22 23) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [Z01C] (IRQs 18 19 20 21 22 23) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [Z01D] (IRQs 18 19 20 21 22 23) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [Z01E] (IRQs 18 19 20 21 22 23) *11
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [Z01F] (IRQs 18 19 20 21 22 23) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [Z01G] (IRQs 18 19 20 21 22 23) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [Z01H] (IRQs 18 19 20 21 22 23) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LSMB] (IRQs 18 19 20 21 22 23) *10
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LUS0] (IRQs 18 19 20 21 22 23) *7
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LUS2] (IRQs 18 19 20 21 22 23) *11
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LMAC] (IRQs 18 19 20 21 22 23) *10
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LAZA] (IRQs 17) *11
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LGPU] (IRQs 18 19 20 21 22 23) *5
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LPID] (IRQs 18 19 20 21 22 23) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LSI0] (IRQs 18 19 20 21 22 23) *11
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LSI1] (IRQs 18 19 20 21 22 23) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [Z00O] (IRQs 18 19 20 21 22 23) *5
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [Z00P] (IRQs 18 19 20 21 22 23) *10
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LPMU] (IRQs 18 19 20 21 22 23) *10
Linux Plug and Play Support v0.97 (c) Adam Belay
pnp: PnP ACPI init
ACPI: bus type pnp registered
pnp 00:03: mem resource (0xf0600000-0xf0607fff) overlaps 0000:00:03.5 BAR 0 (0xf0600000-0xf067ffff), disabling
pnp: PnP ACPI: found 13 devices
ACPI: ACPI bus type pnp unregistered
SCSI subsystem initialized
libata version 3.00 loaded.
usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
usbcore: registered new device driver usb
PCI: Using ACPI for IRQ routing
tracer: 772 pages allocated for 65536 entries of 48 bytes
actual entries 65620
ACPI: RTC can wake from S4
system 00:00: iomem range 0xffc00000-0xffffffff could not be reserved
system 00:00: iomem range 0xfec00000-0xfec00fff could not be reserved
system 00:00: iomem range 0xfee00000-0xfeefffff could not be reserved
system 00:00: iomem range 0xfed00000-0xfed00fff has been reserved
system 00:04: ioport range 0x1000-0x107f has been reserved
system 00:04: ioport range 0x1080-0x10ff has been reserved
system 00:04: ioport range 0x1400-0x147f has been reserved
system 00:04: ioport range 0x1480-0x14ff has been reserved
system 00:04: ioport range 0x1800-0x187f has been reserved
system 00:04: ioport range 0x1880-0x18ff has been reserved
system 00:04: ioport range 0x3040-0x307f has been reserved
system 00:04: ioport range 0x2000-0x203f has been reserved
system 00:07: ioport range 0x4d0-0x4d1 has been reserved
system 00:07: ioport range 0x910-0x911 has been reserved
system 00:07: ioport range 0x295-0x296 has been reserved
pci 0000:00:09.0: PCI bridge, secondary bus 0000:01
pci 0000:00:09.0: IO window: disabled
pci 0000:00:09.0: MEM window: 0xf0500000-0xf05fffff
pci 0000:00:09.0: PREFETCH window: disabled
pci 0000:02:00.0: BAR 6: can't allocate mem resource [0xe0000000-0xdfffffff]
pci 0000:00:0c.0: PCI bridge, secondary bus 0000:02
pci 0000:00:0c.0: IO window: 0x4000-0x4fff
pci 0000:00:0c.0: MEM window: 0xac000000-0xaeffffff
pci 0000:00:0c.0: PREFETCH window: 0x000000d0000000-0x000000dfffffff
pci 0000:00:10.0: PCI bridge, secondary bus 0000:03
pci 0000:00:10.0: IO window: 0x5000-0x5fff
pci 0000:00:10.0: MEM window: 0xaa000000-0xaaffffff
pci 0000:00:10.0: PREFETCH window: 0x000000b0000000-0x000000cdffffff
pci 0000:00:15.0: PCI bridge, secondary bus 0000:04
pci 0000:00:15.0: IO window: 0x6000-0x6fff
pci 0000:00:15.0: MEM window: 0xf0200000-0xf03fffff
pci 0000:00:15.0: PREFETCH window: 0x000000f0000000-0x000000f01fffff
pci 0000:00:16.0: PCI bridge, secondary bus 0000:06
pci 0000:00:16.0: IO window: disabled
pci 0000:00:16.0: MEM window: 0xf0400000-0xf04fffff
pci 0000:00:16.0: PREFETCH window: disabled
pci 0000:00:17.0: PCI bridge, secondary bus 0000:07
pci 0000:00:17.0: IO window: disabled
pci 0000:00:17.0: MEM window: disabled
pci 0000:00:17.0: PREFETCH window: disabled
pci 0000:00:18.0: PCI bridge, secondary bus 0000:08
pci 0000:00:18.0: IO window: disabled
pci 0000:00:18.0: MEM window: disabled
pci 0000:00:18.0: PREFETCH window: disabled
pci 0000:00:09.0: setting latency timer to 64
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [Z00Q] enabled at IRQ 23
pci 0000:00:0c.0: PCI INT A -> Link[Z00Q] -> GSI 23 (level, low) -> IRQ 23
pci 0000:00:0c.0: setting latency timer to 64
pci 0000:00:10.0: setting latency timer to 64
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [Z012] enabled at IRQ 22
pci 0000:00:15.0: PCI INT A -> Link[Z012] -> GSI 22 (level, low) -> IRQ 22
pci 0000:00:15.0: setting latency timer to 64
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [Z016] enabled at IRQ 21
pci 0000:00:16.0: PCI INT A -> Link[Z016] -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ 21
pci 0000:00:16.0: setting latency timer to 64
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [Z01A] enabled at IRQ 20
pci 0000:00:17.0: PCI INT A -> Link[Z01A] -> GSI 20 (level, low) -> IRQ 20
pci 0000:00:17.0: setting latency timer to 64
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [Z01E] enabled at IRQ 19
pci 0000:00:18.0: PCI INT A -> Link[Z01E] -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 19
pci 0000:00:18.0: setting latency timer to 64
bus: 00 index 0 io port: [0, ffff]
bus: 00 index 1 mmio: [0, ffffffff]
bus: 01 index 0 mmio: [0, 0]
bus: 01 index 1 mmio: [f0500000, f05fffff]
bus: 01 index 2 mmio: [0, 0]
bus: 01 index 3 io port: [0, ffff]
bus: 01 index 4 mmio: [0, ffffffff]
bus: 02 index 0 io port: [4000, 4fff]
bus: 02 index 1 mmio: [ac000000, aeffffff]
bus: 02 index 2 mmio: [d0000000, dfffffff]
bus: 02 index 3 mmio: [0, 0]
bus: 03 index 0 io port: [5000, 5fff]
bus: 03 index 1 mmio: [aa000000, aaffffff]
bus: 03 index 2 mmio: [b0000000, cdffffff]
bus: 03 index 3 mmio: [0, 0]
bus: 04 index 0 io port: [6000, 6fff]
bus: 04 index 1 mmio: [f0200000, f03fffff]
bus: 04 index 2 mmio: [f0000000, f01fffff]
bus: 04 index 3 mmio: [0, 0]
bus: 06 index 0 mmio: [0, 0]
bus: 06 index 1 mmio: [f0400000, f04fffff]
bus: 06 index 2 mmio: [0, 0]
bus: 06 index 3 mmio: [0, 0]
bus: 07 index 0 mmio: [0, 0]
bus: 07 index 1 mmio: [0, 0]
bus: 07 index 2 mmio: [0, 0]
bus: 07 index 3 mmio: [0, 0]
bus: 08 index 0 mmio: [0, 0]
bus: 08 index 1 mmio: [0, 0]
bus: 08 index 2 mmio: [0, 0]
bus: 08 index 3 mmio: [0, 0]
NET: Registered protocol family 2
IP route cache hash table entries: 32768 (order: 5, 131072 bytes)
TCP established hash table entries: 131072 (order: 8, 1048576 bytes)
TCP bind hash table entries: 65536 (order: 7, 524288 bytes)
TCP: Hash tables configured (established 131072 bind 65536)
TCP reno registered
NET: Registered protocol family 1
Simple Boot Flag at 0x36 set to 0x1
highmem bounce pool size: 64 pages
VFS: Disk quotas dquot_6.5.1
Dquot-cache hash table entries: 1024 (order 0, 4096 bytes)
NTFS driver 2.1.29 [Flags: R/W].
JFS: nTxBlock = 8192, nTxLock = 65536
SGI XFS with ACLs, security attributes, large block numbers, no debug enabled
SGI XFS Quota Management subsystem
GFS2 (built Nov 20 2008 22:30:39) installed
msgmni has been set to 1734
async_tx: api initialized (async)
io scheduler noop registered
io scheduler anticipatory registered
io scheduler deadline registered
io scheduler cfq registered (default)
pci 0000:03:00.0: Boot video device
pcieport-driver 0000:00:0c.0: setting latency timer to 64
pcieport-driver 0000:00:0c.0: found MSI capability
pci_express 0000:00:0c.0:pcie00: allocate port service
pcieport-driver 0000:00:15.0: setting latency timer to 64
pcieport-driver 0000:00:15.0: found MSI capability
pci_express 0000:00:15.0:pcie00: allocate port service
pcieport-driver 0000:00:16.0: setting latency timer to 64
pcieport-driver 0000:00:16.0: found MSI capability
pci_express 0000:00:16.0:pcie00: allocate port service
pcieport-driver 0000:00:17.0: setting latency timer to 64
pcieport-driver 0000:00:17.0: found MSI capability
pci_express 0000:00:17.0:pcie00: allocate port service
pcieport-driver 0000:00:18.0: setting latency timer to 64
pcieport-driver 0000:00:18.0: found MSI capability
pci_express 0000:00:18.0:pcie00: allocate port service
pci_hotplug: PCI Hot Plug PCI Core version: 0.5
vesafb: framebuffer at 0xcd000000, mapped to 0xf8d00000, using 1536k, total 14336k
vesafb: mode is 1024x768x8, linelength=1024, pages=3
vesafb: protected mode interface info at c000:c9e0
vesafb: pmi: set display start = c00cca43, set palette = c00cca9e
vesafb: pmi: ports = 3b4 3b5 3ba 3c0 3c1 3c4 3c5 3c6 3c7 3c8 3c9 3cc 3ce 3cf 3d0 3d1 3d2 3d3 3d4 3d5 3da
vesafb: scrolling: redraw
vesafb: Pseudocolor: size=8:8:8:8, shift=0:0:0:0
Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 128x48
fb0: VESA VGA frame buffer device
isapnp: Scanning for PnP cards...
isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
Serial: 8250/16550 driver4 ports, IRQ sharing enabled
floppy0: no floppy controllers found
brd: module loaded
loop: module loaded
Compaq SMART2 Driver (v 2.6.0)
HP CISS Driver (v 3.6.20)
input: Macintosh mouse button emulation as /devices/virtual/input/input0
Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver
ide-floppy driver 1.00
Loading iSCSI transport class v2.0-870.
rdac: device handler registered
hp_sw: device handler registered
emc: device handler registered
alua: device handler registered
Loading Adaptec I2O RAID: Version 2.4 Build 5go
Detecting Adaptec I2O RAID controllers...
Adaptec aacraid driver 1.1-5[2456]-ms
aic94xx: Adaptec aic94xx SAS/SATA driver version 1.0.3 loaded
scsi: <fdomain> Detection failed (no card)
sym53c416.c: Version 1.0.0-ac
qlogicfas: no cards were found, please specify I/O address and IRQ using iobase= and irq= options<6>QLogic Fibre Channel HBA Driver: 8.02.01-k7
iscsi: registered transport (qla4xxx)
QLogic iSCSI HBA Driver
Emulex LightPulse Fibre Channel SCSI driver 8.2.7
Copyright(c) 2004-2008 Emulex. All rights reserved.
Failed initialization of WD-7000 SCSI card!
DC390: clustering now enabled by default. If you get problems load
with "disable_clustering=1" and report to maintainers
megaraid cmm: 2.20.2.7 (Release Date: Sun Jul 16 00:01:03 EST 2006)
megaraid: 2.20.5.1 (Release Date: Thu Nov 16 15:32:35 EST 2006)
megasas: 00.00.04.01 Thu July 24 11:41:51 PST 2008
GDT-HA: Storage RAID Controller Driver. Version: 3.05
3ware Storage Controller device driver for Linux v1.26.02.002.
3ware 9000 Storage Controller device driver for Linux v2.26.02.011.
nsp32: loading...
ipr: IBM Power RAID SCSI Device Driver version: 2.4.1 (April 24, 2007)
RocketRAID 3xxx/4xxx Controller driver v1.3 (071203)
stex: Promise SuperTrak EX Driver version: 3.6.0000.1
st: Version 20080504, fixed bufsize 32768, s/g segs 256
Driver 'st' needs updating - please use bus_type methods
Driver 'sd' needs updating - please use bus_type methods
Driver 'sr' needs updating - please use bus_type methods
ahci 0000:00:0b.0: version 3.0
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LSI0] enabled at IRQ 18
ahci 0000:00:0b.0: PCI INT A -> Link[LSI0] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
ahci 0000:00:0b.0: AHCI 0001.0200 32 slots 6 ports 3 Gbps 0x3f impl SATA mode
ahci 0000:00:0b.0: flags: 64bit ncq sntf led pmp pio slum part
ahci 0000:00:0b.0: setting latency timer to 64
scsi2 : ahci
scsi3 : ahci
scsi4 : ahci
scsi5 : ahci
scsi6 : ahci
scsi7 : ahci
ata1: SATA max UDMA/133 irq_stat 0x00400040 , connection status changed
ata2: SATA max UDMA/133 irq_stat 0x00400040, connection status changed
ata3: SATA max UDMA/133 abar m8192@0xf0884000 port 0xf0884200 irq 18
ata4: SATA max UDMA/133 abar m8192@0xf0884000 port 0xf0884280 irq 18
ata5: SATA max UDMA/133 abar m8192@0xf0884000 port 0xf0884300 irq 18
ata6: SATA max UDMA/133 abar m8192@0xf0884000 port 0xf0884380 irq 18
ata1: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300)
ata1.00: ATA-8: ST9320421ASG, DE17, max UDMA/133
ata1.00: 625142448 sectors, multi 16: LBA48 NCQ (depth 31/32)
ata1.00: configured for UDMA/133
ata2: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300)
ata2.00: ATAPI: TSSTcorp DVD+/-RW TS-D633A, D200, max UDMA/100
ata2.00: applying bridge limits
ACPI: EC: GPE storm detected, transactions will use polling mode
ata2.00: configured for UDMA/100
ata3: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300)
ata4: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300)
ata5: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300)
ata6: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300)
scsi 2:0:0:0: Direct-Access ATA ST9320421ASG DE17 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] 625142448 512-byte hardware sectors (320073 MB)
sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] 625142448 512-byte hardware sectors (320073 MB)
sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
sda: sda1 sda2 sda3 sda4
sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI disk
scsi 3:0:0:0: CD-ROM TSSTcorp DVD+-RW TS-D633A D200 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 24x/24x writer dvd-ram cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray
Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20
sr 3:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0
scsi8 : pata_legacy
ata7: PATA max PIO4 cmd 0x1f0 ctl 0x3f6 irq 14
scsi9 : pata_legacy
ata8: PATA max PIO4 cmd 0x170 ctl 0x376 irq 15
I2O subsystem v1.325
i2o: max drivers = 8
I2O Configuration OSM v1.323
I2O Bus Adapter OSM v1.317
I2O Block Device OSM v1.325
I2O SCSI Peripheral OSM v1.316
I2O ProcFS OSM v1.316
Fusion MPT base driver 3.04.07
Copyright (c) 1999-2008 LSI Corporation
Fusion MPT SPI Host driver 3.04.07
Fusion MPT FC Host driver 3.04.07
Fusion MPT SAS Host driver 3.04.07
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNK1] enabled at IRQ 11
ohci1394 0000:01:07.0: PCI INT A -> Link[LNK1] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
ohci1394: fw-host0: OHCI-1394 1.1 (PCI): IRQ=[11] MMIO=[f0500000-f05007ff] Max Packet=[2048] IR/IT contexts=[4/4]
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LUS2] enabled at IRQ 23
ehci_hcd 0000:00:04.1: PCI INT B -> Link[LUS2] -> GSI 23 (level, low) -> IRQ 23
ehci_hcd 0000:00:04.1: setting latency timer to 64
ehci_hcd 0000:00:04.1: EHCI Host Controller
ehci_hcd 0000:00:04.1: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
ehci_hcd 0000:00:04.1: debug port 1
ehci_hcd 0000:00:04.1: cache line size of 32 is not supported
ehci_hcd 0000:00:04.1: irq 23, io mem 0xf0889000
ehci_hcd 0000:00:04.1: USB 2.0 started, EHCI 1.00, driver 10 Dec 2004
usb usb1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 1-0:1.0: 4 ports detected
usb usb1: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0002
usb usb1: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
usb usb1: Product: EHCI Host Controller
usb usb1: Manufacturer: Linux 2.6.27.7-smp ehci_hcd
usb usb1: SerialNumber: 0000:00:04.1
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [Z00P] enabled at IRQ 22
ehci_hcd 0000:00:06.1: PCI INT B -> Link[Z00P] -> GSI 22 (level, low) -> IRQ 22
ehci_hcd 0000:00:06.1: setting latency timer to 64
ehci_hcd 0000:00:06.1: EHCI Host Controller
ehci_hcd 0000:00:06.1: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2
ehci_hcd 0000:00:06.1: debug port 1
ehci_hcd 0000:00:06.1: cache line size of 32 is not supported
ehci_hcd 0000:00:06.1: irq 22, io mem 0xf0889400
ehci_hcd 0000:00:06.1: USB 2.0 started, EHCI 1.00, driver 10 Dec 2004
usb usb2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 2-0:1.0: 3 ports detected
usb usb2: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0002
usb usb2: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
usb usb2: Product: EHCI Host Controller
usb usb2: Manufacturer: Linux 2.6.27.7-smp ehci_hcd
usb usb2: SerialNumber: 0000:00:06.1
116x: driver isp116x-hcd, 03 Nov 2005
ohci_hcd: 2006 August 04 USB 1.1 'Open' Host Controller (OHCI) Driver
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LUS0] enabled at IRQ 21
ohci_hcd 0000:00:04.0: PCI INT A -> Link[LUS0] -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ 21
ohci_hcd 0000:00:04.0: setting latency timer to 64
ohci_hcd 0000:00:04.0: OHCI Host Controller
ohci_hcd 0000:00:04.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 3
ohci_hcd 0000:00:04.0: irq 21, io mem 0xf0886000
usb usb3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 3-0:1.0: 4 ports detected
usb 2-3: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 2
usb usb3: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0001
usb usb3: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
usb usb3: Product: OHCI Host Controller
usb usb3: Manufacturer: Linux 2.6.27.7-smp ohci_hcd
usb usb3: SerialNumber: 0000:00:04.0
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [Z00O] enabled at IRQ 20
ohci_hcd 0000:00:06.0: PCI INT A -> Link[Z00O] -> GSI 20 (level, low) -> IRQ 20
ohci_hcd 0000:00:06.0: setting latency timer to 64
ohci_hcd 0000:00:06.0: OHCI Host Controller
ohci_hcd 0000:00:06.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 4
ohci_hcd 0000:00:06.0: irq 20, io mem 0xf0887000
usb 2-3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
usb usb4: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 4-0:1.0: 3 ports detected
usb 2-3: New USB device found, idVendor=05ca, idProduct=18a0
usb 2-3: New USB device strings: Mfr=9, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
usb 2-3: Product: Integrated Webcam
usb 2-3: Manufacturer: CN0TX6137248792PA7BA
usb usb4: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0001
usb usb4: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
usb usb4: Product: OHCI Host Controller
usb usb4: Manufacturer: Linux 2.6.27.7-smp ohci_hcd
usb usb4: SerialNumber: 0000:00:06.0
USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver v3.0
sl811: driver sl811-hcd, 19 May 2005
Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
USB Mass Storage support registered.
PNP: PS/2 Controller [PNP0303:KBC0,PNP0f13:MSE0] at 0x60,0x64 irq 1,12
serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1
serio: i8042 AUX port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12
mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
i2c /dev entries driver
md: linear personality registered for level -1
md: raid0 personality registered for level 0
md: raid1 personality registered for level 1
md: raid10 personality registered for level 10
input: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard as /devices/platform/i8042/serio0/input/input1
raid6: int32x1 896 MB/s
raid6: int32x2 833 MB/s
raid6: int32x4 684 MB/s
raid6: int32x8 648 MB/s
raid6: mmxx1 2984 MB/s
raid6: mmxx2 3448 MB/s
raid6: sse1x1 2089 MB/s
raid6: sse1x2 2696 MB/s
raid6: sse2x1 3883 MB/s
raid6: sse2x2 4334 MB/s
raid6: using algorithm sse2x2 (4334 MB/s)
md: raid6 personality registered for level 6
md: raid5 personality registered for level 5
md: raid4 personality registered for level 4
md: multipath personality registered for level -4
device-mapper: ioctl: 4.14.0-ioctl (2008-04-23) initialised: dm-devel@redhat.com
usbcore: registered new interface driver hiddev
usbcore: registered new interface driver usbhid
usbhid: v2.6:USB HID core driver
TCP cubic registered
Initializing XFRM netlink socket
NET: Registered protocol family 17
RPC: Registered udp transport module.
RPC: Registered tcp transport module.
Using IPI No-Shortcut mode
md: Autodetecting RAID arrays.
md: Scanned 0 and added 0 devices.
md: autorun ...
md: ... autorun DONE.
kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds
EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
VFS: Mounted root (ext3 filesystem) readonly.
Freeing unused kernel memory: 424k freed
ieee1394: Host added: ID:BUS[0-00:1023] GUID[364fc000216bda01]
ACPI: WMI: Mapper loaded
Linux video capture interface: v2.00
uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device Integrated Webcam (05ca:18a0)
input: Integrated Webcam as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:06.1/usb2/2-3/2-3:1.0/input/input2
usbcore: registered new interface driver uvcvideo
USB Video Class driver (v0.1.0)
shpchp: Standard Hot Plug PCI Controller Driver version: 0.4
forcedeth: Reverse Engineered nForce ethernet driver. Version 0.61.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LMAC] enabled at IRQ 19
forcedeth 0000:00:0a.0: PCI INT A -> Link[LMAC] -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 19
forcedeth 0000:00:0a.0: setting latency timer to 64
sdhci: Secure Digital Host Controller Interface driver
sdhci: Copyright(c) Pierre Ossman
ricoh-mmc: Ricoh MMC Controller disabling driver
ricoh-mmc: Copyright(c) Philip Langdale
ACPI: SSDT 8FEE1086, 021F (r1 PmRef Cpu0Ist 3000 INTL 20050228)
ACPI: SSDT 8FEE1648, 067D (r1 PmRef Cpu0Cst 3001 INTL 20050228)
Monitor-Mwait will be used to enter C-1 state
Monitor-Mwait will be used to enter C-2 state
Monitor-Mwait will be used to enter C-3 state
ACPI: CPU0 (power states: C1[C1] C2[C2] C3[C3])
processor ACPI0007:00: registered as cooling_device0
ACPI: Processor [CPU0] (supports 8 throttling states)
ACPI: SSDT 8FEE0ED6, 01B0 (r1 PmRef Cpu1Ist 3000 INTL 20050228)
ACPI: SSDT 8FEE15C3, 0085 (r1 PmRef Cpu1Cst 3000 INTL 20050228)
ACPI: CPU1 (power states: C1[C1] C2[C2] C3[C3])
processor ACPI0007:01: registered as cooling_device1
ACPI: Processor [CPU1] (supports 8 throttling states)
Marking TSC unstable due to possible TSC halt in C2
forcedeth 0000:00:0a.0: ifname eth0, PHY OUI 0x50ef @ 0, addr 00:22:19:dd:8b:8d
forcedeth 0000:00:0a.0: highdma csum pwrctl mgmt timirq gbit lnktim msi desc-v3
HDA Intel 0000:00:08.0: power state changed by ACPI to D0
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LAZA] enabled at IRQ 17
HDA Intel 0000:00:08.0: PCI INT A -> Link[LAZA] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
HDA Intel 0000:00:08.0: setting latency timer to 64
ACPI: EC: missing confirmations, switch off interrupt mode.
input: PS/2 Synaptics TouchPad as /devices/platform/i8042/serio1/input/input3
ACPI: Battery Slot [BAT0] (battery present)
ACPI: AC Adapter [ADP0] (off-line)
input: Video Bus as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0A08:00/device:11/device:12/input/input4
sd 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0
sr 3:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 5
dcdbas dcdbas: Dell Systems Management Base Driver (version 5.6.0-3.2)
input: Power Button (FF) as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXPWRBN:00/input/input5
ACPI: Video Device [Z01I] (multi-head: no rom: yes post: no)
ACPI: Power Button (FF) [PWRF]
thermal LNXTHERM:01: registered as thermal_zone0
ACPI: Thermal Zone [THRM] (45 C)
input: Power Button (CM) as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0C0C:00/input/input6
ACPI: Power Button (CM) [PWRB]
input: Sleep Button (CM) as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0A08:00/device:2a/PNP0C0E:00/input/input7
ACPI: Sleep Button (CM) [SLPB]
input: Lid Switch as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0C0D:00/input/input8
ACPI: Lid Switch [LID]
hda_intel: azx_get_response timeout, switching to polling mode: last cmd=0x100f0000
hda_intel: azx_get_response timeout, switching to single_cmd mode: last cmd=0x100f0000
ricoh-mmc: Ricoh MMC controller found at 0000:01:07.2 [1180:0843] (rev 12)
ricoh-mmc: Controller is now disabled.
sdhci-pci 0000:01:07.1: SDHCI controller found [1180:0822] (rev 22)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNK2] enabled at IRQ 11
sdhci-pci 0000:01:07.1: PCI INT B -> Link[LNK2] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
mmc0: SDHCI controller on PCI [0000:01:07.1] using PIO
Adding 506036k swap on /dev/sda2. Priority:-1 extents:1 across:506036k
fuse init (API version 7.9)
EXT3 FS on sda4, internal journal
lp: driver loaded but no devices found
ppdev: user-space parallel port driver
Linux agpgart interface v0.103
Intel ISA PCIC probe: not found.
Databook TCIC-2 PCMCIA probe: not found.
eth0: no link during initialization.
NET: Registered protocol family 10
lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions
hda_codec: num_steps = 0 for NID=0x16 (ctl = Surround Playback Volume)
hda_codec: num_steps = 0 for NID=0x16 (ctl = Surround Playback Volume)
mtrr: type mismatch for cdc00000,200000 old: write-back new: write-combining
mtrr: type mismatch for cd800000,400000 old: write-back new: write-combining
mtrr: type mismatch for cd000000,800000 old: write-back new: write-combining
usb 1-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 2
usb 1-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
scsi10 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
usb-storage: device found at 2
usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
usb 1-1: New USB device found, idVendor=0204, idProduct=6025
usb 1-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
usb 1-1: Product: Flash Disk
usb 1-1: Manufacturer: CBM
usb 1-1: SerialNumber: 01114600254D7009
scsi 10:0:0:0: Direct-Access CBM Flash Disk 5.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
sd 10:0:0:0: [sdb] 2053120 512-byte hardware sectors (1051 MB)
sd 10:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
sd 10:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 0b 00 00 08
sd 10:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
sd 10:0:0:0: [sdb] 2053120 512-byte hardware sectors (1051 MB)
sd 10:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
sd 10:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 0b 00 00 08
sd 10:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
sdb: sdb1
sd 10:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk
sd 10:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
usb-storage: device scan complete
root@host:~#



root@host:~# dmesg | grep firmware
root@host:~# uname -r
2.6.27.7-smp


There you have it; what's the next step.

[jayd512]

I see your wireless card is being detected properly. But you neglected one of the commands
Open a terminal and execute

lsmod

Post back with the output.

[Twilight_Bandit]

Thanks, JayD512

Sorry, for the earlier omission. Here's the output for "lsmod".


root@host:~# lsmod

Module Size Used by
snd_seq_dummy 6788 0
snd_seq_oss 33408 0
snd_seq_midi_event 10240 1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq 50928 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device 10380 3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_pcm_oss 40480 0
snd_mixer_oss 17920 1 snd_pcm_oss
ipv6 241956 12
pcmcia 36524 0
pcmcia_core 35604 1 pcmcia
agpgart 32584 0
lp 13572 0
ppdev 11268 0
parport_pc 28196 0
parport 34796 3 lp,ppdev,parport_pc
fuse 54684 3
thermal 19484 0
uvcvideo 57096 0
compat_ioctl32 5120 1 uvcvideo
sdhci_pci 11136 0
snd_hda_intel 367756 0
sdhci 18564 1 sdhci_pci
ricoh_mmc 7808 0
mmc_core 49820 1 sdhci
videodev 36736 1 uvcvideo
v4l1_compat 17924 2 uvcvideo,videodev
psmouse 40592 0
snd_pcm 70788 2 snd_pcm_oss,snd_hda_intel
processor 36648 1 thermal
video 20624 0
thermal_sys 15144 3 thermal,processor,video
snd_timer 23176 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
shpchp 33172 0
snd_page_alloc 11400 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
hwmon 6300 1 thermal_sys
battery 14340 0
button 10128 0
snd_hwdep 10756 1 snd_hda_intel
evdev 13088 7
serio_raw 9220 0
dcdbas 10912 0
snd 51748 9 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd _mixer_oss,snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_hwd ep
ac 8196 0
soundcore 10080 1 snd
output 6656 1 video
forcedeth 55952 0
wmi 9768 0
sg 30516 0
root@host:~#

[jayd512]

Looks like you just need to install the firmware for your wireless.
It's going to be the b43 firmware. Check out this page for instructions on how to go about it.
b43 - Linux Wireless

If any part of it gives you an issue, just post back

[monishakoirala]

This is a guide to running Linux with the Dell XPS M1330 laptop. ... on how well this laptop works with Linux and which modules you need to configure. ... Firewire, Tested at least as Network-Connection. ExpressCard Slot, Yes ... The 4965AGN wireless controller found in the M1330 is supported by the iwlwifi driver.

[mrman]

Did it work for the original poster, he should of let us know if it went ok!

[rssn6]

I think is the firmware just as jayd512 posted but also use the wicd for managing the wireless I had the same issue with slack 12.1 (inspiron 6400) and i used wicd and it is working.
I hope it will help you.