help required with drivers.....

[abhinavg]

I recently installed ubuntu 10.04 on a dell 64-bit laptop but the wireless cannot connect although it is working fine in windows. On s friends suggestion i tried installing drivers of broadcom but was unsuccessful.. I'm a bit new to linux..i have to get my wireless working urgently .. pls help asap... thanks.


output from lspci -knn

00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor DRAM Controller [8086:0044] (rev 12)
Kernel modules: intel-agp
00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Core Processor PCI Express x16 Root Port [8086:0045] (rev 12)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
Kernel modules: shpchp
00:16.0 Communication controller [0780]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset HECI Controller [8086:3b64] (rev 06)
00:1a.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller [8086:3b3c] (rev 06)
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset High Definition Audio [8086:3b56] (rev 06)
Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 1 [8086:3b42] (rev 06)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 2 [8086:3b44] (rev 06)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1c.5 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 6 [8086:3b4c] (rev 06)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller [8086:3b34] (rev 06)
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev a6)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation Mobile 5 Series Chipset LPC Interface Controller [8086:3b09] (rev 06)
Kernel modules: iTCO_wdt
00:1f.2 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset 4 port SATA AHCI Controller [8086:3b29] (rev 06)
Kernel driver in use: ahci
Kernel modules: ahci
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset SMBus Controller [8086:3b30] (rev 06)
Kernel modules: i2c-i801
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc M92 LP [Mobility Radeon HD 4300 Series] [1002:9552]
Kernel driver in use: radeon
Kernel modules: radeon
02:00.1 Audio device [0403]: ATI Technologies Inc RV710/730 [1002:aa38]
Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel
04:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g [14e4:4315] (rev 01)
Kernel driver in use: b43-pci-bridge
Kernel modules: ssb
05:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller [10ec:8136] (rev 02)
Kernel driver in use: r8169
Kernel modules: r8169
ff:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture Generic Non-core Registers [8086:2c62] (rev 02)
ff:00.1 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture System Address Decoder [8086:2d01] (rev 02)
ff:02.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Link 0 [8086:2d10] (rev 02)
ff:02.1 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Physical 0 [8086:2d11] (rev 02)
ff:02.2 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor Reserved [8086:2d12] (rev 02)
ff:02.3 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor Reserved [8086:2d13] (rev 02)


output from lsmod....

Module Size Used by
rfcomm 33421 4
binfmt_misc 6587 1
sco 7885 2
bridge 45582 0
stp 1655 1 bridge
bnep 9436 2
ppdev 5259 0
l2cap 30624 16 rfcomm,bnep
btusb 10925 2
bluetooth 49892 9 rfcomm,sco,bnep,l2cap,btusb
snd_hda_codec_atihdmi 2367 1
fbcon 35102 71
tileblit 2031 1 fbcon
font 7557 1 fbcon
bitblit 4707 1 fbcon
softcursor 1189 1 bitblit
vga16fb 11385 0
vgastate 8961 1 vga16fb
joydev 8708 0
snd_hda_codec_realtek 203168 1
arc4 1153 2
snd_hda_intel 21877 2
snd_hda_codec 74201 3 snd_hda_codec_atihdmi,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hd a_intel
snd_hwdep 5412 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm_oss 35308 0
snd_mixer_oss 13746 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 70662 3 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_dummy 1338 0
snd_seq_oss 26726 0
snd_seq_midi 4557 0
snd_rawmidi 19056 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 6003 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
radeon 674135 3
ttm 49943 1 radeon
drm_kms_helper 29297 1 radeon
b43 157218 0
snd_seq 47263 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_mid i_event
dell_wmi 1793 0
mac80211 204922 1 b43
uvcvideo 56990 0
snd_timer 19098 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 5700 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi ,snd_seq
drm 162471 5 radeon,ttm,drm_kms_helper
cfg80211 126485 2 b43,mac80211
videodev 34361 1 uvcvideo
v4l1_compat 13251 2 uvcvideo,videodev
snd 54148 16 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec, snd_hwdep,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_se q_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
intel_agp 24177 0
led_class 2864 1 b43
dell_laptop 6856 0
dcdbas 5422 1 dell_laptop
psmouse 63245 0
serio_raw 3978 0
video 17375 0
output 1871 1 video
i2c_algo_bit 5028 1 radeon
agpgart 31724 3 ttm,drm,intel_agp
soundcore 6620 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 7076 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
lp 7028 0
parport 32635 2 ppdev,lp
usbhid 36110 0
hid 67032 1 usbhid
usb_storage 39425 0
ssb 37336 1 b43
ahci 32008 1
r8169 33884 0
mii 4381 1 r8169

[abhinavg]

Update -------------------------------

I found another good source (http:ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1390979) and did everything as they instructed.... but still the wifi refuses to work.. pls help..


here is the output for lspci

00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor DRAM Controller [8086:0044] (rev 12)
Kernel modules: intel-agp
00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Core Processor PCI Express x16 Root Port [8086:0045] (rev 12)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
Kernel modules: shpchp
00:16.0 Communication controller [0780]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset HECI Controller [8086:3b64] (rev 06)
00:1a.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller [8086:3b3c] (rev 06)
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset High Definition Audio [8086:3b56] (rev 06)
Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 1 [8086:3b42] (rev 06)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 2 [8086:3b44] (rev 06)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1c.5 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 6 [8086:3b4c] (rev 06)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller [8086:3b34] (rev 06)
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev a6)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation Mobile 5 Series Chipset LPC Interface Controller [8086:3b09] (rev 06)
Kernel modules: iTCO_wdt
00:1f.2 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset 4 port SATA AHCI Controller [8086:3b29] (rev 06)
Kernel driver in use: ahci
Kernel modules: ahci
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset SMBus Controller [8086:3b30] (rev 06)
Kernel modules: i2c-i801
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc M92 LP [Mobility Radeon HD 4300 Series] [1002:9552]
Kernel driver in use: radeon
Kernel modules: radeon
02:00.1 Audio device [0403]: ATI Technologies Inc RV710/730 [1002:aa38]
Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel
04:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g [14e4:4315] (rev 01)
Kernel modules: wl, ssb
05:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller [10ec:8136] (rev 02)
Kernel driver in use: r8169
Kernel modules: r8169
ff:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture Generic Non-core Registers [8086:2c62] (rev 02)
ff:00.1 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture System Address Decoder [8086:2d01] (rev 02)
ff:02.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Link 0 [8086:2d10] (rev 02)
ff:02.1 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Physical 0 [8086:2d11] (rev 02)
ff:02.2 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor Reserved [8086:2d12] (rev 02)
ff:02.3 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor Reserved [8086:2d13] (rev 02)



And here is the output for lsmod


Module Size Used by
rfcomm 33421 4
sco 7885 2
bridge 45582 0
stp 1655 1 bridge
bnep 9436 2
l2cap 30624 16 rfcomm,bnep
btusb 10925 2
bluetooth 49892 9 rfcomm,sco,bnep,l2cap,btusb
binfmt_misc 6587 1
ppdev 5259 0
joydev 8708 0
snd_hda_codec_atihdmi 2367 1
fbcon 35102 71
tileblit 2031 1 fbcon
font 7557 1 fbcon
bitblit 4707 1 fbcon
softcursor 1189 1 bitblit
vga16fb 11385 0
vgastate 8961 1 vga16fb
snd_hda_codec_realtek 203168 1
snd_hda_intel 21877 2
snd_hda_codec 74201 3 snd_hda_codec_atihdmi,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hd a_intel
snd_hwdep 5412 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm_oss 35308 0
snd_seq_dummy 1338 0
snd_mixer_oss 13746 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_oss 26726 0
snd_seq_midi 4557 0
snd_pcm 70662 3 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_rawmidi 19056 1 snd_seq_midi
dell_wmi 1793 0
wl 1959598 0
snd_seq_midi_event 6003 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
radeon 674135 3
ttm 49943 1 radeon
snd_seq 47263 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_mid i_event
psmouse 63245 0
dell_laptop 6856 0
snd_timer 19098 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
uvcvideo 56990 0
lib80211 5046 1 wl
drm_kms_helper 29297 1 radeon
dcdbas 5422 1 dell_laptop
snd_seq_device 5700 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi ,snd_seq
videodev 34361 1 uvcvideo
v4l1_compat 13251 2 uvcvideo,videodev
snd 54148 16 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec, snd_hwdep,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_seq_oss,sn d_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
intel_agp 24177 0
video 17375 0
serio_raw 3978 0
output 1871 1 video
drm 162471 5 radeon,ttm,drm_kms_helper
agpgart 31724 3 ttm,intel_agp,drm
i2c_algo_bit 5028 1 radeon
soundcore 6620 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 7076 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
lp 7028 0
parport 32635 2 ppdev,lp
usbhid 36110 0
hid 67032 1 usbhid
r8169 33884 0
mii 4381 1 r8169
ahci 32008 1

[waterhead]

Since the b43 driver is no longer loading, I take it that you blacklisted it? You should also then blacklist the ssb module.

The wl driver module is now loading, and that is the correct driver for your wireless. Blacklisting the ssb module, and rebooting, may be all you need to do.