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Old 05-10-2011, 02:48 PM   #1
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Dell 15030 with Ubuntu 11.04 Wireless Issues

I have a Dell 1530 Laptop
I installed Ubuntu 11.04 with no issues noticed during install
This is my first time installing and using a linux distro on my own
I can not get my wireless to work

I went to the site for broadcom' linux drivers:
http://www.broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php

I followed the instructions in the readme, and when I got to the install part everything seemed to stop working for me in terminal.

Regardless, I was hoping someone could help me with getting my wireless card to work with Linux, it doesn't actually have to be Ubuntu, that is just the distro that seems to be the most popular.

Appreciate any help with this.
 
Old 05-10-2011, 09:26 PM   #2
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Hi ewiggin, Welcome to LQ. Let's see what card you have and what, if any modules are loaded. Please post the output from the following:

Code:
$ sudo lspci -v | grep -i net
$ sudo lsmod
Good luck. ;-)
 
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Old 05-11-2011, 08:06 AM   #3
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Thanks!
So the craziest thing, I left my laptop off and at work overnight (I am sure the at work part is not relevant) and when I turned it on this morning the wireless card was working and I was able to connect to my network.

Anyways, I wanted to thank Peacedog for the quick reply and I am sure I will be posting more questions on here in the future.
 
Old 05-11-2011, 07:37 PM   #4
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Glad you got it sorted Mate!

Good luck. ;-)
 
Old 07-10-2011, 12:20 AM   #5
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Hi Peacedog,

I'm in the same boat as ewiggin, except I have a Dell lattitude D510. Here is the output you requested:
Code:
$ sudo lspci -v | grep -i net
[sudo] password for cavecliff: 
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX (rev 02)
02:03.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02)

$ sudo lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
snd_intel8x0           33213  2 
snd_ac97_codec        105614  1 snd_intel8x0
ac97_bus               12642  1 snd_ac97_codec
arc4                   12473  2 
snd_pcm                80244  2 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec
b43                   296610  0 
snd_seq_midi           13132  0 
i915                  450944  3 
snd_rawmidi            25269  1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event     14475  1 snd_seq_midi
mac80211              257001  1 b43
snd_seq                51291  2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer              28659  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
binfmt_misc            13213  1 
snd_seq_device         14110  3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
drm_kms_helper         40745  1 i915
pcmcia                 39671  0 
cfg80211              156212  2 b43,mac80211
snd                    55295  11 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
joydev                 17322  0 
yenta_socket           27230  0 
drm                   180037  4 i915,drm_kms_helper
ppdev                  12849  0 
pcmcia_rsrc            18292  1 yenta_socket
dell_laptop            13515  0 
pcmcia_core            21505  3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,pcmcia_rsrc
dcdbas                 14054  1 dell_laptop
soundcore              12600  1 snd
psmouse                73312  0 
snd_page_alloc         14073  2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
parport_pc             32111  1 
i2c_algo_bit           13184  1 i915
serio_raw              12990  0 
video                  18951  1 i915
lp                     13349  0 
parport                36746  3 ppdev,parport_pc,lp
b44                    35301  0 
firewire_ohci          31504  0 
firewire_core          56138  1 firewire_ohci
ssb                    45942  2 b43,b44
crc_itu_t              12627  1 firewire_core
cavecliff@cavecliff-Latitude-D510:~$
There's also a function key/F2 combination that would turn the wireless on/off under windows, but it doesn't seem to do anything under Ubuntu 11.04.

Thank you for your expertise,
op
 
Old 07-10-2011, 07:50 AM   #6
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Hey guys I found the answer to the problem ->> here in Ubuntu forum <<

After installing the firmware, the hardware switch works and the wifi works!

Thanks,
op
 
Old 07-10-2011, 07:55 AM   #7
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Hi oprativ, Welcome to LQ. Is the device up? Has the firmware been loaded? What distro are you running? It appears the modules are loaded. Please post the output from the following.

Code:
$ ls /lib/firmware
# ifconfig -a
# iwconfig
Good luck. ;-)
 
Old 07-10-2011, 09:52 AM   #8
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Hey Peacedog,

Yeah I loaded the firmware as per Ubuntu documentation (link in my previous post).

Here's the output you requested:
Code:
cavecliff@cavecliff-Latitude-D510:~$ ls /lib/firmware/
2.6.38-8-generic          i2400m-fw-usb-1.5.sbcf   rt2661.bin
3com                      i6050-fw-usb-1.5.sbcf    rt2860.bin
acenic                    intelliport2.bin         rt2870.bin
adaptec                   ipw2100-1.3.fw           rt3070.bin
advansys                  ipw2100-1.3-i.fw         rt3071.bin
agere_ap_fw.bin           ipw2100-1.3-p.fw         rt3090.bin
agere_sta_fw.bin          ipw2200-bss.fw           rt73.bin
aic94xx-seq.fw            ipw2200-ibss.fw          RTL8192E
ar3k                      ipw2200-sniffer.fw       RTL8192SE
ar7010_1_1.fw             iwlwifi-1000-3.ucode     rtl_nic
ar7010.fw                 iwlwifi-1000-5.ucode     rtlwifi
ar9170-1.fw               iwlwifi-100-5.ucode      s2250.fw
ar9170-2.fw               iwlwifi-3945-2.ucode     s2250_loader.fw
ar9170.fw                 iwlwifi-4965-2.ucode     sb16
ar9271.fw                 iwlwifi-5000-1.ucode     scripts
asihpi                    iwlwifi-5000-2.ucode     slicoss
ath3k-1.fw                iwlwifi-5000-5.ucode     sun
atmel_at76c502_3com.bin   iwlwifi-5150-2.ucode     sxg
atmel_at76c502.bin        iwlwifi-6000-4.ucode     tehuti
atmel_at76c502d.bin       iwlwifi-6000g2a-5.ucode  ti_3410.fw
atmel_at76c502e.bin       iwlwifi-6000g2b-5.ucode  ti_5052.fw
atmel_at76c504_2958.bin   iwlwifi-6050-4.ucode     ti-connectivity
atmel_at76c504a_2958.bin  iwlwifi-6050-5.ucode     tigon
atmel_at76c504.bin        kaweth                   tlg2300_firmware.bin
atmel_at76c506.bin        keyspan                  tr_smctr.bin
atmsar11.fw               keyspan_pda              ttusb-budget
av7110                    korg                     ueagle-atm
b43                       lgs8g75.fw               usbdux
bnx2                      libertas                 usbduxfast_firmware.bin
bnx2x-e1-4.8.53.0.fw      matrox                   usbdux_firmware.bin
bnx2x-e1-5.2.13.0.fw      mrvl                     v4l-cx231xx-avcore-01.fw
bnx2x-e1-5.2.7.0.fw       mts_cdma.fw              v4l-cx23418-apu.fw
bnx2x-e1h-4.8.53.0.fw     mts_edge.fw              v4l-cx23418-cpu.fw
bnx2x-e1h-5.2.13.0.fw     mts_gsm.fw               v4l-cx23418-dig.fw
bnx2x-e1h-5.2.7.0.fw      mts_mt9234mu.fw          v4l-cx2341x-dec.fw
brcm                      mts_mt9234zba.fw         v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw
carl9170-1.fw             mwl8335_duplex.fw        v4l-cx2341x-init.mpg
cis                       mwl8k                    v4l-cx23885-avcore-01.fw
cpia2                     myricom                  v4l-cx23885-enc.fw
cxgb3                     NPE-B                    v4l-cx25840.fw
dabusb                    NPE-C                    v4l-pvrusb2-24xxx-01.fw
dsp56k                    ositech                  v4l-pvrusb2-29xxx-01.fw
dvb-fe-xc5000-1.6.114.fw  phanfw.bin               vicam
dvb-usb-dib0700-1.20.fw   ql2100_fw.bin            vntwusb.fw
e100                      ql2200_fw.bin            vxge
ea                        ql2300_fw.bin            WHENCE.ubuntu
edgeport                  ql2322_fw.bin            whiteheat.fw
emi26                     ql2400_fw.bin            whiteheat_loader.fw
emi62                     ql2500_fw.bin            yam
ess                       qlogic                   yamaha
f2255usb.bin              r128                     zd1201-ap.fw
GPL-3                     radeon                   zd1201.fw
hp                        rt2561.bin               zd1211
i2400m-fw-usb-1.4.sbcf    rt2561s.bin
cavecliff@cavecliff-Latitude-D510:~$ sudo ifconfig -a
[sudo] password for cavecliff: 
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:14:22:b7:1b:0a  
          inet addr:192.168.1.34  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::214:22ff:feb7:1b0a/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:649 errors:3 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:3
          TX packets:567 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:3 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:279150 (279.1 KB)  TX bytes:98150 (98.1 KB)
          Interrupt:18 

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:12 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:12 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:720 (720.0 B)  TX bytes:720 (720.0 B)

wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:14:a4:3b:18:75  
          inet addr:192.168.1.33  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::214:a4ff:fe3b:1875/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:162 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:29 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:13819 (13.8 KB)  TX bytes:8816 (8.8 KB)

cavecliff@cavecliff-Latitude-D510:~$ sudo iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

wlan0     IEEE 802.11bg  ESSID:"toto"  
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.462 GHz  Access Point: 00:11:50:FD:E6:D3   
          Bit Rate=54 Mb/s   Tx-Power=20 dBm   
          Retry  long limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:5B38-4271-6E
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality=60/70  Signal level=-50 dBm  
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:24   Missed beacon:0

cavecliff@cavecliff-Latitude-D510:~$
Thanks for the great welcome to LQ!

What firmware should I be looking for in that ls command output?

op
 
Old 07-11-2011, 10:43 PM   #9
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Apparently none since all is working? Your last couple of posts are a bit confusing. Have you sorted this?

Good luck. ;-)
 
  


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