hey all
just got ubuntu cant find any networks need help
i made a log file for u all to look at and see if it will help


i installed network driver using ndiswrapper so the network driver is all installed
packages for ndiswrapper:
ndiswrapper-common version: 1.9
ndiswrapper-utils version: 1.9
ndisgtk version: .8.5

+++++++++++++++++++also tryed commands/outputs++++++++++++++++++++
command: iwlist scan
contents:wlan0 Failed to read scan data : Network is down

then i did

command: sudo ifconfig wlan0 up
contents: SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such file or directory


++++++++++++++++++++++++++==LOG FILE BELOW==++++++++++++++++++++++

command:
lspci | grep "Network"

contents:
00:08.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02)
-------------------------------------
command:
sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist

contents:
blacklist bcm43xx

-----------------------------------
command:
sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/ndiswrapper

contents:
alias eth1 ndiswrapper
alias wlan0 ndiswrapper

-----------------------------------
command:
sudo gedit /etc/network/interfaces

contents:
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
-----------------------------------
command:
ifconfig

contents:
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:e0:4c:ec:e4:18
UP 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)
Interrupt:23 Base address:0x4000

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:768 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:768 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:64225 (64.2 KB) TX bytes:64225 (64.2 KB)
----------------------------------------------------------------
thank you all for ur time and assistance

Are you using a laptop with a wifi-led? If so, check if the led comes on when assigning a static IP to wlan0. Also what's the output of these commands:

1. ifconfig -a
2. lsmod | grep bcm
3. dmesg | tail -n 20

i am using dekstop where the LED is always on no matter what

---commands-------
1.ifconfig -a
2.lsmod | grep bcm
3.dmesg | tail -n 20

---outputs-------
1.
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:e0:4c:ec:e4:18
UP 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)
Interrupt:23 Base address:0x4000

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:282 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:282 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:25233 (25.2 KB) TX bytes:25233 (25.2 KB)

wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:16:ce:05:5f:5f
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)

2.
(nothing appeared)

3.
[ 18.096141] eth0: link down
[ 18.096507] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 18.200084] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43/ucode5.fw
[ 18.203229] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43-open/ucode5.fw
[ 18.215061] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode5.fw" not found
[ 18.215070] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43-open/ucode5.fw" not found
[ 18.215074] b43-phy0 ERROR: You must go to http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/...devicefirmware and download the correct firmware for this driver version. Please carefully read all instructions on this website.
[ 18.690538] [drm] Initialized drm 1.1.0 20060810
[ 18.709886] pci 0000:01:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
[ 18.711639] [drm] Initialized via 2.11.1 20070202 for 0000:01:00.0 on minor 0
[ 18.714726] agpgart-via 0000:00:00.0: AGP 3.5 bridge
[ 18.714763] agpgart-via 0000:00:00.0: putting AGP V3 device into 8x mode
[ 18.714847] pci 0000:01:00.0: putting AGP V3 device into 8x mode
[ 19.954004] usb 3-2: usbfs: interface 0 claimed by usblp while 'usb' sets config #1
[ 92.558333] usb 3-2: usbfs: interface 0 claimed by usblp while 'usb' sets config #1
[ 200.504097] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43/ucode5.fw
[ 200.511063] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43-open/ucode5.fw
[ 200.525384] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode5.fw" not found
[ 200.525393] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43-open/ucode5.fw" not found
[ 200.525396] b43-phy0 ERROR: You must go to http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/...devicefirmware and download the correct firmware for this driver version. Please carefully read all instructions on this website.

Do you have the windows drivers in your linux filesystem? Ndiswrapper is a method to use windows drivers in linux. You must have the *.sys and *.ini file corresponding to your card and then use ndisgtk to 'register' the driver.

Can you `ls /lib/firmware`

Also I think you just need to follow the instructions at http://www.omattos.com/node/6 which shows you how to download the drivers and where to put them. Then the kernel should load them automatically for you

P.S on gentoo there is a bcm-firmware package, there maybe something simular on your distrobution.

-----

Edit, also this site is very useful:

http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/...wn_PCI_devices

Hello and Welcome to LinuxQuestions,

That particular NIC is know for its difficulties when using it with Linux. The only way I ever got it to work is using ndiswrapper and the Windows drivers.

A couple of months ago I participated in a thread to help out a user with the same problem. This is the thread in question, I'm sure you'll get yours working the same way too.

Kind regards,

Eric

thanks this got the driver working without even having to use ndiswrapper!!!!
but now my internet connection drops almost every minute to 5 minutes
i cant even install the latest updates without dropping
i would have to use windows 7 just to download and update it
(this is fustrating)

Ok brilliant, seems like you got the firmware and figured it out! Thats good progress.

When it drops do you get any errors such as from dmesg?

run to see...

It could be your IP is expiring rather rapidly (unlikely but possible) or something else completely.

How have you gone about connecting it to your network? Do you have any config files with the settings in?

this is everything it showed


output of dmesg

[ 0.000000] Enabling unmasked SIMD FPU exception support... done.
[ 0.000000] Initializing CPU#0
[ 0.000000] allocated 4909120 bytes of page_cgroup
[ 0.000000] please try 'cgroup_disable=memory' option if you don't want memory cgroups
[ 0.000000] Initializing HighMem for node 0 (000377fe:0003bee0)
[ 0.000000] Memory: 951404k/981888k available (4679k kernel code, 29576k reserved, 2116k data, 660k init, 72584k highmem)
[ 0.000000] virtual kernel memory layout:
[ 0.000000] fixmap : 0xfff1d000 - 0xfffff000 ( 904 kB)
[ 0.000000] pkmap : 0xff800000 - 0xffc00000 (4096 kB)
[ 0.000000] vmalloc : 0xf7ffe000 - 0xff7fe000 ( 120 MB)
[ 0.000000] lowmem : 0xc0000000 - 0xf77fe000 ( 887 MB)
[ 0.000000] .init : 0xc07a3000 - 0xc0848000 ( 660 kB)
[ 0.000000] .data : 0xc0591d43 - 0xc07a2e88 (2116 kB)
[ 0.000000] .text : 0xc0100000 - 0xc0591d43 (4679 kB)
[ 0.000000] Checking if this processor honours the WP bit even in supervisor mode...Ok.
[ 0.000000] SLUB: Genslabs=13, HWalign=128, Order=0-3, MinObjects=0, CPUs=2, Nodes=1
[ 0.000000] Hierarchical RCU implementation.
[ 0.000000] NR_IRQS:2304 nr_irqs:424
[ 0.000000] Console: colour VGA+ 80x25
[ 0.000000] console [tty0] enabled
[ 0.000000] Fast TSC calibration using PIT
[ 0.000000] Detected 3073.674 MHz processor.
[ 0.004008] Calibrating delay loop (skipped), value calculated using timer frequency.. 6147.34 BogoMIPS (lpj=12294696)
[ 0.004038] Security Framework initialized
[ 0.004072] AppArmor: AppArmor initialized
[ 0.004083] Mount-cache hash table entries: 512
[ 0.004295] Initializing cgroup subsys ns
[ 0.004305] Initializing cgroup subsys cpuacct
[ 0.004311] Initializing cgroup subsys memory
[ 0.004323] Initializing cgroup subsys devices
[ 0.004326] Initializing cgroup subsys freezer
[ 0.004329] Initializing cgroup subsys net_cls
[ 0.004369] CPU: Trace cache: 12K uops, L1 D cache: 16K
[ 0.004374] CPU: L2 cache: 256K
[ 0.004377] CPU: Hyper-Threading is disabled
[ 0.004383] mce: CPU supports 4 MCE banks
[ 0.004399] CPU0: Thermal monitoring enabled (TM1)
[ 0.004407] using mwait in idle threads.
[ 0.004419] Performance Events: no PMU driver, software events only.
[ 0.004429] Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK.
[ 0.021367] SMP alternatives: switching to UP code
[ 0.034345] ACPI: Core revision 20090903
[ 0.050206] ftrace: converting mcount calls to 0f 1f 44 00 00
[ 0.050217] ftrace: allocating 21780 entries in 43 pages
[ 0.052143] Enabling APIC mode: Flat. Using 1 I/O APICs
[ 0.053227] ..TIMER: vector=0x30 apic1=0 pin1=2 apic2=-1 pin2=-1
[ 0.092989] CPU0: Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 3.06GHz stepping 09
[ 0.096001] Brought up 1 CPUs
[ 0.096001] Total of 1 processors activated (6147.34 BogoMIPS).
[ 0.096001] CPU0 attaching NULL sched-domain.
[ 0.096001] devtmpfs: initialized
[ 0.096001] regulator: core version 0.5
[ 0.096001] Time: 9:53:34 Date: 08/28/10
[ 0.096001] NET: Registered protocol family 16
[ 0.096001] EISA bus registered
[ 0.096001] ACPI: bus type pci registered
[ 0.101827] PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xf9f20, last bus=1
[ 0.101831] PCI: Using configuration type 1 for base access
[ 0.103119] bio: create slab <bio-0> at 0
[ 0.103979] ACPI: EC: Look up EC in DSDT
[ 0.113365] ACPI: Interpreter enabled
[ 0.113379] ACPI: (supports S0 S1 S4 S5)
[ 0.113414] ACPI: Using IOAPIC for interrupt routing
[ 0.122548] ACPI: No dock devices found.
[ 0.122739] ACPI: PCI Root Bridge [PCI0] (0000:00)
[ 0.122832] pci 0000:00:00.0: reg 10 32bit mmio pref: [0xe8000000-0xefffffff]
[ 0.123195] pci 0000:00:01.0: supports D1
[ 0.123231] pci 0000:00:08.0: reg 10 32bit mmio: [0xf6010000-0xf6011fff]
[ 0.123302] pci 0000:00:09.0: reg 10 32bit mmio: [0xf6000000-0xf600ffff]
[ 0.123311] pci 0000:00:09.0: reg 14 io port: [0xc000-0xc007]
[ 0.123357] pci 0000:00:09.0: PME# supported from D3hot D3cold
[ 0.123363] pci 0000:00:09.0: PME# disabled
[ 0.123431] pci 0000:00:0f.0: reg 20 io port: [0xc400-0xc40f]
[ 0.123522] pci 0000:00:10.0: reg 20 io port: [0xc800-0xc81f]
[ 0.123553] pci 0000:00:10.0: supports D1 D2
[ 0.123556] pci 0000:00:10.0: PME# supported from D0 D1 D2 D3hot D3cold
[ 0.123561] pci 0000:00:10.0: PME# disabled
[ 0.123620] pci 0000:00:10.1: reg 20 io port: [0xcc00-0xcc1f]
[ 0.123651] pci 0000:00:10.1: supports D1 D2
[ 0.123654] pci 0000:00:10.1: PME# supported from D0 D1 D2 D3hot D3cold
[ 0.123659] pci 0000:00:10.1: PME# disabled
[ 0.123717] pci 0000:00:10.2: reg 20 io port: [0xd000-0xd01f]
[ 0.123748] pci 0000:00:10.2: supports D1 D2
[ 0.123751] pci 0000:00:10.2: PME# supported from D0 D1 D2 D3hot D3cold
[ 0.123756] pci 0000:00:10.2: PME# disabled
[ 0.123819] pci 0000:00:10.3: reg 20 io port: [0xd400-0xd41f]
[ 0.123851] pci 0000:00:10.3: supports D1 D2
[ 0.123853] pci 0000:00:10.3: PME# supported from D0 D1 D2 D3hot D3cold
[ 0.123858] pci 0000:00:10.3: PME# disabled
[ 0.123897] pci 0000:00:10.4: reg 10 32bit mmio: [0xf6012000-0xf60120ff]
[ 0.123949] pci 0000:00:10.4: supports D1 D2
[ 0.123951] pci 0000:00:10.4: PME# supported from D0 D1 D2 D3hot D3cold
[ 0.123956] pci 0000:00:10.4: PME# disabled
[ 0.124060] HPET not enabled in BIOS. You might try hpet=force boot option
[ 0.124133] pci 0000:00:11.5: reg 10 io port: [0xd800-0xd8ff]
[ 0.124188] pci 0000:00:11.5: supports D1 D2
[ 0.124231] pci 0000:00:12.0: reg 10 io port: [0xe000-0xe0ff]
[ 0.124239] pci 0000:00:12.0: reg 14 32bit mmio: [0xf6013000-0xf60130ff]
[ 0.124287] pci 0000:00:12.0: supports D1 D2
[ 0.124290] pci 0000:00:12.0: PME# supported from D0 D1 D2 D3hot D3cold
[ 0.124295] pci 0000:00:12.0: PME# disabled
[ 0.124366] pci 0000:01:00.0: reg 10 32bit mmio pref: [0xf0000000-0xf3ffffff]
[ 0.124373] pci 0000:01:00.0: reg 14 32bit mmio: [0xf4000000-0xf4ffffff]
[ 0.124397] pci 0000:01:00.0: reg 30 32bit mmio pref: [0x000000-0x00ffff]
[ 0.124419] pci 0000:01:00.0: supports D1 D2
[ 0.124467] pci 0000:00:01.0: bridge 32bit mmio: [0xf4000000-0xf5ffffff]
[ 0.124473] pci 0000:00:01.0: bridge 32bit mmio pref: [0xf0000000-0xf3ffffff]
[ 0.124483] pci_bus 0000:00: on NUMA node 0
[ 0.124495] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0._PRT]
[ 0.189128] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKA] (IRQs 3 4 6 7 10 *11 12)
[ 0.189374] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKB] (IRQs 3 4 6 7 10 11 12) *5
[ 0.189617] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKC] (IRQs 3 4 6 7 *10 11 12)
[ 0.189829] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKD] (IRQs 3 4 6 7 10 11 12) *0, disabled.
[ 0.190039] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKE] (IRQs 3 4 6 7 10 11 12) *0, disabled.
[ 0.190238] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKF] (IRQs 3 4 6 7 10 11 12) *0, disabled.
[ 0.190436] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNK0] (IRQs 3 4 6 7 10 11 12) *0, disabled.
[ 0.190633] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNK1] (IRQs 3 4 6 7 10 11 12) *0, disabled.
[ 0.190905] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [ALKA] (IRQs *20), disabled.
[ 0.191153] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [ALKB] (IRQs *21)
[ 0.191401] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [ALKC] (IRQs *22)
[ 0.191699] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [ALKD] (IRQs *23)
[ 0.191880] vgaarb: device added: PCI:0000:01:00.0,decodes=io+mem,owns=io+mem,locks=none
[ 0.191884] vgaarb: loaded
[ 0.192118] SCSI subsystem initialized
[ 0.192238] libata version 3.00 loaded.
[ 0.192397] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
[ 0.192423] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
[ 0.192476] usbcore: registered new device driver usb
[ 0.192750] ACPI: WMI: Mapper loaded
[ 0.192755] PCI: Using ACPI for IRQ routing
[ 0.192996] NetLabel: Initializing
[ 0.193001] NetLabel: domain hash size = 128
[ 0.193003] NetLabel: protocols = UNLABELED CIPSOv4
[ 0.193027] NetLabel: unlabeled traffic allowed by default
[ 0.193124] Switching to clocksource tsc
[ 0.195770] AppArmor: AppArmor Filesystem Enabled
[ 0.195806] pnp: PnP ACPI init
[ 0.195836] ACPI: bus type pnp registered
[ 0.200964] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 14 devices
[ 0.200970] ACPI: ACPI bus type pnp unregistered
[ 0.200976] PnPBIOS: Disabled by ACPI PNP
[ 0.201001] system 00:00: iomem range 0xc8200-0xcbfff has been reserved
[ 0.201006] system 00:00: iomem range 0xf0000-0xf7fff could not be reserved
[ 0.201010] system 00:00: iomem range 0xf8000-0xfbfff could not be reserved
[ 0.201013] system 00:00: iomem range 0xfc000-0xfffff could not be reserved
[ 0.201017] system 00:00: iomem range 0x3bee0000-0x3befffff could not be reserved
[ 0.201022] system 00:00: iomem range 0xffff0000-0xffffffff has been reserved
[ 0.201025] system 00:00: iomem range 0x0-0x9ffff could not be reserved
[ 0.201028] system 00:00: iomem range 0x100000-0x3bedffff could not be reserved
[ 0.201032] system 00:00: iomem range 0xfec00000-0xfec00fff could not be reserved
[ 0.201035] system 00:00: iomem range 0xfee00000-0xfee00fff has been reserved
[ 0.201038] system 00:00: iomem range 0xfff80000-0xfffeffff has been reserved
[ 0.201050] system 00:02: ioport range 0x400-0x47f has been reserved
[ 0.201055] system 00:02: ioport range 0x500-0x50f has been reserved
[ 0.201064] system 00:03: ioport range 0x4d0-0x4d1 has been reserved
[ 0.201068] system 00:03: ioport range 0x800-0x805 has been reserved
[ 0.201072] system 00:03: ioport range 0x290-0x297 has been reserved
[ 0.201075] system 00:03: ioport range 0x880-0x88f has been reserved
[ 0.235896] pci 0000:00:01.0: PCI bridge, secondary bus 0000:01
[ 0.235901] pci 0000:00:01.0: IO window: disabled
[ 0.235908] pci 0000:00:01.0: MEM window: 0xf4000000-0xf5ffffff
[ 0.235913] pci 0000:00:01.0: PREFETCH window: 0xf0000000-0xf3ffffff
[ 0.235934] pci 0000:00:01.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 0.235941] pci_bus 0000:00: resource 0 io: [0x00-0xffff]
[ 0.235944] pci_bus 0000:00: resource 1 mem: [0x000000-0xffffffff]
[ 0.235948] pci_bus 0000:01: resource 1 mem: [0xf4000000-0xf5ffffff]
[ 0.235950] pci_bus 0000:01: resource 2 pref mem [0xf0000000-0xf3ffffff]
[ 0.236006] NET: Registered protocol family 2
[ 0.236139] IP route cache hash table entries: 32768 (order: 5, 131072 bytes)
[ 0.236654] TCP established hash table entries: 131072 (order: 8, 1048576 bytes)
[ 0.238073] TCP bind hash table entries: 65536 (order: 7, 524288 bytes)
[ 0.238932] TCP: Hash tables configured (established 131072 bind 65536)
[ 0.238940] TCP reno registered
[ 0.239114] NET: Registered protocol family 1
[ 0.239151] pci 0000:00:01.0: disabling DAC on VIA PCI bridge
[ 0.239249] pci 0000:00:11.0: Bypassing VIA 8237 APIC De-Assert Message
[ 0.239261] pci 0000:01:00.0: Boot video device
[ 0.239564] cpufreq-nforce2: No nForce2 chipset.
[ 0.239609] Scanning for low memory corruption every 60 seconds
[ 0.239785] audit: initializing netlink socket (disabled)
[ 0.239806] type=2000 audit(1282989213.238:1): initialized
[ 0.248514] Trying to unpack rootfs image as initramfs...
[ 0.259174] highmem bounce pool size: 64 pages
[ 0.259184] HugeTLB registered 4 MB page size, pre-allocated 0 pages
[ 0.267147] VFS: Disk quotas dquot_6.5.2
[ 0.267287] Dquot-cache hash table entries: 1024 (order 0, 4096 bytes)
[ 0.268193] fuse init (API version 7.13)
[ 0.268352] msgmni has been set to 1717
[ 0.268763] alg: No test for stdrng (krng)
[ 0.268905] Block layer SCSI generic (bsg) driver version 0.4 loaded (major 253)
[ 0.268911] io scheduler noop registered
[ 0.268913] io scheduler anticipatory registered
[ 0.268916] io scheduler deadline registered
[ 0.268971] io scheduler cfq registered (default)
[ 0.269146] pci_hotplug: PCI Hot Plug PCI Core version: 0.5
[ 0.269180] pciehp: PCI Express Hot Plug Controller Driver version: 0.4
[ 0.269328] input: Power Button as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0C0C:00/input/input0
[ 0.269336] ACPI: Power Button [PWRB]
[ 0.269398] input: Sleep Button as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0C0E:00/input/input1
[ 0.269407] ACPI: Sleep Button [SLPB]
[ 0.269482] input: Power Button as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXPWRBN:00/input/input2
[ 0.269487] ACPI: Power Button [PWRF]
[ 0.269563] fan PNP0C0B:00: registered as cooling_device0
[ 0.269570] ACPI: Fan [FAN] (on)
[ 0.269987] processor LNXCPU:00: registered as cooling_device1
[ 0.278978] thermal LNXTHERM:01: registered as thermal_zone0
[ 0.278996] ACPI: Thermal Zone [THRM] (35 C)
[ 0.281102] isapnp: Scanning for PnP cards...
[ 0.291340] Serial: 8250/16550 driver, 4 ports, IRQ sharing enabled
[ 0.291470] serial8250: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
[ 0.291610] serial8250: ttyS1 at I/O 0x2f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A
[ 0.292108] 00:09: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
[ 0.292321] 00:0a: ttyS1 at I/O 0x2f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A
[ 0.293853] brd: module loaded
[ 0.294558] loop: module loaded
[ 0.294752] input: Macintosh mouse button emulation as /devices/virtual/input/input3
[ 0.299319] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [ALKA] disabled and referenced, BIOS bug
[ 0.299459] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [ALKA] enabled at IRQ 20
[ 0.299467] alloc irq_desc for 20 on node -1
[ 0.299470] alloc kstat_irqs on node -1
[ 0.299481] pata_acpi 0000:00:0f.0: PCI INT A -> Link[ALKA] -> GSI 20 (level, low) -> IRQ 20
[ 0.299557] pata_acpi 0000:00:0f.0: PCI INT A disabled
[ 0.300017] Fixed MDIO Bus: probed
[ 0.300071] PPP generic driver version 2.4.2
[ 0.300187] tun: Universal TUN/TAP device driver, 1.6
[ 0.300191] tun: (C) 1999-2004 Max Krasnyansky <maxk@qualcomm.com>
[ 0.300346] ehci_hcd: USB 2.0 'Enhanced' Host Controller (EHCI) Driver
[ 0.300712] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [ALKB] enabled at IRQ 21
[ 0.300721] alloc irq_desc for 21 on node -1
[ 0.300724] alloc kstat_irqs on node -1
[ 0.300734] ehci_hcd 0000:00:10.4: PCI INT C -> Link[ALKB] -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ 21
[ 0.300762] ehci_hcd 0000:00:10.4: EHCI Host Controller
[ 0.300874] ehci_hcd 0000:00:10.4: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
[ 0.300966] ehci_hcd 0000:00:10.4: irq 21, io mem 0xf6012000
[ 0.344609] ehci_hcd 0000:00:10.4: USB 2.0 started, EHCI 1.00
[ 0.344789] usb usb1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 0.344836] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.344853] hub 1-0:1.0: 8 ports detected
[ 0.344944] ohci_hcd: USB 1.1 'Open' Host Controller (OHCI) Driver
[ 0.344972] uhci_hcd: USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver
[ 0.345044] uhci_hcd 0000:00:10.0: PCI INT A -> Link[ALKB] -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ 21
[ 0.345056] uhci_hcd 0000:00:10.0: UHCI Host Controller
[ 0.345149] uhci_hcd 0000:00:10.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2
[ 0.345182] uhci_hcd 0000:00:10.0: irq 21, io base 0x0000c800
[ 0.345333] usb usb2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 0.345376] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.345392] hub 2-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
[ 0.345473] uhci_hcd 0000:00:10.1: PCI INT A -> Link[ALKB] -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ 21
[ 0.345485] uhci_hcd 0000:00:10.1: UHCI Host Controller
[ 0.345563] uhci_hcd 0000:00:10.1: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 3
[ 0.345595] uhci_hcd 0000:00:10.1: irq 21, io base 0x0000cc00
[ 0.345740] usb usb3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 0.345789] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.345803] hub 3-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
[ 0.345880] uhci_hcd 0000:00:10.2: PCI INT B -> Link[ALKB] -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ 21
[ 0.345893] uhci_hcd 0000:00:10.2: UHCI Host Controller
[ 0.345979] uhci_hcd 0000:00:10.2: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 4
[ 0.346013] uhci_hcd 0000:00:10.2: irq 21, io base 0x0000d000
[ 0.346181] usb usb4: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 0.346232] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.346247] hub 4-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
[ 0.346323] uhci_hcd 0000:00:10.3: PCI INT B -> Link[ALKB] -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ 21
[ 0.346335] uhci_hcd 0000:00:10.3: UHCI Host Controller
[ 0.346418] uhci_hcd 0000:00:10.3: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 5
[ 0.346452] uhci_hcd 0000:00:10.3: irq 21, io base 0x0000d400
[ 0.346612] usb usb5: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 0.346665] hub 5-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.346677] hub 5-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
[ 0.350948] PNP: PS/2 Controller [PNP0303:PS2K,PNP0f13:PS2M] at 0x60,0x64 irq 1,12
[ 0.351494] serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1
[ 0.351510] serio: i8042 AUX port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12
[ 0.351783] mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
[ 0.352027] rtc_cmos 00:05: RTC can wake from S4
[ 0.352118] rtc_cmos 00:05: rtc core: registered rtc_cmos as rtc0
[ 0.352178] rtc0: alarms up to one year, y3k, 242 bytes nvram
[ 0.352347] device-mapper: uevent: version 1.0.3
[ 0.352608] device-mapper: ioctl: 4.15.0-ioctl (2009-04-01) initialised: dm-devel@redhat.com
[ 0.354689] device-mapper: multipath: version 1.1.0 loaded
[ 0.354699] device-mapper: multipath round-robin: version 1.0.0 loaded
[ 0.355068] EISA: Probing bus 0 at eisa.0
[ 0.355113] EISA: Detected 0 cards.
[ 0.357260] cpuidle: using governor ladder
[ 0.357265] cpuidle: using governor menu
[ 0.357900] TCP cubic registered
[ 0.358093] NET: Registered protocol family 10
[ 0.358738] lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions
[ 0.359167] NET: Registered protocol family 17
[ 0.359276] Using IPI No-Shortcut mode
[ 0.359459] PM: Resume from disk failed.
[ 0.359480] registered taskstats version 1
[ 0.359844] Magic number: 6:409:880
[ 0.359981] rtc_cmos 00:05: setting system clock to 2010-08-28 09:53:34 UTC (1282989214)
[ 0.359987] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 0.359989] EDD information not available.
[ 0.371177] input: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard as /devices/platform/i8042/serio0/input/input4
[ 0.822185] Freeing initrd memory: 8086k freed
[ 0.879137] usb 1-7: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 3
[ 0.922777] isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
[ 0.922826] Freeing unused kernel memory: 660k freed
[ 0.923902] Write protecting the kernel text: 4680k
[ 0.923938] Write protecting the kernel read-only data: 1840k
[ 0.963193] udev: starting version 151
[ 1.069435] usb 1-7: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 1.150165] Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
[ 1.193987] scsi0 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
[ 1.212106] FDC 0 is a post-1991 82077
[ 1.216135] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
[ 1.216142] USB Mass Storage support registered.
[ 1.217008] usb-storage: device found at 3
[ 1.217014] usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
[ 1.308131] usb 3-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2
[ 1.319220] pata_via 0000:00:0f.0: version 0.3.4
[ 1.319253] pata_via 0000:00:0f.0: PCI INT A -> Link[ALKA] -> GSI 20 (level, low) -> IRQ 20
[ 1.322891] scsi1 : pata_via
[ 1.328398] via-rhine.c:v1.10-LK1.4.3 2007-03-06 Written by Donald Becker
[ 1.328409] via-rhine: Broken BIOS detected, avoid_D3 enabled.
[ 1.334363] scsi2 : pata_via
[ 1.337063] ata1: PATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0x1f0 ctl 0x3f6 bmdma 0xc400 irq 14
[ 1.337069] ata2: PATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0x170 ctl 0x376 bmdma 0xc408 irq 15
[ 1.337174] alloc irq_desc for 16 on node -1
[ 1.337178] alloc kstat_irqs on node -1
[ 1.337190] b43-pci-bridge 0000:00:08.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
[ 1.396123] ssb: Sonics Silicon Backplane found on PCI device 0000:00:08.0
[ 1.396683] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [ALKD] enabled at IRQ 23
[ 1.396694] alloc irq_desc for 23 on node -1
[ 1.396697] alloc kstat_irqs on node -1
[ 1.396708] via-rhine 0000:00:12.0: PCI INT A -> Link[ALKD] -> GSI 23 (level, low) -> IRQ 23
[ 1.401981] eth0: VIA Rhine II at 0xf6013000, 00:e0:4c:ec:e4:18, IRQ 23.
[ 1.402693] eth0: MII PHY found at address 1, status 0x7849 advertising 01e1 Link 0000.
[ 1.529511] ata1.00: ATA-7: ST3160812A, 2AAA, max UDMA/100
[ 1.529516] ata1.00: 312581808 sectors, multi 16: LBA48
[ 1.612888] ata1.00: configured for UDMA/100
[ 1.613091] scsi 1:0:0:0: Direct-Access ATA ST3160812A 2AAA PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
[ 1.613411] sd 1:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0
[ 1.614100] sd 1:0:0:0: [sda] 312581808 512-byte logical blocks: (160 GB/149 GiB)
[ 1.614201] sd 1:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
[ 1.614205] sd 1:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
[ 1.614256] sd 1:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
[ 1.614572] sda: sda1 sda2 sda3 sda4
[ 1.662221] sd 1:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI disk
[ 1.749585] usb 3-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 1.776457] ata2.00: ATAPI: DVD DC DQ60, MREC, max UDMA/66
[ 1.776488] ata2.00: limited to UDMA/33 due to 40-wire cable
[ 1.792344] ata2.00: configured for UDMA/33
[ 1.793932] scsi 2:0:0:0: CD-ROM BENQ DVD DC DQ60 MREC PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
[ 1.802452] sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 40x/40x writer dvd-ram cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray
[ 1.802461] Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20
[ 1.803097] sr 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0
[ 1.803500] sr 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 5
[ 2.513246] EXT4-fs (loop0): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode
[ 6.216553] usb-storage: device scan complete
[ 6.220644] scsi 0:0:0:0: Direct-Access Foxconn CF USB2.0 Reade 9144 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0
[ 6.224759] scsi 0:0:0:1: Direct-Access Foxconn SM USB2.0 Reade 9144 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0
[ 6.228917] scsi 0:0:0:2: Direct-Access Foxconn SD USB2.0 Reade 9144 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0
[ 6.233032] scsi 0:0:0:3: Direct-Access Foxconn MS USB2.0 Reade 9144 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0
[ 6.233980] sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
[ 6.235019] sd 0:0:0:1: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 0
[ 6.235277] sd 0:0:0:2: Attached scsi generic sg4 type 0
[ 6.235511] sd 0:0:0:3: Attached scsi generic sg5 type 0
[ 6.241622] sd 0:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk
[ 6.242608] sd 0:0:0:1: [sdc] Attached SCSI removable disk
[ 6.243632] sd 0:0:0:2: [sdd] Attached SCSI removable disk
[ 6.244879] sd 0:0:0:3: [sde] Attached SCSI removable disk
[ 13.727976] udev: starting version 151
[ 14.095127] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[ 14.321214] cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain
[ 14.328697] parport_pc 00:0b: reported by Plug and Play ACPI
[ 14.328750] parport0: PC-style at 0x378, irq 7 [PCSPP,TRISTATE]
[ 14.373953] shpchp: Standard Hot Plug PCI Controller Driver version: 0.4
[ 14.374540] Linux agpgart interface v0.103
[ 14.408319] lp0: using parport0 (interrupt-driven).
[ 14.515844] agpgart: Detected VIA VT3314 chipset
[ 14.649721] agpgart-via 0000:00:00.0: AGP aperture is 128M @ 0xe8000000
[ 14.864241] ppdev: user-space parallel port driver
[ 14.871366] vga16fb: initializing
[ 14.871402] vga16fb: mapped to 0xc00a0000
[ 14.871745] fb0: VGA16 VGA frame buffer device
[ 14.873838] psmouse serio1: ID: 10 00 64
[ 14.981612] b43-phy0: Broadcom 4318 WLAN found (core revision 9)
[ 15.005936] cfg80211: World regulatory domain updated:
[ 15.005944] (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp)
[ 15.005947] (2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
[ 15.005951] (2457000 KHz - 2482000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
[ 15.005954] (2474000 KHz - 2494000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
[ 15.005957] (5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
[ 15.005960] (5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
[ 15.011596] usblp0: Disabling reads from problematic bidirectional printer
[ 15.095323] usblp0: USB Unidirectional printer dev 2 if 0 alt 0 proto 2 vid 0x04F9 pid 0x000D
[ 15.095357] usbcore: registered new interface driver usblp
[ 15.319576] type=1505 audit(1283003629.456:2): operation="profile_load" pid=531 name="/sbin/dhclient3"
[ 15.320950] type=1505 audit(1283003629.460:3): operation="profile_load" pid=531 name="/usr/lib/NetworkManager/nm-dhcp-client.action"
[ 15.321321] type=1505 audit(1283003629.460:4): operation="profile_load" pid=531 name="/usr/lib/connman/scripts/dhclient-script"
[ 15.435118] phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'minstrel'
[ 15.436179] Registered led device: b43-phy0::tx
[ 15.436206] Registered led device: b43-phy0::rx
[ 15.436228] Registered led device: b43-phy0::radio
[ 15.436374] Broadcom 43xx driver loaded [ Features: PL, Firmware-ID: FW13 ]
[ 15.537495] input: ImPS/2 Logitech Wheel Mouse as /devices/platform/i8042/serio1/input/input5
[ 15.622606] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 80x30
[ 16.227035] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [ALKC] enabled at IRQ 22
[ 16.227046] alloc irq_desc for 22 on node -1
[ 16.227049] alloc kstat_irqs on node -1
[ 16.227062] VIA 82xx Audio 0000:00:11.5: PCI INT C -> Link[ALKC] -> GSI 22 (level, low) -> IRQ 22
[ 16.227237] VIA 82xx Audio 0000:00:11.5: setting latency timer to 64
[ 18.494740] Adding 261112k swap on /host/ubuntu/disks/swap.disk. Priority:-1 extents:1 across:261112k
[ 19.084231] type=1505 audit(1283003633.224:5): operation="profile_load" pid=749 name="/usr/share/gdm/guest-session/Xsession"
[ 19.091915] type=1505 audit(1283003633.228:6): operation="profile_replace" pid=751 name="/sbin/dhclient3"
[ 19.096743] type=1505 audit(1283003633.236:7): operation="profile_replace" pid=751 name="/usr/lib/NetworkManager/nm-dhcp-client.action"
[ 19.097141] type=1505 audit(1283003633.236:8): operation="profile_replace" pid=751 name="/usr/lib/connman/scripts/dhclient-script"
[ 19.196229] type=1505 audit(1283003633.336:9): operation="profile_load" pid=752 name="/usr/bin/evince"
[ 19.235029] type=1505 audit(1283003633.372:10): operation="profile_load" pid=752 name="/usr/bin/evince-previewer"
[ 19.264882] type=1505 audit(1283003633.404:11): operation="profile_load" pid=752 name="/usr/bin/evince-thumbnailer"
[ 19.284101] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43/ucode5.fw
[ 19.347768] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43/pcm5.fw
[ 19.369593] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43/b0g0initvals5.fw
[ 19.388240] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43/b0g0bsinitvals5.fw
[ 19.558602] b43-phy0: Loading firmware version 351.126 (2006-07-29 05:54:02)
[ 19.558612] b43-phy0 warning: You are using an old firmware image. Support for old firmware will be removed soon (official deadline was July 2008).
[ 19.558618] b43-phy0 warning: You must go to http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/...devicefirmware and download the correct firmware for this driver version. Please carefully read all instructions on this website.
[ 19.610835] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
[ 19.625077] eth0: link down
[ 19.625300] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 20.137456] [drm] Initialized drm 1.1.0 20060810
[ 20.175780] pci 0000:01:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
[ 20.177447] [drm] Initialized via 2.11.1 20070202 for 0000:01:00.0 on minor 0
[ 20.180846] agpgart-via 0000:00:00.0: AGP 3.5 bridge
[ 20.180882] agpgart-via 0000:00:00.0: putting AGP V3 device into 8x mode
[ 20.180966] pci 0000:01:00.0: putting AGP V3 device into 8x mode
[ 21.272148] usb 3-2: usbfs: interface 0 claimed by usblp while 'usb' sets config #1
[ 34.856226] wlan0: deauthenticating from 00:e0:98:e4:b2:b4 by local choice (reason=3)
[ 34.858138] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:e0:98:e4:b2:b4 (try 1)
[ 35.056084] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:e0:98:e4:b2:b4 (try 2)
[ 35.057668] wlan0: direct probe responded
[ 35.057676] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:e0:98:e4:b2:b4 (try 1)
[ 35.059067] wlan0: authenticated
[ 35.059110] wlan0: associate with AP 00:e0:98:e4:b2:b4 (try 1)
[ 35.061239] wlan0: RX AssocResp from 00:e0:98:e4:b2:b4 (capab=0x471 status=0 aid=1)
[ 35.061246] wlan0: associated
[ 35.061988] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlan0: link becomes ready
[ 45.208024] wlan0: no IPv6 routers present
[ 227.688076] No probe response from AP 00:e0:98:e4:b2:b4 after 500ms, disconnecting.

Need more up to date firmware, where did you get your current firmware?

i got the firmware from
http://www.omattos.com/node/6

i dont know where to get newer versions of firmware

You're using Ubuntu, right? Theres a nice application called jockey-gtk or jockey-kde depending on your choice, which should start automatically after the first boot if needed, that shows you proprietary drivers you may need. I installed with one click the Broadcom B43 wireless driver and everything worked perfectly: I'm able to see available networks with networkmanager applet, connect using encryption (WEP passphrase or HEX,WPA etc) and it never drops.
Let me know

it says theres a later version installed of jockey
any other ideas?

You just need to get the updated firmware, follow the url that is linked in your dmesg log. Once you've got this your card should boot properly.

i need help with these instructions can someone clarify the instructions
im using ubuntu 10.04
heres the link with instructions i need help with
http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/...devicefirmware