Broadcom corperation dell wireless 1390 wlan mini pci card (rev 0a)
i dont understand, that is my lspci, but where does the dell part come in? im on a hp pavilon dv6000

anyway, can anyone tell me what drivers i would need to get that wireless card working on bt linux?

apt-get install lshw-gtk hal-device-manager

I can't find BT Linux anywhere. Are abbreviating the distro name? There are two common ways to get that card going and which you use and how you proceed to do it depends which Linux distribution and version you are running.

Probably the most straightforward way is to use ndiswrapper with the Windows drivers, but there is also a native linux driver that needs the firmware "cut out" from the Windows drivers with a special program called fw-cutter. Broadcom won't let them distribute the firmware even though you can download the Windows driver for free!

Anything related to Windows will have money involved, when you pay $500.00 for a Windows operating system, do actually think all that money goes straight into Bill Gates account?. The reason most hardware is well supported in Windows is because of the money exchanged between all, not because they are in love with Bill or hope to be included in the will.

I found your earlier post and now know you're running Backtrack 1. It helps if you spell out things clearly.

While the new Backtrack 2 supports your adapter "out of the box" with the exception of packet injection, the driver is not included in Backtrack 1. Since Backtrack is designed as a LiveCD distro it doesn't include the tools to easily add the driver yourself.

I don't think the linux kernel in Backtrack 1 would even support the current bcm43xx driver if you could put together a development environment to build it there.

Looks like time to get the new version.