HOWTO: Dell Inspiron E1505 Wireless (Broadcom 1390 WLAN)

Okay, so, I'm following the steps on your guide, and when I get to the apt-get update part, it does all the necessary stuff. But when you say to use the internet to get the ndiswrapper, I can't do that because I don't have an internet connection (I did, however, get them on the laptop by using a different computer. I just used a flash drive). I'm not sure if that makes a difference. I placed both files on my desktop. I extract ndiswrapper and I get a new folder on the desktop (ndiswrapper-1.46) and I blacklist the other driver. REBOOT.

I do the uninstall, only get the "removing" line once. When I do "sudo make," I get the same stuff reuben got:

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Originally Posted by reuben

loadndisdriver.c: In function ‘main’:
loadndisdriver.c:511: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘openlog’
loadndisdriver.c:511: error: ‘LOG_PERROR’ undeclared (first use in this function)
loadndisdriver.c:511: error: ‘LOG_CONS’ undeclared (first use in this function)
loadndisdriver.c:511: error: ‘LOG_KERN’ undeclared (first use in this function)
loadndisdriver.c:511: error: ‘LOG_DEBUG’ undeclared (first use in this function)
loadndisdriver.c:513: error: ‘LOG_INFO’ undeclared (first use in this function)
loadndisdriver.c:515: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘strncmp’
loadndisdriver.c:517: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘printf’
loadndisdriver.c:517: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function ‘printf’
loadndisdriver.c:527: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘atoi’
loadndisdriver.c:542: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘atof’
loadndisdriver.c:549: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘strcmp’
loadndisdriver.c:556: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function ‘sscanf’
loadndisdriver.c:590: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘closelog’
make[1]: *** [loadndisdriver] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/reuben/Desktop/ndiswrapper-1.46/utils'
make: *** [all] Error 2

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This also shows up when I do "sudo make install."

Something tells me this isn't right. After I did that, I extracted R151517.exe to a folder, and I did "sudo ndiswrapper -i bcmwl5.inf" and "sudo ndiswrapper -l" and get the message "sudo: ndiswrapper: command not found."

So...what's wrong? Lol.

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Originally Posted by paperdiesel

If that worked, then you now have Ndiswrapper installed. Now we need to install the drivers. In a terminal, go to the directory where you have the R151517.EXE file:

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I realize it's probably really simple, but how do I do that?

paperdiesel,

Your guide worked perfectly! (Dell Inspiron E1405, Feisty Fawn 7.04)

One simple question, how can I get my system to connect to my wireless network on bootup? I'm connecting to an unsecured network with a non-broadcasted SSID and have to open 'Network Manager > Connect to Other Wireless Connection' and type it in on each boot.

Thanks again!

I got so far and everything was working just fine--what an EXCELLENT HOW-TO this is--and then the process stopped working

Below is the message I got that indicated that I had not done evertyhing right and some fo the information the HOW-TO asks for.

Thanks for trying to help

Richard

My laptop model: HP Compaq nx6235

Here the process breaks down:
heschel@newroom:~/ndiswrapper-1.46/driver$ sudo ndiswrapper -i bcmwl5.inf
Password:
driver bcmwl5 is already installed
heschel@newroom:~/ndiswrapper-1.46/driver$ sudo ndiswrapper -l
bcmw15 : invalid driver!
bcmwl5 : invalid driver!

lspci output:

heschel@newroom:~/ndiswrapper-1.46/driver$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 Host Bridge (rev 10)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge
00:04.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge
00:05.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc Unknown device 5a37
00:06.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge
00:12.0 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc ATI 4379 Serial ATA Controller (rev 80)
00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB Host Controller (rev 80)
00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB Host Controller (rev 80)
00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB2 Host Controller (rev 80)
00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 SMBus Controller (rev 81)
00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller ATI (rev 80)
00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc SB450 HDA Audio (rev 01)
00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 PCI-ISA Bridge (rev 80)
00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 PCI-PCI Bridge (rev 80)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RS482 [Radeon Xpress 200M]
02:01.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5788 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 03)
02:04.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCIxx12 Cardbus Controller
02:04.1 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments PCIxx12 OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller
02:04.2 Mass storage controller: Texas Instruments 5-in-1 Multimedia Card Reader (SD/MMC/MS/MS PRO/xD)
02:04.3 Generic system peripheral [0805]: Texas Instruments PCIxx12 SDA Standard Compliant SD Host Controller
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5212 802.11abg NIC (rev 01)
30:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation Dell Wireless 1390 WLAN Mini-PCI Card (rev 01)

from dmesg:

32.686959] wlan: 0.8.4.2 (0.9.3)
[ 32.776438] cs: IO port probe 0x100-0x3af: clean.
[ 32.819702] cs: IO port probe 0x3e0-0x4ff: clean.
[ 32.820660] cs: IO port probe 0x820-0x8ff: clean.
[ 32.821504] cs: IO port probe 0xc00-0xcf7: excluding 0xc00-0xc07 0xc10-0xc17 0xc50-0xc57 0xc68-0xc6f 0xcd0-0xcdf
[ 32.822381] cs: IO port probe 0xa00-0xaff: clean.
[ 32.836974] ath_pci: 0.9.4.5 (0.9.3)
[ 32.837037] PCI: Enabling device 0000:03:00.0 (0000 -> 0002)
[ 32.837045] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:03:00.0[A] -> GSI 20 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
[ 33.578135] ath_rate_sample: 1.2 (0.9.3)
[ 33.581659] wifi0: 11b rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps
[ 33.581666] wifi0: 11g rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps
[ 33.581675] wifi0: turboG rates: 6Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps
[ 33.581681] wifi0: H/W encryption support: WEP AES AES_CCM TKIP
[ 33.581685] wifi0: mac 7.9 phy 4.5 radio 5.6
[ 33.581692] wifi0: Use hw queue 1 for WME_AC_BE traffic
[ 33.581694] wifi0: Use hw queue 0 for WME_AC_BK traffic
[ 33.581737] wifi0: Use hw queue 2 for WME_AC_VI traffic
[ 33.581739] wifi0: Use hw queue 3 for WME_AC_VO traffic
[ 33.581741] wifi0: Use hw queue 8 for CAB traffic
[ 33.581743] wifi0: Use hw queue 9 for beacons
[ 33.618741] wifi0: Atheros 5212: mem=0x58000000, irq=16
[ 33.647523] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:14.2[A] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 17

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Originally Posted by pfx00

paperdiesel,

Your guide worked perfectly! (Dell Inspiron E1405, Feisty Fawn 7.04)

One simple question, how can I get my system to connect to my wireless network on bootup? I'm connecting to an unsecured network with a non-broadcasted SSID and have to open 'Network Manager > Connect to Other Wireless Connection' and type it in on each boot.

Thanks again!

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Hey -- not sure about that one. Since you're using Feisty, it stores its network settings in a new way so I'd have to look in to it. Did you try searching this forum for similar questions? Or even look on network-manager's website or read the faq? I'd start there first.

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Originally Posted by rschmitt

I got so far and everything was working just fine--what an EXCELLENT HOW-TO this is--and then the process stopped working

Below is the message I got that indicated that I had not done evertyhing right and some fo the information the HOW-TO asks for.

Thanks for trying to help

Richard

My laptop model: HP Compaq nx6235

Here the process breaks down:
heschel@newroom:~/ndiswrapper-1.46/driver$ sudo ndiswrapper -i bcmwl5.inf
Password:
driver bcmwl5 is already installed
heschel@newroom:~/ndiswrapper-1.46/driver$ sudo ndiswrapper -l
bcmw15 : invalid driver!
bcmwl5 : invalid driver!

lspci output:

heschel@newroom:~/ndiswrapper-1.46/driver$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 Host Bridge (rev 10)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge
00:04.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge
00:05.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc Unknown device 5a37
00:06.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge
00:12.0 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc ATI 4379 Serial ATA Controller (rev 80)
00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB Host Controller (rev 80)
00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB Host Controller (rev 80)
00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB2 Host Controller (rev 80)
00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 SMBus Controller (rev 81)
00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller ATI (rev 80)
00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc SB450 HDA Audio (rev 01)
00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 PCI-ISA Bridge (rev 80)
00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 PCI-PCI Bridge (rev 80)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RS482 [Radeon Xpress 200M]
02:01.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5788 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 03)
02:04.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCIxx12 Cardbus Controller
02:04.1 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments PCIxx12 OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller
02:04.2 Mass storage controller: Texas Instruments 5-in-1 Multimedia Card Reader (SD/MMC/MS/MS PRO/xD)
02:04.3 Generic system peripheral [0805]: Texas Instruments PCIxx12 SDA Standard Compliant SD Host Controller
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5212 802.11abg NIC (rev 01)
30:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation Dell Wireless 1390 WLAN Mini-PCI Card (rev 01)

from dmesg:

32.686959] wlan: 0.8.4.2 (0.9.3)
[ 32.776438] cs: IO port probe 0x100-0x3af: clean.
[ 32.819702] cs: IO port probe 0x3e0-0x4ff: clean.
[ 32.820660] cs: IO port probe 0x820-0x8ff: clean.
[ 32.821504] cs: IO port probe 0xc00-0xcf7: excluding 0xc00-0xc07 0xc10-0xc17 0xc50-0xc57 0xc68-0xc6f 0xcd0-0xcdf
[ 32.822381] cs: IO port probe 0xa00-0xaff: clean.
[ 32.836974] ath_pci: 0.9.4.5 (0.9.3)
[ 32.837037] PCI: Enabling device 0000:03:00.0 (0000 -> 0002)
[ 32.837045] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:03:00.0[A] -> GSI 20 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
[ 33.578135] ath_rate_sample: 1.2 (0.9.3)
[ 33.581659] wifi0: 11b rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps
[ 33.581666] wifi0: 11g rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps
[ 33.581675] wifi0: turboG rates: 6Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps
[ 33.581681] wifi0: H/W encryption support: WEP AES AES_CCM TKIP
[ 33.581685] wifi0: mac 7.9 phy 4.5 radio 5.6
[ 33.581692] wifi0: Use hw queue 1 for WME_AC_BE traffic
[ 33.581694] wifi0: Use hw queue 0 for WME_AC_BK traffic
[ 33.581737] wifi0: Use hw queue 2 for WME_AC_VI traffic
[ 33.581739] wifi0: Use hw queue 3 for WME_AC_VO traffic
[ 33.581741] wifi0: Use hw queue 8 for CAB traffic
[ 33.581743] wifi0: Use hw queue 9 for beacons
[ 33.618741] wifi0: Atheros 5212: mem=0x58000000, irq=16
[ 33.647523] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:14.2[A] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 17

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You have multiple drivers installed. Remove all of the drivers then re-install the one from this how-to. I covered this in more detail a few posts back -- look there first.

This worked great on my Dell Latitude D620.

I did the following to get build-essential Without Network Access.
(I insert my Feisty Fawn Ubuntu Live CD)
(And then type these commands.)

sudo apt-cdrom add
sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude install build-essential

I have tried a bunch of other things, and this is the only How-To that I could get to work.
(P.S. wicd is a little client that you can use if you don't want to mess with the annoying keyring manager.)

:popcorn:

worked like a charm on my gateway mx6453 laptop. :D

followed the guide in the first post of this thread on a fresh install of kubuntu 7.04 with no problems at all. i first tried it on an existing install but could not get it working. since that install was only a few days old, i simply wiped it out and installed fresh.

worked great that time! ;)

sound, wireless, ati drivers as well as xgl/beryl are all working on this laptop thanks to all the great help here.

a big thanks to all.

\\:D/

I am a complete computer nOOb.

Do I need to be already connected to the internet for this wireless setup to work?

I'm new and i dont know what you mean when you say" in the terminal, go to the directory where you extracted ndiswrapper"
how do i do that?