Pavilion dv6 Wireless Issue

[TromC]

Hi all, I recently installed Ubuntu 11.04 32bit on my new hp pavilion dv6-6033cl.
For some reason, ubuntu cannot find local wireless networks. In fact, the Broadcom wireless card Ralink RT5390 802.11b/g/n seems to be incompatible with ubuntu. I've tried numerous 'solutions' on the Internet, but none of them seem to work on my computer. Tutorials I've visited have recommended downloading the b43 drivers from the Synaptic package manager and also the bcmwl-kernal-source package. Nevertheless, the wireless never turns on and Additional Drivers never shows anything at all.
After several exasperating hours of trying to get my wireless running I've decided to turn to the forum for help. I'm sure there's probably more information I should supply, but I'm honestly not sure what that would be. Thanks in advance to anyone who can help!

[superduperlinuxperson]

heres how i got the broadcom driver working (Got this from this website:https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/bcm43xx)

If you do not have any other means of Internet access on your computer, you will have to install b43-fwcutter and patch packages from the install media. After that you will need to setup firmware manually (without the firmware automatically downloading and being set up).
Step 1.
b43-fwcutter is located on the Ubuntu install media under ../pool/main/b/b43-fwcutter/ and patch is located under ../pool/main/p/patch/ or both in the official repositories online.
Double click on the package to install or in a terminal (under the desktop menu Applications > Accessories > Terminal) navigate to the folder containing the package and issue the following command:

:/b43-fwcutter/$ sudo dpkg -i b43-fwcutter*
Step 2.
On a computer with Internet access, download the required firmware files from http://downloads.openwrt.org/sources/wl_apsta-3.130.20.0.o and http://mirror2.openwrt.org/sources/broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5.tar.bz2
Step 3.
Copy the downloaded files to your home folder and execute the following commands consecutively in a terminal to extract and install the firmware:

~$ tar xfvj broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5.tar.bz2
~$ sudo b43-fwcutter -w /lib/firmware wl_apsta-3.130.20.0.o
~$ sudo b43-fwcutter --unsupported -w /lib/firmware broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/driver/wl_apsta_mimo.o

still not gone? reboot. still not gone, then your wireless card may not be supported. heres the list website link:
http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43?highlight=%28b43%29#Known_PCI_devices

you mit

[TromC]

Well, I tried that and it installed properly. However, I still have no Internet connection. I was trying to set this up with my friend and he told me I had a Broadcom wireless card, but I actually have a Ralink RT5390 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adapter installed. I'm pretty sure that's my wireless card, but I'm not really into this hardware stuff yet so I can't be sure.

First post updated with this information.


EDIT:
For any searchers, the following thread fixed my problem.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1743525