Dell insprion 1525 wireless not working

[radicaledward]

hey, I'm new to linux, I'm trying to get my wireless working with a DELL inspiron 1525, downloaded the most recent ubuntu last night, downloaded the broadcom STA driver and it says that it's loaded and working...
tried wicd, to config and it failed
heres

lspci:
code:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory Controller Hub (rev 0c)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (primary) (rev 0c)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (secondary) (rev 0c)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02)
00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 02)
00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 02)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 02)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 5 (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev f2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801HEM (ICH8M) LPC Interface Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) IDE Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) SATA AHCI Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 02)
02:09.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller (rev 05)
02:09.1 SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 22)
02:09.2 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter (rev 12)
02:09.3 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller (rev 12)
09:00.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8040 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller (rev 12)
0b:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN (rev 01)




lsmod
code:



Module Size Used by
parport_pc 32111 0
ppdev 12849 0
snd_hda_codec_idt 60537 1
snd_hda_codec_hdmi 27535 1
binfmt_misc 13213 1
snd_hda_intel 24113 2
snd_hda_codec 90901 3 snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel
i915 451033 3
snd_hwdep 13274 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm 80042 3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
dell_wmi 12601 0
sparse_keymap 13666 1 dell_wmi
joydev 17322 0
wl 2642531 0
snd_seq_midi 13132 0
snd_rawmidi 25269 1 snd_seq_midi
dell_laptop 13515 0
snd_seq_midi_event 14475 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 51291 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer 28659 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 14110 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
dcdbas 14054 1 dell_laptop
snd 55295 14 snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel ,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_s eq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
r852 17878 0
psmouse 73312 0
sm_common 16737 1 r852
nand 49822 2 r852,sm_common
uvcvideo 66851 0
soundcore 12600 1 snd
drm_kms_helper 40745 1 i915
videodev 75143 1 uvcvideo
nand_ids 8547 1 nand
nand_ecc 13070 1 nand
drm 184164 4 i915,drm_kms_helper
serio_raw 12990 0
snd_page_alloc 14073 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
mtd 26720 2 sm_common,nand
i2c_algo_bit 13184 1 i915
lib80211 14570 1 wl
video 18951 1 i915
lp 13349 0
parport 36746 3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp
ahci 21591 2
firewire_ohci 31504 0
sdhci_pci 13623 0
firewire_core 56138 1 firewire_ohci
sdhci 22720 1 sdhci_pci
crc_itu_t 12627 1 firewire_core
libahci 25548 1 ahci
sky2 49172 0
theo@theocrastus:~$ lsmod
Module Size Used by
parport_pc 32111 0
ppdev 12849 0
snd_hda_codec_idt 60537 1
snd_hda_codec_hdmi 27535 1
binfmt_misc 13213 1
snd_hda_intel 24113 2
snd_hda_codec 90901 3 snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel
i915 451033 3
snd_hwdep 13274 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm 80042 3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
dell_wmi 12601 0
sparse_keymap 13666 1 dell_wmi
joydev 17322 0
wl 2642531 0
snd_seq_midi 13132 0
snd_rawmidi 25269 1 snd_seq_midi
dell_laptop 13515 0
snd_seq_midi_event 14475 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 51291 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer 28659 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 14110 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
dcdbas 14054 1 dell_laptop
snd 55295 14 snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel ,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_s eq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
r852 17878 0
psmouse 73312 0
sm_common 16737 1 r852
nand 49822 2 r852,sm_common
uvcvideo 66851 0
soundcore 12600 1 snd
drm_kms_helper 40745 1 i915
videodev 75143 1 uvcvideo
nand_ids 8547 1 nand
nand_ecc 13070 1 nand
drm 184164 4 i915,drm_kms_helper
serio_raw 12990 0
snd_page_alloc 14073 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
mtd 26720 2 sm_common,nand
i2c_algo_bit 13184 1 i915
lib80211 14570 1 wl
video 18951 1 i915
lp 13349 0
parport 36746 3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp
ahci 21591 2
firewire_ohci 31504 0
sdhci_pci 13623 0
firewire_core 56138 1 firewire_ohci
sdhci 22720 1 sdhci_pci
crc_itu_t 12627 1 firewire_core
libahci 25548 1 ahci
sky2 49172 0



hope this helps!

[westie457]

Hi assuming you are using Natty you have the wrong drivers installed.
Open Software Centre Click the Settings.... button (bottom left) in Ubuntu Software tab check the top 4 boxes and close the window.

Open Synaptic Package Manager if you have it installed -if not then install it.

In the quick search box type in bcm you should have something that looks like this picture. Mark the firmware -b43-installer and b43-fwcutter to install and mark the STA driver for complete removal. Click apply, When this has finished unplug the cable and reboot. Log in to your wireless.

[radicaledward]

that worked perfectly, thanks a bunch, I guess sometimes all of the general instructions are just wrong...

[nariknahom]

Hi assuming you are using Natty you have the wrong drivers installed.
Open Software Centre Click the Settings.... button (bottom left) in Ubuntu Software tab check the top 4 boxes and close the window.

Open Synaptic Package Manager if you have it installed -if not then install it.

In the quick search box type in bcm you should have something that looks like this picture. Mark the firmware -b43-installer and b43-fwcutter to install and mark the STA driver for complete removal. Click apply, When this has finished unplug the cable and reboot. Log in to your wireless.

This worked perfectly .
(Dell Inspiron 1525 with bcm4311)