HOWTO: Dell Inspiron E1505 Wireless (Broadcom 1390 WLAN)

[tr1sth3t]

I have followed the steps precisely. Below is the requested information for one such as me who requests help. I was not sure if there were any unexpected HOWTO outputs, so I posted my entire HOWTO output. Expertise will be very appreciated.

LAPTOP MODEL: Dell Inspiron E1505

UBUNTU VERSION: 10.04 LTS - the Lucid Lynx - Linux ubuntu 2.6.32-21-generic #32-Ubuntu x86_64 GNU/Linux

LSPCI OUTPUT:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 945GT Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 945GT Express PCI Express Root Port (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 01)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 1 (rev 01)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 4 (rev 01)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 01)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 01)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 01)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 01)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 01)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e1)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 01)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) SATA IDE Controller (rev 01)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family SMBus Controller (rev 01)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility X1400
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX (rev 02)
03:01.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller
03:01.1 SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 19)
03:01.2 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C843 MMC Host Controller (rev 0a)
03:01.3 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter (rev 05)
03:01.4 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller (rev ff)
0b:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN (rev 01)

RELEVANT ROWS FROM /var/log/syslog:

Jun  6 15:11:10 ubuntu NetworkManager: <info>  starting...
Jun  6 15:11:10 ubuntu NetworkManager: <info>  Trying to start the modem-manager...
Jun  6 15:11:10 ubuntu kernel: [   17.685664] type=1505 audit(1275855070.662:11):  operation="profile_load" pid=927 name="/usr/bin/evince-thumbnailer"
Jun  6 15:11:10 ubuntu NetworkManager:    SCPlugin-Ifupdown: init!
Jun  6 15:11:10 ubuntu NetworkManager:    SCPlugin-Ifupdown: update_system_hostname
Jun  6 15:11:10 ubuntu NetworkManager:    SCPluginIfupdown: management mode: unmanaged
Jun  6 15:11:10 ubuntu NetworkManager:    SCPlugin-Ifupdown: devices added (path: /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.0/0000:0b:00.0/ssb0:0/net/wlan0, iface: wlan0)
Jun  6 15:11:10 ubuntu NetworkManager:    SCPlugin-Ifupdown: device added (path: /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.0/0000:0b:00.0/ssb0:0/net/wlan0, iface: wlan0): no ifupdown configuration found.
Jun  6 15:11:10 ubuntu NetworkManager:    SCPlugin-Ifupdown: devices added (path: /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.0/0000:03:00.0/ssb1:0/net/eth0, iface: eth0)
Jun  6 15:11:10 ubuntu NetworkManager:    SCPlugin-Ifupdown: device added (path: /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.0/0000:03:00.0/ssb1:0/net/eth0, iface: eth0): no ifupdown configuration found.
Jun  6 15:11:10 ubuntu NetworkManager:    SCPlugin-Ifupdown: devices added (path: /sys/devices/virtual/net/lo, iface: lo)
Jun  6 15:11:10 ubuntu NetworkManager:    SCPlugin-Ifupdown: device added (path: /sys/devices/virtual/net/lo, iface: lo): no ifupdown configuration found.
Jun  6 15:11:10 ubuntu NetworkManager:    SCPlugin-Ifupdown: end _init.
Jun  6 15:11:10 ubuntu NetworkManager: Loaded plugin ifupdown: (C) 2008 Canonical Ltd.  To report bugs please use the NetworkManager mailing list.
Jun  6 15:11:10 ubuntu NetworkManager: Loaded plugin keyfile: (c) 2007 - 2008 Red Hat, Inc.  To report bugs please use the NetworkManager mailing list.
Jun  6 15:11:10 ubuntu NetworkManager: <info>  Found wlan radio killswitch rfkill2 (at /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.0/0000:0b:00.0/ssb0:0/ieee80211/phy0/rfkill2) (driver <unknown>)
Jun  6 15:11:10 ubuntu NetworkManager: <info>  Found wlan radio killswitch rfkill0 (at /sys/devices/virtual/rfkill/rfkill0) (driver <unknown>)
Jun  6 15:11:10 ubuntu NetworkManager: <info>  WiFi enabled by radio killswitch; enabled by state file
Jun  6 15:11:10 ubuntu NetworkManager: <info>  WWAN enabled by radio killswitch; enabled by state file
Jun  6 15:11:10 ubuntu NetworkManager:    SCPlugin-Ifupdown: (9657632) ... get_connections.
Jun  6 15:11:10 ubuntu NetworkManager:    SCPlugin-Ifupdown: (9657632) ... get_connections (managed=false): return empty list.

Jun  6 15:11:10 ubuntu NetworkManager: <info>  (wlan0): driver supports SSID scans (scan_capa 0x01).
Jun  6 15:11:10 ubuntu NetworkManager: <info>  (wlan0): new 802.11 WiFi device (driver: 'b43')
Jun  6 15:11:10 ubuntu NetworkManager: <info>  (wlan0): exported as /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/0
Jun  6 15:11:10 ubuntu NetworkManager: <info>  (wlan0): now managed
Jun  6 15:11:10 ubuntu NetworkManager: <info>  (wlan0): device state change: 1 -> 2 (reason 2)
Jun  6 15:11:10 ubuntu NetworkManager: <info>  (wlan0): bringing up device.
Jun  6 15:11:10 ubuntu NetworkManager: <WARN>  default_adapter_cb(): bluez error getting default adapter: The name org.bluez was not provided by any .service files
Jun  6 15:11:10 ubuntu NetworkManager: <info>  modem-manager is now available
Jun  6 15:11:10 ubuntu NetworkManager: <info>  Trying to start the supplicant...
Jun  6 15:11:10 ubuntu NetworkManager: <info>  (wlan0): supplicant manager state:  down -> idle
Jun  6 15:11:10 ubuntu NetworkManager: <info>  (wlan0): device state change: 2 -> 3 (reason 0)

RELEVANT ROWS FROM DMESG:

[   17.812650] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43/ucode5.fw
[   17.815297] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43-open/ucode5.fw
[   17.818888] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode5.fw" not found
[   17.818895] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43-open/ucode5.fw" not found
[   17.818898] 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.
[   17.828425] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[   17.900156] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43/ucode5.fw
[   17.903565] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43-open/ucode5.fw
[   17.909429] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode5.fw" not found
[   17.909435] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43-open/ucode5.fw" not found
[   17.909438] 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.
[   17.914254] ppdev: user-space parallel port driver

THE ENTIRE HOWTO OUTPUT:

mae@ubuntu:~/WLAN_NEEDS$ tar -xzvf ndiswrapper-1.56.tar.gz
ndiswrapper-1.56/
ndiswrapper-1.56/AUTHORS
ndiswrapper-1.56/ndiswrapper.8
ndiswrapper-1.56/INSTALL
ndiswrapper-1.56/utils/
ndiswrapper-1.56/utils/ndiswrapper
ndiswrapper-1.56/utils/ndiswrapper-buginfo
ndiswrapper-1.56/utils/loadndisdriver.c
ndiswrapper-1.56/utils/Makefile
ndiswrapper-1.56/ChangeLog
ndiswrapper-1.56/Makefile
ndiswrapper-1.56/loadndisdriver.8
ndiswrapper-1.56/driver/
ndiswrapper-1.56/driver/loader.c
ndiswrapper-1.56/driver/wrapper.h
ndiswrapper-1.56/driver/usb.h
ndiswrapper-1.56/driver/loader.h
ndiswrapper-1.56/driver/ndiswrapper.h
ndiswrapper-1.56/driver/pnp.c
ndiswrapper-1.56/driver/mkstubs.sh
ndiswrapper-1.56/driver/iw_ndis.c
ndiswrapper-1.56/driver/win2lin_stubs.S
ndiswrapper-1.56/driver/pe_linker.h
ndiswrapper-1.56/driver/usb.c
ndiswrapper-1.56/driver/wrapndis.c
ndiswrapper-1.56/driver/ntoskernel.c
ndiswrapper-1.56/driver/mkexport.sh
ndiswrapper-1.56/driver/proc.c
ndiswrapper-1.56/driver/divdi3.c
ndiswrapper-1.56/driver/ntoskernel.h
ndiswrapper-1.56/driver/pe_linker.c
ndiswrapper-1.56/driver/ndis.c
ndiswrapper-1.56/driver/winnt_types.h
ndiswrapper-1.56/driver/hal.c
ndiswrapper-1.56/driver/lin2win.h
ndiswrapper-1.56/driver/ndis.h
ndiswrapper-1.56/driver/longlong.h
ndiswrapper-1.56/driver/workqueue.c
ndiswrapper-1.56/driver/ntoskernel_io.c
ndiswrapper-1.56/driver/Makefile
ndiswrapper-1.56/driver/iw_ndis.h
ndiswrapper-1.56/driver/wrapmem.h
ndiswrapper-1.56/driver/wrapper.c
ndiswrapper-1.56/driver/crt.c
ndiswrapper-1.56/driver/wrapmem.c
ndiswrapper-1.56/driver/pnp.h
ndiswrapper-1.56/driver/rtl.c
ndiswrapper-1.56/driver/wrapndis.h
ndiswrapper-1.56/README
ndiswrapper-1.56/ndiswrapper.spec
mae@ubuntu:~/WLAN_NEEDS$ sudo -s
[sudo] password for mae: 
Sorry, try again.
[sudo] password for mae: 
root@ubuntu:~/WLAN_NEEDS# echo blacklist bcm43xx >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist
root@ubuntu:~/WLAN_NEEDS# exit
exit
mae@ubuntu:~/WLAN_NEEDS$ sudo /sbin/shutdown -r now REBOOTING THE SYSTEM!
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mae@ubuntu:~/WLAN_NEEDS/ndiswrapper-1.56$ sudo make uninstall
[sudo] password for mae: 
NOTE: Not all installed files are removed, as different distributions install ndiswrapper files at different places.
Run uninstall as many times as necessary until no "removing" messages appear below.
removing /sbin/loadndisdriver
removing /usr/sbin/ndiswrapper
removing /usr/sbin/ndiswrapper-buginfo
removing /lib/modules/2.6.32-21-generic/misc/ndiswrapper.ko
mae@ubuntu:~/WLAN_NEEDS/ndiswrapper-1.56$ sudo make uninstall
NOTE: Not all installed files are removed, as different distributions install ndiswrapper files at different places.
Run uninstall as many times as necessary until no "removing" messages appear below.
mae@ubuntu:~/WLAN_NEEDS/ndiswrapper-1.56$ sudo make distclean 
make -C driver clean
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/mae/WLAN_NEEDS/ndiswrapper-1.56/driver'
rm -f *.o *.ko .*.cmd *.mod.c *.symvers modules.order *~ .\#*
rm -f *_exports.h win2lin_stubs.h
rm -rf .tmp_versions
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/mae/WLAN_NEEDS/ndiswrapper-1.56/driver'
make -C utils clean
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/mae/WLAN_NEEDS/ndiswrapper-1.56/utils'
rm -f *~ *.o loadndisdriver
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/mae/WLAN_NEEDS/ndiswrapper-1.56/utils'
rm -f *~
rm -fr ndiswrapper-1.56 ndiswrapper-1.56.tar.gz patch-stamp
make -C driver distclean
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/mae/WLAN_NEEDS/ndiswrapper-1.56/driver'
make[1]: *** No rule to make target `distclean'.  Stop.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/mae/WLAN_NEEDS/ndiswrapper-1.56/driver'
make: *** [distclean] Error 2
mae@ubuntu:~/WLAN_NEEDS/ndiswrapper-1.56$ sudo make
make -C driver
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/mae/WLAN_NEEDS/ndiswrapper-1.56/driver'
make -C /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.32-21-generic M=/home/mae/WLAN_NEEDS/ndiswrapper-1.56/driver
make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.32-21-generic'
  LD      /home/mae/WLAN_NEEDS/ndiswrapper-1.56/driver/built-in.o
  MKEXPORT /home/mae/WLAN_NEEDS/ndiswrapper-1.56/driver/crt_exports.h
  MKEXPORT /home/mae/WLAN_NEEDS/ndiswrapper-1.56/driver/hal_exports.h
  MKEXPORT /home/mae/WLAN_NEEDS/ndiswrapper-1.56/driver/ndis_exports.h
  MKEXPORT /home/mae/WLAN_NEEDS/ndiswrapper-1.56/driver/ntoskernel_exports.h
  MKEXPORT /home/mae/WLAN_NEEDS/ndiswrapper-1.56/driver/ntoskernel_io_exports.h
  MKEXPORT /home/mae/WLAN_NEEDS/ndiswrapper-1.56/driver/rtl_exports.h
  MKEXPORT /home/mae/WLAN_NEEDS/ndiswrapper-1.56/driver/usb_exports.h
  MKSTUBS /home/mae/WLAN_NEEDS/ndiswrapper-1.56/driver/win2lin_stubs.h
  CC [M]  /home/mae/WLAN_NEEDS/ndiswrapper-1.56/driver/crt.o
  CC [M]  /home/mae/WLAN_NEEDS/ndiswrapper-1.56/driver/hal.o
  CC [M]  /home/mae/WLAN_NEEDS/ndiswrapper-1.56/driver/iw_ndis.o
  CC [M]  /home/mae/WLAN_NEEDS/ndiswrapper-1.56/driver/loader.o
  CC [M]  /home/mae/WLAN_NEEDS/ndiswrapper-1.56/driver/ndis.o
  CC [M]  /home/mae/WLAN_NEEDS/ndiswrapper-1.56/driver/ntoskernel.o
  CC [M]  /home/mae/WLAN_NEEDS/ndiswrapper-1.56/driver/ntoskernel_io.o
  CC [M]  /home/mae/WLAN_NEEDS/ndiswrapper-1.56/driver/pe_linker.o
  CC [M]  /home/mae/WLAN_NEEDS/ndiswrapper-1.56/driver/pnp.o
  CC [M]  /home/mae/WLAN_NEEDS/ndiswrapper-1.56/driver/proc.o
  CC [M]  /home/mae/WLAN_NEEDS/ndiswrapper-1.56/driver/rtl.o
  CC [M]  /home/mae/WLAN_NEEDS/ndiswrapper-1.56/driver/wrapmem.o
  CC [M]  /home/mae/WLAN_NEEDS/ndiswrapper-1.56/driver/wrapndis.o
  CC [M]  /home/mae/WLAN_NEEDS/ndiswrapper-1.56/driver/wrapper.o
  CC [M]  /home/mae/WLAN_NEEDS/ndiswrapper-1.56/driver/usb.o
  AS [M]  /home/mae/WLAN_NEEDS/ndiswrapper-1.56/driver/win2lin_stubs.o
  LD [M]  /home/mae/WLAN_NEEDS/ndiswrapper-1.56/driver/ndiswrapper.o
  Building modules, stage 2.
  MODPOST 1 modules
  CC      /home/mae/WLAN_NEEDS/ndiswrapper-1.56/driver/ndiswrapper.mod.o
  LD [M]  /home/mae/WLAN_NEEDS/ndiswrapper-1.56/driver/ndiswrapper.ko
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.32-21-generic'
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/mae/WLAN_NEEDS/ndiswrapper-1.56/driver'
make -C utils
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/mae/WLAN_NEEDS/ndiswrapper-1.56/utils'
gcc -g -Wall -I../driver -o loadndisdriver loadndisdriver.c
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/mae/WLAN_NEEDS/ndiswrapper-1.56/utils'
mae@ubuntu:~/WLAN_NEEDS/ndiswrapper-1.56$ sudo make install
make -C driver install
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/mae/WLAN_NEEDS/ndiswrapper-1.56/driver'
make -C /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.32-21-generic M=/home/mae/WLAN_NEEDS/ndiswrapper-1.56/driver
make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.32-21-generic'
  Building modules, stage 2.
  MODPOST 1 modules
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.32-21-generic'
echo /lib/modules/2.6.32-21-generic/misc
/lib/modules/2.6.32-21-generic/misc
mkdir -p /lib/modules/2.6.32-21-generic/misc
install -m 0644 ndiswrapper.ko /lib/modules/2.6.32-21-generic/misc
/sbin/depmod -a 2.6.32-21-generic -b /
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/mae/WLAN_NEEDS/ndiswrapper-1.56/driver'
make -C utils install
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/mae/WLAN_NEEDS/ndiswrapper-1.56/utils'
install -D -m 755 loadndisdriver /sbin/loadndisdriver
install -D -m 755 ndiswrapper /usr/sbin/ndiswrapper
install -D -m 755 ndiswrapper-buginfo /usr/sbin/ndiswrapper-buginfo

NOTE: Windows driver configuration file format has changed since 1.5. You must re-install Windows drivers if they were installed before.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/mae/WLAN_NEEDS/ndiswrapper-1.56/utils'
mkdir -p -m 0755 /usr/share/man/man8
install -m 644 ndiswrapper.8 /usr/share/man/man8
install -m 644 loadndisdriver.8 /usr/share/man/man8
mae@ubuntu:~/WLAN_NEEDS$ unzip -a R151517.EXE 
Archive:  R151517.EXE
  inflating: is.exe                  [binary]
 extracting: launcher.ini            [text]  
  inflating: layout.bin              [binary]
  inflating: MFC71.DLL               [binary]
  inflating: msvcp71.DLL             [binary]
  inflating: msvcr71.DLL             [binary]
  inflating: preflib.dll             [binary]
  inflating: README.rtf              [text]  
  inflating: setup.exe               [binary]
  inflating: Setup.ini               [text]  
  inflating: setup.inx               [binary]
  inflating: setup.iss               [text]  
  inflating: WLBCGCBPRO731.DLL       [binary]
  inflating: wltray.exe              [binary]
  inflating: wltrynt.dll             [binary]
  inflating: wltrysvc.exe            [binary]
  inflating: AMD64/atl71.dll         [binary]
  inflating: AMD64/BCMLogon64.dll    [binary]
  inflating: AMD64/bcmwlcpl64.cpl    [binary]
  inflating: AMD64/MFC71.DLL         [binary]
  inflating: AMD64/msvcp71.DLL       [binary]
  inflating: AMD64/msvcr71.DLL       [binary]
  inflating: DRIVER/bcm43xx.cat      [binary]
  inflating: DRIVER/bcm43xx64.cat    [binary]
  inflating: DRIVER/bcmwl5.inf       [binary]
  inflating: DRIVER/bcmwl5.sys       [binary]
  inflating: DRIVER/bcmwl564.sys     [binary]
  inflating: ATL71.DLL               [binary]
  inflating: bcm1xsup.dll            [binary]
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  inflating: bcmwlcpl.cpl            [binary]
  inflating: bcmwlhlp.cab            [binary]
  inflating: bcmwlhlp.chm            [binary]
  inflating: bcmwliss.dll            [binary]
  inflating: bcmwlnpf.sys            [binary]
  inflating: bcmwlpkt.dll            [binary]
  inflating: bcmwls32.exe            [binary]
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  inflating: bcmwls.ini              [binary]
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mae@ubuntu:~/WLAN_NEEDS$ cd DRIVER/
mae@ubuntu:~/WLAN_NEEDS/DRIVER$ sudo ndiswrapper -i bcmwl5.inf 
driver bcmwl5 is already installed
mae@ubuntu:~/WLAN_NEEDS/DRIVER$ sudo ndiswrapper -l
WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist, it will be ignored in a future release.
bcmwl5 : driver installed
    device (14E4:4311) present (alternate driver: ssb)
mae@ubuntu:~/WLAN_NEEDS/DRIVER$ sudo ndiswrapper -m
WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist, it will be ignored in a future release.
module configuration already contains alias directive

mae@ubuntu:~/WLAN_NEEDS/DRIVER$ sudo modprobe ndiswrapper 
WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist, it will be ignored in a future release.
mae@ubuntu:~/WLAN_NEEDS/DRIVER$ sudo -s
root@ubuntu:~/WLAN_NEEDS/DRIVER# echo ndiswrapper >> /etc/modules 
root@ubuntu:~/WLAN_NEEDS/DRIVER# exit
exit
mae@ubuntu:~/WLAN_NEEDS/DRIVER$ sudo iwlist scanning
lo        Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0      Interface doesn't support scanning.

wlan0     Interface doesn't support scanning : Network is down

mae@ubuntu:~/WLAN_NEEDS/DRIVER$

[NUboon2Age]

WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist, it will be ignored in a future release.
module configuration already contains alias directive

Note: Those are red herring warning messages. You can make them go away by renaming /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist to /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

tr1sth3t Here's how I'd proceed from here:

1) Did the reinstall/reboot of modem-manager work?

2) If not:

tr1sth3t in post #166 it says:

Newest kernel in feisty works after supplying correct firmware.

Which may relate to why your dmesg complains about not having firmware. As we discussed, you can connect to the internet and run jockey(System->Administration->Hardware Drivers), and add/enable the driver/firmware with fwcutter

3) okay is it working now? If not again try the reinstall of modem-manager reboot routine.

4) working now? If not, I think I'd use Synaptic to install ndisgtk (System->Administration->Windows Wireless Drivers) and add the windows driver (point to the .inf file for the driver you're using from the file you unzipped. I think it would be one bcmwl5.inf)

5) working now? try the reinstall modem-manager reboot

6) If its still not working, see my the link in my signature for GUI wireless installation and see if i'm forgetting anything.

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Relating to what we were discussing.. so that you don't need to be
To make a repository of an iso image:

sudo mv <the/path on your system><your iso name>.iso /media
sudo mkdir /media/iso
#add  "/media/<your iso name>.iso /media/iso iso9660 user,loop 0 0" to /etc/fstab
sudo mount -a

Then in either Synaptic (or Software Sources)
Settings->Repositories->Other Software->Add

Paste the following:

deb file:///media/<your iso name>.iso  lucid main restricted

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example blacklist.conf file:

# This file lists those modules which we don't want to be loaded by
# alias expansion, usually so some other driver will be loaded for the
# device instead.

# evbug is a debug tool that should be loaded explicitly
blacklist evbug

# these drivers are very simple, the HID drivers are usually preferred
blacklist usbmouse
blacklist usbkbd

# replaced by e100
blacklist eepro100

# replaced by tulip
blacklist de4x5

# causes no end of confusion by creating unexpected network interfaces
blacklist eth1394

# snd_intel8x0m can interfere with snd_intel8x0, doesn't seem to support much
# hardware on its own (Ubuntu bug #2011, #6810)
blacklist snd_intel8x0m

# Conflicts with dvb driver (which is better for handling this device)
blacklist snd_aw2

# causes failure to suspend on HP compaq nc6000 (Ubuntu: #10306)
blacklist i2c_i801

# replaced by p54pci
blacklist prism54

# replaced by b43 and ssb.
blacklist bcm43xx

# most apps now use garmin usb driver directly (Ubuntu: #114565)
blacklist garmin_gps

# replaced by asus-laptop (Ubuntu: #184721)
blacklist asus_acpi

# low-quality, just noise when being used for sound playback, causes
# hangs at desktop session start (Ubuntu: #246969)
blacklist snd_pcsp

# ugly and loud noise, getting on everyone's nerves; this should be done by a
# nice pulseaudio bing (Ubuntu: #77010)
blacklist pcspkr

# EDAC driver for amd76x clashes with the agp driver preventing the aperture
# from being initialised (Ubuntu: #297750). Blacklist so that the driver
# continues to build and is installable for the few cases where its
# really needed.
blacklist amd76x_edac

[senlik]

I followed this tutorial and got stuck at third level with this part.I put the code

sudo make uninstall

at least 10-15 times, but still it says all the files not removed.
Is there anyone who experienced this problem and help me?
thanks

[NUboon2Age]

I followed this tutorial and got stuck at third level with this part.I put the code

sudo make uninstall

at least 10-15 times, but still it says all the files not removed.
Is there anyone who experienced this problem and help me?
thanks

If it tells you where/what those files are you could remove them manually, then run it again and see if it is satisfied.

[senlik]

If it tells you where/what those files are you could remove them manually, then run it again and see if it is satisfied.

It gives the message below

Not all files are removed, as different distributions installed
ndiswrapper files at different palaces
run uninstall as many as....

It doesnot say those files are found. They arenot the files in ndiswrapper-1.56 directory, right?
Then, how can I find them?

[ilovsnickers]

Hey im a bit new to linux but my friend had vista on his inspiron 1525 laptop and it just wasnt working well so I put ubuntu 10.04 on it. I followed these instructions and I am pretty sure I did everything right and got the driver for his specific wireless card installed, but Im just not sure what to do after you install the driver. I put wifi radar on his computer but it's not picking anything up and Im not sure how I can check to see if the driver is actually install correctly or if I just need to manually configure the wireless connections mask and IP for as a new connection using wifi radar. I hope that makes since.

[joblowbiker]

It gives the message below

Not all files are removed, as different distributions installed
ndiswrapper files at different palaces
run uninstall as many as....

It doesnot say those files are found. They arenot the files in ndiswrapper-1.56 directory, right?
Then, how can I find them?

Got the same problem
got Dell inspiron 1420

after this problem, following commands seem to fail
anyone know how to help ?

[NickWilsdon]

Which may relate to why your dmesg complains about not having firmware. As we discussed, you can connect to the internet and run jockey(System->Administration->Hardware Drivers), and add/enable the driver/firmware with fwcutter

Thanks NUboon2Age - that got it working. Your notes should be used to update the tutorial, that seems a little out of date now (2007?)

[llyrroberts]

Hello, I'm a completwe newbie and this is what ive done so far im using linux 10.04.


llyr@llyr-laptop:~$ sudo rmmod ndiswrapper
[sudo] password for llyr:
ERROR: Module ndiswrapper does not exist in /proc/modules
llyr@llyr-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get update
Get: 1 http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security Release.gpg [198B]
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security/main Translation-en_GB
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com lucid Release.gpg
Get: 2 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main Translation-en_GB [62.9kB]
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security/restricted Translation-en_GB
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security/universe Translation-en_GB
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security/multiverse Translation-en_GB
Get: 3 http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security Release [38.5kB]
Get: 4 http://dl.google.com stable Release.gpg [189B]
Ign http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable/main Translation-en_GB
Get: 5 http://dl.google.com stable Release [2,544B]
Get: 6 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/restricted Translation-en_GB [2,332B]
Get: 7 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/universe Translation-en_GB [33.9kB]
Get: 8 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/multiverse Translation-en_GB [37.7kB]
Get: 9 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates Release.gpg [198B]
Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/main Translation-en_GB
Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/restricted Translation-en_GB
Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/universe Translation-en_GB
Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/multiverse Translation-en_GB
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com lucid Release
Get: 10 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates Release [44.7kB]
Get: 11 http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/main Packages [81.0kB]
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/main Packages
Get: 12 http://dl.google.com stable/main Packages [1,045B]
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/restricted Packages
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/main Sources
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/restricted Sources
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/universe Packages
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/universe Sources
Get: 13 http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/restricted Packages [14B]
Get: 14 http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/main Sources [28.9kB]
Get: 15 http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/restricted Sources [14B]
Get: 16 http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/universe Packages [38.8kB]
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/multiverse Packages
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/multiverse Sources
Get: 17 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/main Packages [302kB]
Get: 18 http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/universe Sources [9,810B]
Get: 19 http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/multiverse Packages [1,994B]
Get: 20 http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/multiverse Sources [656B]
Get: 21 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/restricted Packages [3,240B]
Get: 22 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/main Sources [121kB]
Get: 23 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/restricted Sources [1,443B]
Get: 24 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/universe Packages [119kB]
Get: 25 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/universe Sources [47.6kB]
Get: 26 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/multiverse Packages [3,773B]
Get: 27 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/multiverse Sources [1,739B]
Fetched 985kB in 2s (349kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
llyr@llyr-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get install build-essential
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
dpkg-dev g++ g++-4.4 libstdc++6-4.4-dev xz-utils
Suggested packages:
debian-keyring debian-maintainers g++-multilib g++-4.4-multilib gcc-4.4-doc
libstdc++6-4.4-dbg libstdc++6-4.4-doc
The following NEW packages will be installed
build-essential dpkg-dev g++ g++-4.4 libstdc++6-4.4-dev xz-utils
0 upgraded, 6 newly installed, 0 to remove and 4 not upgraded.
Need to get 7,329kB of archives.
After this operation, 23.9MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Y
Abort.
llyr@llyr-laptop:~$ wget http://superb-east.dl.sourceforge.ne...er-1.51.tar.gz
--2010-09-22 12:55:24-- http://superb-east.dl.sourceforge.ne...er-1.51.tar.gz
Resolving superb-east.dl.sourceforge.net... 216.34.181.96
Connecting to superb-east.dl.sourceforge.net|216.34.181.96|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found
2010-09-22 12:55:24 ERROR 404: Not Found.

llyr@llyr-laptop:~$ tar -xzvf ndiswrapper-1.56.tar.gz
tar: ndiswrapper-1.56.tar.gz: Cannot open: No such file or directory
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
tar: Child returned status 2
tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors
llyr@llyr-laptop:~$ '/home/llyr/Downloads/ndiswrapper-1.56.tar.gz'
bash: /home/llyr/Downloads/ndiswrapper-1.56.tar.gz: Permission denied
llyr@llyr-laptop:~$ tar -xzvf ndiswrapper-1.56.tar.gz
tar: ndiswrapper-1.56.tar.gz: Cannot open: No such file or directory
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
tar: Child returned status 2
tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors
llyr@llyr-laptop:~$

Please help thanks Llyr

[LapsedCatholic2010]

I followed your instructions and they are pretty good. However I still cannot see my wireless signal.

Here's what I have done:

I have disabled FN-F2 key in BIOS so that the application calls the wireless.

I can see wlan0 when I
sudo iwlist scanning

"wlan0 Interface doesn't support scanning: Network is down"

I've tried "Ifconfig wlan0 up" but I don't have permission I am met with:
SIOSIFFLAGS: Permission denied

Another issue I un-packed ndiswrapper-1.56.tar.gz at the top, at my root User@Computer-Name:~$

Could this be the source of my problem?

I am running Hardy Heron ver 8.04 (and have updated the system so that the upgrade is current)

I inadvertently cleared out Windows XP on this old laptop, a Dell Inspiron 1150 (Not a big issue I feel liberated)

I have downloaded the correct Dell driver R115321.EXE using wget. Everything seems to be there in place.

I have a Dell Wireless 1350 LAN Mini PC Card. When I was running XP I did use the Dell Wireless Utility to use wireless.

Thanks in advance for all your help. I'm getting close...