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b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode5.fw" not found or load failed -> BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:4320] (rev 03) not working on HP Pavilion ZV5000 in Ubuntu

Asked by cr125f150ba

I just Successfully Installed Ubuntu on my HP Pavilion ZV5000. When I search for wireless networks It will not find any when I know for sure their is wireless internet in my house. And I am a beginner so if their are any terminal codes please explain it like i am 5 years old

Help

Thanks

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#1

Hi,

Please first connect your network card to the wireless router using a LAN cable.

Then please follow this procedure:

Step 1: Open Terminal from "Applications->Accessories->
Terminal"

Step 2: Run the following commands (copy-paste each line below to the Terminal then hit <enter> after each line)

sudo iwlist scanning
nm-tool
iwconfig
ifconfig
sudo lshw -C network
lspci -nn
lsusb
uname -a
dmesg | grep ound
dmesg | grep illswitch

Step 3: Post results (cut/paste terminal output from each command) here

Regards,

Mark

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cr125f150ba (cr125f150ba) said : 		#2

Before you look at this I just want you to know that the network card is built in to the laptop and The wireless router i plugged into is not the only wireless router I will be connecting to.

Thanks for replying quick. The following info is what you asked for:

wmaster0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

wlan0 Interface doesn't support scanning : Network is down

garrett@garrett-laptop:~$ nm-tool

NetworkManager Tool

State: connected

- Device: wlan0 ----------------------------------------------------------------
  NM Path: /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/wlan0
  Type: 802.11 Wireless
  Driver:
  Active: no
  HW Address: 00:90:4B:B7:7D:69

  Capabilities:
    Supported: yes

  Wireless Settings
    Scanning: yes
    WEP Encryption: yes
    WPA Encryption: yes
    WPA2 Encryption: yes

  Wireless Networks (* = Current Network)

- Device: eth0 ----------------------------------------------------------------
  NM Path: /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/eth0
  Type: Wired
  Driver: 8139too
  Active: yes
  HW Address: 00:0F:B0:4B:08:23

  Capabilities:
    Supported: yes
    Carrier Detect: yes
    Speed: 100 Mb/s

  Wired Settings
    Hardware Link: yes

  IP Settings:
    IP Address: 192.168.1.2
    Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
    Broadcast: 192.168.1.255
    Gateway: 192.168.1.1
    Primary DNS: 192.168.1.1
    Secondary DNS: 0.0.0.0

garrett@garrett-laptop:~$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wmaster0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:""
          Mode:Managed Channel:0 Access Point: Not-Associated
          Tx-Power=0 dBm
          Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2346 B
          Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
          Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

garrett@garrett-laptop:~$ sudo lshw -C network
  *-network:0
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+
       vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
       physical id: 1
       bus info: pci@0000:02:01.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 10
       serial: 00:0f:b0:4b:08:23
       size: 100MB/s
       capacity: 100MB/s
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=8139too driverversion=0.9.28 duplex=full ip=192.168.1.2 latency=64 link=yes maxlatency=64 mingnt=32 module=8139too multicast=yes port=MII speed=100MB/s
  *-network:1
       description: Network controller
       product: BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 2
       bus info: pci@0000:02:02.0
       version: 03
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: bus_master
       configuration: driver=b43-pci-bridge latency=64 module=ssb
  *-network DISABLED
       description: Wireless interface
       physical id: 1
       logical name: wlan0
       serial: 00:90:4b:b7:7d:69
       capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11g
garrett@garrett-laptop:~$ lspci -nn
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: nVidia Corporation nForce3 Host Bridge [10de:00d1] (rev a4)
00:01.0 ISA bridge [0601]: nVidia Corporation nForce3 LPC Bridge [10de:00d0] (rev a6)
00:01.1 SMBus [0c05]: nVidia Corporation nForce3 SMBus [10de:00d4] (rev a4)
00:02.0 USB Controller [0c03]: nVidia Corporation nForce3 USB 1.1 [10de:00d7] (rev a5)
00:02.1 USB Controller [0c03]: nVidia Corporation nForce3 USB 1.1 [10de:00d7] (rev a5)
00:02.2 USB Controller [0c03]: nVidia Corporation nForce3 USB 2.0 [10de:00d8] (rev a2)
00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: nVidia Corporation nForce3 Audio [10de:00da] (rev a2)
00:06.1 Modem [0703]: nVidia Corporation nForce3 Audio [10de:00d9] (rev a2)
00:08.0 IDE interface [0101]: nVidia Corporation nForce3 IDE [10de:00d5] (rev a5)
00:0a.0 PCI bridge [0604]: nVidia Corporation nForce3 PCI Bridge [10de:00dd] (rev a2)
00:0b.0 PCI bridge [0604]: nVidia Corporation nForce3 AGP Bridge [10de:00d2] (rev a4)
00:18.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration [1022:1100]
00:18.1 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map [1022:1101]
00:18.2 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller [1022:1102]
00:18.3 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control [1022:1103]
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation NV17 [GeForce4 440 Go 64M] [10de:0179] (rev a3)
02:00.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]: Texas Instruments TSB43AB21 IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link) [104c:8026]
02:01.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ [10ec:8139] (rev 10)
02:02.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:4320] (rev 03)
02:04.0 CardBus bridge [0607]: Texas Instruments PCI1620 PC Card Controller [104c:ac54] (rev 01)
02:04.1 CardBus bridge [0607]: Texas Instruments PCI1620 PC Card Controller [104c:ac54] (rev 01)
02:04.2 System peripheral [0880]: Texas Instruments PCI1620 Firmware Loading Function [104c:8201] (rev 01)
garrett@garrett-laptop:~$ lsusb
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
garrett@garrett-laptop:~$ uname -a
Linux garrett-laptop 2.6.24-16-generic #1 SMP Thu Apr 10 13:23:42 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux
garrett@garrett-laptop:~$ dmesg | grep ound
[ 13.056452] ACPI: Looking for DSDT in initramfs... error, file /DSDT.aml not found.
[ 13.336239] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 12 devices
[ 15.335130] isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
[ 15.420211] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 18.034046] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 18.396636] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 18.915486] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 19.378237] ssb: Sonics Silicon Backplane found on PCI device 0000:02:02.0
[ 22.725237] floppy0: no floppy controllers found
[ 37.366340] Yenta: CardBus bridge found at 0000:02:04.0 [103c:006d]
[ 37.653456] Yenta: CardBus bridge found at 0000:02:04.1 [103c:006d]
[ 39.224731] ALSA /build/buildd/linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-2.6.24/debian/build/build-generic/sound/alsa-driver/pci/ac97/ac97_codec.c:2128: AC'97 0 analog subsections not ready
[ 42.431973] b43-phy0: Broadcom 4306 WLAN found
[ 44.779233] floppy0: no floppy controllers found
[ 49.476801] No dock devices found.
[ 49.916279] powernow-k8: Found 1 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3200+ processors (1 cpu cores) (version 2.20.00)
[ 20.668942] apm: BIOS not found.
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[ 3064.552163] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode5.fw" not found or load failed.
[ 3068.573398] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode5.fw" not found or load failed.
[ 3077.423336] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode5.fw" not found or load failed.
[ 3079.537933] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode5.fw" not found or load failed.
[ 3186.584815] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode5.fw" not found or load failed.
[ 3190.606024] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode5.fw" not found or load failed.
[ 3199.456029] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode5.fw" not found or load failed.
[ 3201.570570] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode5.fw" not found or load failed.
[ 3289.104768] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode5.fw" not found or load failed.
[ 3291.219261] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode5.fw" not found or load failed.
[ 3293.333789] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode5.fw" not found or load failed.
[ 3295.452535] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode5.fw" not found or load failed.
[ 3411.137412] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode5.fw" not found or load failed.
[ 3413.255954] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode5.fw" not found or load failed.
[ 3415.370485] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode5.fw" not found or load failed.
[ 3417.489082] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode5.fw" not found or load failed.
garrett@garrett-laptop:~$ dmesg | grep illswitch
garrett@garrett-laptop:~$

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nhasian (nhasian) said : 		#3

Hello cr125f150ba,

you official have the most difficult username to remember.

while your in the terminal typing all those commands for mark, I've got one more to add:

lsb_release -a

that will tell us what ubuntu release your using.

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cr125f150ba (cr125f150ba) said : 		#4

Terminal Said

No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 8.04
Release: 8.04
Codename: Hardy

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#5

Hi,

The error "b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode5.fw" not found or load failed" should mean that b43-fwcutter is not installed yet on your pc. And that means that the Broadcom firmware for your wireless card is not loaded or installed yet.

Please proceed with the following commands:

sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude install b43-fwcutter

b43-fwcutter exists in the Ubuntu repositories, but you will need a working Internet connection in Ubuntu in order to locate it and install it.

The only way to do that - in your case - is to connect the pc to the wireless router using a LAN cable, instead of using wireless.

If this does not work, I recommend installing Ubuntu 8.10 (has better wireless support) from a LiveCD session and then installing b43-fwcutter, while having a wired connection to the router.

Regards,

Mark

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cr125f150ba (cr125f150ba) said : 		#6

Awesome man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you so much. Ubuntu rocks!!!!!