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[Question #77701]: Cannot Enable my Wireless CARD!

 

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Hey, any help would be greatly appreciated! I have been struggling to get this working for a long time. 
I can't find this information anywhere else. here are the basic info regarding the terminal and my issues!

treble@ubuntu:~$ sudo iwlist scanning

[sudo] password for treble:

lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

pan0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

wmaster0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

wlan0 Interface doesn't support scanning : Network is down

treble@ubuntu:~$ sudo lshw -c network

  *-network:0

       description: Network controller

       product: BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller

       vendor: Broadcom Corporation

       physical id: 0

       bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0

       version: 02

       width: 32 bits

       clock: 33MHz

       capabilities: bus_master

       configuration: driver=b43-pci-bridge latency=32 module=ssb

  *-network:1

       description: Ethernet interface

       product: 82562EZ 10/100 Ethernet Controller

       vendor: Intel Corporation

       physical id: 8

       bus info: pci@0000:01:08.0

       logical name: eth0

       version: 02

       serial: 00:13:20:61:f7:fd

       size: 10MB/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=e100 driverversion=3.5.23-k4-NAPI duplex=half firmware=N/A latency=32 link=no maxlatency=56 mingnt=8 module=e100 multicast=yes port=MII speed=10MB/s

  *-network:0 DISABLED

       description: Ethernet interface

       physical id: 1

       logical name: pan0

       serial: b2:8c:7e:8a:29:22

       capabilities: ethernet physical

       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=bridge driverversion=2.3 firmware=N/A link=yes multicast=yes

  *-network:1 DISABLED

       description: Wireless interface

       physical id: 2

       logical name: wlan0

       serial: 00:12:17:69:f2:4d

       capabilities: ethernet physical wireless

       configuration: broadcast=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg

treble@ubuntu:~$ lspci -nn

00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 82865G/PE/P DRAM Controller/Host-Hub Interface [8086:2570] (rev 02)

00:02.0 Display controller [0380]: Intel Corporation 82865G Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2572] (rev 02)

00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:24d2] (rev 02)

00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:24d4] (rev 02)

00:1d.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:24d7] (rev 02)

00:1d.3 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #4 [8086:24de] (rev 02)

00:1d.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB2 EHCI Controller [8086:24dd] (rev 02)

00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge [8086:244e] (rev c2)

00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) LPC Interface Bridge [8086:24d0] (rev 02)

00:1f.1 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) IDE Controller [8086:24db] (rev 02)

00:1f.2 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801EB (ICH5) SATA Controller [8086:24d1] (rev 02)

00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) SMBus Controller [8086:24d3] (rev 02)

00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) AC'97 Audio Controller [8086:24d5] (rev 02)

01:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:4318] (rev 02)

01:01.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon RV100 QY [Radeon 7000/VE] [1002:5159]

01:02.0 Multimedia video controller [0400]: Conexant Systems, Inc. CX23880/1/2/3 PCI Video and Audio Decoder [14f1:8800] (rev 05)

01:08.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation 82562EZ 10/100 Ethernet Controller [8086:1050] (rev 02)

treble@ubuntu:~$ lsusb

Bus 005 Device 002: ID 058f:9360 Alcor Micro Corp. 8-in-1 Media Card Reader

Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

treble@ubuntu:~$ uname -a

Linux ubuntu 2.6.27-7-generic #1 SMP Fri Oct 24 06:42:44 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux

treble@ubuntu:~$ dmesg | grep ound

[ 0.000000] found SMP MP-table at [c00ff780] 000ff780

[ 0.451652] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 14 devices

[ 1.575422] isapnp: No Plug & Play device found

[ 1.682825] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found

[ 3.330869] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found

[ 3.396220] No dock devices found.

[ 3.536791] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found

[ 3.640791] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found

[ 3.744823] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found

[ 3.848860] hub 5-0:1.0: USB hub found

[ 4.536100] ssb: Sonics Silicon Backplane found on PCI device 0000:01:00.0

[ 4.902251] usb-storage: device found at 2

[ 16.514323] iTCO_wdt: Found a ICH5 or ICH5R TCO device (Version=1, TCOBASE=0x0460)

[ 19.698759] tuner' 0-0043: chip found @ 0x86 (cx88[0])

[ 19.742171] b43-phy0: Broadcom 4318 WLAN found

[ 19.749747] tda9887 0-0043: tda988[5/6/7] found

[ 19.851961] tuner' 0-0060: chip found @ 0xc0 (cx88[0])

[ 19.940785] cx88[0]/0: found at 0000:01:02.0, rev: 5, irq: 17, latency: 32, mmio: 0xfd000000

[ 51.738176] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode5.fw" not found

[ 51.876218] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode5.fw" not found

[ 82.884247] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode5.fw" not found

[ 83.086265] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode5.fw" not found

[ 3496.020097] ssb: Sonics Silicon Backplane found on PCI device 0000:01:00.0

[ 3496.160533] b43-phy0: Broadcom 4318 WLAN found

[ 3500.416283] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode5.fw" not found

[ 3500.516254] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode5.fw" not found

[ 3795.772271] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode5.fw" not found

[ 4231.249187] usb-storage: device found at 3

[ 5348.857314] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode5.fw" not found

[ 6105.989374] PM: S<3>PM: Swap header not found!

[ 6107.836964] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode5.fw" not found

[ 6138.679943] Modules linked in: nls_iso8859_1 nls_cp437 vfat fat b43 mac80211 cfg80211 led_class input_polldev b44 ssb wl(P) ieee80211_crypt_tkip ieee80211_crypt ipv6 isofs af_packet rfkill_input radeon drm binfmt_misc rfcomm bridge stp bnep sco l2cap bluetooth ppdev speedstep_lib cpufreq_powersave cpufreq_conservative cpufreq_stats cpufreq_userspace cpufreq_ondemand freq_table video output container sbs sbshc wmi pci_slot battery iptable_filter ip_tables x_tables ac lp snd_intel8x0 snd_ac97_codec ac97_bus snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss snd_pcm arc4 ecb crypto_blkcipher snd_seq_dummy tuner_simple tuner_types tea5767 snd_seq_oss snd_seq_midi tda9887 tda8290 snd_rawmidi snd_seq_midi_event rfkill snd_seq tuner psmouse snd_timer snd_seq_device evdev cx8800 serio_raw pcspkr cx88xx snd soundcore snd_page_alloc ir_common i2c_algo_bit tveeprom videodev v4l1_compat compat_ioctl32 v4l2_common i2c_core videobuf_dma_sg videobuf_core btcx_risc parport_pc parport button iTCO_wdt iTCO_vendor_support shpchp pci_hotplug intel_agp agpgart ext3 jbd mbcache loop sr_mod cdrom sd_mod crc_t10dif usb_storage libusual sg ata_generic pata_acpi ata_piix libata scsi_mod dock e100 mii uhci_hcd ehci_hcd usbcore thermal processor fan fbcon tileblit font bitblit softcursor fuse [last unloaded: input_polldev]

[ 6141.688508] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode5.fw" not found

treble@ubuntu:~$ dmesg | grep witch

[ 0.020607] SMP alternatives: switching to UP code

[ 0.956067] Switched to high resolution mode on CPU 0

treble@ubuntu:~$ iwconfig

lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

pan0 no wireless extensions.

wmaster0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:""

          Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated

          Tx-Power=0 dBm

          Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2352 B

          Power Management:off

          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

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