back in 5 … going for a nicotine fix 
you done that yet ?
I got an error on the last one … here is what i got :
root@bt:~# mkdir ~/Desktop/bcmwl-kernel-source
root@bt:~# cd ~/Desktop/bcmwl-kernel-source
root@bt:~/Desktop/bcmwl-kernel-source# wget http://ubuntu.mirror.cambrium.nl/ubuntu//pool/restricted/b/bcmwl/bcmwl-kernel-source_5.60.48.36+bdcom-0ubuntu3_i386.deb
--2013-09-11 02:33:44-- http://ubuntu.mirror.cambrium.nl/ubuntu//pool/restricted/b/bcmwl/bcmwl-kernel-source_5.60.48.36+bdcom-0ubuntu3_i386.deb
Resolving ubuntu.mirror.cambrium.nl... 217.19.16.188, 2a02:58:3:2:80::1
Connecting to ubuntu.mirror.cambrium.nl|217.19.16.188|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 894608 (874K) [application/x-debian-package]
Saving to: `bcmwl-kernel-source_5.60.48.36+bdcom-0ubuntu3_i386.deb'
100%[======================================>] 894,608 69.7K/s in 13s
2013-09-11 02:33:57 (69.4 KB/s) - `bcmwl-kernel-source_5.60.48.36+bdcom-0ubuntu3_i386.deb' saved [894608/894608]
root@bt:~/Desktop/bcmwl-kernel-source# sudo dpkg -i *.deb
(Reading database ... 251804 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace bcmwl-kernel-source 5.60.48.36+bdcom-0ubuntu3 (using bcmwl-kernel-source_5.60.48.36+bdcom-0ubuntu3_i386.deb) ...
Removing all DKMS Modules
Done.
Unpacking replacement bcmwl-kernel-source ...
Setting up bcmwl-kernel-source (5.60.48.36+bdcom-0ubuntu3) ...
Loading new bcmwl-5.60.48.36+bdcom DKMS files...
First Installation: checking all kernels...
Building only for 3.2.6
Building for architecture i686
Building initial module for 3.2.6
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 3.2.6 (i686)
Consult the make.log in the build directory
/var/lib/dkms/bcmwl/5.60.48.36+bdcom/build/ for more information.
dpkg: error processing bcmwl-kernel-source (--install):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 10
Errors were encountered while processing:
bcmwl-kernel-source
Is bcmwl-kernel-source in the backtrack repos ?
sudo apt-get remove bcmwl-kernel-source
then
sudo apt-get install --reinstall bcmwl-kernel-source
?
root@bt:~# sudo apt-get remove bcmwl-kernel-source
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
libdmraid1.0.0.rc16 python-pydot python-pyicu python-nltk python-lxml
libdebian-installer4 cryptsetup libecryptfs0 reiserfsprogs rdate libyaml-0-2
bogl-bterm python-soappy python-svn python2.6-dev python-pyparsing
ecryptfs-utils python-fpconst libdebconfclient0 python-yaml dmraid
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following packages will be REMOVED:
bcmwl-kernel-source
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 2,589kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
(Reading database ... 251804 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing bcmwl-kernel-source ...
Removing all DKMS Modules
Done.
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
Processing triggers for initramfs-tools ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.2.6
root@bt:~# sudo apt-get install --reinstall bcmwl-kernel-source
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
libdmraid1.0.0.rc16 python-pydot python-pyicu python-nltk python-lxml
libdebian-installer4 cryptsetup libecryptfs0 reiserfsprogs rdate libyaml-0-2
bogl-bterm python-soappy python-svn python2.6-dev python-pyparsing
ecryptfs-utils python-fpconst libdebconfclient0 python-yaml dmraid
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following NEW packages will be installed:
bcmwl-kernel-source
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/895kB of archives.
After this operation, 2,589kB of additional disk space will be used.
Selecting previously deselected package bcmwl-kernel-source.
(Reading database ... 251755 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking bcmwl-kernel-source (from .../bcmwl-kernel-source_5.60.48.36+bdcom-0ubuntu3_i386.deb) ...
Setting up bcmwl-kernel-source (5.60.48.36+bdcom-0ubuntu3) ...
Loading new bcmwl-5.60.48.36+bdcom DKMS files...
First Installation: checking all kernels...
Building only for 3.2.6
Building for architecture i686
Building initial module for 3.2.6
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 3.2.6 (i686)
Consult the make.log in the build directory
/var/lib/dkms/bcmwl/5.60.48.36+bdcom/build/ for more information.
dpkg: error processing bcmwl-kernel-source (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 10
Errors were encountered while processing:
bcmwl-kernel-source
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
root@bt:~#
Hmm … just noticed, backtrack even though it’s based on Ubuntu 10.04 (or so lsb says) it’s using the 3.2 kernel series … so lets try the source from precise:
run these commands in sequence:
sudo apt-get remove bcmwl-kernel-source
then
sudo apt-get clean
then
mkdir ~/Desktop/bcmwl-kernel-source-precise
then
cd ~/Desktop/bcmwl-kernel-source-precise
then
wget http://ubuntu.mirror.cambrium.nl/ubuntu//pool/restricted/b/bcmwl/bcmwl-kernel-source_5.100.82.38+bdcom-0ubuntu6_i386.deb
then
sudo dpkg -i *.deb
any errors ?
Tht went well …
here is what i got…
root@bt:~# sudo apt-get remove bcmwl-kernel-source
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
libdmraid1.0.0.rc16 python-pydot python-pyicu python-nltk python-lxml
libdebian-installer4 cryptsetup libecryptfs0 reiserfsprogs rdate libyaml-0-2
bogl-bterm python-soappy python-svn python2.6-dev python-pyparsing
ecryptfs-utils python-fpconst libdebconfclient0 python-yaml dmraid
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following packages will be REMOVED:
bcmwl-kernel-source
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 2,589kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
(Reading database ... 251804 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing bcmwl-kernel-source ...
Removing all DKMS Modules
Done.
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
Processing triggers for initramfs-tools ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.2.6
root@bt:~# sudo apt-get clean
root@bt:~# mkdir ~/Desktop/bcmwl-kernel-source-precise
root@bt:~# cd ~/Desktop/bcmwl-kernel-source-precise
root@bt:~/Desktop/bcmwl-kernel-source-precise# wget http://ubuntu.mirror.cambrium.nl/ubuntu//pool/restricted/b/bcmwl/bcmwl-kernel-source_5.100.82.38+bdcom-0ubuntu6_i386.deb
--2013-09-11 03:07:39-- http://ubuntu.mirror.cambrium.nl/ubuntu//pool/restricted/b/bcmwl/bcmwl-kernel-source_5.100.82.38+bdcom-0ubuntu6_i386.deb
Resolving ubuntu.mirror.cambrium.nl... 217.19.16.188, 2a02:58:3:2:80::1
Connecting to ubuntu.mirror.cambrium.nl|217.19.16.188|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 1202502 (1.1M) [application/x-debian-package]
Saving to: `bcmwl-kernel-source_5.100.82.38+bdcom-0ubuntu6_i386.deb'
100%[======================================>] 1,202,502 69.8K/s in 17s
2013-09-11 03:07:57 (69.5 KB/s) - `bcmwl-kernel-source_5.100.82.38+bdcom-0ubuntu6_i386.deb' saved [1202502/1202502]
root@bt:~/Desktop/bcmwl-kernel-source-precise# sudo dpkg -i *.deb
Selecting previously deselected package bcmwl-kernel-source.
(Reading database ... 251755 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking bcmwl-kernel-source (from bcmwl-kernel-source_5.100.82.38+bdcom-0ubuntu6_i386.deb) ...
Setting up bcmwl-kernel-source (5.100.82.38+bdcom-0ubuntu6) ...
Loading new bcmwl-5.100.82.38+bdcom DKMS files...
First Installation: checking all kernels...
Building only for 3.2.6
Building for architecture i686
Building initial module for 3.2.6
Done.
wl.ko:
Running module version sanity check.
- Original module
- No original module exists within this kernel
- Installation
- Installing to /lib/modules/3.2.6/updates/dkms/
depmod.......
DKMS: install Completed.
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
Processing triggers for initramfs-tools ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.2.6
root@bt:~/Desktop/bcmwl-kernel-source-precise#
OK, does wireless spring to life if you run:
sudo modprobe wl
if so, don’t run off yet as we need to check it survives a reboot.
:-[ :-[ :-[ Not yet … When i open WICD network manager it only shows me the wired connection…
and says “no wireless networks found” in the center … i ran the command
root@bt:~# sudo modprobe wl
root@bt:~#
I confirmed if the wireless is available using a smart phone … it detects just fine … however not on the laptop …
What’s the output from:
lsmod | grep wl
and
lsmod | grep b43
and
lsmod | grep ssb
and
sudo lshw -C network
root@bt:~# lsmod | grep wl
wl 2642608 0
lib80211 13683 2 lib80211_crypt_tkip,wl
root@bt:~# lsmod | grep b43
root@bt:~# lsmod | grep ssb
root@bt:~# sudo lshw -C network
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: NetLink BCM57785 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
logical name: eth0
version: 10
serial: dc:0e:a1:a2:2e:ed
size: 100MB/s
capacity: 1GB/s
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi msix pciexpress bus_master cap_list rom ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=tg3 driverversion=3.121 duplex=full firmware=sb ip=192.168.1.101 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100MB/s
resources: irq:16 memory:c0430000-c043ffff memory:c0440000-c044ffff memory:c0450000-c04507ff
*-network
description: Wireless interface
product: BCM43227 802.11b/g/n
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
logical name: eth1
version: 00
serial: 08:ed:b9:02:06:b8
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=wl0 driverversion=5.100.82.38 latency=0 multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bgn
resources: irq:17 memory:c0500000-c0503fff
root@bt:~#
What’s the output from:
rfkill list
and
sudo iwlist scanning
and
ifconfig
and
iwconfig
root@bt:~# rfkill list
0: acer-wireless: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
1: brcmwl-0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
root@bt:~# sudo iwlist scanning
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.
eth1 Scan completed :
Cell 01 - Address: 00:1E:A6:09:D7:A4
ESSID:"dsouza"
Mode:Managed
Frequency:2.422 GHz (Channel 3)
Quality:5/5 Signal level:-16 dBm Noise level:-91 dBm
IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
IE: WPA Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
Encryption key:on
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s
48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.
root@bt:~# ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr dc:0e:a1:a2:2e:ed
inet addr:192.168.1.101 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::de0e:a1ff:fea2:2eed/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:34430 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:32330 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:31848825 (31.8 MB) TX bytes:6158503 (6.1 MB)
Interrupt:16
eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 08:ed:b9:02:06:b8
inet6 addr: fe80::aed:b9ff:fe02:6b8/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
Interrupt:17
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:2702 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:2702 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:397149 (397.1 KB) TX bytes:397149 (397.1 KB)
root@bt:~# iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
eth1 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:""
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Bit Rate:144 Mb/s Tx-Power:24 dBm
Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Managementmode:All packets received
Link Quality=5/5 Signal level=0 dBm Noise level=-11 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
eth0 no wireless extensions.
root@bt:~#
OK, for some reason the drivers appear to be loading but registering as eth1 rather than wlan0
You’ll have to leave this with me for tonight … need to eat
Come back tomorrow thaough and I’ll see what I can find … I’m pretty much ALWAYS online here, so if I don’t appear to be online, just hang around, I check in about every 15mins or so.
ohhh :-[ … ok … no probs … guess il have my dinner as well … see you tomorrow …
and thnks alot for your time and patience … pls do reply back tomorrow…
i will get notified about it where ever i am …
Have a good one mate … 
OK, till tomorrow then
Hey Mark … any find on the solution ? ? ? 
Is your routers SSID = dsouza ?
How many “wired” network adapters does wicd show ?
WICD shows one wired connection …
and i guess my ssid is dsouza …