[xubuntu] HP G7000 laptop facing a couple of wireless issues topic

Good evening wireless gurus.

Let me start saying that I'm using the "Try Xubuntu" option of today's image on a HP G7000 laptop. This is not a installed system.

My first issue related to the fact that everytime I boot the laptop the wireless button is orange, meaning that my wireless is hard-blocked, and no matter pressing the button will turn it on. The only way I have to turn it on is by rebooting into windows, and once at the windows login, I'm then able to press the button and it will turn on.
I've google this to exhaustion to no avail.

The other issue I'm facing relates to the fact that I'm not getting any wireless networks signals. In fact the network indicator/applet only shows the wired one (and yes the led on the wireless button is blue, meaning it is turned on)/

Here's what I have done so far

Code:

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sudo apt-get purge bcmwl-kernel-source
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install firmware-b43-installer
sudo modprobe -r b43
sudo modprobe b43

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But still nothing.


Here's some output I think you might need

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xubuntu@xubuntu:~$ grep 'blacklist b43' /etc/modprobe.d/*
xubuntu@xubuntu:~$

xubuntu@xubuntu:~$ lsmod | grep -e b43 -e wl
b43                  398950  0
bcma                  46583  1 b43
mac80211              580709  1 b43
wl                  6148792  0
cfg80211              433826  3 wl,b43,mac80211
ssb                    55983  2 b43,ssb_hcd

xubuntu@xubuntu:~$ dmesg | grep b43
[  29.376722] b43-phy0: Broadcom 4311 WLAN found (core revision 13)
[  29.447340] b43-phy0: Found PHY: Analog 4, Type 2 (G), Revision 9
[  29.447358] b43-phy0: Found Radio: Manuf 0x17F, ID 0x2050, Revision 2, Version 0
[  29.466652] b43 ssb0:0: Direct firmware load for b43/ucode13.fw failed with error -2
[  29.466691] b43 ssb0:0: Direct firmware load for b43/ucode13.fw failed with error -2
[  29.466742] b43 ssb0:0: Direct firmware load for b43-open/ucode13.fw failed with error -2
[  29.466761] b43 ssb0:0: Direct firmware load for b43-open/ucode13.fw failed with error -2
[  29.466766] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode13.fw" not found
[  29.466771] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43-open/ucode13.fw" not found
[    29.466775] b43-phy0 ERROR: You must go to  http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware and  download the correct firmware for this driver version. Please carefully  read all instructions on this website.
[  813.962368] b43-wlan ERROR: Dual-core devices are not supported
[  813.962382] b43: probe of ssb0:0 failed with error -524
[ 1242.900505] b43-wlan ERROR: Dual-core devices are not supported
[ 1242.900521] b43: probe of ssb0:0 failed with error -524
[ 1498.989014] b43-wlan ERROR: Dual-core devices are not supported
[ 1498.989028] b43: probe of ssb0:0 failed with error -524

xubuntu@xubuntu:~$ iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

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Thanks in advance for all the help.

EDIT: Here's the output obtained by the wireless script -> http://paste.ubuntu.com/10179683/