First some background: grant@Inspiron-400:~$ lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 10.10 Release: 10.10 Codename: maverick -------------------------------- grant@Inspiron-400:~$ lspci 00:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 Host Bridge 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Dell Device 9602 00:07.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 3) 00:11.0 SATA controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 SATA Controller [IDE mode] 00:12.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB OHCI0 Controller 00:12.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700 USB OHCI1 Controller 00:12.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB EHCI Controller 00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB OHCI0 Controller 00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB EHCI Controller 00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 SMBus Controller (rev 3a) 00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA) 00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 LPC host controller 00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge 00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration 00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map 00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller 00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control 01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon HD 3200 Graphics 01:05.1 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc RS780 Azalia controller 02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetLink BCM57780 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe (rev 01) -------------------------------- grant@Inspiron-400:~$ sudo lshw inspiron-400 description: Desktop Computer product: Inspiron 400 vendor: Dell Inc. version: 00 serial: 7T9KKM1 width: 64 bits capabilities: smbios-2.6 dmi-2.6 vsyscall64 vsyscall32 configuration: boot=normal chassis=desktop uuid=44454C4C-5400-1039-804B-B7C04F4B4D31 *-core description: Motherboard product: 03D1TV vendor: Dell Inc. physical id: 0 version: A00 serial: ..CN701639BA01Q1. slot: To Be Filled By O.E.M. *-firmware description: BIOS vendor: Dell Inc. physical id: 0 version: A01 (09/04/2009) size: 64KiB capacity: 960KiB capabilities: isa pci pnp apm upgrade shadowing escd cdboot bootselect socketedrom edd int13floppy1200 int13floppy720 int13floppy2880 int5printscreen int9keyboard int14serial int17printer int10video acpi usb zipboot biosbootspecification *-cpu description: CPU product: AMD Athlon(tm) Processor 2650e vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] physical id: 4 bus info: cpu@0 version: AMD Athlon(tm) Processor 2650e slot: CPU 1 size: 1600MHz capacity: 1600MHz width: 64 bits clock: 200MHz capabilities: fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt rdtscp x86-64 3dnowext 3dnow up rep_good extd_apicid pni cx16 lahf_lm svm extapic cr8_legacy 3dnowprefetch lbrv cpufreq *-cache:0 description: L1 cache physical id: 5 slot: L1-Cache size: 128KiB capacity: 128KiB capabilities: pipeline-burst internal varies data *-cache:1 description: L2 cache physical id: 6 slot: L2-Cache size: 512KiB capacity: 512KiB capabilities: pipeline-burst internal varies unified *-memory description: System Memory physical id: a slot: System board or motherboard size: 2GiB *-bank:0 description: DIMM DDR2 Synchronous 800 MHz (1.2 ns) product: HYMP112S64CP6-S6 vendor: Hyundai physical id: 0 serial: 69D2234A slot: DIMM0 size: 1GiB width: 64 bits clock: 800MHz (1.2ns) *-bank:1 description: DIMM DDR2 Synchronous 800 MHz (1.2 ns) product: HYMP112S64CP6-S6 vendor: Hyundai physical id: 1 serial: CFC7534A slot: DIMM1 size: 1GiB width: 64 bits clock: 800MHz (1.2ns) *-pci:0 description: Host bridge product: RS780 Host Bridge vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] physical id: 100 bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 66MHz *-pci:0 description: PCI bridge product: Dell vendor: Dell physical id: 1 bus info: pci@0000:00:01.0 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 66MHz capabilities: pci ht normal_decode bus_master cap_list resources: ioport:e000(size=4096) memory:fe900000-feafffff ioport:d0000000(size=268435456) *-display description: VGA compatible controller product: Radeon HD 3200 Graphics vendor: ATI Technologies Inc physical id: 5 bus info: pci@0000:01:05.0 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm msi vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom configuration: driver=fglrx_pci latency=0 resources: irq:43 memory:d0000000-dfffffff ioport:e000(size=256) memory:feaf0000-feafffff memory:fe900000-fe9fffff *-multimedia description: Audio device product: RS780 Azalia controller vendor: ATI Technologies Inc physical id: 5.1 bus info: pci@0000:01:05.1 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm msi bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=HDA Intel latency=0 resources: irq:42 memory:feae8000-feaebfff *-pci:1 description: PCI bridge product: RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 3) vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] physical id: 7 bus info: pci@0000:00:07.0 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pci pm pciexpress msi ht normal_decode bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=pcieport resources: irq:40 memory:feb00000-febfffff *-network description: Ethernet interface product: NetLink BCM57780 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe vendor: Broadcom Corporation physical id: 0 bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0 logical name: eth0 version: 01 serial: 00:26:2d:16:0b:ed size: 10MB/s capacity: 1GB/s width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd autonegotiation configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=tg3 driverversion=3.110 duplex=half firmware=sb latency=0 link=no multicast=yes port=MII speed=10MB/s resources: irq:41 memory:febf0000-febfffff *-storage description: SATA controller product: SB700/SB800 SATA Controller [IDE mode] vendor: ATI Technologies Inc physical id: 11 bus info: pci@0000:00:11.0 logical name: scsi0 logical name: scsi1 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 66MHz capabilities: storage pm ahci_1.0 bus_master cap_list emulated configuration: driver=ahci latency=64 resources: irq:22 ioport:d000(size=8) ioport:c000(size=4) ioport:b000(size=8) ioport:a000(size=4) ioport:9000(size=16) memory:fe8ffc00-fe8fffff *-disk description: ATA Disk product: WDC WD2500AAJS-7 vendor: Western Digital physical id: 0 bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0 logical name: /dev/sda version: 02.0 serial: WD-WMAV2W501332 size: 232GiB (250GB) capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos configuration: ansiversion=5 signature=0006b051 *-volume:0 description: Windows NTFS volume physical id: 1 bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,1 logical name: /dev/sda1 version: 3.1 serial: a6c10d7e-87c8-3f40-9756-05be50a37650 size: 127GiB capacity: 127GiB capabilities: primary bootable ntfs initialized configuration: clustersize=4096 created=2010-08-21 18:22:24 filesystem=ntfs modified_by_chkdsk=true mounted_on_nt4=true resize_log_file=true state=dirty upgrade_on_mount=true *-volume:1 description: Extended partition physical id: 2 bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,2 logical name: /dev/sda2 size: 104GiB capacity: 104GiB capabilities: primary extended partitioned partitioned:extended *-logicalvolume:0 description: Linux swap / Solaris partition physical id: 5 logical name: /dev/sda5 capacity: 4768MiB capabilities: nofs *-logicalvolume:1 description: Linux filesystem partition physical id: 6 logical name: /dev/sda6 logical name: / capacity: 100GiB configuration: mount.fstype=ext4 mount.options=rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,barrier=1,data=ordered state=mounted *-cdrom description: DVD-RAM writer product: DVD+-RW TS-L633C vendor: TSSTcorp physical id: 1 bus info: scsi@1:0.0.0 logical name: /dev/cdrom logical name: /dev/cdrw logical name: /dev/dvd logical name: /dev/dvdrw logical name: /dev/scd0 logical name: /dev/sr0 version: DW50 capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd dvd-r dvd-ram configuration: ansiversion=5 status=nodisc *-usb:0 description: USB Controller product: SB700/SB800 USB OHCI0 Controller vendor: ATI Technologies Inc physical id: 12 bus info: pci@0000:00:12.0 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 66MHz capabilities: ohci bus_master configuration: driver=ohci_hcd latency=64 resources: irq:16 memory:fe8fe000-fe8fefff *-usb:1 description: USB Controller product: SB700 USB OHCI1 Controller vendor: ATI Technologies Inc physical id: 12.1 bus info: pci@0000:00:12.1 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 66MHz capabilities: ohci bus_master configuration: driver=ohci_hcd latency=64 resources: irq:16 memory:fe8fd000-fe8fdfff *-usb:2 description: USB Controller product: SB700/SB800 USB EHCI Controller vendor: ATI Technologies Inc physical id: 12.2 bus info: pci@0000:00:12.2 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 66MHz capabilities: pm debug ehci bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=ehci_hcd latency=64 resources: irq:17 memory:fe8ff800-fe8ff8ff *-usb:3 description: USB Controller product: SB700/SB800 USB OHCI0 Controller vendor: ATI Technologies Inc physical id: 13 bus info: pci@0000:00:13.0 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 66MHz capabilities: ohci bus_master configuration: driver=ohci_hcd latency=64 resources: irq:20 memory:fe8fc000-fe8fcfff *-usb:4 description: USB Controller product: SB700/SB800 USB EHCI Controller vendor: ATI Technologies Inc physical id: 13.2 bus info: pci@0000:00:13.2 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 66MHz capabilities: pm debug ehci bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=ehci_hcd latency=64 resources: irq:21 memory:fe8ff400-fe8ff4ff *-serial description: SMBus product: SBx00 SMBus Controller vendor: ATI Technologies Inc physical id: 14 bus info: pci@0000:00:14.0 version: 3a width: 32 bits clock: 66MHz capabilities: ht cap_list configuration: driver=piix4_smbus latency=0 resources: irq:0 *-multimedia description: Audio device product: SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA) vendor: ATI Technologies Inc physical id: 14.2 bus info: pci@0000:00:14.2 version: 00 width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=HDA Intel latency=64 resources: irq:16 memory:fe8f8000-fe8fbfff *-isa description: ISA bridge product: SB700/SB800 LPC host controller vendor: ATI Technologies Inc physical id: 14.3 bus info: pci@0000:00:14.3 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 66MHz capabilities: isa bus_master configuration: latency=0 *-pci:2 description: PCI bridge product: SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge vendor: ATI Technologies Inc physical id: 14.4 bus info: pci@0000:00:14.4 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 66MHz capabilities: pci subtractive_decode bus_master *-pci:1 description: Host bridge product: K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] physical id: 101 bus info: pci@0000:00:18.0 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz *-pci:2 description: Host bridge product: K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] physical id: 102 bus info: pci@0000:00:18.1 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz *-pci:3 description: Host bridge product: K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] physical id: 103 bus info: pci@0000:00:18.2 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz *-pci:4 description: Host bridge product: K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] physical id: 104 bus info: pci@0000:00:18.3 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz configuration: driver=k8temp resources: irq:0 *-scsi physical id: 1 bus info: usb@2:2 logical name: scsi4 capabilities: emulated scsi-host configuration: driver=usb-storage *-disk description: SCSI Disk physical id: 0.0.0 bus info: scsi@4:0.0.0 logical name: /dev/sdb *-network description: Wireless interface physical id: 1 bus info: usb@1:1 logical name: wlan0 serial: 00:14:a5:9b:bd:99 capabilities: ethernet physical wireless configuration: broadcast=yes driver=p54usb driverversion=2.6.35-22-generic firmware=N/A ip=192.168.2.7 link=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11abg -------------------------------- grant@Inspiron-400:~$ uname -a Linux Inspiron-400 2.6.35-22-generic #35-Ubuntu SMP Sat Oct 16 20:45:36 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux -------------------------------- When my Dell Zino-HD boots, it connects to the internet automatically; the wireless card is: -- Bus 001 Device 002: ID 413c:8104 Dell Computer Corp. Wireless 1450 Dual-band (802.11a/b/g) USB2.0 Adapter -- and it is loaded in the following manner on boot: -- sudo cp isl3887usb /lib/firmware/`uname -r`/isl3887usb sudo modprobe -r p54usb | modprobe -r p54common sudo modprobe p54usb | modprobe p54common -- and the driver used is: -- isl3887usb (from http://daemonizer.de/prism54/prism54-fw/). -- I can connect fine, and speed is decent. But as soon as I plug in my USB Webcam: Bus 001 Device 004: ID 046d:0819 Logitech, Inc. Wireless Internet pops up as "disabled" and in order to reconect, I must reboot. To note, My webcam is -- Latitude Webcam C210 -- And the dmesg output is: -- [ 1958.400077] usb 1-4: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 7 [ 1958.693001] uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device (046d:0819) [ 1958.794066] input: UVC Camera (046d:0819) as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:12.2/usb1/1-4/1-4:1.0/input/input11 [ 1958.794474] ALSA endpoint.c:448: 7:3:1: add audio endpoint 0x86 [ 1959.260809] ALSA endpoint.c:448: 7:3:2: add audio endpoint 0x86 [ 1959.264655] ALSA endpoint.c:448: 7:3:3: add audio endpoint 0x86 [ 1959.269169] ALSA endpoint.c:448: 7:3:4: add audio endpoint 0x86 [ 1959.273571] ALSA mixer.c:1150: [5] FU [Mic Capture Switch] ch = 1, val = 0/1/1 [ 1959.289785] ALSA mixer.c:1150: [5] FU [Mic Capture Volume] ch = 1, val = 768/6912/1 [ 1959.417803] ALSA pcm.c:226: setting usb interface 3:4 [ 1959.425670] ALSA pcm.c:226: setting usb interface 3:4 [ 1965.118930] phy0: radar (freq:2462 MHz) [ 1965.121159] phy0: radar (freq:2462 MHz) [ 1965.122159] phy0: radar (freq:2462 MHz) [ 1972.007615] ehci_hcd 0000:00:12.2: force halt; handshake ffffc9001092e824 00004000 00000000 -> -110 [ 1981.620124] No probe response from AP 00:11:50:1a:30:ad after 500ms, disconnecting. [ 1981.621457] cfg80211: All devices are disconnected, going to restore regulatory settings [ 1981.621466] cfg80211: Restoring regulatory settings [ 1981.621471] cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain [ 1981.634649] cfg80211: World regulatory domain updated: [ 1981.634654] (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp) [ 1981.634659] (2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm) [ 1981.634663] (2457000 KHz - 2482000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm) [ 1981.634666] (2474000 KHz - 2494000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm) [ 1981.634670] (5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm) [ 1981.634673] (5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm) [ 2001.410428] ALSA hda_intel.c:1668: azx_pcm_prepare: bufsize=0x10000, format=0x4011 [ 2001.410450] ALSA hda_codec.c:1226: hda_codec_setup_stream: NID=0x12, stream=0x5, channel=0, format=0x4011 [ 2001.410456] ALSA hda_codec.c:1226: hda_codec_setup_stream: NID=0x10, stream=0x5, channel=0, format=0x4011 [ 2001.410502] ALSA hda_intel.c:1668: azx_pcm_prepare: bufsize=0x10000, format=0x4011 [ 2001.410515] ALSA hda_codec.c:1226: hda_codec_setup_stream: NID=0x12, stream=0x5, channel=0, format=0x4011 [ 2001.410520] ALSA hda_codec.c:1226: hda_codec_setup_stream: NID=0x10, stream=0x5, channel=0, format=0x4011 -- Something to note is I am using the FLGRX driver, which seems to be a smililarity in other such reports? Any ideas? Please comment, and thank you.