After installing ubuntu 11.04 my wireless switch acts weird

Asked by Thomasvanoppens

Specs:
hp pavilion dv 2000
2.0 Ghz
2GB RAM
500 GB hard drive
dual boot: windows 7, ubuntu 11.04

Ever since I wiped my old ubuntu (which was totally messed up by me https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/153933) and tried to install a new ubuntu, my wireless switch (a little switch on the front of my laptop that turns wifi and bluetoth on and off) acts weird. When I boot windows 7 he acts like it's off, but when I switch it on and off it suddenly works again (this I can live with).
But when I boot ubuntu it doesn't see any network. But the button still switches bluetooth on and off. But no matter how many times I switch the switch,it doesn't recognise any network.
Surprisingly, when I run ubuntu 10.04 from a live usb wifi does work (though the same as in windows 7).

So the goal of my question is: how do I get my buntu partition online?

ps: ethernet cable works just fine

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Eliah Kagan (degeneracypressure) said :
#1

If you boot into Windows 7, switch wireless on, and then reboot into Ubuntu, does it still not work? If that does work, then does it keep working even after the machine has been completely shut down and turned back on?

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Thomasvanoppens (thomasvanoppens) said :
#2

To both questions: no.

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Eliah Kagan (degeneracypressure) said :
#3

When you click on the network manager icon in your notification area, does it tell you that the wireless is switched off with the hardware switch, or does it just not show any networks?

Also, please open a Terminal window and run the following command (by pasting it in, or typing it exactly, and pressing enter):

sudo lshw -c network

You may be prompted for your password. As you enter it, you won't see any placeholder characters (like *). That's OK--just type it in and press enter.

Then, after that command completes, select all the text from the Terminal (Edit > Select All), copy it to the clipboard (Edit > Copy), and paste it here.

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said :
#4

Hi,

Please first connect your wired network adapter to the wireless router using an ethernet cable (also known as a LAN cable).

In order to gather essential troubleshooting information about your wireless card, please follow this procedure:

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

Step 2: Please copy-paste the following command from the https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu website in Firefox into the Linux Terminal. Do NOT copy-paste from the Email message into the Terminal, as that will only copy PART of the command. The command STARTS with the word sudo and ENDS with the word lsmod. So please copy-paste the ENTIRE command below from Firefox into a Terminal, press <enter>, then enter password when sudo asks for password, then press enter again.

Tip: If you have a wheel mouse or 3 button mouse you do not need to type commands into the Terminal. Highlight the command written on the page. Move your cursor anywhere in the Terminal and press the wheel or middle button. Automatic Copy and paste! No spelling mistakes! No Typos! No other errors!

sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install hwinfo grep; sudo lshw -C network; rfkill list; sudo iwlist scanning; cat /etc/network/interfaces; cat /etc/lsb-release; lspci -nn; lsusb; sudo lshw -short; uname -a; dmesg | egrep 'acx|at76|ath|b43|bcm|CX|eth|ipw|irmware|isl|lbtf|orinoco|ndiswrapper|NPE|ound|p54|prism|rtl|rt2|rt3|rt6|rt7|usb|witch|wl'; iwconfig; cat /etc/modprobe.d/* | egrep 'acx|at76|ath|b43|bcm|CX|eth|ipw|irmware|isl|lbtf|orinoco|ndiswrapper|NPE|p54|prism|rtl|rt2|rt3|rt6|rt7|witch|wl'; sudo hwinfo --netcard ; cat /var/lib/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.state; sudo lsmod

Step 3: Please post results (copy/paste terminal output) on this thread. The troubleshooters here need to see the full Terminal output from running the above command.

Regards,

Mark

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willens (awillens) said :
#5

I have the exact same problem. Wireless worked fine with the previous Ubuntu version. My Wireless is controlled by a hotkey which is enabled in system setup and in Windows, but comes up disabled in Ubuntu 11.04 and cannot be turned on. I ran the diagnostic suggested in your previous post. Here are the results:

alan@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install hwinfo grep; sudo lshw -C network; rfkill list; sudo iwlist scanning; cat /etc/network/interfaces; cat /etc/lsb-release; lspci -nn; lsusb; sudo lshw -short; uname -a; dmesg | egrep 'acx|at76|ath|b43|bcm|CX|eth|ipw|irmware|isl|lbtf|orinoco|ndiswrapper|NPE|ound|p54|prism|rtl|rt2|rt3|rt6|rt7|usb|witch|wl'; iwconfig; cat /etc/modprobe.d/* | egrep 'acx|at76|ath|b43|bcm|CX|eth|ipw|irmware|isl|lbtf|orinoco|ndiswrapper|NPE|p54|prism|rtl|rt2|rt3|rt6|rt7|witch|wl'; sudo hwinfo --netcard ; cat /var/lib/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.state; sudo lsmod
[sudo] password for alan:
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  *-network
       description: Network controller
       product: BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:0b:00.0
       version: 01
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
       configuration: driver=b43-pci-bridge latency=0
       resources: irq:16 memory:efcfc000-efcfffff
  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 02
       serial: 00:19:b9:60:2d:f3
       size: 100Mbit/s
       capacity: 100Mbit/s
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=b44 driverversion=2.0 duplex=full ip=192.168.0.106 latency=64 link=yes multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100Mbit/s
       resources: irq:17 memory:ef9fe000-ef9fffff
  *-network DISABLED
       description: Wireless interface
       physical id: 2
       logical name: wlan0
       serial: 00:1a:92:7f:05:58
       capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=b43 driverversion=2.6.38-8-generic firmware=N/A link=no multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg
0: dell-wifi: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: no
1: phy0: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: no
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

wlan0 Interface doesn't support scanning : Network is down

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=11.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=natty
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 11.04"
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 945GT Express Memory Controller Hub [8086:27a0] (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 945GT Express PCI Express Root Port [8086:27a1] (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family High Definition Audio Controller [8086:27d8] (rev 01)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 1 [8086:27d0] (rev 01)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 4 [8086:27d6] (rev 01)
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:27c8] (rev 01)
00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:27c9] (rev 01)
00:1d.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:27ca] (rev 01)
00:1d.3 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #4 [8086:27cb] (rev 01)
00:1d.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB2 EHCI Controller [8086:27cc] (rev 01)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev e1)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge [8086:27b9] (rev 01)
00:1f.2 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) SATA IDE Controller [8086:27c4] (rev 01)
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family SMBus Controller [8086:27da] (rev 01)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc M52 [Mobility Radeon X1300] [1002:7149]
03:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX [14e4:170c] (rev 02)
03:01.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller [1180:0832]
03:01.1 SD Host controller [0805]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter [1180:0822] (rev 19)
03:01.2 System peripheral [0880]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter [1180:0592] (rev 0a)
03:01.3 System peripheral [0880]: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller [1180:0852] (rev 05)
0b:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN [14e4:4311] (rev 01)
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
H/W path Device Class Description
======================================================
                               system Portable Computer
/0 bus 0XD720
/0/0 memory 64KiB BIOS
/0/400 processor Intel(R) Core(TM) Duo CPU T2250
/0/400/700 memory 32KiB L1 cache
/0/400/701 memory 2MiB L2 cache
/0/400/1.1 processor Logical CPU
/0/400/1.2 processor Logical CPU
/0/1000 memory 2GiB System Memory
/0/1000/0 memory 1GiB DIMM DDR Synchronous 533 MHz (1.
/0/1000/1 memory 1GiB DIMM DDR Synchronous 533 MHz (1.
/0/100 bridge Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 9
/0/100/1 bridge Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 9
/0/100/1/0 display M52 [Mobility Radeon X1300]
/0/100/1b multimedia N10/ICH 7 Family High Definition Audi
/0/100/1c bridge N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 1
/0/100/1c/0 network BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN
/0/100/1c.3 bridge N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 4
/0/100/1d bus N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller
/0/100/1d.1 bus N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller
/0/100/1d.2 bus N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller
/0/100/1d.3 bus N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller
/0/100/1d.7 bus N10/ICH 7 Family USB2 EHCI Controller
/0/100/1e bridge 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge
/0/100/1e/0 eth0 network BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX
/0/100/1e/1 bus R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller
/0/100/1e/1.1 generic R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adap
/0/100/1e/1.2 generic R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter
/0/100/1e/1.3 generic xD-Picture Card Controller
/0/100/1f bridge 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridg
/0/100/1f.2 scsi0 storage 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) SATA IDE C
/0/100/1f.2/0 /dev/sda disk 120GB WDC WD1200BEVS-7
/0/100/1f.2/0/1 /dev/sda1 volume 54MiB Windows FAT volume
/0/100/1f.2/0/2 /dev/sda2 volume 10GiB Windows NTFS volume
/0/100/1f.2/0/3 /dev/sda3 volume 99GiB Windows NTFS volume
/0/100/1f.2/0/4 /dev/sda4 volume 2GiB Extended partition
/0/100/1f.2/0/4/5 /dev/sda5 volume 2047MiB
/0/100/1f.2/1 /dev/cdrom disk DVD+-RW DW-Q58A
/0/100/1f.3 bus N10/ICH 7 Family SMBus Controller
/1 power DELLUD2655C
/2 wlan0 network Wireless interface
Linux ubuntu 2.6.38-8-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Mon Apr 11 03:31:50 UTC 2011 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
[ 0.248246] ACPI: No dock devices found.
[ 0.248254] HEST: Table not found.
[ 0.283895] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
[ 0.283911] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
[ 0.284017] usbcore: registered new device driver usb
[ 0.292097] Switching to clocksource hpet
[ 0.295792] Switched to NOHz mode on CPU #0
[ 0.295859] Switched to NOHz mode on CPU #1
[ 0.322295] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 12 devices
[ 0.380162] input: Lid Switch as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0C0D:00/input/input0
[ 0.424032] ACPI: Lid Switch [LID]
[ 0.498105] ERST: Table is not found!
[ 0.856550] isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
[ 0.923608] i2c-core: driver [adp5520] using legacy suspend method
[ 0.923611] i2c-core: driver [adp5520] using legacy resume method
[ 0.926014] ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: using broken periodic workaround
[ 0.944186] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.944667] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.945080] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.948240] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.948639] hub 5-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.952419] device-mapper: multipath: version 1.2.0 loaded
[ 0.952423] device-mapper: multipath round-robin: version 1.0.0 loaded
[ 0.955886] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 1.377952] b43-pci-bridge 0000:0b:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
[ 1.377966] b43-pci-bridge 0000:0b:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 1.396080] ssb: Core 0 found: ChipCommon (cc 0x800, rev 0x11, vendor 0x4243)
[ 1.396097] ssb: Core 1 found: IEEE 802.11 (cc 0x812, rev 0x0A, vendor 0x4243)
[ 1.396111] ssb: Core 2 found: USB 1.1 Host (cc 0x817, rev 0x03, vendor 0x4243)
[ 1.396122] ssb: Core 3 found: PCI-E (cc 0x820, rev 0x01, vendor 0x4243)
[ 1.396736] sdhci-pci 0000:03:01.1: SDHCI controller found [1180:0822] (rev 19)
[ 1.397811] mmc0: no vmmc regulator found
[ 1.444137] ssb: Sonics Silicon Backplane found on PCI device 0000:0b:00.0
[ 1.488138] ssb: Core 0 found: Fast Ethernet (cc 0x806, rev 0x07, vendor 0x4243)
[ 1.488155] ssb: Core 1 found: V90 (cc 0x807, rev 0x03, vendor 0x4243)
[ 1.488168] ssb: Core 2 found: PCI (cc 0x804, rev 0x0A, vendor 0x4243)
[ 1.532213] ssb: Sonics Silicon Backplane found on PCI device 0000:03:00.0
[ 1.553168] b44 ssb1:0: eth0: Broadcom 44xx/47xx 10/100BaseT Ethernet 00:19:b9:60:2d:f3
[ 20.423625] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[ 21.002891] leds_ss4200: no LED devices found
[ 21.183044] [Firmware Bug]: Duplicate ACPI video bus devices for the same VGA controller, please try module parameter "video.allow_duplicates=1"if the current driver doesn't work.
[ 21.485177] b43-phy0: Broadcom 4311 WLAN found (core revision 10)
[ 21.779088] Registered led device: b43-phy0::tx
[ 21.779199] Registered led device: b43-phy0::rx
[ 21.779295] Registered led device: b43-phy0::radio
[ 21.779352] Broadcom 43xx driver loaded [ Features: PNL, Firmware-ID: FW13 ]
[ 21.920706] input: HDA Intel Mic at Ext Right Jack as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input6
[ 21.920874] input: HDA Intel HP Out at Ext Right Jack as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input7
[ 22.609632] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 160x50
[ 22.959309] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode5.fw" not found
[ 22.959315] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43-open/ucode5.fw" not found
[ 22.959318] 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.
[ 22.976826] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 104.804251] b44 ssb1:0: eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex
[ 104.804262] b44 ssb1:0: eth0: Flow control is off for TX and off for RX
[ 104.804788] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
[ 115.440067] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:off/any
          Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=0 dBm
          Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
          Power Management:off

# which ath5k cannot recover. To prevent this condition, stop
blacklist ath_pci
blacklist eth1394
# replaced by p54pci
blacklist prism54
# replaced by b43 and ssb.
blacklist bcm43xx
blacklist uart6850
blacklist twl4030_wdt
> hal.1: read hal dataprocess 2019: arguments to dbus_move_error() were incorrect, assertion "(dest) == NULL || !dbus_error_is_set ((dest))" failed in file dbus-errors.c line 280.
This is normally a bug in some application using the D-Bus library.
libhal.c 3483 : Error unsubscribing to signals, error=The name org.freedesktop.Hal was not provided by any .service files
23: PCI b00.0: 0282 WLAN controller
  [Created at pci.318]
  Unique ID: y9sn.CvS0RaMGsb1
  Parent ID: z8Q3.2EHfjazND95
  SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.0/0000:0b:00.0
  SysFS BusID: 0000:0b:00.0
  Hardware Class: network
  Model: "Dell Wireless 1390 WLAN Mini-Card"
  Vendor: pci 0x14e4 "Broadcom"
  Device: pci 0x4311 "BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN"
  SubVendor: pci 0x1028 "Dell"
  SubDevice: pci 0x0007 "Wireless 1390 WLAN Mini-Card"
  Revision: 0x01
  Driver: "b43-pci-bridge"
  Driver Modules: "ssb"
  Device File: wlan0
  Features: WLAN
  Memory Range: 0xefcfc000-0xefcfffff (rw,non-prefetchable)
  IRQ: 16 (no events)
  HW Address: 00:1a:92:7f:05:58
  Link detected: no
  WLAN channels: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
  WLAN frequencies: 2.412 2.417 2.422 2.427 2.432 2.437 2.442 2.447 2.452 2.457 2.462 2.467 2.472 2.484
  WLAN encryption modes: WEP40 WEP104 TKIP CCMP
  WLAN authentication modes: open sharedkey wpa-psk wpa-eap
  Module Alias: "pci:v000014E4d00004311sv00001028sd00000007bc02sc80i00"
  Driver Info #0:
    Driver Status: ssb is active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe ssb"
  Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
  Attached to: #11 (PCI bridge)

24: PCI 300.0: 0200 Ethernet controller
  [Created at pci.318]
  Unique ID: rBUF.BCnMZHQFpUF
  Parent ID: 6NW+.Wj0NIVYGM5E
  SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.0/0000:03:00.0
  SysFS BusID: 0000:03:00.0
  Hardware Class: network
  Model: "Dell Inspiron 6400"
  Vendor: pci 0x14e4 "Broadcom"
  Device: pci 0x170c "BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX"
  SubVendor: pci 0x1028 "Dell"
  SubDevice: pci 0x01af "Inspiron 6400"
  Revision: 0x02
  Driver: "b44"
  Driver Modules: "ssb", "b44"
  Device File: eth0
  Memory Range: 0xef9fe000-0xef9fffff (rw,non-prefetchable)
  IRQ: 17 (6235 events)
  HW Address: 00:19:b9:60:2d:f3
  Link detected: yes
  Module Alias: "pci:v000014E4d0000170Csv00001028sd000001AFbc02sc00i00"
  Driver Info #0:
    Driver Status: b44 is active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe b44"
  Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
  Attached to: #18 (PCI bridge)

[main]
NetworkingEnabled=true
WirelessEnabled=true
WWANEnabled=true
Module Size Used by
binfmt_misc 13213 1
parport_pc 32111 0
ppdev 12849 0
joydev 17322 0
snd_hda_codec_idt 60537 1
snd_hda_intel 24140 2
snd_hda_codec 90901 2 snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep 13274 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm 80244 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
arc4 12473 2
snd_seq_midi 13132 0
snd_rawmidi 25269 1 snd_seq_midi
radeon 896428 3
snd_seq_midi_event 14475 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 51291 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
b43 296610 0
snd_timer 28659 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
mac80211 257001 1 b43
snd_seq_device 14110 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
ttm 65184 1 radeon
drm_kms_helper 40745 1 radeon
r852 17878 0
sm_common 16737 1 r852
nand 49822 2 r852,sm_common
dell_wmi 12601 0
drm 180037 5 radeon,ttm,drm_kms_helper
nand_ids 8547 1 nand
nand_ecc 13070 1 nand
snd 55295 13 snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
cfg80211 156212 2 b43,mac80211
sparse_keymap 13666 1 dell_wmi
dell_laptop 13515 0
mtd 26720 2 sm_common,nand
psmouse 73312 0
dcdbas 14054 1 dell_laptop
soundcore 12600 1 snd
i2c_algo_bit 13184 1 radeon
snd_page_alloc 14073 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
serio_raw 12990 0
video 18951 0
lp 13349 0
parport 36746 3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp
b44 35301 0
firewire_ohci 31504 0
sdhci_pci 13623 0
firewire_core 56138 1 firewire_ohci
sdhci 22720 1 sdhci_pci
crc_itu_t 12627 1 firewire_core
ssb 45942 2 b43,b44
alan@ubuntu:~$

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said :
#6

@willens :please create a separate question using the following link:

https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+addquestion

Please do NOT hijack this thread.

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Thomasvanoppens (thomasvanoppens) said :
#7

@Eliah thomas@Vanessa:~$ sudo lshw -c network
[sudo] password for thomas:
  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: 88E8039 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller
       vendor: Marvell Technology Group Ltd.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:05:00.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 14
       serial: 00:16:d3:1b:1e:93
       size: 100Mbit/s
       capacity: 100Mbit/s
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm vpd msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=sky2 driverversion=1.28 duplex=full firmware=N/A ip=10.92.117.224 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100Mbit/s
       resources: irq:46 memory:f4000000-f4003fff ioport:4000(size=256)
  *-network DISABLED
       description: Wireless interface
       product: PRO/Wireless 4965 AG or AGN [Kedron] Network Connection
       vendor: Intel Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:07:00.0
       logical name: wlan0
       version: 61
       serial: 00:13:e8:12:84:c1
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=iwlagn driverversion=2.6.38-8-generic firmware=228.61.2.24 latency=0 link=no multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11abgn
       resources: irq:47 memory:f4100000-f4101fff
thomas@Vanessa:~$

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Thomasvanoppens (thomasvanoppens) said :
#8

@Mark:

thomas@Vanessa:~$ sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install hwinfo grep; sudo lshw -C network; rfkill list; sudo iwlist scanning; cat /etc/network/interfaces; cat /etc/lsb-release; lspci -nn; lsusb; sudo lshw -short; uname -a; dmesg | egrep 'acx|at76|ath|b43|bcm|CX|eth|ipw|irmware|isl|lbtf|orinoco|ndiswrapper|NPE|ound|p54|prism|rtl|rt2|rt3|rt6|rt7|usb|witch|wl'; iwconfig; cat /etc/modprobe.d/* | egrep 'acx|at76|ath|b43|bcm|CX|eth|ipw|irmware|isl|lbtf|orinoco|ndiswrapper|NPE|p54|prism|rtl|rt2|rt3|rt6|rt7|witch|wl'; sudo hwinfo --netcard ; cat /var/lib/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.state; sudo lsmod
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E: Kon vergrendeling /var/lib/dpkg/lock niet verkrijgen - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Kan de beheersmap (/var/lib/dpkg/) niet vergrendelen. Is deze in gebruik door een ander proces?
E: Kon vergrendeling /var/lib/dpkg/lock niet verkrijgen - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Kan de beheersmap (/var/lib/dpkg/) niet vergrendelen. Is deze in gebruik door een ander proces?
  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: 88E8039 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller
       vendor: Marvell Technology Group Ltd.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:05:00.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 14
       serial: 00:16:d3:1b:1e:93
       size: 100Mbit/s
       capacity: 100Mbit/s
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm vpd msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=sky2 driverversion=1.28 duplex=full firmware=N/A ip=10.92.117.224 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100Mbit/s
       resources: irq:46 memory:f4000000-f4003fff ioport:4000(size=256)
  *-network DISABLED
       description: Wireless interface
       product: PRO/Wireless 4965 AG or AGN [Kedron] Network Connection
       vendor: Intel Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:07:00.0
       logical name: wlan0
       version: 61
       serial: 00:13:e8:12:84:c1
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=iwlagn driverversion=2.6.38-8-generic firmware=228.61.2.24 latency=0 link=no multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11abgn
       resources: irq:47 memory:f4100000-f4101fff
0: hp-wifi: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: yes
 Hard blocked: no
1: phy0: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: yes
 Hard blocked: yes
2: hp-bluetooth: Bluetooth
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: no
4: hci0: Bluetooth
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: no
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

wlan0 Interface doesn't support scanning : Network is down

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=11.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=natty
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 11.04"
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory Controller Hub [8086:2a00] (rev 0c)
00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 PCI Express Root Port [8086:2a01] (rev 0c)
00:1a.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 [8086:2834] (rev 03)
00:1a.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 [8086:2835] (rev 03)
00:1a.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 [8086:283a] (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller [8086:284b] (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 1 [8086:283f] (rev 03)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 2 [8086:2841] (rev 03)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 3 [8086:2843] (rev 03)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 4 [8086:2845] (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:2830] (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:2831] (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:2832] (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 [8086:2836] (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev f3)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801HEM (ICH8M) LPC Interface Controller [8086:2815] (rev 03)
00:1f.1 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) IDE Controller [8086:2850] (rev 03)
00:1f.2 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) SATA AHCI Controller [8086:2829] (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) SMBus Controller [8086:283e] (rev 03)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation G86 [GeForce 8400M GS] [10de:0427] (rev a1)
05:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8039 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller [11ab:4353] (rev 14)
07:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 4965 AG or AGN [Kedron] Network Connection [8086:4229] (rev 61)
08:09.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller [1180:0832] (rev 05)
08:09.1 SD Host controller [0805]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter [1180:0822] (rev 22)
08:09.2 System peripheral [0880]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter [1180:0592] (rev 12)
08:09.3 System peripheral [0880]: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller [1180:0852] (rev 12)
Bus 007 Device 003: ID 03f0:171d Hewlett-Packard Wireless (Bluetooth + WLAN) Interface [Integrated Module]
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 08ff:2580 AuthenTec, Inc. AES2501 Fingerprint Sensor
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 002: ID 04f2:b016 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd VGA 30fps UVC Webcam
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
H/W path Device Class Description
==========================================================
                                   system Notebook
/0 bus 30CE
/0/0 memory 102KiB BIOS
/0/4 processor Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T7
/0/4/5 memory 64KiB L1 cache
/0/4/6 memory 4MiB L2 cache
/0/4/1.1 processor Logical CPU
/0/4/1.2 processor Logical CPU
/0/f memory 2GiB System Memory
/0/f/0 memory 1GiB SODIMM DDR2 Synchronous 667
/0/f/1 memory 1GiB SODIMM DDR2 Synchronous 667
/0/1 processor
/0/1/1.1 processor Logical CPU
/0/1/1.2 processor Logical CPU
/0/100 bridge Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory C
/0/100/1 bridge Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 PCI Expr
/0/100/1/0 display G86 [GeForce 8400M GS]
/0/100/1a bus 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Con
/0/100/1a.1 bus 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Con
/0/100/1a.7 bus 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Co
/0/100/1b multimedia 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Con
/0/100/1c bridge 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express
/0/100/1c.1 bridge 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express
/0/100/1c.1/0 eth0 network 88E8039 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Contr
/0/100/1c.2 bridge 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express
/0/100/1c.3 bridge 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express
/0/100/1c.3/0 wlan0 network PRO/Wireless 4965 AG or AGN [Kedr
/0/100/1d bus 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Con
/0/100/1d.1 bus 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Con
/0/100/1d.2 bus 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Con
/0/100/1d.7 bus 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Co
/0/100/1e bridge 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge
/0/100/1e/9 bus R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller
/0/100/1e/9.1 generic R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host
/0/100/1e/9.2 generic R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adap
/0/100/1e/9.3 generic xD-Picture Card Controller
/0/100/1f bridge 82801HEM (ICH8M) LPC Interface Co
/0/100/1f.1 scsi0 storage 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) IDE
/0/100/1f.1/0.0.0 /dev/cdrom disk DVDRAM GSA-T20L
/0/100/1f.2 scsi2 storage 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) SATA
/0/100/1f.2/0.0.0 /dev/sda disk 500GB WDC WD5000BEVT-0
/0/100/1f.2/0.0.0/1 /dev/sda1 volume 100MiB Windows NTFS volume
/0/100/1f.2/0.0.0/2 /dev/sda2 volume 418GiB Windows NTFS volume
/0/100/1f.2/0.0.0/3 /dev/sda3 volume 46GiB Extended partition
/0/100/1f.2/0.0.0/3/5 /dev/sda5 volume 2005MiB Linux swap / Solaris part
/0/100/1f.2/0.0.0/3/6 /dev/sda6 volume 2041MiB Linux swap / Solaris part
/0/100/1f.2/0.0.0/3/7 /dev/sda7 volume 40GiB Linux filesystem partition
/0/100/1f.2/0.0.0/3/8 /dev/sda8 volume 2039MiB Linux swap / Solaris part
/0/100/1f.3 bus 82801H (ICH8 Family) SMBus Contro
/1 power Intel Corporation
/2 system
Linux Vanessa 2.6.38-8-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Mon Apr 11 03:31:50 UTC 2011 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
[ 0.000000] DMI: Hewlett-Packard HP Pavilion dv2000 Notebook PC/30CE, BIOS F.2C 06/16/2008
[ 0.000000] found SMP MP-table at [c00f7e50] f7e50
[ 0.174234] [Firmware Bug]: ACPI: BIOS _OSI(Linux) query ignored
[ 0.268220] ACPI: No dock devices found.
[ 0.268225] HEST: Table not found.
[ 0.297548] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
[ 0.297562] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
[ 0.297595] usbcore: registered new device driver usb
[ 0.308082] Switching to clocksource hpet
[ 0.311818] Switched to NOHz mode on CPU #0
[ 0.311873] Switched to NOHz mode on CPU #1
[ 0.320893] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 10 devices
[ 0.376141] input: Lid Switch as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0C0D:00/input/input0
[ 0.420022] ACPI: Lid Switch [LID0]
[ 0.490523] ERST: Table is not found!
[ 0.846313] isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
[ 0.879024] i2c-core: driver [adp5520] using legacy suspend method
[ 0.879027] i2c-core: driver [adp5520] using legacy resume method
[ 0.900163] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.920139] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.920540] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.920896] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.924195] hub 5-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.924554] hub 6-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.924894] hub 7-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.926295] device-mapper: multipath: version 1.2.0 loaded
[ 0.926297] device-mapper: multipath round-robin: version 1.0.0 loaded
[ 0.929404] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 1.251440] sky2 0000:05:00.0: eth0: addr 00:16:d3:1b:1e:93
[ 1.304269] sdhci-pci 0000:08:09.1: SDHCI controller found [1180:0822] (rev 22)
[ 1.305323] mmc0: no vmmc regulator found
[ 1.324124] usb 2-5: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 2
[ 1.716054] usb 4-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2
[ 12.530951] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[ 12.887730] uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device HP Webcam (04f2:b016)
[ 12.891452] input: HP Webcam as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb2/2-5/2-5:1.0/input/input5
[ 12.891599] usbcore: registered new interface driver uvcvideo
[ 13.179233] sky2 0000:05:00.0: eth0: enabling interface
[ 13.179472] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 13.306268] iwlagn: Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link AGN driver for Linux, in-tree:
[ 13.306271] iwlagn: Copyright(c) 2003-2010 Intel Corporation
[ 13.306355] iwlagn 0000:07:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 19
[ 13.306365] iwlagn 0000:07:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 13.306397] iwlagn 0000:07:00.0: Detected Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN, REV=0x4
[ 13.345713] iwlagn 0000:07:00.0: device EEPROM VER=0x36, CALIB=0x5
[ 13.345716] iwlagn 0000:07:00.0: Device SKU: 0Xb
[ 13.350384] iwlagn 0000:07:00.0: Tunable channels: 13 802.11bg, 19 802.11a channels
[ 13.350474] iwlagn 0000:07:00.0: irq 47 for MSI/MSI-X
[ 13.380536] iwlagn 0000:07:00.0: loaded firmware version 228.61.2.24
[ 13.501754] ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.WMID.Z006] (Node f4024048), AE_ALREADY_EXISTS (20110112/psparse-536)
[ 13.501764] ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.WMID.WMAD] (Node f4024330), AE_ALREADY_EXISTS (20110112/psparse-536)
[ 13.502269] ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.WMID.Z006] (Node f4024048), AE_ALREADY_EXISTS (20110112/psparse-536)
[ 13.502277] ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.WMID.WMAD] (Node f4024330), AE_ALREADY_EXISTS (20110112/psparse-536)
[ 13.502451] ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.WMID.Z006] (Node f4024048), AE_ALREADY_EXISTS (20110112/psparse-536)
[ 13.502460] ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.WMID.WMAD] (Node f4024330), AE_ALREADY_EXISTS (20110112/psparse-536)
[ 13.504104] ACPI: Marking method Z006 as Serialized because of AE_ALREADY_EXISTS error
[ 13.504116] ACPI: Marking method WMAD as Serialized because of AE_ALREADY_EXISTS error
[ 13.515530] ieee80211 phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'iwl-agn-rs'
[ 422.162523] sky2 0000:05:00.0: eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex, flow control both
[ 422.162963] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
[ 432.192167] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
[ 682.188052] usb 7-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2
[ 682.463405] usbcore: registered new interface driver btusb
[ 687.376085] usb 7-2: USB disconnect, address 2
[ 687.377078] btusb_intr_complete: hci0 urb ef1baa00 failed to resubmit (19)
[ 687.377093] btusb_bulk_complete: hci0 urb ef1bae80 failed to resubmit (19)
[ 687.378100] btusb_bulk_complete: hci0 urb ef1bab80 failed to resubmit (19)
[ 687.378217] btusb_send_frame: hci0 urb f40b8d00 submission failed
[ 691.596060] usb 7-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 3
[ 809.340337] sky2 0000:05:00.0: eth0: Link is down
[ 823.092695] sky2 0000:05:00.0: eth0: disabling interface
[ 826.393482] sky2 0000:05:00.0: eth0: enabling interface
[ 826.394032] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 839.398758] sky2 0000:05:00.0: eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex, flow control both
[ 839.398919] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
[ 850.216050] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11abgn ESSID:off/any
          Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=off
          Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
          Power Management:off

# which ath5k cannot recover. To prevent this condition, stop
blacklist ath_pci
blacklist eth1394
# replaced by p54pci
blacklist prism54
# replaced by b43 and ssb.
blacklist bcm43xx
blacklist uart6850
blacklist twl4030_wdt
sudo: hwinfo: command not found

[main]
NetworkingEnabled=true
WirelessEnabled=true
WWANEnabled=true
Module Size Used by
rfcomm 38125 8
sco 17779 2
bnep 17785 2
l2cap 48656 16 rfcomm,bnep
btusb 18160 2
bluetooth 65565 9 rfcomm,sco,bnep,l2cap,btusb
parport_pc 32111 0
ppdev 12849 0
nvidia 9766978 43
arc4 12473 2
binfmt_misc 13213 1
snd_hda_codec_conexant 43782 1
snd_hda_intel 24140 2
snd_hda_codec 90901 2 snd_hda_codec_conexant,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep 13274 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm 80244 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
snd_seq_midi 13132 0
iwlagn 284569 0
snd_rawmidi 25269 1 snd_seq_midi
hp_wmi 13418 0
joydev 17322 0
sparse_keymap 13666 1 hp_wmi
snd_seq_midi_event 14475 1 snd_seq_midi
iwlcore 148965 1 iwlagn
snd_seq 51291 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
mac80211 257001 2 iwlagn,iwlcore
uvcvideo 66851 0
snd_timer 28659 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
r852 17878 0
sm_common 16737 1 r852
cfg80211 156212 3 iwlagn,iwlcore,mac80211
nand 49822 2 r852,sm_common
snd_seq_device 14110 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
psmouse 73312 0
nand_ids 8547 1 nand
nand_ecc 13070 1 nand
videodev 75143 1 uvcvideo
serio_raw 12990 0
video 18951 0
mtd 26720 2 sm_common,nand
snd 55295 13 snd_hda_codec_conexant,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
soundcore 12600 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 14073 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
lp 13349 0
parport 36746 3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp
sky2 49172 0
sdhci_pci 13623 0
firewire_ohci 31504 0
firewire_core 56138 1 firewire_ohci
ahci 21591 2
sdhci 22720 1 sdhci_pci
libahci 25548 1 ahci
crc_itu_t 12627 1 firewire_core
thomas@Vanessa:~$

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said :
#9

The following Terminal output (that you sent us) shows the issue that your wireless card is having

"
 0: hp-wifi: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: yes
 Hard blocked: no
1: phy0: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: yes
 Hard blocked: yes
2: hp-bluetooth: Bluetooth
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: no
4: hci0: Bluetooth
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: no

wlan0 Interface doesn't support scanning : Network is down

wlan0 IEEE 802.11abgn ESSID:off/any
          Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=off
"

So your wireless card is disabled by a hardware switch, a
special key combination (Fn-F2, etc...), by incorrect BIOS settings for
wireless, or a COMBINATION of these factors...

There might also be a BIOS option that allows you to have the wireless
functionality controlled "By application"

Search for the "by application" option in the BIOS and select it (if
possible)....

Also run the following 2 Terminal commands to try to change the rfkill
state of your wireless chipset:

rfkill unblock all

sudo rfkill unblock all

Then retest wireless.

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willens (awillens) said :
#10

In response to your suggestions:

1. So far as I can see, there is no BIOS setting that relates to controlling the wireless functionality by application.
2. The switch works fine in Windows 7 on this machine, and it worked in previous versions of Ubuntu.
3. I ran the two Terminal commands you suggested. They ran successfully. I then tried to see if the wireless key switch (Alt F2 in my case) worked. The switch turned the wireless off but would not turn it back on.
4. The only way to restore wireless functionality in Ubuntu 11.04 was to remove the proprietary wireless driver and to reinstall the wireless driver through Terminal using:
 sudo apt-get update
 sudo apt-get install b43-fwcutter.

This works, and it doesn't seem to matter whether I remove the STA B43 driver using Applications| Additional Drivers screens before or after running these commands. Once I get the wireless running correctly, I can turn it off and on again from the networking control panel by unclicking and re-clicking "Enable Wireless," but if I use the computer's Alt F2 key switch to toggle off wireless, the switch and wireless become inoperative (as does the network control panel) and I have to reinstall the wireless driver from Terminal as described above. This needs to be fixed.

Let me know if I can do anything further to help diagnose and resolve this problem. In the meantime, I will not touch the key switch again in Ubuntu unless I am testing something that you ask me to try.

Alan Willens

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Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2011 1:09 PM
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: Re: [Question #154695]: After installing ubuntu 11.04 my wireless switch acts weird

Question #154695 on gnome-nettool in Ubuntu changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-nettool/+question/154695

    Status: Open => Answered

Mark Rijckenberg proposed the following answer:
The following Terminal output (that you sent us) shows the issue that your wireless card is having

"
 0: hp-wifi: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: yes
 Hard blocked: no
1: phy0: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: yes
 Hard blocked: yes
2: hp-bluetooth: Bluetooth
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: no
4: hci0: Bluetooth
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: no

wlan0 Interface doesn't support scanning : Network is down

wlan0 IEEE 802.11abgn ESSID:off/any
          Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=off "

So your wireless card is disabled by a hardware switch, a special key combination (Fn-F2, etc...), by incorrect BIOS settings for wireless, or a COMBINATION of these factors...

There might also be a BIOS option that allows you to have the wireless functionality controlled "By application"

Search for the "by application" option in the BIOS and select it (if possible)....

Also run the following 2 Terminal commands to try to change the rfkill state of your wireless chipset:

rfkill unblock all

sudo rfkill unblock all

Then retest wireless.

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Eliah Kagan (degeneracypressure) said :
#11

@willens
As Mark said, please create a *separate* question for the problem you are experiencing, even if you believe it to be the same as this problem. To do that, you can click https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-nettool/+addquestion. You can remain subscribed to this question, and you can post the URL to the new question in this one if you want people here to see it, but you are interfering with Mark's ability to assist Thomasvanoppens. In addition, please take note that when you post in a question started by someone else, and your post consists neither of a proposed answer to their question nor of a request for information **from them** for the purpose of assisting them, you should use the "Just Add a Comment" button so that the status of the question doesn't change.

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