2: acer-wireless: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: yes -> DISABLED Wireless Network controller [0280]: Atheros Communications Inc. AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) [168c:002b] (rev 01) not working on Sony VPCEG28FN in Ubuntu 11.10

Asked by Brij Kishore

I have installed Ubuntu 11.10 in my Sony Viao E-Series VPCEG28FN. When I Installed it, I got connected to the wlan and then after the first update, my wifi does not get connected. It says that its disabled by hardware. In the terminal it does not show the driver. How do I rectify this problem??

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This question was originally filed as bug #958351.

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komputes (komputes) said :
#1

I'm sorry but this does not contain the type of information usually found in a bug. I have converted your bug to a question. Please open a terminal and respond with the output of 'lspci -nnk' to better show what hardware and drivers you are using. I will try to assist you.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
#2

Can you give the output of:

sudo lshw -C network; lsb_release -a; uname -a; dmesg | grep -i firm; sudo rfkill list

Thanks

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said :
#3

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:

If you are using the Gnome interface, open the Terminal console via "Applications->Accessories->Terminal"

If you are using the Unity interface, the easiest way to open the Terminal is to use the 'search' function on the dash. Or you can click on the 'More Apps' button, click on the 'See more results' by the installed section, and find it in that list of applications. A third way, available after you click on the 'More Apps' button, is to go to the search bar, and see that the far right end of it says 'All Applications'. You then click on that, and you'll see the full list. Then you can go to Accessories > Terminal after that.

So the methods in Unity are:
Dash > Search for Terminal
Dash > More Apps > 'See More Results' > Terminal
Dash > More Apps > Accessories > Terminal

Step 2: Please copy-paste the following command from https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WirelessTroubleshootingProcedure 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 rfkill; 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|brcm|CX|eth|ipw|ireless|irmware|isl|lbtf|orinoco|ndiswrapper|NPE|ound|p54|prism|rtl|rt2|rt3|rt5|rt6|rt7|usb|witch|wl';sudo dmidecode|egrep 'anufact|roduct|erial|elease'; iwconfig; cat /etc/modprobe.d/* | egrep 'acx|at76|ath|b43|bcm|brcm|CX|eth|ipw|irmware|isl|lbtf|orinoco|ndiswrapper|NPE|p54|prism|rtl|rt2|rt3|rt6|rt7|wmi|witch|wl'; cat /var/lib/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.state; sudo hwinfo --netcard ; ps -aux|egrep 'wpa|icd|etwork'; 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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Brij Kishore (brij-kishore25) said :
#4

brijkishore@ubuntu:~$ sudo lshw -C network
[sudo] password for brijkishore:
  *-network DISABLED
       description: Wireless interface
       product: AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express)
       vendor: Atheros Communications Inc.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
       logical name: wlan0
       version: 01
       serial: cc:af:78:bd:de:b5
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet
physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ath9k
driverversion=3.0.0-17-generic firmware=N/A latency=0 link=no multicast=yes
wireless=IEEE 802.11bgn
       resources: irq:16 memory:d5200000-d520ffff
  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: AR8151 v2.0 Gigabit Ethernet
       vendor: Atheros Communications
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:09:00.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: c0
       serial: 78:84:3c:9e:3f:e2
       capacity: 1Gbit/s
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress vpd bus_master cap_list ethernet
physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=atl1c
driverversion=1.0.1.0-NAPI firmware=N/A latency=0 link=no multicast=yes
port=twisted pair
       resources: irq:43 memory:d4100000-d413ffff ioport:2000(size=128)
  *-network DISABLED
       description: Ethernet interface
       physical id: 1
       logical name: wwan0
       serial: 02:50:f3:00:00:00
       capabilities: ethernet physical
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=cdc_ether
driverversion=22-Aug-2005 firmware=Mobile Broadband Network Device link=no
multicast=yes

brijkishore@ubuntu:~$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 11.10
Release: 11.10
Codename: oneiric

brijkishore@ubuntu:~$ uname -a
Linux ubuntu 3.0.0-17-generic #30-Ubuntu SMP Thu Mar 8 17:34:21 UTC 2012
i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

brijkishore@ubuntu:~$ dmesg | grep -i firm
[ 0.539230] [Firmware Bug]: ACPI: BIOS _OSI(Linux) query ignored

brijkishore@ubuntu:~$ sudo rfkill list
0: sony-wifi: Wireless LAN
    Soft blocked: no
    Hard blocked: no
1: sony-bluetooth: Bluetooth
    Soft blocked: no
    Hard blocked: no
2: acer-wireless: Wireless LAN
    Soft blocked: yes
    Hard blocked: no
3: hci0: Bluetooth
    Soft blocked: no
    Hard blocked: no
4: phy0: Wireless LAN
    Soft blocked: no
    Hard blocked: no

On Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 1:51 PM, actionparsnip <
<email address hidden>> wrote:

> Your question #191002 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/191002
>
> Status: Open => Needs information
>
> actionparsnip requested more information:
> Can you give the output of:
>
> sudo lshw -C network; lsb_release -a; uname -a; dmesg | grep -i firm;
> sudo rfkill list
>
> Thanks
>
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Best Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said :
#5

Your Terminal output shows the following issue:

2: acer-wireless: Wireless LAN
    Soft blocked: yes
    Hard blocked: no

Please copy-paste the following command into the Terminal and then press
<ENTER>:

gksudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

Using the gedit editor, please ADD the following configuration line into
the file /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf:

blacklist acer_wmi

Using the gedit editor, SAVE the change to the

/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf file.

Then REBOOT and retest wireless. This blacklist operation should make
the change permanent, even after rebooting.

This should force the Linux kernel to stop loading the acer_wmi module,
which is probably causing the kernel to soft block your wireless adapter.

The acer-wireless interface is an invalid wireless interface on your
computer, because you are using a Sony Vaio laptop , not an
ACER computer.

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 again.

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Brij Kishore (brij-kishore25) said :
#6

brijkishore@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get update
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com oneiric-security InRelease
Ign http://archive.canonical.com oneiric InRelease
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric InRelease
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates InRelease
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports InRelease
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com oneiric-security Release.gpg
Hit http://archive.canonical.com oneiric Release.gpg
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-proposed InRelease
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric Release.gpg
Hit http://archive.canonical.com oneiric Release
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com oneiric-security Release
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates Release.gpg
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports Release.gpg
Hit http://archive.canonical.com oneiric/partner i386 Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/main Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-proposed Release.gpg
Ign http://archive.canonical.com oneiric/partner TranslationIndex
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/restricted Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/universe Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/multiverse Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/main i386 Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric Release
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates Release
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/multiverse TranslationIndex
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/restricted TranslationIndex
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports Release
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/universe TranslationIndex
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-proposed Release
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/main Translation-en
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric/main Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric/restricted Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric/universe Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric/multiverse Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric/main i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric/multiverse TranslationIndex
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Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric/universe TranslationIndex
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates/main Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates/restricted Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates/universe Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/universe Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates/multiverse Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates/main i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates/multiverse TranslationIndex
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates/restricted TranslationIndex
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates/universe TranslationIndex
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/main Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/restricted Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/universe Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/multiverse Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/main i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/multiverse TranslationIndex
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/restricted TranslationIndex
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/universe TranslationIndex
Ign http://archive.canonical.com oneiric/partner Translation-en_US
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-proposed/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-proposed/main i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-proposed/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-proposed/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-proposed/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-proposed/multiverse TranslationIndex
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-proposed/restricted TranslationIndex
Ign http://archive.canonical.com oneiric/partner Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-proposed/universe TranslationIndex
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric/main Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric/universe Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates/main Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates/universe Translation-en
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Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-backports/universe Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-proposed/main Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric-proposed/multiverse Translation-en
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Reading package lists... Done

brijkishore@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get install hwinfo grep rfkill
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
grep is already the newest version.
rfkill is already the newest version.
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  hwinfo libhal1 libhd16
0 upgraded, 3 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 776 kB of archives.
After this operation, 2,314 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric/universe libhal1 i386 0.5.14-6 [77.1 kB]
Get:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric/universe libhd16 i386 16.0-2ubuntu1 [681 kB]
Get:3 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric/universe hwinfo i386 16.0-2ubuntu1 [18.2 kB]
Fetched 776 kB in 3s (217 kB/s)
Selecting previously deselected package libhal1.
(Reading database ... 183564 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking libhal1 (from .../libhal1_0.5.14-6_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package libhd16.
Unpacking libhd16 (from .../libhd16_16.0-2ubuntu1_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package hwinfo.
Unpacking hwinfo (from .../hwinfo_16.0-2ubuntu1_i386.deb) ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Setting up libhal1 (0.5.14-6) ...
Setting up libhd16 (16.0-2ubuntu1) ...
Setting up hwinfo (16.0-2ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place

brijkishore@ubuntu:~$ sudo lshw -C network
  *-network DISABLED
       description: Wireless interface
       product: AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express)
       vendor: Atheros Communications Inc.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
       logical name: wlan0
       version: 01
       serial: cc:af:78:bd:de:b5
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ath9k driverversion=3.0.0-17-generic firmware=N/A latency=0 link=no multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bgn
       resources: irq:16 memory:d5200000-d520ffff
  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: AR8151 v2.0 Gigabit Ethernet
       vendor: Atheros Communications
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:09:00.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: c0
       serial: 78:84:3c:9e:3f:e2
       capacity: 1Gbit/s
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress vpd bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=atl1c driverversion=1.0.1.0-NAPI firmware=N/A latency=0 link=no multicast=yes port=twisted pair
       resources: irq:43 memory:d4100000-d413ffff ioport:2000(size=128)
  *-network DISABLED
       description: Ethernet interface
       physical id: 1
       logical name: wwan0
       serial: 02:50:f3:00:00:00
       capabilities: ethernet physical
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=cdc_ether driverversion=22-Aug-2005 firmware=Mobile Broadband Network Device link=no multicast=yes

brijkishore@ubuntu:~$ rfkill list
0: sony-wifi: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: no
1: sony-bluetooth: Bluetooth
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: no
2: acer-wireless: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: yes
 Hard blocked: no
3: hci0: Bluetooth
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: no
4: phy0: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: no

brijkishore@ubuntu:~$ sudo iwlist scanning
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

wlan0 Interface doesn't support scanning : Network is down

wwan0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

ppp0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

brijkishore@ubuntu:~$ cat /etc/network/interfaces
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

brijkishore@ubuntu:~$ cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=11.10
DISTRIB_CODENAME=oneiric
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 11.10"

brijkishore@ubuntu:~$ lspci -nn
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family DRAM Controller [8086:0104] (rev 09)
00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200/2nd Generation Core Processor Family PCI Express Root Port [8086:0101] (rev 09)
00:16.0 Communication controller [0780]: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 [8086:1c3a] (rev 04)
00:1a.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 [8086:1c2d] (rev 04)
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller [8086:1c20] (rev 04)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1 [8086:1c10] (rev b4)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 2 [8086:1c12] (rev b4)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 4 [8086:1c16] (rev b4)
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 [8086:1c26] (rev 04)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation HM65 Express Chipset Family LPC Controller [8086:1c49] (rev 04)
00:1f.2 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family 6 port SATA AHCI Controller [8086:1c03] (rev 04)
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller [8086:1c22] (rev 04)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation Device [10de:1055] (rev a1)
01:00.1 Audio device [0403]: nVidia Corporation HDMI Audio stub [10de:0e08] (rev a1)
02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Atheros Communications Inc. AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) [168c:002b] (rev 01)
03:00.0 Unassigned class [ff00]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTS5116 PCI Express Card Reader [10ec:5209] (rev 01)
09:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Atheros Communications AR8151 v2.0 Gigabit Ethernet [1969:1083] (rev c0)

brijkishore@ubuntu:~$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 04f2:b290 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0489:e027 Foxconn / Hon Hai
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 04f3:0234 Elan Microelectronics Corp.
Bus 002 Device 005: ID 12d1:1436 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

brijkishore@ubuntu:~$ sudo lshw -short
H/W path Device Class Description
==============================================================
                                    system Notebook
/0 bus VAIO
/0/0 memory 1MiB BIOS
/0/6 memory 4GiB System Memory
/0/6/0 memory 4GiB SODIMM DDR3 1333 MHz (0.8 ns)
/0/6/1 memory SODIMM [empty]
/0/b processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2430M CPU @ 2.40GHz
/0/b/d memory 32KiB L1 cache
/0/b/e memory 256KiB L2 cache
/0/b/f memory 3MiB L3 cache
/0/b/2.1 processor Logical CPU
/0/b/2.2 processor Logical CPU
/0/b/2.3 processor Logical CPU
/0/b/2.4 processor Logical CPU
/0/b/2.5 processor Logical CPU
/0/b/2.6 processor Logical CPU
/0/b/2.7 processor Logical CPU
/0/b/2.8 processor Logical CPU
/0/b/2.9 processor Logical CPU
/0/b/2.a processor Logical CPU
/0/b/2.b processor Logical CPU
/0/b/2.c processor Logical CPU
/0/b/2.d processor Logical CPU
/0/b/2.e processor Logical CPU
/0/b/2.f processor Logical CPU
/0/b/2.10 processor Logical CPU
/0/c memory 32KiB L1 cache
/0/1 processor
/0/1/2.1 processor Logical CPU
/0/1/2.2 processor Logical CPU
/0/1/2.3 processor Logical CPU
/0/1/2.4 processor Logical CPU
/0/1/2.5 processor Logical CPU
/0/1/2.6 processor Logical CPU
/0/1/2.7 processor Logical CPU
/0/1/2.8 processor Logical CPU
/0/1/2.9 processor Logical CPU
/0/1/2.a processor Logical CPU
/0/1/2.b processor Logical CPU
/0/1/2.c processor Logical CPU
/0/1/2.d processor Logical CPU
/0/1/2.e processor Logical CPU
/0/1/2.f processor Logical CPU
/0/1/2.10 processor Logical CPU
/0/100 bridge 2nd Generation Core Processor Family DRAM Controller
/0/100/1 bridge Xeon E3-1200/2nd Generation Core Processor Family PCI Express
/0/100/1/0 display nVidia Corporation
/0/100/1/0.1 multimedia HDMI Audio stub
/0/100/16 communication 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1
/0/100/1a bus 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controll
/0/100/1b multimedia 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Cont
/0/100/1c bridge 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1
/0/100/1c/0 wlan0 network AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express)
/0/100/1c.1 bridge 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 2
/0/100/1c.1/0 scsi6 generic RTS5116 PCI Express Card Reader
/0/100/1c.1/0/0.0.0 /dev/sdb disk SCSI Disk
/0/100/1c.1/0/0.0.1 /dev/sdc disk MemoryStick
/0/100/1c.1/0/0.0.1/0 /dev/sdc disk
/0/100/1c.3 bridge 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 4
/0/100/1c.3/0 eth0 network AR8151 v2.0 Gigabit Ethernet
/0/100/1d bus 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controll
/0/100/1f bridge HM65 Express Chipset Family LPC Controller
/0/100/1f.2 scsi0 storage 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family 6 port SATA AHCI Controlle
/0/100/1f.2/0 /dev/sda disk 500GB TOSHIBA MK5065GS
/0/100/1f.2/0/1 /dev/sda1 volume 11GiB Windows NTFS volume
/0/100/1f.2/0/2 /dev/sda2 volume 100MiB Windows NTFS volume
/0/100/1f.2/0/3 /dev/sda3 volume 227GiB Windows NTFS volume
/0/100/1f.2/0/4 /dev/sda4 volume 226GiB Extended partition
/0/100/1f.2/0/4/5 /dev/sda5 volume 119GiB HPFS/NTFS partition
/0/100/1f.2/0/4/6 /dev/sda6 volume 77GiB HPFS/NTFS partition
/0/100/1f.2/0/4/7 /dev/sda7 volume 29GiB HPFS/NTFS partition
/0/100/1f.2/1 /dev/cdrom disk CDDVDW TS-L633F
/0/100/1f.3 bus 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller
/0/2 scsi15 storage
/0/2/0 /dev/sdd disk SCSI Disk
/0/2/1 /dev/cdrom1 disk Mass Storage
/0/2/1/0 /dev/cdrom1 disk
/0/2/1/0/1 volume 1KiB Apple partition map
/0/2/1/0/2 volume 42MiB Apple HFS
/1 wwan0 network Ethernet interface

brijkishore@ubuntu:~$ uname -a
Linux ubuntu 3.0.0-17-generic #30-Ubuntu SMP Thu Mar 8 17:34:21 UTC 2012 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

brijkishore@ubuntu:~$ dmesg | egrep 'acx|at76|ath|b43|bcm|brcm|CX|eth|ipw|ireless|irmware|isl|lbtf|orinoco|ndiswrapper|NPE|ound|p54|prism|rtl|rt2|rt3|rt5|rt6|rt7|usb|witch|wl'
[ 0.000000] found SMP MP-table at [c00fe1b0] fe1b0
[ 0.539230] [Firmware Bug]: ACPI: BIOS _OSI(Linux) query ignored
[ 0.633098] ACPI: No dock devices found.
[ 0.633099] HEST: Table not found.
[ 0.670759] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
[ 0.670768] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
[ 0.670793] usbcore: registered new device driver usb
[ 0.679837] Switching to clocksource hpet
[ 0.682944] Switched to NOHz mode on CPU #0
[ 0.682997] Switched to NOHz mode on CPU #3
[ 0.683043] Switched to NOHz mode on CPU #2
[ 0.683090] Switched to NOHz mode on CPU #1
[ 0.686096] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 5 devices
[ 0.751896] platform rtc_cmos: registered platform RTC device (no PNP device found)
[ 0.859835] input: Lid Switch as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0C0D:00/input/input0
[ 0.859859] ACPI: Lid Switch [LID0]
[ 0.861863] ERST: Table is not found!
[ 1.215385] isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
[ 1.287116] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.307068] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.319638] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 1.598588] usb 1-1: new high speed USB device number 2 using ehci_hcd
[ 1.731044] hub 1-1:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.750345] Switching to clocksource tsc
[ 1.842209] usb 2-1: new high speed USB device number 2 using ehci_hcd
[ 1.974699] hub 2-1:1.0: USB hub found
[ 2.046003] usb 1-1.2: new high speed USB device number 3 using ehci_hcd
[ 2.245645] usb 1-1.5: new full speed USB device number 4 using ehci_hcd
[ 2.409390] usb 2-1.1: new low speed USB device number 3 using ehci_hcd
[ 2.513905] input: OM as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb2/2-1/2-1.1/2-1.1:1.0/input/input4
[ 2.513997] generic-usb 0003:04F3:0234.0001: input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.11 Mouse [OM] on usb-0000:00:1d.0-1.1/input0
[ 2.514010] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbhid
[ 2.514012] usbhid: USB HID core driver
[ 6.548388] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[ 8.510708] usbcore: registered new interface driver btusb
[ 9.297688] uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device Sony Visual Communication Camera (04f2:b290)
[ 9.307309] input: Sony Visual Communication Camer as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.2/1-1.2:1.0/input/input9
[ 9.307367] usbcore: registered new interface driver uvcvideo
[ 9.709213] hda_codec: CX20590: BIOS auto-probing.
[ 9.857494] ath9k 0000:02:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
[ 9.857508] ath9k 0000:02:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 9.907646] ath: EEPROM regdomain: 0x65
[ 9.907648] ath: EEPROM indicates we should expect a direct regpair map
[ 9.907651] ath: Country alpha2 being used: 00
[ 9.907652] ath: Regpair used: 0x65
[ 9.972905] ieee80211 phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'ath9k_rate_control'
[ 9.973398] Registered led device: ath9k-phy0
[ 10.177857] input: HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=3 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.1/sound/card1/input10
[ 12.290327] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 80x30
[ 18.950786] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 557.207251] usb 2-1.3: new high speed USB device number 4 using ehci_hcd
[ 557.426240] usbcore: registered new interface driver uas
[ 557.447127] scsi7 : usb-storage 2-1.3:1.0
[ 557.447587] scsi8 : usb-storage 2-1.3:1.1
[ 557.447707] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
[ 558.032316] usb 2-1.3: USB disconnect, device number 4
[ 562.063906] usb 2-1.3: new high speed USB device number 5 using ehci_hcd
[ 562.163517] scsi14 : usb-storage 2-1.3:1.5
[ 562.164603] scsi15 : usb-storage 2-1.3:1.6
[ 562.244735] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbserial
[ 562.244794] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbserial_generic
[ 562.244796] usbserial: USB Serial Driver core
[ 562.257111] cdc_ether 2-1.3:1.1: wwan0: register 'cdc_ether' at usb-0000:00:1d.0-1.3, Mobile Broadband Network Device, 02:50:f3:00:00:00
[ 562.257195] usbcore: registered new interface driver cdc_ether
[ 562.295613] usb 2-1.3: GSM modem (1-port) converter now attached to ttyUSB0
[ 562.295708] usb 2-1.3: GSM modem (1-port) converter now attached to ttyUSB1
[ 562.295778] usb 2-1.3: GSM modem (1-port) converter now attached to ttyUSB2
[ 562.295908] usbcore: registered new interface driver option

brijkishore@ubuntu:~$ sudo dmidecode|egrep 'anufact|roduct|erial|elease'
 Release Date: 06/23/2011
 Manufacturer: Sony Corporation
 Product Name: VPCEG28FN
 Serial Number: 27545586-7000380
 Manufacturer: Sony Corporation
 Product Name: VAIO
 Serial Number: N/A
 Manufacturer: Sony Corporation
 Serial Number: N/A
 Manufacturer: Not Specified
 Serial Number: 5528F204
 Manufacturer: Not Specified
 Serial Number: Not Specified
 Manufacturer: Intel(R) Corporation
 Serial Number: N/A

brijkishore@ubuntu:~$ iwconfig; cat /etc/modprobe.d/* | egrep 'acx|at76|ath|b43|bcm|brcm|CX|eth|ipw|irmware|isl|lbtf|orinoco|ndiswrapper|NPE|p54|prism|rtl|rt2|rt3|rt6|rt7|wmi|witch|wl'
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn 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:on

wwan0 no wireless extensions.

ppp0 no wireless extensions.

install snd-rawmidi /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-rawmidi $CMDLINE_OPTS && { /sbin/modprobe --quiet --use-blacklist snd-seq-midi ; : ; }
# 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

brijkishore@ubuntu:~$ cat /var/lib/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.state

[main]
NetworkingEnabled=true
WirelessEnabled=true
WWANEnabled=true
WimaxEnabled=true

brijkishore@ubuntu:~$ sudo hwinfo --netcard
> hal.1: read hal dataprocess 3485: arguments to dbus_move_error() were incorrect, assertion "(dest) == NULL || !dbus_error_is_set ((dest))" failed in file ../../dbus/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
22: PCI 200.0: 0282 WLAN controller
  [Created at pci.318]
  Unique ID: y9sn.eVj0IaBAaq2
  Parent ID: z8Q3.BIRzRHILTZ8
  SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.0/0000:02:00.0
  SysFS BusID: 0000:02:00.0
  Hardware Class: network
  Model: "Atheros WLAN controller"
  Vendor: pci 0x168c "Atheros Communications Inc."
  Device: pci 0x002b
  SubVendor: pci 0x105b "Foxconn International, Inc."
  SubDevice: pci 0xe037
  Revision: 0x01
  Driver: "ath9k"
  Driver Modules: "ath9k", "ath9k"
  Device File: wlan0
  Features: WLAN
  Memory Range: 0xd5200000-0xd520ffff (rw,non-prefetchable)
  IRQ: 16 (353826 events)
  HW Address: cc:af:78:bd:de:b5
  Link detected: no
  WLAN channels: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
  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
  WLAN encryption modes: WEP40 WEP104 TKIP CCMP
  WLAN authentication modes: open sharedkey wpa-psk wpa-eap
  Module Alias: "pci:v0000168Cd0000002Bsv0000105Bsd0000E037bc02sc80i00"
  Driver Info #0:
    Driver Status: ath9k is active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe ath9k"
  Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
  Attached to: #13 (PCI bridge)

24: PCI 900.0: 0200 Ethernet controller
  [Created at pci.318]
  Unique ID: rBUF.w6XLTcKW383
  Parent ID: Z7uZ.Hn5TKi+ZdsA
  SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.3/0000:09:00.0
  SysFS BusID: 0000:09:00.0
  Hardware Class: network
  Model: "Attansic Ethernet controller"
  Vendor: pci 0x1969 "Attansic Technology Corp."
  Device: pci 0x1083
  SubVendor: pci 0x104d "Sony Corporation"
  SubDevice: pci 0x908a
  Revision: 0xc0
  Driver: "atl1c"
  Driver Modules: "atl1c"
  Device File: eth0
  Memory Range: 0xd4100000-0xd413ffff (rw,non-prefetchable)
  I/O Ports: 0x2000-0x2fff (rw)
  IRQ: 43 (2 events)
  HW Address: 78:84:3c:9e:3f:e2
  Link detected: no
  Module Alias: "pci:v00001969d00001083sv0000104Dsd0000908Abc02sc00i00"
  Driver Info #0:
    Driver Status: atl1c is active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe atl1c"
  Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
  Attached to: #15 (PCI bridge)

brijkishore@ubuntu:~$ ps -aux|egrep 'wpa|icd|etwork'
Warning: bad ps syntax, perhaps a bogus '-'? See http://procps.sf.net/faq.html
root 1109 0.0 0.1 29236 5940 ? Ssl 17:44 0:00 NetworkManager
root 2275 0.0 0.0 7152 2648 ? S 17:53 0:00 /usr/sbin/pppd nodetach lock nodefaultroute ttyUSB0 noipdefault noauth usepeerdns lcp-echo-failure 0 lcp-echo-interval 0 ipparam /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/PPP/0 plugin /usr/lib/pppd/2.4.5/nm-pppd-plugin.so
1000 3503 0.0 0.0 4456 772 pts/0 S+ 18:27 0:00 egrep --color=auto wpa|icd|etwork

brijkishore@ubuntu:~$ sudo lsmod
Module Size Used by
ppp_deflate 12878 0
zlib_deflate 26622 1 ppp_deflate
bsd_comp 12842 0
ppp_async 17307 1
crc_ccitt 12595 1 ppp_async
option 25580 2
usb_wwan 19779 1 option
cdc_ether 13312 0
usbserial 37203 7 option,usb_wwan
usbnet 25214 1 cdc_ether
usb_storage 44173 0
uas 17699 0
bnep 17923 2
rfcomm 38408 0
parport_pc 32114 0
ppdev 12849 0
binfmt_misc 17292 1
vesafb 13489 1
nvidia 10390874 43
snd_hda_codec_hdmi 31426 1
arc4 12473 2
ath9k 112711 0
mac80211 393421 1 ath9k
snd_hda_codec_conexant 52460 1
snd_hda_intel 24262 3
snd_hda_codec 91859 3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_conexant,snd_hda_intel
ath9k_common 13599 1 ath9k
ath9k_hw 293933 2 ath9k,ath9k_common
uvcvideo 67271 0
snd_hwdep 13276 1 snd_hda_codec
joydev 17393 0
videodev 85626 1 uvcvideo
ath 19387 2 ath9k,ath9k_hw
snd_pcm 80435 3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
snd_seq_midi 13132 0
snd_rawmidi 25241 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 14475 1 snd_seq_midi
btusb 18160 1
snd_seq 51567 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
cfg80211 172427 3 ath9k,mac80211,ath
snd_timer 28932 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
bluetooth 148839 13 bnep,rfcomm,btusb
snd_seq_device 14172 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
psmouse 73673 0
acer_wmi 23302 0
rts_pstor 353227 0
sparse_keymap 13658 1 acer_wmi
serio_raw 12990 0
snd 55902 16 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_conexant,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
mei 36466 0
soundcore 12600 1 snd
wmi 18744 1 acer_wmi
sony_laptop 39681 0
snd_page_alloc 14115 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
video 18908 0
lp 17455 0
parport 40930 3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp
usbhid 41905 0
hid 77367 1 usbhid
ahci 21634 2
libahci 25727 1 ahci
atl1c 36638 0

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Brij Kishore (brij-kishore25) said :
#7

Thanks Mark Rijckenberg, that solved my question.

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Brij Kishore (brij-kishore25) said :
#8

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