How to enable wireless on Dell Latitude D610 in Ubuntu 9.04

Have a look here...

https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/55540

Hi Karl,

After rebooting your laptop, go into the BIOS by pressing F12 on boot and in section WiFi, choose one of the three options (Off) (By Application) (By pressing Alt+F2)

First try the option (By Application) , boot Ubuntu and retest wireless.

If wireless does not work after setting wireless option "By application" in the BIOS, please follow this procedure:

Please first connect your network card 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: Run the following command. The command STARTS with the word sudo and ENDS with the word restart. So please copy-paste the ENTIRE command below into a Terminal, press enter, then enter password when sudo asks for password, then press enter again.

sudo lshw -C network; sudo iwlist scanning; cat /etc/network/interfaces; cat /etc/lsb-release; lspci -nn; lsusb; uname -a; dmesg | grep ound; dmesg | grep b43; dmesg | grep iwl; iwconfig; sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart

Step 3: Please post results (copy/paste terminal output) on this thread

Regards,

Mark

Mark, You have made one happy camper here in PA. I went to BIOS and made the change to "by Application" and BINGO - I'm in business. Thank you so much. I appreciate the effort you made to help more than you probably understand. I've spent hours trying to wade through the "geek speak" in the Ubunut Forum and other places and never found help that seemed related to my problem.
    I bought this refurbished Dell to install Ubuntu as the only OS. I am so happy with Ubuntu. If it were not for my need to work with others who use Windows I would be happy to use Ubunty full time. A friend and I are planning to do a Ubuntu demo at our local library. I did not want to move forward without having a wireless connection.
     Thank you again Karl

Thanks Rob Frerejean, that solved my question.

Hi Karl,

You are welcome. I am happy to have been of assistance. I used to live in Warren, PA, by the way. Had a great time living there.

Regards,

Mark

Mark, My delight yesterday was short lived. My wireless connection failed when I next turned on the computer. I still am getting a connection with my router for incoming signals, but cannot go on line.
    I copied and pasted the long command you suggested and will paste the results below. I am in awe of anyone with the skill and knowledge to type such a long command successfully. I'm not particularly nervous about using the terminal because I cut my teeth on DOS, but the Linux commands can be daunting until one gets familiar with them. I think it is cool that Linux will accept some of the old DOS commands without even a hiccup.
    What a small world we live in, particularly as we get older. I was the HS tennis coach here in Titusville for many years and had lots of tennis friends from Warren. For a while Warren's tennis team ruled the roost.
    What follows is the mass of output from using your command. Thanks again for your time and skill. The Scottish Farmer that turns up there is my neighbor's wireless and my computer attempts to connect with him by asking for the password. I'm sure I made that happen, but I do not remember how I did it. Karl

(I am running behind this morning and have not taken time to study the output. It appears that the Scottish Farmer connection may be gumming up the works. During my brief, successful connection yesterday I was connected to MSHome. I have printed out the output and will spend some time with it this evening. Because I know your time is valuable please be assured that I have a working Internet connection and am in no way inconvenienced by the wireless failure. I'm just enjoying Ubuntu and its challenges. In short, I'm in no hurry for help.)
 *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: NetXtreme BCM5751 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 01
       serial: 00:12:3f:1b:15:2e
       size: 100MB/s
       capacity: 1GB/s
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm vpd msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=tg3 driverversion=3.94 duplex=full firmware=5751-v3.29a ip=192.168.11.2 latency=0 link=yes module=tg3 multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100MB/s
  *-network
       description: Network controller
       product: BCM4309 802.11a/b/g
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 3
       bus info: pci@0000:03:03.0
       version: 03
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: bus_master
       configuration: driver=b43-pci-bridge latency=64 module=ssb
  *-network:0
       description: Wireless interface
       physical id: 2
       logical name: wlan0
       serial: 00:0b:7d:27:9f:65
       capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg
  *-network:1 DISABLED
       description: Ethernet interface
       physical id: 3
       logical name: pan0
       serial: 3e:a4:9a:9f:e4:3d
       capabilities: ethernet physical
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=bridge driverversion=2.3 firmware=N/A link=yes multicast=yes
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

wmaster0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

wlan0 Scan completed :
          Cell 01 - Address: 00:16:01:16:65:8D
                    ESSID:"00160116658C"
                    Mode:Master
                    Channel:11
                    Frequency:2.462 GHz (Channel 11)
                    Quality=83/100 Signal level:-48 dBm Noise level=-68 dBm
                    Encryption key:off
                    IE: Unknown: 000C303031363031313636353843
                    IE: Unknown: 010482848B96
                    IE: Unknown: 03010B
                    IE: Unknown: 2A0100
                    IE: Unknown: 2F0100
                    IE: Unknown: 32080C1218243048606C
                    IE: Unknown: DD06001018020013
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
                              9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s
                              48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
                    Extra:tsf=000000f1f1350185
                    Extra: Last beacon: 92ms ago
          Cell 02 - Address: 00:15:05:D4:B8:7E
                    ESSID:"Scotish_Farmer"
                    Mode:Master
                    Channel:9
                    Frequency:2.452 GHz (Channel 9)
                    Quality=55/100 Signal level:-75 dBm Noise level=-68 dBm
                    Encryption key:on
                    IE: Unknown: 000E53636F746973685F4661726D6572
                    IE: Unknown: 010582848B962C
                    IE: Unknown: 030109
                    IE: Unknown: 2A0100
                    IE: Unknown: 32080C1218243048606C
                    IE: WPA Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (1) : TKIP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 22 Mb/s
                              6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s
                              36 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
                    Extra:tsf=000000f1f01bc1b6
                    Extra: Last beacon: 740ms ago

pan0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=9.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=jaunty
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 9.04"
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/PM/GMS/910GML Express Processor to DRAM Controller [8086:2590] (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller [8086:2592] (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller [0380]: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller [8086:2792] (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 1 [8086:2660] (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #1 [8086:2658] (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #2 [8086:2659] (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #3 [8086:265a] (rev 03)
00:1d.3 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #4 [8086:265b] (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller [8086:265c] (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev d3)
00:1e.2 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) AC'97 Audio Controller [8086:266e] (rev 03)
00:1e.3 Modem [0703]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) AC'97 Modem Controller [8086:266d] (rev 03)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801FBM (ICH6M) LPC Interface Bridge [8086:2641] (rev 03)
00:1f.2 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801FBM (ICH6M) SATA Controller [8086:2653] (rev 03)
02:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5751 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express [14e4:1677] (rev 01)
03:01.0 CardBus bridge [0607]: Texas Instruments PCI6515 Cardbus Controller [104c:8036]
03:01.5 Communication controller [0780]: Texas Instruments PCI6515 SmartCard Controller [104c:8038]
03:03.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4309 802.11a/b/g [14e4:4324] (rev 03)
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 005 Device 002: ID 062a:0001 Creative Labs Notebook Optical Mouse
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
Linux karl-laptop 2.6.28-14-generic #47-Ubuntu SMP Sat Jul 25 00:28:35 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux
[ 0.634570] ACPI: ACPI Dock Station Driver: 2 docks/bays found
[ 0.731760] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 15 devices
[ 1.587269] pcieport-driver 0000:00:1c.0: found MSI capability
[ 2.246726] isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
[ 2.872130] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 2.872505] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 2.872794] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 2.873088] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 2.873405] hub 5-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 2.879124] device-mapper: multipath round-robin: version 1.0.0 loaded
[ 2.881547] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 3.500826] ssb: Sonics Silicon Backplane found on PCI device 0000:03:03.0
[ 9.673469] yenta_cardbus 0000:03:01.0: CardBus bridge found [1028:0182]
[ 9.924468] iTCO_wdt: Found a ICH6-M TCO device (Version=2, TCOBASE=0x1060)
[ 10.323572] b43-phy0: Broadcom 4306 WLAN found
[ 3.497403] b43-pci-bridge 0000:03:03.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
[ 10.323572] b43-phy0: Broadcom 4306 WLAN found
[ 20.547947] input: b43-phy0 as /devices/virtual/input/input11
[ 20.592731] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43/ucode5.fw
[ 20.682379] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43/pcm5.fw
[ 20.724533] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43/b0g0initvals5.fw
[ 20.740647] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43/b0g0bsinitvals5.fw
[ 20.870630] b43-phy0: Loading firmware version 410.2160 (2007-05-26 15:32:10)
[ 20.950040] Registered led device: b43-phy0::tx
[ 20.950065] Registered led device: b43-phy0::rx
[ 20.950086] Registered led device: b43-phy0::radio
[ 20.988029] b43-phy0: Radio turned on by software
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wmaster0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:"00160116658C"
          Mode:Managed Frequency:2.462 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
          Tx-Power=20 dBm
          Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2352 B
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
          Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

pan0 no wireless extensions.

 * Reconfiguring network interfaces... Ignoring unknown interface eth0=eth0.
                                                                         [ OK ]
karl@karl-laptop:~$

Hi Karl,

Try connecting to the wireless router interface using a webbrowser, change the wireless transmission channel from channel 11 to channel 3 in the wireless router settings. Then do a cold reboot of the wireless router. So then turn the router off and on again. Then reboot your laptop and retest wireless.

See here for more info on how to access your router's homepage:

http://compnetworking.about.com/od/wifihomenetworking/ht/access-routers.htm

Hope it helps,

Regards,

Mark

Mark, I have been busy with family and community as we celebrated the 150th anniversary of the discovery of oil but now am back on track in pursuit of Ubuntu wireless. Before I dive in here - did you know that Warren was selected as a third place finisher in a "Best Small Town to Live In" poll last year?
     Thanks to you I have made some progress. My computer now informs me that I have a wireless connection, but when I attempt to use it I get an "Address Not Found" message. When I choose <Connection Information> I get the following: (Rats, I tried to put a screenshot here but failed) Here's the information.

Active Network Connections
Interface 802.11 WiFi (wlan0)
Hardware Address 00:08:70:27:9F:65
Driver NULL (info. Linux. driver)
Speed Unknown
Security None
IP Address 10.42.43.1
Broadcast Address 10.42.43.255
Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0

    I have cold booted my router with the computer off. That did not solve the problem. If i need to go to the terminal and repeat the long command you gave me earlier I'll do so.
    One more thing. I am grateful that you led me to how to access my Buffalo router's web page from my Ubuntu computer. I felt really dumb because I should have known how to do that but I had forgotten. My router is set to Auto Channel. When I selected Channel 3 it disabled my wired conection so I changed back.
    Thanks in advance for your help, knowledge and patience. Karl Engleka

Hi Karl,

Congratulations with the 150th anniversary of the discovery of oil!
"On August 27, 1859, Edwin L. Drake and his steam engine succeeded, after weeks of work, in "drilling" a successful oil well just outside Titusville, PA"

 And it is great to know that Warren, PA is the 3rd best spot in the U.S. to live. :-) I lived there for six and a half years.

To proceed with your wireless issue, please first connect your network card 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 restart.

sudo lshw -C network; sudo iwlist scanning; cat /etc/network/interfaces; cat /etc/lsb-release; lspci -nn; lsusb; sudo lshw -C usb; uname -a; dmesg | grep ound; dmesg | grep b43; dmesg | grep iwl; iwconfig; sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart

Step 3: Access your router homepage and check the DHCP settings. DHCP should be set to "enabled" on the wireless router. Also copy-paste all IP address settings (local and external) as displayed in the router configuration panel and paste the output here. If you check the IP address of your wireD network connection (from the output you gave previously), you will see that it is 192.168.11.2 or something in that range. So I suspect that the gateway IP address of your router is 192.168.11.1 or something like that. This means your wireLESS network card is operating in the wrong IP address range. The output above says that your wireless network card has an ip address of 10.42.43.1, which does not seem right. Your wireless IP address should be 192.168.11.3 or something like that.

Step 4: Please post results (copy/paste terminal output) on this thread

Regards,

Mark

Mark, Alas, as I worked yesterday to follow your instructions I got greedy
thinking I might make it on my own. In the process I disabled my wireless
router and I am now bypassing it in order to be on line. My wife needed the
computer on line for most of the day so I couldn't just hook up the Ubuntu
machine. I will proceed soon. Kar;l
009 at 3:44 AM, Mark Rijckenberg <email address hidden>wrote:
>
> Your question #80206 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/80206
>
> Status: Open => Needs information
>
> Mark Rijckenberg requested for more information:
> Hi Karl,
>
> Congratulations with the 150th anniversary of the discovery of oil!
> "On August 27, 1859, Edwin L. Drake and his steam engine succeeded, after
> weeks of work, in "drilling" a successful oil well just outside Titusville,
> PA"
>
> And it is great to know that Warren, PA is the 3rd best spot in the
> U.S. to live. :-) I lived there for six and a half years.
>
>
> To proceed with your wireless issue, please first connect your network card
> 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 restart.
>
> sudo lshw -C network; sudo iwlist scanning; cat /etc/network/interfaces;
> cat /etc/lsb-release; lspci -nn; lsusb; sudo lshw -C usb; uname -a;
> dmesg | grep ound; dmesg | grep b43; dmesg | grep iwl; iwconfig; sudo
> /etc/init.d/networking restart
>
>
> Step 3: Access your router homepage and check the DHCP settings. DHCP
> should be set to "enabled" on the wireless router. Also copy-paste all IP
> address settings (local and external) as displayed in the router
> configuration panel and paste the output here. If you check the IP address
> of your wireD network connection (from the output you gave previously), you
> will see that it is 192.168.11.2 or something in that range. So I suspect
> that the gateway IP address of your router is 192.168.11.1 or something like
> that. This means your wireLESS network card is operating in the wrong IP
> address range. The output above says that your wireless network card has an
> ip address of 10.42.43.1, which does not seem right. Your wireless IP
> address should be 192.168.11.3 or something like that.
>
>
> Step 4: Please post results (copy/paste terminal output) on this thread
>
> Regards,
>
> Mark
>
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Wherever you go, there you are!

Mark, I was part way through responding to your last message when it suddenly disappeared into cyber space. Here goes again.
First
Here is what I see when I choose Edit Connections with my Internet cable disconnected
Active Network Connections
MSHOME

Interface 802.11 WiFi (wlan0)
Hardware Address 00:0B:7D:27:9F:65
Driver NULL (info.linux.driver)
Speed Unknown
Security None

IP Address 10.42.43.1
Broadcast Address 10.42.43.255
Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0

Here is the output from Terminal when I enter your long command. I notice that "Scotish Farmer" is listed as my ESSID. Scotish Farmer is my neighbor's wireless and I do pick up his signal.

  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: NetXtreme BCM5751 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 01
       serial: 00:12:3f:1b:15:2e
       size: 100MB/s
       capacity: 1GB/s
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm vpd msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=tg3 driverversion=3.94 duplex=full firmware=5751-v3.29a ip=192.168.11.2 latency=0 link=yes module=tg3 multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100MB/s
  *-network
       description: Network controller
       product: BCM4309 802.11a/b/g
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 3
       bus info: pci@0000:03:03.0
       version: 03
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: bus_master
       configuration: driver=b43-pci-bridge latency=64 module=ssb
  *-network
       description: Wireless interface
       physical id: 2
       logical name: wlan0
       serial: 00:0b:7d:27:9f:65
       capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes ip=10.42.43.1 multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

wmaster0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

wlan0 Scan completed :
          Cell 01 - Address: 00:15:05:D4:B8:7E
                    ESSID:"Scotish_Farmer"
                    Mode:Master
                    Channel:9
                    Frequency:2.452 GHz (Channel 9)
                    Quality=60/100 Signal level:-70 dBm Noise level=-70 dBm
                    Encryption key:on
                    IE: Unknown: 000E53636F746973685F4661726D6572
                    IE: Unknown: 010582848B962C
                    IE: Unknown: 030109
                    IE: Unknown: 2A0100
                    IE: Unknown: 32080C1218243048606C
                    IE: WPA Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (1) : TKIP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 22 Mb/s
                              6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s
                              36 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
                    Extra:tsf=000000e848bf01b6
                    Extra: Last beacon: 108ms ago
          Cell 02 - Address: 00:16:01:16:65:8D
                    ESSID:"00160116658C"
                    Mode:Master
                    Channel:11
                    Frequency:2.462 GHz (Channel 11)
                    Quality=91/100 Signal level:-15 dBm Noise level=-70 dBm
                    Encryption key:off
                    IE: Unknown: 000C303031363031313636353843
                    IE: Unknown: 010482848B96
                    IE: Unknown: 03010B
                    IE: Unknown: 050400010000
                    IE: Unknown: 2A0100
                    IE: Unknown: 2F0100
                    IE: Unknown: 32080C1218243048606C
                    IE: Unknown: DD06001018020013
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
                              9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s
                              48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
                    Extra:tsf=00000020852a3184
                    Extra: Last beacon: 72ms ago

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

I believe I got in touble with my wired connection during my last adventure when I changed the wireless channel from AUTO to a specific channel. I'm going to send this off before it disappears.

Mark, Thanks again for all the time you are spending with me. I am having a bit of trouble responding as a couple of responses have launched themselves before I was ready.
    Here's the deal now. My computer still indicates a good wireless connection to MSHOME.
    I ran the aptitude command and the command that followed and rebooted twice. I still had the connection, but still got Address Not Found messages when I attempted to connect to the Internet. My wireless connection is wlan0.
    Here is the output from the aptitude command:
    karl@karl-laptop:~$ sudo aptitude update
[sudo] password for karl:
Ign http://www.geekconnection.org ubuntu/ Release.gpg
Ign http://www.geekconnection.org ubuntu/ Translation-en_US
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty Release.gpg
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main Translation-en_US
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security Release.gpg
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://www.geekconnection.org ubuntu/ Release
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/multiverse Translation-en_US
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates Release.gpg
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/restricted Translation-en_US
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Ign http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://www.geekconnection.org ubuntu/ Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty Release
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security Release
Hit http://www.geekconnection.org ubuntu/ Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates Release
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/main Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/restricted Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/restricted Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/universe Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/universe Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/restricted Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/main Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/restricted Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/universe Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/multiverse Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/multiverse Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/main Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/restricted Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/main Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/restricted Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/universe Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/universe Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/multiverse Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/multiverse Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/universe Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/multiverse Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/multiverse Sources
Reading package lists... Done

Here is the output from the install wcid command

arl@karl-laptop:~$ sudo aptitude install wicd
[sudo] password for karl:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
The following packages are BROKEN:
  network-manager-gnome
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  wicd
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  linux-headers-2.6.28-11{u} linux-headers-2.6.28-11-generic{u}
  network-manager{a}
0 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 3 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 253kB of archives. After unpacking 74.9MB will be freed.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  network-manager-gnome: Depends: network-manager (>= 0.7~~svn20080928) but it is not installable
The following actions will resolve these dependencies:

Remove the following packages:
network-manager-gnome

Leave the following dependencies unresolved:
ubuntu-desktop recommends network-manager-gnome
Score is -81

Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?]

Here's the output after I resonded Y to the command
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
The following packages are BROKEN:
  network-manager-gnome
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  wicd
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  linux-headers-2.6.28-11{u} linux-headers-2.6.28-11-generic{u}
  network-manager{a}
0 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 3 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 253kB of archives. After unpacking 74.9MB will be freed.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  network-manager-gnome: Depends: network-manager (>= 0.7~~svn20080928) but it is not installable
The following actions will resolve these dependencies:

Remove the following packages:
network-manager-gnome

Leave the following dependencies unresolved:
ubuntu-desktop recommends network-manager-gnome
Score is -81

Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?] y
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  wicd
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  linux-headers-2.6.28-11{u} linux-headers-2.6.28-11-generic{u}
  network-manager{a} network-manager-gnome{a}
0 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 4 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 253kB of archives. After unpacking 78.5MB will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] y
Writing extended state information... Done
Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/universe wicd 1.5.9-2 [253kB]
Fetched 253kB in 3s (82.2kB/s)
(Reading database ... 162469 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing linux-headers-2.6.28-11-generic ...
Removing linux-headers-2.6.28-11 ...
Removing network-manager-gnome ...
Removing network-manager ...
 * Stopping network connection manager NetworkManager [ OK ]
 Removing any system startup links for /etc/init.d/NetworkManager ...
   /etc/rc2.d/S50NetworkManager
   /etc/rc3.d/S50NetworkManager
   /etc/rc4.d/S50NetworkManager
   /etc/rc5.d/S50NetworkManager
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Processing triggers for libc6 ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
Selecting previously deselected package wicd.
(Reading database ... 146038 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking wicd (from .../archives/wicd_1.5.9-2_all.deb) ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Setting up wicd (1.5.9-2) ...
 * Reloading system message bus config... [ OK ]
 * Starting Network connection manager wicd [ OK ]

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
Writing extended state information... Done

karl@karl-laptop:~$

    Mark Rijckenberg proposed the following answer:
    Hi Karl,

    First connect your network card to the wireless router using a LAN cable
    (also known as an ethernet cable).

    Then please follow this procedure:

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

    Step 2: Run the following commands (copy-paste each line below into
    the Terminal then hit <enter> after each line)

    sudo aptitude update
    sudo aptitude install wicd

    After installing wicd (as a replacement for Network Manager), please reboot and retest
    wireless.

    Step 3: Please post results (copy/paste terminal output from each
    command) on this thread

    Step 4: Make sure to call the wireless interface

    wlan0

    in the wicd configuration panel.

    Step 5: Try connecting to your wireless network using wicd instead of
    NetworkManager. Make sure encryption is disabled on the router while testing your wireless connection. Make sure that SSID broadcasting is enabled on your wireless router.

    You can read more about wicd here:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wicd_(Linux_Network_Manager)

    Regards,

    Mark

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Thanks Mark Rijckenberg, that solved my question.

Mark, I am most grateful for all your efforts. The Wicid fix stuttered once because I did not carry out the terminal suggestions. I am now responding to you wirelessly. Whew! Now I will log off and make sure that eveything works.
    I do have a question or two. Did you spend all this time with me out of your enthusiasm for Ubuntu and Linux, or because it is work related? Would a contribution to some place be appropriate? And finally, how in the world can you be so prompt in your responses. Thanks again!! Karl Engleka

Hi Karl,

That's by far the easiest question I have had to answer here ;-)

Three reasons why I was/am helping you:

1. You are a nice guy and live near where I used to live. Fun to know that Warren was the third place finisher in a "Best Small Town to Live In" poll. We definitely have several things in common: living/having lived in Pennsylvania, both of us having tennis friends from Warren (!!!), computers, Ubuntu, the list goes on and on ..... :-)
2. I also spent this time out of my enthusiasm for Ubuntu and GNU/Linux
3. You are patient enough and show the right attitude towards these computer issues.

See you around and hope you don't get any more serious problems in Ubuntu-land,

No donations required, I only ask one thing: please promote the use of open-source software everywhere you go (including Ubuntu and/or other GNU/Linux distributions)

Kind regards,

Mark

On Sat, Sep 12, 2009 at 3:39 PM, Mark Rijckenberg <
<email address hidden>> wrote:

> Your question #80206 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/80206
>
> Mark Rijckenberg posted a new comment:
> Hi Karl,
>
> That's by far the easiest question I have had to answer here ;-)
>
> Three reasons why I was/am helping you:
>
> 1. You are a nice guy and live near where I used to live. Fun to know that
> Warren was the third place finisher in a "Best Small Town to Live In" poll.
> We definitely have several things in common: living/having lived in
> Pennsylvania, both of us having tennis friends from Warren (!!!), computers,
> Ubuntu, the list goes on and on ..... :-)
> 2. I also spent this time out of my enthusiasm for Ubuntu and GNU/Linux
> 3. You are patient enough and show the right attitude towards these
> computer issues.
>
> See you around and hope you don't get any more serious problems in
> Ubuntu-land,
>
> No donations required, I only ask one thing: please promote the use of
> open-source software everywhere you go (including Ubuntu and/or other
> GNU/Linux distributions)
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Mark
>
> --
> You received this question notification because you are a direct
> subscriber of the question.
>
Mark, Thanks again. I'm overjoyed. I have been trying hard to promote
Ubuntu.
A friend and I plan to do a Ubuntu demo at our public library. I didn't
want to go forward with plans until I had a wireless connecttion. We are
cleared to go with the library staff. I also show Ubuntu off to the staff
people at the University of Pittsburgh campus computer center here. I
taught a computer class or two there each sememster from the late 80s to
'97.
     We have tried to stir interest in an open source web site. Not much
action there yet. http://opensourcetitusville.ning.com if you want to take
a look.
     I am typing this from the comfort of the couch in the living room, the
length of our house away from the wireless router. Wonderful. Now I will
only use my XP desktop and XP laptop to do work that I must share with the
XP machines in our high school alumni office. My wife just got control of
two computers!!!!
    The friend I mentioned is pretty passionate about open source software.
I have come to rely on Open Office and Google Docs for my word processing
needs. I am struggling to become able to use The Gimp. It is so powerful,
but the learning curve is steep.
    Once again, many thanks. You did what I spent 20 hours or more trying
unsuccessfully to do. Karl Engleka

--
Wherever you go, there you are!

Engleka, Kurt, <email address hidden>

I just deleted your last message by mistake. I did not recognize the
author you mentioned. I have not finished Sapiens - I've not been to the
library.
       I found the Porsche information by googling 1950 Porsche
specifications. I've attached what I got. My car is the second one, listed
after "Coupe", weighed 1600 pounds. The average prices at the end are
interesting. A pic of my car parked at school is attached.

The picture of the car at a show is exactly like mine.

Words matter Truth matters. Character matters.