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0: phy0: Wireless LAN Hard blocked: yes + conflict between 3 different wireless drivers (iwlagn, ath9k and ath5k) -> DISABLED Wireless Ethernet controller [0200]: Atheros Communications Inc. AR5001 Wireless Network Adapter [168c:001c] (rev 01) not working on Lenovo ThinkPad T500 2242CTO in Ubuntu 10.10

Asked by b49P23TIvg on 2010-11-27

wlan0 quit on reboot after most recent 10.10 update

I've tried rfkill unblock all
$ cat wlan.sh # with and without the commented lines
net=${1:-linksys_SES_59667}
echo Using arg1 net $net
# sudo ifconfig wlan0 down
# sudo dhclient -r wlan0
sudo ifconfig wlan0 up
sudo iwconfig wlan0 essid "$net"
sudo iwconfig wlan0 mode Managed
sudo dhclient wlan0
$
$ tar xpf compat-wireless-2.6.tar # attempted to install this code

changed some configuration files....
Sometimes the network is up, sometimes down, sometimes the wlan0 transmit power is 20dBm.
My computer will no longer find the wireless networks.
Thank you,
Dave Lambert

Here's additional information other threads have suggested as useful, and this is the first time I've used it with a with a wired connection.

lambertdw$ nm-tool

NetworkManager Tool

State: connected

- Device: eth0 [Auto eth0] ----------------------------------------------------
  Type: Wired
  Driver: e1000e
  State: connected
  Default: yes
  HW Address: 00:24:7E:13:E8:1E

  Capabilities:
    Carrier Detect: yes
    Speed: 100 Mb/s

Wired Properties
Carrier: on

  IPv4 Settings:
    Address: 192.168.1.102
    Prefix: 24 (255.255.255.0)
    Gateway: 192.168.1.1

DNS: 209.18.47.61
DNS: 209.18.47.62

- Device: wlan0 ----------------------------------------------------------------
  Type: 802.11 WiFi
  Driver: ath5k
  State: unavailable
  Default: no
  HW Address: 00:23:4E:DF:C3:15

Capabilities:

  Wireless Properties
    WEP Encryption: yes
    WPA Encryption: yes
    WPA2 Encryption: yes

Wireless Access Points

lambertdw$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

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

lambertdw$ ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:24:7e:13:e8:1e
          inet addr:192.168.1.102 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::224:7eff:fe13:e81e/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
          RX packets:3513 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:3028 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:3528628 (3.5 MB) TX bytes:330038 (330.0 KB)
          Interrupt:20 Memory:fc000000-fc020000

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
          inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
          RX packets:95 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:95 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:54038 (54.0 KB) TX bytes:54038 (54.0 KB)

lambertdw$ sudo lshw -C network
  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: 82567LM Gigabit Network Connection
       vendor: Intel Corporation
       physical id: 19
       bus info: pci@0000:00:19.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 03
       serial: 00:24:7e:13:e8:1e
       size: 100MB/s
       capacity: 1GB/s
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=e1000e driverversion=1.0.2-k4 duplex=full firmware=1.8-3 ip=192.168.1.102 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100MB/s
       resources: irq:45 memory:fc000000-fc01ffff memory:fc025000-fc025fff ioport:1840(size=32)
  *-network DISABLED
       description: Wireless interface
       product: AR5001 Wireless Network Adapter
       vendor: Atheros Communications Inc.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
       logical name: wlan0
       version: 01
       serial: 00:23:4e:df:c3:15
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ath5k driverversion=2.6.35-23-generic firmware=N/A latency=0 link=no multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg
       resources: irq:17 memory:f4300000-f430ffff
lambertdw$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Memory Controller Hub (rev 07)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 07)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 07)
00:03.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset MEI Controller (rev 07)
00:03.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset PT IDER Controller (rev 07)
00:03.3 Serial controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset AMT SOL Redirection (rev 07)
00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82567LM Gigabit Network Connection (rev 03)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 03)
00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 03)
00:1a.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6 (rev 03)
00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 03)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 03)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 5 (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 93)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation ICH9M-E LPC Interface Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation ICH9M/M-E SATA AHCI Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR5001 Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)
15:00.0 CardBus bridge: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II (rev ba)
15:00.1 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller (rev 04)
15:00.2 SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 21)
15:00.4 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter (rev 11)
15:00.5 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller (rev 11)
lambertdw$ lsusb
Bus 008 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
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 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:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
lambertdw$ uname -a
Linux lambertdw 2.6.35-23-generic #40-Ubuntu SMP Wed Nov 17 22:14:33 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux
lambertdw$ dmesg|grep ound
[ 0.000000] No AGP bridge found
[ 0.000000] found SMP MP-table at [ffff8800000f6570] f6570
[ 0.000000] No NUMA configuration found
[ 0.000000] No AGP bridge found
[ 0.352326] ACPI: EC: EC description table is found, configuring boot EC
[ 0.420777] ACPI: ACPI Dock Station Driver: 3 docks/bays found
[ 0.433753] HEST: Table is not found!
[ 0.532074] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 10 devices
[ 0.627253] ERST: Table is not found!
[ 0.660167] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.690166] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.690944] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.691188] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.691791] hub 5-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.692429] hub 6-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.692673] hub 7-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.692915] hub 8-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.703590] device-mapper: multipath round-robin: version 1.0.0 loaded
[ 0.709476] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 0.796083] sdhci-pci 0000:15:00.2: SDHCI controller found [1180:0822] (rev 21)
[ 16.251113] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[ 16.878922] yenta_cardbus 0000:15:00.0: CardBus bridge found [17aa:20c6]
[ 17.348076] thinkpad_acpi: radio switch found; radios are disabled
[ 18.202833] input: HDA Intel Mic as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input7
[ 18.203074] input: HDA Intel Mic as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input8
[ 18.203161] input: HDA Intel Headphone as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input9
[ 18.203240] input: HDA Intel Headphone as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input10
[ 178.191338] ath5k phy0: Atheros AR2425 chip found (MAC: 0xe2, PHY: 0x70)
lambertdw$ dmesg|grep etect
[ 0.000000] ACPI: DMI detected: Lenovo ThinkPad T500
[ 0.000000] Calgary: detecting Calgary via BIOS EBDA area
[ 0.000000] RCU-based detection of stalled CPUs is disabled.
[ 0.000000] Verbose stalled-CPUs detection is disabled.
[ 0.000000] Detected 2260.662 MHz processor.
[ 0.660172] hub 1-0:1.0: 6 ports detected
[ 0.690171] hub 2-0:1.0: 6 ports detected
[ 0.690948] hub 3-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
[ 0.691192] hub 4-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
[ 0.691795] hub 5-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
[ 0.692433] hub 6-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
[ 0.692676] hub 7-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
[ 0.692918] hub 8-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
[ 16.315354] agpgart-intel 0000:00:00.0: detected 32764K stolen memory
[ 17.347114] thinkpad_acpi: detected a 16-level brightness capable ThinkPad

Question information

Language:: English Edit question

Status:: Solved

For:: Ubuntu gnome-nettool Edit question

Assignee:: Mark Rijckenberg Edit question

Solved by:: Mark Rijckenberg

Solved:: 2010-12-03

Last query:: 2010-12-03

Last reply:: 2010-12-01

Link existing bug

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said on 2010-11-28:

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 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|ndiswrapper|NPE|ound|p54|prism|rtl|rt2|rt3|usb|witch|wl'; iwconfig; cat /etc/modprobe.d/* | egrep 'acx|at76|ath|b43|bcm|CX|eth|ipw|irmware|isl|lbtf|ndiswrapper|NPE|p54|prism|rtl|rt2|rt3|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.

Step 4: Please also specify the exact model and make of your wireless adapter.

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b49P23TIvg (b49p23tivg) said on 2010-11-28:

$ 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|ndiswrapper|NPE|ound|p54|prism|rtl|rt2|rt3|usb|witch|wl'; iwconfig; cat /etc/modprobe.d/* | egrep 'acx|at76|ath|b43|bcm|CX|eth|ipw|irmware|isl|lbtf|ndiswrapper|NPE|p54|prism|rtl|rt2|rt3|witch|wl'; sudo hwinfo --netcard ; cat /var/lib/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.state; sudo lsmod
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<Note please that the output slightly exceeded the terminal buffer. Output continues from installation of hwinfo so there shouldn't be trouble.>

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  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: 82567LM Gigabit Network Connection
       vendor: Intel Corporation
       physical id: 19
       bus info: pci@0000:00:19.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 03
       serial: 00:24:7e:13:e8:1e
       size: 100MB/s
       capacity: 1GB/s
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=e1000e driverversion=1.0.2-k4 duplex=full firmware=1.8-3 ip=192.168.1.102 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100MB/s
       resources: irq:45 memory:fc000000-fc01ffff memory:fc025000-fc025fff ioport:1840(size=32)
  *-network DISABLED
       description: Wireless interface
       product: AR5001 Wireless Network Adapter
       vendor: Atheros Communications Inc.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
       logical name: wlan0
       version: 01
       serial: 00:23:4e:df:c3:15
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ath5k driverversion=2.6.35-23-generic firmware=N/A latency=0 link=no multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg
       resources: irq:17 memory:f4300000-f430ffff
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: yes
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

auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp
wireless-mode managed
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=10.10
DISTRIB_CODENAME=maverick
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 10.10"
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Memory Controller Hub [8086:2a40] (rev 07)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2a42] (rev 07)
00:02.1 Display controller [0380]: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2a43] (rev 07)
00:03.0 Communication controller [0780]: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset MEI Controller [8086:2a44] (rev 07)
00:03.2 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset PT IDER Controller [8086:2a46] (rev 07)
00:03.3 Serial controller [0700]: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset AMT SOL Redirection [8086:2a47] (rev 07)
00:19.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation 82567LM Gigabit Network Connection [8086:10f5] (rev 03)
00:1a.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 [8086:2937] (rev 03)
00:1a.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 [8086:2938] (rev 03)
00:1a.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6 [8086:2939] (rev 03)
00:1a.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 [8086:293c] (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller [8086:293e] (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 1 [8086:2940] (rev 03)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 2 [8086:2942] (rev 03)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 4 [8086:2946] (rev 03)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 5 [8086:2948] (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:2934] (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:2935] (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:2936] (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 [8086:293a] (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev 93)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation ICH9M-E LPC Interface Controller [8086:2917] (rev 03)
00:1f.2 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation ICH9M/M-E SATA AHCI Controller [8086:2929] (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller [8086:2930] (rev 03)
03:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Atheros Communications Inc. AR5001 Wireless Network Adapter [168c:001c] (rev 01)
15:00.0 CardBus bridge [0607]: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II [1180:0476] (rev ba)
15:00.1 FireWire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller [1180:0832] (rev 04)
15:00.2 SD Host controller [0805]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter [1180:0822] (rev 21)
15:00.4 System peripheral [0880]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter [1180:0592] (rev 11)
15:00.5 System peripheral [0880]: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller [1180:0852] (rev 11)
Bus 008 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
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 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: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 2242CTO
/0 bus 2242CTO
/0/0 memory 128KiB BIOS
/0/6 processor Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU P84
/0/6/a memory 64KiB L1 cache
/0/6/c memory 3MiB L2 cache
/0/b memory 64KiB L1 cache
/0/2b memory 1GiB System Memory
/0/2b/0 memory 1GiB SODIMM Synchronous 1066 MHz (
/0/2b/1 memory SODIMM DDR2 Synchronous 1066 MHz (
/0/100 bridge Mobile 4 Series Chipset Memory Con
/0/100/2 display Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated
/0/100/2.1 display Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated
/0/100/3 communication Mobile 4 Series Chipset MEI Contro
/0/100/3.2 storage Mobile 4 Series Chipset PT IDER Co
/0/100/3.3 communication Mobile 4 Series Chipset AMT SOL Re
/0/100/19 eth0 network 82567LM Gigabit Network Connection
/0/100/1a bus 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Cont
/0/100/1a.1 bus 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Cont
/0/100/1a.2 bus 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Cont
/0/100/1a.7 bus 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Con
/0/100/1b multimedia 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Cont
/0/100/1c bridge 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express P
/0/100/1c.1 bridge 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express P
/0/100/1c.1/0 wlan0 network AR5001 Wireless Network Adapter
/0/100/1c.3 bridge 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express P
/0/100/1c.4 bridge 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express P
/0/100/1d bus 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Cont
/0/100/1d.1 bus 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Cont
/0/100/1d.2 bus 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Cont
/0/100/1d.7 bus 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Con
/0/100/1e bridge 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge
/0/100/1e/0 bridge RL5c476 II
/0/100/1e/0.1 bus R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller
/0/100/1e/0.2 generic R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host A
/0/100/1e/0.4 generic R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapt
/0/100/1e/0.5 generic xD-Picture Card Controller
/0/100/1f bridge ICH9M-E LPC Interface Controller
/0/100/1f.2 scsi0 storage ICH9M/M-E SATA AHCI Controller
/0/100/1f.2/0 /dev/sda disk 160GB ST9160827AS
/0/100/1f.2/0/1 /dev/sda1 volume 146GiB EXT4 volume
/0/100/1f.2/0/2 /dev/sda2 volume 2760MiB Extended partition
/0/100/1f.2/0/2/5 /dev/sda5 volume 2760MiB Linux swap / Solaris parti
/0/100/1f.2/1 /dev/cdrom disk RW/DVD MU10N
/0/100/1f.2/1/0 /dev/cdrom disk
/0/100/1f.3 bus 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Control
/1 power 42T4622
Linux lambertdw 2.6.35-23-generic #40-Ubuntu SMP Wed Nov 17 22:14:33 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux
[ 0.000000] No AGP bridge found
[ 0.000000] found SMP MP-table at [ffff8800000f6570] f6570
[ 0.000000] No NUMA configuration found
[ 0.000000] No AGP bridge found
[ 0.352326] ACPI: EC: EC description table is found, configuring boot EC
[ 0.420777] ACPI: ACPI Dock Station Driver: 3 docks/bays found
[ 0.433753] HEST: Table is not found!
[ 0.440093] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
[ 0.440093] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
[ 0.440093] usbcore: registered new device driver usb
[ 0.460046] Switching to clocksource tsc
[ 0.532074] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 10 devices
[ 0.558962] input: Lid Switch as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0C0D:00/input/input0
[ 0.559151] ACPI: Lid Switch [LID]
[ 0.563531] Switching to clocksource hpet
[ 0.627253] ERST: Table is not found!
[ 0.660167] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.690166] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.690944] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.691188] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.691791] hub 5-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.692429] hub 6-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.692673] hub 7-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.692915] hub 8-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.703588] device-mapper: multipath: version 1.1.1 loaded
[ 0.703590] device-mapper: multipath round-robin: version 1.0.0 loaded
[ 0.709476] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 0.796083] sdhci-pci 0000:15:00.2: SDHCI controller found [1180:0822] (rev 21)
[ 0.970246] usb 1-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 2
[ 1.134852] scsi4 : usb-storage 1-1:1.0
[ 1.134920] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
[ 1.422563] e1000e 0000:00:19.0: eth0: (PCI Express:2.5GB/s:Width x1) 00:24:7e:13:e8:1e
[ 1.422566] e1000e 0000:00:19.0: eth0: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection
[ 1.422591] e1000e 0000:00:19.0: eth0: MAC: 7, PHY: 8, PBA No: 1008ff-0ff
[ 16.251113] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[ 16.878922] yenta_cardbus 0000:15:00.0: CardBus bridge found [17aa:20c6]
[ 17.348076] thinkpad_acpi: radio switch found; radios are disabled
[ 17.731848] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 160x50
[ 18.202833] input: HDA Intel Mic as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input7
[ 18.203074] input: HDA Intel Mic as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input8
[ 18.203161] input: HDA Intel Headphone as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input9
[ 18.203240] input: HDA Intel Headphone as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input10
[ 23.504410] IBM TrackPoint firmware: 0x0e, buttons: 3/3
[ 30.100367] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 54.481559] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 177.530099] ath5k 0000:03:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
[ 177.530111] ath5k 0000:03:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 177.530186] ath5k 0000:03:00.0: registered as 'phy0'
[ 178.033961] ath: EEPROM regdomain: 0x67
[ 178.033964] ath: EEPROM indicates we should expect a direct regpair map
[ 178.033967] ath: Country alpha2 being used: 00
[ 178.033968] ath: Regpair used: 0x67
[ 178.191338] ath5k phy0: Atheros AR2425 chip found (MAC: 0xe2, PHY: 0x70)
[ 645.264035] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
[ 726.006872] iwlagn: Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link AGN driver for Linux, in-tree:
[ 726.006875] iwlagn: Copyright(c) 2003-2010 Intel Corporation
[ 748.831909] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 1164.470079] SMP alternatives: switching to UP code
[ 1164.487092] SMP alternatives: switching to SMP code
[ 1166.204121] usb usb4: root hub lost power or was reset
[ 1166.204630] usb usb7: root hub lost power or was reset
[ 1166.204707] usb usb8: root hub lost power or was reset
[ 1166.248747] usb usb3: root hub lost power or was reset
[ 1166.248865] usb usb5: root hub lost power or was reset
[ 1166.248998] usb usb6: root hub lost power or was reset
[ 1166.361418] PM: resume of drv:usb dev:usb8 complete after 154.846 msecs
[ 1166.361453] PM: resume of drv:usb dev:usb7 complete after 154.950 msecs
[ 1166.371427] PM: resume of drv:usb dev:usb4 complete after 165.132 msecs
[ 1166.391405] PM: resume of drv:usb dev:usb1 complete after 185.307 msecs
[ 1166.391449] PM: resume of drv:usb dev:1-1 complete after 184.779 msecs
[ 1166.391473] PM: resume of drv:usb-storage dev:1-1:1.0 complete after 184.770 msecs
[ 1166.401419] PM: resume of drv:usb dev:usb6 complete after 194.983 msecs
[ 1166.401452] PM: resume of drv:usb dev:usb5 complete after 195.081 msecs
[ 1166.401499] PM: resume of drv:usb dev:usb3 complete after 195.267 msecs
[ 1166.777155] usb 1-1: USB disconnect, address 2
[ 1173.860820] IBM TrackPoint firmware: 0x0e, buttons: 3/3
[10203.750047] SMP alternatives: switching to UP code
[10203.766997] SMP alternatives: switching to SMP code
[10205.484114] usb usb4: root hub lost power or was reset
[10205.484610] usb usb7: root hub lost power or was reset
[10205.484686] usb usb8: root hub lost power or was reset
[10205.528837] usb usb3: root hub lost power or was reset
[10205.529217] usb usb5: root hub lost power or was reset
[10205.529334] usb usb6: root hub lost power or was reset
[10205.640094] PM: resume of drv:usb dev:usb7 complete after 153.603 msecs
[10205.640136] PM: resume of drv:usb dev:usb8 complete after 153.583 msecs
[10205.640256] PM: resume of drv:usb dev:usb4 complete after 153.972 msecs
[10205.681367] PM: resume of drv:usb dev:usb5 complete after 195.003 msecs
[10205.681410] PM: resume of drv:usb dev:usb6 complete after 194.988 msecs
[10205.681453] PM: resume of drv:usb dev:usb3 complete after 195.235 msecs
[10207.910921] e1000e: eth0 NIC Link is Up 100 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: RX/TX
[10207.910926] e1000e 0000:00:19.0: eth0: 10/100 speed: disabling TSO
[10207.911077] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
[10212.290294] e1000e: eth0 NIC Link is Down
[10213.316045] IBM TrackPoint firmware: 0x0e, buttons: 3/3
[10214.131025] e1000e: eth0 NIC Link is Up 100 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: None
[10214.131036] e1000e 0000:00:19.0: eth0: 10/100 speed: disabling TSO
[10218.020020] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
[17147.780236] e1000e: eth0 NIC Link is Down
[17151.491934] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[17151.840569] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[17152.411647] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[17152.880527] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[17174.921057] e1000e: eth0 NIC Link is Up 100 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: RX/TX
[17174.921067] e1000e 0000:00:19.0: eth0: 10/100 speed: disabling TSO
[17174.921472] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
[17184.951390] 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=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 ath5k# This file lists those modules which we don't want to be loaded by
blacklist eth1394
# replaced by p54pci
blacklist prism54
# replaced by b43 and ssb.
blacklist bcm43xx
blacklist twl4030_wdt
options iwlagn 11n_disable=1
> hal.1: read hal dataprocess 6539: 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
14: PCI 19.0: 0200 Ethernet controller
  [Created at pci.318]
  Unique ID: rBUF.RfSKF6taKG8
  SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:19.0
  SysFS BusID: 0000:00:19.0
  Hardware Class: network
  Model: "Intel 82567LM Gigabit Network Connection"
  Vendor: pci 0x8086 "Intel Corporation"
  Device: pci 0x10f5 "82567LM Gigabit Network Connection"
  SubVendor: pci 0x17aa "Lenovo"
  SubDevice: pci 0x20ee
  Revision: 0x03
  Driver: "e1000e"
  Driver Modules: "e1000e"
  Device File: eth0
  Memory Range: 0xfc000000-0xfc01ffff (rw,non-prefetchable)
  Memory Range: 0xfc025000-0xfc025fff (rw,non-prefetchable)
  I/O Ports: 0x1840-0x185f (rw)
  IRQ: 45 (3672 events)
  HW Address: 00:24:7e:13:e8:1e
  Link detected: yes
  Module Alias: "pci:v00008086d000010F5sv000017AAsd000020EEbc02sc00i00"
  Driver Info #0:
    Driver Status: e1000e is active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe e1000e"
  Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown

32: PCI 300.0: 0282 WLAN controller
  [Created at pci.318]
  Unique ID: y9sn._QMIz7kPO+C
  Parent ID: qTvu.s_qLKaqAND0
  SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.1/0000:03:00.0
  SysFS BusID: 0000:03:00.0
  Hardware Class: network
  Model: "Atheros AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter"
  Vendor: pci 0x168c "Atheros Communications Inc."
  Device: pci 0x001c "AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter"
  SubVendor: pci 0x168c "Atheros Communications Inc."
  SubDevice: pci 0x0035
  Revision: 0x01
  Driver: "ath5k"
  Driver Modules: "ath5k"
  Device File: wlan0
  Features: WLAN
  Memory Range: 0xf4300000-0xf430ffff (rw,non-prefetchable)
  IRQ: 17 (21 events)
  HW Address: 00:23:4e:df:c3:15
  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:v0000168Cd0000001Csv0000168Csd00000035bc02sc00i00"
  Driver Info #0:
    Driver Status: ath5k is active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe ath5k"
  Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
  Attached to: #21 (PCI bridge)

I do not know how to find the exact model and make of my wireless adapter. I suppose I could tear the computer apart and read the card? The computer is a Lenovo T500 purchased in April, 2009. These commands say

       description: Wireless interface
       product: AR5001 Wireless Network Adapter
       vendor: Atheros Communications Inc.

Thank you,
Dave.

$ 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|ndiswrapper|NPE|ound|p54|prism|rtl|rt2|rt3|usb|witch|wl'; iwconfig; cat /etc/modprobe.d/* | egrep 'acx|at76|ath|b43|bcm|CX|eth|ipw|irmware|isl|lbtf|ndiswrapper|NPE|p54|prism|rtl|rt2|rt3|witch|wl'; sudo hwinfo --netcard ; cat /var/lib/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.state; sudo lsmod
...
<Note please that the output slightly exceeded the terminal buffer.  Output continues from installation of hwinfo so there shouldn't be trouble.>

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  *-network               
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: 82567LM Gigabit Network Connection
       vendor: Intel Corporation
       physical id: 19
       bus info: pci@0000:00:19.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 03
       serial: 00:24:7e:13:e8:1e
       size: 100MB/s
       capacity: 1GB/s
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=e1000e driverversion=1.0.2-k4 duplex=full firmware=1.8-3 ip=192.168.1.102 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100MB/s
       resources: irq:45 memory:fc000000-fc01ffff memory:fc025000-fc025fff ioport:1840(size=32)
  *-network DISABLED
       description: Wireless interface
       product: AR5001 Wireless Network Adapter
       vendor: Atheros Communications Inc.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
       logical name: wlan0
       version: 01
       serial: 00:23:4e:df:c3:15
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ath5k driverversion=2.6.35-23-generic firmware=N/A latency=0 link=no multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg
       resources: irq:17 memory:f4300000-f430ffff
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
	Soft blocked: no
	Hard blocked: yes
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

auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp
wireless-mode managed
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=10.10
DISTRIB_CODENAME=maverick
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 10.10"
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Memory Controller Hub [8086:2a40] (rev 07)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2a42] (rev 07)
00:02.1 Display controller [0380]: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2a43] (rev 07)
00:03.0 Communication controller [0780]: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset MEI Controller [8086:2a44] (rev 07)
00:03.2 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset PT IDER Controller [8086:2a46] (rev 07)
00:03.3 Serial controller [0700]: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset AMT SOL Redirection [8086:2a47] (rev 07)
00:19.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation 82567LM Gigabit Network Connection [8086:10f5] (rev 03)
00:1a.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 [8086:2937] (rev 03)
00:1a.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 [8086:2938] (rev 03)
00:1a.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6 [8086:2939] (rev 03)
00:1a.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 [8086:293c] (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller [8086:293e] (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 1 [8086:2940] (rev 03)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 2 [8086:2942] (rev 03)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 4 [8086:2946] (rev 03)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 5 [8086:2948] (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:2934] (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:2935] (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:2936] (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 [8086:293a] (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev 93)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation ICH9M-E LPC Interface Controller [8086:2917] (rev 03)
00:1f.2 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation ICH9M/M-E SATA AHCI Controller [8086:2929] (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller [8086:2930] (rev 03)
03:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Atheros Communications Inc. AR5001 Wireless Network Adapter [168c:001c] (rev 01)
15:00.0 CardBus bridge [0607]: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II [1180:0476] (rev ba)
15:00.1 FireWire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller [1180:0832] (rev 04)
15:00.2 SD Host controller [0805]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter [1180:0822] (rev 21)
15:00.4 System peripheral [0880]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter [1180:0592] (rev 11)
15:00.5 System peripheral [0880]: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller [1180:0852] (rev 11)
Bus 008 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
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 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: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         2242CTO
/0                             bus            2242CTO
/0/0                           memory         128KiB BIOS
/0/6                           processor      Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU     P84
/0/6/a                         memory         64KiB L1 cache
/0/6/c                         memory         3MiB L2 cache
/0/b                           memory         64KiB L1 cache
/0/2b                          memory         1GiB System Memory
/0/2b/0                        memory         1GiB SODIMM Synchronous 1066 MHz (
/0/2b/1                        memory         SODIMM DDR2 Synchronous 1066 MHz (
/0/100                         bridge         Mobile 4 Series Chipset Memory Con
/0/100/2                       display        Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated
/0/100/2.1                     display        Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated
/0/100/3                       communication  Mobile 4 Series Chipset MEI Contro
/0/100/3.2                     storage        Mobile 4 Series Chipset PT IDER Co
/0/100/3.3                     communication  Mobile 4 Series Chipset AMT SOL Re
/0/100/19          eth0        network        82567LM Gigabit Network Connection
/0/100/1a                      bus            82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Cont
/0/100/1a.1                    bus            82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Cont
/0/100/1a.2                    bus            82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Cont
/0/100/1a.7                    bus            82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Con
/0/100/1b                      multimedia     82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Cont
/0/100/1c                      bridge         82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express P
/0/100/1c.1                    bridge         82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express P
/0/100/1c.1/0      wlan0       network        AR5001 Wireless Network Adapter
/0/100/1c.3                    bridge         82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express P
/0/100/1c.4                    bridge         82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express P
/0/100/1d                      bus            82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Cont
/0/100/1d.1                    bus            82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Cont
/0/100/1d.2                    bus            82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Cont
/0/100/1d.7                    bus            82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Con
/0/100/1e                      bridge         82801 Mobile PCI Bridge
/0/100/1e/0                    bridge         RL5c476 II
/0/100/1e/0.1                  bus            R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller
/0/100/1e/0.2                  generic        R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host A
/0/100/1e/0.4                  generic        R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapt
/0/100/1e/0.5                  generic        xD-Picture Card Controller
/0/100/1f                      bridge         ICH9M-E LPC Interface Controller
/0/100/1f.2        scsi0       storage        ICH9M/M-E SATA AHCI Controller
/0/100/1f.2/0      /dev/sda    disk           160GB ST9160827AS
/0/100/1f.2/0/1    /dev/sda1   volume         146GiB EXT4 volume
/0/100/1f.2/0/2    /dev/sda2   volume         2760MiB Extended partition
/0/100/1f.2/0/2/5  /dev/sda5   volume         2760MiB Linux swap / Solaris parti
/0/100/1f.2/1      /dev/cdrom  disk           RW/DVD MU10N
/0/100/1f.2/1/0    /dev/cdrom  disk           
/0/100/1f.3                    bus            82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Control
/1                             power          42T4622
Linux lambertdw 2.6.35-23-generic #40-Ubuntu SMP Wed Nov 17 22:14:33 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux
[    0.000000] No AGP bridge found
[    0.000000] found SMP MP-table at [ffff8800000f6570] f6570
[    0.000000] No NUMA configuration found
[    0.000000] No AGP bridge found
[    0.352326] ACPI: EC: EC description table is found, configuring boot EC
[    0.420777] ACPI: ACPI Dock Station Driver: 3 docks/bays found
[    0.433753] HEST: Table is not found!
[    0.440093] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
[    0.440093] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
[    0.440093] usbcore: registered new device driver usb
[    0.460046] Switching to clocksource tsc
[    0.532074] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 10 devices
[    0.558962] input: Lid Switch as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0C0D:00/input/input0
[    0.559151] ACPI: Lid Switch [LID]
[    0.563531] Switching to clocksource hpet
[    0.627253] ERST: Table is not found!
[    0.660167] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[    0.690166] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[    0.690944] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[    0.691188] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
[    0.691791] hub 5-0:1.0: USB hub found
[    0.692429] hub 6-0:1.0: USB hub found
[    0.692673] hub 7-0:1.0: USB hub found
[    0.692915] hub 8-0:1.0: USB hub found
[    0.703588] device-mapper: multipath: version 1.1.1 loaded
[    0.703590] device-mapper: multipath round-robin: version 1.0.0 loaded
[    0.709476] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[    0.796083] sdhci-pci 0000:15:00.2: SDHCI controller found [1180:0822] (rev 21)
[    0.970246] usb 1-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 2
[    1.134852] scsi4 : usb-storage 1-1:1.0
[    1.134920] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
[    1.422563] e1000e 0000:00:19.0: eth0: (PCI Express:2.5GB/s:Width x1) 00:24:7e:13:e8:1e
[    1.422566] e1000e 0000:00:19.0: eth0: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection
[    1.422591] e1000e 0000:00:19.0: eth0: MAC: 7, PHY: 8, PBA No: 1008ff-0ff
[   16.251113] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[   16.878922] yenta_cardbus 0000:15:00.0: CardBus bridge found [17aa:20c6]
[   17.348076] thinkpad_acpi: radio switch found; radios are disabled
[   17.731848] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 160x50
[   18.202833] input: HDA Intel Mic as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input7
[   18.203074] input: HDA Intel Mic as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input8
[   18.203161] input: HDA Intel Headphone as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input9
[   18.203240] input: HDA Intel Headphone as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input10
[   23.504410] IBM TrackPoint firmware: 0x0e, buttons: 3/3
[   30.100367] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[   54.481559] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[  177.530099] ath5k 0000:03:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
[  177.530111] ath5k 0000:03:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
[  177.530186] ath5k 0000:03:00.0: registered as 'phy0'
[  178.033961] ath: EEPROM regdomain: 0x67
[  178.033964] ath: EEPROM indicates we should expect a direct regpair map
[  178.033967] ath: Country alpha2 being used: 00
[  178.033968] ath: Regpair used: 0x67
[  178.191338] ath5k phy0: Atheros AR2425 chip found (MAC: 0xe2, PHY: 0x70)
[  645.264035] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
[  726.006872] iwlagn: Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link AGN driver for Linux, in-tree:
[  726.006875] iwlagn: Copyright(c) 2003-2010 Intel Corporation
[  748.831909] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 1164.470079] SMP alternatives: switching to UP code
[ 1164.487092] SMP alternatives: switching to SMP code
[ 1166.204121] usb usb4: root hub lost power or was reset
[ 1166.204630] usb usb7: root hub lost power or was reset
[ 1166.204707] usb usb8: root hub lost power or was reset
[ 1166.248747] usb usb3: root hub lost power or was reset
[ 1166.248865] usb usb5: root hub lost power or was reset
[ 1166.248998] usb usb6: root hub lost power or was reset
[ 1166.361418] PM: resume of drv:usb dev:usb8 complete after 154.846 msecs
[ 1166.361453] PM: resume of drv:usb dev:usb7 complete after 154.950 msecs
[ 1166.371427] PM: resume of drv:usb dev:usb4 complete after 165.132 msecs
[ 1166.391405] PM: resume of drv:usb dev:usb1 complete after 185.307 msecs
[ 1166.391449] PM: resume of drv:usb dev:1-1 complete after 184.779 msecs
[ 1166.391473] PM: resume of drv:usb-storage dev:1-1:1.0 complete after 184.770 msecs
[ 1166.401419] PM: resume of drv:usb dev:usb6 complete after 194.983 msecs
[ 1166.401452] PM: resume of drv:usb dev:usb5 complete after 195.081 msecs
[ 1166.401499] PM: resume of drv:usb dev:usb3 complete after 195.267 msecs
[ 1166.777155] usb 1-1: USB disconnect, address 2
[ 1173.860820] IBM TrackPoint firmware: 0x0e, buttons: 3/3
[10203.750047] SMP alternatives: switching to UP code
[10203.766997] SMP alternatives: switching to SMP code
[10205.484114] usb usb4: root hub lost power or was reset
[10205.484610] usb usb7: root hub lost power or was reset
[10205.484686] usb usb8: root hub lost power or was reset
[10205.528837] usb usb3: root hub lost power or was reset
[10205.529217] usb usb5: root hub lost power or was reset
[10205.529334] usb usb6: root hub lost power or was reset
[10205.640094] PM: resume of drv:usb dev:usb7 complete after 153.603 msecs
[10205.640136] PM: resume of drv:usb dev:usb8 complete after 153.583 msecs
[10205.640256] PM: resume of drv:usb dev:usb4 complete after 153.972 msecs
[10205.681367] PM: resume of drv:usb dev:usb5 complete after 195.003 msecs
[10205.681410] PM: resume of drv:usb dev:usb6 complete after 194.988 msecs
[10205.681453] PM: resume of drv:usb dev:usb3 complete after 195.235 msecs
[10207.910921] e1000e: eth0 NIC Link is Up 100 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: RX/TX
[10207.910926] e1000e 0000:00:19.0: eth0: 10/100 speed: disabling TSO
[10207.911077] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
[10212.290294] e1000e: eth0 NIC Link is Down
[10213.316045] IBM TrackPoint firmware: 0x0e, buttons: 3/3
[10214.131025] e1000e: eth0 NIC Link is Up 100 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: None
[10214.131036] e1000e 0000:00:19.0: eth0: 10/100 speed: disabling TSO
[10218.020020] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
[17147.780236] e1000e: eth0 NIC Link is Down
[17151.491934] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[17151.840569] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[17152.411647] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[17152.880527] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[17174.921057] e1000e: eth0 NIC Link is Up 100 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: RX/TX
[17174.921067] e1000e 0000:00:19.0: eth0: 10/100 speed: disabling TSO
[17174.921472] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
[17184.951390] 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=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 ath5k# This file lists those modules which we don't want to be loaded by
blacklist eth1394
# replaced by p54pci
blacklist prism54
# replaced by b43 and ssb.
blacklist bcm43xx
blacklist twl4030_wdt
options iwlagn 11n_disable=1
> hal.1: read hal dataprocess 6539: 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
14: PCI 19.0: 0200 Ethernet controller                          
  [Created at pci.318]
  Unique ID: rBUF.RfSKF6taKG8
  SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:19.0
  SysFS BusID: 0000:00:19.0
  Hardware Class: network
  Model: "Intel 82567LM Gigabit Network Connection"
  Vendor: pci 0x8086 "Intel Corporation"
  Device: pci 0x10f5 "82567LM Gigabit Network Connection"
  SubVendor: pci 0x17aa "Lenovo"
  SubDevice: pci 0x20ee 
  Revision: 0x03
  Driver: "e1000e"
  Driver Modules: "e1000e"
  Device File: eth0
  Memory Range: 0xfc000000-0xfc01ffff (rw,non-prefetchable)
  Memory Range: 0xfc025000-0xfc025fff (rw,non-prefetchable)
  I/O Ports: 0x1840-0x185f (rw)
  IRQ: 45 (3672 events)
  HW Address: 00:24:7e:13:e8:1e
  Link detected: yes
  Module Alias: "pci:v00008086d000010F5sv000017AAsd000020EEbc02sc00i00"
  Driver Info #0:
    Driver Status: e1000e is active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe e1000e"
  Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown

32: PCI 300.0: 0282 WLAN controller
  [Created at pci.318]
  Unique ID: y9sn._QMIz7kPO+C
  Parent ID: qTvu.s_qLKaqAND0
  SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.1/0000:03:00.0
  SysFS BusID: 0000:03:00.0
  Hardware Class: network
  Model: "Atheros AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter"
  Vendor: pci 0x168c "Atheros Communications Inc."
  Device: pci 0x001c "AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter"
  SubVendor: pci 0x168c "Atheros Communications Inc."
  SubDevice: pci 0x0035 
  Revision: 0x01
  Driver: "ath5k"
  Driver Modules: "ath5k"
  Device File: wlan0
  Features: WLAN
  Memory Range: 0xf4300000-0xf430ffff (rw,non-prefetchable)
  IRQ: 17 (21 events)
  HW Address: 00:23:4e:df:c3:15
  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:v0000168Cd0000001Csv0000168Csd00000035bc02sc00i00"
  Driver Info #0:
    Driver Status: ath5k is active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe ath5k"
  Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
  Attached to: #21 (PCI bridge)

[main]
NetworkingEnabled=true
WirelessEnabled=false
WWANEnabled=true
Module                  Size  Used by
iwlagn                257305  0 
iwlcore               116395  1 iwlagn
ath9k                 105786  0 
ath9k_common            3143  1 ath9k
ath9k_hw              294524  2 ath9k,ath9k_common
arc4                    1497  2 
ath5k                 145992  0 
ath                    16077  3 ath9k,ath9k_hw,ath5k
mac80211              275881  4 iwlagn,iwlcore,ath9k,ath5k
cfg80211              168363  6 iwlagn,iwlcore,ath9k,ath5k,ath,mac80211
compat                  5664  2 ath5k,cfg80211
nls_utf8                1453  1 
isofs                  34218  1 
nls_iso8859_1           4657  0 
nls_cp437               6375  0 
vfat                   10954  0 
fat                    56244  1 vfat
binfmt_misc             7984  1 
parport_pc             30086  0 
ppdev                   6804  0 
snd_hda_codec_conexant    37599  1 
snd_hda_intel          26019  2 
snd_hda_codec         100919  2 snd_hda_codec_conexant,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep               6660  1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm                89104  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
joydev                 11363  0 
thinkpad_acpi          78535  0 
snd_seq_midi            5932  0 
snd_rawmidi            22207  1 snd_seq_midi
pcmcia                 40944  0 
i915                  332088  3 
snd_seq_midi_event      7291  1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq                57512  3 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
drm_kms_helper         32836  1 i915
yenta_socket           24279  0 
snd_timer              23850  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device          6912  3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
drm                   206161  4 i915,drm_kms_helper
pcmcia_rsrc            10357  1 yenta_socket
i2c_algo_bit            6208  1 i915
pcmcia_core            17677  3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,pcmcia_rsrc
snd                    64117  15 snd_hda_codec_conexant,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,thinkpad_acpi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
snd_page_alloc          8588  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
soundcore               1240  1 snd
psmouse                62080  0 
r852                   11348  0 
sm_common               4441  1 r852
nand                   38430  2 r852,sm_common
nand_ids                4443  1 nand
nand_ecc                4406  1 nand
mtd                    21479  2 sm_common,nand
video                  22176  1 i915
output                  2527  1 video
intel_agp              32144  2 i915
tpm_tis                 9894  0 
tpm                    16013  1 tpm_tis
tpm_bios                6426  1 tpm
serio_raw               4910  0 
nvram                   7990  1 thinkpad_acpi
lp                     10201  0 
parport                37032  3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp
usb_storage            50372  0 
firewire_ohci          24679  0 
firewire_core          54327  1 firewire_ohci
crc_itu_t               1739  1 firewire_core
e1000e                151787  0 
sdhci_pci               7765  0 
sdhci                  18400  1 sdhci_pci
led_class               3393  4 ath9k,ath5k,thinkpad_acpi,sdhci
ahci                   21857  0 
libahci                26199  4 ahci
lambertdw$

I do not know how to find the exact model and make of my wireless adapter.  I suppose I could tear the computer apart and read the card?  The computer is a Lenovo T500 purchased in April, 2009.  These commands say

description: Wireless interface
       product: AR5001 Wireless Network Adapter
       vendor: Atheros Communications Inc.

Thank you,
Dave.

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said on 2010-11-28:

Reading this, from your previous post:

: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: yes

Please verify you have switched off the wireless look for switcher on your hardware

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b49P23TIvg (b49p23tivg) said on 2010-11-29:

I've disconnected the computer from the ethernet cable. Pressing the
wireless button does not change the hard blocked state. When given
the chance, emacs announces that <XF86WLAN> is undefined whereas emacs
doesn't seem to register a keystroke when changing brightness and
other functions.

Here I
$ ( big command without apt-get ) >& /tmp/a
$ # press WLAN button
$ ( big command without apt-get ) >& /tmp/b
$ diff /tmp/[ab]

...
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: yes
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

wlan0 Interface doesn't support scanning : Network is down
...

lambertdw$ ( 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|ndiswrapper|NPE|ound|p54|prism|rtl|rt2|rt3|usb|witch|wl'; iwconfig; cat /etc/modprobe.d/* | egrep 'acx|at76|ath|b43|bcm|CX|eth|ipw|irmware|isl|lbtf|ndiswrapper|NPE|p54|prism|rtl|rt2|rt3|witch|wl'; sudo hwinfo --netcard ; cat /var/lib/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.state; sudo lsmod ) >& /tmp/a
lambertdw$ # Press Fn-F5
lambertdw$ ( 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|ndiswrapper|NPE|ound|p54|prism|rtl|rt2|rt3|usb|witch|wl'; iwconfig; cat /etc/modprobe.d/* | egrep 'acx|at76|ath|b43|bcm|CX|eth|ipw|irmware|isl|lbtf|ndiswrapper|NPE|p54|prism|rtl|rt2|rt3|witch|wl'; sudo hwinfo --netcard ; cat /var/lib/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.state; sudo lsmod ) >& /tmp/b
lambertdw$ diff /tmp/[ab]
353c353
< process 16020: arguments to dbus_move_error() were incorrect, assertion "(dest) == NULL || !dbus_error_is_set ((dest))" failed in file dbus-errors.c line 280.
---
> process 16124: arguments to dbus_move_error() were incorrect, assertion "(dest) == NULL || !dbus_error_is_set ((dest))" failed in file dbus-errors.c line 280.
374c374
< IRQ: 45 (35 events)
---
> IRQ: 45 (81 events)

I've disconnected the computer  from the ethernet cable.  Pressing the
wireless button  does not change  the hard blocked state.   When given
the chance, emacs announces that <XF86WLAN> is undefined whereas emacs
doesn't  seem to  register a  keystroke when  changing  brightness and
other functions.

Here I 
$ ( big command without apt-get ) >& /tmp/a
$ # press WLAN button
$ ( big command without apt-get ) >& /tmp/b
$ diff /tmp/[ab]

...
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
	Soft blocked: no
	Hard blocked: yes
lo        Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0      Interface doesn't support scanning.

wlan0     Interface doesn't support scanning : Network is down
...

lambertdw$ ( 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|ndiswrapper|NPE|ound|p54|prism|rtl|rt2|rt3|usb|witch|wl'; iwconfig; cat /etc/modprobe.d/* | egrep 'acx|at76|ath|b43|bcm|CX|eth|ipw|irmware|isl|lbtf|ndiswrapper|NPE|p54|prism|rtl|rt2|rt3|witch|wl'; sudo hwinfo --netcard ; cat /var/lib/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.state; sudo lsmod ) >& /tmp/a
lambertdw$ # Press  Fn-F5
lambertdw$ ( 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|ndiswrapper|NPE|ound|p54|prism|rtl|rt2|rt3|usb|witch|wl'; iwconfig; cat /etc/modprobe.d/* | egrep 'acx|at76|ath|b43|bcm|CX|eth|ipw|irmware|isl|lbtf|ndiswrapper|NPE|p54|prism|rtl|rt2|rt3|witch|wl'; sudo hwinfo --netcard ; cat /var/lib/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.state; sudo lsmod ) >& /tmp/b
lambertdw$ diff /tmp/[ab]
353c353
< process 16020: arguments to dbus_move_error() were incorrect, assertion "(dest) == NULL || !dbus_error_is_set ((dest))" failed in file dbus-errors.c line 280.
---
> process 16124: arguments to dbus_move_error() were incorrect, assertion "(dest) == NULL || !dbus_error_is_set ((dest))" failed in file dbus-errors.c line 280.
374c374
<   IRQ: 45 (35 events)
---
>   IRQ: 45 (81 events)

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b49P23TIvg (b49p23tivg) said on 2010-12-01:

Your clue is that if my circuits work, and if I can release both the hard and soft blocks, then my wireless might work?

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said on 2010-12-01:

I think that the real issue here is the following Terminal output that you sent us:

mac80211 275881 4 iwlagn,iwlcore,ath9k,ath5k
cfg80211 168363 6 iwlagn,iwlcore,ath9k,ath5k,ath,mac80211

So there are currently 3 different wireless drivers (iwlagn, ath9k and ath5k) active and loaded at the same time. This is causing a conflict between drivers.

In your case, I think you only need to keep the ath5k driver active.

I suggest running the following 2 commands to blacklist ath9k and iwlagn:

echo 'blacklist ath9k' | sudo tee -a /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

echo 'blacklist iwlagn' | sudo tee -a /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

After blacklisting the 2 drivers, please reboot and retest wireless.

If you still get the following output after rebooting:

0: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: yes

then your wireless card is still 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

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b49P23TIvg (b49p23tivg) said on 2010-12-01:

Baffled. I've gotten the state

lambertdw$ rfkill list
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no

Wireless Networks
device not ready

Or wireless appears ready but the network is disabled.

Thank you all for your efforts,
Dave

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b49P23TIvg (b49p23tivg) said on 2010-12-03:

I found an additional radio switch on the left front edge of the T500. Maybe someone mistook it for a lid opening switch? I had taken the computer apart to investigate replacing the wireless card when I found it.

Again, thank you.
Dave Lambert.

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b49P23TIvg (b49p23tivg) said on 2010-12-03:

Thanks Mark Rijckenberg, that solved my question.

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