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Having trouble detecting wireless network from Ubuntu 11.04 install

Asked by David Kaye

Hi,
I've got a Compaq Presario CQ60 and I've just installed Ubuntu 11.04 over the top a failed factory restore of Vista (long story, but, daughter now has new Mac Pro) and I'm trying to revive the old laptop with a new OS. The install went fairly smoothly, except it can't connect to our wireless network. I tried to connect manually via [System.Preferences.Network Connections], but, am not having much joy. How can I get Ubuntu to automatically detect the families wireless network ??

Thanks in advance for any assistance
David K.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Can you give the output of:

sudo lshw -C network; lsb_release -a; rfkill list

Thanks

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David Kaye (davidkaye45) said : 		#2

  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: MCP77 Ethernet
       vendor: nVidia Corporation
       physical id: a
       bus info: pci@0000:00:0a.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: a2
       serial: 00:1f:16:7f:35:bf
       size: 100Mbit/s
       capacity: 100Mbit/s
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 66MHz
       capabilities: pm msi ht bus_master cap_list ethernet physical mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=forcedeth driverversion=0.64 duplex=full ip=192.168.0.6 latency=0 link=yes maxlatency=20 mingnt=1 multicast=yes port=MII speed=100Mbit/s
       resources: irq:41 memory:c0009000-c0009fff ioport:30f8(size=8) memory:c0007c00-c0007cff memory:c0007800-c000780f
  *-network DISABLED
       description: Wireless interface
       product: AR5001 Wireless Network Adapter
       vendor: Atheros Communications Inc.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:07:00.0
       logical name: wlan0
       version: 01
       serial: 00:24:2c:41:44:54
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ath5k driverversion=2.6.38-8-generic firmware=N/A latency=0 link=no multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg
       resources: irq:23 memory:c2000000-c200ffff
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 11.04
Release: 11.04
Codename: natty
0: hp-wifi: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: yes
 Hard blocked: yes
1: phy0: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: yes
 Hard blocked: no

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David Kaye (davidkaye45) said : 		#3

Hi ActionParsnip,

Sorry, meant to wrap the above results with friendly text, but, am still getting used to my daughters old lap-top and Ubuntui.

Thanks for any help you can provide...

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David Kaye (davidkaye45) said : 		#4

Hi ActionParsnip,

Sorry, meant to wrap the above results with friendly text, but, am still getting used to my daughters old lap-top and Ubuntui.

Thanks for any help you can provide...

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David Kaye (davidkaye45) said : 		#5

Hi,
 I'm providing more information here in hopes that someone can help me connect into the family wireless network. These are the results from the commands in #154949.

Ign http://au.archive.ubuntu.com natty InRelease
Ign http://au.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates InRelease
Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com natty Release.gpg
Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates Release.gpg
Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com natty Release
Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates Release
Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com natty/main Sources
Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com natty/restricted Sources
Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com natty/universe Sources
Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com natty/multiverse Sources
Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com natty/main i386 Packages
Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com natty/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com natty/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com natty/multiverse i386 Packages
Ign http://au.archive.ubuntu.com natty/main TranslationIndex
Ign http://au.archive.ubuntu.com natty/multiverse TranslationIndex
Ign http://au.archive.ubuntu.com natty/restricted TranslationIndex
Ign http://au.archive.ubuntu.com natty/universe TranslationIndex
Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/main Sources
Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/restricted Sources
Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/universe Sources
Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/multiverse Sources
Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/main i386 Packages
Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/multiverse i386 Packages
Ign http://au.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/main TranslationIndex
Ign http://au.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/multiverse TranslationIndex
Ign http://au.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/restricted TranslationIndex
Ign http://au.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/universe TranslationIndex
Get:1 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com natty/main Translation-en_AU [4,238 B]
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com natty InRelease
Get:2 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com natty/multiverse Translation-en_AU [93.0 kB]
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security InRelease
Get:3 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com natty/restricted Translation-en_AU [2,269 B]
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com natty Release.gpg
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security Release.gpg
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com natty Release
Ign http://au.archive.ubuntu.com natty/main Translation-en
Ign http://au.archive.ubuntu.com natty/multiverse Translation-en
Ign http://au.archive.ubuntu.com natty/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security Release
Ign http://au.archive.ubuntu.com natty/universe Translation-en_AU
Ign http://au.archive.ubuntu.com natty/universe Translation-en
Ign http://au.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/main Translation-en_AU
Ign http://au.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/main Translation-en
Ign http://au.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/multiverse Translation-en_AU
Ign http://au.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/multiverse Translation-en
Ign http://au.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/restricted Translation-en_AU
Ign http://au.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/restricted Translation-en
Ign http://au.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/universe Translation-en_AU
Ign http://au.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/universe Translation-en
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com natty/main Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/main Sources
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com natty/main i386 Packages
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com natty/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/restricted Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/universe Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/multiverse Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/main i386 Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/multiverse i386 Packages
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/main TranslationIndex
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/multiverse TranslationIndex
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/restricted TranslationIndex
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/universe TranslationIndex
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com natty/main Translation-en_AU
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com natty/main Translation-en
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/main Translation-en_AU
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/main Translation-en
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/multiverse Translation-en_AU
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/multiverse Translation-en
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/restricted Translation-en_AU
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/restricted Translation-en
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/universe Translation-en_AU
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/universe Translation-en
Fetched 99.5 kB in 6s (15.1 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
grep is already the newest version.
The following extra packages will be installed:
  libhal1 libhd16
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  hwinfo libhal1 libhd16
0 upgraded, 3 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 818 kB of archives.
After this operation, 2,269 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Get:1 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty/universe libhal1 i386 0.5.14-5+svn1 [74.4 kB]
Get:2 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty/universe libhd16 i386 16.0-2 [698 kB]
Get:3 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty/universe hwinfo i386 16.0-2 [46.1 kB]
Fetched 818 kB in 2s (331 kB/s)
Selecting previously deselected package libhal1.
(Reading database ... 129488 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking libhal1 (from .../libhal1_0.5.14-5+svn1_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package libhd16.
Unpacking libhd16 (from .../libhd16_16.0-2_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package hwinfo.
Unpacking hwinfo (from .../hwinfo_16.0-2_i386.deb) ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Setting up libhal1 (0.5.14-5+svn1) ...
Setting up libhd16 (16.0-2) ...
Setting up hwinfo (16.0-2) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: MCP77 Ethernet
       vendor: nVidia Corporation
       physical id: a
       bus info: pci@0000:00:0a.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: a2
       serial: 00:1f:16:7f:35:bf
       size: 100Mbit/s
       capacity: 100Mbit/s
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 66MHz
       capabilities: pm msi ht bus_master cap_list ethernet physical mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=forcedeth driverversion=0.64 duplex=full ip=192.168.0.6 latency=0 link=yes maxlatency=20 mingnt=1 multicast=yes port=MII speed=100Mbit/s
       resources: irq:41 memory:c0009000-c0009fff ioport:30f8(size=8) memory:c0007c00-c0007cff memory:c0007800-c000780f
  *-network DISABLED
       description: Wireless interface
       product: AR5001 Wireless Network Adapter
       vendor: Atheros Communications Inc.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:07:00.0
       logical name: wlan0
       version: 01
       serial: 00:24:2c:41:44:54
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ath5k driverversion=2.6.38-8-generic firmware=N/A latency=0 link=no multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg
       resources: irq:23 memory:c2000000-c200ffff
0: hp-wifi: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: yes
 Hard blocked: yes
1: phy0: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: yes
 Hard blocked: no
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

wlan0 Interface doesn't support scanning : Network is down

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=11.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=natty
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 11.04"
00:00.0 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] Memory Controller [10de:0754] (rev a2)
00:01.0 ISA bridge [0601]: nVidia Corporation Device [10de:075e] (rev a2)
00:01.1 SMBus [0c05]: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] SMBus [10de:0752] (rev a1)
00:01.3 Co-processor [0b40]: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] Co-Processor [10de:0753] (rev a2)
00:01.4 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] Memory Controller [10de:0568] (rev a1)
00:02.0 USB Controller [0c03]: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] OHCI USB 1.1 Controller [10de:077b] (rev a1)
00:02.1 USB Controller [0c03]: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] EHCI USB 2.0 Controller [10de:077c] (rev a1)
00:04.0 USB Controller [0c03]: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] OHCI USB 1.1 Controller [10de:077d] (rev a1)
00:04.1 USB Controller [0c03]: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] EHCI USB 2.0 Controller [10de:077e] (rev a1)
00:06.0 IDE interface [0101]: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] IDE [10de:0759] (rev a1)
00:07.0 Audio device [0403]: nVidia Corporation MCP72XE/MCP72P/MCP78U/MCP78S High Definition Audio [10de:0774] (rev a1)
00:08.0 PCI bridge [0604]: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] PCI Bridge [10de:075a] (rev a1)
00:09.0 IDE interface [0101]: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] SATA Controller (non-AHCI mode) [10de:0ad0] (rev a2)
00:0a.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: nVidia Corporation MCP77 Ethernet [10de:0760] (rev a2)
00:0b.0 PCI bridge [0604]: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] PCI Express Bridge [10de:0569] (rev a1)
00:14.0 PCI bridge [0604]: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] PCI Bridge [10de:077a] (rev a1)
00:18.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 11h Processor HyperTransport Configuration [1022:1300] (rev 40)
00:18.1 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 11h Processor Address Map [1022:1301]
00:18.2 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 11h Processor DRAM Controller [1022:1302]
00:18.3 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 11h Processor Miscellaneous Control [1022:1303]
00:18.4 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 11h Processor Link Control [1022:1304]
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation C77 [GeForce 8200M G] [10de:0845] (rev a2)
07:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Atheros Communications Inc. AR5001 Wireless Network Adapter [168c:001c] (rev 01)
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 002: ID 0bda:0158 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. USB 2.0 multicard reader
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
H/W path Device Class Description
===============================================
                        system Notebook
/0 bus 303C
/0/0 memory 102KiB BIOS
/0/3 processor AMD Sempron(tm) SI-42
/0/3/5 memory 128KiB L1 cache
/0/3/6 memory 512KiB L2 cache
/0/4 memory 2GiB System Memory
/0/4/0 memory 2GiB DIMM DRAM Synchronous 667 MHz (1.5 ns)
/0/4/1 memory DIMM DRAM 667 MHz (1.5 ns) [empty]
/0/5 memory RAM memory
/0/1 bridge nVidia Corporation
/0/1.1 bus MCP78S [GeForce 8200] SMBus
/0/1.3 processor MCP78S [GeForce 8200] Co-Processor
/0/1.4 memory RAM memory
/0/2 bus MCP78S [GeForce 8200] OHCI USB 1.1 Controller
/0/2.1 bus MCP78S [GeForce 8200] EHCI USB 2.0 Controller
/0/b bus MCP78S [GeForce 8200] OHCI USB 1.1 Controller
/0/4.1 bus MCP78S [GeForce 8200] EHCI USB 2.0 Controller
/0/6 storage MCP78S [GeForce 8200] IDE
/0/7 multimedia MCP72XE/MCP72P/MCP78U/MCP78S High Definition Audio
/0/8 bridge MCP78S [GeForce 8200] PCI Bridge
/0/9 scsi3 storage MCP78S [GeForce 8200] SATA Controller (non-AHCI mode)
/0/9/0 /dev/cdrom disk CDDVDW TS-L633M
/0/9/1 /dev/sda disk 320GB TOSHIBA MK3252GS
/0/9/1/1 /dev/sda1 volume 296GiB EXT4 volume
/0/9/1/2 /dev/sda2 volume 1790MiB Extended partition
/0/9/1/2/5 /dev/sda5 volume 1790MiB Linux swap / Solaris partition
/0/a eth0 network MCP77 Ethernet
/0/100 bridge MCP78S [GeForce 8200] PCI Express Bridge
/0/100/0 display C77 [GeForce 8200M G]
/0/14 bridge MCP78S [GeForce 8200] PCI Bridge
/0/14/0 wlan0 network AR5001 Wireless Network Adapter
/0/101 bridge Family 11h Processor HyperTransport Configuration
/0/102 bridge Family 11h Processor Address Map
/0/103 bridge Family 11h Processor DRAM Controller
/0/104 bridge Family 11h Processor Miscellaneous Control
/0/105 bridge Family 11h Processor Link Control
/0/c scsi2 storage
/0/c/0.0.0 /dev/sdb disk SCSI Disk
Linux ange-Compaq-Presario-CQ60-Notebook-PC 2.6.38-8-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Mon Apr 11 03:31:50 UTC 2011 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux
[ 0.000000] DMI: Hewlett-Packard Compaq Presario CQ60 Notebook PC/303C, BIOS F.37 04/07/2009
[ 0.000000] found SMP MP-table at [c00f7ff0] f7ff0
[ 0.008378] SMP alternatives: switching to UP code
[ 0.075409] [Firmware Bug]: ACPI: BIOS _OSI(Linux) query ignored
[ 0.106104] ACPI: No dock devices found.
[ 0.106106] HEST: Table not found.
[ 0.125167] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
[ 0.125181] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
[ 0.125209] usbcore: registered new device driver usb
[ 0.128053] Switching to clocksource hpet
[ 0.131977] Switched to NOHz mode on CPU #0
[ 0.141005] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 12 devices
[ 0.228569] input: Lid Switch as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0C0D:00/input/input0
[ 0.229618] ACPI: Lid Switch [LID0]
[ 0.259542] ERST: Table is not found!
[ 0.263116] i2c-core: driver [adp5520] using legacy suspend method
[ 0.263118] i2c-core: driver [adp5520] using legacy resume method
[ 0.318098] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.368219] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.624369] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.686579] usb 1-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 2
[ 0.688779] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.751378] isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
[ 0.784704] device-mapper: multipath: version 1.2.0 loaded
[ 0.784707] device-mapper: multipath round-robin: version 1.0.0 loaded
[ 0.789074] powernow-k8: Found 1 AMD Sempron(tm) SI-42 (1 cpu cores) (version 2.20.00)
[ 0.789947] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 1.180032] Switching to clocksource tsc
[ 1.371718] usbcore: registered new interface driver uas
[ 1.382146] forcedeth: Reverse Engineered nForce ethernet driver. Version 0.64.
[ 1.382383] forcedeth 0000:00:0a.0: PCI INT A -> Link[LMAC] -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ 21
[ 1.382389] forcedeth 0000:00:0a.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 1.408904] scsi2 : usb-storage 1-1:1.0
[ 1.409242] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
[ 1.905154] forcedeth 0000:00:0a.0: ifname eth0, PHY OUI 0x732 @ 1, addr 00:1f:16:7f:35:bf
[ 1.905160] forcedeth 0000:00:0a.0: highdma csum pwrctl mgmt lnktim msi desc-v3
[ 12.334790] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[ 12.924515] forcedeth 0000:00:0a.0: irq 41 for MSI/MSI-X
[ 14.472704] ath5k 0000:07:00.0: PCI INT A -> Link[Z012] -> GSI 23 (level, low) -> IRQ 23
[ 14.472719] ath5k 0000:07:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 14.472781] ath5k 0000:07:00.0: registered as 'phy0'
[ 15.068027] ath: EEPROM regdomain: 0x67
[ 15.068031] ath: EEPROM indicates we should expect a direct regpair map
[ 15.068036] ath: Country alpha2 being used: 00
[ 15.068038] ath: Regpair used: 0x67
[ 15.215598] [drm] nouveau 0000:02:00.0: BIT BIOS found
[ 15.215610] [drm] nouveau 0000:02:00.0: Found Display Configuration Block version 4.0
[ 15.239710] Registered led device: ath5k-phy0::rx
[ 15.239802] Registered led device: ath5k-phy0::tx
[ 15.239817] ath5k phy0: Atheros AR2425 chip found (MAC: 0xe2, PHY: 0x70)
[ 15.309014] [drm] nouveau 0000:02:00.0: Register 0x00004028 not found in PLL limits table
[ 15.359344] [drm] nouveau 0000:02:00.0: Register 0x00004028 not found in PLL limits table
[ 15.359349] [drm] nouveau 0000:02:00.0: Register 0x00004008 not found in PLL limits table
[ 15.359355] [drm] nouveau 0000:02:00.0: Register 0x00004030 not found in PLL limits table
[ 16.679064] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 170x48
[ 17.324362] input: HDA NVidia Mic as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:07.0/sound/card0/input8
[ 17.325088] input: HDA NVidia Mic as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:07.0/sound/card0/input9
[ 17.325385] input: HDA NVidia Headphone as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:07.0/sound/card0/input10
[ 23.136024] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
[ 733.764544] forcedeth 0000:00:0a.0: eth0: link down
[ 5345.745420] forcedeth 0000:00:0a.0: eth0: link up
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 uart6850
blacklist twl4030_wdt
> hal.1: read hal dataprocess 2460: 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
21: PCI 0a.0: 0200 Ethernet controller
  [Created at pci.318]
  Unique ID: rBUF.HOUiokKC0A4
  SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:0a.0
  SysFS BusID: 0000:00:0a.0
  Hardware Class: network
  Model: "nVidia MCP78S [GeForce 8200] Ethernet"
  Vendor: pci 0x10de "nVidia Corporation"
  Device: pci 0x0760 "MCP78S [GeForce 8200] Ethernet"
  SubVendor: pci 0x103c "Hewlett-Packard Company"
  SubDevice: pci 0x360a
  Revision: 0xa2
  Driver: "forcedeth"
  Driver Modules: "forcedeth"
  Device File: eth0
  Memory Range: 0xc0009000-0xc0009fff (rw,non-prefetchable)
  I/O Ports: 0x30f8-0x30ff (rw)
  Memory Range: 0xc0007c00-0xc0007cff (rw,non-prefetchable)
  Memory Range: 0xc0007800-0xc000780f (rw,non-prefetchable)
  IRQ: 41 (40660 events)
  HW Address: 00:1f:16:7f:35:bf
  Link detected: yes
  Module Alias: "pci:v000010DEd00000760sv0000103Csd0000360Abc02sc00i00"
  Driver Info #0:
    Driver Status: forcedeth is active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe forcedeth"
  Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown

30: PCI 700.0: 0282 WLAN controller
  [Created at pci.318]
  Unique ID: y9sn.9AnOduZyIOF
  Parent ID: MZfG.4gyqmROFCTA
  SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/0000:07:00.0
  SysFS BusID: 0000:07:00.0
  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 0x103c "Hewlett-Packard Company"
  SubDevice: pci 0x137b
  Revision: 0x01
  Driver: "ath5k"
  Driver Modules: "ath5k"
  Device File: wlan0
  Features: WLAN
  Memory Range: 0xc2000000-0xc200ffff (rw,non-prefetchable)
  IRQ: 23 (no events)
  HW Address: 00:24:2c:41:44:54
  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:v0000168Cd0000001Csv0000103Csd0000137Bbc02sc00i00"
  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: #23 (PCI bridge)

[main]
NetworkingEnabled=true
WirelessEnabled=true
WWANEnabled=true
Module Size Used by
parport_pc 32111 0
ppdev 12849 0
snd_hda_codec_hdmi 27479 1
snd_hda_codec_conexant 43782 1
snd_hda_intel 24140 2
snd_hda_codec 90901 3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_conexant,snd_hda_intel
arc4 12473 2
snd_hwdep 13274 1 snd_hda_codec
nouveau 621970 2
snd_pcm 80244 3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
ath5k 144412 0
snd_seq_midi 13132 0
joydev 17322 0
binfmt_misc 13213 1
ath 19141 1 ath5k
ttm 65184 1 nouveau
snd_rawmidi 25269 1 snd_seq_midi
mac80211 257001 1 ath5k
snd_seq_midi_event 14475 1 snd_seq_midi
drm_kms_helper 40745 1 nouveau
hp_wmi 13418 0
snd_seq 51291 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
sparse_keymap 13666 1 hp_wmi
drm 180037 4 nouveau,ttm,drm_kms_helper
snd_timer 28659 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
cfg80211 156212 3 ath5k,ath,mac80211
snd_seq_device 14110 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
i2c_algo_bit 13184 1 nouveau
psmouse 73312 0
video 18951 1 nouveau
serio_raw 12990 0
snd 55295 14 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_conexant,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
shpchp 32345 0
k10temp 12951 0
soundcore 12600 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 14073 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
i2c_nforce2 12906 0
lp 13349 0
parport 36746 3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp
ahci 21591 2
usb_storage 43946 0
libahci 25548 1 ahci
uas 17676 0
pata_amd 13762 0
forcedeth 58190 0

Any assistance is gratefully appreciated..

David K.

Revision history for this message
actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#6

Do you have a switch or shortcut to enable or disable wireless? If so press it, should be ok

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David Kaye (davidkaye45) said : 		#7

Hi actionparsnip,
Compact Presario CQ60 has a wireless button, which is blue (not red) and I have pressed this a number of times with out joy.
I'll try a reboot ???

Have also run command listed in #154915, here are results:

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package firmware-b43-lpphy-installer is not installed, so not removed
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Ign http://au.archive.ubuntu.com natty InRelease
Ign http://au.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates InRelease
Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com natty Release.gpg
Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates Release.gpg
Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com natty Release
Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates Release
Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com natty/main Sources
Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com natty/restricted Sources
Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com natty/universe Sources
Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com natty/multiverse Sources
Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com natty/main i386 Packages
Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com natty/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com natty/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com natty/multiverse i386 Packages
Ign http://au.archive.ubuntu.com natty/main TranslationIndex
Ign http://au.archive.ubuntu.com natty/multiverse TranslationIndex
Ign http://au.archive.ubuntu.com natty/restricted TranslationIndex
Ign http://au.archive.ubuntu.com natty/universe TranslationIndex
Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/main Sources
Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/restricted Sources
Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/universe Sources
Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/multiverse Sources
Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/main i386 Packages
Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/multiverse i386 Packages
Ign http://au.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/main TranslationIndex
Ign http://au.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/multiverse TranslationIndex
Ign http://au.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/restricted TranslationIndex
Ign http://au.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/universe TranslationIndex
Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com natty/main Translation-en_AU
Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com natty/multiverse Translation-en_AU
Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com natty/restricted Translation-en_AU
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com natty InRelease
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security InRelease
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com natty Release.gpg
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security Release.gpg
Ign http://au.archive.ubuntu.com natty/main Translation-en
Ign http://au.archive.ubuntu.com natty/multiverse Translation-en
Ign http://au.archive.ubuntu.com natty/restricted Translation-en
Ign http://au.archive.ubuntu.com natty/universe Translation-en_AU
Ign http://au.archive.ubuntu.com natty/universe Translation-en
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com natty Release
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security Release
Ign http://au.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/main Translation-en_AU
Ign http://au.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/main Translation-en
Ign http://au.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/multiverse Translation-en_AU
Ign http://au.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/multiverse Translation-en
Ign http://au.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/restricted Translation-en_AU
Ign http://au.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/restricted Translation-en
Ign http://au.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/universe Translation-en_AU
Ign http://au.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/universe Translation-en
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com natty/main Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/main Sources
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com natty/main i386 Packages
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com natty/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/restricted Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/universe Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/multiverse Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/main i386 Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/multiverse i386 Packages
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/main TranslationIndex
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/multiverse TranslationIndex
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/restricted TranslationIndex
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/universe TranslationIndex
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com natty/main Translation-en_AU
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com natty/main Translation-en
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/main Translation-en_AU
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/main Translation-en
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/multiverse Translation-en_AU
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/multiverse Translation-en
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/restricted Translation-en_AU
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/restricted Translation-en
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/universe Translation-en_AU
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/universe Translation-en
Reading package lists... Done
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
grep is already the newest version.
hwinfo is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: MCP77 Ethernet
       vendor: nVidia Corporation
       physical id: a
       bus info: pci@0000:00:0a.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: a2
       serial: 00:1f:16:7f:35:bf
       size: 100Mbit/s
       capacity: 100Mbit/s
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 66MHz
       capabilities: pm msi ht bus_master cap_list ethernet physical mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=forcedeth driverversion=0.64 duplex=full ip=192.168.0.6 latency=0 link=yes maxlatency=20 mingnt=1 multicast=yes port=MII speed=100Mbit/s
       resources: irq:41 memory:c0009000-c0009fff ioport:30f8(size=8) memory:c0007c00-c0007cff memory:c0007800-c000780f
  *-network DISABLED
       description: Wireless interface
       product: AR5001 Wireless Network Adapter
       vendor: Atheros Communications Inc.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:07:00.0
       logical name: wlan0
       version: 01
       serial: 00:24:2c:41:44:54
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ath5k driverversion=2.6.38-8-generic firmware=N/A latency=0 link=no multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg
       resources: irq:23 memory:c2000000-c200ffff
0: hp-wifi: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: yes
 Hard blocked: no
1: phy0: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: yes
 Hard blocked: no
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

wlan0 Interface doesn't support scanning : Network is down

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=11.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=natty
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 11.04"
00:00.0 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] Memory Controller [10de:0754] (rev a2)
00:01.0 ISA bridge [0601]: nVidia Corporation Device [10de:075e] (rev a2)
00:01.1 SMBus [0c05]: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] SMBus [10de:0752] (rev a1)
00:01.3 Co-processor [0b40]: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] Co-Processor [10de:0753] (rev a2)
00:01.4 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] Memory Controller [10de:0568] (rev a1)
00:02.0 USB Controller [0c03]: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] OHCI USB 1.1 Controller [10de:077b] (rev a1)
00:02.1 USB Controller [0c03]: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] EHCI USB 2.0 Controller [10de:077c] (rev a1)
00:04.0 USB Controller [0c03]: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] OHCI USB 1.1 Controller [10de:077d] (rev a1)
00:04.1 USB Controller [0c03]: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] EHCI USB 2.0 Controller [10de:077e] (rev a1)
00:06.0 IDE interface [0101]: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] IDE [10de:0759] (rev a1)
00:07.0 Audio device [0403]: nVidia Corporation MCP72XE/MCP72P/MCP78U/MCP78S High Definition Audio [10de:0774] (rev a1)
00:08.0 PCI bridge [0604]: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] PCI Bridge [10de:075a] (rev a1)
00:09.0 IDE interface [0101]: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] SATA Controller (non-AHCI mode) [10de:0ad0] (rev a2)
00:0a.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: nVidia Corporation MCP77 Ethernet [10de:0760] (rev a2)
00:0b.0 PCI bridge [0604]: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] PCI Express Bridge [10de:0569] (rev a1)
00:14.0 PCI bridge [0604]: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] PCI Bridge [10de:077a] (rev a1)
00:18.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 11h Processor HyperTransport Configuration [1022:1300] (rev 40)
00:18.1 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 11h Processor Address Map [1022:1301]
00:18.2 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 11h Processor DRAM Controller [1022:1302]
00:18.3 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 11h Processor Miscellaneous Control [1022:1303]
00:18.4 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 11h Processor Link Control [1022:1304]
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation C77 [GeForce 8200M G] [10de:0845] (rev a2)
07:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Atheros Communications Inc. AR5001 Wireless Network Adapter [168c:001c] (rev 01)
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 002: ID 0bda:0158 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. USB 2.0 multicard reader
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
H/W path Device Class Description
===============================================
                        system Notebook
/0 bus 303C
/0/0 memory 102KiB BIOS
/0/3 processor AMD Sempron(tm) SI-42
/0/3/5 memory 128KiB L1 cache
/0/3/6 memory 512KiB L2 cache
/0/4 memory 2GiB System Memory
/0/4/0 memory 2GiB DIMM DRAM Synchronous 667 MHz (1.5 ns)
/0/4/1 memory DIMM DRAM 667 MHz (1.5 ns) [empty]
/0/5 memory RAM memory
/0/1 bridge nVidia Corporation
/0/1.1 bus MCP78S [GeForce 8200] SMBus
/0/1.3 processor MCP78S [GeForce 8200] Co-Processor
/0/1.4 memory RAM memory
/0/2 bus MCP78S [GeForce 8200] OHCI USB 1.1 Controller
/0/2.1 bus MCP78S [GeForce 8200] EHCI USB 2.0 Controller
/0/b bus MCP78S [GeForce 8200] OHCI USB 1.1 Controller
/0/4.1 bus MCP78S [GeForce 8200] EHCI USB 2.0 Controller
/0/6 storage MCP78S [GeForce 8200] IDE
/0/7 multimedia MCP72XE/MCP72P/MCP78U/MCP78S High Definition Audio
/0/8 bridge MCP78S [GeForce 8200] PCI Bridge
/0/9 scsi3 storage MCP78S [GeForce 8200] SATA Controller (non-AHCI mode)
/0/9/0 /dev/cdrom disk CDDVDW TS-L633M
/0/9/1 /dev/sda disk 320GB TOSHIBA MK3252GS
/0/9/1/1 /dev/sda1 volume 296GiB EXT4 volume
/0/9/1/2 /dev/sda2 volume 1790MiB Extended partition
/0/9/1/2/5 /dev/sda5 volume 1790MiB Linux swap / Solaris partition
/0/a eth0 network MCP77 Ethernet
/0/100 bridge MCP78S [GeForce 8200] PCI Express Bridge
/0/100/0 display C77 [GeForce 8200M G]
/0/14 bridge MCP78S [GeForce 8200] PCI Bridge
/0/14/0 wlan0 network AR5001 Wireless Network Adapter
/0/101 bridge Family 11h Processor HyperTransport Configuration
/0/102 bridge Family 11h Processor Address Map
/0/103 bridge Family 11h Processor DRAM Controller
/0/104 bridge Family 11h Processor Miscellaneous Control
/0/105 bridge Family 11h Processor Link Control
/0/c scsi2 storage
/0/c/0.0.0 /dev/sdb disk SCSI Disk
Linux ange-Compaq-Presario-CQ60-Notebook-PC 2.6.38-8-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Mon Apr 11 03:31:50 UTC 2011 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux
[ 0.000000] DMI: Hewlett-Packard Compaq Presario CQ60 Notebook PC/303C, BIOS F.37 04/07/2009
[ 0.000000] found SMP MP-table at [c00f7ff0] f7ff0
[ 0.008378] SMP alternatives: switching to UP code
[ 0.075409] [Firmware Bug]: ACPI: BIOS _OSI(Linux) query ignored
[ 0.106104] ACPI: No dock devices found.
[ 0.106106] HEST: Table not found.
[ 0.125167] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
[ 0.125181] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
[ 0.125209] usbcore: registered new device driver usb
[ 0.128053] Switching to clocksource hpet
[ 0.131977] Switched to NOHz mode on CPU #0
[ 0.141005] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 12 devices
[ 0.228569] input: Lid Switch as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0C0D:00/input/input0
[ 0.229618] ACPI: Lid Switch [LID0]
[ 0.259542] ERST: Table is not found!
[ 0.263116] i2c-core: driver [adp5520] using legacy suspend method
[ 0.263118] i2c-core: driver [adp5520] using legacy resume method
[ 0.318098] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.368219] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.624369] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.686579] usb 1-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 2
[ 0.688779] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.751378] isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
[ 0.784704] device-mapper: multipath: version 1.2.0 loaded
[ 0.784707] device-mapper: multipath round-robin: version 1.0.0 loaded
[ 0.789074] powernow-k8: Found 1 AMD Sempron(tm) SI-42 (1 cpu cores) (version 2.20.00)
[ 0.789947] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 1.180032] Switching to clocksource tsc
[ 1.371718] usbcore: registered new interface driver uas
[ 1.382146] forcedeth: Reverse Engineered nForce ethernet driver. Version 0.64.
[ 1.382383] forcedeth 0000:00:0a.0: PCI INT A -> Link[LMAC] -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ 21
[ 1.382389] forcedeth 0000:00:0a.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 1.408904] scsi2 : usb-storage 1-1:1.0
[ 1.409242] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
[ 1.905154] forcedeth 0000:00:0a.0: ifname eth0, PHY OUI 0x732 @ 1, addr 00:1f:16:7f:35:bf
[ 1.905160] forcedeth 0000:00:0a.0: highdma csum pwrctl mgmt lnktim msi desc-v3
[ 12.334790] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[ 12.924515] forcedeth 0000:00:0a.0: irq 41 for MSI/MSI-X
[ 14.472704] ath5k 0000:07:00.0: PCI INT A -> Link[Z012] -> GSI 23 (level, low) -> IRQ 23
[ 14.472719] ath5k 0000:07:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 14.472781] ath5k 0000:07:00.0: registered as 'phy0'
[ 15.068027] ath: EEPROM regdomain: 0x67
[ 15.068031] ath: EEPROM indicates we should expect a direct regpair map
[ 15.068036] ath: Country alpha2 being used: 00
[ 15.068038] ath: Regpair used: 0x67
[ 15.215598] [drm] nouveau 0000:02:00.0: BIT BIOS found
[ 15.215610] [drm] nouveau 0000:02:00.0: Found Display Configuration Block version 4.0
[ 15.239710] Registered led device: ath5k-phy0::rx
[ 15.239802] Registered led device: ath5k-phy0::tx
[ 15.239817] ath5k phy0: Atheros AR2425 chip found (MAC: 0xe2, PHY: 0x70)
[ 15.309014] [drm] nouveau 0000:02:00.0: Register 0x00004028 not found in PLL limits table
[ 15.359344] [drm] nouveau 0000:02:00.0: Register 0x00004028 not found in PLL limits table
[ 15.359349] [drm] nouveau 0000:02:00.0: Register 0x00004008 not found in PLL limits table
[ 15.359355] [drm] nouveau 0000:02:00.0: Register 0x00004030 not found in PLL limits table
[ 16.679064] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 170x48
[ 17.324362] input: HDA NVidia Mic as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:07.0/sound/card0/input8
[ 17.325088] input: HDA NVidia Mic as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:07.0/sound/card0/input9
[ 17.325385] input: HDA NVidia Headphone as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:07.0/sound/card0/input10
[ 23.136024] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
[ 733.764544] forcedeth 0000:00:0a.0: eth0: link down
[ 5345.745420] forcedeth 0000:00:0a.0: eth0: link up
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 uart6850
blacklist twl4030_wdt
> hal.1: read hal dataprocess 2581: 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
21: PCI 0a.0: 0200 Ethernet controller
  [Created at pci.318]
  Unique ID: rBUF.HOUiokKC0A4
  SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:0a.0
  SysFS BusID: 0000:00:0a.0
  Hardware Class: network
  Model: "nVidia MCP78S [GeForce 8200] Ethernet"
  Vendor: pci 0x10de "nVidia Corporation"
  Device: pci 0x0760 "MCP78S [GeForce 8200] Ethernet"
  SubVendor: pci 0x103c "Hewlett-Packard Company"
  SubDevice: pci 0x360a
  Revision: 0xa2
  Driver: "forcedeth"
  Driver Modules: "forcedeth"
  Device File: eth0
  Memory Range: 0xc0009000-0xc0009fff (rw,non-prefetchable)
  I/O Ports: 0x30f8-0x30ff (rw)
  Memory Range: 0xc0007c00-0xc0007cff (rw,non-prefetchable)
  Memory Range: 0xc0007800-0xc000780f (rw,non-prefetchable)
  IRQ: 41 (41425 events)
  HW Address: 00:1f:16:7f:35:bf
  Link detected: yes
  Module Alias: "pci:v000010DEd00000760sv0000103Csd0000360Abc02sc00i00"
  Driver Info #0:
    Driver Status: forcedeth is active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe forcedeth"
  Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown

30: PCI 700.0: 0282 WLAN controller
  [Created at pci.318]
  Unique ID: y9sn.9AnOduZyIOF
  Parent ID: MZfG.4gyqmROFCTA
  SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/0000:07:00.0
  SysFS BusID: 0000:07:00.0
  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 0x103c "Hewlett-Packard Company"
  SubDevice: pci 0x137b
  Revision: 0x01
  Driver: "ath5k"
  Driver Modules: "ath5k"
  Device File: wlan0
  Features: WLAN
  Memory Range: 0xc2000000-0xc200ffff (rw,non-prefetchable)
  IRQ: 23 (no events)
  HW Address: 00:24:2c:41:44:54
  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:v0000168Cd0000001Csv0000103Csd0000137Bbc02sc00i00"
  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: #23 (PCI bridge)

[main]
NetworkingEnabled=true
WirelessEnabled=true
WWANEnabled=true
Module Size Used by
parport_pc 32111 0
ppdev 12849 0
snd_hda_codec_hdmi 27479 1
snd_hda_codec_conexant 43782 1
snd_hda_intel 24140 2
snd_hda_codec 90901 3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_conexant,snd_hda_intel
arc4 12473 2
snd_hwdep 13274 1 snd_hda_codec
nouveau 621970 2
snd_pcm 80244 3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
ath5k 144412 0
snd_seq_midi 13132 0
joydev 17322 0
binfmt_misc 13213 1
ath 19141 1 ath5k
ttm 65184 1 nouveau
snd_rawmidi 25269 1 snd_seq_midi
mac80211 257001 1 ath5k
snd_seq_midi_event 14475 1 snd_seq_midi
drm_kms_helper 40745 1 nouveau
hp_wmi 13418 0
snd_seq 51291 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
sparse_keymap 13666 1 hp_wmi
drm 180037 4 nouveau,ttm,drm_kms_helper
snd_timer 28659 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
cfg80211 156212 3 ath5k,ath,mac80211
snd_seq_device 14110 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
i2c_algo_bit 13184 1 nouveau
psmouse 73312 0
video 18951 1 nouveau
serio_raw 12990 0
snd 55295 14 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_conexant,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
shpchp 32345 0
k10temp 12951 0
soundcore 12600 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 14073 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
i2c_nforce2 12906 0
lp 13349 0
parport 36746 3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp
ahci 21591 2
usb_storage 43946 0
libahci 25548 1 ahci
uas 17676 0
pata_amd 13762 0
forcedeth 58190 0
ange@ange-Compaq-Presario-CQ60-Notebook-PC:~$

Thanks,
David.
(rebuilding laptop for wife to use)

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David Kaye (davidkaye45) said : 		#8

Hi,

I've just done a reboot. While rebooting, the wireless button turned RED. After Ubuntu started, the wireless button turned BLUE. When I open Firefox it's the same issue "Server not found"... This is not an urgent issue as there's 2 other computers in the house, but, I would still like to get Ubuntu connecting to the family wireless.

Cheers & Thanks for all and any assistance.
David K.

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David Kaye (davidkaye45) said : 		#9

Hi,
     I'm still having issues setting up the wireless connection, so I thought I'd take a look around (I'm a webMethods systems engineer, so I'm familiar with HP Unix and RH Linux... New to Ubuntu). So I found Systems->Administration->System Testing and started it and found that it could not detect an internet connection, but, before I could copy any of the specific details, the laptop shutdown (overheating possibly ?). We'll try it again tomorrow night.

Still will appreciate any help or assistance.
David K.

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#10

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

"
  *-network DISABLED
       description: Wireless interface
       product: AR5001 Wireless Network Adapter

0: hp-wifi: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: yes
 Hard blocked: no
1: phy0: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: yes
 Hard blocked: no

wlan0 Interface doesn't support scanning : Network is down

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

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

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

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

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

rfkill unblock all

sudo rfkill unblock all

Then retest wireless.

NOTE: If the CURRENT "rfkill list" Terminal output only shows SOFT blocked in YES state and HARD blocked in NO state, then the "rfkill unblock all" command I just gave you, should be enough to solve this wireless issue.

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Patrick M (prmillius) said : 		#11

Do you get a network icon in the top panel? If so it might be as simple as right clicking, then left click on enable wireless. If you do not see a network icon try typing nm-applet into the terminal command line.

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