0: acer-wireless: Wireless LAN -> wlan0 Interface doesn't support scanning : Network is down -> Wireless Network controller [0280]: Atheros Communications Inc. AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) [168c:002b] (rev 01) not working on Sony VAIO VPCY11S1E in Ubuntu 11.04

Can you give the output of:

sudo lshw -C network; lsb_release -a; rfkill list; sudo iwlist scan | head -n 20

Thanks

sudo vi /etc/apt/sources.list

ensure:

[ifupdown]
managed=true

Hi,

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

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

Step 1:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Step 4: Please also specify the exact model and make of your PC (if known) on this thread

Step 5: Please also clarify if you installed Ubuntu to the harddisk and are running from a harddisk install OR if you are only testing Ubuntu in a LiveCD session.

Regards,

Mark

Sony VAIO VPCY11S1E

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: AR8131 Gigabit Ethernet
       vendor: Atheros Communications
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: c0
       serial: 00:24:be:5e:2c:20
       size: 1Gbit/s
       capacity: 1Gbit/s
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress vpd bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=atl1c driverversion=1.0.0.2-NAPI duplex=full firmware=N/A ip=192.168.1.100 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=1Gbit/s
       resources: irq:47 memory:d8500000-d853ffff ioport:4000(size=128)
  *-network DISABLED
       description: Wireless interface
       product: AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express)
       vendor: Atheros Communications Inc.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
       logical name: wlan0
       version: 01
       serial: 2c:81:58:ff:e5:3a
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ath9k driverversion=2.6.35-27-generic firmware=N/A latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bgn
       resources: irq:17 memory:d7500000-d750ffff
0: acer-wireless: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: yes
 Hard blocked: no
1: sony-wifi: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: no
2: sony-bluetooth: Bluetooth
 Soft blocked: yes
 Hard blocked: no
4: phy0: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: no
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

wlan0 Interface doesn't support scanning : Network is down

vboxnet0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=11.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=natty
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 11.04"
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Mobile 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)
00:1a.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.2 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 3 [8086:2944] (rev 03)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 4 [8086:2946] (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)
01:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Atheros Communications AR8131 Gigabit Ethernet [1969:1063] (rev c0)
02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Atheros Communications Inc. AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) [168c:002b] (rev 01)
03:00.0 SD Host controller [0805]: Ricoh Co Ltd MMC/SD Host Controller [1180:e822]
03:00.1 System peripheral [0880]: Ricoh Co Ltd Memory Stick Host Controller [1180:e230]
03:00.3 FireWire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]: Ricoh Co Ltd FireWire Host Controller [1180:e832]
03:00.4 SD Host controller [0805]: Ricoh Co Ltd MMC/SD Host Controller [1180:e822]
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 002: ID 05ca:18b7 Ricoh Co., Ltd
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
H/W path Device Class Description
=========================================================
                                  system VPCY11S1E (N/A)
/0 bus VAIO
/0/0 memory 1MiB BIOS
/0/6 memory 4GiB System Memory
/0/6/0 memory 2GiB SODIMM DDR3 800 MHz (1.2 ns)
/0/6/1 memory 2GiB SODIMM DDR3 800 MHz (1.2 ns)
/0/c processor Genuine Intel(R) CPU U7300 @ 1.30GHz
/0/c/d memory 3MiB L2 cache
/0/c/e memory 64KiB L1 cache
/0/100 bridge Mobile 4 Series Chipset Memory Controller Hub
/0/100/2 display Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller
/0/100/2.1 display Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller
/0/100/1a bus 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4
/0/100/1a.1 bus 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5
/0/100/1a.2 bus 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6
/0/100/1a.7 bus 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2
/0/100/1b multimedia 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller
/0/100/1c bridge 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 1
/0/100/1c/0 eth0 network AR8131 Gigabit Ethernet
/0/100/1c.1 bridge 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 2
/0/100/1c.1/0 wlan0 network AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express)
/0/100/1c.2 bridge 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 3
/0/100/1c.2/0 generic MMC/SD Host Controller
/0/100/1c.2/0.1 generic Memory Stick Host Controller
/0/100/1c.2/0.3 bus FireWire Host Controller
/0/100/1c.2/0.4 generic MMC/SD Host Controller
/0/100/1c.3 bridge 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 4
/0/100/1d bus 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1
/0/100/1d.1 bus 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2
/0/100/1d.2 bus 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3
/0/100/1d.7 bus 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1
/0/100/1e bridge 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge
/0/100/1f bridge ICH9M-E LPC Interface Controller
/0/100/1f.2 scsi0 storage ICH9M/M-E SATA AHCI Controller
/0/100/1f.2/0.0.0 /dev/sda disk 320GB SAMSUNG HM320II
/0/100/1f.2/0.0.0/1 /dev/sda1 volume 287GiB EXT4 volume
/0/100/1f.2/0.0.0/2 /dev/sda2 volume 10GiB Extended partition
/0/100/1f.2/0.0.0/2/5 /dev/sda5 volume 10GiB Linux swap / Solaris partition
/0/100/1f.3 bus 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller
Linux vaio 2.6.35-27-generic #48-Ubuntu SMP Tue Feb 22 20:25:46 UTC 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
[ 0.000000] No AGP bridge found
[ 0.000000] No NUMA configuration found
[ 0.000000] No AGP bridge found
[ 0.000000] [<ffffffff81060b7f>] warn_slowpath_common+0x7f/0xc0
[ 0.000000] [<ffffffff81060c1f>] warn_slowpath_fmt_taint+0x3f/0x50
[ 0.426999] ACPI: No dock devices found.
[ 0.522346] HEST: Table is not found!
[ 0.522924] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
[ 0.522941] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
[ 0.522978] usbcore: registered new device driver usb
[ 0.540049] Switching to clocksource tsc
[ 0.558051] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 9 devices
[ 0.971863] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 128x48
[ 0.973165] input: Lid Switch as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0C0D:00/input/input0
[ 0.974153] ACPI: Lid Switch [LID0]
[ 0.975469] Switching to clocksource hpet
[ 1.004172] ERST: Table is not found!
[ 1.031424] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.051418] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.051901] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.052274] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.052659] hub 5-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.053023] hub 6-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.053384] hub 7-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.053738] hub 8-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.070425] device-mapper: multipath: version 1.1.1 loaded
[ 1.070430] device-mapper: multipath round-robin: version 1.0.0 loaded
[ 1.074040] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 1.288155] sdhci-pci 0000:03:00.0: SDHCI controller found [1180:e822] (rev 0)
[ 1.351292] usb 1-2: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 2
[ 1.372681] sdhci-pci 0000:03:00.4: SDHCI controller found [1180:e822] (rev 0)
[ 2.080047] usb 8-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2
[ 2.654449] Console: switching to colour dummy device 80x25
[ 2.655320] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 170x48
[ 18.722467] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[ 19.305187] uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device <unnamed> (05ca:18b7)
[ 19.367960] input: UVC Camera (05ca:18b7) as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.7/usb1/1-2/1-2:1.0/input/input7
[ 19.368079] usbcore: registered new interface driver uvcvideo
[ 19.368742] ath9k 0000:02:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
[ 19.368757] ath9k 0000:02:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 19.386379] usbcore: registered new interface driver btusb
[ 19.420617] ath: EEPROM regdomain: 0x65
[ 19.420621] ath: EEPROM indicates we should expect a direct regpair map
[ 19.420626] ath: Country alpha2 being used: 00
[ 19.420629] ath: Regpair used: 0x65
[ 19.552934] phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'ath9k_rate_control'
[ 19.553954] Registered led device: ath9k-phy0::radio
[ 19.553981] Registered led device: ath9k-phy0::assoc
[ 19.554009] Registered led device: ath9k-phy0::tx
[ 19.554035] Registered led device: ath9k-phy0::rx
[ 19.671442] hda_codec: ALC275: no valid ADC found; using fallback 0x8
[ 20.068600] atl1c 0000:01:00.0: atl1c: eth0 NIC Link is Up<1000 Mbps Full Duplex>
[ 23.095426] vboxdrv: Found 2 processor cores.
[ 30.510036] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
[ 30.607898] [UFW BLOCK] IN=eth0 OUT= MAC=01:00:5e:00:00:01:68:7f:74:a0:13:14:08:00 SRC=192.168.1.1 DST=224.0.0.1 LEN=28 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=1 ID=0 DF PROTO=2
[ 89.041338] usb 8-1: USB disconnect, address 2
[ 89.041933] btusb_intr_complete: hci0 urb ffff880127df6300 failed to resubmit (19)
[ 89.041949] btusb_bulk_complete: hci0 urb ffff88012a215e40 failed to resubmit (19)
[ 89.041961] btusb_bulk_complete: hci0 urb ffff88012a215180 failed to resubmit (19)
[ 156.557414] [UFW BLOCK] IN=eth0 OUT= MAC=01:00:5e:00:00:01:68:7f:74:a0:13:14:08:00 SRC=192.168.1.1 DST=224.0.0.1 LEN=28 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=1 ID=0 DF PROTO=2
[ 282.507027] [UFW BLOCK] IN=eth0 OUT= MAC=01:00:5e:00:00:01:68:7f:74:a0:13:14:08:00 SRC=192.168.1.1 DST=224.0.0.1 LEN=28 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=1 ID=0 DF PROTO=2
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

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

vboxnet0 no wireless extensions.

# 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 3117: 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
28: PCI 100.0: 0200 Ethernet controller
  [Created at pci.318]
  Unique ID: rBUF.VBSkN5A1EoA
  Parent ID: z8Q3.4H_nhuHe9K3
  SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.0/0000:01:00.0
  SysFS BusID: 0000:01:00.0
  Hardware Class: network
  Model: "Attansic Ethernet controller"
  Vendor: pci 0x1969 "Attansic Technology Corp."
  Device: pci 0x1063
  SubVendor: pci 0x104d "Sony Corporation"
  SubDevice: pci 0x906f
  Revision: 0xc0
  Driver: "atl1c"
  Driver Modules: "atl1c"
  Device File: eth0
  Memory Range: 0xd8500000-0xd853ffff (rw,non-prefetchable)
  I/O Ports: 0x4000-0x4fff (rw)
  IRQ: 47 (4502 events)
  HW Address: 00:24:be:5e:2c:20
  Link detected: yes
  Module Alias: "pci:v00001969d00001063sv0000104Dsd0000906Fbc02sc00i00"
  Driver Info #0:
    Driver Status: atl1c is active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe atl1c"
  Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
  Attached to: #16 (PCI bridge)

29: PCI 200.0: 0282 WLAN controller
  [Created at pci.318]
  Unique ID: y9sn.8lvD45FXCI3
  Parent ID: qTvu.66tHf1X2D54
  SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.1/0000:02:00.0
  SysFS BusID: 0000:02:00.0
  Hardware Class: network
  Model: "Atheros WLAN controller"
  Vendor: pci 0x168c "Atheros Communications Inc."
  Device: pci 0x002b
  SubVendor: pci 0x105b "Foxconn International, Inc."
  SubDevice: pci 0xe017
  Revision: 0x01
  Driver: "ath9k"
  Driver Modules: "ath9k"
  Device File: wlan0
  Features: WLAN
  Memory Range: 0xd7500000-0xd750ffff (rw,non-prefetchable)
  IRQ: 17 (1 event)
  HW Address: 2c:81:58:ff:e5:3a
  Link detected: yes
  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:v0000168Cd0000002Bsv0000105Bsd0000E017bc02sc80i00"
  Driver Info #0:
    Driver Status: ath9k is active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe ath9k"
  Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
  Attached to: #17 (PCI bridge)

[main]
NetworkingEnabled=true
WirelessEnabled=true
WWANEnabled=true
Module Size Used by
cryptd 8140 0
aes_x86_64 7936 648
aes_generic 27631 1 aes_x86_64
binfmt_misc 7984 1
rfcomm 40787 0
sco 9986 0
bnep 11985 0
l2cap 42304 4 rfcomm,bnep
vboxnetadp 5860 0
vboxnetflt 19078 0
vboxdrv 1817519 2 vboxnetadp,vboxnetflt
joydev 11395 0
parport_pc 30086 0
ppdev 6804 0
ipt_REJECT 2440 1
ipt_LOG 5394 5
xt_limit 2204 7
xt_tcpudp 2627 8
dm_crypt 13381 0
ipt_addrtype 2175 4
xt_state 1386 7
snd_hda_codec_intelhdmi 11032 1
snd_hda_codec_realtek 300173 1
snd_hda_intel 26147 1
ip6table_filter 1719 1
snd_hda_codec 100951 3 snd_hda_codec_intelhdmi,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
arc4 1497 2
ip6_tables 20665 1 ip6table_filter
snd_hwdep 6660 1 snd_hda_codec
nf_nat_irc 1601 0
nf_conntrack_irc 4501 1 nf_nat_irc
nf_nat_ftp 1831 0
nf_nat 20067 2 nf_nat_irc,nf_nat_ftp
snd_pcm 89104 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
nf_conntrack_ipv4 13143 9 nf_nat
nf_defrag_ipv4 1569 1 nf_conntrack_ipv4
nf_conntrack_ftp 7158 1 nf_nat_ftp
btusb 12929 0
snd_seq_midi 5932 0
ath9k 101858 0
bluetooth 59245 5 rfcomm,sco,bnep,l2cap,btusb
nf_conntrack 75238 7 xt_state,nf_nat_irc,nf_conntrack_irc,nf_nat_ftp,nf_nat,nf_conntrack_ipv4,nf_conntrack_ftp
uvcvideo 62379 0
snd_rawmidi 22207 1 snd_seq_midi
iptable_filter 1778 1
videodev 49359 1 uvcvideo
v4l1_compat 15519 2 uvcvideo,videodev
v4l2_compat_ioctl32 12614 1 videodev
snd_seq_midi_event 7291 1 snd_seq_midi
ip_tables 19139 1 iptable_filter
snd_seq 57512 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
x_tables 24423 10 ipt_REJECT,ipt_LOG,xt_limit,xt_tcpudp,ipt_addrtype,xt_state,ip6table_filter,ip6_tables,iptable_filter,ip_tables
ath9k_common 6874 1 ath9k
ath9k_hw 314731 2 ath9k,ath9k_common
snd_timer 23850 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
ath 10413 2 ath9k,ath9k_hw
snd_seq_device 6912 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
mac80211 267099 2 ath9k,ath9k_common
acer_wmi 15969 0
snd 64181 11 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
cfg80211 170485 4 ath9k,ath9k_common,ath,mac80211
psmouse 62080 0
sony_laptop 34416 0
serio_raw 4910 0
soundcore 1240 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 8588 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
lp 10201 0
parport 37032 3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp
i915 334721 4
drm_kms_helper 32836 1 i915
drm 206198 4 i915,drm_kms_helper
firewire_ohci 24839 0
i2c_algo_bit 6208 1 i915
ahci 22210 3
firewire_core 54327 1 firewire_ohci
atl1c 34955 0
libahci 26148 1 ahci
sdhci_pci 7765 0
sdhci 18400 1 sdhci_pci
led_class 3393 3 ath9k,acer_wmi,sdhci
crc_itu_t 1739 1 firewire_core
video 22176 1 i915
intel_agp 32334 2 i915
output 2527 1 video

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

Do you have a shortcut or switch to enable / disable wireless. If so press it. Does the wireless become active? If not try:

sudo rfkill unblock all

and retry getting on the wireless...

I did the sudo rfkill unblock all

Still unable to connect. Also can't browse for wireless networks.

Thanks for your advice but still not working...

actionparsnip's output:

 *-network [C^[[D^[[D
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: AR8131 Gigabit Ethernet
       vendor: Atheros Communications
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: c0
       serial: 00:24:be:5e:2c:20
       size: 1Gbit/s
       capacity: 1Gbit/s
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress vpd bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=atl1c driverversion=1.0.0.2-NAPI duplex=full firmware=N/A ip=192.168.1.100 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=1Gbit/s
       resources: irq:47 memory:d8500000-d853ffff ioport:4000(size=128)
  *-network DISABLED
       description: Wireless interface
       product: AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express)
       vendor: Atheros Communications Inc.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
       logical name: wlan0
       version: 01
       serial: 2c:81:58:ff:e5:3a
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ath9k driverversion=2.6.35-27-generic firmware=N/A latency=0 link=no multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bgn
       resources: irq:17 memory:d7500000-d750ffff
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 11.04
Release: 11.04
Codename: natty
0: acer-wireless: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: yes
 Hard blocked: no
1: sony-wifi: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: no
2: sony-bluetooth: Bluetooth
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: no
3: phy0: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: no
4: hci0: Bluetooth
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: no
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

wlan0 Interface doesn't support scanning : Network is down

vboxnet0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

@bas: Please read the last remark from Ultraman at the following location:

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=924554

Ultraman solved it by blacklisting the acer_wmi module, which your computer has also currently loaded into memory.

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

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

Using the gedit editor, please ADD the following configuration line into the file:

blacklist acer_wmi

Using the gedit editor, SAVE the change to the
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf file.

Then reboot and retest wireless.

I can confirm that blacklisting acer_wmi works on my Y11S1E.

I had to power down and actually remove the battery, though, as even dual-booting into Win7 wouldn't reactive wireless once it was messed up.

Wow! Thanks so much! Works like a charm!
After the reboot it automaticly connect. Never saw it connect that fast!

Thanks so much every one for the help!

Regards,
B

worked for me too! thanks!

Hello,

For me it doesn't work... I'm working on Acer Aspire 5052AWXMi, does someone have any other solution?
Thanks!

Hi Diane,

I had a "acer wireless card in my sony laptop". Looks like you have a "Acer
laptop".
I advise you to post a new thread a explain very well what is nog working.

Regards,
B

On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 9:26 PM, Diane <<email address hidden>
> wrote:

> Your question #155219 on gnome-nettool in Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-nettool/+question/155219
>
> Diane posted a new comment:
> Hello,
>
> For me it doesn't work... I'm working on Acer Aspire 5052AWXMi, does
> someone have any other solution?
> Thanks!
>
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