0: dell-wifi: Wireless LAN Hard blocked: yes -> wlan0 Interface doesn't support scanning : Network is down -> DISABLED Wireless Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [Golan] Network Connection [8086:4222] (rev 02) not working on Dell Latitude D630 in Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS
Hi there,
I am using Dell, with Ubuntu 10.04 LTS installed. I have tried the command
$ ifconfig wlan0 up
but it returns
SIOCSIFFLAGS: Unknown error 132
Fn+F2 does not solve the problem either.
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*-network DISABLED
description: Wireless interface
product: PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [Golan] Network Connection
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:0c:00.0
logical name: wlan0
version: 02
serial: 00:1b:77:37:81:ac
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
resources: irq:29 memory:
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: NetXtreme BCM5755M Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:09:00.0
logical name: eth0
version: 02
serial: 00:18:8b:d5:f6:3c
size: 100MB/s
capacity: 1GB/s
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
resources: irq:30 memory:
0: dell-wifi: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: yes
1: dell-bluetooth: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: yes
2: 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
# This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
# and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).
# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
# The primary network interface
auto eth0
#iface eth0 inet dhcp
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_
DISTRIB_
DISTRIB_
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory Controller Hub [8086:2a00] (rev 0c)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2a02] (rev 0c)
00:02.1 Display controller [0380]: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2a03] (rev 0c)
00:1a.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 [8086:2834] (rev 02)
00:1a.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 [8086:2835] (rev 02)
00:1a.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 [8086:283a] (rev 02)
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller [8086:284b] (rev 02)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 1 [8086:283f] (rev 02)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 2 [8086:2841] (rev 02)
00:1c.5 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 6 [8086:2849] (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:2830] (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:2831] (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:2832] (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 [8086:2836] (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev f2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801HEM (ICH8M) LPC Interface Controller [8086:2815] (rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) IDE Controller [8086:2850] (rev 02)
00:1f.2 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) SATA AHCI Controller [8086:2829] (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) SMBus Controller [8086:283e] (rev 02)
03:01.0 CardBus bridge [0607]: O2 Micro, Inc. Cardbus bridge [1217:7135] (rev 21)
03:01.4 FireWire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]: O2 Micro, Inc. Firewire (IEEE 1394) [1217:00f7] (rev 02)
09:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5755M Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express [14e4:1673] (rev 02)
0c:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [Golan] Network Connection [8086:4222] (rev 02)
Bus 007 Device 003: ID 0b97:7772 O2 Micro, Inc. OZ776 CCID Smartcard Reader
Bus 007 Device 002: ID 0b97:7761 O2 Micro, Inc. Oz776 1.1 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 003: ID 413c:2106 Dell Computer Corp.
Bus 005 Device 002: ID 0461:4d51 Primax Electronics, Ltd
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
=======
/0 bus 0KU184
/0/0 memory 64KiB BIOS
/0/400 processor Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T7300 @ 2.00GHz
/0/400/700 memory 32KiB L1 cache
/0/400/701 memory 4MiB L2 cache
/0/400/0.1 processor Logical CPU
/0/400/0.2 processor Logical CPU
/0/1000 memory 2GiB System Memory
/0/1000/0 memory 1GiB DIMM DDR Synchronous 667 MHz (1.5 ns)
/0/1000/1 memory 1GiB DIMM DDR Synchronous 667 MHz (1.5 ns)
/0/100 bridge Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory Controller Hub
/0/100/2 display Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller
/0/100/2.1 display Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller
/0/100/1a bus 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4
/0/100/1a.1 bus 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5
/0/100/1a.7 bus 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2
/0/100/1b multimedia 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller
/0/100/1c bridge 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 1
/0/100/1c.1 bridge 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 2
/0/100/1c.1/0 wlan0 network PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [Golan] Network Connection
/0/100/1c.5 bridge 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 6
/0/100/1c.5/0 eth0 network NetXtreme BCM5755M Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express
/0/100/1d bus 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1
/0/100/1d.1 bus 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2
/0/100/1d.2 bus 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3
/0/100/1d.7 bus 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1
/0/100/1e bridge 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge
/0/100/1e/1 bridge Cardbus bridge
/0/100/1e/1.4 bus Firewire (IEEE 1394)
/0/100/1f bridge 82801HEM (ICH8M) LPC Interface Controller
/0/100/1f.1 scsi0 storage 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) IDE Controller
/0/100/1f.1/0.0.0 /dev/cdrom disk DVD+-RW GSA-T11N
/0/100/1f.2 scsi2 storage 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) SATA AHCI Controller
/0/100/1f.2/0.0.0 /dev/sda disk 320GB WDC WD3200BEKT-2
/0/100/1f.2/0.0.0/1 /dev/sda1 volume 18GiB EXT3 volume
/0/100/1f.2/0.0.0/2 /dev/sda2 volume 9538MiB Linux swap volume
/0/100/1f.2/0.0.0/3 /dev/sda3 volume 270GiB EXT3 volume
/0/100/1f.3 bus 82801H (ICH8 Family) SMBus Controller
Linux yimtop 2.6.32-31-generic #61-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 8 18:24:35 UTC 2011 i686 GNU/Linux
[ 0.311663] ACPI: ACPI Dock Station Driver: 3 docks/bays found
[ 0.354278] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
[ 0.354290] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
[ 0.354318] usbcore: registered new device driver usb
[ 0.354788] hpet0: 3 comparators, 64-bit 14.318180 MHz counter
[ 0.360207] Switching to clocksource tsc
[ 0.425731] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 14 devices
[ 0.476791] input: Lid Switch as /devices/
[ 0.477339] ACPI: Lid Switch [LID]
[ 0.479082] Switching to clocksource hpet
[ 0.532100] usb usb1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 0.532129] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.552090] usb usb2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 0.552116] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.552381] usb usb3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 0.552406] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.552642] usb usb4: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 0.552672] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.552884] usb usb5: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 0.552910] hub 5-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.553124] usb usb6: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 0.553150] hub 6-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.553368] usb usb7: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 0.553395] hub 7-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.557152] device-mapper: multipath: version 1.1.0 loaded
[ 0.557155] device-mapper: multipath round-robin: version 1.0.0 loaded
[ 0.560760] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 0.861195] isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
[ 1.061314] eth0: Tigon3 [partno(BCM95755m) rev a002] (PCI Express) MAC address 00:18:8b:d5:f6:3c
[ 1.061317] eth0: attached PHY is 5755 (10/100/1000Base-T Ethernet) (WireSpeed[1])
[ 1.061319] eth0: RXcsums[1] LinkChgREG[0] MIirq[0] ASF[0] TSOcap[1]
[ 1.061322] eth0: dma_rwctrl[
[ 1.285100] usb 5-1: new low speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2
[ 1.452959] usb 5-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 1.466075] usbcore: registered new interface driver hiddev
[ 1.480176] input: DELL Laser Mouse as /devices/
[ 1.480258] generic-usb 0003:0461:
[ 1.480277] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbhid
[ 1.480280] usbhid: v2.6:USB HID core driver
[ 1.693043] usb 5-2: new low speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 3
[ 1.867979] usb 5-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 1.886217] input: DELL Dell QuietKey Keyboard as /devices/
[ 1.886275] generic-usb 0003:413C:
[ 2.128050] usb 7-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2
[ 2.274443] usb 7-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 2.276363] hub 7-1:1.0: USB hub found
[ 2.557333] usb 7-1.2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 3
[ 2.678462] usb 7-1.2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 18.151647] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[ 18.340599] yenta_cardbus 0000:03:01.0: CardBus bridge found [1028:01f9]
[ 18.556611] iwl3945: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG/BG Network Connection driver for Linux, 1.2.26ks
[ 18.556614] iwl3945: Copyright(c) 2003-2009 Intel Corporation
[ 18.556723] iwl3945 0000:0c:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
[ 18.556738] iwl3945 0000:0c:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 18.736195] iwl3945 0000:0c:00.0: Tunable channels: 13 802.11bg, 23 802.11a channels
[ 18.736199] iwl3945 0000:0c:00.0: Detected Intel Wireless WiFi Link 3945ABG
[ 18.736354] iwl3945 0000:0c:00.0: irq 29 for MSI/MSI-X
[ 18.765529] phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'iwl-3945-rs'
[ 19.565609] ADDRCONF(
[ 19.781764] input: HDA Intel Mic at Ext Left Jack as /devices/
[ 19.782014] input: HDA Intel HP Out at Ext Left Jack as /devices/
[ 19.978346] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 180x56
[ 20.023188] apm: BIOS not found.
[ 21.128243] tg3: eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex.
[ 21.128245] tg3: eth0: Flow control is off for TX and off for RX.
[ 21.128421] ADDRCONF(
[ 31.856015] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
wlan0 IEEE 802.11abg ESSID:off/any
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
27: PCI c00.0: 0282 WLAN controller
[Created at pci.318]
UDI: /org/freedeskto
Unique ID: y9sn.R_3Xvz9I_k9
Parent ID: qTvu.TkjeLK60Af8
SysFS ID: /devices/
SysFS BusID: 0000:0c:00.0
Hardware Class: network
Model: "Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [Golan] Network Connection"
Vendor: pci 0x8086 "Intel Corporation"
Device: pci 0x4222 "PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [Golan] Network Connection"
SubVendor: pci 0x8086 "Intel Corporation"
SubDevice: pci 0x1021
Revision: 0x02
Driver: "iwl3945"
Driver Modules: "iwl3945"
Device File: wlan0
Features: WLAN
Memory Range: 0xfe8ff000-
IRQ: 29 (no events)
HW Address: 00:1b:77:37:81:ac
WLAN channels: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 34 36 38 40 42 44 46 48 52 56 60 64 100 104 108 112 116 120 124
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 5.17 5.18 5.19 5.2 5.21 5.22 5.23 5.24 5.26 5.28 5.3 5.32 5.5 5.52 5.54 5.56 5.58 5.6 5.62
WLAN encryption modes: WEP40 WEP104 TKIP CCMP
WLAN authentication modes: open sharedkey wpa-psk wpa-eap
Module Alias: "pci:v00008086d
Driver Info #0:
Driver Status: iwl3945 is active
Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe iwl3945"
Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
Attached to: #16 (PCI bridge)
28: PCI 900.0: 0200 Ethernet controller
[Created at pci.318]
UDI: /org/freedeskto
Unique ID: rBUF.pAz96KNzBR8
Parent ID: HnsE.b2HeBu2fNjB
SysFS ID: /devices/
SysFS BusID: 0000:09:00.0
Hardware Class: network
Model: "Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5755M Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express"
Vendor: pci 0x14e4 "Broadcom"
Device: pci 0x1673 "NetXtreme BCM5755M Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express"
SubVendor: pci 0x1028 "Dell"
SubDevice: pci 0x01f9
Revision: 0x02
Driver: "tg3"
Driver Modules: "tg3"
Device File: eth0
Memory Range: 0xfe7f0000-
IRQ: 30 (100050 events)
HW Address: 00:18:8b:d5:f6:3c
Link detected: yes
Module Alias: "pci:v000014E4d
Driver Info #0:
Driver Status: tg3 is active
Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe tg3"
Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
Attached to: #17 (PCI bridge)
[main]
NetworkingEnabl
WirelessEnabled
WWANEnabled=true
Module Size Used by
binfmt_misc 6587 1
ppdev 5259 0
snd_hda_codec_idt 52010 1
fbcon 35102 71
tileblit 2031 1 fbcon
font 7557 1 fbcon
bitblit 4707 1 fbcon
softcursor 1189 1 bitblit
vga16fb 11385 0
vgastate 8961 1 vga16fb
joydev 8740 0
arc4 1153 2
snd_hda_intel 22069 2
snd_hda_codec 74201 2 snd_hda_
snd_hwdep 5412 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm_oss 35308 0
snd_mixer_oss 13746 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 70694 3 snd_hda_
snd_seq_dummy 1338 0
snd_seq_oss 26722 0
snd_seq_midi 4557 0
snd_rawmidi 19056 1 snd_seq_midi
pcmcia 30784 0
snd_seq_midi_event 6003 2 snd_seq_
iwl3945 68727 0
snd_seq 47263 6 snd_seq_
dell_wmi 1793 0
iwlcore 106050 1 iwl3945
i915 287810 3
drm_kms_helper 29329 1 i915
snd_timer 19098 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 5700 5 snd_seq_
mac80211 205402 2 iwl3945,iwlcore
snd 54180 16 snd_hda_
drm 162345 4 i915,drm_kms_helper
dell_laptop 6888 0
dcdbas 5422 1 dell_laptop
intel_agp 24375 2 i915
led_class 2864 2 iwl3945,iwlcore
psmouse 63245 0
serio_raw 3978 0
yenta_socket 20408 1
rsrc_nonstatic 10015 1 yenta_socket
i2c_algo_bit 5028 1 i915
pcmcia_core 32964 3 pcmcia,
cfg80211 126528 3 iwl3945,
agpgart 31724 2 drm,intel_agp
video 17375 1 i915
output 1871 1 video
soundcore 6620 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 7076 2 snd_hda_
lp 7028 0
parport 32635 2 ppdev,lp
usbhid 36110 0
hid 67096 1 usbhid
ohci1394 26950 0
ieee1394 81181 1 ohci1394
tg3 109324 0
ahci 32200 3
Please help!
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