acer-wireless: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: yes -> DISABLED Wireless Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4313 802.11b/g/n Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:4727] (rev 01) not working correctly on Lenovo IdeaPad V460 (08862AU) PC Notebook in Ubuntu 11.04

Asked by Andrew

I just installed Ubuntu (Natty) last week and have been having problems with the wireless. I've tried removing and reinstalling the Broadcom 44xx STA driver (as suggested here - https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/bcm43xx) and rebooting, with no luck.

When I reboot, the wireless initially says that the hardware switch is off. After switching the physical switch to off, then on, and pressing the "soft" switch (fn+F5), the status then switches to "device not ready".

I have a Lenovo V460, with a Broadcom 4313 wireless card. The output below is the result of the command suggested here - https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WirelessTroubleshootingProcedure. Sorry it's long, but the site requested the full output:

Ign http://archive.canonical.com natty InRelease
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com natty InRelease
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security InRelease
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty InRelease
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates InRelease
Hit http://archive.canonical.com natty Release.gpg
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com natty Release.gpg
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security Release.gpg
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty Release.gpg
Hit http://archive.canonical.com natty Release
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com natty Release
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security Release
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates Release.gpg
Hit http://archive.canonical.com natty/partner i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty Release
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com natty/main Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/main Sources
Ign http://archive.canonical.com natty/partner TranslationIndex
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com natty/main i386 Packages
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com natty/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates Release
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://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty/main Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty/restricted Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty/universe Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty/multiverse Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty/main 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
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty/multiverse i386 Packages
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty/main TranslationIndex
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty/multiverse TranslationIndex
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/universe TranslationIndex
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty/restricted TranslationIndex
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty/universe TranslationIndex
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/main Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/restricted Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/universe Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/multiverse Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/main i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/multiverse i386 Packages
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/main TranslationIndex
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/multiverse TranslationIndex
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/restricted TranslationIndex
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/universe TranslationIndex
Ign http://archive.canonical.com natty/partner Translation-en_US
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com natty/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.canonical.com natty/partner Translation-en
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com natty/main Translation-en
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/main Translation-en
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/multiverse Translation-en
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/restricted Translation-en
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/universe Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty/main Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty/multiverse Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty/restricted Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty/universe Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/main Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/multiverse Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/restricted Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/universe Translation-en
Ign http://dl.google.com stable InRelease
Get:1 http://dl.google.com stable Release.gpg [198 B]
Get:2 http://dl.google.com stable Release [1,347 B]
Get:3 http://dl.google.com stable/main i386 Packages [766 B]
Ign http://dl.google.com stable/main TranslationIndex
Ign http://dl.google.com stable/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://dl.google.com stable/main Translation-en
Fetched 2,311 B in 1min 2s (37 B/s)
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 29 not upgraded.
  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: AR8131 Gigabit Ethernet
       vendor: Atheros Communications
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: c0
       serial: 5c:ff:35:07:9f:35
       size: 100Mbit/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=1.0.1.0-NAPI duplex=full firmware=N/A ip=192.168.1.101 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100Mbit/s
       resources: irq:43 memory:f2400000-f243ffff ioport:2000(size=128)
  *-network DISABLED
       description: Wireless interface
       product: BCM4313 802.11b/g/n Wireless LAN Controller
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:04:00.0
       logical name: eth1
       version: 01
       serial: 00:26:82:a3:61:75
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=wl0 driverversion=5.100.82.38 latency=0 multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11
       resources: irq:17 memory:f2500000-f2503fff
0: ideapad_wlan: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: no
1: ideapad_bluetooth: Bluetooth
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: no
3: brcmwl-0: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: no
4: acer-wireless: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: yes
 Hard blocked: no
5: hci0: Bluetooth
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: no
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth1 Scan completed :
          Cell 01 - Address: 00:26:F2:22:82:F6
                    ESSID:"MillionTrillion"
                    Mode:Managed
                    Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1)
                    Quality:2/5 Signal level:-76 dBm Noise level:-95 dBm
                    IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                    IE: WPA Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                    Encryption key:on
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
                              24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
                              12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
          Cell 02 - Address: 00:17:3F:B5:97:34
                    ESSID:"Esperanza"
                    Mode:Managed
                    Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1)
                    Quality:2/5 Signal level:-79 dBm Noise level:-95 dBm
                    Encryption key:on
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
                              9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s
                              48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
          Cell 03 - Address: 00:1F:33:C3:86:0B
                    ESSID:"Bacchus"
                    Mode:Managed
                    Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1)
                    Quality:1/5 Signal level:-85 dBm Noise level:-95 dBm
                    IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (1) : CCMP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                    IE: Unknown: DD730050F204104A0001101044000102103B000103104700107A273D325E5A87573B4BBE502A3C1970102100074E45544745415210230007574E523335303010240007574E52333530301042000A313233343536373839301054000800060050F204000110110007574E5233353030100800020086
                    IE: WPA Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (1) : TKIP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                    Encryption key:on
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
                              9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s
                              48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
          Cell 04 - Address: 00:14:51:6F:B0:97
                    ESSID:"aragon"
                    Mode:Managed
                    Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1)
                    Quality:1/5 Signal level:-80 dBm Noise level:-95 dBm
                    Encryption key:on
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
                              9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s
                              48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
          Cell 05 - Address: 30:46:9A:50:86:E4
                    ESSID:"dk"
                    Mode:Managed
                    Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1)
                    Quality:1/5 Signal level:-86 dBm Noise level:-95 dBm
                    IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                    IE: Unknown: DD0E0050F204104A0001101044000102
                    IE: WPA Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                    Encryption key:on
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
                              24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
                              12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
          Cell 06 - Address: C0:83:0A:4B:F2:71
                    ESSID:"2WIRE139"
                    Mode:Managed
                    Frequency:2.422 GHz (Channel 3)
                    Quality:1/5 Signal level:-87 dBm Noise level:-92 dBm
                    Encryption key:on
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
                              9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s
                              48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
          Cell 07 - Address: 00:21:29:76:02:C8
                    ESSID:"linksys"
                    Mode:Managed
                    Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
                    Quality:4/5 Signal level:-60 dBm Noise level:-95 dBm
                    IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                    IE: Unknown: DD7E0050F204104A0001101044000101103B00010310470010138140001DD211B29FFFC67E816B4BFB102100074C696E6B73797310230006526F7574657210240007575254353447321042000C435356303148344E313636341054000800060050F204000110110011576972656C6573732D4720526F75746572100800020088
                    IE: WPA Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                    Encryption key:on
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
                              24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
                              12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
          Cell 08 - Address: 00:1C:10:17:84:2A
                    ESSID:"linksys_SES_34459"
                    Mode:Managed
                    Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
                    Quality:4/5 Signal level:-58 dBm Noise level:-95 dBm
                    IE: WPA Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (1) : TKIP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                    Encryption key:on
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
                              24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
                              12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
          Cell 09 - Address: 00:1E:E5:6C:5F:C3
                    ESSID:"BananasAndGranola"
                    Mode:Managed
                    Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
                    Quality:4/5 Signal level:-60 dBm Noise level:-95 dBm
                    IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                    IE: WPA Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                    Encryption key:on
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
                              24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
                              12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
          Cell 10 - Address: 00:25:3C:72:FA:61
                    ESSID:"2WIRE434"
                    Mode:Managed
                    Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
                    Quality:4/5 Signal level:-63 dBm Noise level:-95 dBm
                    Encryption key:on
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
                              11 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s
                              48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
          Cell 11 - Address: 00:1D:7E:4F:B0:63
                    ESSID:"Offis"
                    Mode:Managed
                    Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
                    Quality:2/5 Signal level:-70 dBm Noise level:-95 dBm
                    Encryption key:on
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
                              24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
                              12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
          Cell 12 - Address: 00:16:B6:10:1A:80
                    ESSID:"linksys Part One"
                    Mode:Managed
                    Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
                    Quality:1/5 Signal level:-81 dBm Noise level:-95 dBm
                    IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
                        Group Cipher : CCMP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (1) : CCMP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                    Encryption key:on
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
                              24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
                              12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
          Cell 13 - Address: 00:25:9C:25:36:2F
                    ESSID:"Rockyroadto2304"
                    Mode:Managed
                    Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
                    Quality:2/5 Signal level:-77 dBm Noise level:-95 dBm
                    IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                    IE: WPA Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                    Encryption key:on
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
                              9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s
                              48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
          Cell 14 - Address: 00:21:E9:B8:63:99
                    ESSID:"Muffy's Bitch"
                    Mode:Managed
                    Frequency:2.457 GHz (Channel 10)
                    Quality:4/5 Signal level:-60 dBm Noise level:-92 dBm
                    IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                    IE: WPA Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (1) : TKIP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                    Encryption key:on
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
                              9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s
                              48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
          Cell 15 - Address: 00:14:D1:C7:FB:6C
                    ESSID:"Thomas Yarbrough"
                    Mode:Managed
                    Frequency:2.452 GHz (Channel 9)
                    Quality:2/5 Signal level:-75 dBm Noise level:-96 dBm
                    IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
                        Group Cipher : CCMP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (1) : CCMP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                    IE: Unknown: DD9F0050F204104A0001101044000102103B000103104700102880288028801880A8800014D1C7FB6C1021001A5452454E446E657420546563686E6F6C6F67792C20436F72702E102300185452454E446E657420576972656C65737320526F757465721024000854455736333947521042000831323334353637381054000800060050F20400011011000B5452454E446E6574415053100800020084103C000101
                    Encryption key:on
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
                              18 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s
                              24 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
          Cell 16 - Address: 68:7F:74:2A:AF:70
                    ESSID:"\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00"
                    Mode:Managed
                    Frequency:2.462 GHz (Channel 11)
                    Quality:4/5 Signal level:-58 dBm Noise level:-96 dBm
                    IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                    IE: Unknown: DD0E0050F204104A0001101044000102
                    IE: WPA Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                    Encryption key:on
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
                              24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
                              12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
          Cell 17 - Address: C0:3F:0E:BD:5B:5A
                    ESSID:"TATTERSKROLL"
                    Mode:Managed
                    Frequency:2.462 GHz (Channel 11)
                    Quality:5/5 Signal level:-53 dBm Noise level:-96 dBm
                    IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                    IE: WPA Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                    Encryption key:on
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s

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 Core Processor DRAM Controller [8086:0044] (rev 18)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0046] (rev 18)
00:16.0 Communication controller [0780]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset HECI Controller [8086:3b64] (rev 06)
00:1a.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller [8086:3b3c] (rev 05)
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset High Definition Audio [8086:3b56] (rev 05)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 1 [8086:3b42] (rev 05)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 2 [8086:3b44] (rev 05)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 4 [8086:3b48] (rev 05)
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller [8086:3b34] (rev 05)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev a5)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation Mobile 5 Series Chipset LPC Interface Controller [8086:3b09] (rev 05)
00:1f.2 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset 4 port SATA AHCI Controller [8086:3b29] (rev 05)
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset SMBus Controller [8086:3b30] (rev 05)
00:1f.6 Signal processing controller [1180]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset Thermal Subsystem [8086:3b32] (rev 05)
03:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Atheros Communications AR8131 Gigabit Ethernet [1969:1063] (rev c0)
04:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4313 802.11b/g/n Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:4727] (rev 01)
ff:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture Generic Non-core Registers [8086:2c62] (rev 05)
ff:00.1 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture System Address Decoder [8086:2d01] (rev 05)
ff:02.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Link 0 [8086:2d10] (rev 05)
ff:02.1 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Physical 0 [8086:2d11] (rev 05)
ff:02.2 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor Reserved [8086:2d12] (rev 05)
ff:02.3 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor Reserved [8086:2d13] (rev 05)
Bus 002 Device 004: ID 0bda:0138 Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 046d:c52f Logitech, Inc. Wireless Mouse M305
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 007: ID 0489:e00d Foxconn / Hon Hai
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 04f2:b18a Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 1c7a:0801 LighTuning Technology Inc.
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 1058:070a Western Digital Technologies, Inc. My Passport Essential SE
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
H/W path Device Class Description
==========================================================
                                system Notebook
/0 bus Motherboard
/0/0 memory 125KiB BIOS
/0/2 bus MoutCook
/0/4 processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU M
/0/4/5 memory 32KiB L1 cache
/0/4/6 memory 256KiB L2 cache
/0/4/7 memory 3MiB L3 cache
/0/4/1.1 processor Logical CPU
/0/4/1.2 processor Logical CPU
/0/4/1.3 processor Logical CPU
/0/4/1.4 processor Logical CPU
/0/4/1.5 processor Logical CPU
/0/4/1.6 processor Logical CPU
/0/4/1.7 processor Logical CPU
/0/4/1.8 processor Logical CPU
/0/4/1.9 processor Logical CPU
/0/4/1.a processor Logical CPU
/0/4/1.b processor Logical CPU
/0/4/1.c processor Logical CPU
/0/4/1.d processor Logical CPU
/0/4/1.e processor Logical CPU
/0/4/1.f processor Logical CPU
/0/4/1.10 processor Logical CPU
/0/18 memory 4GiB System Memory
/0/18/0 memory 2GiB SODIMM DDR3 Synchronous 1066
/0/18/1 memory 2GiB SODIMM DDR3 Synchronous 1066
/0/18/2 memory SODIMM DDR3 Synchronous [empty]
/0/18/3 memory SODIMM DDR3 Synchronous [empty]
/0/1 processor
/0/1/1.1 processor Logical CPU
/0/1/1.2 processor Logical CPU
/0/1/1.3 processor Logical CPU
/0/1/1.4 processor Logical CPU
/0/1/1.5 processor Logical CPU
/0/1/1.6 processor Logical CPU
/0/1/1.7 processor Logical CPU
/0/1/1.8 processor Logical CPU
/0/1/1.9 processor Logical CPU
/0/1/1.a processor Logical CPU
/0/1/1.b processor Logical CPU
/0/1/1.c processor Logical CPU
/0/1/1.d processor Logical CPU
/0/1/1.e processor Logical CPU
/0/1/1.f processor Logical CPU
/0/1/1.10 processor Logical CPU
/0/100 bridge Core Processor DRAM Controller
/0/100/2 display Core Processor Integrated Graphic
/0/100/16 communication 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset HECI
/0/100/1a bus 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2
/0/100/1b multimedia 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset High
/0/100/1c bridge 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI
/0/100/1c/0 eth0 network AR8131 Gigabit Ethernet
/0/100/1c.1 bridge 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI
/0/100/1c.1/0 eth1 network BCM4313 802.11b/g/n Wireless LAN
/0/100/1c.3 bridge 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI
/0/100/1d bus 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2
/0/100/1e bridge 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge
/0/100/1f bridge Mobile 5 Series Chipset LPC Inter
/0/100/1f.2 scsi0 storage 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset 4 po
/0/100/1f.2/0 /dev/sda disk 320GB WDC WD3200BEVT-2
/0/100/1f.2/0/1 /dev/sda1 volume 200MiB Windows NTFS volume
/0/100/1f.2/0/2 /dev/sda2 volume 132GiB Windows NTFS volume
/0/100/1f.2/0/3 /dev/sda3 volume 150GiB Extended partition
/0/100/1f.2/0/3/5 /dev/sda5 volume 146GiB Linux filesystem partition
/0/100/1f.2/0/3/6 /dev/sda6 volume 3828MiB Linux swap / Solaris part
/0/100/1f.2/0/4 /dev/sda4 volume 14GiB Windows NTFS volume
/0/100/1f.2/1 /dev/cdrom disk DVDRAM GT30N
/0/100/1f.2/1/0 /dev/cdrom disk
/0/100/1f.3 bus 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset SMBu
/0/100/1f.6 generic 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset Ther
/0/101 bridge Core Processor QuickPath Architec
/0/102 bridge Core Processor QuickPath Architec
/0/103 bridge Core Processor QPI Link 0
/0/104 bridge Core Processor QPI Physical 0
/0/105 bridge Core Processor Reserved
/0/106 bridge Core Processor Reserved
/0/3 scsi5 storage
/0/3/0.0.0 /dev/sdb disk SCSI Disk
/0/5 scsi6 storage
/0/5/0.0.0 /dev/sdc disk 499GB My Passport 070A
/0/5/0.0.0/1 /dev/sdc1 volume 465GiB Windows NTFS volume
/0/5/0.0.1 /dev/cdrom1 disk Virtual CD 070A
/0/5/0.0.1/0 /dev/cdrom1 disk
/0/5/0.0.1/0/1 volume 31KiB Apple partition map
/0/5/0.0.1/0/2 volume 226MiB Apple HFS
/0/5/0.0.2 generic SES Device
/1 power Intel Corporation
/2 system
/3 power To Be Defined By O.E.M
Linux DeepeningBlue 2.6.38-8-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Mon Apr 11 03:31:50 UTC 2011 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
[ 0.000000] found SMP MP-table at [c00f6950] f6950
[ 0.506259] [Firmware Bug]: ACPI: BIOS _OSI(Linux) query ignored
[ 0.738566] ACPI: No dock devices found.
[ 0.738570] HEST: Table not found.
[ 0.760683] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
[ 0.760691] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
[ 0.760713] usbcore: registered new device driver usb
[ 0.761242] hpet0: 8 comparators, 64-bit 14.318180 MHz counter
[ 0.763261] Switching to clocksource hpet
[ 0.766336] Switched to NOHz mode on CPU #0
[ 0.766399] Switched to NOHz mode on CPU #1
[ 0.766451] Switched to NOHz mode on CPU #3
[ 0.766455] Switched to NOHz mode on CPU #2
[ 0.770421] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 11 devices
[ 0.819544] input: Lid Switch as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0C0D:00/input/input0
[ 0.859222] ACPI: Lid Switch [LID0]
[ 0.935516] ERST: Table is not found!
[ 1.289646] isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
[ 1.294707] i2c-core: driver [adp5520] using legacy suspend method
[ 1.294708] i2c-core: driver [adp5520] using legacy resume method
[ 1.314587] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.334541] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.354650] device-mapper: multipath: version 1.2.0 loaded
[ 1.354652] device-mapper: multipath round-robin: version 1.0.0 loaded
[ 1.357060] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 1.649951] usb 2-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 2
[ 1.687846] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 170x48
[ 1.782485] hub 2-1:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.801688] Switching to clocksource tsc
[ 1.893529] usb 1-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 2
[ 2.026007] hub 1-1:1.0: USB hub found
[ 2.097354] usb 2-1.2: new full speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 3
[ 2.221857] input: Logitech USB Receiver as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb2/2-1/2-1.2/2-1.2:1.0/input/input5
[ 2.221946] generic-usb 0003:046D:C52F.0001: input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.11 Mouse [Logitech USB Receiver] on usb-0000:00:1d.0-1.2/input0
[ 2.224264] input: Logitech USB Receiver as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb2/2-1/2-1.2/2-1.2:1.1/input/input6
[ 2.224431] generic-usb 0003:046D:C52F.0002: input,hiddev0,hidraw1: USB HID v1.11 Device [Logitech USB Receiver] on usb-0000:00:1d.0-1.2/input1
[ 2.224446] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbhid
[ 2.224448] usbhid: USB HID core driver
[ 2.265075] usb 2-1.5: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 4
[ 2.378137] usbcore: registered new interface driver uas
[ 2.444758] usb 1-1.1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 3
[ 2.525770] scsi5 : usb-storage 2-1.5:1.0
[ 2.525926] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
[ 2.538586] scsi6 : usb-storage 1-1.1:1.0
[ 2.608477] usb 1-1.2: new full speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 4
[ 2.780195] usb 1-1.3: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 5
[ 2.943948] usb 1-1.6: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 6
[ 13.646524] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[ 13.749810] wl: module license 'MIXED/Proprietary' taints kernel.
[ 13.799652] intel ips 0000:00:1f.6: CPU TDP doesn't match expected value (found 25, expected 29)
[ 13.824208] wl 0000:04:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
[ 13.824218] wl 0000:04:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 13.836799] usbcore: registered new interface driver btusb
[ 13.847185] uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device Lenovo EasyCamera (04f2:b18a)
[ 13.849030] input: Lenovo EasyCamera as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.6/1-1.6:1.0/input/input8
[ 13.851415] usbcore: registered new interface driver uvcvideo
[ 13.987885] eth1: Broadcom BCM4727 802.11 Hybrid Wireless Controller 5.100.82.38
[ 14.356551] elantech: assuming hardware version 2, firmware version 4.0.2
[ 14.393010] atl1c 0000:03:00.0: atl1c: eth0 NIC Link is Up<100 Mbps Full Duplex>
[ 15.087264] input: HDA Intel Mic as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input10
[ 15.087345] input: HDA Intel Headphone as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input11
[ 25.097401] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
[ 194.251985] usb 1-1.2: USB disconnect, address 4
[ 194.252074] btusb_bulk_complete: hci0 urb f2adb000 failed to resubmit (19)
[ 194.252123] btusb_intr_complete: hci0 urb f2adbb80 failed to resubmit (19)
[ 194.252224] btusb_bulk_complete: hci0 urb f2adb600 failed to resubmit (19)
[ 194.252260] btusb_send_frame: hci0 urb f0731000 submission failed
[ 207.228141] usb 1-1.2: new full speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 7
 Manufacturer: LENOVO
 Product Name: 08862AU
 Manufacturer: LENOVO
 Product Name: MoutCook
 Manufacturer: LENOVO
 Manufacturer: Intel
 Manufacturer: 4444
 Manufacturer: 4444
 Manufacturer:
 Manufacturer:
 Manufacturer: Intel Corporation
 SBDS Manufacture Date: 1980-00-01
 Manufacturer Name: Intel
 Manufacturer: To Be Defined By O.E.M
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

eth1 IEEE 802.11 Access Point: Not-Associated
          Link Quality:5 Signal level:0 Noise level:162
          Rx invalid nwid:0 invalid crypt:0 invalid misc:0

# which ath5k cannot recover. To prevent this condition, stop
blacklist ath_pci
# Warning: This file is autogenerated by bcmwl. All changes to this file will be lost.
blacklist b43
blacklist b43legacy
blacklist bcm43xx
blacklist brcm80211
blacklist eth1394
# replaced by p54pci
blacklist prism54
# replaced by b43 and ssb.
blacklist bcm43xx
blacklist uart6850
blacklist twl4030_wdt
> hal.1: read hal dataprocess 2575: 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
22: PCI 300.0: 0200 Ethernet controller
  [Created at pci.318]
  Unique ID: rBUF.JTiiLMaKVVC
  Parent ID: z8Q3.FJacsZ0qhU8
  SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.0/0000:03:00.0
  SysFS BusID: 0000:03:00.0
  Hardware Class: network
  Model: "Attansic Ethernet controller"
  Vendor: pci 0x1969 "Attansic Technology Corp."
  Device: pci 0x1063
  SubVendor: pci 0x17aa "Lenovo"
  SubDevice: pci 0x3956
  Revision: 0xc0
  Driver: "atl1c"
  Driver Modules: "atl1c"
  Device File: eth0
  Memory Range: 0xf2400000-0xf243ffff (rw,non-prefetchable)
  I/O Ports: 0x2000-0x2fff (rw)
  IRQ: 43 (10286 events)
  HW Address: 5c:ff:35:07:9f:35
  Link detected: yes
  Module Alias: "pci:v00001969d00001063sv000017AAsd00003956bc02sc00i00"
  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: #13 (PCI bridge)

23: PCI 400.0: 0282 WLAN controller
  [Created at pci.318]
  Unique ID: JNkJ.Ssv+p5ilq98
  Parent ID: qTvu.ol2YwXEQdsC
  SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.1/0000:04:00.0
  SysFS BusID: 0000:04:00.0
  Hardware Class: network
  Model: "Broadcom WLAN controller"
  Vendor: pci 0x14e4 "Broadcom"
  Device: pci 0x4727
  SubVendor: pci 0x14e4 "Broadcom"
  SubDevice: pci 0x0510
  Revision: 0x01
  Driver: "wl"
  Driver Modules: "wl"
  Device File: eth1
  Features: WLAN
  Memory Range: 0xf2500000-0xf2503fff (rw,non-prefetchable)
  IRQ: 17 (384 events)
  HW Address: 00:26:82:a3:61:75
  WLAN channels: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
  WLAN frequencies: 2.412 2.417 2.422 2.427 2.432 2.437 2.442 2.447 2.452 2.457 2.462
  WLAN bitrates: 1 2 5.5 6 9 11 12 18 24 36 48 54 7 14.5 21.5 29 43.5 58 65 72
  WLAN encryption modes: WEP40 WEP104 WEP256 WEP128 TKIP CCMP
  WLAN authentication modes: open sharedkey wpa-psk wpa-eap
  Module Alias: "pci:v000014E4d00004727sv000014E4sd00000510bc02sc80i00"
  Driver Info #0:
    Driver Status: brcm80211 is not active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe brcm80211"
  Driver Info #1:
    Driver Status: wl is active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe wl"
  Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
  Attached to: #14 (PCI bridge)

[main]
NetworkingEnabled=true
WirelessEnabled=true
WWANEnabled=true
Module Size Used by
nls_utf8 12493 2
udf 83795 2
crc_itu_t 12627 1 udf
sha256_generic 20911 2
cryptd 19801 0
aes_i586 16956 340
aes_generic 38023 1 aes_i586
parport_pc 32111 0
ppdev 12849 0
dm_crypt 22463 1
rfcomm 38125 8
binfmt_misc 13213 1
sco 17779 2
bnep 17785 2
l2cap 48656 16 rfcomm,bnep
snd_hda_codec_realtek 255820 1
snd_hda_intel 24140 2
snd_hda_codec 90901 2 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep 13274 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm 80244 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
snd_seq_midi 13132 0
snd_rawmidi 25269 1 snd_seq_midi
acer_wmi 23123 0
snd_seq_midi_event 14475 1 snd_seq_midi
lib80211_crypt_tkip 17203 0
snd_seq 51291 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer 28659 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 14110 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
uvcvideo 66851 0
psmouse 73312 0
joydev 17322 0
btusb 18160 2
videodev 75143 1 uvcvideo
wl 2642531 0
serio_raw 12990 0
bluetooth 65565 9 rfcomm,sco,bnep,l2cap,btusb
intel_ips 17769 0
snd 55295 13 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
lib80211 14570 2 lib80211_crypt_tkip,wl
soundcore 12600 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 14073 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
ideapad_laptop 13262 0
sparse_keymap 13666 2 acer_wmi,ideapad_laptop
lp 13349 0
parport 36746 3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp
ses 17137 0
enclosure 14656 1 ses
usb_storage 43946 2
uas 17676 0
usbhid 41704 0
hid 77084 1 usbhid
i915 450944 8
ahci 21591 3
drm_kms_helper 40745 1 i915
libahci 25548 1 ahci
drm 180037 4 i915,drm_kms_helper
atl1c 36237 0
i2c_algo_bit 13184 1 i915
video 18951 1 i915

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Andrew (andrew-punnoose) said :
#1

I forgot to mention, as shown above, part of the output from the rfid list command is:

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

I'm not sure what "acer-wireless" is referring to, though, or why it's soft blocked. Any clues? Is this relevant? TIA.

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Best Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said :
#2

2 issues here:

1) In order to avoid wireless interference from the numerous other wireless access points, I recommend changing the wireless transmission channel on the wireless router to channel 4 (using a webbrowser to access the router's main configuration page).

2) Then please also 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 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.

This should force the Linux kernel to stop loading the acer_wmi module, which is probably causing the kernel to soft block your wireless card via the INVALID "acer-wireless: Wireless LAN" interface.

acer-wireless is for ACER computers, not for Lenovo machines....

To prove that I am not simply dreaming, please take a look at the following page: :-)

http://forums.opensuse.org/english/get-technical-help-here/laptop/457107-lenovo-b560.html

Read the remarks from forumuser Bilincaltix....

Once you have tackled both issues, the wireless issue should be solved.

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Andrew (andrew-punnoose) said :
#3

Thanks Mark Rijckenberg, that solved my question.

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Andrew (andrew-punnoose) said :
#4

Mark, thanks for the help, that solved my problem! Just to help other people who might be interested, this also worked:

sudo rmmod -f acer-wmi
sudo rfkill unblock all
rfkill list all

(as suggested here: http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-1745317.html)

As far as I can tell, it's doing something similar, but in a less permanent way.

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said :
#5

That's normal.

rmmod -f acer-wmi is not a permanent solution, as the unload of the acer-wmi module will not stick after rebooting.

Blacklisting the acer-wmi module is the permanent solution, because it prevents the Linux kernel from trying to load the acer-wmi module after EACH boot.

So running rmmod is only useful for testing, NOT as a permanent fix.