wifi on asus laptop remains disabled
My laptop is an Asus K73SV, it has a ralink 5390 wifi adapter. The keyboard key to switch wifi on doesn't work. I have the following output (from help.ubuntu.com):
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*-network UNCLAIMED
description: Network controller
product: Ralink corp.
vendor: Ralink corp.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
resources: memory:
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: Atheros Communications
vendor: Atheros Communications
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:04:00.0
logical name: eth0
version: c0
serial: f4:6d:04:51:a9:f6
size: 100Mbit/s
capacity: 1Gbit/s
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
resources: irq:44 memory:
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.
eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.
# 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 2nd Generation Core Processor Family DRAM Controller [8086:0104] (rev 09)
00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family PCI Express Root Port [8086:0101] (rev 09)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0116] (rev 09)
00:16.0 Communication controller [0780]: Intel Corporation 6 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 [8086:1c3a] (rev 04)
00:1a.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 6 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 [8086:1c2d] (rev 05)
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 6 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller [8086:1c20] (rev 05)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 6 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1 [8086:1c10] (rev b5)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 6 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 2 [8086:1c12] (rev b5)
00:1c.5 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 6 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 6 [8086:1c1a] (rev b5)
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 6 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 [8086:1c26] (rev 05)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation HM65 Express Chipset Family LPC Controller [8086:1c49] (rev 05)
00:1f.2 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation 6 Series Chipset Family 6 port SATA AHCI Controller [8086:1c03] (rev 05)
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 6 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller [8086:1c22] (rev 05)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation Device [10de:0df4] (rev a1)
03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Ralink corp. Device [1814:5390]
04:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Atheros Communications Device [1969:1083] (rev c0)
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 047d:1012 Kensington PocketMouse
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 058f:a014 Alcor Micro Corp.
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 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
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/0 bus K73SV
/0/0 memory 64KiB BIOS
/0/4 processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2630QM CPU @
/0/4/5 memory 32KiB L1 cache
/0/4/6 memory 256KiB L2 cache
/0/4/7 memory 6MiB L3 cache
/0/40 memory 4GiB System Memory
/0/40/0 memory 4GiB SODIMM DDR3 Synchronous 1333
/0/40/1 memory DIMM [empty]
/0/40/2 memory DIMM [empty]
/0/40/3 memory DIMM [empty]
/0/100 bridge 2nd Generation Core Processor Fami
/0/100/1 bridge 2nd Generation Core Processor Fami
/0/100/1/0 display nVidia Corporation
/0/100/2 display 2nd Generation Core Processor Fami
/0/100/16 communication 6 Series Chipset Family MEI Contro
/0/100/1a bus 6 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanc
/0/100/1b multimedia 6 Series Chipset Family High Defin
/0/100/1c bridge 6 Series Chipset Family PCI Expres
/0/100/1c.1 bridge 6 Series Chipset Family PCI Expres
/0/100/1c.1/0 network Ralink corp.
/0/100/1c.5 bridge 6 Series Chipset Family PCI Expres
/0/100/1c.5/0 eth0 network Atheros Communications
/0/100/1d bus 6 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanc
/0/100/1f bridge HM65 Express Chipset Family LPC Co
/0/100/1f.2 scsi0 storage 6 Series Chipset Family 6 port SAT
/0/100/1f.2/0 /dev/sda disk 500GB ST9500325AS
/0/100/1f.2/0/1 /dev/sda1 volume 243MiB Linux filesystem partition
/0/100/1f.2/0/2 /dev/sda2 volume 465GiB Extended partition
/0/100/1f.2/0/2/5 /dev/sda5 volume 465GiB Linux filesystem partition
/0/100/1f.2/1 /dev/cdrom disk DVD A DS8A5SH
/0/100/1f.3 bus 6 Series Chipset Family SMBus Cont
Linux moorpoes 2.6.38-8-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Mon Apr 11 03:31:24 UTC 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
[ 0.000000] No AGP bridge found
[ 0.000000] found SMP MP-table at [ffff8800000fcc50] fcc50
[ 0.000000] No NUMA configuration found
[ 0.000000] No AGP bridge found
[ 1.560084] ACPI: EC: EC description table is found, configuring boot EC
[ 1.647477] [Firmware Bug]: ACPI: BIOS _OSI(Linux) query ignored
[ 1.747519] [Firmware Bug]: ACPI: BIOS _OSI(Linux) query ignored
[ 1.747597] [Firmware Bug]: ACPI: BIOS _OSI(Linux) query ignored
[ 2.067579] ACPI: No dock devices found.
[ 2.067581] HEST: Table not found.
[ 2.718410] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
[ 2.718419] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
[ 2.718442] usbcore: registered new device driver usb
[ 2.721026] Switching to clocksource hpet
[ 2.727082] Switched to NOHz mode on CPU #0
[ 2.727188] Switched to NOHz mode on CPU #3
[ 2.727193] Switched to NOHz mode on CPU #2
[ 2.727198] Switched to NOHz mode on CPU #1
[ 2.727211] Switched to NOHz mode on CPU #5
[ 2.727213] Switched to NOHz mode on CPU #4
[ 2.727216] Switched to NOHz mode on CPU #6
[ 2.727219] Switched to NOHz mode on CPU #7
[ 2.782423] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 14 devices
[ 3.141183] input: Lid Switch as /devices/
[ 3.171119] ACPI: Lid Switch [LID]
[ 3.362887] ERST: Table is not found!
[ 3.396737] i2c-core: driver [adp5520] using legacy suspend method
[ 3.396739] i2c-core: driver [adp5520] using legacy resume method
[ 3.421026] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 3.441001] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 3.444118] device-mapper: multipath: version 1.2.0 loaded
[ 3.444120] device-mapper: multipath round-robin: version 1.0.0 loaded
[ 3.447639] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 3.770839] usb 1-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 2
[ 3.800384] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 200x56
[ 3.921481] hub 1-1:1.0: USB hub found
[ 4.050683] usb 2-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 2
[ 4.060741] Switching to clocksource tsc
[ 4.211330] hub 2-1:1.0: USB hub found
[ 4.290660] usb 1-1.2: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 3
[ 4.610726] usb 2-1.4: new low speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 3
[ 4.739139] input: Kensington Kensington USB Wheel Mouse as /devices/
[ 4.739247] generic-usb 0003:047D:
[ 4.739262] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbhid
[ 4.739264] usbhid: USB HID core driver
[ 51.187073] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[ 51.190204] eeepc_wmi: No known WMI GUID found
[ 51.291458] uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device ASUS USB2.0 WebCam (058f:a014)
[ 51.294243] input: ASUS USB2.0 WebCam as /devices/
[ 51.294310] usbcore: registered new interface driver uvcvideo
[ 51.851052] input: HDA Intel PCH Mic as /devices/
[ 51.851106] input: HDA Intel PCH Headphone as /devices/
[ 53.220632] atl1c 0000:04:00.0: atl1c: eth0 NIC Link is Up<100 Mbps Full Duplex>
[ 63.301835] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
Manufacturer: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
Product Name: K73SV
Manufacturer: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
Manufacturer: Intel
Manufacturer: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
Product Name: K73SV
Manufacturer: Kingston
Manufacturer: [Empty]
Manufacturer: [Empty]
Manufacturer: [Empty]
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 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
[main]
NetworkingEnabl
WirelessEnabled
WWANEnabled=true
> hal.1: read hal dataprocess 12400: 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: 0280 Network controller
[Created at pci.318]
Unique ID: svHJ.WwxvHSWYcL0
Parent ID: qTvu.3vCxleOm2rF
SysFS ID: /devices/
SysFS BusID: 0000:03:00.0
Hardware Class: network
Model: "RaLink Network controller"
Vendor: pci 0x1814 "RaLink"
Device: pci 0x5390
SubVendor: pci 0x1a3b
SubDevice: pci 0x1155
Memory Range: 0xde200000-
IRQ: 10 (no events)
Module Alias: "pci:v00001814d
Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
Attached to: #15 (PCI bridge)
23: PCI 400.0: 0200 Ethernet controller
[Created at pci.318]
Unique ID: rBUF.VPVWDTPfG+9
Parent ID: HnsE.BDmwb8hdGU1
SysFS ID: /devices/
SysFS BusID: 0000:04:00.0
Hardware Class: network
Model: "Attansic Ethernet controller"
Vendor: pci 0x1969 "Attansic Technology Corp."
Device: pci 0x1083
SubVendor: pci 0x1043 "ASUSTeK Computer Inc."
SubDevice: pci 0x1851
Revision: 0xc0
Driver: "atl1c"
Driver Modules: "atl1c"
Device File: eth0
Memory Range: 0xdd800000-
I/O Ports: 0xa000-0xafff (rw)
IRQ: 44 (8328424 events)
HW Address: f4:6d:04:51:a9:f6
Link detected: yes
Module Alias: "pci:v00001969d
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)
Warning: bad ps syntax, perhaps a bogus '-'? See http://
root 1038 0.0 0.1 158224 4432 ? Ssl 17:11 0:00 NetworkManager
root 1045 0.0 0.0 7084 1172 ? S 17:11 0:00 /sbin/dhclient -d -4 -sf /usr/lib/
1000 12414 0.0 0.0 9136 1044 pts/0 S+ 21:10 0:00 egrep --color=auto icd|etwork
Module Size Used by
joydev 17606 0
nls_utf8 12557 0
udf 93525 0
crc_itu_t 12707 1 udf
binfmt_misc 17565 1
parport_pc 36959 0
ppdev 17113 0
nvidia 10709116 0
snd_hda_codec_hdmi 28103 1
snd_hda_
uvcvideo 72195 0
videodev 82052 1 uvcvideo
v4l2_compat_ioctl32 17078 1 videodev
snd_hda_intel 33211 2
snd_hda_codec 103804 3 snd_hda_
snd_hwdep 13604 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm 96625 3 snd_hda_
snd_seq_midi 13324 0
snd_rawmidi 30486 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 14899 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 61621 2 snd_seq_
snd_timer 29602 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 14462 3 snd_seq_
snd 67382 14 snd_hda_
sparse_keymap 13898 0
lp 17825 0
parport 46458 3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp
serio_raw 13166 0
soundcore 12680 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 18529 2 snd_hda_
sha256_generic 21031 2
cryptd 20510 0
aes_x86_64 17208 32
aes_generic 38279 1 aes_x86_64
usbhid 46956 0
hid 91020 1 usbhid
dm_crypt 22993 1
i915 514985 2
drm_kms_helper 42136 1 i915
drm 227495 3 i915,drm_kms_helper
ahci 25951 2
atl1c 41171 0
libahci 26642 1 ahci
i2c_algo_bit 13400 1 i915
video 19438 1 i915
christine@
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