[ 11.158384] eeepc_laptop: BIOS says wireless lan is blocked, but the pci device is present -> 0: eeepc-wlan: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: yes -> Atheros AR5001 wireless network adapter disabled on ASUS EeePC 900 in Ubuntu 11.10
Asus 900 EeePC
Previously wireless worked. My notes indicate an Atheros AR5001 wireless network adapter and a ath5k driver.
Information requested:
pat@pat-900:~$ sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install hwinfo grep rfkill; sudo lshw -C network; rfkill list; sudo iwlist scanning; cat /etc/network/
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*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: L2 Fast Ethernet
vendor: Atheros Communications
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
logical name: eth0
version: a0
serial: 00:22:15:19:ca:2d
size: 100Mbit/s
capacity: 100Mbit/s
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
resources: irq:43 memory:
0: eeepc-wlan: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: yes
Hard blocked: no
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.
eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_
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00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/PM/GMS/910GML Express Processor to DRAM Controller [8086:2590] (rev 04)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller [8086:2592] (rev 04)
00:02.1 Display controller [0380]: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller [8086:2792] (rev 04)
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/
00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/
00:1c.2 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/
00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/
00:1d.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/
00:1d.3 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/
00:1d.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev d4)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801FBM (ICH6M) LPC Interface Bridge [8086:2641] (rev 04)
00:1f.2 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801FBM (ICH6M) SATA Controller [8086:2653] (rev 04)
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/
03:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Atheros Communications L2 Fast Ethernet [1969:2048] (rev a0)
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 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 004 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 001 Device 002: ID 0951:1606 Kingston Technology
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 04f2:b071 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd 2.0M UVC Webcam / CNF7129
H/W path Device Class Description
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/0 bus 900
/0/0 memory 64KiB BIOS
/0/4 processor Intel(R) Celeron(R) M processor
/0/4/5 memory 32KiB L1 cache
/0/4/6 memory 512KiB L2 cache
/0/1f memory 1GiB System Memory
/0/1f/0 memory 1GiB DIMM DDR2 Synchronous 400 MHz
/0/100 bridge Mobile 915GM/PM/GMS/910GML Express
/0/100/2 display Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Gr
/0/100/2.1 display Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Gr
/0/100/1b multimedia 82801FB/
/0/100/1c bridge 82801FB/
/0/100/1c.1 bridge 82801FB/
/0/100/1c.1/0 eth0 network L2 Fast Ethernet
/0/100/1c.2 bridge 82801FB/
/0/100/1d bus 82801FB/
/0/100/1d.1 bus 82801FB/
/0/100/1d.2 bus 82801FB/
/0/100/1d.3 bus 82801FB/
/0/100/1d.7 bus 82801FB/
/0/100/1e bridge 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge
/0/100/1f bridge 82801FBM (ICH6M) LPC Interface Bri
/0/100/1f.2 scsi1 storage 82801FBM (ICH6M) SATA Controller
/0/100/1f.2/0.0.0 /dev/sda disk 4034MB ASUS-PHISON OB S
/0/100/1f.2/0.0.0/1 /dev/sda1 volume 3622MiB EXT4 volume
/0/100/1f.2/0.0.0/2 /dev/sda2 volume 223MiB Extended partition
/0/100/
/0/100/1f.2/0.1.0 /dev/sdb disk 16GB ASUS-PHISON SSD
/0/100/1f.2/0.1.0/1 /dev/sdb1 volume 14GiB EXT4 volume
/0/100/1f.2/0.1.0/2 /dev/sdb2 volume 1013MiB Extended partition
/0/100/
/0/100/1f.3 bus 82801FB/
/0/1 scsi2 storage
/0/1/0.0.0 /dev/sdc disk 7948MB SCSI Disk
/0/1/0.0.0/1 /dev/sdc1 volume 7576MiB Windows FAT volume
Linux pat-900 3.0.0-15-generic #25-Ubuntu SMP Mon Jan 2 17:45:26 UTC 2012 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
[ 0.000000] Found optimal setting for mtrr clean up
[ 0.000000] found SMP MP-table at [c00ff780] ff780
[ 0.005154] SMP alternatives: switching to UP code
[ 0.117444] ACPI: No dock devices found.
[ 0.117449] HEST: Table not found.
[ 0.131941] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
[ 0.131969] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
[ 0.132065] usbcore: registered new device driver usb
[ 0.136110] Switching to clocksource hpet
[ 0.139942] Switched to NOHz mode on CPU #0
[ 0.156920] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 13 devices
[ 0.362200] input: Lid Switch as /devices/
[ 0.366557] ACPI: Lid Switch [LID]
[ 0.378369] ERST: Table is not found!
[ 0.532713] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.533528] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.534155] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.534766] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.535363] hub 5-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.844371] usb 1-5: new high speed USB device number 2 using ehci_hcd
[ 1.211853] isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
[ 1.320415] usb 1-8: new high speed USB device number 3 using ehci_hcd
[ 1.805921] usb usb3: hash matches
[ 1.806106] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 2.462506] usbcore: registered new interface driver uas
[ 2.500919] scsi2 : usb-storage 1-5:1.0
[ 2.501163] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
[ 9.783263] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[ 10.763332] eeepc_laptop: Get control methods supported: 0x2101711
[ 11.158384] eeepc_laptop: BIOS says wireless lan is blocked, but the pci device is present
[ 11.158393] eeepc_laptop: skipped wireless hotplug as probably inappropriate for this model
[ 11.224667] ADDRCONF(
[ 11.427743] atl2: eth0 NIC Link is Up<100 Mbps Full Duplex>
[ 11.428198] ADDRCONF(
[ 12.177428] uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device CNF7129 (04f2:b071)
[ 12.206922] input: CNF7129 as /devices/
[ 12.207274] usbcore: registered new interface driver uvcvideo
[ 12.473944] elantech: assuming hardware version 2, firmware version 2.0.48
[ 13.491041] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 128x37
[ 13.974935] input: HDA Intel Mic as /devices/
[ 13.982510] input: HDA Intel Headphone as /devices/
[ 22.288026] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
[ 3472.344068] usb 2-2: new low speed USB device number 2 using uhci_hcd
[ 3472.994585] input: Logitech USB Receiver as /devices/
[ 3472.998328] generic-usb 0003:046D:
[ 3473.014654] generic-usb 0003:046D:
[ 3473.014700] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbhid
[ 3473.014705] usbhid: USB HID core driver
[ 3747.220065] usb 3-2: new low speed USB device number 2 using uhci_hcd
[ 3747.472833] input: Logitech Logitech USB Keyboard as /devices/
[ 3747.473119] generic-usb 0003:046D:
[ 5345.560104] usb 2-2: USB disconnect, device number 2
[ 5348.528070] usb 3-1: new low speed USB device number 3 using uhci_hcd
[ 5348.734574] input: Logitech USB Receiver as /devices/
[ 5348.735242] generic-usb 0003:046D:
[ 5348.752895] generic-usb 0003:046D:
[ 5353.496101] usb 3-2: USB disconnect, device number 2
[ 5358.952087] usb 3-1: USB disconnect, device number 3
Release Date: 03/03/2009
Serial services are supported (int 14h)
Manufacturer: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
Product Name: 900
Serial Number: EeePC-1234567890
Manufacturer: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
Product Name: 900
Serial Number: EeePC-0123456789
Manufacturer: ASUSTek Computer INC.
Serial Number: 0x00000000
Manufacturer: Intel
Serial Number: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
Manufacturer: Manufacturer0
Serial Number: SerNum0
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
install snd-rawmidi /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-rawmidi $CMDLINE_OPTS && { /sbin/modprobe --quiet --use-blacklist snd-seq-midi ; : ; }
# 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 2801: arguments to dbus_move_error() were incorrect, assertion "(dest) == NULL || !dbus_error_is_set ((dest))" failed in file ../../dbus/
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
24: PCI 300.0: 0200 Ethernet controller
[Created at pci.318]
Unique ID: rBUF.GxIm+EUdtcE
Parent ID: qTvu.DxTV52f1YQ4
SysFS ID: /devices/
SysFS BusID: 0000:03:00.0
Hardware Class: network
Model: "Attansic L2 100 Mbit Ethernet Adapter"
Vendor: pci 0x1969 "Attansic Technology Corp."
Device: pci 0x2048 "L2 100 Mbit Ethernet Adapter"
SubVendor: pci 0x1043 "ASUSTeK Computer Inc."
SubDevice: pci 0x8233
Revision: 0xa0
Driver: "atl2"
Driver Modules: "atl2"
Device File: eth0
Memory Range: 0xfbfc0000-
Memory Range: 0xfbfa0000-
IRQ: 43 (8175 events)
HW Address: 00:22:15:19:ca:2d
Link detected: yes
Module Alias: "pci:v00001969d
Driver Info #0:
Driver Status: atl2 is active
Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe atl2"
Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
Attached to: #13 (PCI bridge)
Warning: bad ps syntax, perhaps a bogus '-'? See http://
root 477 0.0 0.4 26708 4684 ? Ssl 09:22 0:00 NetworkManager
root 563 0.0 0.0 2736 868 ? S 09:22 0:00 /sbin/dhclient -d -4 -sf /usr/lib/
pat 2815 0.0 0.0 4188 776 pts/0 S+ 10:54 0:00 egrep --color=auto wpa|icd|etwork
Module Size Used by
usbhid 41905 0
hid 77367 1 usbhid
nls_iso8859_1 12617 1
nls_cp437 12751 1
vfat 17308 1
fat 55577 1 vfat
parport_pc 32114 0
ppdev 12849 0
joydev 17393 0
bnep 17923 2
rfcomm 38408 0
bluetooth 148839 10 bnep,rfcomm
snd_hda_
snd_hda_intel 24262 2
snd_hda_codec 91859 2 snd_hda_
snd_hwdep 13276 1 snd_hda_codec
uvcvideo 67271 0
snd_pcm 80435 2 snd_hda_
videodev 85626 1 uvcvideo
psmouse 73673 0
snd_seq_midi 13132 0
serio_raw 12990 0
i915 509487 3
snd_rawmidi 25241 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 14475 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 51567 2 snd_seq_
snd_timer 28932 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 14172 3 snd_seq_
drm_kms_helper 32889 1 i915
eeepc_laptop 19464 0
drm 192194 4 i915,drm_kms_helper
sparse_keymap 13658 1 eeepc_laptop
snd 55902 13 snd_hda_
binfmt_misc 17292 1
i2c_algo_bit 13199 1 i915
soundcore 12600 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 14115 2 snd_hda_
video 18908 1 i915
lp 17455 0
parport 40930 3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp
usb_storage 44173 1
uas 17699 0
atl2 27979 0
pat@pat-900:~$
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