1: acer-wireless: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: yes -> DISABLED Wireless Network controller [0280]: Atheros Communications Inc. AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) [168c:002b] (rev 01) not working on Sony VAIO VPCEG1BFX in Ubuntu 11.10
I am running Ubuntu 11.10 and I love it. All except for one thing,....it will not recognize my wireless adapter.
I have tried everything to no avail, and I was hoping you could direct me to a driver that will work with it. I tried the links in Ubuntu support, but the links are both for older versions of Ubuntu, and when I click on them, it says "not found".
My adapter is an ATHEROS 9285 in a sony vaio laptop.
I admit, also, that I am no programming or scripting wizard either.
I have found some things online which claim that they "solve" this problem, but I have no idea what the heck I'm looking at when I pull them up and even if I did, I haven't the foggiest idea how to install them.
This has to be explained to a dummy like me in easy to understand step-by-step terms.
The Ubuntu stuff just has a button which says install.
You would think that Ubuntu would have a driver set up for this adapter which just comes with the system by now as I have seen SO MANY people with this same problem on the internet.
Is there any help at all that you folks can offer here?
Frustrated
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*-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: 90:00:4e:bc:15:87
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
resources: irq:16 memory:
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: AR8151 v2.0 Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: Atheros Communications
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:09:00.0
logical name: eth0
version: c0
serial: 78:84:3c:93:19:62
size: 100Mbit/s
capacity: 1Gbit/s
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
resources: irq:43 memory:
0: sony-wifi: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
1: acer-wireless: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: yes
Hard blocked: no
2: 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
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
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00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family DRAM Controller [8086:0104] (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/C200 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 [8086:1c3a] (rev 04)
00:1a.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 [8086:1c2d] (rev 04)
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller [8086:1c20] (rev 04)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1 [8086:1c10] (rev b4)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 2 [8086:1c12] (rev b4)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 4 [8086:1c16] (rev b4)
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 [8086:1c26] (rev 04)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation HM65 Express Chipset Family LPC Controller [8086:1c49] (rev 04)
00:1f.2 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family 6 port SATA AHCI Controller [8086:1c03] (rev 04)
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller [8086:1c22] (rev 04)
02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Atheros Communications Inc. AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) [168c:002b] (rev 01)
03:00.0 Unassigned class [ff00]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTS5116 PCI Express Card Reader [10ec:5209] (rev 01)
09:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Atheros Communications AR8151 v2.0 Gigabit Ethernet [1969:1083] (rev c0)
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 04f2:b290 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd
H/W path Device Class Description
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/0 bus VAIO
/0/0 memory 1MiB BIOS
/0/6 memory 8GiB System Memory
/0/6/0 memory 4GiB SODIMM DDR3 1333 MHz (0.8 ns)
/0/6/1 memory 4GiB SODIMM DDR3 1333 MHz (0.8 ns)
/0/c processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-2310M CPU @ 2.10GHz
/0/c/e memory 32KiB L1 cache
/0/c/f memory 256KiB L2 cache
/0/c/10 memory 3MiB L3 cache
/0/c/1.1 processor Logical CPU
/0/c/1.2 processor Logical CPU
/0/c/1.3 processor Logical CPU
/0/c/1.4 processor Logical CPU
/0/c/1.5 processor Logical CPU
/0/c/1.6 processor Logical CPU
/0/c/1.7 processor Logical CPU
/0/c/1.8 processor Logical CPU
/0/c/1.9 processor Logical CPU
/0/c/1.a processor Logical CPU
/0/c/1.b processor Logical CPU
/0/c/1.c processor Logical CPU
/0/c/1.d processor Logical CPU
/0/c/1.e processor Logical CPU
/0/c/1.f processor Logical CPU
/0/c/1.10 processor Logical CPU
/0/d memory 32KiB L1 cache
/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 2nd Generation Core Processor Family DRAM Controller
/0/100/2 display 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller
/0/100/16 communication 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1
/0/100/1a bus 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #2
/0/100/1b multimedia 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller
/0/100/1c bridge 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1
/0/100/1c/0 wlan0 network AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express)
/0/100/1c.1 bridge 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 2
/0/100/1c.1/0 scsi6 generic RTS5116 PCI Express Card Reader
/0/100/1c.1/0/0.0.0 /dev/sdb disk SCSI Disk
/0/100/1c.1/0/0.0.1 /dev/sdc disk MemoryStick
/0/100/
/0/100/1c.3 bridge 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 4
/0/100/1c.3/0 eth0 network AR8151 v2.0 Gigabit Ethernet
/0/100/1d bus 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #1
/0/100/1f bridge HM65 Express Chipset Family LPC Controller
/0/100/1f.2 scsi0 storage 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family 6 port SATA AHCI Controller
/0/100/1f.2/0 /dev/sda disk 500GB Hitachi HTS54505
/0/100/1f.2/0/1 /dev/sda1 volume 10GiB Windows NTFS volume
/0/100/1f.2/0/2 /dev/sda2 volume 100MiB Windows NTFS volume
/0/100/1f.2/0/3 /dev/sda3 volume 455GiB Windows NTFS volume
/0/100/1f.2/1 /dev/cdrom disk CDDVDW TS-L633C
/0/100/1f.3 bus 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller
Linux ubuntu 3.0.0-16-
[ 0.000000] found SMP MP-table at [c00fe1b0] fe1b0
[ 0.543229] [Firmware Bug]: ACPI: BIOS _OSI(Linux) query ignored
[ 0.629894] ACPI: No dock devices found.
[ 0.629896] HEST: Table not found.
[ 0.663192] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
[ 0.663201] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
[ 0.663228] usbcore: registered new device driver usb
[ 0.672690] Switching to clocksource hpet
[ 0.674954] Switched to NOHz mode on CPU #0
[ 0.675007] Switched to NOHz mode on CPU #2
[ 0.675009] Switched to NOHz mode on CPU #3
[ 0.675100] Switched to NOHz mode on CPU #1
[ 0.679981] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 5 devices
[ 0.744958] platform rtc_cmos: registered platform RTC device (no PNP device found)
[ 0.817067] input: Lid Switch as /devices/
[ 0.817093] ACPI: Lid Switch [LID0]
[ 0.819348] ERST: Table is not found!
[ 1.172795] isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
[ 1.248294] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.268253] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.283685] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 1.559768] usb 1-1: new high speed USB device number 2 using ehci_hcd
[ 1.692046] hub 1-1:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.743434] Switching to clocksource tsc
[ 1.803297] usb 2-1: new high speed USB device number 2 using ehci_hcd
[ 1.935814] hub 2-1:1.0: USB hub found
[ 2.007191] usb 1-1.2: new high speed USB device number 3 using ehci_hcd
[ 5.914772] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[ 8.288619] ath9k 0000:02:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
[ 8.288635] ath9k 0000:02:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 8.339444] ath: EEPROM regdomain: 0x65
[ 8.339446] ath: EEPROM indicates we should expect a direct regpair map
[ 8.339449] ath: Country alpha2 being used: 00
[ 8.339451] ath: Regpair used: 0x65
[ 8.412016] uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device Sony Visual Communication Camera (04f2:b290)
[ 8.421632] input: Sony Visual Communication Camer as /devices/
[ 8.421705] usbcore: registered new interface driver uvcvideo
[ 8.468651] ieee80211 phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'ath9k_
[ 8.469208] Registered led device: ath9k-phy0
[ 8.514551] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 170x48
[ 9.228824] hda_codec: CX20590: BIOS auto-probing.
[ 9.255320] input: HDA Intel PCH HDMI/DP,pcm=3 as /devices/
[ 15.690931] atl1c 0000:09:00.0: atl1c: eth0 NIC Link is Up<100 Mbps Full Duplex>
[ 25.871472] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
Release Date: 05/02/2011
Manufacturer: Sony Corporation
Product Name: VPCEG1BFX
Serial Number: 27548319-3025287
Manufacturer: Sony Corporation
Product Name: VAIO
Serial Number: N/A
Manufacturer: Sony Corporation
Serial Number: N/A
Manufacturer: Kingston
Serial Number: 8B348B78
Manufacturer: Micron Technology
Serial Number: 3639DADC
Manufacturer: Intel(R) Corporation
Serial Number: N/A
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:off/any
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:off
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
WimaxEnabled=true
> hal.1: read hal dataprocess 2262: 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
20: PCI 200.0: 0282 WLAN controller
[Created at pci.318]
Unique ID: y9sn.8lvD45FXCI3
Parent ID: z8Q3.BIRzRHILTZ8
SysFS ID: /devices/
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", "ath9k"
Device File: wlan0
Features: WLAN
Memory Range: 0xd2500000-
IRQ: 16 (105 events)
HW Address: 90:00:4e:bc:15:87
Link detected: no
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:v0000168Cd
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: #13 (PCI bridge)
22: PCI 900.0: 0200 Ethernet controller
[Created at pci.318]
Unique ID: rBUF.w6XLTcKW383
Parent ID: Z7uZ.Hn5TKi+ZdsA
SysFS ID: /devices/
SysFS BusID: 0000:09:00.0
Hardware Class: network
Model: "Attansic Ethernet controller"
Vendor: pci 0x1969 "Attansic Technology Corp."
Device: pci 0x1083
SubVendor: pci 0x104d "Sony Corporation"
SubDevice: pci 0x908a
Revision: 0xc0
Driver: "atl1c"
Driver Modules: "atl1c"
Device File: eth0
Memory Range: 0xd1400000-
I/O Ports: 0x2000-0x2fff (rw)
IRQ: 43 (1068 events)
HW Address: 78:84:3c:93:19:62
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: #15 (PCI bridge)
Warning: bad ps syntax, perhaps a bogus '-'? See http://
root 975 0.0 0.0 27920 4828 ? Ssl 21:04 0:00 NetworkManager
root 995 0.0 0.0 2744 1228 ? S 21:04 0:00 /sbin/dhclient -d -4 -sf /usr/lib/
hal9000 2276 0.0 0.0 4452 768 pts/0 S+ 21:09 0:00 egrep --color=auto wpa|icd|etwork
Module Size Used by
parport_pc 32114 0
ppdev 12849 0
binfmt_misc 17292 1
snd_hda_codec_hdmi 31426 1
snd_hda_
snd_hda_intel 28358 2
snd_hda_codec 91859 3 snd_hda_
arc4 12473 2
snd_hwdep 13276 1 snd_hda_codec
uvcvideo 67271 0
snd_pcm 80435 3 snd_hda_
snd_seq_midi 13132 0
videodev 85626 1 uvcvideo
snd_rawmidi 25241 1 snd_seq_midi
ath9k 110903 0
i915 509554 3
snd_seq_midi_event 14475 1 snd_seq_midi
joydev 17393 0
mac80211 406860 1 ath9k
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
ath9k_common 13599 1 ath9k
drm 196290 4 i915,drm_kms_helper
ath9k_hw 320407 2 ath9k,ath9k_common
snd 55902 14 snd_hda_
rts_pstor 353227 0
soundcore 12600 1 snd
ath 19148 2 ath9k,ath9k_hw
psmouse 63474 0
snd_page_alloc 14108 2 snd_hda_
cfg80211 171447 3 ath9k,mac80211,ath
mei 36466 0
acer_wmi 23302 0
i2c_algo_bit 13199 1 i915
serio_raw 12990 0
sparse_keymap 13658 1 acer_wmi
sony_laptop 39681 0
wmi 18744 1 acer_wmi
video 18908 1 i915
lp 17455 0
parport 40930 3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp
ahci 21634 1
libahci 25761 1 ahci
atl1c 35852 0
hal9000@ubuntu:~$
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SONY VAIO - VPCEG1BFX
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Thank you for trying to help me so quickly, I hope this information is what you needed,...I'll keep my fingers crossed. :)
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