Network connect button greyed out

Can you give the output of:

sudo lshw -C network; lsb_release -a; uname -a; sudo rfkill list; dmesg | grep -i firm

Thanks

Here it is...

woody@woody-Satellite-P205D:~$ sudo lshw -c network; lsh.release-a; uname-a

  *-network

       description: Ethernet interface

       product: RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller

       vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.

       physical id: 0

       bus info: pci@0000:11:00.0

       logical name: eth1

       version: 01

       serial: 70:00:39:00:46:00

       size: 10Mbit/s

       capacity: 100Mbit/s

       width: 64 bits

       clock: 33MHz

       capabilities: pm vpd msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list rom ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation

       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=2.3LK-NAPI duplex=half firmware=N/A latency=0 link=no multicast=yes port=MII speed=10Mbit/s

       resources: irq:43 ioport:a000(size=256) memory:f8300000-f8300fff memory:f8500000-f851ffff

  *-network

       description: Wireless interface

       product: AR242x / AR542x Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express)

       vendor: Atheros Communications Inc.

       physical id: 0

       bus info: pci@0000:17:00.0

       logical name: wlan0

       version: 01

       serial: 00:1b:9e:49:f7:ff

       width: 64 bits

       clock: 33MHz

       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless

       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ath5k driverversion=3.2.0-25-generic firmware=N/A latency=0 link=no multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg

       resources: irq:19 memory:f8200000-f820ffff

lsh.release-a: command not found

uname-a: command not found

woody@woody-Satellite-P205D:~$

woody@woody-Satellite-P205D:~$ sudo rfkill list; dmesg | grep-i firm

[sudo] password for woody:

0: phy0: Wireless LAN

 Soft blocked: no

 Hard blocked: no

grep-i: command not found

woody@woody-Satellite-P205D:~$

If you copy ad paste the command instead of trying to obe clever and cut it up / retype it you won't get any errors. But you didn't so you got errors.

Look CAREFULLY at the command you ran, then look at what you ran.

Pay particular attention to:

lsb_release
and
uname

Why did you not copy and paste the command? That is WHY I give the full command.....

If I could get the net in Ubuntu I would not have this issue. I have to change operating systems to get the internet which is why copy and paste is not an option, it is not a matter of trying to be cleaver, I would much prefer to copy and paste. Thank you for your time, I will be back to you with the proper response. I will carefully check the spacing between words.

Ok then you can copy to and from NTS in Ubuntu, so you can make a text file on NTFS which can then be opened in Windows.

Can you give the output of:

lsb_release -a; uname -a

Note the SPACE between the commands and the -a

you ran:

uname-a

when I asked for :

uname -a

See the space, it's important...

I did it, copy and paste as you suggested. Thanks for the suggestion! below is the result;

sudo lshw -C network; lsb_release -a; uname -a; sudo rfkill list; dmesg | grep -i firm

woody@woody-Satellite-P205D:~$ sudo lshw -C network; lsb_release -a; uname -a; sudo rfkill list; dmesg | grep -i firm
[sudo] password for woody:
  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller
       vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:11:00.0
       logical name: eth1
       version: 01
       serial: 70:00:39:00:46:00
       size: 10Mbit/s
       capacity: 100Mbit/s
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm vpd msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list rom ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=2.3LK-NAPI duplex=half firmware=N/A latency=0 link=no multicast=yes port=MII speed=10Mbit/s
       resources: irq:43 ioport:a000(size=256) memory:f8300000-f8300fff memory:f8500000-f851ffff
  *-network
       description: Wireless interface
       product: AR242x / AR542x Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express)
       vendor: Atheros Communications Inc.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:17:00.0
       logical name: wlan0
       version: 01
       serial: 00:1b:9e:49:f7:ff
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ath5k driverversion=3.2.0-25-generic firmware=N/A latency=0 link=no multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg
       resources: irq:19 memory:f8200000-f820ffff
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Release: 12.04
Codename: precise
Linux woody-Satellite-P205D 3.2.0-25-generic #40-Ubuntu SMP Wed May 23 20:30:51 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: no
[ 0.171026] [Firmware Bug]: ACPI: BIOS _OSI(Linux) query ignored
[ 0.180957] [Firmware Bug]: ACPI: No _BQC method, cannot determine initial brightness
[ 0.260512] [Firmware Bug]: ACPI: No _BQC method, cannot determine initial brightness
[ 20.193867] [Firmware Bug]: ACPI: No _BQC method, cannot determine initial brightness
woody@woody-Satellite-P205D:~$

Thanks for all you help.

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