Wireless not working in Asus EeePC 1000H after installing Xubuntu

Asked by Unni Krishna

Hello,
I have installed Xubuntu on Asus Eee PC 1000H- Previously, the system was working with XP including perfect Wireless. After installing Xubuntu, wifi is not working.
 I am here with some more details using command-- sudo lshw -C network; sudo rfkill list; lsusb

  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: AR8121/AR8113/AR8114 Gigabit or Fast Ethernet
       vendor: Atheros Communications Inc.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: b0
       serial: 00:23:54:30:a6:cc
       size: 100Mbit/s
       capacity: 100Mbit/s
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress vpd bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=ATL1E driverversion=1.0.0.7-NAPI duplex=full firmware=L1e ip=192.168.1.91 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100Mbit/s
       resources: irq:44 memory:fbfc0000-fbffffff ioport:ec00(size=128)
0: eeepc-wlan: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: yes
 Hard blocked: no
1: eeepc-bluetooth: Bluetooth
 Soft blocked: yes
 Hard blocked: no
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 04f2:b071 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd 2.0M UVC Webcam / CNF7129
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

please send troubleshoot information as early as possible.
thanks.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
#1

Is there a switch to enable/disable eifi? If so then press it. If not then try:

sudo rfkill unblock all

Do you dual boot the system?

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Unni Krishna (unnisam) said :
#2

Hello,
Thanks. problem solved. I am not using dual boot. All the controls are turned ON. I used the command you gave sent.

Many thanks once again!