1: phy0: Wireless LAN Hard blocked: yes -> DISABLED Wireless Ethernet controller [0200]: Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x / AR542x Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) [168c:001c] (rev 01) not working on Compaq Presario CQ50 Notebook PC in Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS

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  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller
       vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 02
       serial: 00:1d:72:79:82:4b
       size: 100Mbit/s
       capacity: 100Mbit/s
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix vpd 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=full ip=192.168.1.110 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=MII speed=100Mbit/s
       resources: irq:42 ioport:3000(size=256) memory:90410000-90410fff memory:90400000-9040ffff memory:90420000-9043ffff
  *-network DISABLED
       description: Wireless interface
       product: AR242x / AR542x 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: 00:23:4d:1c:df:e9
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ath5k driverversion=3.5.0-30-generic firmware=N/A latency=0 link=no multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg
       resources: irq:17 memory:92600000-9260ffff
  *-network DISABLED
       description: Wireless interface
       physical id: 2
       bus info: usb@2:3
       logical name: wlan1
       serial: 00:21:2f:39:be:96
       capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=r8712u multicast=yes wireless=unassociated
0: hp-wifi: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: yes
1: phy0: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: yes
wlan0 Interface doesn't support scanning : Network is down

lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

                    ESSID:"HOME-AB52"
                    Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1)
                    ESSID:"2WIRE874"
                    Frequency:2.417 GHz (Channel 2)
                    ESSID:"linksys"
                    Frequency:2.462 GHz (Channel 11)
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=12.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=precise
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS"
01:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller [10ec:8136] (rev 02)
 Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:360b]
 Kernel driver in use: r8169
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02:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x / AR542x Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) [168c:001c] (rev 01)
 Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company AR5BXB63 (Foxconn) 802.11bg Mini PCIe NIC [103c:137a]
 Kernel driver in use: ath5k
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0bda:8172 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8191SU 802.11n WLAN Adapter
Bus 008 Device 002: ID 045e:0745 Microsoft Corp. Nano Transceiver v1.0 for Bluetooth
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 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 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 008 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
RUNNING STATE WIFI-HARDWARE WIFI WWAN-HARDWARE WWAN
running connected disabled disabled enabled enabled
H/W path Device Class Description
===================================================
                            system Compaq Presario CQ50 Notebook PC (FR972UA
/0 bus 360B
/0/0 memory 1MiB BIOS
/0/13 memory 2GiB System Memory
/0/13/0 memory 1GiB SODIMM DDR2 Synchronous 667 MHz (1.5
/0/13/1 memory 1GiB SODIMM DDR2 Synchronous 667 MHz (1.5
/0/1c processor Genuine Intel(R) CPU 575 @ 2
/0/1c/1d memory 1MiB L2 cache
/0/1c/1f memory 32KiB L1 cache
/0/1e memory 32KiB L1 cache
/0/100 bridge Mobile 4 Series Chipset Memory Controller
/0/100/2 display Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphi
/0/100/2.1 display Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphi
/0/100/1a bus 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller
/0/100/1a.1 bus 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller
/0/100/1a.2 bus 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller
/0/100/1a.7 bus 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller
/0/100/1b multimedia 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller
/0/100/1c bridge 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 1
/0/100/1c/0 eth0 network RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethern
/0/100/1c.1 bridge 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 2
/0/100/1c.1/0 wlan0 network AR242x / AR542x Wireless Network Adapter
/0/100/1d bus 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller
/0/100/1d.1 bus 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller
/0/100/1d.2 bus 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller
/0/100/1d.7 bus 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller
/0/100/1e bridge 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge
/0/100/1f bridge ICH9M LPC Interface Controller
/0/100/1f.2 storage 82801IBM/IEM (ICH9M/ICH9M-E) 4 port SATA
/0/100/1f.3 bus 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller
/0/100/1f.6 generic 82801I (ICH9 Family) Thermal Subsystem
/0/1 scsi0 storage
/0/1/0.0.0 /dev/sda disk 320GB Hitachi HTS72503
/0/1/0.0.0/1 /dev/sda1 volume 296GiB EXT4 volume
/0/1/0.0.0/2 /dev/sda2 volume 1978MiB Extended partition
/0/1/0.0.0/2/5 /dev/sda5 volume 1978MiB Linux swap / Solaris partition
/0/2 scsi1 storage
/0/2/0.0.0 /dev/cdrom disk DVDRAM GSA-T50N
/1 power OEM_Define4
/2 wlan1 network Wireless interface
Linux ham-Compaq-Presario-CQ50-Notebook-PC 3.5.0-30-generic #51~precise1-Ubuntu SMP Wed May 15 08:50:20 UTC 2013 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
[ 0.000000] DMI: Hewlett-Packard Compaq Presario CQ50 Notebook PC/360B, BIOS F.24 08/13/2008
[ 0.004670] SMP alternatives: switching to UP code
[ 0.085123] [Firmware Bug]: ACPI: BIOS _OSI(Linux) query ignored
[ 0.117290] ACPI: No dock devices found.
[ 0.128142] pci 0000:02:00.0: [168c:001c] type 00 class 0x020000
[ 0.128176] pci 0000:02:00.0: reg 10: [mem 0x92600000-0x9260ffff 64bit]
[ 0.142625] ACPI: bus type usb registered
[ 0.142652] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
[ 0.142664] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
[ 0.142687] usbcore: registered new device driver usb
[ 0.148048] Switching to clocksource hpet
[ 0.157116] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 9 devices
[ 0.280688] pci 0000:02:00.0: Signaling PME through PCIe PME interrupt
[ 0.281989] input: Lid Switch as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0C0D:00/input/input0
[ 0.283225] ACPI: Lid Switch [LID0]
[ 0.373249] usb usb1: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0002
[ 0.373252] usb usb1: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 0.373255] usb usb1: Product: EHCI Host Controller
[ 0.373258] usb usb1: Manufacturer: Linux 3.5.0-30-generic ehci_hcd
[ 0.373260] usb usb1: SerialNumber: 0000:00:1a.7
[ 0.373391] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.432178] usb usb2: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0002
[ 0.432181] usb usb2: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 0.432184] usb usb2: Product: EHCI Host Controller
[ 0.432186] usb usb2: Manufacturer: Linux 3.5.0-30-generic ehci_hcd
[ 0.432189] usb usb2: SerialNumber: 0000:00:1d.7
[ 0.432322] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.432573] usb usb3: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0001
[ 0.432576] usb usb3: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 0.432579] usb usb3: Product: UHCI Host Controller
[ 0.432581] usb usb3: Manufacturer: Linux 3.5.0-30-generic uhci_hcd
[ 0.432584] usb usb3: SerialNumber: 0000:00:1a.0
[ 0.432681] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.432851] usb usb4: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0001
[ 0.432854] usb usb4: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 0.432857] usb usb4: Product: UHCI Host Controller
[ 0.432859] usb usb4: Manufacturer: Linux 3.5.0-30-generic uhci_hcd
[ 0.432862] usb usb4: SerialNumber: 0000:00:1a.1
[ 0.432955] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.433113] usb usb5: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0001
[ 0.433116] usb usb5: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 0.433118] usb usb5: Product: UHCI Host Controller
[ 0.433121] usb usb5: Manufacturer: Linux 3.5.0-30-generic uhci_hcd
[ 0.433123] usb usb5: SerialNumber: 0000:00:1a.2
[ 0.433216] hub 5-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.433362] usb usb6: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0001
[ 0.433365] usb usb6: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 0.433367] usb usb6: Product: UHCI Host Controller
[ 0.433370] usb usb6: Manufacturer: Linux 3.5.0-30-generic uhci_hcd
[ 0.433372] usb usb6: SerialNumber: 0000:00:1d.0
[ 0.433464] hub 6-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.433611] usb usb7: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0001
[ 0.433614] usb usb7: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 0.433617] usb usb7: Product: UHCI Host Controller
[ 0.433619] usb usb7: Manufacturer: Linux 3.5.0-30-generic uhci_hcd
[ 0.433622] usb usb7: SerialNumber: 0000:00:1d.1
[ 0.433714] hub 7-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.433854] usb usb8: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0001
[ 0.433857] usb usb8: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 0.433860] usb usb8: Product: UHCI Host Controller
[ 0.433863] usb usb8: Manufacturer: Linux 3.5.0-30-generic uhci_hcd
[ 0.433865] usb usb8: SerialNumber: 0000:00:1d.2
[ 0.433955] hub 8-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.434085] usbcore: registered new interface driver libusual
[ 0.807778] isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
[ 0.960206] usb 2-3: new high-speed USB device number 2 using ehci_hcd
[ 0.995433] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 1.142544] usb 2-3: New USB device found, idVendor=0bda, idProduct=8172
[ 1.142548] usb 2-3: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[ 1.142551] usb 2-3: Product: RTL8191S WLAN Adapter
[ 1.142554] usb 2-3: Manufacturer: Manufacturer Realtek
[ 1.142556] usb 2-3: SerialNumber: 00e04c000001
[ 1.454938] r8169 0000:01:00.0: eth0: RTL8102e at 0xf8438000, 00:1d:72:79:82:4b, XID 14a00000 IRQ 42
[ 1.632061] usb 8-1: new full-speed USB device number 2 using uhci_hcd
[ 1.798876] usb 8-1: New USB device found, idVendor=045e, idProduct=0745
[ 1.798880] usb 8-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
[ 1.798883] usb 8-1: Product: Microsoft\xffffffc2\xffffffae\xffffffae Nano Transceiver v2.0
[ 1.798885] usb 8-1: Manufacturer: Microsoft
[ 1.923143] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbhid
[ 1.923147] usbhid: USB HID core driver
[ 2.010081] input: Microsoft Microsoft\xffffffc2\xffffffae\xffffffae Nano Transceiver v2.0 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.2/usb8/8-1/8-1:1.0/input/input4
[ 2.010279] hid-generic 0003:045E:0745.0001: input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.11 Keyboard [Microsoft Microsoft\xffffffc2\xffffffae\xffffffae Nano Transceiver v2.0] on usb-0000:00:1d.2-1/input0
[ 2.012219] input: Microsoft Microsoft\xffffffc2\xffffffae\xffffffae Nano Transceiver v2.0 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.2/usb8/8-1/8-1:1.1/input/input5
[ 2.014280] hid-generic 0003:045E:0745.0002: input,hidraw1: USB HID v1.11 Mouse [Microsoft Microsoft\xffffffc2\xffffffae\xffffffae Nano Transceiver v2.0] on usb-0000:00:1d.2-1/input1
[ 2.033092] input: Microsoft Microsoft\xffffffc2\xffffffae\xffffffae Nano Transceiver v2.0 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.2/usb8/8-1/8-1:1.2/input/input6
[ 2.033529] hid-generic 0003:045E:0745.0003: input,hiddev0,hidraw2: USB HID v1.11 Device [Microsoft Microsoft\xffffffc2\xffffffae\xffffffae Nano Transceiver v2.0] on usb-0000:00:1d.2-1/input2
[ 11.556722] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 11.672387] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[ 11.761640] EXT4-fs (sda1): re-mounted. Opts: errors=remount-ro
[ 12.348694] cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain
[ 12.456536] ath5k 0000:02:00.0: registered as 'phy0'
[ 12.495830] r8712u: register rtl8712_netdev_ops to netdev_ops
[ 13.225869] r8169 0000:01:00.0: eth0: link down
[ 13.242684] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 13.244294] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 13.894838] cfg80211: World regulatory domain updated:
[ 13.894843] cfg80211: (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp)
[ 13.894846] cfg80211: (2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
[ 13.894848] cfg80211: (2457000 KHz - 2482000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
[ 13.894851] cfg80211: (2474000 KHz - 2494000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
[ 13.894853] cfg80211: (5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
[ 13.894855] cfg80211: (5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
[ 14.070547] r8712u: Loading firmware from "rtlwifi/rtl8712u.bin"
[ 14.071352] usbcore: registered new interface driver r8712u
[ 14.142175] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan1: link is not ready
[ 14.157929] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 160x50
[ 14.185909] lpc_ich: Resource conflict(s) found affecting iTCO_wdt
[ 14.185932] lpc_ich: Resource conflict(s) found affecting gpio_ich
[ 14.219437] ath: EEPROM regdomain: 0x64
[ 14.219442] ath: EEPROM indicates we should expect a direct regpair map
[ 14.219445] ath: Country alpha2 being used: 00
[ 14.219446] ath: Regpair used: 0x64
[ 14.219450] cfg80211: Updating information on frequency 2412 MHz for a 20 MHz width channel with regulatory rule:
[ 14.219452] cfg80211: 2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (N/A mBi, 2000 mBm)
[ 14.219455] cfg80211: Updating information on frequency 2417 MHz for a 20 MHz width channel with regulatory rule:
[ 14.219457] cfg80211: 2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (N/A mBi, 2000 mBm)
[ 14.219459] cfg80211: Updating information on frequency 2422 MHz for a 20 MHz width channel with regulatory rule:
[ 14.219461] cfg80211: 2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (N/A mBi, 2000 mBm)
[ 14.219463] cfg80211: Updating information on frequency 2427 MHz for a 20 MHz width channel with regulatory rule:
[ 14.219465] cfg80211: 2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (N/A mBi, 2000 mBm)
[ 14.219467] cfg80211: Updating information on frequency 2432 MHz for a 20 MHz width channel with regulatory rule:
[ 14.219470] cfg80211: 2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (N/A mBi, 2000 mBm)
[ 14.219472] cfg80211: Updating information on frequency 2437 MHz for a 20 MHz width channel with regulatory rule:
[ 14.219474] cfg80211: 2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (N/A mBi, 2000 mBm)
[ 14.219476] cfg80211: Updating information on frequency 2442 MHz for a 20 MHz width channel with regulatory rule:
[ 14.219478] cfg80211: 2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (N/A mBi, 2000 mBm)
[ 14.219480] cfg80211: Updating information on frequency 2447 MHz for a 20 MHz width channel with regulatory rule:
[ 14.219482] cfg80211: 2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (N/A mBi, 2000 mBm)
[ 14.219484] cfg80211: Updating information on frequency 2452 MHz for a 20 MHz width channel with regulatory rule:
[ 14.219487] cfg80211: 2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (N/A mBi, 2000 mBm)
[ 14.219489] cfg80211: Updating information on frequency 2457 MHz for a 20 MHz width channel with regulatory rule:
[ 14.219491] cfg80211: 2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (N/A mBi, 2000 mBm)
[ 14.219493] cfg80211: Updating information on frequency 2462 MHz for a 20 MHz width channel with regulatory rule:
[ 14.219495] cfg80211: 2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (N/A mBi, 2000 mBm)
[ 14.219497] cfg80211: Disabling freq 2467 MHz as custom regd has no rule that fits a 20 MHz wide channel
[ 14.219499] cfg80211: Disabling freq 2472 MHz as custom regd has no rule that fits a 20 MHz wide channel
[ 14.219501] cfg80211: Disabling freq 2484 MHz as custom regd has no rule that fits a 20 MHz wide channel
[ 14.219612] cfg80211: Ignoring regulatory request Set by core since the driver uses its own custom regulatory domain
[ 14.260531] ieee80211 phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'minstrel_ht'
[ 14.264589] Registered led device: ath5k-phy0::rx
[ 14.264655] Registered led device: ath5k-phy0::tx
[ 14.264667] ath5k: phy0: Atheros AR2425 chip found (MAC: 0xe2, PHY: 0x70)
[ 14.341920] input: HDA Intel HDMI/DP,pcm=3 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input10
[ 14.414043] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
[ 34.831367] type=1400 audit(1369134384.330:24): apparmor="DENIED" operation="open" parent=1 profile="/usr/lib/telepathy/mission-control-5" name="/usr/share/gvfs/remote-volume-monitors/" pid=1730 comm="mission-control" requested_mask="r" denied_mask="r" fsuid=1000 ouid=0
[ 38.065739] r8169 0000:01:00.0: eth0: link down
[ 38.066632] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 43.292500] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan1: link is not ready
[ 43.318771] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
[ 43.648496] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan1: link is not ready
[ 61.607951] r8169 0000:01:00.0: eth0: link down
[ 61.609424] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 86.038906] r8169 0000:01:00.0: eth0: link down
[ 86.040264] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 107.469635] r8169 0000:01:00.0: eth0: link down
[ 107.470078] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 257.844123] r8169 0000:01:00.0: eth0: link down
[ 257.851406] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 293.466507] r8169 0000:01:00.0: eth0: link up
[ 293.466681] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
 Release Date: 08/13/2008
 Manufacturer: Hewlett-Packard
 Product Name: Compaq Presario CQ50 Notebook PC
 Serial Number: 2CE836QCH4
 Manufacturer: Wistron
 Product Name: 360B
 Serial Number: 2CE836QCH4
 Manufacturer: Wistron
 Serial Number: Chassis Serial Number
 String 3: String3 for Original Equipment Manufacturer
 String 4: String4 for Original Equipment Manufacturer
 String 5: String5 for Original Equipment Manufacturer
 Option 1: String1 for Type12 Equipment Manufacturer
 Option 2: String2 for Type12 Equipment Manufacturer
 Option 3: String3 for Type12 Equipment Manufacturer
 Option 4: String4 for Type12 Equipment Manufacturer
 Manufacturer: OEM_Define2
 Serial Number: OEM_Define2
 Manufacturer: 7F7F7F7F43000000
 Serial Number: 00000000
 Manufacturer: 7F7F7F7F43000000
 Serial Number: 00000000
 Manufacturer: Intel(R) Corporation
 Serial Number: Not Specified
wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:off/any
          Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=off
          Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
          Power Management:off

lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wlan1 unassociated Nickname:"rtl_wifi"
          Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Sensitivity:0/0
          Retry:off RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
          Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

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]
NetworkingEnabled=true
WirelessEnabled=true
WWANEnabled=true
WimaxEnabled=true
> hal.1: read hal dataprocess 2606: arguments to dbus_move_error() were incorrect, assertion "(dest) == NULL || !dbus_error_is_set ((dest))" failed in file ../../dbus/dbus-errors.c line 282.
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
27: PCI 100.0: 0200 Ethernet controller
  [Created at pci.318]
  Unique ID: rBUF.0mmppS4sDi0
  Parent ID: z8Q3.bFG_Mm9z_D8
  SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.0/0000:01:00.0
  SysFS BusID: 0000:01:00.0
  Hardware Class: network
  Model: "Realtek RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller"
  Vendor: pci 0x10ec "Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd."
  Device: pci 0x8136 "RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller"
  SubVendor: pci 0x103c "Hewlett-Packard Company"
  SubDevice: pci 0x360b
  Revision: 0x02
  Driver: "r8169"
  Driver Modules: "r8169"
  Device File: eth0
  I/O Ports: 0x3000-0x4fff (rw)
  Memory Range: 0x90410000-0x90410fff (ro,non-prefetchable)
  Memory Range: 0x90400000-0x9040ffff (ro,non-prefetchable)
  Memory Range: 0x90420000-0x9043ffff (ro,non-prefetchable,disabled)
  IRQ: 42 (14921 events)
  HW Address: 00:1d:72:79:82:4b
  Link detected: yes
  Module Alias: "pci:v000010ECd00008136sv0000103Csd0000360Bbc02sc00i00"
  Driver Info #0:
    Driver Status: r8169 is active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe r8169"
  Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
  Attached to: #16 (PCI bridge)

28: PCI 200.0: 0282 WLAN controller
  [Created at pci.318]
  Unique ID: y9sn.eYBzW3bmQnB
  Parent ID: qTvu.d49UKvON2+8
  SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.1/0000:02:00.0
  SysFS BusID: 0000:02:00.0
  Hardware Class: network
  Model: "Atheros AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter"
  Vendor: pci 0x168c "Atheros Communications Inc."
  Device: pci 0x001c "AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter"
  SubVendor: pci 0x103c "Hewlett-Packard Company"
  SubDevice: pci 0x137a
  Revision: 0x01
  Driver: "ath5k"
  Driver Modules: "ath5k"
  Device File: wlan0
  Features: WLAN
  Memory Range: 0x92600000-0x9260ffff (rw,non-prefetchable)
  IRQ: 17 (67929 events)
  HW Address: 00:23:4d:1c:df:e9
  Link detected: no
  WLAN channels: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
  WLAN frequencies: 2.412 2.417 2.422 2.427 2.432 2.437 2.442 2.447 2.452 2.457 2.462
  WLAN encryption modes: WEP40 WEP104 TKIP CCMP
  WLAN authentication modes: open sharedkey wpa-psk wpa-eap
  Module Alias: "pci:v0000168Cd0000001Csv0000103Csd0000137Abc02sc00i00"
  Driver Info #0:
    Driver Status: ath5k is active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe ath5k"
  Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
  Attached to: #17 (PCI bridge)

49: USB 00.0: 0282 WLAN controller
  [Created at usb.122]
  Unique ID: 7bWa.NomXlQ88uo3
  Parent ID: pBe4.9T1GDCLyFd9
  SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb2/2-3/2-3:1.0
  SysFS BusID: 2-3:1.0
  Hardware Class: network
  Model: "Realtek RTL8191S WLAN Adapter"
  Hotplug: USB
  Vendor: usb 0x0bda "Realtek Semiconductor Corp."
  Device: usb 0x8172 "RTL8191S WLAN Adapter"
  Revision: "2.00"
  Serial ID: "00e04c000001"
  Driver: "r8712u"
  Driver Modules: "r8712u"
  Device File: wlan1
  Features: WLAN
  Speed: 480 Mbps
  HW Address: 00:21:2f:39:be:96
  WLAN channels: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
  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 2.484
  WLAN bitrates: 1 2 5.5 11
  WLAN encryption modes: TKIP CCMP
  WLAN authentication modes: open wpa-psk wpa-eap
  Module Alias: "usb:v0BDAp8172d0200dc00dsc00dp00icFFiscFFipFF"
  Driver Info #0:
    Driver Status: r8712u is active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe r8712u"
  Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
  Attached to: #48 (Hub)
Warning: bad ps syntax, perhaps a bogus '-'? See http://procps.sf.net/faq.html
root 776 0.0 0.2 32260 5628 ? Ssl 23:06 0:00 NetworkManager
root 1782 0.0 0.0 5960 1940 ? Ss 23:06 0:00 /sbin/wpa_supplicant -B -P /run/sendsigs.omit.d/wpasupplicant.pid -u -s -O /var/run/wpa_supplicant
root 1827 0.0 0.0 2924 1300 ? S 23:10 0:00 /sbin/dhclient -d -4 -sf /usr/lib/NetworkManager/nm-dhcp-client.action -pf /var/run/sendsigs.omit.d/network-manager.dhclient-eth0.pid -lf /var/lib/dhcp/dhclient-8fe2d48e-663f-41e6-88c1-1ea348a24bb7-eth0.lease -cf /var/run/nm-dhclient-eth0.conf eth0
nobody 1831 0.0 0.0 5400 1168 ? S 23:10 0:00 /usr/sbin/dnsmasq --no-resolv --keep-in-foreground --no-hosts --bind-interfaces --pid-file=/var/run/sendsigs.omit.d/network-manager.dnsmasq.pid --listen-address=127.0.0.1 --conf-file=/var/run/nm-dns-dnsmasq.conf --cache-size=0 --proxy-dnssec
ham 2622 0.0 0.0 4384 824 pts/0 S+ 23:36 0:00 egrep --color=auto wpa|icd|etwork
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window irtt Iface
0.0.0.0 192.168.1.254 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0
169.254.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.0.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
192.168.1.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
# Dynamic resolv.conf(5) file for glibc resolver(3) generated by resolvconf(8)
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE BY HAND -- YOUR CHANGES WILL BE OVERWRITTEN
nameserver 127.0.0.1
search gateway.2wire.net
total 47476
6291457 drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 May 20 22:26 .
      2 drwxr-xr-x 23 root root 4096 May 20 22:25 ..
6291460 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 856743 Jan 25 12:37 abi-3.5.0-23-generic
6315651 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 860943 May 15 05:12 abi-3.5.0-30-generic
6291461 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 154436 Jan 25 12:37 config-3.5.0-23-generic
6315655 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 154661 May 15 05:12 config-3.5.0-30-generic
6291458 drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 12288 May 20 22:25 grub
6315652 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 15397582 May 20 22:06 initrd.img-3.5.0-23-generic
6325308 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 15477320 May 20 22:26 initrd.img-3.5.0-30-generic
6291462 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 176764 Nov 27 2011 memtest86+.bin
6291463 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 178944 Nov 27 2011 memtest86+_multiboot.bin
6291459 -rw------- 1 root root 2421090 Jan 25 12:37 System.map-3.5.0-23-generic
6315654 -rw------- 1 root root 2419138 May 15 05:12 System.map-3.5.0-30-generic
6324958 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5237968 Feb 13 17:15 vmlinuz-3.5.0-23-generic
6315656 -rw------- 1 root root 5231440 May 15 05:12 vmlinuz-3.5.0-30-generic
Module Size Used by
snd_hda_codec_hdmi 31778 1
snd_hda_codec_conexant 52560 1
arc4 12474 2
coretemp 13362 0
hp_wmi 13653 0
sparse_keymap 13659 1 hp_wmi
snd_hda_intel 32983 3
snd_hda_codec 116477 3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_conexant,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep 13277 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm 81124 3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
snd_seq_midi 13133 0
snd_rawmidi 25426 1 snd_seq_midi
microcode 18396 0
snd_seq_midi_event 14476 1 snd_seq_midi
psmouse 91022 0
snd_seq 51594 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
r8712u 163918 0
ath5k 137284 0
snd_timer 28932 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
ath 19436 1 ath5k
snd_seq_device 14138 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
serio_raw 13032 0
joydev 17394 0
mac80211 475546 1 ath5k
snd 62675 16 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_conexant,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
lpc_ich 16993 0
soundcore 14636 1 snd
cfg80211 181041 3 ath5k,ath,mac80211
snd_page_alloc 14109 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
rfcomm 38104 0
bnep 17791 2
parport_pc 32115 0
bluetooth 189585 10 rfcomm,bnep
ppdev 12850 0
i915 474913 3
drm_kms_helper 47459 1 i915
drm 240232 4 i915,drm_kms_helper
i2c_algo_bit 13317 1 i915
wmi 18745 1 hp_wmi
mac_hid 13078 0
video 19117 1 i915
lp 17456 0
parport 40931 3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp
hid_generic 12485 0
usbhid 46054 0
hid 82511 2 hid_generic,usbhid
ahci 25621 2
libahci 26166 1 ahci
r8169 56853 0
ham@ham-Compaq-Presario-CQ50-Notebook-PC:~$

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Hugh Marshall (hamarsha) said :
#1

Installed to HDD
Compaq Presario CQ50
ham@ham-Compaq-Presario-CQ50-Notebook-PC:~$ lspci -nn
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Memory Controller Hub [8086:2a40] (rev 07)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2a42] (rev 07)
00:02.1 Display controller [0380]: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2a43] (rev 07)
00:1a.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 [8086:2937] (rev 03)
00:1a.1 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 [8086:2938] (rev 03)
00:1a.2 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6 [8086:2939] (rev 03)
00:1a.7 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 [8086:293c] (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller [8086:293e] (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 1 [8086:2940] (rev 03)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 2 [8086:2942] (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:2934] (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:2935] (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:2936] (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 [8086:293a] (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev 93)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation ICH9M LPC Interface Controller [8086:2919] (rev 03)
00:1f.2 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation 82801IBM/IEM (ICH9M/ICH9M-E) 4 port SATA Controller [AHCI mode] [8086:2929] (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller [8086:2930] (rev 03)
00:1f.6 Signal processing controller [1180]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) Thermal Subsystem [8086:2932] (rev 03)
01:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller [10ec:8136] (rev 02)
02:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x / AR542x Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) [168c:001c] (rev 01)
ham@ham-Compaq-Presario-CQ50-Notebook-PC:~$

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Souri (souriguha) said :
#2

try: sudo rfkill unblock all

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Best Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said :
#3

The following Terminal output (that you sent us) shows the issue that your wireless card is
having:

"
*-network DISABLED
       description: Wireless interface
       product: AR242x / AR542x Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express)
       vendor: Atheros Communications Inc.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
       logical name: wlan0

  *-network DISABLED
       description: Wireless interface
       physical id: 2
       bus info: usb@2:3
       logical name: wlan1

0: hp-wifi: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: yes
1: phy0: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: yes
wlan0 Interface doesn't support scanning : Network is down

RUNNING STATE WIFI-HARDWARE WIFI WWAN-HARDWARE WWAN
running connected disabled disabled enabled enabled

wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:off/any
          Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=off

"

So your wireless card is disabled by a hardware switch, a
special key combination (Fn-F2, etc...), by incorrect BIOS settings for
wireless, or a combination of these factors...

There might also be a BIOS option that allows you to have the wireless
functionality controlled "By application"

Search for the "by application" option in the BIOS and select it (if
possible)....

Also run the following 2 Terminal commands to try to change the rfkill
state of your wireless chipset:

rfkill unblock all

sudo rfkill unblock all

Then retest wireless.

Source: https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-nettool/+question/143439

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Hugh Marshall (hamarsha) said :
#4

Thanks Mark Rijckenberg, that solved my question.

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Hugh Marshall (hamarsha) said :
#5

Thanks for the help, I might have compounded my problem by trying to use a RTL8191 usb wireless device at the same time.

I removed it and ran the command line rfkill unblock all and it now works on reboot after reboot.

THANKS1