3: phy0: Wireless LAN Hard blocked: yes -> wireless disabled due to hardware switch -> DISABLED Wireless Network controller [0280]: Qualcomm Atheros AR9485 Wireless Network Adapter [168c:0032] (rev 01) not working on ASUS 1015E (ASUS-NotebookSKU) in Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS
Wifi was ON and working (I could download updates) while I installed Ubuntu 12.10 SE.
It stopped working with message "wireless disabled due to hardware switch" after I restarted after installation.
Debug info you require:
Output of command:
sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install hwinfo grep rfkill; sudo lshw -C network; rfkill list; sudo iwlist scanning; cat /etc/network/
is as follows:
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Reading package lists... Done
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
grep is already the newest version.
rfkill is already the newest version.
hwinfo is already the newest version.
The following package was automatically installed and is no longer required:
thunderbird-
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
*-network DISABLED
description: Wireless interface
product: AR9485 Wireless Network Adapter
vendor: Qualcomm Atheros
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
logical name: wlan0
version: 01
serial: 24:fd:52:c2:9a:ca
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
resources: irq:17 memory:
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: AR8162 Fast Ethernet
vendor: Qualcomm Atheros
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
logical name: eth0
version: 10
serial: ac:22:0b:6f:0d:d1
size: 100Mbit/s
capacity: 100Mbit/s
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
resources: irq:19 memory:
0: asus-wlan: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
1: asus-bluetooth: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: yes
Hard blocked: no
3: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: yes
eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.
wlan0 Interface doesn't support scanning : Network is down
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_
DISTRIB_
DISTRIB_
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 [8086:0106] (rev 09)
00:14.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family USB xHCI Host Controller [8086:1e31] (rev 04)
00:16.0 Communication controller [0780]: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 [8086:1e3a] (rev 04)
00:1a.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 [8086:1e2d] (rev 04)
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller [8086:1e20] (rev 04)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1 [8086:1e10] (rev c4)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 2 [8086:1e12] (rev c4)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 4 [8086:1e16] (rev c4)
00:1d.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 [8086:1e26] (rev 04)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 7 Series Chipset Family LPC Controller [8086:1e5e] (rev 04)
00:1f.2 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation 7 Series Chipset Family 6-port SATA Controller [AHCI mode] [8086:1e03] (rev 04)
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller [8086:1e22] (rev 04)
02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Qualcomm Atheros AR9485 Wireless Network Adapter [168c:0032] (rev 01)
03:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Qualcomm Atheros AR8162 Fast Ethernet [1969:1090] (rev 10)
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 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:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 13d3:5188 IMC Networks
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 045e:0084 Microsoft Corp. Basic Optical Mouse
H/W path Device Class Description
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/0 bus 1015E
/0/0 memory 64KiB BIOS
/0/8 memory 512KiB L2 cache
/0/9 memory 128KiB L1 cache
/0/a memory 2MiB L3 cache
/0/b memory 2GiB System Memory
/0/b/0 memory 2GiB SODIMM DDR3 Synchronous 1333 MHz
/0/b/1 memory DIMM [empty]
/0/b/2 memory DIMM [empty]
/0/b/3 memory DIMM [empty]
/0/c processor Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 847 @ 1.10GHz
/0/100 bridge 2nd Generation Core Processor Family D
/0/100/2 display 2nd Generation Core Processor Family I
/0/100/14 bus 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family US
/0/100/16 communication 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family ME
/0/100/1a bus 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family US
/0/100/1b multimedia 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family Hi
/0/100/1c bridge 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family PC
/0/100/1c.1 bridge 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family PC
/0/100/1c.1/0 wlan0 network AR9485 Wireless Network Adapter
/0/100/1c.3 bridge 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family PC
/0/100/1c.3/0 eth0 network AR8162 Fast Ethernet
/0/100/1d bus 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family US
/0/100/1f bridge 7 Series Chipset Family LPC Controller
/0/100/1f.2 storage 7 Series Chipset Family 6-port SATA Co
/0/100/1f.3 bus 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family SM
/0/1 scsi0 storage
/0/1/0.0.0 /dev/sda disk 320GB ST320LT012-9WS14
/0/1/0.0.0/1 /dev/sda1 volume 296GiB EXT4 volume
/0/1/0.0.0/2 /dev/sda2 volume 1931MiB Extended partition
/0/1/0.0.0/2/5 /dev/sda5 volume 1931MiB Linux swap / Solaris partition
Linux amit-1015E 3.8.0-32-generic #47~precise1-Ubuntu SMP Wed Oct 2 16:19:35 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
[ 0.000000] No AGP bridge found
[ 0.000000] Found optimal setting for mtrr clean up
[ 0.000000] found SMP MP-table at [mem 0x000fd7b0-
[ 0.000000] No NUMA configuration found
[ 0.000000] No AGP bridge found
[ 0.169736] ACPI: EC: EC description table is found, configuring boot EC
[ 0.181653] [Firmware Bug]: ACPI: BIOS _OSI(Linux) query ignored
[ 0.212744] ACPI: No dock devices found.
[ 0.234532] ACPI: bus type usb registered
[ 0.234561] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
[ 0.234579] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
[ 0.234624] usbcore: registered new device driver usb
[ 0.241148] Switching to clocksource hpet
[ 0.252755] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 15 devices
[ 0.917574] input: Lid Switch as /devices/
[ 0.925415] ACPI: Lid Switch [LID]
[ 0.961223] usb usb1: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0002
[ 0.961229] usb usb1: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 0.961234] usb usb1: Product: EHCI Host Controller
[ 0.961239] usb usb1: Manufacturer: Linux 3.8.0-32-generic ehci_hcd
[ 0.961257] usb usb1: SerialNumber: 0000:00:1a.0
[ 0.961660] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.977213] usb usb2: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0002
[ 0.977218] usb usb2: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 0.977223] usb usb2: Product: EHCI Host Controller
[ 0.977228] usb usb2: Manufacturer: Linux 3.8.0-32-generic ehci_hcd
[ 0.977233] usb usb2: SerialNumber: 0000:00:1d.0
[ 0.977657] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.978190] usb usb3: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0002
[ 0.978194] usb usb3: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 0.978198] usb usb3: Product: xHCI Host Controller
[ 0.978201] usb usb3: Manufacturer: Linux 3.8.0-32-generic xhci_hcd
[ 0.978205] usb usb3: SerialNumber: 0000:00:14.0
[ 0.978340] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.978507] usb usb4: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0003
[ 0.978511] usb usb4: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 0.978514] usb usb4: Product: xHCI Host Controller
[ 0.978518] usb usb4: Manufacturer: Linux 3.8.0-32-generic xhci_hcd
[ 0.978521] usb usb4: SerialNumber: 0000:00:14.0
[ 0.978650] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.985890] MODSIGN: Loaded cert 'Magrathea: Glacier signing key: 67fe864d210c67c
[ 0.996522] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 1.273214] usb 1-1: new high-speed USB device number 2 using ehci-pci
[ 1.405651] usb 1-1: New USB device found, idVendor=8087, idProduct=0024
[ 1.405661] usb 1-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=0, SerialNumber=0
[ 1.406077] hub 1-1:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.517201] usb 2-1: new high-speed USB device number 2 using ehci-pci
[ 1.649761] usb 2-1: New USB device found, idVendor=8087, idProduct=0024
[ 1.649769] usb 2-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=0, SerialNumber=0
[ 1.650153] hub 2-1:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.721397] usb 1-1.1: new full-speed USB device number 3 using ehci-pci
[ 1.815213] usb 1-1.1: New USB device found, idVendor=04ca, idProduct=3005
[ 1.815223] usb 1-1.1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[ 1.815229] usb 1-1.1: Product: Bluetooth USB Host Controller
[ 1.815235] usb 1-1.1: Manufacturer: Atheros Communications
[ 1.815240] usb 1-1.1: SerialNumber: Alaska Day 2006
[ 1.849172] Switching to clocksource tsc
[ 1.885225] usb 1-1.2: new high-speed USB device number 4 using ehci-pci
[ 2.083700] usb 1-1.2: New USB device found, idVendor=13d3, idProduct=5188
[ 2.083709] usb 1-1.2: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=1, SerialNumber=2
[ 2.083715] usb 1-1.2: Product: USB2.0 UVC HD Webcam
[ 2.083720] usb 1-1.2: Manufacturer: Azurewave
[ 2.083724] usb 1-1.2: SerialNumber: NULL
[ 2.157383] usb 2-1.4: new low-speed USB device number 3 using ehci-pci
[ 2.255945] usb 2-1.4: New USB device found, idVendor=045e, idProduct=0084
[ 2.255955] usb 2-1.4: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
[ 2.255961] usb 2-1.4: Product: Basic Optical Mouse
[ 2.255966] usb 2-1.4: Manufacturer: Microsoft
[ 2.263308] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbhid
[ 2.263314] usbhid: USB HID core driver
[ 2.266563] input: Microsoft Basic Optical Mouse as /devices/
[ 2.266765] hid-generic 0003:045E:
[ 6.445925] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[ 6.777813] lpc_ich: Resource conflict(s) found affecting gpio_ich
[ 7.362519] usbcore: registered new interface driver btusb
[ 7.372904] input: HDA Intel PCH HDMI/DP,pcm=3 as /devices/
[ 7.373211] input: HDA Intel PCH Headphone as /devices/
[ 7.386336] usbcore: registered new interface driver ath3k
[ 7.764263] psmouse serio4: elantech: assuming hardware version 4 (with firmware version 0x361f03)
[ 7.884796] ath: EEPROM regdomain: 0x60
[ 7.884798] ath: EEPROM indicates we should expect a direct regpair map
[ 7.884800] ath: Country alpha2 being used: 00
[ 7.884801] ath: Regpair used: 0x60
[ 8.217041] uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device USB2.0 UVC HD Webcam (13d3:5188)
[ 8.223675] input: USB2.0 UVC HD Webcam as /devices/
[ 8.223797] usbcore: registered new interface driver uvcvideo
[ 8.525111] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 170x48
[ 13.882263] type=1400 audit(138279528
[ 13.883105] type=1400 audit(138279528
[ 15.964347] IPv6: ADDRCONF(
[ 15.971624] IPv6: ADDRCONF(
[ 15.973697] IPv6: ADDRCONF(
[ 52.297286] usb 1-1.1: USB disconnect, device number 3
[ 66.564919] alx 0000:03:00.0 eth0: NIC Link Up: 100 Mbps Full
[ 66.565166] IPv6: ADDRCONF(
Release Date: 05/08/2013
Serial services are supported (int 14h)
Manufacturer: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
Product Name: 1015E
Serial Number: D8N0CX130570325
Manufacturer: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
Product Name: 1015E
Serial Number: BSN123456789012
Manufacturer: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
Serial Number: D8N0CX130570325
Manufacturer: Intel(R) Corporation
Serial Number: Not Specified
Manufacturer: Hynix/Hyundai
Serial Number: 00000000
Manufacturer: [Empty]
Serial Number: [Empty]
Manufacturer: [Empty]
Serial Number: [Empty]
Manufacturer: [Empty]
Serial Number: [Empty]
eth0 no wireless extensions.
lo no wireless extensions.
wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:off/any
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:on
install snd-rawmidi /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-rawmidi $CMDLINE_OPTS && { /sbin/modprobe --quiet --use-blacklist snd-seq-midi ; : ; }
options ath9k nohwcrypt=1
# 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 2998: 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
21: PCI 200.0: 0282 WLAN controller
[Created at pci.318]
Unique ID: y9sn.nrEzs1aHdI9
Parent ID: qTvu.1ELqqBkU2HE
SysFS ID: /devices/
SysFS BusID: 0000:02:00.0
Hardware Class: network
Model: "Atheros WLAN controller"
Vendor: pci 0x168c "Atheros Communications Inc."
Device: pci 0x0032
SubVendor: pci 0x11ad "Lite-On Communications Inc"
SubDevice: pci 0x6628
Revision: 0x01
Driver: "ath9k"
Driver Modules: "ath9k", "ath9k"
Device File: wlan0
Features: WLAN
Memory Range: 0xf7d00000-
Memory Range: 0xf7d80000-
IRQ: 17 (no events)
HW Address: 24:fd:52:c2:9a:ca
Link detected: no
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 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: #15 (PCI bridge)
22: PCI 300.0: 0200 Ethernet controller
[Created at pci.318]
Unique ID: rBUF.9IHp74EVQXA
Parent ID: Z7uZ.5u6qlTCJ9pF
SysFS ID: /devices/
SysFS BusID: 0000:03:00.0
Hardware Class: network
Model: "Attansic Ethernet controller"
Vendor: pci 0x1969 "Attansic Technology Corp."
Device: pci 0x1090
SubVendor: pci 0x1043 "ASUSTeK Computer Inc."
SubDevice: pci 0x115d
Revision: 0x10
Driver: "alx"
Driver Modules: "alx"
Device File: eth0
Memory Range: 0xf7c00000-
I/O Ports: 0xe000-0xefff (rw)
IRQ: 19 (no events)
HW Address: ac:22:0b:6f:0d:d1
Link detected: yes
Module Alias: "pci:v00001969d
Driver Info #0:
Driver Status: alx is active
Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe alx"
Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
Attached to: #16 (PCI bridge)
Warning: bad ps syntax, perhaps a bogus '-'? See http://
root 944 0.0 0.2 237640 5500 ? Ssl 19:18 0:00 NetworkManager
root 1970 0.0 0.0 7272 1576 ? S 19:18 0:00 /sbin/dhclient -d -4 -sf /usr/lib/
nobody 1974 0.0 0.0 33028 1504 ? S 19:18 0:00 /usr/sbin/dnsmasq --no-resolv --keep-
amit 3012 0.0 0.0 13592 908 pts/0 S+ 19:35 0:00 egrep --color=auto wpa|icd|etwork
Module Size Used by
parport_pc 28284 0
rfcomm 47864 0
bnep 18258 2
ppdev 17113 0
coretemp 13596 0
kvm_intel 137899 0
uvcvideo 82214 0
kvm 455932 1 kvm_intel
arc4 12573 2
videobuf2_core 40785 1 uvcvideo
joydev 17613 0
ath9k 151796 0
videodev 130053 2 uvcvideo,
mac80211 630977 1 ath9k
videobuf2_vmalloc 13056 1 uvcvideo
ghash_clmulni_intel 13259 0
videobuf2_memops 13202 1 videobuf2_vmalloc
cryptd 20501 1 ghash_clmulni_intel
ath9k_common 14053 1 ath9k
ath3k 12968 0
snd_hda_codec_hdmi 37463 1
btusb 22431 0
i915 620571 3
snd_hda_
ath9k_hw 422432 2 ath9k,ath9k_common
snd_hda_intel 44339 3
snd_hda_codec 141761 3 snd_hda_
psmouse 97873 0
snd_hwdep 13668 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm 102477 3 snd_hda_
drm_kms_helper 49597 1 i915
bluetooth 247165 12 rfcomm,
snd_seq_midi 13324 0
ath 24123 3 ath9k,ath9k_
asus_nb_wmi 12854 0
asus_wmi 24581 1 asus_nb_wmi
microcode 23017 0
sparse_keymap 13890 1 asus_wmi
cfg80211 525326 3 ath9k,mac80211,ath
snd_rawmidi 30417 1 snd_seq_midi
drm 287564 4 i915,drm_kms_helper
snd_seq_midi_event 14899 1 snd_seq_midi
alx 73230 0
snd_seq 61930 2 snd_seq_
wmi 19256 1 asus_wmi
serio_raw 13215 0
snd_timer 29989 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 14497 3 snd_seq_
snd 69533 16 snd_hda_
lpc_ich 17144 0
soundcore 12680 1 snd
mei 41820 0
snd_page_alloc 18798 2 snd_hda_
i2c_algo_bit 13564 1 i915
video 19652 2 i915,asus_wmi
mac_hid 13253 0
mdio 13807 1 alx
lp 17799 0
parport 46562 3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp
hid_generic 12540 0
usbhid 47346 0
hid 105582 2 hid_generic,usbhid
ahci 25879 2
libahci 31606 1 ahci
amit@amit-1015E:~$
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Please help !!
Thanks,
Amit
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