Wifi (Disabled by hardware switch) Wifi button (Does not work) Lubuntu/HP Laptop/AR242x / AR542xAT
I'm a Lubuntu end user with little knowledge on Terminal workarounds. EG When I tried fixing my problem from solutions on the net, I'm afraid I could have changed my Wifi drivers; however I could not trace my correct drivers from websites, and If I did, I doubt I'd have a clue as to how to install them.
After Lubuntu instal, Wifi-button(ON/blue OFF/Red) never worked but wifi worked. When I installed 'kde-nm-
In addition, any assistance to resolve my 'Update/Upgrade' errors (Ign)... Or any other errors that you've noted, which I haven't.... would be appreciated.
Finally, If there's any way to minimise the Spinning Noise, other than blowing the dust, do tell.
Please help.
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Fetched 878 kB in 4min 28s (3,270 B/s)
Reading package lists... Done
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Building dependency tree
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Package hwinfo is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
E: Package 'hwinfo' has no installation candidate
*-network DISABLED
description: Wireless interface
product: AR242x / AR542x Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express)
vendor: Qualcomm Atheros
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
logical name: wlan0
version: 01
serial: 00:1f:3a:2c:94:3a
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
resources: irq:16 memory:
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: RTL-8100/8101L/8139 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter
vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
physical id: 1
bus info: pci@0000:02:01.0
logical name: eth0
version: 10
serial: 00:1b:38:f5:4a:7d
size: 100Mbit/s
capacity: 100Mbit/s
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
resources: irq:16 ioport:
0: 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.
# interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8)
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_
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01:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Qualcomm Atheros AR242x / AR542x Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) [168c:001c] (rev 01)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:137b]
Kernel driver in use: ath5k
02:01.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8100/8101L/8139 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter [10ec:8139] (rev 10)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Presario C700 [103c:30d9]
Kernel driver in use: 8139too
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 04f2:b057 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd integrated USB webcam
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 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 002 Device 002: ID 046d:c52f Logitech, Inc. Unifying Receiver
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
RUNNING STATE WIFI-HARDWARE WIFI WWAN-HARDWARE WWAN
running connected disabled disabled enabled disabled
H/W path Device Class Description
=======
/0 bus 30D9
/0/0 memory 1MiB BIOS
/0/e processor Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual CPU T2330 @
/0/e/f memory 1MiB L2 cache
/0/e/11 memory 32KiB L1 cache
/0/e/1.1 processor Logical CPU
/0/e/1.2 processor Logical CPU
/0/10 memory 32KiB L1 cache
/0/12 memory 2GiB System Memory
/0/12/0 memory 1GiB SODIMM DDR2 Synchronous 533 MHz (1.
/0/12/1 memory 1GiB SODIMM DDR2 Synchronous 533 MHz (1.
/0/100 bridge Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory Controll
/0/100/2 display Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics C
/0/100/2.1 display Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics C
/0/100/1b multimedia 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller
/0/100/1c bridge 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 1
/0/100/1c/0 wlan0 network AR242x / AR542x Wireless Network Adapter
/0/100/1d bus 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller
/0/100/1d.1 bus 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller
/0/100/1d.2 bus 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller
/0/100/1d.7 bus 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controlle
/0/100/1e bridge 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge
/0/100/1e/1 eth0 network RTL-8100/8101L/8139 PCI Fast Ethernet Ad
/0/100/1f bridge 82801HM (ICH8M) LPC Interface Controller
/0/100/1f.2 storage 82801HM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) SATA Control
/0/100/1f.3 bus 82801H (ICH8 Family) SMBus Controller
/0/1 scsi0 storage
/0/1/0.0.0 /dev/sda disk 160GB TOSHIBA MK1637GS
/0/1/0.0.0/1 /dev/sda1 volume 136GiB EXT4 volume
/0/1/0.0.0/2 /dev/sda2 volume 12GiB Extended partition
/0/1/0.0.0/2/5 /dev/sda5 volume 2037MiB Linux swap / Solaris partition
/0/1/0.0.0/2/6 /dev/sda6 volume 8334MiB Linux filesystem partition
/0/1/0.0.0/2/7 /dev/sda7 volume 2033MiB Linux swap / Solaris partition
/0/2 scsi1 storage
/0/2/0.0.0 /dev/cdrom disk CDDVDW TS-L632H
Linux ocs 3.13.0-32-generic #57-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jul 15 03:51:12 UTC 2014 i686 i686 i686 GNU/Linux
[ 0.000000] DMI: Hewlett-Packard HP GSeries Notebook PC/30D9, BIOS F.24 01/24/2008
[ 0.000000] found SMP MP-table at [mem 0x000fe270-
[ 0.100507] [Firmware Bug]: ACPI: BIOS _OSI(Linux) query ignored
[ 0.260345] ACPI: No dock devices found.
[ 0.504977] [Firmware Bug]: ACPI: No _BQC method, cannot determine initial brightness
[ 0.505011] [Firmware Bug]: ACPI: No _BQC method, cannot determine initial brightness
[ 0.584545] ACPI BIOS Error (bug): \_SB_.PCI0._OSC: Excess arguments - ASL declared 5, ACPI requires 4 (20131115/
[ 0.591650] Found 1 acpi root devices
[ 0.592351] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
[ 0.592351] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
[ 0.592351] usbcore: registered new device driver usb
[ 0.608047] Switched to clocksource hpet
[ 0.701119] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 8 devices
[ 1.345831] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 128x48
[ 1.629295] input: Lid Switch as /devices/
[ 1.629856] ACPI: Lid Switch [LID0]
[ 2.088947] isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
[ 2.244133] usb usb1: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0002
[ 2.244136] usb usb1: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 2.244138] usb usb1: Product: EHCI Host Controller
[ 2.244140] usb usb1: Manufacturer: Linux 3.13.0-32-generic ehci_hcd
[ 2.244142] usb usb1: SerialNumber: 0000:00:1d.7
[ 2.244319] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 2.245027] usb usb2: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0001
[ 2.245029] usb usb2: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 2.245031] usb usb2: Product: UHCI Host Controller
[ 2.245033] usb usb2: Manufacturer: Linux 3.13.0-32-generic uhci_hcd
[ 2.245035] usb usb2: SerialNumber: 0000:00:1d.0
[ 2.245180] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 2.245670] usb usb3: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0001
[ 2.245673] usb usb3: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 2.245675] usb usb3: Product: UHCI Host Controller
[ 2.245677] usb usb3: Manufacturer: Linux 3.13.0-32-generic uhci_hcd
[ 2.245679] usb usb3: SerialNumber: 0000:00:1d.1
[ 2.245830] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 2.246319] usb usb4: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0001
[ 2.246322] usb usb4: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 2.246324] usb usb4: Product: UHCI Host Controller
[ 2.246326] usb usb4: Manufacturer: Linux 3.13.0-32-generic uhci_hcd
[ 2.246328] usb usb4: SerialNumber: 0000:00:1d.2
[ 2.246468] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 2.287936] Loaded X.509 cert 'Magrathea: Glacier signing key: a7fc6590fc4a8d8
[ 3.445471] IMA: No TPM chip found, activating TPM-bypass!
[ 3.554295] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 3.800123] usb 1-6: new high-speed USB device number 3 using ehci-pci
[ 3.964033] usb 1-6: New USB device found, idVendor=04f2, idProduct=b057
[ 3.964037] usb 1-6: New USB device strings: Mfr=2, Product=1, SerialNumber=3
[ 3.964039] usb 1-6: Product: CNF7041
[ 3.964041] usb 1-6: Manufacturer: Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd.
[ 3.964043] usb 1-6: SerialNumber: SN0001
[ 4.181725] 8139too 0000:02:01.0 eth0: RealTek RTL8139 at 0x00011000, 00:1b:38:f5:4a:7d, IRQ 16
[ 4.256061] usb 2-1: new full-speed USB device number 2 using uhci_hcd
[ 4.458029] usb 2-1: New USB device found, idVendor=046d, idProduct=c52f
[ 4.475339] usb 2-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
[ 4.492397] usb 2-1: Product: USB Receiver
[ 4.509318] usb 2-1: Manufacturer: Logitech
[ 4.575857] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbhid
[ 4.592936] usbhid: USB HID core driver
[ 4.619464] input: Logitech USB Receiver as /devices/
[ 4.637023] hid-generic 0003:046D:
[ 4.677181] input: Logitech USB Receiver as /devices/
[ 4.697269] hid-generic 0003:046D:
[ 17.016392] IPv6: ADDRCONF(
[ 17.536062] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[ 17.865467] cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain
[ 17.944972] ath5k 0000:01:00.0: can't disable ASPM; OS doesn't have ASPM control
[ 17.945151] ath5k 0000:01:00.0: registered as 'phy0'
[ 17.962725] lpc_ich: Resource conflict(s) found affecting gpio_ich
[ 18.009699] Console: switching to colour dummy device 80x25
[ 18.485443] uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device CNF7041 (04f2:b057)
[ 18.489372] input: CNF7041 as /devices/
[ 18.490126] usbcore: registered new interface driver uvcvideo
[ 18.698203] cfg80211: World regulatory domain updated:
[ 18.698205] cfg80211: (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp)
[ 18.698208] cfg80211: (2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
[ 18.698210] cfg80211: (2457000 KHz - 2482000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
[ 18.698211] cfg80211: (2474000 KHz - 2494000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
[ 18.698213] cfg80211: (5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
[ 18.698214] cfg80211: (5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
[ 18.879441] ath: EEPROM regdomain: 0x67
[ 18.879442] ath: EEPROM indicates we should expect a direct regpair map
[ 18.879444] ath: Country alpha2 being used: 00
[ 18.879445] ath: Regpair used: 0x67
[ 18.897870] ieee80211 phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'minstrel_ht'
[ 18.898836] ath5k: phy0: Atheros AR2425 chip found (MAC: 0xe2, PHY: 0x70)
[ 19.004147] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 160x50
[ 19.012658] [Firmware Bug]: ACPI: No _BQC method, cannot determine initial brightness
[ 19.013605] [Firmware Bug]: ACPI: No _BQC method, cannot determine initial brightness
[ 19.083110] EXT4-fs (sda1): re-mounted. Opts: errors=remount-ro
[ 22.662792] IPv6: ADDRCONF(
[ 22.663534] IPv6: ADDRCONF(
[ 22.668895] 8139too 0000:02:01.0 eth0: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex, lpa 0x45E1
[ 145.970788] IPv6: ADDRCONF(
Release Date: 01/24/2008
Manufacturer: Hewlett-Packard
Product Name: HP GSeries Notebook PC
Serial Number: Serial No.
Manufacturer: Hewlett-Packard
Product Name: 30D9
Serial Number: Serial No.
Manufacturer: Hewlett-Packard
Serial Number: None
Manufacturer: Intel(R) Corporation
Serial Number: NotSupport
Manufacturer: 0xCE00000000000000
Serial Number: Serial No.
Manufacturer: 0xCE00000000000000
Serial Number: Serial No.
wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:off/any
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:off
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
install snd-rawmidi /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-rawmidi $CMDLINE_OPTS && { /sbin/modprobe --quiet --use-blacklist snd-seq-midi ; : ; }
options ath5k 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
# /etc/modprobe.
# iwlwifi will dyamically load either iwldvm or iwlmvm depending on the
# microcode file installed on the system. When removing iwlwifi, first
# remove the iwl?vm module and then iwlwifi.
remove iwlwifi \
(/sbin/lsmod | grep -o -e ^iwlmvm -e ^iwldvm -e ^iwlwifi | xargs /sbin/rmmod) \
&& /sbin/modprobe -r mac80211
[main]
NetworkingEnabl
WirelessEnabled
WWANEnabled=true
WimaxEnabled=true
sudo: hwinfo: command not found
root (An IP Address) 55752 6596 ? Ssl 19:39 0:00 NetworkManager
root (An IP Address) 6916 2340 ? Ss 19:39 0:00 /sbin/wpa_
root (An IP Address) 5520 3088 ? S 19:39 0:00 /sbin/dhclient -d -sf /usr/lib/
nobody (An IP Address) 6776 1428 ? S 19:39 0:00 /usr/sbin/dnsmasq --no-resolv --keep-
Malic (An IP Address) 5656 796 pts/1 S+ 20:40 0:00 egrep --color=auto wpa|icd|etwork
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window irtt Iface
0.0.0.0 (An IP Address) 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0
(An IP Address) 0.0.0.0 (An IP Address) 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 127.0.1.1
total 56264
7208961 drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Aug 6 02:16 .
2 drwxr-xr-x 22 root root 4096 Aug 6 02:13 ..
7211663 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1162233 May 3 03:40 abi-3.13.
7208965 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1166929 Jul 15 08:06 abi-3.13.
7211665 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 169631 May 3 03:40 config-
7209231 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 169732 Jul 15 08:06 config-
7208962 drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Aug 6 02:15 grub
7209395 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 18659831 Aug 6 02:15 initrd.
7208975 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 18717423 Aug 6 02:16 initrd.
7208966 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 176500 Mar 12 15:31 memtest86+.bin
7208967 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 178176 Mar 12 15:31 memtest86+.elf
7208968 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 178680 Mar 12 15:31 memtest86+
7211662 -rw------- 1 root root 2685850 May 3 03:40 System.
7208964 -rw------- 1 root root 2693057 Jul 15 08:06 System.
7211664 -rw------- 1 root root 5800496 May 3 03:40 vmlinuz-
7208963 -rw------- 1 root root 5820336 Jul 15 08:06 vmlinuz-
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/
pkg.name, support_tag)
File "/usr/bin/
raise Exception("No date tag found")
Exception: No date tag found
Module Size Used by
bnep 18895 2
rfcomm 53664 0
bluetooth 342206 10 bnep,rfcomm
snd_hda_
arc4 12536 2
gpio_ich 13229 0
hp_wmi 13702 0
sparse_keymap 13708 1 hp_wmi
uvcvideo 71309 0
videobuf2_vmalloc 13048 1 uvcvideo
videobuf2_memops 13170 1 videobuf2_vmalloc
videobuf2_core 39258 1 uvcvideo
videodev 108503 2 uvcvideo,
snd_hda_intel 42730 2
snd_hda_codec 164067 2 snd_hda_
snd_hwdep 13272 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm 85501 2 snd_hda_
snd_page_alloc 14230 2 snd_pcm,
coretemp 13195 0
snd_seq_midi 13132 0
snd_seq_midi_event 14475 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_rawmidi 25135 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 55383 2 snd_seq_
joydev 17101 0
snd_seq_device 14137 3 snd_seq,
snd_timer 28584 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
serio_raw 13230 0
snd 60871 14 snd_hwdep,
i915 705659 2
lpc_ich 16864 0
ath5k 134977 0
ath 23922 1 ath5k
mac80211 546051 1 ath5k
drm_kms_helper 47182 1 i915
cfg80211 409394 3 ath,ath5k,mac80211
soundcore 12600 1 snd
drm 244037 3 i915,drm_kms_helper
i2c_algo_bit 13197 1 i915
wmi 18673 1 hp_wmi
video 18903 1 i915
parport_pc 31981 0
ppdev 17391 0
lp 13299 0
parport 40836 3 lp,ppdev,parport_pc
mac_hid 13037 0
hid_generic 12492 0
usbhid 46997 0
hid 87604 3 hid_generic,usbhid
8139too 32571 0
8139cp 27171 0
psmouse 91329 0
mii 13654 2 8139cp,8139too
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