0: phy0: Wireless LAN Hard blocked: yes -> DISABLED Wireless Network controller [0200]: Qualcomm Atheros AR242x / AR542x Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) [168c:001c] (rev 01) not working on Compaq Presario CQ50 Notebook PC (FK121LA#ABM) in Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS

Asked by Charles Robert

i can not switch on my wireless adaptor

 i have a compaq presario cq50 notebook pc

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  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: MCP77 Ethernet
       vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
       physical id: a
       bus info: pci@0000:00:0a.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: a2
       serial: 00:1d:72:69:3e:d6
       size: 100Mbit/s
       capacity: 100Mbit/s
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 66MHz
       capabilities: pm msi ht bus_master cap_list ethernet physical mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=forcedeth driverversion=0.64 duplex=full ip=192.168.0.7 latency=0 link=yes maxlatency=20 mingnt=1 multicast=yes port=MII speed=100Mbit/s
       resources: irq:41 memory:c0009000-c0009fff ioport:30f8(size=8) memory:c0007c00-c0007cff memory:c0007800-c000780f
  *-network DISABLED
       description: Wireless interface
       product: AR242x / AR542x Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express)
       vendor: Qualcomm Atheros
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:07:00.0
       logical name: wlan0
       version: 01
       serial: 00:22:69:18:5e:d8
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ath5k driverversion=3.13.0-49-generic firmware=N/A latency=0 link=no multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg
       resources: irq:23 memory:c2000000-c200ffff
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.

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=12.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=precise
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS"
00:0a.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: NVIDIA Corporation MCP77 Ethernet [10de:0760] (rev a2)
 Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:360a]
 Kernel driver in use: forcedeth
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07:00.0 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
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0bda:0158 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. USB 2.0 multicard reader
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 04f2:b091 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd Webcam
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
RUNNING STATE WIFI-HARDWARE WIFI WWAN-HARDWARE WWAN
running connected disabled disabled enabled disabled
H/W path Device Class Description
===================================================
                            system Compaq Presario CQ50 Notebook PC (FK121LA#ABM)
/0 bus 360A
/0/0 memory 102KiB BIOS
/0/3 processor AMD Sempron(tm) SI-40
/0/3/5 memory 128KiB L1 cache
/0/3/6 memory 512KiB L2 cache
/0/4 memory 1GiB System Memory
/0/4/0 memory 1GiB DIMM DRAM Synchronous 667 MHz (1.5 ns)
/0/4/1 memory DIMM DRAM 667 MHz (1.5 ns) [empty]
/0/5 memory RAM memory
/0/1 bridge NVIDIA Corporation
/0/1.1 bus MCP78S [GeForce 8200] SMBus
/0/1.3 processor MCP78S [GeForce 8200] Co-Processor
/0/1.4 memory RAM memory
/0/2 bus MCP78S [GeForce 8200] OHCI USB 1.1 Controller
/0/2.1 bus MCP78S [GeForce 8200] EHCI USB 2.0 Controller
/0/b bus MCP78S [GeForce 8200] OHCI USB 1.1 Controller
/0/4.1 bus MCP78S [GeForce 8200] EHCI USB 2.0 Controller
/0/6 storage MCP78S [GeForce 8200] IDE
/0/7 multimedia MCP72XE/MCP72P/MCP78U/MCP78S High Definition Audio
/0/8 bridge MCP78S [GeForce 8200] PCI Bridge
/0/9 storage MCP78S [GeForce 8200] SATA Controller (non-AHCI mode)
/0/a eth0 network MCP77 Ethernet
/0/100 bridge MCP78S [GeForce 8200] PCI Express Bridge
/0/100/0 display C77 [GeForce 8200M G]
/0/14 bridge MCP78S [GeForce 8200] PCI Bridge
/0/14/0 wlan0 network AR242x / AR542x Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express)
/0/101 bridge Family 11h Processor HyperTransport Configuration
/0/102 bridge Family 11h Processor Address Map
/0/103 bridge Family 11h Processor DRAM Controller
/0/104 bridge Family 11h Processor Miscellaneous Control
/0/105 bridge Family 11h Processor Link Control
/0/c scsi3 storage
/0/c/0.0.0 /dev/cdrom disk DVD RW AD-7561S
/0/d scsi4 storage
/0/d/0.0.0 /dev/sda disk 500GB TOSHIBA MQ01ABF0
/0/d/0.0.0/1 /dev/sda1 volume 464GiB EXT4 volume
/0/d/0.0.0/2 /dev/sda2 volume 892MiB Extended partition
/0/d/0.0.0/2/5 /dev/sda5 volume 892MiB Linux swap / Solaris partition
/0/e scsi2 storage
/0/e/0.0.0 /dev/sdb disk SCSI Disk
Linux Charles-Notebook 3.13.0-49-generic #81~precise1-Ubuntu SMP Wed Mar 25 16:32:40 UTC 2015 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux
[ 0.000000] DMI: Hewlett-Packard Compaq Presario CQ50 Notebook PC/360A, BIOS F.07 06/26/2008
[ 0.000000] found SMP MP-table at [mem 0x000f7ff0-0x000f7fff] mapped at [c00f7ff0]
[ 0.608370] [Firmware Bug]: ACPI: BIOS _OSI(Linux) query ignored
[ 0.619046] ACPI: No dock devices found.
[ 0.640008] acpi PNP0A08:00: [Firmware Info]: MMCONFIG for domain 0000 [bus 00-07] only partially covers this bridge
[ 0.644278] pci 0000:02:00.0: [10de:0845] type 00 class 0x030000
[ 0.644293] pci 0000:02:00.0: reg 0x10: [mem 0xc1000000-0xc1ffffff]
[ 0.644304] pci 0000:02:00.0: reg 0x14: [mem 0xd0000000-0xdfffffff 64bit pref]
[ 0.644316] pci 0000:02:00.0: reg 0x1c: [mem 0xc4000000-0xc5ffffff 64bit pref]
[ 0.644323] pci 0000:02:00.0: reg 0x24: [io 0x4000-0x407f]
[ 0.644332] pci 0000:02:00.0: reg 0x30: [mem 0x00000000-0x0001ffff pref]
[ 0.649511] Found 1 acpi root devices
[ 0.649749] vgaarb: setting as boot device: PCI:0000:02:00.0
[ 0.649753] vgaarb: device added: PCI:0000:02:00.0,decodes=io+mem,owns=io+mem,locks=none
[ 0.649757] vgaarb: bridge control possible 0000:02:00.0
[ 0.650239] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
[ 0.650252] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
[ 0.650285] usbcore: registered new device driver usb
[ 0.653032] Switched to clocksource hpet
[ 0.665107] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 11 devices
[ 0.701651] pci 0000:02:00.0: BAR 6: assigned [mem 0xc6000000-0xc601ffff pref]
[ 0.814551] pci 0000:02:00.0: Video device with shadowed ROM
[ 1.329393] input: Lid Switch as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0C0D:00/input/input0
[ 1.331129] ACPI: Lid Switch [LID0]
[ 1.465105] usb usb1: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0002
[ 1.465108] usb usb1: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 1.465111] usb usb1: Product: EHCI Host Controller
[ 1.465114] usb usb1: Manufacturer: Linux 3.13.0-49-generic ehci_hcd
[ 1.465117] usb usb1: SerialNumber: 0000:00:02.1
[ 1.465247] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.552532] usb usb2: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0002
[ 1.552535] usb usb2: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 1.552538] usb usb2: Product: EHCI Host Controller
[ 1.552541] usb usb2: Manufacturer: Linux 3.13.0-49-generic ehci_hcd
[ 1.552544] usb usb2: SerialNumber: 0000:00:04.1
[ 1.552653] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.641824] usb usb3: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0001
[ 1.641827] usb usb3: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 1.641830] usb usb3: Product: OHCI PCI host controller
[ 1.641833] usb usb3: Manufacturer: Linux 3.13.0-49-generic ohci_hcd
[ 1.641836] usb usb3: SerialNumber: 0000:00:02.0
[ 1.641945] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.729081] isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
[ 1.731143] usb usb4: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0001
[ 1.731146] usb usb4: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 1.731149] usb usb4: Product: OHCI PCI host controller
[ 1.731152] usb usb4: Manufacturer: Linux 3.13.0-49-generic ohci_hcd
[ 1.731155] usb usb4: SerialNumber: 0000:00:04.0
[ 1.731259] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.767748] Loaded X.509 cert 'Magrathea: Glacier signing key: fcc9d643550ca2967870cb2ed0624d3024aa6de1'
[ 1.776161] IMA: No TPM chip found, activating TPM-bypass!
[ 1.776905] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 1.936877] usb 1-1: new high-speed USB device number 2 using ehci-pci
[ 2.317794] usb 1-1: New USB device found, idVendor=0bda, idProduct=0158
[ 2.317798] usb 1-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[ 2.317800] usb 1-1: Product: USB2.0-CRW
[ 2.317803] usb 1-1: Manufacturer: Generic
[ 2.317806] usb 1-1: SerialNumber: 20071114173400000
[ 2.433118] usb 2-2: new high-speed USB device number 2 using ehci-pci
[ 2.602895] usb 2-2: New USB device found, idVendor=04f2, idProduct=b091
[ 2.602903] usb 2-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=2, Product=1, SerialNumber=3
[ 2.602906] usb 2-2: Product: CNF7047
[ 2.602909] usb 2-2: Manufacturer: Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd.
[ 2.602912] usb 2-2: SerialNumber: SN0001
[ 2.727323] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
[ 2.740684] forcedeth: Reverse Engineered nForce ethernet driver. Version 0.64.
[ 2.766193] scsi2 : usb-storage 1-1:1.0
[ 2.766314] usbcore: registered new interface driver ums-realtek
[ 3.265949] forcedeth 0000:00:0a.0: ifname eth0, PHY OUI 0x732 @ 1, addr 00:1d:72:69:3e:d6
[ 3.265956] forcedeth 0000:00:0a.0: highdma csum pwrctl mgmt lnktim msi desc-v3
[ 3.289117] Switched to clocksource tsc
[ 7.880565] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 7.899257] EXT4-fs (sda1): re-mounted. Opts: errors=remount-ro
[ 9.624554] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[ 10.673557] cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain
[ 11.727042] uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device CNF7047 (04f2:b091)
[ 11.769144] ath5k 0000:07:00.0: can't disable ASPM; OS doesn't have ASPM control
[ 11.769284] ath5k 0000:07:00.0: registered as 'phy0'
[ 11.782757] input: CNF7047 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:04.1/usb2/2-2/2-2:1.0/input/input19
[ 11.783291] usbcore: registered new interface driver uvcvideo
[ 12.191786] vgaarb: device changed decodes: PCI:0000:02:00.0,olddecodes=io+mem,decodes=none:owns=none
[ 12.193313] [drm] Initialized nvidia-drm 0.0.0 20140818 for 0000:02:00.0 on minor 0
[ 12.478347] ath: EEPROM regdomain: 0x67
[ 12.478354] ath: EEPROM indicates we should expect a direct regpair map
[ 12.478358] ath: Country alpha2 being used: 00
[ 12.478360] ath: Regpair used: 0x67
[ 12.588304] ieee80211 phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'minstrel_ht'
[ 12.588725] ath5k: phy0: Atheros AR2425 chip found (MAC: 0xe2, PHY: 0x70)
[ 13.124246] hda_codec: CX20561 (Hermosa): BIOS auto-probing.
[ 13.825163] input: HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=3 Phantom as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:07.0/sound/card0/input22
[ 13.825482] input: HDA NVidia Headphone as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:07.0/sound/card0/input21
[ 13.825677] input: HDA NVidia Mic as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:07.0/sound/card0/input20
[ 16.798341] forcedeth 0000:00:0a.0: irq 41 for MSI/MSI-X
[ 16.798390] forcedeth 0000:00:0a.0 eth0: MSI enabled
[ 16.830019] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
[ 16.844045] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
[ 48.505082] type=1400 audit(1429150720.234:69): apparmor="DENIED" operation="open" profile="/usr/lib/telepathy/mission-control-5" name="/usr/share/gvfs/remote-volume-monitors/" pid=2058 comm="mission-control" requested_mask="r" denied_mask="r" fsuid=1000 ouid=0
 Release Date: 06/26/2008
 Manufacturer: Hewlett-Packard
 Product Name: Compaq Presario CQ50 Notebook PC
 Serial Number: 2CE8297JQC
 Manufacturer: Wistron
 Product Name: 360A
 Serial Number:
 Manufacturer: Wistron
 Serial Number:
 Manufacturer: AMD
 Serial Number: Not Specified
 Manufacturer: Not Specified
 Serial Number: Not Specified
 Manufacturer: Not Specified
 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.

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 2942: 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 0a.0: 0200 Ethernet controller
  [Created at pci.318]
  Unique ID: rBUF.HOUiokKC0A4
  SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:0a.0
  SysFS BusID: 0000:00:0a.0
  Hardware Class: network
  Model: "nVidia MCP78S [GeForce 8200] Ethernet"
  Vendor: pci 0x10de "nVidia Corporation"
  Device: pci 0x0760 "MCP78S [GeForce 8200] Ethernet"
  SubVendor: pci 0x103c "Hewlett-Packard Company"
  SubDevice: pci 0x360a
  Revision: 0xa2
  Driver: "forcedeth"
  Driver Modules: "forcedeth"
  Device File: eth0
  Memory Range: 0xc0009000-0xc0009fff (rw,non-prefetchable)
  I/O Ports: 0x30f8-0x30ff (rw)
  Memory Range: 0xc0007c00-0xc0007cff (rw,non-prefetchable)
  Memory Range: 0xc0007800-0xc000780f (rw,non-prefetchable)
  IRQ: 41 (40782 events)
  HW Address: 00:1d:72:69:3e:d6
  Link detected: yes
  Module Alias: "pci:v000010DEd00000760sv0000103Csd0000360Abc02sc00i00"
  Driver Info #0:
    Driver Status: forcedeth is active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe forcedeth"
  Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown

30: PCI 700.0: 0282 WLAN controller
  [Created at pci.318]
  Unique ID: y9sn.9AnOduZyIOF
  Parent ID: MZfG.4gyqmROFCTA
  SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/0000:07:00.0
  SysFS BusID: 0000:07:00.0
  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 0x137b
  Revision: 0x01
  Driver: "ath5k"
  Driver Modules: "ath5k"
  Device File: wlan0
  Features: WLAN
  Memory Range: 0xc2000000-0xc200ffff (rw,non-prefetchable)
  IRQ: 23 (1 event)
  HW Address: 00:22:69:18:5e:d8
  Link detected: no
  WLAN channels: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
  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
  WLAN encryption modes: WEP40 WEP104 TKIP CCMP
  WLAN authentication modes: open sharedkey wpa-psk wpa-eap
  Module Alias: "pci:v0000168Cd0000001Csv0000103Csd0000137Bbc02sc00i00"
  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: #21 (PCI bridge)
Warning: bad ps syntax, perhaps a bogus '-'? See http://procps.sf.net/faq.html
root 1021 0.0 0.4 32268 4248 ? Ssl 20:18 0:00 NetworkManager
root 1145 0.0 0.0 2924 616 ? S 20:18 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-385893de-7bfd-4cc0-b136-071530fc863b-eth0.lease -cf /var/run/nm-dhclient-eth0.conf eth0
root 1204 0.0 0.0 5972 712 ? Ss 20:18 0:00 /sbin/wpa_supplicant -B -P /run/sendsigs.omit.d/wpasupplicant.pid -u -s -O /var/run/wpa_supplicant
nobody 1390 0.0 0.1 5376 1284 ? S 20:18 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 --enable-dbus --conf-dir=/etc/NetworkManager/dnsmasq.d
ch4r132 2958 0.0 0.0 4384 788 pts/0 S+ 20:43 0:00 egrep --color=auto wpa|icd|etwork
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window irtt Iface
0.0.0.0 192.168.0.1 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
192.168.0.0 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 cablecolor.hn
total 56248
3014657 drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Apr 15 18:23 .
      2 drwxr-xr-x 23 root root 4096 Apr 15 15:44 ..
3014660 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1166929 Jul 14 2014 abi-3.13.0-32-generic
3014880 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1168940 Mar 25 10:57 abi-3.13.0-49-generic
3014661 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 169741 Jul 14 2014 config-3.13.0-32-generic
3014878 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 169852 Mar 25 10:57 config-3.13.0-49-generic
3014658 drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 12288 Apr 15 18:47 grub
3014664 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 18510916 Apr 15 13:24 initrd.img-3.13.0-32-generic
3014666 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 18534972 Apr 15 18:23 initrd.img-3.13.0-49-generic
3014662 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 176764 Nov 27 2011 memtest86+.bin
3014663 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 178944 Nov 27 2011 memtest86+_multiboot.bin
3014659 -rw------- 1 root root 2803199 Jul 14 2014 System.map-3.13.0-32-generic
3014877 -rw------- 1 root root 2810580 Mar 25 10:57 System.map-3.13.0-49-generic
3014665 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5919280 Aug 7 2014 vmlinuz-3.13.0-32-generic
3014879 -rw------- 1 root root 5937168 Mar 25 10:57 vmlinuz-3.13.0-49-generic
Support status summary of 'Charles-Notebook':

You have 9 packages (0.6%) supported until October 2013 (18m)
You have 8 packages (0.5%) supported until October 2016 (18m)
You have 1341 packages (91.7%) supported until April 2017 (5y)

You have 0 packages (0.0%) that can not/no-longer be downloaded
You have 105 packages (7.2%) that are unsupported

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Done.
Module Size Used by
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snd_hda_codec_conexant 51918 1
arc4 12509 2
nvidia 10333924 42
rfcomm 59026 0
snd_hda_intel 43462 3
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bnep 19107 2
bluetooth 356727 10 rfcomm,bnep
ath5k 141184 0
uvcvideo 72275 0
ath 24297 1 ath5k
videobuf2_core 39510 1 uvcvideo
snd_hwdep 13276 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm 90501 3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
videodev 108952 2 uvcvideo,videobuf2_core
videobuf2_vmalloc 13048 1 uvcvideo
snd_seq_midi 13132 0
joydev 17299 0
snd_rawmidi 25198 1 snd_seq_midi
videobuf2_memops 13170 1 videobuf2_vmalloc
mac80211 564463 1 ath5k
snd_seq_midi_event 14475 1 snd_seq_midi
parport_pc 32114 0
snd_seq 55716 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
ppdev 17423 0
snd_timer 28971 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
drm 249595 1 nvidia
snd_seq_device 14137 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
cfg80211 423921 3 ath5k,ath,mac80211
hp_wmi 17834 0
video 19330 0
sparse_keymap 13658 1 hp_wmi
snd 61383 17 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_conexant,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
soundcore 12600 1 snd
psmouse 97606 0
snd_page_alloc 18398 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
shpchp 32265 0
serio_raw 13230 0
i2c_nforce2 13104 0
k10temp 12997 0
lp 13359 0
mac_hid 13077 0
wmi 18827 1 hp_wmi
parport 40945 3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp
pata_acpi 12886 0
ums_realtek 17992 0
ahci 25703 2
forcedeth 62778 0
libahci 31395 1 ahci
usb_storage 48754 1 ums_realtek
pata_amd 13761 0

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
#1

If you have a switch to enable or disable WiFi then press it then retry connecting to wireless networks. If this fails, try:

sudo rfkill unblock all

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said :
#2
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Charles Robert (charly-roberto08) said :
#3

the problem with the wireless adapter is solved, i don't know how i just turn on the computer and i wireless adapter was on.
now the problem is that no wireless network list shows on, i had used the connect to hidden wireless network but still can't connect

all other devices connect to my wireless network except my pc

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Charles Robert (charly-roberto08) said :
#4

it's solved it, i open the terminal typed sudo rfkill unblock all and pressed the wireless switch and i have now all my wireless network, thank you for your help :)