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DISABLED Wireless Ethernet controller [0200]: Atheros Communications Inc. AR5001 Wireless Network Adapter [168c:001c] (rev 01) not working on Compaq Presario CQ50-215CA in Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS

Asked by Benjamin

Hello!

A friend just installed Ubuntu 10.04 with all the updates installed. Everything seems to be fine, other then the WIRELESS not working.

It was installed on my laptop a : COMPAQ - Presario CQ50, AMD, Athlon X2 64, NVICIA Graphics, and it came with Windows Vista.

If anyone cal help that'd be much appreciated. thank you.

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Ian Ace (iaculallad) said : 		#1

Can you post the output of the command below when you execute it on the Terminal:

lspci

We need a certain information so we could help you sort your wireless problem.

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#2

Hi,

Please first connect your wired network adapter to the wireless router using an ethernet cable (also known as a LAN cable).

In order to gather essential troubleshooting information about your wireless card, please follow this procedure:

Step 1:

If you are using the Gnome interface, open the Terminal console via "Applications->Accessories->Terminal"

If you are using the Unity interface, the easiest way to open the Terminal is to use the 'search' function on the dash. Or you can click on the 'More Apps' button, click on the 'See more results' by the installed section, and find it in that list of applications. A third way, available after you click on the 'More Apps' button, is to go to the search bar, and see that the far right end of it says 'All Applications'. You then click on that, and you'll see the full list. Then you can go to Accessories > Terminal after that.

So the methods in Unity are:
Dash > Search for Terminal
Dash > More Apps > 'See More Results' > Terminal
Dash > More Apps > Accessories > Terminal

Step 2: Please copy-paste the following command from the https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu website in Firefox into the Linux Terminal. Do NOT copy-paste from the Email message into the Terminal, as that will only copy PART of the command. The command STARTS with the word sudo and ENDS with the word lsmod. So please copy-paste the ENTIRE command below from Firefox into a Terminal, press <enter>, then enter password when sudo asks for password, then press enter again.

Tip: If you have a wheel mouse or 3 button mouse you do not need to type commands into the Terminal. Highlight the command written on the page. Move your cursor anywhere in the Terminal and press the wheel or middle button. Automatic Copy and paste! No spelling mistakes! No Typos! No other errors!

sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install hwinfo grep; sudo lshw -C network; rfkill list; sudo iwlist scanning; cat /etc/network/interfaces; cat /etc/lsb-release; lspci -nn; lsusb; sudo lshw -short; uname -a; dmesg | egrep 'acx|at76|ath|b43|bcm|brcm|CX|eth|ipw|ireless|irmware|isl|lbtf|orinoco|ndiswrapper|NPE|ound|p54|prism|rtl|rt2|rt3|rt5|rt6|rt7|usb|witch|wl';sudo dmidecode|egrep 'Manufact|Product'; iwconfig; cat /etc/modprobe.d/* | egrep 'acx|at76|ath|b43|bcm|brcm|CX|eth|ipw|irmware|isl|lbtf|orinoco|ndiswrapper|NPE|p54|prism|rtl|rt2|rt3|rt6|rt7|witch|wl'; sudo hwinfo --netcard ; cat /var/lib/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.state; sudo lsmod

Step 3: Please post results (copy/paste terminal output) on this thread. The troubleshooters here need to see the full Terminal output from running the above command.

Regards,

Mark

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marcus aurelius (adbiz) said : 		#3

well, the first thing you should do is right click on the wireless icon and click enable networking. usually this is the culprit, especially if you came out of suspend or hibernation.

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Benjamin (benjaminreyne) said : 		#4

hey I input the lspci in the terminal and got this:

00:00.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] Memory Controller (rev a2)
00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation Device 075e (rev a2)
00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] SMBus (rev a1)
00:01.3 Co-processor: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] Co-Processor (rev a2)
00:01.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] Memory Controller (rev a1)
00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] OHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev a1)
00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] EHCI USB 2.0 Controller (rev a1)
00:04.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] OHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev a1)
00:04.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] EHCI USB 2.0 Controller (rev a1)
00:06.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] IDE (rev a1)
00:07.0 Audio device: nVidia Corporation MCP72XE/MCP72P/MCP78U/MCP78S High Definition Audio (rev a1)
00:08.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] PCI Bridge (rev a1)
00:09.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] SATA Controller (non-AHCI mode) (rev a2)
00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: nVidia Corporation MCP77 Ethernet (rev a2)
00:0b.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] PCI Express Bridge (rev a1)
00:14.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] PCI Bridge (rev a1)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Mobile K10 [Turion X2, Athlon X2, Sempron] HyperTransport Configuration (rev 40)
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 11h [Turion X2, Athlon X2, Sempron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Mobile K10 [Turion X2, Athlon X2, Sempron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Mobile K10 [Turion X2, Athlon X2, Sempron] Miscellaneous Control
00:18.4 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Mobile K10 [Turion X2, Athlon X2, Sempron] Link Control
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation C77 [GeForce 8200M G] (rev a2)
07:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR5001 Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)

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Benjamin (benjaminreyne) said : 		#5

Hey Mark, I pasted what you suggested in terminal and this is what I got out of it...

Hit http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security Release.gpg
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security/main Translation-en_CA
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security/restricted Translation-en_CA
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com lucid Release.gpg
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main Translation-en_CA
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/restricted Translation-en_CA
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security/universe Translation-en_CA
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security/multiverse Translation-en_CA
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security Release
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/universe Translation-en_CA
Ign http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/multiverse Translation-en_CA
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates Release.gpg
Ign http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/main Translation-en_CA
Ign http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/restricted Translation-en_CA
Ign http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/universe Translation-en_CA
Ign http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/multiverse Translation-en_CA
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com lucid Release
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates Release
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/main Packages
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/main Packages
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/restricted Packages
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/main Sources
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/restricted Sources
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/universe Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/restricted Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/main Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/restricted Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/universe Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/universe Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/multiverse Packages
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/universe Sources
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/multiverse Packages
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/multiverse Sources
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/main Packages
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/restricted Packages
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/main Sources
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/restricted Sources
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/universe Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/multiverse Sources
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/universe Sources
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/multiverse Packages
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/multiverse Sources
Reading package lists... Done
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
grep is already the newest version.
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  linux-headers-2.6.32-28-generic linux-headers-2.6.32-28 libsvga1
  libggi-target-x libggi2 libgii1 libgii1-target-x
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following extra packages will be installed:
  libhd16
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  hwinfo libhd16
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 13 not upgraded.
Need to get 744kB of archives.
After this operation, 2,060kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Abort.
Hardware Lister (lshw) - B.02.14
usage: lshw [-format] [-options ...]
       lshw -version

 -version print program version (B.02.14)

format can be
 -html output hardware tree as HTML
 -xml output hardware tree as XML
 -short output hardware paths
 -businfo output bus information

options can be
 -class CLASS only show a certain class of hardware
 -C CLASS same as '-class CLASS'
 -c CLASS same as '-class CLASS'
 -disable TEST disable a test (like pci, isapnp, cpuid, etc. )
 -enable TEST enable a test (like pci, isapnp, cpuid, etc. )
 -quiet don't display status
 -sanitize sanitize output (remove sensitive information like serial numbers, etc.)
 -numeric output numeric IDs (for PCI, USB, etc.)

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Benjamin (benjaminreyne) said : 		#6

sorry Mark, I inputed it from the e-mail instead of from the internet...here I did it again and this is what came out:

Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com lucid Release.gpg
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main Translation-en_CA
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/restricted Translation-en_CA
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security Release.gpg
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security/main Translation-en_CA
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security/restricted Translation-en_CA
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/universe Translation-en_CA
Ign http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/multiverse Translation-en_CA
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates Release.gpg
Ign http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/main Translation-en_CA
Ign http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/restricted Translation-en_CA
Ign http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/universe Translation-en_CA
Ign http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/multiverse Translation-en_CA
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security/universe Translation-en_CA
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security/multiverse Translation-en_CA
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security Release
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com lucid Release
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates Release
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/main Packages
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/main Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/restricted Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/main Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/restricted Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/universe Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/universe Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/multiverse Packages
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/restricted Packages
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/main Sources
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/restricted Sources
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/universe Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/multiverse Sources
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/universe Sources
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/multiverse Packages
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/multiverse Sources
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/main Packages
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/restricted Packages
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/main Sources
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/restricted Sources
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/universe Packages
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/universe Sources
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/multiverse Packages
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/multiverse Sources
Reading package lists... Done
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
grep is already the newest version.
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  linux-headers-2.6.32-28-generic linux-headers-2.6.32-28 libsvga1
  libggi-target-x libggi2 libgii1 libgii1-target-x
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following extra packages will be installed:
  libhd16
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  hwinfo libhd16
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 13 not upgraded.
Need to get 744kB of archives.
After this operation, 2,060kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Get:1 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/universe libhd16 16.0-2 [698kB]
Get:2 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/universe hwinfo 16.0-2 [46.1kB]
Fetched 744kB in 4s (182kB/s)
Selecting previously deselected package libhd16.
(Reading database ... 149274 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking libhd16 (from .../libhd16_16.0-2_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package hwinfo.
Unpacking hwinfo (from .../hwinfo_16.0-2_i386.deb) ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Setting up libhd16 (16.0-2) ...

Setting up hwinfo (16.0-2) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
  *-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: 00:1f:16:4c:13:ed
       size: 100MB/s
       capacity: 100MB/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=10.3.0.53 latency=0 link=yes maxlatency=20 mingnt=1 multicast=yes port=MII speed=100MB/s
       resources: irq:26 memory:c0009000-c0009fff ioport:30f8(size=8) memory:c0007c00-c0007cff memory:c0007800-c000780f
  *-network
       description: Wireless interface
       product: AR5001 Wireless Network Adapter
       vendor: Atheros Communications Inc.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:07:00.0
       logical name: wlan0
       version: 01
       serial: 00:23:4e:13:2e:67
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ath5k latency=0 multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg
       resources: irq:23 memory:c2000000-c200ffff
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: no
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

wlan0 No scan results

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=10.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=lucid
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS"
00:00.0 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] Memory Controller [10de:0754] (rev a2)
00:01.0 ISA bridge [0601]: nVidia Corporation Device [10de:075e] (rev a2)
00:01.1 SMBus [0c05]: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] SMBus [10de:0752] (rev a1)
00:01.3 Co-processor [0b40]: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] Co-Processor [10de:0753] (rev a2)
00:01.4 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] Memory Controller [10de:0568] (rev a1)
00:02.0 USB Controller [0c03]: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] OHCI USB 1.1 Controller [10de:077b] (rev a1)
00:02.1 USB Controller [0c03]: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] EHCI USB 2.0 Controller [10de:077c] (rev a1)
00:04.0 USB Controller [0c03]: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] OHCI USB 1.1 Controller [10de:077d] (rev a1)
00:04.1 USB Controller [0c03]: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] EHCI USB 2.0 Controller [10de:077e] (rev a1)
00:06.0 IDE interface [0101]: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] IDE [10de:0759] (rev a1)
00:07.0 Audio device [0403]: nVidia Corporation MCP72XE/MCP72P/MCP78U/MCP78S High Definition Audio [10de:0774] (rev a1)
00:08.0 PCI bridge [0604]: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] PCI Bridge [10de:075a] (rev a1)
00:09.0 IDE interface [0101]: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] SATA Controller (non-AHCI mode) [10de:0ad0] (rev a2)
00:0a.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: nVidia Corporation MCP77 Ethernet [10de:0760] (rev a2)
00:0b.0 PCI bridge [0604]: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] PCI Express Bridge [10de:0569] (rev a1)
00:14.0 PCI bridge [0604]: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] PCI Bridge [10de:077a] (rev a1)
00:18.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Mobile K10 [Turion X2, Athlon X2, Sempron] HyperTransport Configuration [1022:1300] (rev 40)
00:18.1 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 11h [Turion X2, Athlon X2, Sempron] Address Map [1022:1301]
00:18.2 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Mobile K10 [Turion X2, Athlon X2, Sempron] DRAM Controller [1022:1302]
00:18.3 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Mobile K10 [Turion X2, Athlon X2, Sempron] Miscellaneous Control [1022:1303]
00:18.4 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Mobile K10 [Turion X2, Athlon X2, Sempron] Link Control [1022:1304]
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation C77 [GeForce 8200M G] [10de:0845] (rev a2)
07:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Atheros Communications Inc. AR5001 Wireless Network Adapter [168c:001c] (rev 01)
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 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
H/W path Device Class Description
===============================================
                        system Presario CQ50-215CA
/0 bus 360A
/0/0 memory 102KiB BIOS
/0/3 processor AMD Athlon Dual-Core QL-60
/0/3/5 memory 128KiB L1 cache
/0/3/6 memory 512KiB L2 cache
/0/4 memory 2GiB System Memory
/0/4/0 memory 1GiB DIMM DRAM Synchronous 667 MHz (1.5 ns)
/0/4/1 memory 1GiB DIMM DRAM Synchronous 667 MHz (1.5 ns)
/0/5 processor
/0/5/0 memory 128KiB L1 cache
/0/5/1 memory 512KiB L2 cache
/0/b 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 Controlle
/0/2.1 bus MCP78S [GeForce 8200] EHCI USB 2.0 Controlle
/0/c bus MCP78S [GeForce 8200] OHCI USB 1.1 Controlle
/0/4.1 bus MCP78S [GeForce 8200] EHCI USB 2.0 Controlle
/0/6 storage MCP78S [GeForce 8200] IDE
/0/7 multimedia MCP72XE/MCP72P/MCP78U/MCP78S High Definition
/0/8 bridge MCP78S [GeForce 8200] PCI Bridge
/0/9 scsi2 storage MCP78S [GeForce 8200] SATA Controller (non-A
/0/9/0 /dev/cdrom disk CDDVDW TS-L633A
/0/9/0/0 /dev/cdrom disk
/0/9/1 /dev/sda disk 160GB TOSHIBA MK1652GS
/0/9/1/1 /dev/sda1 volume 144GiB EXT4 volume
/0/9/1/2 /dev/sda2 volume 5152MiB Extended partition
/0/9/1/2/5 /dev/sda5 volume 5152MiB Linux swap / Solaris partition
/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 AR5001 Wireless Network Adapter
/0/101 bridge Mobile K10 [Turion X2, Athlon X2, Sempron] H
/0/102 bridge Family 11h [Turion X2, Athlon X2, Sempron] A
/0/103 bridge Mobile K10 [Turion X2, Athlon X2, Sempron] D
/0/104 bridge Mobile K10 [Turion X2, Athlon X2, Sempron] M
/0/105 bridge Mobile K10 [Turion X2, Athlon X2, Sempron] L
Linux midnightman-laptop 2.6.32-32-generic #62-Ubuntu SMP Wed Apr 20 21:54:21 UTC 2011 i686 GNU/Linux
[ 0.000000] found SMP MP-table at [c00f7ff0] f7ff0
[ 0.210681] ACPI: No dock devices found.
[ 0.239800] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
[ 0.239817] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
[ 0.239845] usbcore: registered new device driver usb
[ 0.248030] Switching to clocksource hpet
[ 0.254646] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 12 devices
[ 0.308881] input: Lid Switch as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0C0D:00/input/input0
[ 0.309958] ACPI: Lid Switch [LID0]
[ 0.360269] usb usb1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 0.360302] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.372295] usb usb2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 0.372329] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.430168] usb usb3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 0.430202] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.486101] usb usb4: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 0.486128] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.515563] device-mapper: multipath: version 1.1.0 loaded
[ 0.515566] device-mapper: multipath round-robin: version 1.0.0 loaded
[ 0.517428] powernow-k8: Found 1 AMD Athlon Dual-Core QL-60 processors (2 cpu cores) (version 2.20.00)
[ 0.519725] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 0.693773] isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
[ 0.823629] forcedeth: Reverse Engineered nForce ethernet driver. Version 0.64.
[ 0.824013] forcedeth 0000:00:0a.0: PCI INT A -> Link[LMAC] -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ 21
[ 0.824019] forcedeth 0000:00:0a.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 1.345618] forcedeth 0000:00:0a.0: ifname eth0, PHY OUI 0x732 @ 1, addr 00:1f:16:4c:13:ed
[ 1.345625] forcedeth 0000:00:0a.0: highdma csum pwrctl mgmt lnktim msi desc-v3
[ 11.833130] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[ 12.148924] ath5k 0000:07:00.0: PCI INT A -> Link[Z012] -> GSI 23 (level, low) -> IRQ 23
[ 12.148939] ath5k 0000:07:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 12.148983] ath5k 0000:07:00.0: registered as 'phy0'
[ 12.272384] [drm] nouveau 0000:02:00.0: BIT BIOS found
[ 12.272397] [drm] nouveau 0000:02:00.0: Found Display Configuration Block version 4.0
[ 12.777840] ath: EEPROM regdomain: 0x64
[ 12.777845] ath: EEPROM indicates we should expect a direct regpair map
[ 12.777851] ath: Country alpha2 being used: 00
[ 12.777853] ath: Regpair used: 0x64
[ 12.785736] Registered led device: ath5k-phy0::rx
[ 12.785755] Registered led device: ath5k-phy0::tx
[ 12.785759] ath5k phy0: Atheros AR2425 chip found (MAC: 0xe2, PHY: 0x70)
[ 13.329945] forcedeth 0000:00:0a.0: irq 26 for MSI/MSI-X
[ 13.330185] eth0: no link during initialization.
[ 13.330773] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 13.620333] input: HDA NVidia Mic as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:07.0/sound/card0/input8
[ 13.620568] input: HDA NVidia Mic as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:07.0/sound/card0/input9
[ 13.620777] input: HDA NVidia Headphone as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:07.0/sound/card0/input10
[ 14.590596] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 160x50
[ 14.804194] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
[ 47.148699] eth0: link up.
[ 47.149125] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
[ 57.768024] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
 Manufacturer: Hewlett-Packard
 Product Name: Presario CQ50-215CA
 Manufacturer: Wistron
 Product Name: 360A
 Manufacturer: Wistron
 Manufacturer: AMD
 Manufacturer: Not Specified
 Manufacturer: Not Specified
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:off/any
          Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=20 dBm
          Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
          Power Management:off

# 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
21: PCI 0a.0: 0200 Ethernet controller
  [Created at pci.318]
  UDI: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_10de_760
  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: 26 (3831 events)
  HW Address: 00:1f:16:4c:13:ed
  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]
  UDI: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_168c_1c
  Unique ID: y9sn.eYBzW3bmQnB
  Parent ID: MZfG.K0fHNnB0W84
  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 0x137a
  Revision: 0x01
  Driver: "ath5k"
  Driver Modules: "ath5k"
  Device File: wlan0
  Features: WLAN
  Memory Range: 0xc2000000-0xc200ffff (rw,non-prefetchable)
  IRQ: 23 (226 events)
  HW Address: 00:23:4e:13:2e:67
  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: #23 (PCI bridge)

[main]
NetworkingEnabled=true
WirelessEnabled=true
WWANEnabled=true
Module Size Used by
nls_utf8 1069 1
udf 78785 1
crc_itu_t 1371 1 udf
binfmt_misc 6587 1
ppdev 5259 0
fbcon 35102 71
tileblit 1999 1 fbcon
font 7557 1 fbcon
bitblit 4707 1 fbcon
softcursor 1189 1 bitblit
vga16fb 11385 0
vgastate 8961 1 vga16fb
snd_hda_codec_nvhdmi 3840 1
snd_hda_codec_conexant 22705 1
joydev 8740 0
arc4 1153 2
snd_hda_intel 22069 2
snd_hda_codec 74201 3 snd_hda_codec_nvhdmi,snd_hda_codec_conexant,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep 5412 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm_oss 35308 0
snd_mixer_oss 13746 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 70694 3 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_dummy 1338 0
snd_seq_oss 26722 0
snd_seq_midi 4557 0
snd_rawmidi 19056 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 6003 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 47263 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer 19098 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 5700 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
nouveau 467048 2
ttm 49943 1 nouveau
drm_kms_helper 29329 1 nouveau
ath5k 121632 0
snd 54244 16 snd_hda_codec_conexant,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
drm 162377 4 nouveau,ttm,drm_kms_helper
mac80211 205402 1 ath5k
ath 7611 1 ath5k
agpgart 31724 2 ttm,drm
i2c_algo_bit 5028 1 nouveau
cfg80211 126144 3 ath5k,mac80211,ath
led_class 2864 1 ath5k
video 17375 0
output 1871 1 video
psmouse 63245 0
serio_raw 3978 0
i2c_nforce2 5199 0
shpchp 28835 0
soundcore 6620 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 7076 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
lp 7028 0
parport 32635 2 ppdev,lp
ahci 32360 3
pata_amd 8766 0
forcedeth 49556 0

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#7

Please try the workaround solution from davideal at the end of the following thread:

https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-nettool/+question/125311

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Benjamin (benjaminreyne) said : 		#8

hey Mark, so I went to the page you suggested, and input the:

sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install hwinfo grep; sudo lshw -C network; rfkill list; sudo iwlist scanning; cat /etc/network/interfaces; cat /etc/lsb-release; lspci -nn; lsusb; sudo lshw -short; uname -a; dmesg | egrep 'acx|at76|ath|b43|bcm|CX|eth|ipw|irmware|isl|lbtf|ndiswrapper|NPE|ound|prism|rtl|rt2|rt3|usb|witch|wl'; iwconfig; grep b43 /etc/modprobe.d/*; grep wl /etc/modprobe.d/*; sudo hwinfo --netcard ; sudo lsmod; sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart

then all this stuff came out:

Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net lucid Release.gpg
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net/pidgin-developers/ppa/ubuntu/ lucid/main Translation-en_CA
Get:1 http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security Release.gpg [198B]
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security/main Translation-en_CA
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security/restricted Translation-en_CA
Hit http://archive.canonical.com lucid Release.gpg
Ign http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ lucid/partner Translation-en_CA
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com lucid Release.gpg
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main Translation-en_CA
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/restricted Translation-en_CA
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net lucid Release
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security/universe Translation-en_CA
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security/multiverse Translation-en_CA
Get:2 http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security Release [44.7kB]
Hit http://archive.canonical.com lucid Release
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/universe Translation-en_CA
Ign http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/multiverse Translation-en_CA
Get:3 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates Release.gpg [198B]
Ign http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/main Translation-en_CA
Ign http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/restricted Translation-en_CA
Ign http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/universe Translation-en_CA
Ign http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/multiverse Translation-en_CA
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com lucid Release
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net lucid/main Packages
Hit http://archive.canonical.com lucid/partner Packages
Get:4 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates Release [44.7kB]
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net lucid/main Sources
Get:5 http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/main Packages [195kB]
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/main Packages
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/restricted Packages
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/main Sources
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/restricted Sources
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/universe Packages
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/universe Sources
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/multiverse Packages
Hit http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/multiverse Sources
Get:6 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/main Packages [504kB]
Get:7 http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/restricted Packages [14B]
Get:8 http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/main Sources [58.9kB]
Get:9 http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/restricted Sources [14B]
Get:10 http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/universe Packages [75.3kB]
Get:11 http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/universe Sources [22.8kB]
Get:12 http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/multiverse Packages [4,561B]
Get:13 http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/multiverse Sources [1,754B]
Get:14 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/restricted Packages [3,240B]
Get:15 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/main Sources [195kB]
Get:16 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/restricted Sources [1,443B]
Get:17 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/universe Packages [208kB]
Get:18 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/universe Sources [76.1kB]
Get:19 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/multiverse Packages [10.5kB]
Get:20 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/multiverse Sources [5,053B]
Fetched 1,452kB in 6s (222kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
hwinfo is already the newest version.
grep is already the newest version.
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  linux-headers-2.6.32-28-generic linux-headers-2.6.32-28 libsvga1
  libggi-target-x libggi2 libgii1 libgii1-target-x
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 8 not upgraded.
  *-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: 00:1f:16:4c:13:ed
       size: 100MB/s
       capacity: 100MB/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=10.3.0.53 latency=0 link=yes maxlatency=20 mingnt=1 multicast=yes port=MII speed=100MB/s
       resources: irq:26 memory:c0009000-c0009fff ioport:30f8(size=8) memory:c0007c00-c0007cff memory:c0007800-c000780f
  *-network DISABLED
       description: Wireless interface
       product: AR5001 Wireless Network Adapter
       vendor: Atheros Communications Inc.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:07:00.0
       logical name: wlan0
       version: 01
       serial: 00:23:4e:13:2e:67
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ath5k latency=0 multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg
       resources: irq:23 memory:c2000000-c200ffff
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: yes
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

wlan0 Interface doesn't support scanning : Network is down

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=10.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=lucid
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS"
00:00.0 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] Memory Controller [10de:0754] (rev a2)
00:01.0 ISA bridge [0601]: nVidia Corporation Device [10de:075e] (rev a2)
00:01.1 SMBus [0c05]: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] SMBus [10de:0752] (rev a1)
00:01.3 Co-processor [0b40]: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] Co-Processor [10de:0753] (rev a2)
00:01.4 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] Memory Controller [10de:0568] (rev a1)
00:02.0 USB Controller [0c03]: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] OHCI USB 1.1 Controller [10de:077b] (rev a1)
00:02.1 USB Controller [0c03]: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] EHCI USB 2.0 Controller [10de:077c] (rev a1)
00:04.0 USB Controller [0c03]: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] OHCI USB 1.1 Controller [10de:077d] (rev a1)
00:04.1 USB Controller [0c03]: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] EHCI USB 2.0 Controller [10de:077e] (rev a1)
00:06.0 IDE interface [0101]: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] IDE [10de:0759] (rev a1)
00:07.0 Audio device [0403]: nVidia Corporation MCP72XE/MCP72P/MCP78U/MCP78S High Definition Audio [10de:0774] (rev a1)
00:08.0 PCI bridge [0604]: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] PCI Bridge [10de:075a] (rev a1)
00:09.0 IDE interface [0101]: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] SATA Controller (non-AHCI mode) [10de:0ad0] (rev a2)
00:0a.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: nVidia Corporation MCP77 Ethernet [10de:0760] (rev a2)
00:0b.0 PCI bridge [0604]: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] PCI Express Bridge [10de:0569] (rev a1)
00:14.0 PCI bridge [0604]: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] PCI Bridge [10de:077a] (rev a1)
00:18.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Mobile K10 [Turion X2, Athlon X2, Sempron] HyperTransport Configuration [1022:1300] (rev 40)
00:18.1 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 11h [Turion X2, Athlon X2, Sempron] Address Map [1022:1301]
00:18.2 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Mobile K10 [Turion X2, Athlon X2, Sempron] DRAM Controller [1022:1302]
00:18.3 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Mobile K10 [Turion X2, Athlon X2, Sempron] Miscellaneous Control [1022:1303]
00:18.4 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Mobile K10 [Turion X2, Athlon X2, Sempron] Link Control [1022:1304]
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation C77 [GeForce 8200M G] [10de:0845] (rev a2)
07:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Atheros Communications Inc. AR5001 Wireless Network Adapter [168c:001c] (rev 01)
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 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
H/W path Device Class Description
===============================================
                        system Presario CQ50-215CA
/0 bus 360A
/0/0 memory 102KiB BIOS
/0/3 processor AMD Athlon Dual-Core QL-60
/0/3/5 memory 128KiB L1 cache
/0/3/6 memory 512KiB L2 cache
/0/4 memory 2GiB System Memory
/0/4/0 memory 1GiB DIMM DRAM Synchronous 667 MHz (1.5 ns)
/0/4/1 memory 1GiB DIMM DRAM Synchronous 667 MHz (1.5 ns)
/0/5 processor
/0/5/0 memory 128KiB L1 cache
/0/5/1 memory 512KiB L2 cache
/0/b 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 Controlle
/0/2.1 bus MCP78S [GeForce 8200] EHCI USB 2.0 Controlle
/0/c bus MCP78S [GeForce 8200] OHCI USB 1.1 Controlle
/0/4.1 bus MCP78S [GeForce 8200] EHCI USB 2.0 Controlle
/0/6 storage MCP78S [GeForce 8200] IDE
/0/7 multimedia MCP72XE/MCP72P/MCP78U/MCP78S High Definition
/0/8 bridge MCP78S [GeForce 8200] PCI Bridge
/0/9 scsi2 storage MCP78S [GeForce 8200] SATA Controller (non-A
/0/9/0 /dev/cdrom disk CDDVDW TS-L633A
/0/9/1 /dev/sda disk 160GB TOSHIBA MK1652GS
/0/9/1/1 /dev/sda1 volume 144GiB EXT4 volume
/0/9/1/2 /dev/sda2 volume 5152MiB Extended partition
/0/9/1/2/5 /dev/sda5 volume 5152MiB Linux swap / Solaris partition
/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 AR5001 Wireless Network Adapter
/0/101 bridge Mobile K10 [Turion X2, Athlon X2, Sempron] H
/0/102 bridge Family 11h [Turion X2, Athlon X2, Sempron] A
/0/103 bridge Mobile K10 [Turion X2, Athlon X2, Sempron] D
/0/104 bridge Mobile K10 [Turion X2, Athlon X2, Sempron] M
/0/105 bridge Mobile K10 [Turion X2, Athlon X2, Sempron] L
Linux midnightman-laptop 2.6.32-32-generic #62-Ubuntu SMP Wed Apr 20 21:54:21 UTC 2011 i686 GNU/Linux
[ 0.000000] found SMP MP-table at [c00f7ff0] f7ff0
[ 0.209117] ACPI: No dock devices found.
[ 0.238203] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
[ 0.238220] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
[ 0.238248] usbcore: registered new device driver usb
[ 0.248030] Switching to clocksource hpet
[ 0.254058] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 12 devices
[ 0.308852] input: Lid Switch as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0C0D:00/input/input0
[ 0.310046] ACPI: Lid Switch [LID0]
[ 0.360250] usb usb1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 0.360284] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.372274] usb usb2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 0.372309] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.430158] usb usb3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 0.430192] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.486085] usb usb4: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 0.486113] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.515764] device-mapper: multipath: version 1.1.0 loaded
[ 0.515767] device-mapper: multipath round-robin: version 1.0.0 loaded
[ 0.517646] powernow-k8: Found 1 AMD Athlon Dual-Core QL-60 processors (2 cpu cores) (version 2.20.00)
[ 0.520036] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 0.693926] isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
[ 1.249543] forcedeth: Reverse Engineered nForce ethernet driver. Version 0.64.
[ 1.249932] forcedeth 0000:00:0a.0: PCI INT A -> Link[LMAC] -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ 21
[ 1.249938] forcedeth 0000:00:0a.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 1.769425] forcedeth 0000:00:0a.0: ifname eth0, PHY OUI 0x732 @ 1, addr 00:1f:16:4c:13:ed
[ 1.769430] forcedeth 0000:00:0a.0: highdma csum pwrctl mgmt lnktim msi desc-v3
[ 12.510548] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[ 12.851409] ath5k 0000:07:00.0: PCI INT A -> Link[Z012] -> GSI 23 (level, low) -> IRQ 23
[ 12.851424] ath5k 0000:07:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 12.851468] ath5k 0000:07:00.0: registered as 'phy0'
[ 13.235532] [drm] nouveau 0000:02:00.0: BIT BIOS found
[ 13.235544] [drm] nouveau 0000:02:00.0: Found Display Configuration Block version 4.0
[ 13.382159] ath: EEPROM regdomain: 0x64
[ 13.382163] ath: EEPROM indicates we should expect a direct regpair map
[ 13.382169] ath: Country alpha2 being used: 00
[ 13.382171] ath: Regpair used: 0x64
[ 13.437349] forcedeth 0000:00:0a.0: irq 26 for MSI/MSI-X
[ 13.461053] Registered led device: ath5k-phy0::rx
[ 13.461074] Registered led device: ath5k-phy0::tx
[ 13.461078] ath5k phy0: Atheros AR2425 chip found (MAC: 0xe2, PHY: 0x70)
[ 13.929159] input: HDA NVidia Mic as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:07.0/sound/card0/input8
[ 13.929264] input: HDA NVidia Mic as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:07.0/sound/card0/input9
[ 13.929328] input: HDA NVidia Headphone as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:07.0/sound/card0/input10
[ 14.409249] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
[ 15.718840] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 160x50
[ 23.972138] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
[ 236.682219] eth0: link down.
[ 237.136221] forcedeth 0000:00:0a.0: irq 26 for MSI/MSI-X
[ 237.136432] eth0: no link during initialization.
[ 237.137225] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 238.393385] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
[ 238.516619] forcedeth 0000:00:0a.0: irq 26 for MSI/MSI-X
[ 238.516831] eth0: no link during initialization.
[ 238.517731] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 358.247191] eth0: link up.
[ 358.247748] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
[ 369.240074] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
[ 648.455761] eth0: link down.
[ 651.100364] forcedeth 0000:00:0a.0: irq 26 for MSI/MSI-X
[ 651.100575] eth0: no link during initialization.
[ 651.101215] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 651.260939] forcedeth 0000:00:0a.0: irq 26 for MSI/MSI-X
[ 651.261150] eth0: no link during initialization.
[ 651.262053] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 684.172151] eth0: link up.
[ 684.172709] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
[ 694.296278] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
[ 1036.525261] eth0: link down.
[ 1041.107862] forcedeth 0000:00:0a.0: irq 26 for MSI/MSI-X
[ 1041.108077] eth0: no link during initialization.
[ 1041.108677] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 1041.266873] forcedeth 0000:00:0a.0: irq 26 for MSI/MSI-X
[ 1041.267072] eth0: no link during initialization.
[ 1041.267533] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 1058.472825] eth0: link up.
[ 1058.473375] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
[ 1068.576104] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

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

/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf:# replaced by b43 and ssb.
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-watchdog.conf:blacklist twl4030_wdt
21: PCI 0a.0: 0200 Ethernet controller
  [Created at pci.318]
  UDI: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_10de_760
  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: 26 (1827 events)
  HW Address: 00:1f:16:4c:13:ed
  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]
  UDI: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_168c_1c
  Unique ID: y9sn.eYBzW3bmQnB
  Parent ID: MZfG.K0fHNnB0W84
  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 0x137a
  Revision: 0x01
  Driver: "ath5k"
  Driver Modules: "ath5k"
  Device File: wlan0
  Features: WLAN
  Memory Range: 0xc2000000-0xc200ffff (rw,non-prefetchable)
  IRQ: 23 (161 events)
  HW Address: 00:23:4e:13:2e:67
  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: #23 (PCI bridge)
Module Size Used by
binfmt_misc 6587 1
ppdev 5259 0
fbcon 35102 71
tileblit 1999 1 fbcon
font 7557 1 fbcon
bitblit 4707 1 fbcon
softcursor 1189 1 bitblit
vga16fb 11385 0
vgastate 8961 1 vga16fb
joydev 8740 0
snd_hda_codec_nvhdmi 3840 1
snd_hda_codec_conexant 22705 1
arc4 1153 2
nouveau 467048 2
snd_hda_intel 22069 2
snd_hda_codec 74201 3 snd_hda_codec_nvhdmi,snd_hda_codec_conexant,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep 5412 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm_oss 35308 0
snd_mixer_oss 13746 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 70694 3 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_dummy 1338 0
snd_seq_oss 26722 0
snd_seq_midi 4557 0
snd_rawmidi 19056 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 6003 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 47263 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer 19098 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 5700 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
ath5k 121632 0
ttm 49943 1 nouveau
drm_kms_helper 29329 1 nouveau
mac80211 205402 1 ath5k
ath 7611 1 ath5k
snd 54244 16 snd_hda_codec_conexant,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
drm 162377 4 nouveau,ttm,drm_kms_helper
agpgart 31724 2 ttm,drm
i2c_algo_bit 5028 1 nouveau
video 17375 0
output 1871 1 video
cfg80211 126144 3 ath5k,mac80211,ath
led_class 2864 1 ath5k
psmouse 63245 0
serio_raw 3978 0
i2c_nforce2 5199 0
shpchp 28835 0
soundcore 6620 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 7076 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
lp 7028 0
parport 32635 2 ppdev,lp
forcedeth 49556 0
ahci 32360 2
pata_amd 8766 0
 * Reconfiguring network interfaces... Ignoring unknown interface eth0=eth0.

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#9

Check the Terminal output:

0: phy0: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: yes

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

So your wireless is turned off now.

You need to press the hardware wireless on-off button to turn it on again.

In my previous post, I was referring to the following possible solution:

"Hi,

I found the following instruction on the net:

sudo modprobe acer-wmi force_series=6805
sudo iwlist scan

and after that the led of wifi turn on, then clicking with the rigth button on the network icon "Abilita reti senza fili" the wifi works.

thx again for your support
ciao"

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Benjamin (benjaminreyne) said : 		#10

Yes I try to press the button on the laptop but it doesn't change.

I input the:

sudo modprobe acer-wmi force_series=6805
sudo iwlist scan

and this came out:

midnightman@midnightman-laptop:~$ sudo modprobe acer-wmi force_series=6805
FATAL: Error inserting acer_wmi (/lib/modules/2.6.32-32-generic/kernel/drivers/platform/x86/acer-wmi.ko): No such device
midnightman@midnightman-laptop:~$ sudo iwlist scan
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

wlan0 Interface doesn't support scanning : Network is down

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#11

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.

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#12

I suggest performing a clean install of Ubuntu 10.10 and then following the instructions here, in case you hit trouble again:

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

The other person - Marco Diaz - is also using a COMPAQ Presario CQ50 and also using the Wireless Ethernet controller [0200]: Atheros Communications Inc. AR5001 Wireless Network Adapter [168c:001c] (rev 01) just like you.

So it SHOULD work in Ubuntu 10.10, if you perform a clean install of Ubuntu 10.10 (avoid the upgrade path).

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Benjamin (benjaminreyne) said : 		#13

okay, so I input the

rfkill unblock all

and nothing came up, so i assume that's okay.

and then input the

sudo rfkill unblock all

and then nothing came up, I unplugged my wired connection to try to test wireless but still does not work...

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Benjamin (benjaminreyne) said : 		#14

alright Mark, so you say to do a full install and not upgrade it, okay. well if that's the only way, I'll let you know when I've managed to get version 10.10 on this computer.

thanks.

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Benjamin (benjaminreyne) said : 		#15

Excellent sir! Looks like it worked out. I got Ubuntu 10.10 on here and used the solution that the other guy did and the wireless is working out. thanks!