2: acer-wireless: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: yes + configuration conflicts between NetworkManager and wicd and /etc/network/interfaces file -> DISABLED Wireless interface PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [Golan] Network Connection not working on Lenovo 3000 N200 in Ubuntu 12.10

What is the output of:

sudo lshw -C network; lsb_release -a; uname -a

Thanks

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

"
2: acer-wireless: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: yes
 Hard blocked: no

"

Please 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 .

You could also try resetting the BIOS values to default values and then
rebooting and retesting again.

Source: https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-
nettool/+question/185589

Please also send us the Terminal output requested in #1.

Hi Andre, here's the result

~$ sudo lshw -C network; lsb_release -a; uname -a
  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: NetLink BCM5906M Fast Ethernet PCI Express
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:05:00.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 02
       serial: 00:16:d3:b4:b0:b1
       capacity: 100Mbit/s
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm vpd msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=tg3 driverversion=3.123 firmware=sb v3.04 latency=0 link=no multicast=yes port=twisted pair
       resources: irq:47 memory:f4200000-f420ffff
  *-network DISABLED
       description: Wireless interface
       product: PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [Golan] Network Connection
       vendor: Intel Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:06:00.0
       logical name: wlan0
       version: 02
       serial: 00:1b:77:05:8b:47
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=iwl3945 driverversion=3.5.0-23-generic firmware=15.32.2.9 latency=0 link=no multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11abg
       resources: irq:45 memory:f4300000-f4300fff
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 12.10
Release: 12.10
Codename: quantal
Linux mario-LENOVO3000-N200 3.5.0-23-generic #35-Ubuntu SMP Thu Jan 24 13:05:29 UTC 2013 i686 i686 i686 GNU/Linux

Hi Mark, I run sudo rfkill unblock all, but nothing changed. BTW I did that while WICD was turned off.

Thanks,

Try Fn+F5 to enable the wifi

Hi Andre,

I did that, only bluetooth was switched on and off.

When I turn off wicd, the wireless lamp gone off too. It's only up when wicd is looking for wifi signal.

Thanks,
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Please copy-paste the following command into the Terminal and then press
<ENTER>:

gksudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

Using the gedit editor, please ADD the following configuration line into
the file /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf:

blacklist acer_wmi

Using the gedit editor, SAVE the change to the

/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf file.

Then REBOOT and retest wireless. This blacklist operation should make
the change permanent, even after rebooting.

This should force the Linux kernel to stop loading the acer_wmi module,
which is probably causing the kernel to soft block your wireless adapter.

The acer-wireless interface is an invalid wireless interface on your
computer, because you are using a Lenovo 3000 N200 , not an
ACER computer.

Source: https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-nettool/+question/179315

Hi Mark, just went back from work.

I did your suggestion, but wifi still not up. It it only up and running with WICD. When WICD is not connecting to wifi, it went off.

Below result of rfkill list after I did that.

mario@mario-LENOVO3000-N200:~$ rfkill list
1: phy0: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: no
2: hci0: Bluetooth
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: no
mario@mario-LENOVO3000-N200:~$

Seems like wlan0 is gone now.

Appreciate further suggestion to try eagerly...

Regards from sunshiny Indonesia,

Hi,

Please 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.

The methods in Unity are:
Press Control-ALT-T key combination.
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 https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WirelessTroubleshootingProcedure 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 rfkill; sudo lshw -C network; rfkill list; sudo iwlist scan | egrep -i 'chan|ssid'; cat /etc/network/interfaces; cat /etc/lsb-release; lspci -nn; lsusb; sudo lshw -short; uname -a; dmesg | egrep '02:00|80211|acx|at76|ath|b43|bcm|brcm|CX|eth|ipw|ireless|irmware|isl|lbtf|orinoco|ndiswrapper|NPE|ound|p54|prism|rror|rtl|rt2|rt3|rt5|rt6|rt7|usb|witch|wl';sudo dmidecode|egrep 'anufact|roduct|erial|elease'; iwconfig; cat /etc/modprobe.d/* | egrep '80211|acx|at76|ath|b43|bcm|brcm|CX|eth|ipw|irmware|isl|lbtf|orinoco|ndiswrapper|NPE|p54|prism|rtl|rt2|rt3|rt6|rt7|wmi|witch|wl'; cat /var/lib/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.state; sudo hwinfo --netcard ; ps -aux|egrep 'wpa|icd|etwork'; netstat -rn ; cat /etc/resolv.conf; 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

Hi Mark, here's the full result:

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Ign http://id.archive.ubuntu.com quantal-updates/universe Translation-en_US
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Ign http://id.archive.ubuntu.com quantal-backports/universe Translation-en_US
Fetched 18.7 MB in 2min 15s (138 kB/s)
W: Failed to fetch cdrom://Ubuntu 12.10 _Quantal Quetzal_ - Release i386 (20121017.2)/dists/quantal/main/binary-i386/Packages Please use apt-cdrom to make this CD-ROM recognized by APT. apt-get update cannot be used to add new CD-ROMs

W: Failed to fetch cdrom://Ubuntu 12.10 _Quantal Quetzal_ - Release i386 (20121017.2)/dists/quantal/restricted/binary-i386/Packages Please use apt-cdrom to make this CD-ROM recognized by APT. apt-get update cannot be used to add new CD-ROMs

E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
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.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded.
mario-lenovo3000-n200
    description: Notebook
    product: 068728U ()
    vendor: LENOVO
    version: LENOVO3000 N200
    serial: LV01177
    width: 32 bits
    capabilities: smbios-2.4 dmi-2.4 smp-1.4 smp
    configuration: administrator_password=enabled boot=oem-specific chassis=notebook cpus=2 frontpanel_password=unknown keyboard_password=unknown power-on_password=disabled uuid=9D980040-0B19-11DC-A046-CB9E7D4F26D4
  *-core
       description: Motherboard
       product: INVALID
       vendor: LENOVO
       physical id: 0
       version: Not Applicable
       serial: C74Y18H
     *-firmware
          description: BIOS
          vendor: LENOVO
          physical id: 0
          version: 66ET31WW (1.05 )
          date: 05/11/2007
          size: 99KiB
          capacity: 960KiB
          capabilities: pci pcmcia pnp upgrade shadowing escd cdboot acpi usb biosbootspecification
     *-cpu:0
          description: CPU
          product: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T7100 @ 1.80GHz
          vendor: Intel Corp.
          physical id: 4
          bus info: cpu@0
          version: 6.15.13
          serial: 0000-06FD-0000-0000-0000-0000
          slot: U2E1
          size: 1800MHz
          capacity: 2048MHz
          width: 64 bits
          capabilities: boot fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx x86-64 constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts aperfmperf pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm lahf_lm ida dtherm tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority cpufreq
          configuration: id=0
        *-cache:0
             description: L1 cache
             physical id: 5
             slot: L1 Cache
             size: 64KiB
             capacity: 64KiB
             capabilities: asynchronous internal write-back
        *-cache:1
             description: L2 cache
             physical id: 6
             slot: L2 Cache
             size: 2MiB
             capacity: 4MiB
             capabilities: burst external write-back
        *-logicalcpu:0
             description: Logical CPU
             physical id: 0.1
             width: 64 bits
             capabilities: logical
        *-logicalcpu:1
             description: Logical CPU
             physical id: 0.2
             width: 64 bits
             capabilities: logical
     *-memory
          description: System Memory
          physical id: 16
          slot: System board or motherboard
          size: 2GiB
        *-bank:0
             description: SODIMM DDR2 Synchronous 667 MHz (1.5 ns)
             physical id: 0
             slot: M1
             size: 1GiB
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 667MHz (1.5ns)
        *-bank:1
             description: SODIMM DDR2 Synchronous 667 MHz (1.5 ns)
             physical id: 1
             slot: M2
             size: 1GiB
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 667MHz (1.5ns)
     *-cpu:1
          physical id: 1
          bus info: cpu@1
          version: 6.15.13
          serial: 0000-06FD-0000-0000-0000-0000
          size: 800MHz
          capacity: 800MHz
          capabilities: vmx ht cpufreq
          configuration: id=0
        *-logicalcpu:0
             description: Logical CPU
             physical id: 0.1
             capabilities: logical
        *-logicalcpu:1
             description: Logical CPU
             physical id: 0.2
             capabilities: logical
     *-pci
          description: Host bridge
          product: Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory Controller Hub
          vendor: Intel Corporation
          physical id: 100
          bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0
          version: 03
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 33MHz
          configuration: driver=agpgart-intel
          resources: irq:0
        *-display:0
             description: VGA compatible controller
             product: Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (primary)
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 2
             bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
             version: 03
             width: 64 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: msi pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
             configuration: driver=i915 latency=0
             resources: irq:44 memory:f4000000-f40fffff memory:d0000000-dfffffff ioport:1800(size=8)
        *-display:1 UNCLAIMED
             description: Display controller
             product: Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (secondary)
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 2.1
             bus info: pci@0000:00:02.1
             version: 03
             width: 64 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
             configuration: latency=0
             resources: memory:f4100000-f41fffff
        *-usb:0
             description: USB controller
             product: 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1a
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1a.0
             version: 03
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: uhci bus_master
             configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0
             resources: irq:16 ioport:1820(size=32)
        *-usb:1
             description: USB controller
             product: 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1a.1
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1a.1
             version: 03
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: uhci bus_master
             configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0
             resources: irq:21 ioport:1840(size=32)
        *-usb:2
             description: USB controller
             product: 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1a.7
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1a.7
             version: 03
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pm debug ehci bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=ehci_hcd latency=0
             resources: irq:18 memory:f4704800-f4704bff
        *-multimedia
             description: Audio device
             product: 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1b
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1b.0
             version: 03
             width: 64 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=snd_hda_intel latency=0
             resources: irq:46 memory:f4500000-f4503fff
        *-pci:0
             description: PCI bridge
             product: 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 1
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1c
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.0
             version: 03
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=pcieport
             resources: irq:40 ioport:2000(size=4096) memory:f2000000-f3ffffff ioport:f0000000(size=33554432)
        *-pci:1
             description: PCI bridge
             product: 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 2
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1c.1
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.1
             version: 03
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=pcieport
             resources: irq:41 ioport:3000(size=4096) memory:f4200000-f42fffff ioport:80000000(size=2097152)
           *-network
                description: Ethernet interface
                product: NetLink BCM5906M Fast Ethernet PCI Express
                vendor: Broadcom Corporation
                physical id: 0
                bus info: pci@0000:05:00.0
                logical name: eth0
                version: 02
                serial: 00:16:d3:b4:b0:b1
                size: 100Mbit/s
                capacity: 100Mbit/s
                width: 64 bits
                clock: 33MHz
                capabilities: pm vpd msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
                configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=tg3 driverversion=3.123 duplex=full firmware=sb v3.04 ip=139.194.187.180 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100Mbit/s
                resources: irq:47 memory:f4200000-f420ffff
        *-pci:2
             description: PCI bridge
             product: 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 3
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1c.2
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.2
             version: 03
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=pcieport
             resources: irq:42 ioport:4000(size=4096) memory:f4300000-f43fffff ioport:80200000(size=2097152)
           *-network
                description: Wireless interface
                product: PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [Golan] Network Connection
                vendor: Intel Corporation
                physical id: 0
                bus info: pci@0000:06:00.0
                logical name: wlan0
                version: 02
                serial: 00:1b:77:05:8b:47
                width: 32 bits
                clock: 33MHz
                capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
                configuration: broadcast=yes driver=iwl3945 driverversion=3.5.0-23-generic firmware=15.32.2.9 latency=0 link=no multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11abg
                resources: irq:45 memory:f4300000-f4300fff
        *-usb:3
             description: USB controller
             product: 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1d
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.0
             version: 03
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: uhci bus_master
             configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0
             resources: irq:23 ioport:1860(size=32)
        *-usb:4
             description: USB controller
             product: 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1d.1
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.1
             version: 03
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: uhci bus_master
             configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0
             resources: irq:19 ioport:1880(size=32)
        *-usb:5
             description: USB controller
             product: 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1d.2
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.2
             version: 03
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: uhci bus_master
             configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0
             resources: irq:18 ioport:18a0(size=32)
        *-usb:6
             description: USB controller
             product: 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1d.7
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.7
             version: 03
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pm debug ehci bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=ehci_hcd latency=0
             resources: irq:23 memory:f4704c00-f4704fff
        *-pci:3
             description: PCI bridge
             product: 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1e
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1e.0
             version: f3
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pci subtractive_decode bus_master cap_list
             resources: memory:f4400000-f44fffff
           *-firewire
                description: FireWire (IEEE 1394)
                product: R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller
                vendor: Ricoh Co Ltd
                physical id: 9
                bus info: pci@0000:0a:09.0
                version: 00
                width: 32 bits
                clock: 33MHz
                capabilities: pm ohci bus_master cap_list
                configuration: driver=firewire_ohci latency=32 maxlatency=4 mingnt=2
                resources: irq:16 memory:f4400000-f44007ff
           *-generic:0
                description: SD Host controller
                product: R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter
                vendor: Ricoh Co Ltd
                physical id: 9.1
                bus info: pci@0000:0a:09.1
                version: 19
                width: 32 bits
                clock: 33MHz
                capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
                configuration: driver=sdhci-pci latency=32
                resources: irq:18 memory:f4400800-f44008ff
           *-generic:1
                description: System peripheral
                product: R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter
                vendor: Ricoh Co Ltd
                physical id: 9.2
                bus info: pci@0000:0a:09.2
                version: 0a
                width: 32 bits
                clock: 33MHz
                capabilities: pm cap_list
                configuration: driver=r592 latency=0
                resources: irq:18 memory:f4401000-f44010ff
           *-generic:2
                description: System peripheral
                product: xD-Picture Card Controller
                vendor: Ricoh Co Ltd
                physical id: 9.3
                bus info: pci@0000:0a:09.3
                version: 05
                width: 32 bits
                clock: 33MHz
                capabilities: pm cap_list
                configuration: driver=r852 latency=0
                resources: irq:18 memory:f4401400-f44014ff
        *-isa
             description: ISA bridge
             product: 82801HM (ICH8M) LPC Interface Controller
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1f
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.0
             version: 03
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: isa bus_master cap_list
             configuration: latency=0
        *-ide
             description: IDE interface
             product: 82801HM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) IDE Controller
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1f.1
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.1
             version: 03
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: ide bus_master
             configuration: driver=ata_piix latency=0
             resources: irq:19 ioport:1f0(size=8) ioport:3f6 ioport:170(size=8) ioport:376 ioport:1810(size=16)
        *-storage
             description: SATA controller
             product: 82801HM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) SATA Controller [AHCI mode]
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1f.2
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.2
             version: 03
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 66MHz
             capabilities: storage msi pm ahci_1.0 bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=ahci latency=0
             resources: irq:43 ioport:1c00(size=8) ioport:18d4(size=4) ioport:18d8(size=8) ioport:18d0(size=4) ioport:18e0(size=32) memory:f4704000-f47047ff
        *-serial UNCLAIMED
             description: SMBus
             product: 82801H (ICH8 Family) SMBus Controller
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1f.3
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.3
             version: 03
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             configuration: latency=0
             resources: memory:80400000-804000ff ioport:1c20(size=32)
     *-scsi
          physical id: 2
          logical name: scsi0
          capabilities: emulated
        *-disk
             description: ATA Disk
             product: HITACHI HTS54161
             vendor: Hitachi
             physical id: 0.0.0
             bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0
             logical name: /dev/sda
             version: SB4I
             serial: SB2441SJJR994E
             size: 149GiB (160GB)
             capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
             configuration: ansiversion=5 sectorsize=512 signature=00091dbc
           *-volume:0
                description: EXT4 volume
                vendor: Linux
                physical id: 1
                bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,1
                logical name: /dev/sda1
                logical name: /
                version: 1.0
                serial: 89e994e5-eb74-4a43-a5cf-3040bf6a17d2
                size: 147GiB
                capacity: 147GiB
                capabilities: primary bootable journaled extended_attributes large_files huge_files dir_nlink recover extents ext4 ext2 initialized
                configuration: created=2013-02-02 22:38:09 filesystem=ext4 lastmountpoint=/ modified=2013-02-05 07:43:44 mount.fstype=ext4 mount.options=rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered mounted=2013-02-05 07:43:44 state=mounted
           *-volume:1
                description: Extended partition
                physical id: 2
                bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,2
                logical name: /dev/sda2
                size: 2037MiB
                capacity: 2037MiB
                capabilities: primary extended partitioned partitioned:extended
              *-logicalvolume
                   description: Linux swap / Solaris partition
                   physical id: 5
                   logical name: /dev/sda5
                   capacity: 2037MiB
                   capabilities: nofs
  *-remoteaccess UNCLAIMED
       vendor: Intel
       physical id: 1
       capabilities: inbound

Hi all,

I not sure which fix had made it, but miraculously my wireless connection is working. Now I can install program from Ubuntu Software Center with WICD running. It was not possible before as I mention in the first place. Also network Manager is showing wireless connection, but not fully controllable (unmanaged). I had an idea to remove wicd in case it was conflicting with all the fix suggested. So i remove it from dash, right-click wicd and uninstall.

After restarting, the wireless suddenly is up and connecting by itself. Before this I download gnome-nettool and fill in the wireless connection1 information (according to my home wifi password) in the corresponding tab and save it. Seems like it was the one did connecting the wiresless. Surprisingly, there is no Connection Information available from the drop down menu on top right bar near the date. I says "no valid active connection found". Funny, but it is like that.

There is one oddness though, that during booting up animation it says "Waiting for network configuration" and "Waiting another 60 seconds for network configuration". Still the wireless lamp is off during booting, until the 60 seconds gone before login page appear. Then after login only the wireless is up and connected just like that.

I am quite happy now, and will be happier if I don't have to wait for that extra 60 seconds booting.

Cheers!

Hi Mark,

I did your suggestion and also the other suggestion to modify failsafe.conf. There was no waiting during booting, however the wireless go off before I can put the user name and password. And I still can't turn on the wifi from Network Manager, though the toggle is working (wireless connection tab still shows under "unmanaged" status, eventhough there is a connection record there).

So, I did change open the /etc/network/interfaces.conf and change the input as following:
# interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8)
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp
wireless-essid Kabelvision (was before MYNETWORK)
wireless-key galaxy*** (was before FEFEFEFEE)
wireless-channel 11 (remain)
wireless-mode managed (remain)

Now seems it auto connect to my home wifi during booting.

Thanks guys! God bless you all!

Thanks Mark Rijckenberg, that solved my question.