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plasma-widget-networkmanagement package

Updated to 10.04 Lucid and wireless not enabled.

Asked by Bob Haresceugh

Wireless enabled automatically with Ubuntu 9.10 but not enabled in Lucid. There are no networks detected. Works OK with Microsoft so wireless is operative. Laptop is Medion MD 96290.

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David Jones (dj) said : 		#1

Here is the update:

   1. ensure you have installed package ‘bcmwl-modaliases’ : sudo apt-get install bcmwl-modaliases
   2. restart your computer: sudo shutdown -r now

That should work.

   David
   in TN

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#2

Hi,

Please first connect your network card 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: Open Terminal from "Applications->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 restart. 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 aptitude update; sudo aptitude 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 'ound|irmware|eth|ath|wl|ipw|b43|witch'; iwconfig; grep b43 /etc/modprobe.d/*; grep wl /etc/modprobe.d/*; sudo hwinfo --netcard ; sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart

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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Bob Haresceugh (bob-haresceugh) said : 		#3

Hi and thanks for your replies. It would appear bcmwl-modalises is alresdy installed. Copy of terminal output below.

bob@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get install bcmwl-modaliases
[sudo] password for bob:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
bcmwl-modaliases is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
bob@ubuntu:~$ sudo aptitude update; sudo aptitude 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 'ound|irmware|eth|ath|wl|ipw|b43|witch'; iwconfig; grep b43 /etc/modprobe.d/*; grep wl /etc/modprobe.d/*; sudo hwinfo --netcard ; sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart
Writing extended state information... Done
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com lucid Release.gpg
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main Translation-en_GB
Hit http://archive.canonical.com lucid Release.gpg
Ign http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ lucid/partner Translation-en_GB
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/restricted Translation-en_GB
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/universe Translation-en_GB
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/multiverse Translation-en_GB
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates Release.gpg
Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/main Translation-en_GB
Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/restricted Translation-en_GB
Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/universe Translation-en_GB
Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/multiverse Translation-en_GB
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com lucid Release
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates Release
Hit http://archive.canonical.com lucid Release
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/main Packages
Hit http://archive.canonical.com lucid/partner Packages
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/restricted Packages
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/main Sources
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/restricted Sources
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/universe Packages
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/universe Sources
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/multiverse Packages
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/multiverse Sources
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/main Packages
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/restricted Packages
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/main Sources
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/restricted Sources
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/universe Packages
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/universe Sources
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/multiverse Packages
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/multiverse Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security Release.gpg
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security/main Translation-en_GB
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security/restricted Translation-en_GB
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security/universe Translation-en_GB
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security/multiverse Translation-en_GB
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security Release
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/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://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/multiverse Sources
Reading package lists... Done

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initialising package states... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  hwinfo libhd16{a}
0 packages upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 744kB of archives. After unpacking 2,060kB will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] y
Writing extended state information... Done
Get:1 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/universe libhd16 16.0-2 [698kB]
Get:2 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/universe hwinfo 16.0-2 [46.1kB]
Fetched 744kB in 3s (227kB/s)
Selecting previously deselected package libhd16.
(Reading database ... 170973 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
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initialising package states... Done
Writing extended state information... Done

  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller
       vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:04:00.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 01
       serial: 00:16:d3:84:b1:50
       size: 100MB/s
       capacity: 100MB/s
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm vpd msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list rom ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=2.3LK-NAPI duplex=full ip=192.168.2.6 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=MII speed=100MB/s
       resources: irq:27 ioport:3000(size=256) memory:d6000000-d6000fff memory:d2000000-d201ffff(prefetchable)
  *-network DISABLED
       description: Wireless interface
       physical id: 2
       logical name: wlan0
       serial: 00:07:ca:07:30:9b
       capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg
3: phy3: 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 LTS"
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 945GT Express Memory Controller Hub [8086:27a0] (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:27a2] (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller [0380]: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:27a6] (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family High Definition Audio Controller [8086:27d8] (rev 02)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 1 [8086:27d0] (rev 02)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 2 [8086:27d2] (rev 02)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 4 [8086:27d6] (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:27c8] (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:27c9] (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:27ca] (rev 02)
00:1d.3 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #4 [8086:27cb] (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB2 EHCI Controller [8086:27cc] (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev e2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge [8086:27b9] (rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) IDE Controller [8086:27df] (rev 02)
00:1f.2 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) SATA AHCI Controller [8086:27c5] (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family SMBus Controller [8086:27da] (rev 02)
04:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller [10ec:8136] (rev 01)
0a:09.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller [1180:0832]
0a:09.1 SD Host controller [0805]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter [1180:0822] (rev 19)
0a:09.2 System peripheral [0880]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C843 MMC Host Controller [1180:0843] (rev 0a)
0a:09.3 System peripheral [0880]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter [1180:0592] (rev 05)
0a:09.4 System peripheral [0880]: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller [1180:0852] (rev ff)
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0bda:8189 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8187B Wireless 802.11g 54Mbps Network Adapter
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 064e:a100 Suyin Corp. Acer OrbiCam
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
H/W path Device Class Description
==========================================================
                                   system WIM2160
/0 bus WIM2160
/0/0 memory 100KiB BIOS
/0/4 processor Genuine Intel(R) CPU T2
/0/4/5 memory 16KiB L1 cache
/0/4/6 memory 1MiB L2 cache
/0/4/0.1 processor Logical CPU
/0/4/0.2 processor Logical CPU
/0/12 memory 2GiB System Memory
/0/12/0 memory 1GiB SODIMM DDR2 Synchronous
/0/12/1 memory 1GiB SODIMM DDR2 Synchronous
/0/1 processor
/0/1/0.1 processor Logical CPU
/0/1/0.2 processor Logical CPU
/0/100 bridge Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML a
/0/100/2 display Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Expr
/0/100/2.1 display Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML
/0/100/1b multimedia N10/ICH 7 Family High Definition
/0/100/1c bridge N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port
/0/100/1c.1 bridge N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port
/0/100/1c.1/0 eth0 network RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fas
/0/100/1c.3 bridge N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port
/0/100/1d bus N10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controll
/0/100/1d.1 bus N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Control
/0/100/1d.2 bus N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Control
/0/100/1d.3 bus N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Control
/0/100/1d.7 bus N10/ICH 7 Family USB2 EHCI Contro
/0/100/1e bridge 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge
/0/100/1e/9 bus R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller
/0/100/1e/9.1 generic R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host
/0/100/1e/9.2 generic R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adap
/0/100/1e/9.3 generic xD-Picture Card Controller
/0/100/1e/9.4 generic Illegal Vendor ID
/0/100/1f bridge 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface B
/0/100/1f.1 scsi0 storage 82801G (ICH7 Family) IDE Controll
/0/100/1f.1/0.0.0 /dev/cdrom disk CDDVDW SN-S082H
/0/100/1f.2 scsi2 storage 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) SATA A
/0/100/1f.2/0.0.0 /dev/sda disk 160GB WDC WD1600BEVS-0
/0/100/1f.2/0.0.0/1 /dev/sda1 volume 98GiB Windows NTFS volume
/0/100/1f.2/0.0.0/2 /dev/sda2 volume 48GiB Extended partition
/0/100/1f.2/0.0.0/2/5 /dev/sda5 volume 31GiB W95 FAT32 partition
/0/100/1f.3 bus N10/ICH 7 Family SMBus Controller
/1 system
/2 wlan0 network Wireless interface
Linux ubuntu 2.6.32-22-generic-pae #36-Ubuntu SMP Thu Jun 3 23:14:23 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux
[ 0.000000] Phoenix BIOS detected: BIOS may corrupt low RAM, working around it.
[ 0.000000] ACPI: BIOS bug: multiple APIC/MADT found, using 0
[ 0.000000] found SMP MP-table at [c00f68e0] f68e0
[ 0.193252] ACPI: No dock devices found.
[ 0.232263] Switching to clocksource tsc
[ 0.238834] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 11 devices
[ 0.293033] input: Lid Switch as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0C0D:00/input/input0
[ 0.293586] ACPI: Lid Switch [LID0]
[ 0.298651] Switching to clocksource hpet
[ 0.314293] ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: using broken periodic workaround
[ 0.371097] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.371752] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.372086] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.372404] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.372699] hub 5-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.429236] device-mapper: multipath: version 1.1.0 loaded
[ 0.429241] device-mapper: multipath round-robin: version 1.0.0 loaded
[ 0.442231] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 0.680447] isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
[ 0.818198] eth0: RTL8101e at 0xf8258000, 00:16:d3:84:b1:50, XID 14000000 IRQ 27
[ 27.427629] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[ 27.685957] uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device USB 2.0 Camera (064e:a100)
[ 27.739158] ricoh-mmc: Ricoh MMC controller found at 0000:0a:09.2 [1180:0843] (rev 1)
[ 27.940307] sdhci-pci 0000:0a:09.1: SDHCI controller found [1180:0822] (rev 19)
[ 28.922743] rtl8187: wireless switch is off
[ 29.521313] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 160x50
[ 31.137710] r8169: eth0: link up
[ 31.137716] r8169: eth0: link up
[ 41.777023] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
[ 2698.477361] r8169: eth0: link down
[ 2704.553415] Modules linked in: binfmt_misc ppdev uinput snd_hda_codec_si3054 fbcon tileblit snd_hda_codec_realtek font bitblit softcursor vga16fb vgastate snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec snd_hwdep snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss arc4 snd_pcm snd_seq_dummy rtl8187 snd_seq_oss snd_seq_midi snd_rawmidi snd_seq_midi_event i915 mac80211 snd_seq snd_timer drm_kms_helper joydev snd_seq_device cfg80211 sdhci_pci drm sdhci snd ricoh_mmc uvcvideo led_class soundcore intel_agp i2c_algo_bit psmouse snd_page_alloc agpgart eeprom_93cx6 videodev lp v4l1_compat serio_raw video output parport ohci1394 ieee1394 ahci r8169 mii
[ 2704.553473] [<c01540d2>] warn_slowpath_common+0x72/0xa0
[ 2704.553500] [<c015414b>] warn_slowpath_fmt+0x2b/0x30
[ 2704.553694] Modules linked in: binfmt_misc ppdev uinput snd_hda_codec_si3054 fbcon tileblit snd_hda_codec_realtek font bitblit softcursor vga16fb vgastate snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec snd_hwdep snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss arc4 snd_pcm snd_seq_dummy rtl8187 snd_seq_oss snd_seq_midi snd_rawmidi snd_seq_midi_event i915 mac80211 snd_seq snd_timer drm_kms_helper joydev snd_seq_device cfg80211 sdhci_pci drm sdhci snd ricoh_mmc uvcvideo led_class soundcore intel_agp i2c_algo_bit psmouse snd_page_alloc agpgart eeprom_93cx6 videodev lp v4l1_compat serio_raw video output parport ohci1394 ieee1394 ahci r8169 mii
[ 2704.553742] [<c01540d2>] warn_slowpath_common+0x72/0xa0
[ 2704.553768] [<c015414b>] warn_slowpath_fmt+0x2b/0x30
[ 2704.553946] Modules linked in: binfmt_misc ppdev uinput snd_hda_codec_si3054 fbcon tileblit snd_hda_codec_realtek font bitblit softcursor vga16fb vgastate snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec snd_hwdep snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss arc4 snd_pcm snd_seq_dummy rtl8187 snd_seq_oss snd_seq_midi snd_rawmidi snd_seq_midi_event i915 mac80211 snd_seq snd_timer drm_kms_helper joydev snd_seq_device cfg80211 sdhci_pci drm sdhci snd ricoh_mmc uvcvideo led_class soundcore intel_agp i2c_algo_bit psmouse snd_page_alloc agpgart eeprom_93cx6 videodev lp v4l1_compat serio_raw video output parport ohci1394 ieee1394 ahci r8169 mii
[ 2704.553994] [<c01540d2>] warn_slowpath_common+0x72/0xa0
[ 2704.554019] [<c015414b>] warn_slowpath_fmt+0x2b/0x30
[ 2704.554241] Modules linked in: binfmt_misc ppdev uinput snd_hda_codec_si3054 fbcon tileblit snd_hda_codec_realtek font bitblit softcursor vga16fb vgastate snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec snd_hwdep snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss arc4 snd_pcm snd_seq_dummy rtl8187 snd_seq_oss snd_seq_midi snd_rawmidi snd_seq_midi_event i915 mac80211 snd_seq snd_timer drm_kms_helper joydev snd_seq_device cfg80211 sdhci_pci drm sdhci snd ricoh_mmc uvcvideo led_class soundcore intel_agp i2c_algo_bit psmouse snd_page_alloc agpgart eeprom_93cx6 videodev lp v4l1_compat serio_raw video output parport ohci1394 ieee1394 ahci r8169 mii
[ 2704.554289] [<c01540d2>] warn_slowpath_common+0x72/0xa0
[ 2704.554314] [<c015414b>] warn_slowpath_fmt+0x2b/0x30
[ 2704.554489] Modules linked in: binfmt_misc ppdev uinput snd_hda_codec_si3054 fbcon tileblit snd_hda_codec_realtek font bitblit softcursor vga16fb vgastate snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec snd_hwdep snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss arc4 snd_pcm snd_seq_dummy rtl8187 snd_seq_oss snd_seq_midi snd_rawmidi snd_seq_midi_event i915 mac80211 snd_seq snd_timer drm_kms_helper joydev snd_seq_device cfg80211 sdhci_pci drm sdhci snd ricoh_mmc uvcvideo led_class soundcore intel_agp i2c_algo_bit psmouse snd_page_alloc agpgart eeprom_93cx6 videodev lp v4l1_compat serio_raw video output parport ohci1394 ieee1394 ahci r8169 mii
[ 2704.554537] [<c01540d2>] warn_slowpath_common+0x72/0xa0
[ 2704.554562] [<c015414b>] warn_slowpath_fmt+0x2b/0x30
[ 2706.084023] SMP alternatives: switching to UP code
[ 2706.090720] SMP alternatives: switching to SMP code
[ 2709.445381] rtl8187: wireless switch is off
[ 2709.575513] r8169: eth0: link down
[ 2709.575726] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 3856.776027] SMP alternatives: switching to UP code
[ 3856.782733] SMP alternatives: switching to SMP code
[ 3860.174766] rtl8187: wireless switch is off
[ 3860.292401] r8169: eth0: link down
[ 3860.292874] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 4093.084024] SMP alternatives: switching to UP code
[ 4093.090772] SMP alternatives: switching to SMP code
[ 4096.472887] rtl8187: wireless switch is off
[ 4096.614982] r8169: eth0: link down
[ 4096.615460] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 4113.443017] r8169: eth0: link up
[ 4113.443473] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
[ 4124.040038] 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
25: PCI 400.0: 0200 Ethernet controller
  [Created at pci.318]
  UDI: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_10ec_8136
  Unique ID: rBUF.Kj1EkInWL62
  Parent ID: qTvu.bQ30eTbcr+3
  SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.1/0000:04:00.0
  SysFS BusID: 0000:04:00.0
  Hardware Class: network
  Model: "Realtek RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller"
  Vendor: pci 0x10ec "Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd."
  Device: pci 0x8136 "RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller"
  SubVendor: pci 0x17c0 "Wistron Corp."
  SubDevice: pci 0x1053
  Revision: 0x01
  Driver: "r8169"
  Driver Modules: "r8169"
  Device File: eth0
  I/O Ports: 0x3000-0x3fff (rw)
  Memory Range: 0xd6000000-0xd6000fff (rw,non-prefetchable)
  Memory Range: 0xd2000000-0xd201ffff (ro,prefetchable,disabled)
  IRQ: 27 (12710 events)
  HW Address: 00:16:d3:84:b1:50
  Link detected: yes
  Module Alias: "pci:v000010ECd00008136sv000017C0sd00001053bc02sc00i00"
  Driver Info #0:
    Driver Status: r8169 is active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe r8169"
  Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
  Attached to: #13 (PCI bridge)

49: USB 00.0: 0282 WLAN controller
  [Created at usb.122]
  UDI: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_bda_8189_00e04c000001_if0
  Unique ID: zFuK.sfmFuxjLWYE
  Parent ID: k4bc.9T1GDCLyFd9
  SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb1/1-8/1-8:1.0
  SysFS BusID: 1-8:1.0
  Hardware Class: network
  Model: "Realtek RTL8187B_WLAN_Adapter"
  Hotplug: USB
  Vendor: usb 0x0bda "Realtek Semiconductor Corp."
  Device: usb 0x8189 "RTL8187B_WLAN_Adapter"
  Revision: "2.00"
  Serial ID: "00e04c000001"
  Driver: "rtl8187"
  Driver Modules: "rtl8187"
  Device File: wlan0
  Features: WLAN
  Speed: 480 Mbps
  HW Address: 00:07:ca:07:30:9b
  WLAN channels: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
  WLAN frequencies: 2.412 2.417 2.422 2.427 2.432 2.437 2.442 2.447 2.452 2.457 2.462 2.467 2.472 2.484
  WLAN encryption modes: WEP40 WEP104 TKIP CCMP
  WLAN authentication modes: open sharedkey wpa-psk wpa-eap
  Module Alias: "usb:v0BDAp8189d0200dc00dsc00dp00icFFiscFFipFF"
  Driver Info #0:
    Driver Status: rtl8187 is active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe rtl8187"
  Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
  Attached to: #42 (Hub)
 * Reconfiguring network interfaces... Ignoring unknown interface eth0=eth0.
                                                                         [ OK ]
bob@ubuntu:~$

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#4

There are several indications that your wireless card is disabled by a hardware kill switch or MAYBE by another connected USB device:

The following output indicates this:

1) *-network DISABLED
       description: Wireless interface

2) 3: phy3: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: yes

3) rtl8187: wireless switch is off

To fix this, try disconnecting the "Suyin Corp. Acer OrbiCam" USB device.

Only keep the wireless USB adapter connected, then reboot and retest wireless.

It could be that connecting the OrbiCam USB device is causing your wireless card to get disabled... Just an idea...

Your laptop may be experiencing an issue similar to this:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1479524

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Bob Haresceugh (bob-haresceugh) said : 		#5

The wireless adapter is internal to the laptop and in Microsoft is connected by a switch above the keypad. In the older version of Ubuntu this switch was inactive but the connection was made automatically.
I am not using a USB wireless adapter.
I'll have a look at the similar issue.

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#6

Hi Bob,

I have to disagree.

Your pc has a WIRED ethernet adapter that is internal to the laptop.

This is the wired adapter:

04:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller [10ec:8136] (rev 01)

And this is the only wireLESS USB adapter that you have:

Model: "Realtek RTL8187B_WLAN_Adapter"
  Hotplug: USB

Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0bda:8189 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8187B Wireless 802.11g 54Mbps Network Adapter

It is displayed in Linux as a USB device, not as a PCI (internal) device.

Regards,

Mark

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Bob Haresceugh (bob-haresceugh) said : 		#7

My knowledge of these things is pretty basic and despite reading tutorials etc i can't find out how to disconnect the "Suyin Corp. Acer OrbiCam" USB device. It is physically connected inside the laptop as is the wireless adapter. Can you advise?

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#8

Hmmm after doing a little research on the Internet and checking the specs for the Medion MD 96290, you are right. Sorry that I did not believe it at first, because it is very unusual to have a wireless USB adapter that is (internally) built into a PC.

Now I checked the forums of another distribution - sidux - where forumuser pit got it to work out-of-the-box in sidux 2009-03 Preview 1.

Please read the very last remark made by forumuser pit at this location:

http://sidux.com/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&file=viewtopic&t=6108&start=15&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=

I am unsure how to get this fixed in Ubuntu 10.04. Only easy way would be via a kernel update that Ubuntu 10.04 users might receive in the near future. Or else you should revert back to Ubuntu 9.10 while waiting for the regression to get solved.

If you did an upgrade to Ubuntu 10.04 and NOT a clean install, then you should first test wireless from the Ubuntu 10.04 LiveCD session. If wireless works during the LiveCD session, then install from the LiveCD. If wireless does not work during the 10.04 LiveCD session, then it may be a good idea to file a new bug report using this link:

https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/plasma-widget-networkmanagement/+question/115041/+makebug

Can you help with this problem?

Provide an answer of your own, or ask Bob Haresceugh for more information if necessary.

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