ubuntu wireless

[Asif Iqbal]

On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 5:36 PM, Karl F. Larsen <klarsen1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Asif Iqbal wrote:
> > Hi I just received a new laptop hp 6730b. It has touchscreen buttons for
> > wifi , volume and others with leds as well
> >
> > I notices the `Enable Wireless' is grayed out. So then I looked at dmesg.
> >
> > As per the excerpt from dmesg I need to turn off the wifi kill switch for
> > the wifi to work
> >
> > [   20.145801] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
> > [   21.377990] iwlagn: Radio Frequency Kill Switch is On:
> > [   21.377992] Kill switch must be turned off for wireless networking to
> > work.
> >
> > Here is the detail of the dmesg http://pastebin.com/f70cdad
> >
> > So I tap'd the touchscreen led of the wifi and it turned orange and dmes
> > gave me this weird message
> >
> > Oct 16 17:09:01 ghar-iqbala kernel: [ 6356.904173] usb 3-1: USB
> disconnect,
> > address 7
> >
> > So then I tap'd the touchscreen led of the wifi again and it turned blue
> > with the same usb related
> > message
> >
> > Oct 16 17:09:08 ghar-iqbala kernel: [ 6363.976230] usb 3-1: new full
> speed
> > USB device using uhci_hcd and address 8
> > Oct 16 17:09:08 ghar-iqbala kernel: [ 6364.142593] usb 3-1: configuration
> #1
> > chosen from 1 choice
> >
> > Looks like kernel got confused.
> >
> > Here is the `sudo lspci -v' of the intel driver.
> >
> > 02:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 5100 AGN
> [Shiloh]
> > Network Connection
> >     Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device 1211
> >     Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 2298
> >     Memory at d8700000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]
> >     Capabilities: [c8] Power Management version 3
> >     Capabilities: [d0] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit+
> Queue=0/0
> > Enable+
> >     Capabilities: [e0] Express Endpoint, MSI 00
> >     Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting <?>
> >     Capabilities: [140] Device Serial Number c8-74-69-ff-ff-65-1e-00
> >     Kernel driver in use: iwlagn
> >     Kernel modules: iwlagn
> >
> > Any suggestion how to fix this?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> >
>         I  suggest you put your not very new netbook into Google and
> read the success others have had. Here i8s what one happy user
> wrote:
>
>
It started working after I took it off the dock station. I will keep testing
different setup and report
my success and/or failure


> student
> Location: urbana, IL
>
> questionable notebook   Date: September 2, 2009
> "Personally, I'm rather convinced that my notebook was
> defective. I've had it for a little over a year, and have had
> numerous problems, and have had to send it in several times now.
>
> 1)my hardrive died after less than a year
>
> 2) it spontaneously shuts down, and at one point would take
> several tries to turn on (like up to 10-20) and would shut
> down in the middle of turning on...
>
>        I hope you got yours used and very cheap.
>
> 73 Karl
>
>
>
>
>
> --
>
>        Karl F. Larsen, AKA K5DI
>        Linux User
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