10.04 - wireless no longer working - lenovo x61s
Hello all,
I got a second hand X61s laptop a few months ago, installed Lucid on it, and it's been working fine until this week. The wireless has stopped working. The function key combination to enable and disable the wireless no longer works so at first I assumed that some hardware had died, however:
1) The wireless hardware is detected and,
2) A working USB wireless adapter fails to be used too. (It works fine on another laptop running Lucid.)
I would really appreciate any help with this. The wired connection works but this just isn't practical for me.
Here's stuff I did that seemed to be indicated when I searched on this issue...
Code:
root@happened:~# ifconfig wlan0 up
SIOCSIFFLAGS: Unknown error 132
root@happened:~# cat /etc/network/interfaces
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
root@happened:~# iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
wlan0 IEEE 802.11abg ESSID:off/any
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=off
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
root@happened:~# lshw -C network
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: 82566MM Gigabit Network Connection
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 19
bus info: pci@0000:00:19.0
logical name: eth0
version: 03
serial: 00:1d:72:96:0d:fc
capacity: 1GB/s
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=e1000e driverversion=1.0.2-k2 firmware=0.3-0 latency=0 link=no multicast=yes port=twisted pair
resources: irq:26 memory:fe000000-fe01ffff memory:fe025000-fe025fff ioport:1840(size=32)
*-network DISABLED
description: Wireless interface
product: PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [Golan] Network Connection
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
logical name: wlan0
version: 02
serial: 00:1f:3c:ac:17:92
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=iwl3945 latency=0 multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11abg
resources: irq:28 memory:dfcff000-dfcfffff
root@happened:~# rmmod iwl3945
root@happened:~# rfkill block all
root@happened:~# rfkill unblock all
root@happened:~# modprobe iwl3945
root@happened:~# rfkill unblock all
root@happened:~# ifconfig wlan0 up
SIOCSIFFLAGS: Unknown error 132
root@happened:~# rfkill list
1: tpacpi_bluetooth_sw: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: yes
3: phy2: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: yes
After this, I tried the USB wireless adapter. rfkill reported it as soft blocked (only) but unblocking it did not get it working.
Re: 10.04 - wireless no longer working - lenovo x61s
Re: 10.04 - wireless no longer working - lenovo x61s
Okay, have just reset BIOS to defaults. Nothing seems to have changed with the wireless. I've noticed that there appear to be no user-configurable wireless settings in the BIOS.
Re: 10.04 - wireless no longer working - lenovo x61s
Any other button/switch/etc? Please show
Re: 10.04 - wireless no longer working - lenovo x61s
Yes, there is a function button combination on the keyboard to toggle wireless and bluetooth but this currently has no effect.
lsmod output:
Code:
Module Size Used by
binfmt_misc 7960 1
snd_hda_codec_analog 78702 1
fbcon 39270 71
tileblit 2487 1 fbcon
font 8053 1 fbcon
joydev 11104 0
bitblit 5811 1 fbcon
softcursor 1565 1 bitblit
vga16fb 12757 0
vgastate 9857 1 vga16fb
rt73usb 24224 0
crc_itu_t 1715 1 rt73usb
rt2500usb 19675 0
arc4 1473 4
snd_hda_intel 25805 2
rt2x00usb 11164 2 rt73usb,rt2500usb
snd_hda_codec 85791 2 snd_hda_codec_analog,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep 6924 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm_oss 41394 0
snd_mixer_oss 16299 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 87946 3 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss
pcmcia 35580 0
thinkpad_acpi 79399 0
snd_seq_dummy 1782 0
snd_seq_oss 31191 0
snd_seq_midi 5829 0
snd_rawmidi 23420 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 7267 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
rt2x00lib 32165 3 rt73usb,rt2500usb,rt2x00usb
snd_seq 57481 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer 23681 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 6888 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
usbhid 41116 0
iwl3945 79436 0
iwlcore 125250 1 iwl3945
snd 71283 17 snd_hda_codec_analog,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,thinkpad_acpi,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
i915 326140 2
drm_kms_helper 30742 1 i915
hid 83888 1 usbhid
mac80211 238928 4 rt2x00usb,rt2x00lib,iwl3945,iwlcore
ppdev 6375 0
soundcore 8052 1 snd
drm 200448 3 i915,drm_kms_helper
yenta_socket 22901 1
rsrc_nonstatic 9830 1 yenta_socket
nvram 7639 1 thinkpad_acpi
pcmcia_core 38176 3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
sdhci_pci 6700 0
sdhci 17960 1 sdhci_pci
led_class 3764 5 thinkpad_acpi,rt2x00lib,iwl3945,iwlcore,sdhci
parport_pc 29958 1
cfg80211 148725 4 rt2x00lib,iwl3945,iwlcore,mac80211
psmouse 65040 0
serio_raw 4918 0
snd_page_alloc 8500 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
intel_agp 29319 2 i915
tpm_tis 9912 0
i2c_algo_bit 6024 1 i915
tpm 16368 1 tpm_tis
tpm_bios 6402 1 tpm
video 20623 1 i915
output 2503 1 video
lp 9336 0
parport 37160 3 ppdev,parport_pc,lp
ohci1394 30260 0
ieee1394 94771 1 ohci1394
ahci 38350 3
e1000e 136301 0
[SOLVED] Re: 10.04 - wireless no longer working - lenovo x61s
Oh. My. Goodness. Well, I feel pretty stupid. There is another button to enable/disable wireless.
In case anyone else with an X61s has trouble finding it: The button is on the bottom of the front edge of the case. This button is hidden if the laptop is mounted on an X6 docking station. Note: This button also stops any external USB wireless adapters from working too.
Thank you, praseodym, for trying to help me.
