wireless is not working on clean install of 11.10

Any help would be greatly appreciated. I've had kubuntu on the computer since 9.x and wireless has always worked. It was working just fine with 11.04. I did a clean install of the 11.10 and now i have no wireless. Here is the info

sudo lshw -C network

*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: 88E8036 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller
vendor: Marvell Technology Group Ltd.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
logical name: eth0
version: 10
serial: 00:e0:b8:8e:e4:ac
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=sky2 driverversion=1.28 duplex=full firmware=N/A ip=192.168.10.106 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100Mbit/s
resources: irq:18 memory:d0200000-d0203fff ioport:a000(size=256)
*-network
description: Network controller
product: BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: 2
bus info: pci@0000:05:02.0
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master
configuration: driver=b43-pci-bridge latency=64
resources: irq:22 memory:d0304000-d0305fff
*-network DISABLED
description: Wireless interface
physical id: 1
logical name: wlan0
serial: 00:14:a5:85:18:44
capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=b43 driverversion=3.0.0-13-generic firmware=508.1084 link=no multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg


lspci -nnk | grep -iA2 net

03:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8036 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller [11ab:4351] (rev 10)
Subsystem: Gateway 2000 Device [107b:0300]
Kernel driver in use: sky2
--
05:02.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:4318] (rev 02)
Subsystem: Gemtek Technology Co., Ltd Device [17f9:0006]
Kernel driver in use: b43-pci-bridge



iwconfig

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




rfkill list all

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



lsmod

Module Size Used by
bnep 17923 2
rfcomm 38408 0
bluetooth 148839 10 bnep,rfcomm
parport_pc 32114 0
ppdev 12849 0
dm_crypt 22565 0
joydev 17393 0
snd_atiixp_modem 18604 5
snd_seq_midi 13132 0
arc4 12473 2
snd_rawmidi 25241 1 snd_seq_midi
pcmcia 39822 0
snd_seq_midi_event 14475 1 snd_seq_midi
b43 318816 0
snd_atiixp 19337 2
snd_ac97_codec 106082 2 snd_atiixp_modem,snd_atiixp
ac97_bus 12642 1 snd_ac97_codec
mac80211 393459 1 b43
snd_seq 51567 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_pcm 80468 5 snd_atiixp_modem,snd_atiixp,snd_ac97_codec
snd_seq_device 14172 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
tifm_7xx1 12937 0
snd_timer 28932 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
cfg80211 172392 2 b43,mac80211
tifm_core 15040 1 tifm_7xx1
snd 55902 20 snd_atiixp_modem,snd_rawmidi,snd_atiixp,snd_ac97_c odec,snd_d_pcm,snd_seq_device,snd_timer
psmouse 73673 0
yenta_socket 27428 0
pcmcia_rsrc 18367 1 yenta_socket
serio_raw 12990 0
k8temp 12905 0
soundcore 12600 1 snd
pcmcia_core 21511 3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,pcmcia_rsrc
snd_page_alloc 14115 3 snd_atiixp_modem,snd_atiixp,snd_pcm
i2c_piix4 13093 0
shpchp 32356 0
lp 17455 0
parport 40930 3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp
radeon 925094 3
firewire_ohci 35854 0
ttm 65224 1 radeon
drm_kms_helper 32889 1 radeon
drm 192226 5 radeon,ttm,drm_kms_helper
ssb 50682 1 b43
firewire_core 56937 1 firewire_ohci
crc_itu_t 12627 1 firewire_core
sdhci_pci 13658 0
sdhci 27360 1 sdhci_pci
video 18908 0
pata_atiixp 12967 6
sky2 49317 0
i2c_algo_bit 13199 1 radeon
ati_agp 13242 0





sudo cat /var/log/syslog | grep -e b43 -e wl -e firmware -e wlan0 | tail -n35

Dec 16 21:53:11 titty**** kernel: [ 2997.390837] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
Dec 16 21:53:11 titty**** NetworkManager[827]: <info> (wlan0): preparing device.
Dec 16 21:53:11 titty**** NetworkManager[827]: <info> (wlan0): deactivating device (reason 'none') [0]
Dec 16 21:53:11 titty**** kernel: [ 2997.417836] b43-phy0: Radio hardware status changed to DISABLED
Dec 16 21:53:12 titty**** wpa_supplicant[8886]: Could not set interface wlan0 flags: Operation not possible due to RF-kill
Dec 16 21:53:12 titty**** wpa_supplicant[8886]: Could not set interface 'wlan0' UP
Dec 16 21:53:12 titty**** wpa_supplicant[8886]: Could not set interface wlan0 flags: Operation not possible due to RF-kill
Dec 16 21:53:12 titty**** NetworkManager[827]: <error> [1324093992.464035] [nm-supplicant-interface.c:570] interface_add_cb(): (wlan0): error adding interface: wpa_supplicant couldn't grab this interface.
Dec 16 21:53:12 titty**** NetworkManager[827]: <info> (wlan0): supplicant interface state: starting -> down
Dec 16 21:53:42 titty**** dhclient: Listening on LPF/wlan0/00:14:a5:85:18:44
Dec 16 21:53:42 titty**** dhclient: Sending on LPF/wlan0/00:14:a5:85:18:44
Dec 16 21:55:38 titty**** kernel: [ 1.990807] b43-pci-bridge 0000:05:02.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 22 (level, low) -> IRQ 22
Dec 16 21:55:38 titty**** kernel: [ 22.491080] b43-phy0: Broadcom 4318 WLAN found (core revision 9)
Dec 16 21:55:38 titty**** kernel: [ 22.583490] Registered led device: b43-phy0::tx
Dec 16 21:55:38 titty**** kernel: [ 22.583536] Registered led device: b43-phy0::rx
Dec 16 21:55:38 titty**** kernel: [ 22.583585] Registered led device: b43-phy0::radio
Dec 16 21:55:38 titty**** NetworkManager[830]: SCPlugin-Ifupdown: devices added (path: /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.4/0000:05:02.0/ssb0:0/net/wlan0, iface: wlan0)
Dec 16 21:55:38 titty**** NetworkManager[830]: SCPlugin-Ifupdown: device added (path: /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.4/0000:05:02.0/ssb0:0/net/wlan0, iface: wlan0): no ifupdown configuration found.
Dec 16 21:55:38 titty**** NetworkManager[830]: <info> monitoring kernel firmware directory '/lib/firmware'.
Dec 16 21:55:38 titty**** NetworkManager[830]: <info> (wlan0): driver supports SSID scans (scan_capa 0x01).
Dec 16 21:55:38 titty**** NetworkManager[830]: <info> (wlan0): new 802.11 WiFi device (driver: 'b43' ifindex: 3)
Dec 16 21:55:38 titty**** NetworkManager[830]: <info> (wlan0): exported as /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/1
Dec 16 21:55:38 titty**** NetworkManager[830]: <info> (wlan0): now managed
Dec 16 21:55:38 titty**** NetworkManager[830]: <info> (wlan0): device state change: unmanaged -> unavailable (reason 'managed') [10 20 2]
Dec 16 21:55:38 titty**** NetworkManager[830]: <info> (wlan0): bringing up device.
Dec 16 21:55:39 titty**** kernel: [ 26.456087] b43-phy0: Loading firmware version 508.1084 (2009-01-14 01:32:01)
Dec 16 21:55:39 titty**** NetworkManager[830]: <info> (wlan0): preparing device.
Dec 16 21:55:39 titty**** NetworkManager[830]: <info> (wlan0): deactivating device (reason 'managed') [2]
Dec 16 21:55:39 titty**** kernel: [ 26.511905] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
Dec 16 21:55:39 titty**** kernel: [ 26.536181] b43-phy0: Radio hardware status changed to DISABLED
Dec 16 21:55:39 titty**** wpa_supplicant[989]: Could not set interface wlan0 flags: Operation not possible due to RF-kill
Dec 16 21:55:39 titty**** wpa_supplicant[989]: Could not set interface 'wlan0' UP
Dec 16 21:55:39 titty**** wpa_supplicant[989]: Could not set interface wlan0 flags: Operation not possible due to RF-kill
Dec 16 21:55:39 titty**** NetworkManager[830]: <error> [1324094139.555663] [nm-supplicant-interface.c:570] interface_add_cb(): (wlan0): error adding interface: wpa_supplicant couldn't grab this interface.
Dec 16 21:55:39 titty**** NetworkManager[830]: <info> (wlan0): supplicant interface state: starting -> down



If you need more information please let me know. I was in a hurry and tried the fix suggested here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1861669 but it didn't work. Like I said, I was in a hurry and didn't read any of it. I was hoping for a quick fix :(

Anyway thanks again for your help.

Hi, your computer is hard blocked which usually means you need to turn your wireless on with the switch or what ever key turns your on like fn f2 for example.
Thank you

With this version of Kubuntu, if your wireless SSID is not being broadcast it seems to not want to connect. If you haven't enabled SSID broadcast on the router, try doing so and see if that helps.