I have Ubuntu 11.04 installed on a USB drive to test it out before I fully install it on my laptop. My laptop is a lenovo ideapad z570. And for some reason in I can't get my wireless card to work in Ubuntu. When I click on the network icon in the top right corner it says "Wireless card disabled by hardware switch" (or something similar) and where it says "enable wireless" that is grayed out and I can't click on it. It seems like Ubuntu thinks that the wireless switch on my laptop is switched to off, but it definitely is on.
My wireless usually works fine when i am in windows 7. The only thing is, usually after I booted from ubuntu or any other linux, when i boot back into windows, my wireless won't work. Windows will do the same thing and act like the wireless switch is turned off. So I have to press fn + f5 and it brings up this Lenovo wireless menu where I can turn it back on.
I followed the Ubuntu documentation for troubleshooting wireless and it didn't help. Here are the results from the commands from that page. (I was connected to a wired network on my laptop when I did these):
I also found this thread: http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php...25&postcount=1Code:ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ nm-tool NetworkManager Tool State: connected - Device: eth1 [Auto eth1] ---------------------------------------------------- Type: Wired Driver: r8169 State: connected Default: yes HW Address: F0:DE:F1:48:31:F4 Capabilities: Carrier Detect: yes Speed: 100 Mb/s Wired Properties Carrier: on IPv4 Settings: Address: 192.168.1.68 Prefix: 24 (255.255.255.0) Gateway: 192.168.1.254 DNS: 192.168.1.254 - Device: wlan0 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Type: 802.11 WiFi Driver: iwlagn State: unavailable Default: no HW Address: 8C:A9:82:96:3C:A4 Capabilities: Wireless Properties WEP Encryption: yes WPA Encryption: yes WPA2 Encryption: yes Wireless Access Points ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo lshw -C network *-network DISABLED description: Wireless interface product: Centrino Wireless-N 1000 vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 0 bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0 logical name: wlan0 version: 00 serial: 8c:a9:82:96:3c:a4 width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless configuration: broadcast=yes driver=iwlagn driverversion=2.6.38-8-generic firmware=128.50.3.1 build 13488 latency=0 link=no multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bgn resources: irq:43 memory:d0500000-d0501fff *-network description: Ethernet interface product: RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. physical id: 0 bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0 logical name: eth1 version: 05 serial: f0:de:f1:48:31:f4 size: 100Mbit/s capacity: 100Mbit/s width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix vpd bus_master cap_list 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=192.168.1.68 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=MII speed=100Mbit/s resources: irq:40 ioport:2000(size=256) memory:d0404000-d0404fff memory:d0400000-d0403fff
and here are the results of the commands from that thread:
I should also mention, I have this same problem with every other linux distro that I try now. But when I first tried Linux Mint wireless worked fine but now it doesn't, and when I first tried Ubuntu 10 it worked but now it doesn't.Code:ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ lspci 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family DRAM Controller (rev 09) 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09) 00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 (rev 04) 00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 (rev 05) 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 6 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 05) 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev b5) 00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev b5) 00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 4 (rev b5) 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 (rev 05) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation HM65 Express Chipset Family LPC Controller (rev 05) 00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series Chipset Family 6 port SATA AHCI Controller (rev 05) 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 6 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller (rev 05) 02:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Centrino Wireless-N 1000 03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 05) ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ lsusb Bus 002 Device 004: ID 0bda:0139 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Bus 002 Device 003: ID 154b:0048 PNY Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 001 Device 003: ID 5986:0292 Acer, Inc Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ lshw -class network WARNING: you should run this program as super-user. *-network DISABLED description: Wireless interface product: Centrino Wireless-N 1000 vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 0 bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0 logical name: wlan0 version: 00 serial: 8c:a9:82:96:3c:a4 width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless configuration: broadcast=yes driver=iwlagn driverversion=2.6.38-8-generic firmware=128.50.3.1 build 13488 latency=0 multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bgn resources: irq:43 memory:d0500000-d0501fff *-network description: Ethernet interface product: RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. physical id: 0 bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0 logical name: eth1 version: 05 serial: f0:de:f1:48:31:f4 size: 100Mbit/s capacity: 100Mbit/s width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: bus_master cap_list 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=192.168.1.68 latency=0 multicast=yes port=MII speed=100Mbit/s resources: irq:40 ioport:2000(size=256) memory:d0404000-d0404fff memory:d0400000-d0403fff WARNING: output may be incomplete or inaccurate, you should run this program as super-user. ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ uname -a Linux ubuntu 2.6.38-8-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Mon Apr 11 03:31:50 UTC 2011 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 11.04 Release: 11.04 Codename: natty ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ ifconfig eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr f0:de:f1:48:31:f4 inet addr:192.168.1.68 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: fe80::f2de:f1ff:fe48:31f4/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:3489 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:2787 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:3637817 (3.6 MB) TX bytes:405724 (405.7 KB) Interrupt:40 Base address:0x8000 lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:16 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:16 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:960 (960.0 B) TX bytes:960 (960.0 B) ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ iwconfig lo no wireless extensions. eth1 no wireless extensions. wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:off/any Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=off Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Power Management:on ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ route -n Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface 192.168.1.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 1 0 0 eth1 169.254.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.0.0 U 1000 0 0 eth1 0.0.0.0 192.168.1.254 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth1 ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ ping -c 3 208.67.219.101 PING 208.67.219.101 (208.67.219.101) 56(84) bytes of data. --- 208.67.219.101 ping statistics --- 3 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 2016ms ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ ping -c 3 www.opendns.com PING www.opendns.com (208.69.38.150) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from 208.69.38.150: icmp_req=1 ttl=53 time=41.0 ms 64 bytes from 208.69.38.150: icmp_req=2 ttl=53 time=37.5 ms 64 bytes from 208.69.38.150: icmp_req=3 ttl=53 time=39.0 ms --- www.opendns.com ping statistics --- 3 packets transmitted, 3 received, 0% packet loss, time 12239ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 37.529/39.228/41.069/1.466 ms
Any ideas on what the problems is and how I can fix it?
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