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    Cool Wireless failure after clean Jaunty upgrade

    Upgraded from intrepid to jaunty on my friend's computer, fresh install. I believe its running nVidia Corp MCP51 Ethernet Controller and the drivers are finicky... Upon startup, network manager no longer has any option for wireless.
    Code:
    satan@satan-laptop:~$ sudo ifconfig
    eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:1b:24:d0:01:89  
              UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
              RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
              TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
              collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
              RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
              Interrupt:20 Base address:0x6000 
    
    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:12 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
              TX packets:12 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
              collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
              RX bytes:888 (888.0 B)  TX bytes:888 (888.0 B)
    
    satan@satan-laptop:~$ sudo lsmod
    Module                  Size  Used by
    nls_iso8859_1          13440  1 
    nls_cp437              15104  1 
    vfat                   21120  1 
    fat                    65592  1 vfat
    usb_storage            94912  1 
    isofs                  43688  1 
    udf                    92584  0 
    crc_itu_t              10496  1 udf
    binfmt_misc            18572  1 
    ppdev                  16904  0 
    bridge                 63904  0 
    stp                    11140  1 bridge
    bnep                   22912  2 
    input_polldev          12688  0 
    joydev                 20864  0 
    lp                     19588  0 
    parport                49584  2 ppdev,lp
    snd_hda_intel         557364  2 
    snd_pcm_oss            52352  0 
    snd_mixer_oss          24960  1 snd_pcm_oss
    snd_pcm                99336  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss
    snd_seq_dummy          11524  0 
    snd_seq_oss            41984  0 
    snd_seq_midi           15744  0 
    snd_rawmidi            33920  1 snd_seq_midi
    snd_seq_midi_event     16512  2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
    snd_seq                66272  6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
    psmouse                64028  0 
    snd_timer              34064  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
    snd_seq_device         16276  5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
    serio_raw              14468  0 
    snd                    78792  13 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
    soundcore              16800  1 snd
    snd_page_alloc         18704  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
    pcspkr                 11136  0 
    k8temp                 13440  0 
    i2c_nforce2            16136  0 
    video                  29204  0 
    output                 11648  1 video
    forcedeth              68368  0 
    fbcon                  49792  0 
    tileblit               11264  1 fbcon
    font                   17024  1 fbcon
    bitblit                14464  1 fbcon
    softcursor             10368  1 bitblit
    
    satan@satan-laptop:~$ sudo lsmod
    Module                  Size  Used by
    nls_iso8859_1          13440  1 
    nls_cp437              15104  1 
    vfat                   21120  1 
    fat                    65592  1 vfat
    usb_storage            94912  1 
    isofs                  43688  1 
    udf                    92584  0 
    crc_itu_t              10496  1 udf
    binfmt_misc            18572  1 
    ppdev                  16904  0 
    bridge                 63904  0 
    stp                    11140  1 bridge
    bnep                   22912  2 
    input_polldev          12688  0 
    joydev                 20864  0 
    lp                     19588  0 
    parport                49584  2 ppdev,lp
    snd_hda_intel         557364  2 
    snd_pcm_oss            52352  0 
    snd_mixer_oss          24960  1 snd_pcm_oss
    snd_pcm                99336  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss
    snd_seq_dummy          11524  0 
    snd_seq_oss            41984  0 
    snd_seq_midi           15744  0 
    snd_rawmidi            33920  1 snd_seq_midi
    snd_seq_midi_event     16512  2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
    snd_seq                66272  6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
    psmouse                64028  0 
    snd_timer              34064  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
    snd_seq_device         16276  5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
    serio_raw              14468  0 
    snd                    78792  13 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
    soundcore              16800  1 snd
    snd_page_alloc         18704  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
    pcspkr                 11136  0 
    k8temp                 13440  0 
    i2c_nforce2            16136  0 
    video                  29204  0 
    output                 11648  1 video
    forcedeth              68368  0 
    fbcon                  49792  0 
    tileblit               11264  1 fbcon
    font                   17024  1 fbcon
    bitblit                14464  1 fbcon
    softcursor             10368  1 bitblit
    
    satan@satan-laptop:~$ sudo lspci
    00:00.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Host Bridge (rev a2)
    00:00.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 0 (rev a2)
    00:00.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 1 (rev a2)
    00:00.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 5 (rev a2)
    00:00.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 4 (rev a2)
    00:00.5 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Host Bridge (rev a2)
    00:00.6 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 3 (rev a2)
    00:00.7 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 2 (rev a2)
    00:02.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation C51 PCI Express Bridge (rev a1)
    00:03.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation C51 PCI Express Bridge (rev a1)
    00:05.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation MCP51 PCI-X GeForce Go 6100 (rev a2)
    00:09.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP51 Host Bridge (rev a2)
    00:0a.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP51 LPC Bridge (rev a3)
    00:0a.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation MCP51 SMBus (rev a3)
    00:0a.3 Co-processor: nVidia Corporation MCP51 PMU (rev a3)
    00:0b.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP51 USB Controller (rev a3)
    00:0b.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP51 USB Controller (rev a3)
    00:0d.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP51 IDE (rev f1)
    00:0e.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP51 Serial ATA Controller (rev f1)
    00:10.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP51 PCI Bridge (rev a2)
    00:10.1 Audio device: nVidia Corporation MCP51 High Definition Audio (rev a2)
    00:14.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP51 Ethernet Controller (rev a3)
    00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
    00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
    00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
    00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
    Is there something obvious, I am overlooking? No clue what to do, insight would be appreciated.
    Last edited by walruspanzer; July 13th, 2009 at 05:27 PM.
    HP Pavilion dv9740us with dual boot SATA XP and Ubuntu 10.10. 3G DDR2 RAM, Intel Core 2 Duo T5450 / 1.67 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS @ 512MB

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    Re: Wireless failure after clean Jaunty upgrade

    seems to be similar to this http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1209180

    post output of lshw -C network from the terminal

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    Re: Wireless failure after clean Jaunty upgrade

    Quote Originally Posted by superprash2003 View Post
    seems to be similar to this http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1209180

    post output of lshw -C network from the terminal
    Thanks for your reply, here's what I got after I ran that command

    Code:
    satan@satan-laptop:~$ sudo lshw -C network
    [sudo] password for satan: 
      *-network DISABLED      
           description: Ethernet interface
           physical id: 1
           logical name: pan0
           serial: 82:7e:8a:a9:25:50
           capabilities: ethernet physical
           configuration: broadcast=yes driver=bridge driverversion=2.3 firmware=N/A link=yes multicast=yes
    HP Pavilion dv9740us with dual boot SATA XP and Ubuntu 10.10. 3G DDR2 RAM, Intel Core 2 Duo T5450 / 1.67 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS @ 512MB

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