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    wireless is disabled by hardware switch - natty 11.04

    HI all,
    I'm running natty 11.04 and wireless was working properly till yesterday night. now is not possible to see any network.

    I'm on a dell inspiron 1545 and the Broadcom STA drivers are already installed.

    tried already a rfkill unblock all, but the results still this:

    Code:
    0: brcmwl-0: Wireless LAN
    	Soft blocked: no
    	Hard blocked: yes
    1: dell-wifi: Wireless LAN
    	Soft blocked: no
    	Hard blocked: no
    but the result of this command is changing all the time, few minutes before I got this one:

    Code:
    0: brcmwl-0: Wireless LAN
    	Soft blocked: no
    	Hard blocked: yes
    1: dell-wifi: Wireless LAN
    	Soft blocked: yes
    	Hard blocked: yes
    any idea how to solve this? tried to reboot couple of time without results.

    the weird thing is that yesterday night and from the very beginning never had an issue with the connection.

    Any idea? I think there are lot of people out there with the same issue isn't?

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    Re: wireless is disabled by hardware switch - natty 11.04

    This is the result of the outrageous f45up of wireless net drivers in 11.04 and I'm also looking for a permanent solution to this issue.

    https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...wl/+bug/732677

    So much for the great "let's eliminate paper cut bugs" talk...

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    Re: wireless is disabled by hardware switch - natty 11.04

    I know that some "software" wireless interfaces apparently need Windows 7 (or possibly Vista) in order to "enable" the hardware switch. If you still have a Windows partition (dual-boot), that might be worth a try.

    Also, it would be good to specify which Broadcom wireless interface (and configuration) you have by running the following terminal commands:

    Code:
    lspci -vvnn | grep 14e4
    
    sudo lshw -C network
    
    lsmod
    
    ifconfig
    
    iwconfig
    That said, Ubuntu 11.xx seems to have many recent "issues" with wireless and wireless firmware (I'm still using Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS and the Broadcom STA driver and it works quite well "out of the box"). :/

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    Re: wireless is disabled by hardware switch - natty 11.04

    Unfortunatelly (or not ) it's a single system machine. Here's the terminal return of all the commands you listed:

    Code:
    ...@nx6125:~$ lspci -vvnn | grep 14e4
    02:01.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5788 Gigabit Ethernet [14e4:169c] (rev 03)
    02:02.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:4318] (rev 02)
    ...@nx6125:~$ sudo lshw -c network
    [sudo] password for hg1: 
      *-network:0             
           description: Ethernet interface
           product: NetXtreme BCM5788 Gigabit Ethernet
           vendor: Broadcom Corporation
           physical id: 1
           bus info: pci@0000:02:01.0
           logical name: eth0
           version: 03
           serial: 00:0f:b0:74:9e:36
           capacity: 1Gbit/s
           width: 32 bits
           clock: 66MHz
           capabilities: pm vpd msi bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
           configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=tg3 driverversion=3.116 firmware=5788-v3.26 latency=64 link=no mingnt=64 multicast=yes port=twisted pair
           resources: irq:23 memory:d0000000-d000ffff
      *-network:1 UNCLAIMED
           description: Network controller
           product: BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller
           vendor: Broadcom Corporation
           physical id: 2
           bus info: pci@0000:02:02.0
           version: 02
           width: 32 bits
           clock: 33MHz
           capabilities: bus_master
           configuration: latency=64
           resources: memory:d0010000-d0011fff
    
    
    
    ...@nx6125:~$ lsmod
    Module                  Size  Used by
    binfmt_misc            17565  1 
    snd_atiixp             20072  2 
    snd_atiixp_modem       19128  5 
    snd_ac97_codec        134270  2 snd_atiixp,snd_atiixp_modem
    ac97_bus               12730  1 snd_ac97_codec
    snd_pcm                96625  5 snd_atiixp,snd_atiixp_modem,snd_ac97_codec
    snd_seq_midi           13324  0 
    radeon                982197  2 
    snd_rawmidi            30486  1 snd_seq_midi
    snd_seq_midi_event     14899  1 snd_seq_midi
    snd_seq                61621  2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
    tifm_7xx1              13042  0 
    joydev                 17606  0 
    snd_timer              29602  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
    pcmcia                 49166  0 
    tifm_core              15654  1 tifm_7xx1
    ttm                    76664  1 radeon
    drm_kms_helper         42136  1 radeon
    snd_seq_device         14462  3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
    drm                   227495  4 radeon,ttm,drm_kms_helper
    ppdev                  17113  0 
    parport_pc             36959  1 
    i2c_algo_bit           13400  1 radeon
    yenta_socket           27846  0 
    pcmcia_rsrc            18372  1 yenta_socket
    pcmcia_core            22569  3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,pcmcia_rsrc
    snd                    67382  20 snd_atiixp,snd_atiixp_modem,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
    soundcore              12680  1 snd
    snd_page_alloc         18529  3 snd_atiixp,snd_atiixp_modem,snd_pcm
    psmouse                73535  0 
    lp                     17825  0 
    video                  19438  0 
    parport                46458  3 ppdev,parport_pc,lp
    edac_core              53845  0 
    hp_wmi                 13706  0 
    serio_raw              13166  0 
    sparse_keymap          13898  1 hp_wmi
    i2c_piix4              13303  0 
    shpchp                 37297  0 
    k8temp                 13016  0 
    edac_mce_amd           23464  0 
    usbhid                 46956  0 
    hid                    91020  1 usbhid
    sdhci_pci              13989  0 
    firewire_ohci          40370  0 
    pata_atiixp            13165  3 
    sdhci                  27387  1 sdhci_pci
    firewire_core          62646  1 firewire_ohci
    crc_itu_t              12707  1 firewire_core
    tg3                   141750  0 
    
    
    
    ...@nx6125:~$ ifconfig
    eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:0f:b0:74:9e:36  
              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:23 
    
    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:20 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
              TX packets:20 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
              collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
              RX bytes:1200 (1.2 KB)  TX bytes:1200 (1.2 KB)
    
    ...@nx6125:~$ iwconfig
    lo        no wireless extensions.
    
    eth0      no wireless extensions.

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    Re: wireless is disabled by hardware switch - natty 11.04

    With due respect to my colleagues, I think it's due to a poor implemetation of the module dell-laptop. Please do:
    Code:
    lsmod | grep dell
    If dell-laptop is loaded, remove it:
    Code:
    sudo rmmod -f dell-laptop
    sudo rfkill unblock all
    Is your wireless working now? If so, we'll need to blacklist dell-laptop.
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    Re: wireless is disabled by hardware switch - natty 11.04

    Hi Bucic,

    Yours is a Broadcom 4318 AirForce One wireless, and post #27 on the following thread seems to have recently worked for those:

    http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...om+4318&page=3

    This is also a very informative thread about Broadcom 4318's and firmware:

    Under what name do the non-proprietary BCM4318 drivers show up in lsmod?
    http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...=broadcom+4318

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    Re: wireless is disabled by hardware switch - natty 11.04

    i have been having the same problem with wireless, and so have followed this discussion. I can confirm that the last proposal (removing dell_laptop) *did* fix the issue.

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    Re: wireless is disabled by hardware switch - natty 11.04

    Quote Originally Posted by Bucic View Post
    ...@nx6125:~$ lsmod
    Module Size Used by
    binfmt_misc 17565 1
    snd_atiixp 20072 2
    snd_atiixp_modem 19128 5
    snd_ac97_codec 134270 2 snd_atiixp,snd_atiixp_modem
    ac97_bus 12730 1 snd_ac97_codec
    snd_pcm 96625 5 snd_atiixp,snd_atiixp_modem,snd_ac97_codec
    snd_seq_midi 13324 0
    radeon 982197 2
    snd_rawmidi 30486 1 snd_seq_midi
    snd_seq_midi_event 14899 1 snd_seq_midi
    snd_seq 61621 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
    tifm_7xx1 13042 0
    joydev 17606 0
    snd_timer 29602 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
    pcmcia 49166 0
    tifm_core 15654 1 tifm_7xx1
    ttm 76664 1 radeon
    drm_kms_helper 42136 1 radeon
    snd_seq_device 14462 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
    drm 227495 4 radeon,ttm,drm_kms_helper
    ppdev 17113 0
    parport_pc 36959 1
    i2c_algo_bit 13400 1 radeon
    yenta_socket 27846 0
    pcmcia_rsrc 18372 1 yenta_socket
    pcmcia_core 22569 3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,pcmcia_rsrc
    snd 67382 20 snd_atiixp,snd_atiixp_modem,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm ,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
    soundcore 12680 1 snd
    snd_page_alloc 18529 3 snd_atiixp,snd_atiixp_modem,snd_pcm
    psmouse 73535 0
    lp 17825 0
    video 19438 0
    parport 46458 3 ppdev,parport_pc,lp
    edac_core 53845 0
    hp_wmi 13706 0
    serio_raw 13166 0
    sparse_keymap 13898 1 hp_wmi
    i2c_piix4 13303 0
    shpchp 37297 0
    k8temp 13016 0
    edac_mce_amd 23464 0
    usbhid 46956 0
    hid 91020 1 usbhid
    sdhci_pci 13989 0
    firewire_ohci 40370 0
    pata_atiixp 13165 3
    sdhci 27387 1 sdhci_pci
    firewire_core 62646 1 firewire_ohci
    crc_itu_t 12707 1 firewire_core
    tg3 141750 0
    Looking at Bucic's lsmod output, I don't see ANY Broadcom modules loaded. (Also, I don't see any Dell modules loaded there, and it might actually be a HP based on the module "hp_wmi" that I see loaded above- and it appears keymap-related.)

    The Broadcom 4318 should have "b43" "b44" and/or "ssb" modules from what I recall- see the thread that I linked above (but I don't see any of those modules loaded from what Bucic posted). Their absence makes me think that Bucic should probably follow that Broadcom 4318 thread through step-by-step from the beginning.

    FYI- my working Broadcom STA wireless (Broadcom "4321AG" under Vista 64bit and "4328" under Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS) has these modules loaded:

    wl 1964968 0
    lib80211 6151 2 lib80211_crypt_tkip,wl
    lib80211_crypt_tkip 8676 0
    lspci -vvnn | grep 14e4
    03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4328 802.11a/b/g/n [14e4:4328] (rev 03)
    Last edited by northd_tech; May 1st, 2011 at 05:53 PM.

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    Re: wireless is disabled by hardware switch - natty 11.04

    Quote Originally Posted by chili555 View Post
    With due respect to my colleagues, I think it's due to a poor implemetation of the module dell-laptop. Please do:
    Code:
    lsmod | grep dell
    If dell-laptop is loaded, remove it:
    Code:
    sudo rmmod -f dell-laptop
    sudo rfkill unblock all
    Is your wireless working now? If so, we'll need to blacklist dell-laptop.
    Here's what I got
    Code:
    hg1@nx6125:~$ lsmod | grep dell
    hg1@nx6125:~$ sudo rmmod -f dell-laptop
    [sudo] password for hg1: 
    ERROR: Removing 'dell_laptop': No such file or directory
    hg1@nx6125:~$ sudo rfkill unblock all
    hg1@nx6125:~$
    The LED indicator is up but wireless is still not listed in the networking applet, not even after disconnecting the LAN cable and disabling/enabling networking.

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    Re: wireless is disabled by hardware switch - natty 11.04

    I was addressing the OP, Melotten who has:
    0: brcmwl-0: Wireless LAN
    Soft blocked: no
    Hard blocked: yes
    1: dell-wifi: Wireless LAN
    Soft blocked: no
    Hard blocked: no
    Sorry if I was misunderstood.
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