Wifi not working on my HP Pavilion dv6000 laptop.

[wildmanne39]

Hi, I am not sure why it happened, please run this command again now that it is working, it may give us a clue.

lsmod | grep b43

Thank you

[zinglax]

Hello,
Im having wifi problems with my new hp dv6. I installed 11.04 the first day I got it. The only problem was that it wasn't starting up correctly. I have to turn it on and off an average of 3 times before it would actually bring me to the log-in screen. I think it may be a issue with the graphics drivers because I have a Radeon card. It worked fine for like a month and one day I booted up, logged in, and the wifi asked me for my home wireless password which I have used for the past month no problem. I typed it in and after a couple minutes of the wifi bars going up and down it asked me for the wifi password again. Typed it in again and the same thing happened. I have other computers on this wifi and have triple checked the password so I'm pretty sure its not the wifi... I ran a

sudo lshw -C network

Figured out I have a "WiFi Link 1000 Series" from "Intel Corporation" if thats any help

I put 10.04 32bit on it to see if that had better support and maybe fix the problem but the same thing is happening. Im in the process of putting 11.04 back on it.

This computer has been kind of upsetting. Its my first new one and I want to be done with family hand me downs. I dropped a good amount of money on it and its been tough seeing it not work the way I need it to. School is coming up and I really don't want to have to bring my old one.

Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

[wildmanne39]

Hi, run these commands please and post the results here.

rfkill list all
lsmod | grep -e laptop -e wmi

Thank you

[jweyenberg]

Here's the output for that last command:

b43                   296610  0 
ssb                    45942  1 b43
mac80211              257001  1 b43
cfg80211              156212  2 b43,mac80211

I've had to run that modpobe every time I restart my computer to get my wifi working. I have no idea why those mods keep getting buried...

[wildmanne39]

Hi, what happened when you ran this command?

rfkill list all

if it gives output please post it here.
Thank you

[wildmanne39]

Here's the output for that last command:

b43                   296610  0 
ssb                    45942  1 b43
mac80211              257001  1 b43
cfg80211              156212  2 b43,mac80211

I've had to run that modpobe every time I restart my computer to get my wifi working. I have no idea why those mods keep getting buried...

Hi, try this please.

sudo su
echo "blacklist hp-wmi" >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
exit

Thank you

[zinglax]

Hi, run these commands please and post the results here.

rfkill list all
lsmod | grep -e laptop -e wmi

Thank you

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

snd_rawmidi            30486  1 snd_seq_midi
hp_wmi                 13706  0 
sparse_keymap          13898  1 hp_wmi
snd_seq_device         14462  3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
snd                    67382  14 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device

[wildmanne39]

@zinglax Hi, for awhile your wireless worked good is that correct?

Please run these commands and post the results here.

sudo lshw -C network

nm-tool

lspci -nn | grep 0280

iwconfig

lsmod

by clicking on new reply and click # and paste the information between the brackets.
Thank you

[zinglax]

$ sudo lshw -C network

  *-network               
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller
       vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:07:00.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 06
       serial: 2c:27:d7:ad:25:2c
       size: 100Mbit/s
       capacity: 1Gbit/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 1000bt 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=2.3LK-NAPI duplex=full ip=192.168.1.8 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=MII speed=100Mbit/s
       resources: irq:43 ioport:4000(size=256) memory:c0404000-c0404fff memory:c0400000-c0403fff
  *-network
       description: Wireless interface
       product: Centrino Wireless-N 1000
       vendor: Intel Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:0d:00.0
       logical name: wlan0
       version: 00
       serial: 8c:a9:82:92:e9:dc
       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:53 memory:c4500000-c4501fff

~$ nm -tool
nm: 'a.out': No such file

~$ lspci -nn | grep 0280
0d:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation Centrino Wireless-N 1000 [8086:0084]


~$ iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

wlan0     IEEE 802.11bgn  ESSID:"Zing"  
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.437 GHz  Access Point: Not-Associated   
          Tx-Power=14 dBm   
          Retry  long limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Power Management:off


~$ lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
parport_pc             36959  0 
ppdev                  17113  0 
snd_hda_codec_hdmi     28103  1 
snd_hda_codec_idt      71137  1 
binfmt_misc            17565  1 
joydev                 17606  0 
usbhid                 46956  0 
hid                    91020  1 usbhid
arc4                   12529  2 
snd_hda_intel          33211  2 
snd_hda_codec         103804  3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep              13604  1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm                96625  3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
snd_seq_midi           13324  0 
snd_rawmidi            30486  1 snd_seq_midi
i915                  514985  2 
snd_seq_midi_event     14899  1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq                61621  2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
uvcvideo               72195  0 
hp_wmi                 13706  0 
videodev               82052  1 uvcvideo
sparse_keymap          13898  1 hp_wmi
radeon                982197  1 
iwlagn                333500  0 
snd_timer              29602  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device         14462  3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
ttm                    76664  1 radeon
snd                    67382  14 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
iwlcore               167503  1 iwlagn
v4l2_compat_ioctl32    17078  1 videodev
mac80211              294370  2 iwlagn,iwlcore
drm_kms_helper         42136  2 i915,radeon
psmouse                73535  0 
drm                   227495  6 i915,radeon,ttm,drm_kms_helper
serio_raw              13166  0 
soundcore              12680  1 snd
snd_page_alloc         18529  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
cfg80211              178528  3 iwlagn,iwlcore,mac80211
rts_pstor             440614  0 
xhci_hcd               77643  0 
i2c_algo_bit           13400  2 i915,radeon
hp_accel               21880  0 
lis3lv02d              19893  1 hp_accel
video                  19438  1 i915
input_polldev          14007  1 lis3lv02d
lp                     17825  0 
parport                46458  3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp
ahci                   25951  2 
libahci                26642  1 ahci
r8169                  48022  0

Yes the wireless did work at one point. I can press the wifi toggle, the light will change color, and I get a screen conformation saying its disconnected so I don't think its the physical button

[wildmanne39]

Hi, try this if it works we will need to blacklist it.

sudo rmmod -f hp-wmi

make sure to disconnect your wired connection first.
Thank you