Laptop Integral Wireless Card Problem

**wildmanne39** · October 3rd, 2011

Hi, post the results of these commands now that wicd is insalled.

Code:

rfkill list all

Code:

lsmod

Thank you

**everenlightened** · October 4th, 2011

Code:

verenlightened@everenlightened-Pavilion-dv8000-EZ581UA-ABA:~$ rfkill lis all
Usage:    rfkill [options] command
Options:
    --version    show version (0.4-1 (Ubuntu))
Commands:
    help
    event
    list [IDENTIFIER]
    block IDENTIFIER
    unblock IDENTIFIER
where IDENTIFIER is the index no. of an rfkill switch or one of:
    <idx> all wifi wlan bluetooth uwb ultrawideband wimax wwan gps fm

Code:

everenlightened@everenlightened-Pavilion-dv8000-EZ581UA-ABA:~$ lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
binfmt_misc            13213  1 
parport_pc             32111  0 
ppdev                  12849  0 
joydev                 17322  0 
arc4                   12473  2 
radeon                900494  3 
snd_atiixp             19400  2 
b43                   296610  0 
snd_seq_midi           13132  0 
snd_rawmidi            25269  1 snd_seq_midi
mac80211              257001  1 b43
snd_atiixp_modem       18624  5 
snd_via82xx_modem      18305  0 
snd_seq_midi_event     14475  1 snd_seq_midi
snd_intel8x0m          18493  0 
ttm                    65184  1 radeon
snd_seq                51291  2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_ac97_codec        105614  4 snd_atiixp,snd_atiixp_modem,snd_via82xx_modem,snd_intel8x0m
ac97_bus               12642  1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm                80042  7 snd_atiixp,snd_atiixp_modem,snd_via82xx_modem,snd_intel8x0m,snd_ac97_codec
pcmcia                 39671  0 
drm_kms_helper         40745  1 radeon
snd_timer              28659  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device         14110  3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
drm                   184164  5 radeon,ttm,drm_kms_helper
hp_wmi                 13418  0 
cfg80211              156212  2 b43,mac80211
sparse_keymap          13666  1 hp_wmi
yenta_socket           27230  0 
tifm_7xx1              12898  0 
pcmcia_rsrc            18292  1 yenta_socket
tifm_core              15040  1 tifm_7xx1
snd                    55295  22 snd_atiixp,snd_rawmidi,snd_atiixp_modem,snd_via82xx_modem,snd_intel8x0m,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
i2c_algo_bit           13184  1 radeon
psmouse                73312  0 
k8temp                 12872  0 
video                  18951  0 
soundcore              12600  1 snd
serio_raw              12990  0 
shpchp                 32345  0 
i2c_piix4              13095  0 
pcmcia_core            21505  3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,pcmcia_rsrc
snd_page_alloc         14073  5 snd_atiixp,snd_atiixp_modem,snd_via82xx_modem,snd_intel8x0m,snd_pcm
ati_agp                13202  0 
lp                     13349  0 
parport                36746  3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp
8139too                23208  0 
firewire_ohci          31504  0 
sdhci_pci              13623  0 
firewire_core          56138  1 firewire_ohci
8139cp                 22497  0 
ssb                    45942  1 b43
crc_itu_t              12627  1 firewire_core
sdhci                  22720  1 sdhci_pci
pata_atiixp            12968  2

**everenlightened** · October 4th, 2011

thought that looked wrong

Code:

0: hp-wifi: Wireless LAN
    Soft blocked: no
    Hard blocked: yes
1: phy0: Wireless LAN
    Soft blocked: no
    Hard blocked: yes

**wildmanne39** · October 4th, 2011

Hi, please run this command again, just copy and paste.

Code:

rfkill list All

Thank you

**wildmanne39** · October 4th, 2011

Hi, that is what I needed, thank you.
It says your wireless is hard blocked.

Find the button or the fn f5 key or some other key that turns it on.
Thank you

**everenlightened** · October 4th, 2011

I tried the dedicated wireless on/off button this morning with no luck. I'll see if there's a function key as well. Should I go back in bios and check also? I'm afraid something is turning it off so I'm not sure bios would be a permanent fix.

**rock100** · October 4th, 2011

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**wildmanne39** · October 4th, 2011

Hi, yes you can look in the bios sometimes it is off in there.

The keys that turn wireless on and off on some HP laptops, may not be the expected key. A recent case was not Fn+f12; it was Alt+F12 that activated the wireless. You should experiment and run

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