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  1. October 29th, 2012 #1
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    Red face Wireless does not work, my first Linux experience

    I downloaded Lubuntu 12.10, my first time using Linux.

    The wireless connection does not work.
    Ethernet does.

    Please help, thank you!
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    Re: Wireless does not work, my first Linux experience

    Quote Originally Posted by Lunestic View Post
    I downloaded Lubuntu 12.10, my first time using Linux.

    The wireless connection does not work.
    Ethernet does.

    Please help, thank you!
    Go to hardware drivers and enable drivers for your wireless chipset as indicated there, reboot and it will work.
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    Re: Wireless does not work, my first Linux experience

    Please open a terminal and run and then post:
    Code:
    lspci -nn | grep 0280
lsusb
    The pipe symbol | is on the right side of my US keyboard on the same key with \. Thanks.
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    Re: Wireless does not work, my first Linux experience

    Quote Originally Posted by Linuxisfast View Post
    Go to hardware drivers and enable drivers for your wireless chipset as indicated there, reboot and it will work.
    How do you do that?

    Quote Originally Posted by chili555 View Post
    Please open a terminal and run and then post:
    Code:
    lspci -nn | grep 0280
lsusb
    The pipe symbol | is on the right side of my US keyboard on the same key with \. Thanks.
    Code:
    user@ubuntu:~$ lspci -nn | grep 0280
0a:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation Centrino Wireless-N 2230 [8086:0887] (rev c4)
user@ubuntu:~$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 138a:0018 Validity Sensors, Inc. 
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 04b3:310c IBM Corp. Wheel Mouse
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0bda:58d8 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. 
user@ubuntu:~$
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    Re: Wireless does not work, my first Linux experience

    Intel Corporation Centrino Wireless-N 2230 [8086:0887]
    Hmmm. No 'additional drivers' for this Intel, I bet.

    The driver is built-in already. If it's not working, there is another reason. Please run and post:
    Code:
    dmesg | grep iwl
rfkill list all
    What kind of laptop is it?
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    Re: Wireless does not work, my first Linux experience

    Quote Originally Posted by chili555 View Post
    Hmmm. No 'additional drivers' for this Intel, I bet.

    The driver is built-in already. If it's not working, there is another reason. Please run and post:
    Code:
    dmesg | grep iwl
rfkill list all
    What kind of laptop is it?

    Code:
    user@ubuntu:~$ dmesg | grep iwl
[    5.781011] iwlwifi: Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link AGN driver for Linux, in-tree:
[    5.781014] iwlwifi: Copyright(c) 2003-2012 Intel Corporation
[    5.781138] iwlwifi 0000:0a:00.0: >pci_resource_len = 0x00002000
[    5.781141] iwlwifi 0000:0a:00.0: >pci_resource_base = ffffc900117fc000
[    5.781143] iwlwifi 0000:0a:00.0: >HW Revision ID = 0xC4
[    5.781289] iwlwifi 0000:0a:00.0: >irq 45 for MSI/MSI-X
[    5.839056] iwlwifi 0000:0a:00.0: >loaded firmware version 18.168.6.1
[    5.839291] iwlwifi 0000:0a:00.0: >CONFIG_IWLWIFI_DEBUG disabled
[    5.839294] iwlwifi 0000:0a:00.0: >CONFIG_IWLWIFI_DEBUGFS enabled
[    5.839296] iwlwifi 0000:0a:00.0: >CONFIG_IWLWIFI_DEVICE_TRACING enabled
[    5.839298] iwlwifi 0000:0a:00.0: >CONFIG_IWLWIFI_DEVICE_TESTMODE enabled
[    5.839300] iwlwifi 0000:0a:00.0: >CONFIG_IWLWIFI_P2P disabled
[    5.839302] iwlwifi 0000:0a:00.0: >Detected Intel(R) Centrino(R) Wireless-N 2230 BGN, REV=0xC8
[    5.839413] iwlwifi 0000:0a:00.0: >L1 Enabled; Disabling L0S
[    5.846946] iwlwifi 0000:0a:00.0: >RF_KILL bit toggled to disable radio.
[    5.857336] iwlwifi 0000:0a:00.0: >device EEPROM VER=0x81c, CALIB=0x6
[    5.857339] iwlwifi 0000:0a:00.0: >Device SKU: 0x150
[    5.857342] iwlwifi 0000:0a:00.0: >Valid Tx ant: 0x3, Valid Rx ant: 0x3
[    5.857363] iwlwifi 0000:0a:00.0: >Tunable channels: 13 802.11bg, 0 802.11a channels
[    5.866268] ieee80211 phy0: >Selected rate control algorithm 'iwl-agn-rs'
user@ubuntu:~$ rfkill list all
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
	Soft blocked: yes
	Hard blocked: yes
1: hp-wifi: Wireless LAN
	Soft blocked: yes
	Hard blocked: no
2: hp-bluetooth: Bluetooth
	Soft blocked: yes
	Hard blocked: no
3: hp-bluetooth: Bluetooth
	Soft blocked: yes
	Hard blocked: no
user@ubuntu:~$
    The laptop is a HP Pavillion dv6t-7000 qe.
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    Re: Wireless does not work, my first Linux experience

    0: phy0: Wireless LAN
    Soft blocked: yes
    Hard blocked: yes
    [ 5.846946] iwlwifi 0000:0a:00.0: >RF_KILL bit toggled to disable radio.
    Do you have a little slider or switch on that HP to turn on the wireless? Can you please switch it?
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    Re: Wireless does not work, my first Linux experience

    Quote Originally Posted by chili555 View Post
    Do you have a little slider or switch on that HP to turn on the wireless? Can you please switch it?
    That's the thing, it does not switch on. But when I'm on Windows, it turns on.
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    Re: Wireless does not work, my first Linux experience

    That's the thing, it does not switch on. But when I'm on Windows, it turns on.
    If you have any other confessions or relevant data, please tell me now.

    Please do:
    Code:
    sudo modprobe -r hp-wmi
sudo rfkill unblock all
rfkill list all
    Any improvement from the button?
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    Re: Wireless does not work, my first Linux experience

    Quote Originally Posted by chili555 View Post
    If you have any other confessions or relevant data, please tell me now.

    Please do:
    Code:
    sudo modprobe -r hp-wmi
sudo rfkill unblock all
rfkill list all
    Any improvement from the button?
    Code:
    user@ubuntu:~$ sudo modprobe -r hp-wmi
[sudo] password for user: 
user@ubuntu:~$ sudo rfkill unblock all
user@ubuntu:~$ rfkill list all
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
	Soft blocked: no
	Hard blocked: yes
user@ubuntu:~$
    Still cannot turn on the switch (a light is supposed to go on).
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