[ubuntu-uk] 11,04 Broke My Wireless (surprised?)

Jon Reynolds maillist at jcrdevelopments.com
Tue May 3 20:27:59 UTC 2011


 On Tue, 03 May 2011 13:03:03 +0100, Jon Reynolds wrote:

>
>  I will run that diagnostic script to get the same results.
>
>  Thanks.

 The output of that script...no signs of wireless devices:

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 [code]
 Version: 1.1 (Development)
 Mon May 2 21:33:17 BST 2011

 ***********************************************************************************************
 Running networking services
 ***********************************************************************************************
 NetworkManager is running
 ************************************
         Ubuntu release
 ************************************

 DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
 DISTRIB_RELEASE=11.04
 DISTRIB_CODENAME=natty
 DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 11.04"

 ************************************
         Kernel
 ************************************

 Linux jonr-netbook 2.6.38-8-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Mon Apr 11 03:31:50 
 UTC 2011 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
 ************************************
           List of drivers
 ************************************

 Module                  Size  Used by
 parport_pc             32111  0
 binfmt_misc            13213  1
 ppdev                  12849  0
 snd_hda_codec_realtek   255820  1
 snd_hda_intel          24140  2
 snd_hda_codec          90901  2 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
 snd_hwdep              13274  1 snd_hda_codec
 snd_pcm                80244  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
 snd_seq_midi           13132  0
 snd_rawmidi            25269  1 snd_seq_midi
 snd_seq_midi_event     14475  1 snd_seq_midi
 i915                  450944  3
 snd_seq                51291  2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
 joydev                 17322  0
 snd_timer              28659  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
 samsung_laptop         13148  0
 snd_seq_device         14110  3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
 drm_kms_helper         40745  1 i915
 uvcvideo               66851  0
 videodev               75143  1 uvcvideo
 psmouse                73312  0
 snd                    55295  13 
 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
 drm                   180037  4 i915,drm_kms_helper
 serio_raw              12990  0
 i2c_algo_bit           13184  1 i915
 soundcore              12600  1 snd
 video                  18951  1 i915
 snd_page_alloc         14073  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
 lp                     13349  0
 parport                36746  3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp
 r8169                  42534  0

 ************************************
         pci wireless devices
 ************************************

 02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. 
 RTL8192E Wireless LAN Controller [10ec:8192] (rev 01)
 	Subsystem: Askey Computer Corp. Device [144f:7160]
 	Kernel modules: r8192e_pci
 03:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. 
 RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller [10ec:8136] (rev 
 02)

 ************************************
         usb wireless devices
 ************************************


 ************************************
         List of network devices
 ************************************

   *-network UNCLAIMED
        description: Network controller
        product: RTL8192E Wireless LAN Controller
        vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
        physical id: 0
        bus info: pci at 0000:02:00.0
        version: 01
        width: 32 bits
        clock: 33MHz
        capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
        configuration: latency=0
        resources: ioport:2000(size=256) memory:f0100000-f0103fff
   *-network
        description: Ethernet interface
        product: RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller
        vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
        physical id: 0
        bus info: pci at 0000:03:00.0
        logical name: eth0
        version: 02
        serial: 00:24:54:3c:66:5a
        size: 100Mbit/s
        capacity: 100Mbit/s
        width: 64 bits
        clock: 33MHz
        capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix vpd bus_master cap_list rom 
 ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
        configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 
 driverversion=2.3LK-NAPI duplex=full ip=192.168.0.12 latency=0 link=yes 
 multicast=yes port=MII speed=100Mbit/s
        resources: irq:42 ioport:3000(size=256) memory:f0510000-f0510fff 
 memory:f0500000-f050ffff memory:f0520000-f053ffff


 ************************************
            network info
 ************************************

 eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:24:54:3c:66:5a
           inet addr:192.168.0.12  Bcast:192.168.0.255  
 Mask:255.255.255.0
           inet6 addr: fe80::224:54ff:fe3c:665a/64 Scope:Link
           UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
           RX packets:1880 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
           TX packets:1859 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
           collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
           RX bytes:1883658 (1.8 MB)  TX bytes:337299 (337.2 KB)
           Interrupt:42 Base address:0x2000

 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:720 (720.0 B)  TX bytes:720 (720.0 B)


 ************************************
  Wireless specific network info
 ************************************

 lo        no wireless extensions.

 eth0      no wireless extensions.

 ************************************
  Rfkill Blocks
 ************************************

 0: samsung-wifi: Wireless LAN
 	Soft blocked: no
 	Hard blocked: no

 ************************************

 *************************************************************************
 interfaces
 *************************************************************************
 auto lo
 iface lo inet loopback


 **************************************************************************
 resolv.conf
 **************************************************************************
 # Generated by NetworkManager
 nameserver 192.168.0.1

 **************************************************************************
 Modules file
 **************************************************************************
 # /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time.
 #
 # This file contains the names of kernel modules that should be loaded
 # at boot time, one per line. Lines beginning with "#" are ignored.

 lp

 *************************************************************************
 Blacklist file
 *************************************************************************
 # This file lists those modules which we don't want to be loaded by
 # alias expansion, usually so some other driver will be loaded for the
 # device instead.

 # evbug is a debug tool that should be loaded explicitly
 blacklist evbug

 # these drivers are very simple, the HID drivers are usually preferred
 blacklist usbmouse
 blacklist usbkbd

 # replaced by e100
 blacklist eepro100

 # replaced by tulip
 blacklist de4x5

 # causes no end of confusion by creating unexpected network interfaces
 blacklist eth1394

 # snd_intel8x0m can interfere with snd_intel8x0, doesn't seem to 
 support much
 # hardware on its own (Ubuntu bug #2011, #6810)
 blacklist snd_intel8x0m

 # Conflicts with dvb driver (which is better for handling this device)
 blacklist snd_aw2

 # causes failure to suspend on HP compaq nc6000 (Ubuntu: #10306)
 blacklist i2c_i801

 # replaced by p54pci
 blacklist prism54

 # replaced by b43 and ssb.
 blacklist bcm43xx

 # most apps now use garmin usb driver directly (Ubuntu: #114565)
 blacklist garmin_gps

 # replaced by asus-laptop (Ubuntu: #184721)
 blacklist asus_acpi

 # low-quality, just noise when being used for sound playback, causes
 # hangs at desktop session start (Ubuntu: #246969)
 blacklist snd_pcsp

 # ugly and loud noise, getting on everyone's nerves; this should be 
 done by a
 # nice pulseaudio bing (Ubuntu: #77010)
 blacklist pcspkr

 # EDAC driver for amd76x clashes with the agp driver preventing the 
 aperture
 # from being initialised (Ubuntu: #297750). Blacklist so that the 
 driver
 # continues to build and is installable for the few cases where its
 # really needed.
 blacklist amd76x_edac

 blacklist r8192se_pci
 blacklist r8192e_pci

 **************************************************************************
 Files in folder /etc/modprobe.d/*
 **************************************************************************
 /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf
 /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-ath_pci.conf
 /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-bcm43.conf
 /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
 /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-firewire.conf
 /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-framebuffer.conf
 /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-modem.conf
 /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-oss.conf
 /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-rare-network.conf
 /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-watchdog.conf
 /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-wifi.conf
 /etc/modprobe.d/broadcom-sta-common.conf
 /etc/modprobe.d/libpisock9.conf

 ***************************************************************************
 NetworkManager.state
 ***************************************************************************

 [main]
 NetworkingEnabled=true
 WirelessEnabled=true
 WWANEnabled=true

 ****************************************************************************
 nm_applet_file
 ****************************************************************************
 /etc/NetworkManager/nm-system-settings.conf does not exist

 ***************************************************************************
 Route info
 ***************************************************************************
 Kernel IP routing table
 Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use 
 Iface
 192.168.0.0     0.0.0.0         255.255.255.0   U     1      0        0 
 eth0
 169.254.0.0     0.0.0.0         255.255.0.0     U     1000   0        0 
 eth0
 0.0.0.0         192.168.0.1     0.0.0.0         UG    0      0        0 
 eth0

 ******************************************************************************
 Using nm-tool
 ******************************************************************************

 NetworkManager Tool

 State: connected

 - Device: eth0  [Auto eth0] 
 ----------------------------------------------------
   Type:              Wired
   Driver:            r8169
   State:             connected
   Default:           yes
   HW Address:        00:24:54:3C:66:5A

   Capabilities:
     Carrier Detect:  yes
     Speed:           100 Mb/s

   Wired Properties
     Carrier:         on

   IPv4 Settings:
     Address:         192.168.0.12
     Prefix:          24 (255.255.255.0)
     Gateway:         192.168.0.1

     DNS:             192.168.0.1



 ******************************************************************************
 Using iwlist scan
 ******************************************************************************
 lo        Interface doesn't support scanning.

 eth0      Interface doesn't support scanning.

 Finished 
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 http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers
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 _____________________________________________________

 Sorry its so long!
-- 

 Jon Reynolds (j0nr)
 http://www.jcrdevelopments.com



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