[ubuntu-uk] Another example of how the manufacturers conspire to ensure that if you don't use Windows you're screwed

[Rowan Berkeley]

On 04/02/13 16:43, Mark Einon wrote:
>
> The command 'rfkill list' should tell you which rf kill switches are
> available, and what their state is.

0: hp wifi: Wireless LAN
hard blocked: no
soft blocked: no

1: hp-bluetooth: Bluetooth
hard blocked: no
soft blocked: no

Now I have the huge print-out from the terminal which was requested, 
having somehow managed to copy it from the terminal, paste it into a 
notepad file, copy that to the external hard drive, then from there to 
the Lenovo, which is what I'm using to talk to you. Here it is. I have 
suspicions about the r8169 right at the end. I think it's a rival 
wireless driver that won't run under Ubuntu but will conflict, and hence 
needs blacklisting.

rowan at rowan-Compaq-CQ58-Notebook-PC:~$ dpkg -S /lib/firmware/rt2860.bin
linux-firmware: /lib/firmware/rt2860.bin
rowan at rowan-Compaq-CQ58-Notebook-PC:~$ dpkg -L linux-firmware | grep 
rt2860 |xargs file
/lib/firmware/rt2860.bin: data
rowan at rowan-Compaq-CQ58-Notebook-PC:~$ sudo lshw -C network
[sudo] password for rowan:
   *-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: 05
        serial: b4:b5:2f:38:ea:21
        size: 100Mbit/s
        capacity: 100Mbit/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 autonegotiation
        configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 
driverversion=2.3LK-NAPI duplex=full firmware=rtl_nic/rtl8105e-1.fw 
ip=192.168.1.66 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=MII speed=100Mbit/s
        resources: irq:41 ioport:2000(size=256) memory:7f004000-7f004fff 
memory:7f000000-7f003fff
   *-network UNCLAIMED
        description: Network controller
        product: Ralink corp.
        vendor: Ralink corp.
        physical id: 0
        bus info: pci at 0000:04:00.0
        version: 00
        width: 32 bits
        clock: 33MHz
        capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
        configuration: latency=0
        resources: memory:90110000-9011ffff
rowan at rowan-Compaq-CQ58-Notebook-PC:~$ lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
bnep                   18141  2
rfcomm                 46620  0
bluetooth             209249  10 bnep,rfcomm
parport_pc             32689  0
ppdev                  17074  0
nls_iso8859_1          12714  1
snd_hda_codec_realtek    78048  1
snd_hda_codec_hdmi     32049  1
joydev                 17458  0
snd_hda_intel          33492  5
snd_hda_codec         134213  3 
snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep              17699  1 snd_hda_codec
radeon                895730  3
snd_pcm                96668  3 
snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
snd_seq_midi           13325  0
snd_rawmidi            30513  1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event     14900  1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq                61555  2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer              29426  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device         14498  3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
ttm                    83596  1 radeon
uvcvideo               76750  0
hp_wmi                 18049  0
videobuf2_core         32852  1 uvcvideo
sparse_keymap          13891  1 hp_wmi
videodev              120310  2 uvcvideo,videobuf2_core
kvm                   414071  0
drm_kms_helper         49113  1 radeon
videobuf2_vmalloc      12861  1 uvcvideo
psmouse                95595  0
drm                   288721  5 radeon,ttm,drm_kms_helper
snd                    78921  20 
snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
videobuf2_memops       13405  1 videobuf2_vmalloc
soundcore              15048  1 snd
k10temp                13127  0
serio_raw              13216  0
microcode              22804  0
rt3562sta             995054  0
snd_page_alloc         18485  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
i2c_algo_bit           13414  1 radeon
i2c_piix4              13168  0
mac_hid                13206  0
video                  19336  0
wmi                    19071  1 hp_wmi
lp                     17760  0
parport                46346  3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp
r8169                  61651  0
rowan at rowan-Compaq-CQ58-Notebook-PC:~$