Kubuntu 11.04 : wireless repeatedly disconnecting after a few seconds

[Ioannis Vranos]

On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 8:47 PM, Nicolas Kovacs <info at microlinux.fr> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've just replaced Slackware 13.37 (with KDE 4.5.5 and a hand-compiled
> NetworkManager) by Kubuntu 11.04 on my Toshiba Tecra laptop, to see if I
> could make life easier for me and use a general public distro.
>
> Everything looks quite fine, except... wireless. Keeps disconnecting all the
> time. I took a peek in /var/log/syslog, but all I get is a flood of more or
> less laconic messages like this:
>
> wpa_supplicant: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=bl:ah:bl:ah:bl:ah reason=0
> etcetera...
>
> Now I don't even have the slightest idea where to start looking. And this is
> a serious showstopper. Any suggestions?


Try installing package linux-firmware-nonfree, and restart Ubuntu.


If this doesn't fix it, try running Ubuntu (not Kubuntu), live CD, and
check whether wireless works.


Let us know of the results.



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