Thread: Atheros AR5001X disabled in 10.10

my old winbook laptop had wifi connection under ubuntu 9.10 shows 'disabled' under ubuntu 10.04 , 10.10. @ least under 10.10 came working video (had mess grub on 10.04 before video work). have onboard wi-fi card has never worked linux far know atheros pcmcia card worked solid under karmic (9.10). here diag. info.

sudo lshw -c network

*-network:0 disabled
description: wireless interface
product: pro/wireless 2200bg [calexico2] network connection
vendor: intel corporation
physical id: 1
bus info: pci@0000:01:01.0
logical name: eth1
version: 05
serial: 00:0e:35:7b:9e:c2
width: 32 bits
clock: 33mhz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ipw2200 driverversion=1.2.2kmprq firmware=abg:9.0.5.27 (dec 12 2007) latency=64 link=no maxlatency=24 mingnt=3 multicast=yes wireless=ieee 802.11bg
resources: irq:11 memory:e0001000-e0001fff
*-network:1
description: ethernet interface
product: vt6105/vt6106s [rhine-iii]
vendor: via technologies, inc.
physical id: 2
bus info: pci@0000:01:02.0
logical name: eth0
version: 8b
serial: 00:40:d0:64:0c:72
size: 100mb/s
capacity: 100mb/s
width: 32 bits
clock: 33mhz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=via-rhine driverversion=1.4.3 duplex=full ip=192.168.1.147 latency=64 link=yes maxlatency=8 mingnt=3 multicast=yes port=mii speed=100mb/s
resources: irq:11 ioport:c000(size=256) memory:e0000800-e00008ff
*-network disabled
description: wireless interface
product: atheros ar5001x+ wireless network adapter
vendor: atheros communications inc.
physical id: 3
bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
logical name: wlan0
version: 01
serial: 00:11:6b:61:f3:c8
width: 32 bits
clock: 33mhz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ath5k driverversion=2.6.35-30-generic firmware=n/a latency=168 link=yes maxlatency=28 mingnt=10 multicast=yes wireless=ieee 802.11bg
resources: irq:5 memory:e4000000-e400ffff

lspci

00:00.0 host bridge: intel corporation 82852/82855 gm/gme/pm/gmv processor i/o controller (rev 02)
00:00.1 system peripheral: intel corporation 82852/82855 gm/gme/pm/gmv processor i/o controller (rev 02)
00:00.3 system peripheral: intel corporation 82852/82855 gm/gme/pm/gmv processor i/o controller (rev 02)
00:02.0 vga compatible controller: intel corporation 82852/855gm integrated graphics device (rev 02)
00:02.1 display controller: intel corporation 82852/855gm integrated graphics device (rev 02)
00:1d.0 usb controller: intel corporation 82801db/dbl/dbm (ich4/ich4-l/ich4-m) usb uhci controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 usb controller: intel corporation 82801db/dbl/dbm (ich4/ich4-l/ich4-m) usb uhci controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 usb controller: intel corporation 82801db/dbm (ich4/ich4-m) usb2 ehci controller (rev 03)
00:1e.0 pci bridge: intel corporation 82801 mobile pci bridge (rev 83)
00:1f.0 isa bridge: intel corporation 82801dbm (ich4-m) lpc interface bridge (rev 03)
00:1f.1 ide interface: intel corporation 82801dbm (ich4-m) ide controller (rev 03)
00:1f.3 smbus: intel corporation 82801db/dbl/dbm (ich4/ich4-l/ich4-m) smbus controller (rev 03)
00:1f.5 multimedia audio controller: intel corporation 82801db/dbl/dbm (ich4/ich4-l/ich4-m) ac'97 audio controller (rev 03)
00:1f.6 modem: intel corporation 82801db/dbl/dbm (ich4/ich4-l/ich4-m) ac'97 modem controller (rev 03)
01:01.0 network controller: intel corporation pro/wireless 2200bg [calexico2] network connection (rev 05)
01:02.0 ethernet controller: via technologies, inc. vt6105/vt6106s [rhine-iii] (rev 8b)
01:04.0 cardbus bridge: ricoh co ltd rl5c475 (rev b
01:04.1 firewire (ieee 1394): ricoh co ltd r5c551 ieee 1394 controller
02:00.0 ethernet controller: atheros communications inc. atheros ar5001x+ wireless network adapter (rev 01)

rfkill list all

0: phy0: wireless lan
soft blocked: no
hard blocked: yes
1: phy1: wireless lan
soft blocked: no
hard blocked: no

lsmod

module size used by
binfmt_misc 6599 1
parport_pc 26058 0
ppdev 5556 0
arc4 1165 2
ath5k 130083 0
mac80211 231927 1 ath5k
ath 8153 1 ath5k
led_class 2633 1 ath5k
snd_intel8x0 25664 2
snd_ac97_codec 99227 1 snd_intel8x0
i915 295819 3
ac97_bus 1014 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm 71475 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec
joydev 8767 0
snd_seq_midi 4588 0
snd_rawmidi 17783 1 snd_seq_midi
drm_kms_helper 30136 1 i915
pcmcia 35973 0
snd_seq_midi_event 6047 1 snd_seq_midi
ipw2200 136715 0
snd_seq 47174 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
libipw 39808 1 ipw2200
drm 168092 2 i915,drm_kms_helper
snd_timer 19067 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 5744 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
cfg80211 144822 5 ath5k,mac80211,ath,ipw2200,libipw
yenta_socket 21518 0
intel_agp 26566 2 i915
pcmcia_rsrc 10566 1 yenta_socket
pcmcia_core 14657 3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,pcmcia_rsrc
snd 49102 11 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,sn d_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
psmouse 59033 0
lib80211 5058 2 ipw2200,libipw
i2c_algo_bit 5168 1 i915
shpchp 29886 0
serio_raw 4022 0
soundcore 880 1 snd
video 18712 1 i915
agpgart 32011 2 drm,intel_agp
snd_page_alloc 7120 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
output 1883 1 video
lp 7342 0
parport 31492 3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp
firewire_ohci 21234 0
via_rhine 19038 0
firewire_core 46643 1 firewire_ohci
crc_itu_t 1383 1 firewire_core
mii 4425 1 via_rhine

iwconfig

eth1 ieee 802.11bg essidff/any
mode:managed channel:0 access point: not-associated
bit rate:0 kb/s tx-power=off sensitivity=8/0
retry limit:7 rts thrff fragment thrff
power managementff
link quality:0 signal level:0 noise level:0
rx invalid nwid:0 rx invalid crypt:0 rx invalid frag:0
tx excessive retries:0 invalid misc:0 missed beacon:0

wlan0 ieee 802.11bg essidff/any
mode:managed access point: not-associated tx-power=0 dbm
retry long limit:7 rts thrff fragment thrff
power managementff

ifconfig -a

eth0 link encap:ethernet hwaddr 00:40:d0:64:0c:72
inet addr:192.168.1.147 bcast:192.168.1.255 mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::240:d0ff:fe64:c72/64 scope:link
broadcast running multicast mtu:1500 metric:1
rx packets:4287 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
tx packets:4207 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
rx bytes:4575709 (4.5 mb) tx bytes:726519 (726.5 kb)
interrupt:11 base address:0x8800

eth1 link encap:ethernet hwaddr 00:0e:35:7b:9e:c2
broadcast multicast mtu:1500 metric:1
rx packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
tx packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
rx bytes:0 (0.0 b) tx bytes:0 (0.0 b)
interrupt:11 base address:0xe000 memory:e0001000-e0001fff

lo link encap:local loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 scope:host
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)

wlan0 link encap:ethernet hwaddr 00:11:6b:61:f3:c8
broadcast multicast mtu:1500 metric:1
rx packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
tx packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
rx bytes:0 (0.0 b) tx bytes:0 (0.0 b)

hope can on this.

0: phy0: wireless lan
soft blocked: no
hard blocked: yes
1: phy1: wireless lan
soft blocked: no
hard blocked: no

often, hardware switch blocks wireless, not on-board. if move switch activate wireless , unload ipw2200 module, atheros work?

code:

sudo rmmod -f ipw2200

my intel 2200 worked great except didn't wpa. if want stop it, i'd suggest blacklist driver module instead of using switch.

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