Did I screw up my wireless capabilities?

[gollum88]

So yesterday I decided to make a full conversion to Ubuntu and removed Windows from my hard disc. I love Ubuntu, but have only been using it for like 3 days now. My laptop has wireless capability built into it but I can no longer turn it on. I read somewhere that it has to be turned on in Windows, but I wanted a second opinion. Is there a piece of software I can download or anything, or did I just screw it up? And if it is the latter, do all usb wireless adapters work on Linux, or does it depend on the drive itself (I've never had one before).

[reed9]

There are rare occasions when Windows disables the card when it shuts down, and linux is not able to turn it on again properly. But it's more likely that you simply need to install a driver or extra firmware.

Read the Wireless Setup Sticky, which will help you gather the info we need to troubleshoot.

[alanrlow]

So yesterday I decided to make a full conversion to Ubuntu and removed Windows from my hard disc. I love Ubuntu, but have only been using it for like 3 days now. My laptop has wireless capability built into it but I can no longer turn it on. I read somewhere that it has to be turned on in Windows, but I wanted a second opinion. Is there a piece of software I can download or anything, or did I just screw it up? And if it is the latter, do all usb wireless adapters work on Linux, or does it depend on the drive itself (I've never had one before).

Have you got a button to turn on/off wireless on the laptop. I know on my Acer Aspire the button on the front used to light up in windoze to tell me if the wireless was turned on or not. For some reason in Ubuntu the light stays on regardless of whether wireless is on or not. I have been caught out before when I have accidentaly hit the button, the light remained on but I had no wireless. Just a thought.

Alan.

[gollum88]

Thanks guys, I will try to post the information!

james@james-laptop:~$ lspci -knn
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 Host Bridge [1002:5950] (rev 01)
Kernel modules: ati-agp
00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge [1002:5a3f]
Kernel modules: shpchp
00:05.0 PCI bridge [0604]: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge [1002:5a37]
Kernel modules: shpchp
00:13.0 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB Host Controller [1002:4374]
Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd
00:13.1 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB Host Controller [1002:4375]
Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd
00:13.2 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB2 Host Controller [1002:4373]
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
00:14.0 SMBus [0c05]: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 SMBus Controller [1002:4372] (rev 11)
Kernel driver in use: piix4_smbus
Kernel modules: i2c-piix4
00:14.1 IDE interface [0101]: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 IDE Controller [1002:4376]
Kernel driver in use: pata_atiixp
00:14.3 ISA bridge [0601]: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 PCI-ISA Bridge [1002:4377]
00:14.4 PCI bridge [0604]: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 PCI-PCI Bridge [1002:4371]
00:14.5 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 AC'97 Audio Controller [1002:4370] (rev 02)
Kernel driver in use: ATI IXP AC97 controller
Kernel modules: snd-atiixp
00:14.6 Modem [0703]: ATI Technologies Inc SB400 AC'97 Modem Controller [1002:4378] (rev 02)
Kernel driver in use: ATI IXP MC97 controller
Kernel modules: snd-atiixp-modem
00:18.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration [1022:1100]
00:18.1 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map [1022:1101]
00:18.2 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller [1022:1102]
00:18.3 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control [1022:1103]
Kernel driver in use: k8temp
Kernel modules: k8temp
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon XPRESS 200M 5955 (PCIE) [1002:5955]
Kernel modules: radeon, radeonfb
06:02.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:4318] (rev 02)
Kernel modules: ssb
06:06.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ [10ec:8139] (rev 10)
Kernel driver in use: 8139too
Kernel modules: epl, 8139too, 8139cp

james@james-laptop:~$ cd ~/
james@james-laptop:~$ touch wireless_setup.txt
james@james-laptop:~$ echo ============ lspci ============ >> ~/wireless_setup.txt
james@james-laptop:~$ lspci -knn >> ~/wireless_setup.txt
james@james-laptop:~$ echo ` ` >> ~/wireless_setup.txt
james@james-laptop:~$ echo ============ lsusb ============ >> ~/wireless_setup.txt
james@james-laptop:~$ lsusb >> ~/wireless_setup.txt
james@james-laptop:~$ echo ` ` >> ~/wireless_setup.txt
james@james-laptop:~$ echo ============ lsmod ============ >> ~/wireless_setup.txt
james@james-laptop:~$ lsmod >> ~/wireless_setup.txt
james@james-laptop:~$ echo ` ` >> ~/wireless_setup.txt
james@james-laptop:~$ echo ============ dmesg-firmware ============ >> ~/wireless_setup.txt
james@james-laptop:~$ dmesg | grep firmware >> ~/wireless_setup.txt
james@james-laptop:~$ echo ` ` >> ~/wireless_setup.txt
james@james-laptop:~$ echo ============ kernel version ============ >> ~/wireless_setup.txt
james@james-laptop:~$ uname -r >> ~/wireless_setup.txt
james@james-laptop:~$ echo ` ` >> ~/wireless_setup.txt
james@james-laptop:~$ echo ============ ifconfig ============ >> ~/wireless_setup.txt
james@james-laptop:~$ ifconfig >> ~/wireless_setup.txt
james@james-laptop:~$ echo ` ` >> ~/wireless_setup.txt
james@james-laptop:~$ echo ============ iwconfig ============ >> ~/wireless_setup.txt
james@james-laptop:~$ iwconfig >> ~/wireless_setup.txt
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

If there was something else I was supposed to list, please let me know. Thank you all or your time.

[gollum88]

Have you got a button to turn on/off wireless on the laptop. I know on my Acer Aspire the button on the front used to light up in windoze to tell me if the wireless was turned on or not. For some reason in Ubuntu the light stays on regardless of whether wireless is on or not. I have been caught out before when I have accidentaly hit the button, the light remained on but I had no wireless. Just a thought.

Alan.

I do have the button, but I cannot turn it on. Nordoes it do anything when I press it.