[SOLVED] wireless switch inop hp zd7249cl laptop with ubuntu 10.10

[wmyers]

I have a hp zd7249cl laptop and have installed ubuntu 10.10 on it. The main problem I am having at the time is the wireless button will not turn on so there for I have no internet access. The switch works fine in windows, but not in ubuntu. The switch didn't work with the live cd either, but I thought it might after install. The wired card that is in the laptop is no good and quit working a couple of years ago so all I have is wireless now.

[MikeTbob]

Hello and Welcome.
Can you post the output of this command?

sudo lsmod |grep -i rfkill

Post your results using the code tags, please.

[wmyers]

I don't get anything when I do that.

[MikeTbob]

Try loading that module with:

sudo modprobe rfkill

You should not get any output from the above command.
If you get no errors, try this command.

sudo rfkill list

[wmyers]

from the second one I got soft block: no and hard block: no

[wmyers]

The whole thing says
0: phy0: Wireless Lan
Soft block: no
Hard block: no

[MikeTbob]

Can you post the entire output of

sudo lsmod

There might be a module interfering with it. Here is the link I am looking at.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...ux/+bug/523143
Did you do an update recently?

[wmyers]

led_class            2633  1  b43
crc_ccitt             1351  1  irda
i2c_algo_bit       5168   1  nouveau
output               1883   1  video
pcmcia_core      14657  3  pcmcia,yenta_socket,pcncia_rsrc
psmouse           59033  0
intel_agp           26360  1
serio_raw            4022  0  
shpchp              29886  0
soundcore             880  1  snd
snd_page_alloc    7120  2  snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
agpgart             32011  3  ttm,drm,intel_agp
lp                        7342  0
parport              31492  3  ppdev,parport_pc,lp
cb710_mmc        6019  0
firewire_ohci      21106  0
8139too            19581  0
ssb                    39288  1  b43
8139cp              16934  0led_class 2633 
firewire_core      46643  1  firewire_ohci
crc_itu_t             1383  1  firewire_core
cb710                  4726  1  cb710_mmc
mii                       4425  2  8139too,8139cp

[MikeTbob]

I'm not seeing the rfkill module loaded, did you reboot since you modprobe rfkill?
Other than that, I don't see anything that sticks out.
Try going through this HOWTO and post your results, perhaps the driver or firmware isn't loading correctly.
http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/wir...tart-here.html

[teyster2]

The only way I've ever gotten Ubuntu/Kubuntu to load wireless was to hard wire first, and then download the drivers.