Old Man - New Toy - Need Help, Please

[cousinlucky]

This is what showed up with iwconf

cousinlucky@cousinlucky-desktop:~$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

ppp0 no wireless extensions.

wmaster0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:""
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Tx-Power=27 dBm
Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2346 B
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

cousinlucky@cousinlucky-desktop:~$

[waterhead]

Something tells me that it may be working. I don't remeber what distro and version you are using, but try connecting with NetworkManager. It is usually found in the taskbar next to the Date/Time.

You can also check for any available wireless networks, using a command:

iwlist wlan0 scan

[cousinlucky]

I am using Ubuntu 8.04. I see the icon next to the speakers and time in the top right corner of my monitor. Enable networking and enable wireless are both checked.

The scan result is below:

cousinlucky@cousinlucky-desktop:~$ iwlist wlan0 scan
wlan0 Scan completed :
Cell 01 - Address: 00:22:3F:BC:53:C4
ESSID:"NETGEAR"
Mode:Master
Channel:6
Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
Quality=48/100 Signal level=-68 dBm
Encryption key:off
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
Extra:tsf=0000017746e392b6

cousinlucky@cousinlucky-desktop:~$

[waterhead]

So, it appears that it is indeed working! If you left-click on the NetworkManager icon, does it show any available networks? If not, then it is a NetworkManager problem.

You may want to just try a different wireless manager. I recommend using the Wicd manager.

wicd - home

[rokytnji]

wicd is in synaptic if you wish to use it Cuz.

[cousinlucky]

The thing has a " Edit wireless networks " that I do not know what to do with. I'll download the other one right away. Thank You Gentlemen. ps I have to get the fan problem straightened out. suse 10's quiet mode kept the fan from running so now I have a problem with it.

There wasn't a wicd in my synaptic package manager so I went to the link and got the instructions and followed them. I have to admit I was worried that when the gnome network manager was removed I would not get on the internet at all. I'm still here though.

How do I set up wicd to use USB wireless adapter?

[waterhead]

You will have to add a repository before you can install it using the Ubuntu package manager. Just follow the instructions for Ubuntu on the Downloads page.

wicd - download

[cousinlucky]

Repositories are added and the key installed in the terminal. Wicd is in and the network manager is history. I do however need to know how to make wicd work. Thanks!!

[waterhead]

You should find it in the menu somewhere. If that fails, you could follow the instructions on the Wicd download page, right above the installation instructions.

wicd - download

wicd-client

[cousinlucky]

With the different network manager i went back to see if the terminal results were the same but some have changed.

dmesg:

[ 23.879755] audit: initializing netlink socket (disabled)
[ 23.879773] audit(1240370395.308:1): initialized
[ 23.881639] VFS: Disk quotas dquot_6.5.1
[ 23.881670] Dquot-cache hash table entries: 1024 (order 0, 4096 bytes)
[ 23.881815] io scheduler noop registered
[ 23.881818] io scheduler anticipatory registered
[ 23.881820] io scheduler deadline registered
[ 23.881830] io scheduler cfq registered (default)
[ 23.881842] PCI: VIA PCI bridge detected. Disabling DAC.
[ 23.881905] PCI: Bypassing VIA 8237 APIC De-Assert Message
[ 23.881914] Boot video device is 0000:01:00.0
[ 23.882184] isapnp: Scanning for PnP cards...
[ 24.235758] isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
[ 24.263753] Serial: 8250/16550 driver $Revision: 1.90 $ 4 ports, IRQ sharing enabled
[ 24.263880] serial8250: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
[ 24.264984] 00:09: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
[ 24.265706] RAMDISK driver initialized: 16 RAM disks of 65536K size 1024 blocksize
[ 24.265777] input: Macintosh mouse button emulation as /devices/virtual/input/input0
[ 24.265873] PNP: PS/2 Controller [PNP0303:PS2K,PNP0f13:PS2M] at 0x60,0x64 irq 1,12
[ 24.266250] serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1
[ 24.266255] serio: i8042 AUX port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12
[ 24.276212] mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
[ 24.276313] EISA: Probing bus 0 at eisa.0
[ 24.276331] Cannot allocate resource for EISA slot 4
[ 24.276333] Cannot allocate resource for EISA slot 5
[ 24.276345] EISA: Detected 0 cards.
[ 24.276348] cpuidle: using governor ladder
[ 24.276491] NET: Registered protocol family 1
[ 24.276518] Using IPI Shortcut mode
[ 24.276556] registered taskstats version 1
[ 24.276666] Magic number: 5:227:311
[ 24.276700] hash matches device ttyxe
[ 24.276897] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 24.276899] EDD information not available.
[ 24.277416] Freeing unused kernel memory: 364k freed
[ 24.277446] Write protecting the kernel read-only data: 787k
[ 24.312126] input: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard as /devices/platform/i8042/serio0/input/input1
[ 25.477654] fuse init (API version 7.9)
[ 25.491679] ACPI: Fan [FAN] (on)
[ 25.499296] ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [d9d62f18] 'on'
[ 25.499304] ACPI: Thermal Zone [THRM] (47 C)
[ 26.046352] SCSI subsystem initialized
[ 26.081148] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:0b.0[A] -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
[ 26.133900] ohci1394: fw-host0: OHCI-1394 1.0 (PCI): IRQ=[16] MMIO=[ea011000-ea0117ff] Max Packet=[2048] IR/IT contexts=[4/8]
[ 26.159581] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
[ 26.159611] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
[ 26.167554] libata version 3.00 loaded.
[ 26.178263] usbcore: registered new device driver usb
[ 26.179355] USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver v3.0
[ 26.197964] via-rhine.c:v1.10-LK1.4.3 2007-03-06 Written by Donald Becker
[ 26.252886] sata_via 0000:00:0f.0: version 2.3
[ 26.253212] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [ALKA] BIOS reported IRQ 0, using IRQ 20
[ 26.253216] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [ALKA] enabled at IRQ 20
[ 26.253225] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:0f.0[B] -> Link [ALKA] -> GSI 20 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
[ 26.253301] sata_via 0000:00:0f.0: routed to hard irq line 11
[ 26.258123] scsi0 : sata_via
[ 26.263097] scsi1 : sata_via
[ 26.264255] ata1: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xb000 ctl 0xb400 bmdma 0xc000 irq 17
[ 26.264258] ata2: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xb800 ctl 0xbc00 bmdma 0xc008 irq 17
[ 26.338169] Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M
[ 26.357927] FDC 0 is a post-1991 82077
[ 26.465880] ata1: SATA link down 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 0 SControl 300)
[ 26.677686] ata2: SATA link down 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 0 SControl 300)
[ 26.690424] pata_via 0000:00:0f.1: version 0.3.3
[ 26.690469] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:0f.1[A] -> Link [ALKA] -> GSI 20 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
[ 26.691620] scsi2 : pata_via
[ 26.692253] scsi3 : pata_via
[ 26.693544] ata3: PATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0x1f0 ctl 0x3f6 bmdma 0xc800 irq 14
[ 26.693547] ata4: PATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0x170 ctl 0x376 bmdma 0xc808 irq 15
[ 26.913901] ata3.00: ATA-6: ST3160021A, 3.06, max UDMA/100
[ 26.913907] ata3.00: 312581808 sectors, multi 16: LBA48
[ 26.929740] ata3.00: configured for UDMA/100
[ 27.413236] ata4.00: ATAPI: Hewlett-Packard DVD Writer 300, 3.11, max UDMA/33
[ 27.413256] ata4.01: ATAPI: SAMSUNG CD-ROM SC-148A, B401, max UDMA/33
[ 27.520885] ieee1394: Host added: ID:BUS[0-00:1023] GUID[00e0180000d03ed0]
[ 27.584932] ata4.00: configured for UDMA/33
[ 27.756718] ata4.01: configured for UDMA/33
[ 27.756853] scsi 2:0:0:0: Direct-Access ATA ST3160021A 3.06 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
[ 27.759498] scsi 3:0:0:0: CD-ROM HP DVD Writer 300n 3.11 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
[ 27.759855] scsi 3:0:1:0: CD-ROM SAMSUNG CD-ROM SC-148A B401 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
[ 27.761154] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [ALKB] BIOS reported IRQ 0, using IRQ 21
[ 27.761158] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [ALKB] enabled at IRQ 21
[ 27.761167] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:10.0[A] -> Link [ALKB] -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
[ 27.761182] uhci_hcd 0000:00:10.0: UHCI Host Controller
[ 27.761544] uhci_hcd 0000:00:10.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
[ 27.761575] uhci_hcd 0000:00:10.0: irq 18, io base 0x0000cc00
[ 27.761729] usb usb1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 27.761755] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 27.761762] hub 1-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
[ 27.864548] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:10.1[A] -> Link [ALKB] -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
[ 27.864565] uhci_hcd 0000:00:10.1: UHCI Host Controller
[ 27.864592] uhci_hcd 0000:00:10.1: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2
[ 27.864616] uhci_hcd 0000:00:10.1: irq 18, io base 0x0000d000
[ 27.864752] usb usb2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 27.864776] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 27.864783] hub 2-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
[ 27.968425] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:10.2[B] -> Link [ALKB] -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
[ 27.968439] uhci_hcd 0000:00:10.2: UHCI Host Controller
[ 27.968469] uhci_hcd 0000:00:10.2: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 3
[ 27.968492] uhci_hcd 0000:00:10.2: irq 18, io base 0x0000d400
[ 27.968604] usb usb3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 27.968627] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 27.968632] hub 3-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
[ 28.072312] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:10.3[B] -> Link [ALKB] -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
[ 28.072326] uhci_hcd 0000:00:10.3: UHCI Host Controller
[ 28.072355] uhci_hcd 0000:00:10.3: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 4
[ 28.072377] uhci_hcd 0000:00:10.3: irq 18, io base 0x0000d800
[ 28.072487] usb usb4: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 28.072511] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 28.072517] hub 4-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
[ 28.104166] usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2
[ 28.176600] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:10.4[C] -> Link [ALKB] -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
[ 28.176617] ehci_hcd 0000:00:10.4: EHCI Host Controller
[ 28.176650] ehci_hcd 0000:00:10.4: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 5
[ 28.176698] ehci_hcd 0000:00:10.4: irq 18, io mem 0xea012000
[ 28.228070] ehci_hcd 0000:00:10.4: USB 2.0 started, EHCI 1.00, driver 10 Dec 2004
[ 28.228211] usb usb5: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 28.228239] hub 5-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 28.228247] hub 5-0:1.0: 8 ports detected
[ 28.332642] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [ALKD] BIOS reported IRQ 0, using IRQ 23
[ 28.332647] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [ALKD] enabled at IRQ 23
[ 28.332656] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:12.0[A] -> Link [ALKD] -> GSI 23 (level, low) -> IRQ 19
[ 28.332917] eth0: VIA Rhine II at 0xea013000, 00:0e:a6:d0:6f:01, IRQ 19.
[ 28.333629] eth0: MII PHY found at address 1, status 0x7849 advertising 05e1 Link 0000.
[ 28.344423] Driver 'sd' needs updating - please use bus_type methods
[ 28.344543] sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] 312581808 512-byte hardware sectors (160042 MB)
[ 28.344559] sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
[ 28.344562] sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
[ 28.344579] sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
[ 28.345086] sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] 312581808 512-byte hardware sectors (160042 MB)
[ 28.345096] sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
[ 28.345098] sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
[ 28.345112] sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
[ 28.345116] sda:<4>Driver 'sr' needs updating - please use bus_type methods
[ 28.355217] sda1 sda2 < sda5 > sda3
[ 28.374585] sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI disk
[ 28.379702] sd 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0
[ 28.379726] sr 3:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 5
[ 28.379744] scsi 3:0:1:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 5
[ 28.384550] sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 40x/40x writer cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray
[ 28.384558] Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20
[ 28.384640] sr 3:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0
[ 28.388863] sr1: scsi3-mmc drive: 1x/48x cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray
[ 28.388925] sr 3:0:1:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr1
[ 28.627626] usb 1-1: device not accepting address 2, error -71
[ 28.705573] Attempting manual resume
[ 28.705578] swsusp: Resume From Partition 8:5
[ 28.705580] PM: Checking swsusp image.
[ 28.705793] PM: Resume from disk failed.
[ 28.722822] kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds
[ 28.722838] EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
[ 29.818389] usb 5-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 2
[ 29.969601] usb 5-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 30.685490] usb 2-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2
[ 30.869944] usb 2-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 31.109048] usb 4-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2
[ 31.282314] usb 4-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 31.493284] ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [d9d62f18] 'on'
[ 36.382864] ip_tables: (C) 2000-2006 Netfilter Core Team
[ 36.421903] nf_conntrack version 0.5.0 (7168 buckets, 28672 max)
[ 37.154041] Linux agpgart interface v0.102
[ 37.238992] agpgart: Detected VIA KM400/KM400A chipset
[ 37.243554] agpgart: AGP aperture is 64M @ 0xe0000000
[ 37.263993] pci_hotplug: PCI Hot Plug PCI Core version: 0.5
[ 37.266182] shpchp: Standard Hot Plug PCI Controller Driver version: 0.4
[ 37.462435] input: Power Button (FF) as /devices/virtual/input/input2
[ 37.474452] ACPI: Power Button (FF) [PWRF]
[ 37.474617] input: Power Button (CM) as /devices/virtual/input/input3
[ 37.487083] ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [d9d62f18] 'on'
[ 37.487104] ACPI: Power Button (CM) [PWRB]
[ 38.927954] usblp0: USB Bidirectional printer dev 2 if 0 alt 0 proto 2 vid 0x03F0 pid 0x6204
[ 38.927983] usbcore: registered new interface driver usblp
[ 39.545567] usbcore: registered new interface driver libusual
[ 39.681439] Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
[ 39.748917] scsi4 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
[ 39.772835] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
[ 39.772843] USB Mass Storage support registered.
[ 39.772848] usb-storage: device found at 2
[ 39.772850] usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
[ 39.848871] input: PC Speaker as /devices/platform/pcspkr/input/input4
[ 39.897727] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [ALKC] BIOS reported IRQ 0, using IRQ 22
[ 39.897733] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [ALKC] enabled at IRQ 22
[ 39.897742] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:11.5[C] -> Link [ALKC] -> GSI 22 (level, low) -> IRQ 20
[ 39.897887] PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:11.5 to 64
[ 40.076652] Real Time Clock Driver v1.12ac
[ 40.413769] PCI: Enabling device 0000:00:11.6 (0000 -> 0001)
[ 40.413784] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:11.6[C] -> Link [ALKC] -> GSI 22 (level, low) -> IRQ 20
[ 40.552461] input: ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse as /devices/platform/i8042/serio1/input/input5
[ 40.585965] parport_pc 00:0a: reported by Plug and Play ACPI
[ 40.586063] parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x77, irq 7, dma 3 [PCSPP,TRISTATE,COMPAT,EPP,ECP,DMA]
[ 41.162641] PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:11.6 to 64
[ 41.666328] ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:00:11.6 disabled
[ 41.666356] VIA 82xx Modem: probe of 0000:00:11.6 failed with error -13
[ 43.480862] ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [d9d62f18] 'on'
[ 43.683367] lp0: using parport0 (interrupt-driven).
[ 43.750823] Adding 1317288k swap on /dev/sda5. Priority:-1 extents:1 across:1317288k
[ 44.304094] EXT3 FS on sda3, internal journal
[ 44.443265] device-mapper: uevent: version 1.0.3
[ 44.443306] device-mapper: ioctl: 4.12.0-ioctl (2007-10-02) initialised: dm-devel@redhat.com
[ 44.768823] usb-storage: device scan complete
[ 44.770921] scsi 4:0:0:0: Direct-Access Generic USB SD Reader 1.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0
[ 44.773774] scsi 4:0:0:1: Direct-Access Generic USB CF Reader 1.01 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0
[ 44.776754] scsi 4:0:0:2: Direct-Access Generic USB SM Reader 1.02 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0
[ 44.779739] scsi 4:0:0:3: Direct-Access Generic USB MS Reader 1.03 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0
[ 44.823783] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk
[ 44.823836] sd 4:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 0
[ 44.867922] sd 4:0:0:1: [sdc] Attached SCSI removable disk
[ 44.867970] sd 4:0:0:1: Attached scsi generic sg4 type 0
[ 44.911682] sd 4:0:0:2: [sdd] Attached SCSI removable disk
[ 44.911735] sd 4:0:0:2: Attached scsi generic sg5 type 0
[ 44.954637] sd 4:0:0:3: [sde] Attached SCSI removable disk
[ 44.954702] sd 4:0:0:3: Attached scsi generic sg6 type 0
[ 46.511086] PPP generic driver version 2.4.2
[ 46.553779] NET: Registered protocol family 10
[ 46.554044] lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions
[ 47.352017] No dock devices found.
[ 48.237881] apm: BIOS version 1.2 Flags 0x07 (Driver version 1.16ac)
[ 48.237887] apm: overridden by ACPI.
[ 49.474617] ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [d9d62f18] 'on'
[ 51.874441] ppdev: user-space parallel port driver
[ 52.065119] audit(1240370424.505:2): type=1503 operation="inode_permission" requested_mask="a::" denied_mask="a::" name="/dev/tty" pid=5348 profile="/usr/sbin/cupsd" namespace="default"
[ 53.733292] eth0: link down
[ 53.733426] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 54.712211] Bluetooth: Core ver 2.11
[ 54.714310] NET: Registered protocol family 31
[ 54.714316] Bluetooth: HCI device and connection manager initialized
[ 54.714320] Bluetooth: HCI socket layer initialized
[ 54.726480] Bluetooth: L2CAP ver 2.9
[ 54.726487] Bluetooth: L2CAP socket layer initialized
[ 54.797855] Bluetooth: RFCOMM socket layer initialized
[ 54.797880] Bluetooth: RFCOMM TTY layer initialized
[ 54.797883] Bluetooth: RFCOMM ver 1.8
[ 55.468440] ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [d9d62f18] 'on'
[ 55.686112] [drm] Initialized drm 1.1.0 20060810
[ 55.709040] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:01:00.0[A] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 21
[ 55.709204] [drm] Initialized via 2.11.1 20070202 on minor 0
[ 55.751367] agpgart: Found an AGP 3.5 compliant device at 0000:00:00.0.
[ 55.751390] agpgart: Device is in legacy mode, falling back to 2.x
[ 55.751396] agpgart: Putting AGP V2 device at 0000:00:00.0 into 4x mode
[ 55.751456] agpgart: Putting AGP V2 device at 0000:01:00.0 into 4x mode
[ 61.462194] ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [d9d62f18] 'on'

[ 325.188546] ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [d9d62f18] 'on'
[ 330.970161] PPP BSD Compression module registered
[ 331.041241] PPP Deflate Compression module registered
[ 331.182347] ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [d9d62f18] 'on'
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[ 1074.411205] ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [d9d62f18] 'on'
[ 1078.518307] usb 5-8: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 5
[ 1078.788850] usb 5-8: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 1079.105795] phy0 -> rt2500usb_init_eeprom: Error - Invalid RT chipset detected.
[ 1079.105804] phy0 -> rt2x00lib_probe_dev: Error - Failed to allocate device.
[ 1079.105850] usbcore: registered new interface driver rt2500usb
[ 1079.378147] phy1: Selected rate control algorithm 'simple'
[ 1079.442158] usbcore: registered new interface driver rt73usb
[ 1080.404977] ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [d9d62f18] 'on'

[ 1302.174872] ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [d9d62f18] 'on'
cousinlucky@cousinlucky-desktop:~$

cousinlucky@cousinlucky-desktop:~$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

ppp0 no wireless extensions.

wmaster0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:""
Mode:Managed Channel:0 Access Point: Not-Associated
Tx-Power=0 dBm
Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2346 B
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

cousinlucky@cousinlucky-desktop:~$

lsmod

pata_acpi 7424 0
floppy 58116 0
via_rhine 24840 0
mii 5504 1 via_rhine
ehci_hcd 36748 0
uhci_hcd 25616 0
pata_via 12420 2
sata_via 11524 0
ohci1394 32688 0
usbcore 144108 9 rt73usb,rt2500usb,rt2x00usb,usb_storage,libusual,u sblp,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd
libata 159856 4 ata_generic,pata_acpi,pata_via,sata_via
ieee1394 92216 2 sbp2,ohci1394
scsi_mod 151180 6 sbp2,usb_storage,sg,sr_mod,sd_mod,libata
thermal 15772 0
processor 28336 1 thermal
fan 4740 0
fbcon 41888 0
tileblit 2560 1 fbcon
font 8576 1 fbcon
bitblit 5888 1 fbcon
softcursor 2176 1 bitblit
fuse 48404 3
cousinlucky@cousinlucky-desktop:~$ lsmod

The USB adapter does not seem to be working anymore.

cousinlucky@cousinlucky-desktop:~$ iwlist wlan0 scan
wlan0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

cousinlucky@cousinlucky-desktop:~$