The WiFi is active, and can find dozens of nearby networks, but absolutely refuses to establish any connexion to the router. When attempting to connect, it takes about 30 seconds before it asks for the password; entering the password triggers another 30 second wait before it asks again. Repeat ad infinitum. Removing the authentication on the network does not help at all; it just ends up with the same 30 second wait before it gives up.
It worked fine at my local library a week ago, and apart from the updates from Update Manager nothing has been tinkered with for ages. It works equally fine when booting the XP partition, or booting from the live DVD I used when initially installing Mint. (And my roommate's Mac connects without issue.)
In short, somewhere in my mucking around I've managed to do something that works with some connexions, but absolutely refuses to cooperate at my current location.
Trouble is, I'm absolutely clueless as to what it might be, and the more I read and the more suggestions I try, the more confused I get. It does of course not help that the closest I get to any prior Linux experience is some fiddling around with Unix in the mid-early nineties...
Any fresh ideas would be extremely welcome at this point.
Output from /usr/lib/linuxmint/mintWifi/mintWifi.py (with cable plugged in, in case it matters):
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* I. scanning WIFI PCI devices...
-- Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [Golan] Network Connection (rev 02)
==> PCI ID = 8086:4222 (rev 02)
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* II. querying ndiswrapper...
netw39x5 : driver installed
device (8086:4222) present (alternate driver: iwl3945)
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* III. querying iwconfig...
wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"Oddiii"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Bit Rate:54 Mb/s
Fragment thr:-211403072 B
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
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
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
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* IV. querying ifconfig...
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:19:b9:74:b3:f7
inet addr:192.168.1.128 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: 2a02:fe0:ca10:190:219:b9ff:fe74:b3f7/64 Scope:Global
inet6 addr: fe80::219:b9ff:fe74:b3f7/64 Scope:Link
inet6 addr: fdf0:e509:7168:0:219:b9ff:fe74:b3f7/64 Scope:Global
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:101832 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:53040 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:98267007 (98.2 MB) TX bytes:7665667 (7.6 MB)
Interrupt:17
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:65536 Metric:1
RX packets:1788 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:1788 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:302157 (302.1 KB) TX bytes:302157 (302.1 KB)
wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1b:77:24:64:66
UP 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:16 Memory:efcff000-efd00000
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* V. querying DHCP...
Rather than invoking init scripts through /etc/init.d, use the service(8)
utility, e.g. service smbd reload
Since the script you are attempting to invoke has been converted to an
Upstart job, you may also use the reload(8) utility, e.g. reload smbd
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* VI. querying nslookup google.com...
Server: 84.208.20.110
Address: 84.208.20.110#53
Non-authoritative answer:
Name: google.com
Address: 84.208.42.27
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System: Host: Alice Kernel: 3.8.0-19-generic i686 (32 bit, gcc: 4.7.3)
Desktop: Gnome (Gtk 2.24.17) Distro: Linux Mint 15 Olivia
Machine: System: Dell product: MM061
Mobo: Dell model: 0XD720 Bios: Dell version: A15 date: 04/20/2007
CPU: Dual core Intel Core2 CPU T5600 (-MCP-) cache: 2048 KB flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 ssse3 vmx) bmips: 7314.24
Clock Speeds: 1: 1000.00 MHz 2: 1833.00 MHz
Graphics: Card: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI RV515/M54 [Mobility Radeon X1400] bus-ID: 01:00.0
X.Org: 1.13.3 drivers: ati,radeon (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: 1280x800@60.0hz
GLX Renderer: Gallium 0.4 on ATI RV515 GLX Version: 2.1 Mesa 9.1.3 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio: Card: Intel NM10/ICH7 Family High Definition Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture ver: k3.8.0-19-generic
Network: Card-1: Broadcom BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX driver: b44 ver: 2.0 bus-ID: 03:00.0
IF: eth0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Card-2: Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [Golan] Network Connection driver: ndiswrapper ver: 1.58 bus-ID: 0b:00.0
IF: wlan0 state: down mac: <filter>
Drives: HDD Total Size: 160.0GB (58.9% used) 1: id: /dev/sda model: SAMSUNG_HM160JI size: 160.0GB
Partition: ID: / size: 43G used: 38G (92%) fs: ext4 ID: swap-1 size: 2.14GB used: 0.03GB (2%) fs: swap
RAID: No RAID devices detected - /proc/mdstat and md_mod kernel raid module present
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 54.5C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info: Processes: 177 Uptime: 3:22 Memory: 1062.3/2015.5MB Runlevel: 2 Gcc sys: 4.7.3 Client: Shell inxi: 1.8.4