So, the circumstances: I was playing Star Trek Online via PlayOnlLinux, and after messing with some graphics settings in game, my computer crashed, and rebooted. When it loaded up, my wireless claimed it was 'unavailable'. I've tried some things, and the folks in the IRC chat are as stumped as I am.
I'm pretty sure that Star Trek Online had nothing to do with it, and was just some extenuating circumstance. But I could be wrong. I'm a fairly new linux user (installed maybe a month ago). Everything has been working flawlessly up until today.
Here is a screenshot of my network tabs: http://i.imgur.com/Jl7hx7l.png
Bro Ham 5g is the name of my router.
Output of ifconfig/iwconfig: http://pastebin.com/2R01b2fb
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ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 2c:44:fd:b0:82:61
inet addr:192.168.1.118 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fd40:c086:ce73:0:2e44:fdff:feb0:8261/64 Scope:Global
inet6 addr: fd40:c086:ce73:0:9952:6be:6a25:adc4/64 Scope:Global
inet6 addr: fe80::2e44:fdff:feb0:8261/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:253 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:381 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:176174 (176.1 KB) TX bytes:54630 (54.6 KB)
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:217 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:217 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:15193 (15.1 KB) TX bytes:15193 (15.1 KB)
iwconfig
eth0 no wireless extensions.
lo no wireless extensions.
wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:off/any
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=0 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:off
Output of inxi -Nn: http://pastebin.com/hvdHxTQs
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ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 2c:44:fd:b0:82:61
inet addr:192.168.1.118 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fd40:c086:ce73:0:2e44:fdff:feb0:8261/64 Scope:Global
inet6 addr: fd40:c086:ce73:0:9952:6be:6a25:adc4/64 Scope:Global
inet6 addr: fe80::2e44:fdff:feb0:8261/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:253 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:381 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:176174 (176.1 KB) TX bytes:54630 (54.6 KB)
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:217 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:217 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:15193 (15.1 KB) TX bytes:15193 (15.1 KB)
iwconfig
eth0 no wireless extensions.
lo no wireless extensions.
wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:off/any
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=0 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:off
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sudo ifup wlan0
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Ignoring unknown interface wlan0=wlan0.
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System: Host: BrahaminKiller Kernel: 3.13.0-37-generic x86_64 (64 bit, gcc: 4.8.2)
Desktop: Gnome Distro: Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca
Machine: System: Hewlett-Packard (portable) product: HP ENVY TS 15 Notebook PC version: 0884100003305B00000320100
Mobo: Hewlett-Packard model: 198B version: KBC Version 03.14 Bios: Insyde version: F.18 date: 11/06/2014
CPU: Quad core AMD A8-5550M APU with Radeon HD Graphics (-MCP-) cache: 8192 KB flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm) bmips: 16769
Clock Speeds: 1: 1400.00 MHz 2: 1400.00 MHz 3: 1400.00 MHz 4: 1400.00 MHz
Graphics: Card: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Richland [Radeon HD 8550G] bus-ID: 00:01.0
X.Org: 1.15.1 driver: fglrx Resolution: 1366x768@60.0hz
GLX Renderer: AMD Radeon HD 8550G GLX Version: 4.3.12798 - CPC 13.35.1005 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio: Card-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] FCH Azalia Controller driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:14.2
Card-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Trinity HDMI Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:01.1
Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture ver: k3.13.0-37-generic
Network: Card-1: Ralink RT3290 Wireless 802.11n 1T/1R PCIe driver: rt2800pci ver: 2.3.0 bus-ID: 04:00.0
IF: wlan0 state: down mac: <filter>
Card-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
driver: r8169 ver: 2.3LK-NAPI port: 2000 bus-ID: 01:00.0
IF: eth0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Drives: HDD Total Size: 750.2GB (3.6% used) 1: id: /dev/sda model: HGST_HTS541075A9 size: 750.2GB
Partition: ID: / size: 680G used: 26G (4%) fs: ext4 ID: swap-1 size: 7.74GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap
RAID: No RAID devices detected - /proc/mdstat and md_mod kernel raid module present
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 42.8C mobo: 0.0C gpu: 42.00C
Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info: Processes: 173 Uptime: 55 min Memory: 1041.3/7127.8MB Runlevel: 2 Gcc sys: 4.8.2 Client: Shell inxi: 1.8.4
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* I. scanning WIFI PCI devices...
-- Ralink corp. RT3290 Wireless 802.11n 1T/1R PCIe
==> PCI ID = 1814:3290
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* II. querying ndiswrapper...
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* III. querying iwconfig...
eth0 no wireless extensions.
lo no wireless extensions.
wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:off/any
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=0 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
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* IV. querying ifconfig...
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 2c:44:fd:b0:82:61
inet addr:192.168.1.118 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fd40:c086:ce73:0:2e44:fdff:feb0:8261/64 Scope:Global
inet6 addr: fd40:c086:ce73:0:9952:6be:6a25:adc4/64 Scope:Global
inet6 addr: fe80::2e44:fdff:feb0:8261/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:68196 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:41744 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:92466937 (92.4 MB) TX bytes:3971344 (3.9 MB)
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:564 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:564 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:60743 (60.7 KB) TX bytes:60743 (60.7 KB)
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* V. querying DHCP...
RTNETLINK answers: File exists
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* VI. querying nslookup google.com...
Server: 216.152.176.1
Address: 216.152.176.1#53
Non-authoritative answer:
Name: google.com
Address: 204.17.140.102
Name: google.com
Address: 204.17.140.106
Name: google.com
Address: 204.17.140.108
Name: google.com
Address: 204.17.140.109
Name: google.com
Address: 204.17.140.113
Name: google.com
Address: 204.17.140.117
Name: google.com
Address: 204.17.140.121
Name: google.com
Address: 204.17.140.123
Name: google.com
Address: 204.17.140.79
Name: google.com
Address: 204.17.140.83
Name: google.com
Address: 204.17.140.87
Name: google.com
Address: 204.17.140.91
Name: google.com
Address: 204.17.140.93
Name: google.com
Address: 204.17.140.94
Name: google.com
Address: 204.17.140.98
To reiterate: My wi-fi now claims that it is 'unavailable', instead of being able to toggle it 'on|off'