Acer aspire one wifi failure

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flanna
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Acer aspire one wifi failure

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My Acer aspire-one has suddenly stopped seeing the wifi. It has a switch for wireless connections and I have put it to the "on" position. Still no Wifi.

I have run mintWifi.py and here is the result:

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AOA110 Desktop # /usr/lib/linuxmint/mintWifi/mintWifi.py
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* I. scanning WIFI PCI devices...
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* II. querying ndiswrapper...
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* III. querying iwconfig...
lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

hso0      no wireless extensions.

wlan0     IEEE 802.11bg  ESSID:off/any  
          Mode:Managed  Access Point: Not-Associated   Tx-Power=off   
          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 00:23:8b:12:14:45  
          inet addr:192.168.0.101  Bcast:192.168.0.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::223:8bff:fe12:1445/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:115722 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:53224 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:165900174 (165.9 MB)  TX bytes:3985093 (3.9 MB)
          Interrupt:44 Base address:0xc000 

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:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:757 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:757 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:4898363 (4.8 MB)  TX bytes:4898363 (4.8 MB)

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* V. querying DHCP...
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* VI. querying nslookup google.com...
Server:		192.168.0.1
Address:	192.168.0.1#53

Non-authoritative answer:
Name:	google.com
Address: 74.125.79.104
Name:	google.com
Address: 74.125.79.147
Name:	google.com
Address: 74.125.79.99

AOA110 Desktop # /usr/lib/linuxmint/mintWifi/mintWifi.py
Any ideas folks??
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Re: Acer aspire one wifi failure

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More information is required. Please supply Mint version and outputs of lsmod, lspci and rfkill list
[Edit] your original post and add [SOLVED] once your question is resolved.

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Re: Acer aspire one wifi failure

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Mint version is 11 with latest updates.

I can post the other info tomorrow. I don't have the Acer with me right now.
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Re: Acer aspire one wifi failure

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remoulder wrote:More information is required. Please supply Mint version and outputs of lsmod, lspci and rfkill list
OK, I got back to the acer...

Mint version is 11 with latest updates. Here are the ouputs of lsmod, lspci and rfkill:

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AOA110 Desktop # lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
ufs                    78583  0 
qnx4                   13317  0 
hfsplus                79383  0 
hfs                    49504  0 
minix                  31481  0 
ntfs                  100098  0 
vfat                   17335  0 
msdos                  17133  0 
fat                    55505  2 vfat,msdos
jfs                   174783  0 
xfs                   735018  0 
exportfs               12870  1 xfs
reiserfs              234405  0 
binfmt_misc            13213  1 
parport_pc             32111  0 
dm_crypt               22463  0 
ppdev                  12849  0 
snd_hda_codec_realtek   255820  1 
arc4                   12473  2 
snd_hda_intel          24140  2 
snd_hda_codec          90901  2 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep              13274  1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm                80244  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
snd_seq_midi           13132  0 
snd_rawmidi            25269  1 snd_seq_midi
ath5k                 144412  0 
joydev                 17322  0 
snd_seq_midi_event     14475  1 snd_seq_midi
uvcvideo               66851  0 
ath                    19141  1 ath5k
snd_seq                51291  2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
hso                    33406  0 
mac80211              257001  1 ath5k
videodev               75143  1 uvcvideo
acerhdf                14217  0 
psmouse                73312  0 
snd_timer              28659  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
serio_raw              12990  0 
snd_seq_device         14110  3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
snd                    55295  13 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
cfg80211              156212  3 ath5k,ath,mac80211
soundcore              12600  1 snd
snd_page_alloc         14073  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
lp                     13349  0 
parport                36746  3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp
dm_raid45              88410  0 
xor                    21860  1 dm_raid45
btrfs                 527341  0 
zlib_deflate           26594  1 btrfs
libcrc32c              12543  1 btrfs
i915                  450944  3 
drm_kms_helper         40745  1 i915
drm                   180037  4 i915,drm_kms_helper
r8169                  42534  0 
i2c_algo_bit           13184  1 i915
video                  18951  1 i915
AOA110 Desktop # lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GME Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GME Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 2 (rev 02)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 3 (rev 02)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 4 (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 02)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) SATA IDE Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family SMBus Controller (rev 02)
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 02)
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR5001 Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)
AOA110 Desktop # rfkill list
1: phy0: Wireless LAN
	Soft blocked: no
	Hard blocked: yes
2: hso-0: Wireless WAN
	Soft blocked: no
	Hard blocked: no
AOA110 Desktop #
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remoulder
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Re: Acer aspire one wifi failure

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flanna wrote:1: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: yes
This indicates your toggle switch is blocking the adapter, please make sure you have it in the correct position. Have you made any changes in the BIOS settings in regard to this switch perhaps? If all else fails try entering in a terminal

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sudo rfkill unblock all
[Edit] your original post and add [SOLVED] once your question is resolved.

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Re: Acer aspire one wifi failure

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Thanks. I was thinking that the toggle switch isn't working.
"sudo rfkill unblock all" does nothing.
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Re: Acer aspire one wifi failure

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Ok try

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sudo rmmod -f ath5k
sudo rfkill unblock all
sudo modprobe ath5k
[Edit] your original post and add [SOLVED] once your question is resolved.

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Re: Acer aspire one wifi failure

Post by AJAcker71 »

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sudo rmmod -f ath5k
sudo rfkill unblock all
sudo modprobe ath5k
Did it for me. I got stuck in a WiFi off loop between the hard slide switch and the soft off being stuck off. It would flick on then off straight away. Cheers remoulder.
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