I have successfully installed Ubuntu 13.04 as double boot with Windows 8 into my new Asus X74A. Everything works fine, expect the Wifi! although it recognizes the ESSID (see below), it does not switch it ON. Note that under Windows 8 it works fine.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
lo no wireless extensions.
wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:off/any
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=off
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr=2347 B Fragment thr:off
Power Management:of
Any help!
prgenevo@prgenevo-X75A1:~$ sudo lshw -class NETWORK
*-network DÉSACTIVÉ
description: Interface réseau sans fil
produit: RTL8188CE 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adapter
fabriquant: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
identifiant matériel: 0
information bus: pci@0000:02:00.0
nom logique: wlan0
version: 01
numéro de série: 20:68:9d:98:4d:55
bits: 64 bits
horloge: 33MHz
fonctionnalités: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=rtl8192ce driverversion=3.8.0-19-generic firmware=N/A latency=0 link=no multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bgn
ressources: irq:17 portE/S:e000(taille=256) mémoire:f7d00000-f7d03fff
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
produit: AR8161 Gigabit Ethernet
fabriquant: Qualcomm Atheros
identifiant matériel: 0
information bus: pci@0000:03:00.0
nom logique: eth0
version: 10
numéro de série: 08:60:6e:95:8d:9a
taille: 100Mbit/s
capacité: 1Gbit/s
bits: 64 bits
horloge: 33MHz
fonctionnalités: pm pciexpress msi msix bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=alx driverversion=1.2.3 duplex=full firmware=N/A ip=192.168.0.18 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100Mbit/s
ressources: irq:19 mémoire:f7c00000-f7c3ffff portE/S:d000(taille=128)
rfkill list all
and also:lspci -nn | grep 0280