I just did a clean install, overwriting my old Windows. I'm pretty much a novice and don't know where to start. I've tried reading a few answers that seemed relevant but find it all a bit confusing, the people asking seem to have a better grasp on using terminal code etc than I do and I don't want to take any risks.
Currently, I'm doing a full update using an ethernet cable - hoping that might fix it but suspect from the questions I've seen on my adapter it probably won't.
My wireless adapter is a Qualcomm Atheros AR9485 Wireless Network Adapter.
When I go into the network setting and try to turn on the wireless it turns on for half a second then turns off.
Bearing in mind I am a complete novice, is anyone able to assist in getting the wireless working?
Hardware details:
connor@connor-X450JF:~$ sudo lspci -nn
[sudo] password for connor:
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor DRAM Controller [8086:0c04] (rev 06)
00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor PCI Express x16 Controller [8086:0c01] (rev 06)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation 4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0416] (rev 06)
00:03.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor HD Audio Controller [8086:0c0c] (rev 06)
00:14.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family USB xHCI [8086:8c31] (rev 04)
00:16.0 Communication controller [0780]: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 [8086:8c3a] (rev 04)
00:1a.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family USB EHCI #2 [8086:8c2d] (rev 04)
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset High Definition Audio Controller [8086:8c20] (rev 04)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port #1 [8086:8c10] (rev d4)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port #3 [8086:8c14] (rev d4)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port #4 [8086:8c16] (rev d4)
00:1d.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family USB EHCI #1 [8086:8c26] (rev 04)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation HM86 Express LPC Controller [8086:8c49] (rev 04)
00:1f.2 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family 6-port SATA Controller 1 [AHCI mode] [8086:8c03] (rev 04)
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller [8086:8c22] (rev 04)
01:00.0 3D controller [0302]: NVIDIA Corporation GK107M [GeForce GT 745M] [10de:0fe3] (rev a1)
03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Qualcomm Atheros AR9485 Wireless Network Adapter [168c:0032] (rev 01)
04:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Qualcomm Atheros QCA8171 Gigabit Ethernet [1969:10a1] (rev 10)
rfkill list
connor@connor-X450JF:~$ rfkill list
0: acer-wireless: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: yes
Hard blocked: no
1: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
UPD: Tried rfkill unblock 0
no output to report, wireless still cannot be enabled
Tried rfkill unblock acer-wireless
gave output Bogus unblock argument 'acer-wireless'.
UPD: Installed Ubuntu 13.10 from the website - here is the output from if config
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 74:d0:2b:e7:1f:8c
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:19
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:882 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:882 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:84283 (84.2 KB) TX bytes:84283 (84.2 KB)
usb0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr fa:b6:e0:ab:ce:3a
inet addr:192.168.42.17 Bcast:192.168.42.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::f8b6:e0ff:feab:ce3a/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:2754 errors:2 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:2
TX packets:2673 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:2204062 (2.2 MB) TX bytes:488800 (488.8 KB)
Here's iwconfig
usb0 no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
lo no wireless extensions.
wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:off/any
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=16 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
The rfkill list
:
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
1: acer-wireless: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: yes
Hard blocked: no
So I ran sudo rfkill unblock all
and nothing happened:
connor@connor:~$ sudo rfkill unblock all
connor@connor:~$ rfkill list
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
1: acer-wireless: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: yes
Hard blocked: no
UPD: Using this troubleshooting guide I ran sudo lshw
Here is the output:
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:18 memory:f7900000-f79fffff
*-network DISABLED
description: Wireless interface
product: AR9485 Wireless Network Adapter
vendor: Qualcomm Atheros
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
logical name: wlan0
version: 01
serial: 24:fd:52:79:9c:53
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list rom ethernet physical wireless
I can't make heads or tails of it. Anyone else? Is driver=pcieport
even a driver?
A million rep points from me for Danatela - how can I reward this wonderful human being for all his/her help?