nonrev
02-09-2010, 09:25 AM
Bought a V14 4100 laptop yesterday. Installed Ubuntu 10.04 32bit + latest upgrades. As some others have reported the WiFi does not work 'out of the box' and i can't get it to work. Have tried the the latest driver from Realtek - seems to make & install fine, but still no wifi. It seems that the wifi card is switched off (?) and the realtek module fails to switch it on (?). Any help really appreciated :)
Heres the relevant stuff from dmesg;
[ 10.222067] rtl8192_SetWirelessMode(), wireless_mode:10, bEnableHT = 1
[ 10.239610] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
[ 10.243895] alloc irq_desc for 29 on node -1
[ 10.243900] alloc kstat_irqs on node -1
[ 10.243921] jme 0000:06:00.5: irq 29 for MSI/MSI-X
[ 10.244018] eth0: Link is down.
[ 10.244422] eth0: Link is down.
[ 10.244713] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
...
[ 10.442541] rtl8192_SetWirelessMode(), wireless_mode:10, bEnableHT = 1
[ 10.461758] =====>rtl8192_set_chan()====ch:1
...
[ 10.573060] =====>rtl8192_set_chan()====ch:2
[ 10.702416] =====>rtl8192_set_chan()====ch:3
[ 10.813032] =====>rtl8192_set_chan()====ch:4
[ 10.925043] =====>rtl8192_set_chan()====ch:5
...
[ 11.037028] =====>rtl8192_set_chan()====ch:6
[ 11.149057] =====>rtl8192_set_chan()====ch:7
[ 11.261377] =====>rtl8192_set_chan()====ch:8
[ 11.373057] =====>rtl8192_set_chan()====ch:9
[ 11.485052] =====>rtl8192_set_chan()====ch:10
[ 11.490114] GPIOChangeRF - HW Radio OFF
[ 11.495059] rtl819xSE:rtl8192_tx: ERR!! Nic is disabled! Can't tx packet len=42 qidx=6!!!
[ 11.495061]
[ 11.495067] rtl819xSE:rtl8192_tx: ERR!! Nic is disabled! Can't tx packet len=42 qidx=6!!!
[ 11.495069]
[ 11.629203] ============>sync_scan_hurryup out
[ 11.680618] ================>r8192_wx_set_scan(): hwradio off
[ 12.317440] eth0: Link is up at ANed: 1000 Mbps, Full-Duplex, MDI.
[ 12.318128] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
[ 16.078754] InitializeAdapter8190(): ==++==> Turn off RF for RfOffReason(1073741824) ----------
[ 16.192319] rtl8192_SetWirelessMode(), wireless_mode:10, bEnableHT = 1
[ 16.193463] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
[ 16.335020] rtl8192_SetWirelessMode(), wireless_mode:10, bEnableHT = 1
[ 16.335111] =====>rtl8192_set_chan()====ch:1
[ 16.448092] =====>rtl8192_set_chan()====ch:2
[ 16.560061] =====>rtl8192_set_chan()====ch:3
[ 16.676702] =====>rtl8192_set_chan()====ch:4
[ 16.788058] =====>rtl8192_set_chan()====ch:5
[ 16.903389] =====>rtl8192_set_chan()====ch:6
[ 17.016046] =====>rtl8192_set_chan()====ch:7
[ 17.128094] =====>rtl8192_set_chan()====ch:8
[ 17.240054] =====>rtl8192_set_chan()====ch:9
[ 17.352061] =====>rtl8192_set_chan()====ch:10
[ 17.464059] =====>rtl8192_set_chan()====ch:11
[ 17.489972] GPIOChangeRF - HW Radio OFF
[ 17.576059] ============>sync_scan_hurryup out
[ 22.465020] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
[ 38.912040] ================>r8192_wx_set_scan(): hwradio off
[ 59.015772] ================>r8192_wx_set_scan(): hwradio off
[ 62.906575] ================>r8192_wx_set_scan(): hwradio off
[ 72.916882] ================>r8192_wx_set_scan(): hwradio off
Heres the relevant stuff from dmesg;
[ 10.222067] rtl8192_SetWirelessMode(), wireless_mode:10, bEnableHT = 1
[ 10.239610] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
[ 10.243895] alloc irq_desc for 29 on node -1
[ 10.243900] alloc kstat_irqs on node -1
[ 10.243921] jme 0000:06:00.5: irq 29 for MSI/MSI-X
[ 10.244018] eth0: Link is down.
[ 10.244422] eth0: Link is down.
[ 10.244713] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
...
[ 10.442541] rtl8192_SetWirelessMode(), wireless_mode:10, bEnableHT = 1
[ 10.461758] =====>rtl8192_set_chan()====ch:1
...
[ 10.573060] =====>rtl8192_set_chan()====ch:2
[ 10.702416] =====>rtl8192_set_chan()====ch:3
[ 10.813032] =====>rtl8192_set_chan()====ch:4
[ 10.925043] =====>rtl8192_set_chan()====ch:5
...
[ 11.037028] =====>rtl8192_set_chan()====ch:6
[ 11.149057] =====>rtl8192_set_chan()====ch:7
[ 11.261377] =====>rtl8192_set_chan()====ch:8
[ 11.373057] =====>rtl8192_set_chan()====ch:9
[ 11.485052] =====>rtl8192_set_chan()====ch:10
[ 11.490114] GPIOChangeRF - HW Radio OFF
[ 11.495059] rtl819xSE:rtl8192_tx: ERR!! Nic is disabled! Can't tx packet len=42 qidx=6!!!
[ 11.495061]
[ 11.495067] rtl819xSE:rtl8192_tx: ERR!! Nic is disabled! Can't tx packet len=42 qidx=6!!!
[ 11.495069]
[ 11.629203] ============>sync_scan_hurryup out
[ 11.680618] ================>r8192_wx_set_scan(): hwradio off
[ 12.317440] eth0: Link is up at ANed: 1000 Mbps, Full-Duplex, MDI.
[ 12.318128] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
[ 16.078754] InitializeAdapter8190(): ==++==> Turn off RF for RfOffReason(1073741824) ----------
[ 16.192319] rtl8192_SetWirelessMode(), wireless_mode:10, bEnableHT = 1
[ 16.193463] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
[ 16.335020] rtl8192_SetWirelessMode(), wireless_mode:10, bEnableHT = 1
[ 16.335111] =====>rtl8192_set_chan()====ch:1
[ 16.448092] =====>rtl8192_set_chan()====ch:2
[ 16.560061] =====>rtl8192_set_chan()====ch:3
[ 16.676702] =====>rtl8192_set_chan()====ch:4
[ 16.788058] =====>rtl8192_set_chan()====ch:5
[ 16.903389] =====>rtl8192_set_chan()====ch:6
[ 17.016046] =====>rtl8192_set_chan()====ch:7
[ 17.128094] =====>rtl8192_set_chan()====ch:8
[ 17.240054] =====>rtl8192_set_chan()====ch:9
[ 17.352061] =====>rtl8192_set_chan()====ch:10
[ 17.464059] =====>rtl8192_set_chan()====ch:11
[ 17.489972] GPIOChangeRF - HW Radio OFF
[ 17.576059] ============>sync_scan_hurryup out
[ 22.465020] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
[ 38.912040] ================>r8192_wx_set_scan(): hwradio off
[ 59.015772] ================>r8192_wx_set_scan(): hwradio off
[ 62.906575] ================>r8192_wx_set_scan(): hwradio off
[ 72.916882] ================>r8192_wx_set_scan(): hwradio off