wlan switched off on boot up
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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network-manager (Ubuntu) |
Expired
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Low
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: network-manager
Recently, my wireless adapter has ceased its normal routine of activating on login. Now I have to push the hardware button on my keyboard that activates it every time I log in before I can connect to a wireless network. Here's the relevant log, I think:
Jul 13 09:35:14 my-desktop kernel: [ 17.572019] iwlagn: Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link AGN driver for Linux, 1.3.27ks
Jul 13 09:35:14 my-desktop kernel: [ 17.572021] iwlagn: Copyright(c) 2003-2009 Intel Corporation
Jul 13 09:35:14 my-desktop kernel: [ 17.572211] iwlagn 0000:07:00.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0002)
Jul 13 09:35:14 my-desktop kernel: [ 17.572220] iwlagn 0000:07:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 19
Jul 13 09:35:14 my-desktop kernel: [ 17.572230] iwlagn 0000:07:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
Jul 13 09:35:14 my-desktop kernel: [ 17.572253] iwlagn 0000:07:00.0: Detected Intel Wireless WiFi Link 5100AGN REV=0x54
Jul 13 09:35:14 my-desktop kernel: [ 17.609682] iwlagn 0000:07:00.0: Tunable channels: 13 802.11bg, 24 802.11a channels
Jul 13 09:35:14 my-desktop kernel: [ 17.609754] alloc irq_desc for 29 on node 0
Jul 13 09:35:14 my-desktop kernel: [ 17.609756] alloc kstat_irqs on node 0
Jul 13 09:35:14 my-desktop kernel: [ 17.609775] iwlagn 0000:07:00.0: irq 29 for MSI/MSI-X
...
Jul 13 09:35:18 my-desktop NetworkManager: <info> starting...
Jul 13 09:35:18 my-desktop NetworkManager: <info> Found radio killswitch /org/freedeskto
Jul 13 09:35:18 my-desktop NetworkManager: <info> Found radio killswitch /org/freedeskto
Jul 13 09:35:18 my-desktop NetworkManager: <info> (eth5): new Ethernet device (driver: 'ATL1E')
Jul 13 09:35:18 my-desktop NetworkManager: <info> (eth5): exported as /org/freedeskto
...
Jul 13 09:35:18 my-desktop NetworkManager: <info> (wlan4): driver supports SSID scans (scan_capa 0x01).
Jul 13 09:35:18 my-desktop NetworkManager: <info> (wlan4): new 802.11 WiFi device (driver: 'iwlagn')
Jul 13 09:35:18 my-desktop NetworkManager: <info> (wlan4): exported as /org/freedeskto
Jul 13 09:35:18 my-desktop NetworkManager: <info> Trying to start the supplicant...
Jul 13 09:35:18 my-desktop NetworkManager: <info> Trying to start the system settings daemon...
Jul 13 09:35:18 my-desktop NetworkManager: <info> Wireless now disabled by radio killswitch
...
Jul 13 09:35:19 my-desktop nm-system-settings: SCPlugin-Ifupdown: init!
Jul 13 09:35:19 my-desktop nm-system-settings: SCPlugin-Ifupdown: update_
Jul 13 09:35:19 my-desktop nm-system-settings: SCPluginIfupdown: management mode: unmanaged
Jul 13 09:35:19 my-desktop nm-system-settings: SCPlugin-Ifupdown: device added (udi: /org/freedeskto
Jul 13 09:35:19 my-desktop nm-system-settings: SCPlugin-Ifupdown: device added (udi: /org/freedeskto
Jul 13 09:35:19 my-desktop nm-system-settings: SCPlugin-Ifupdown: end _init.
Jul 13 09:35:19 my-desktop nm-system-settings: Loaded plugin ifupdown: (C) 2008 Canonical Ltd. To report bugs please use the NetworkManager mailing list.
Jul 13 09:35:19 my-desktop nm-system-settings: Loaded plugin keyfile: (c) 2007 - 2008 Red Hat, Inc. To report bugs please use the NetworkManager mailing list.
Jul 13 09:35:19 my-desktop nm-system-settings: SCPlugin-Ifupdown: (35533264) ... get_connections.
Jul 13 09:35:19 my-desktop nm-system-settings: SCPlugin-Ifupdown: (35533264) ... get_connections (managed=false): return empty list.
Jul 13 09:35:19 my-desktop nm-system-settings: Ifupdown: get unmanaged devices count: 0
Jul 13 09:35:19 my-desktop NetworkManager: <info> (wlan4): supplicant manager state: down -> idle
...
Jul 13 09:35:23 my-desktop NetworkManager: <info> (eth5): device state change: 1 -> 2
Jul 13 09:35:23 my-desktop NetworkManager: <info> (eth5): bringing up device.
Jul 13 09:35:23 my-desktop NetworkManager: <info> (eth5): preparing device.
Jul 13 09:35:23 my-desktop NetworkManager: <info> (eth5): deactivating device (reason: 2).
Jul 13 09:35:23 my-desktop NetworkManager: <info> Unmanaged Device found; state CONNECTED forced. (see http://
Jul 13 09:35:23 my-desktop NetworkManager: <info> Unmanaged Device found; state CONNECTED forced. (see http://
Jul 13 09:35:23 my-desktop NetworkManager: <info> (wlan4): device state change: 1 -> 2
Jul 13 09:35:23 my-desktop NetworkManager: <info> (wlan4): bringing up device.
Jul 13 09:35:23 my-desktop NetworkManager: <info> (wlan4): deactivating device (reason: 2).
Jul 13 09:35:24 my-desktop nm-system-settings: Added default wired connection 'Auto eth5' for /org/freedeskto
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Jul 13 09:38:12 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
IfupdownConfig:
auto lo wlan4
iface lo inet loopback
NonfreeKernelMo
Package: network-manager 0.7.1-0ubuntu1
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSign
SourcePackage: network-manager
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-2-generic x86_64
WpaSupplicantLog:
I realized that I misunderstood the problem; it is not the network adapter that is off, it is wireless in general that is disabled. When I connect a usb wifi adapter, it still requires me to push the keyboard button for it to work (the notification applet says "wireless disabled" until I do). the internal uses wlan4 and iwlagn driver, the usb uses wlan3 and the zd1211rw driver.