wlan switched off on boot up

[NoahY]

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/freedesktop/Hal/devices/platform_acer_wmi_rfkill_acer_wireless_wlan
Jul 13 09:35:18 my-desktop NetworkManager: <info> Found radio killswitch /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_8086_4232_rfkill_phy0_wlan
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/freedesktop/Hal/devices/net_00_23_8b_5b_c1_13

...

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/freedesktop/Hal/devices/net_00_21_6b_50_f8_12
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_system_hostname
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/freedesktop/Hal/devices/net_00_23_8b_5b_c1_13, iface: eth5): not well known
Jul 13 09:35:19 my-desktop nm-system-settings: SCPlugin-Ifupdown: device added (udi: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/net_00_21_6b_50_f8_12, iface: wlan4): not well known
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://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/191889)
Jul 13 09:35:23 my-desktop NetworkManager: <info> Unmanaged Device found; state CONNECTED forced. (see http://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/191889)
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/freedesktop/Hal/devices/net_00_23_8b_5b_c1_13

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Jul 13 09:38:12 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
IfupdownConfig:
 auto lo wlan4

 iface lo inet loopback
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: network-manager 0.7.1-0ubuntu1
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-2.17-generic
SourcePackage: network-manager
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-2-generic x86_64
WpaSupplicantLog:

[NoahY (noahy)]

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.

[Joern (linuxjoern)]

Hi,

for me it looks like that you need ti disable "kill switch".
Here is an example:

(hp pavilion ze4900) (disabling the kill switch) as follows:

* Enable LED: sudo su echo 1> "/ sys/bus/pci/drivers/ipw2200/0000: 02:06.0 / led"
* Press On laptop on the wireless button (with the WLAN LED) and thus disable the hardware kill switch
* Finished:
cat "/ sys/bus/pci/drivers/ipw2200/0000: 02:06.0 / rf_kill"
0

I hope you could use the informations from the example for your problem.

[Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre (cyphermox)]

It might not be the cause of the issues, but just in case (and since it might fix killswitch as well), could you please upgrade your wireless adapter's firmware?

iwlagn 0000:07:00.0: Firmware has old API version. Expected v2, got v1. New firmware can be obtained from http://www.intellinuxwireless.org.

You can also do so easily by using a newer version of Ubuntu. If possible, please try with in a Live Session using the CD of the current latest version of Ubuntu (version 10.10, "Maverick Meerkat"... see http://www.ubuntu.com/desktop/get-ubuntu for instructions on how to get the latest release), and see if you still need to turn off the killswitch to be able to use wireless.

Thanks!

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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