(SOLVED) Wireless not functioning in 11.10, Oneiric

[Guest]

OK, I've held off as long as possible and searched for a solution until my eyes (and fingers) hurt. I have a Lenovo 3000 n200 with 2.5MB RAM, 300 MB Hard drive...I had Maverick running okay (with some flaky issues) and hoped an upgrade to 11.04 would help...when I upgraded, I lost my wireless connectivity. I then figured that I'd head to 11.10 and maybe all would be fixed. No wireless....The machine has 3945ABG wireless adapter....I think the right drivers are installed...the wireless worked fine this morning in Maverick 10.10...I don't think the adapter is the problem....from several posts, I thought this data might help....not sure what it all means:


rob@rob-laptop:~$ dmesg |grep iwl



[ 9.498322] iwl3945: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG/BG Network Connection driver for Linux, in-tree:s
[ 9.498327] iwl3945: Copyright(c) 2003-2011 Intel Corporation
[ 9.498412] iwl3945 0000:04:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
[ 9.498428] iwl3945 0000:04:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 9.554274] iwl3945 0000:04:00.0: Tunable channels: 11 802.11bg, 13 802.11a channels
[ 9.554278] iwl3945 0000:04:00.0: Detected Intel Wireless WiFi Link 3945ABG
[ 9.554435] iwl3945 0000:04:00.0: irq 46 for MSI/MSI-X
[ 10.223070] ieee80211 phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'iwl-3945-rs'
[ 294.991945] iwl3945 0000:04:00.0: PCI INT A disabled
[ 310.027369] iwl3945: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG/BG Network Connection driver for Linux, in-tree:s
[ 310.027373] iwl3945: Copyright(c) 2003-2011 Intel Corporation
[ 310.027467] iwl3945 0000:04:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
[ 310.027489] iwl3945 0000:04:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 310.071678] iwl3945 0000:04:00.0: Tunable channels: 11 802.11bg, 13 802.11a channels
[ 310.071683] iwl3945 0000:04:00.0: Detected Intel Wireless WiFi Link 3945ABG
[ 310.071843] iwl3945 0000:04:00.0: irq 46 for MSI/MSI-X
[ 310.078729] ieee80211 phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'iwl-3945-rs'
[ 1158.306987] iwl3945 0000:04:00.0: loaded firmware version 15.32.2.9
[ 1162.831084] iwl3945 0000:04:00.0: Card state received: HW:Kill SW:On
[ 1162.833742] iwl3945 0000:04:00.0: Not sending command - RF KILL
[ 1162.833749] iwl3945 0000:04:00.0: Error sending REPLY_RXON: enqueue_hcmd failed: -5
[ 1162.833753] iwl3945 0000:04:00.0: Error setting new configuration (-5).
[ 1162.836016] iwl3945 0000:04:00.0: MAC is in deep sleep!. CSR_GP_CNTRL = 0x040003DD
[ 1519.846089] iwl3945 0000:04:00.0: Card state received: HW:Kill SW:On
[ 1519.852529] iwl3945 0000:04:00.0: Not sending command - RF KILL
[ 1519.852535] iwl3945 0000:04:00.0: Error sending REPLY_RXON: enqueue_hcmd failed: -5
[ 1519.852539] iwl3945 0000:04:00.0: Error setting new configuration (-5).
[ 1519.856012] iwl3945 0000:04:00.0: MAC is in deep sleep!. CSR_GP_CNTRL = 0x040003DD

Can anyone help? I would appreciate any guidance.

12/29:
From another post, I typed in terminal mode:

sudo lshw -C network.

It noted that wireless was DISABLED.

I continued looking and found this:

http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3114695.0

in terminal mode, typed:
sudo kate /var/lib/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.state
I then changed 'WirelessEnabled=false' to ' WirelessEnabled=true'
then rebooted.

Works fine now.

Thanks

[Snowhog]

Re: Wireless not functioning in 11.10, Oneiric

[ 1519.846089] iwl3945 0000:04:00.0: Card state received: HW:Kill SW:On

Looks like, maybe, you have the wifi switch in the off position?

[Guest]

Re: Wireless not functioning in 11.10, Oneiric

Snowhog - The switch is definitely in the ON position....I'm stumped....