Thread: HP Mini wireless is hard blocked

one day while waiting board aeroplane pressed fn <f12> believe wireless switch , wireless has not worked since. running ubuntu 11.04 on hp mini 110-3500. have not been able unblock or use wireless.



$ lspci -nn | grep 14e4
01:00.0 network controller [0280]: broadcom corporation bcm4313 802.11b/g/n wireless lan controller [14e4:4727] (rev 01)

$ ifconfig
eth0 link encap:ethernet hwaddr 3c:4a:92:c6:45:90
inet addr:10.0.4.247 bcast:10.255.255.255 mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: fe80::3e4a:92ff:fec6:4590/64 scope:link
broadcast running multicast mtu:1500 metric:1
rx packets:136687 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
tx packets:14843 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
rx bytes:26901763 (26.9 mb) tx bytes:2643422 (2.6 mb)
interrupt:43 base address:0xe000

lo link encap:local loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 scope:host
loopback running mtu:16436 metric:1
rx packets:12 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
tx packets:12 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
rx bytes:720 (720.0 b) tx bytes:720 (720.0 b)

$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

eth1 ieee 802.11 access point: not-associated
link quality:5 signal level:0 noise level:0
rx invalid nwid:0 invalid crypt:0 invalid misc:0

$ rfkill list
0: brcmwl-0: wireless lan
soft blocked: no
hard blocked: yes
$ sudo rfkill unblock all
$ rfkill list
0: brcmwl-0: wireless lan
soft blocked: no
hard blocked: yes

after pressing fn <f12>:
$ rfkill list
0: brcmwl-0: wireless lan
soft blocked: no
hard blocked: yes

$ lshw -c network
warning: should run program super-user.
*-network disabled
description: wireless interface
product: bcm4313 802.11b/g/n wireless lan controller
vendor: broadcom corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
logical name: eth1
version: 01
serial: 88:9f:fa:7a:9d:ec
width: 64 bits
clock: 33mhz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=wl0 driverversion=5.100.82.38 latency=0 multicast=yes wireless=ieee 802.11
resources: irq:16 memory:55000000-55003fff
*-network
description: ethernet interface
product: rtl8101e/rtl8102e pci express fast ethernet controller
vendor: realtek semiconductor co., ltd.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
logical name: eth0
version: 05
serial: 3c:4a:92:c6:45:90
size: 100mbit/s
capacity: 100mbit/s
width: 64 bits
clock: 33mhz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=2.3lk-napi duplex=full ip=10.0.4.247 latency=0 multicast=yes port=mii speed=100mbit/s
resources: irq:43 ioport:1000(size=256) memory:52004000-52004fff memory:52000000-52003fff
warning: output may incomplete or inaccurate, should run program super-user.

dpkg -l contains:
ii bcmwl-kernel-source 5.100.82.38+bdcom-0ubuntu3 broadcom 802.11 linux sta wireless driver source
ii b43-fwcutter 1:013-3 utility extracting broadcom 43xx firmware
ii firmware-b43-installer 4.150.10.5-5 installer package firmware b43 driver

$ lsmod
module size used by
parport_pc 32111 0
ppdev 12849 0
snd_hda_codec_idt 60537 1
snd_hda_intel 24140 2
snd_hda_codec 90901 2 snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep 13274 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm 80244 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
snd_seq_midi 13132 0
binfmt_misc 13213 1
snd_rawmidi 25269 1 snd_seq_midi
i915 450944 2
snd_seq_midi_event 14475 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 51291 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
hp_wmi 13418 0
sparse_keymap 13666 1 hp_wmi
uvcvideo 66851 0
lib80211_crypt_tkip 17203 0
snd_timer 28659 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
wl 2642531 0
snd_seq_device 14110 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
drm_kms_helper 40745 1 i915
psmouse 73312 0
videodev 75143 1 uvcvideo
snd 55295 13 snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_ hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_se q_device
drm 180037 3 i915,drm_kms_helper
serio_raw 12990 0
joydev 17322 0
i2c_algo_bit 13184 1 i915
lib80211 14570 2 lib80211_crypt_tkip,wl
video 18951 1 i915
soundcore 12600 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 14073 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
lp 13349 0
parport 36746 3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp
usbhid 41704 0
hid 77084 1 usbhid
ahci 21591 2
libahci 25548 1 ahci
r8169 42534 0

$ sudo iwlist scan
lo interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 interface doesn't support scanning.

eth1 failed read scan data : invalid argument

will try experiment me? in terminal, do:

code:

sudo rmmod -f hp-wmi  sudo rfkill unblock  rfkill list all

any improvement?

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