Thread: No wireless with Intel Link 5100

hi, looking @ problem!

i've got brand-new dell studio 15 laptop , can't figure out how set wireless card.

lspci:

code:

04:00.0 network controller: intel corporation wireless wifi link 5100  08:00.0 ethernet controller: broadcom corporation netlink bcm5784m gigabit ethernet pcie (rev 10)

dmesg output:

code:

[ 2676.670948] iwlagn 0000:04:00.0: pci int disabled  [ 2679.740376] iwlagn: intel(r) wireless wifi link agn driver linux, 1.3.27ks  [ 2679.740383] iwlagn: copyright(c) 2003-2008 intel corporation  [ 2679.740499] iwlagn 0000:04:00.0: pci int -> gsi 17 (level, low) -> irq 17  [ 2679.740516] iwlagn 0000:04:00.0: setting latency timer 64  [ 2679.740595] iwlagn: detected intel wireless wifi link 5100agn rev=0x54  [ 2679.761291] iwlagn: tunable channels: 13 802.11bg, 24 802.11a channels  [ 2679.761386] iwlagn 0000:04:00.0: irq 2297 msi/msi-x  [ 2679.763919] phy5: selected rate control algorithm 'iwl-agn-rs'  [ 2684.407777] iwlagn 0000:04:00.0: firmware: requesting iwlwifi-5000-1.ucode  [ 2684.428158] iwlagn: radio disabled hw rf kill switch  [ 2684.431189] addrconf(netdev_up): wlan0: link not ready

installing linux-backports-modules-jaunty led following error:

code:

michi@michi-laptop:~$ sudo modprobe iwlagn  warning: error inserting iwlcore (/lib/modules/2.6.28-15-generic/updates/iwlcore.ko): unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)  fatal: error inserting iwlagn (/lib/modules/2.6.28-15-generic/updates/iwlagn.ko): unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)

some more stuff tried:

code:

michi@michi-laptop:~$ iwconfig  lo        no wireless extensions.    eth0      no wireless extensions.    pan0      no wireless extensions.    wmaster0  no wireless extensions.    wlan0     ieee 802.11abgn  essid:""              mode:managed  frequency:2.412 ghz  access point: not-associated               tx-power=15 dbm               retry min limit:7   rts thr:off   fragment thr=2352 b               power management:off            link quality:0  signal level:0  noise level:0            rx invalid nwid:0  rx invalid crypt:0  rx invalid frag:0            tx excessive retries:0  invalid misc:0   missed beacon:0    michi@michi-laptop:~$ sudo ifconfig wlan0  michi@michi-laptop:~$ iwlist scan  lo        interface doesn't support scanning.    eth0      interface doesn't support scanning.    pan0      interface doesn't support scanning.    wmaster0  interface doesn't support scanning.    wlan0     no scan results

networkmanager tells me "wireless disabled" (roughly translated german ).

i'm running jaunty updates applied. trying same on karmic beta brought out new problem, after went jaunty.

wireless disabled on laptop save power? in case problem don't find key or switch enable it.
well, key exists, doesn't anything. didn't find network-related option in bios wasn't set 'on'.

if helps something, on karmic beta got following output:

code:

michi@michi-laptop:~$ rfkill list  0: dell-wifi: wireless lan  	soft blocked: yes  	hard blocked: yes  1: phy0: wireless lan  	soft blocked: no  	hard blocked: yes

i don't of "hard blocked: yes".
"rfkill unblock all" , others didn't change anything.

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