Lost Wireless WPA2 connection and ability to see USB after update
I'm relatively new to Linux. My netbook ran updates yesterday for Ubuntu and now I am unable to reconnect to wireless network connection. I am using WPA2 encrypted security. I am able to connect via wired LAN.
Also, when I went to connect using USB mobile connection, I get an error "unable to mount location". I get the same error if I try to connect my external CD drive. I have tried to force mount but no luck. I could use some suggestions! Thanks for your help. |
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I am using Ubuntu 8.04 with Gnome desktop (2.22.3) on a Dell Mini 9. My wireless device is using Broadcom STA Wireless driver for an 802.11 wireless card Here is the output from the etc/sudoers file: # /etc/sudoers # # This file MUST be edited with the 'visudo' command as root. # # See the man page for details on how to write a sudoers file. # Defaults env_reset # Uncomment to allow members of group sudo to not need a password # %sudo ALL=NOPASSWD: ALL # Host alias specification # User alias specification # Cmnd alias specification # User privilege specification root ALL=(ALL) ALL # Members of the admin group may gain root privileges %admin ALL=(ALL) ALL ALL ALL=NOPASSWD: /sbin/initctl emit boot-phase ui-started -n I don't have a sudoers.save file. How do I check permissions on /media? |
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=========== lspci ============ ============ lsusb ============ Bus 005 Device 002: ID 0c45:63e4 Microdia Bus 005 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 Bus 004 Device 003: ID 045e:00e1 Microsoft Corp. Wireless Laser Mouse 6000 Reciever Bus 004 Device 002: ID 413c:02b0 Dell Computer Corp. Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 ============ lsmod ============ Module Size Used by wl 1487188 0 parport_pc 36260 0 ppdev 10372 0 parport 37704 2 parport_pc,ppdev sms1xxx 42116 0 mbm 7424 0 cdc_ether 7168 1 mbm cdc_acm 18848 0 uvcvideo 58116 0 compat_ioctl32 2304 1 uvcvideo videodev 29440 1 uvcvideo v4l1_compat 15492 2 uvcvideo,videodev v4l2_common 18304 2 uvcvideo,videodev rfcomm 41232 2 l2cap 25600 13 rfcomm hci_usb 16540 2 bluetooth 60772 7 rfcomm,l2cap,hci_usb i915 32512 2 acpi_cpufreq 10796 1 cpufreq_conservative 8712 0 cpufreq_stats 7104 0 cpufreq_powersave 2688 0 cpufreq_userspace 5156 0 drm 82324 3 i915 intel_agp 25492 1 agpgart 34760 3 drm,intel_agp snd_seq_midi 9376 0 snd_seq_oss 35456 0 snd_seq_dummy 4868 0 snd_pcm_oss 42144 0 snd_hda_intel 368304 1 snd_seq_midi_event 8320 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_oss snd_rawmidi 25760 1 snd_seq_midi snd_hwdep 10500 1 snd_hda_intel snd_pcm 78596 2 snd_pcm_oss,snd_hda_intel snd_page_alloc 11400 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm snd_mixer_oss 17920 1 snd_pcm_oss snd_seq 54224 6 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_midi_event snd_timer 24836 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq snd_seq_device 9612 5 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_dummy,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq snd 56996 13 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_dummy,snd_pcm_oss,snd_hda_intel,snd_rawmidi,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_mixer_oss,snd_ seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device soundcore 8800 1 snd ieee80211_crypt_tkip 11520 0 r8169 34692 0 ieee80211_crypt 6912 2 wl,ieee80211_crypt_tkip iTCO_wdt 13092 0 iTCO_vendor_support 4868 1 iTCO_wdt serio_raw 7940 0 psmouse 68200 0 fuse 50324 3 ahci 28548 0 squashfs 49032 0 unionfs 73168 0 ehci_hcd 37900 0 usbhid 32256 0 hid 38912 1 usbhid isofs 36132 0 zlib_inflate 18176 2 squashfs,isofs ============ dmesg-firmware ============ ============ kernel version ============ 2.6.24-24-lpia ============ ifconfig ============ eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:24:e8:fa:e9:e8 inet addr:192.168.1.103 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: fe80::224:e8ff:fefa:e9e8/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:1126 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:678 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:464125 (453.2 KB) TX bytes:100046 (97.7 KB) Interrupt:220 Base address:0xa000 eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:23:08:e7:30:7c inet6 addr: fe80::223:8ff:fee7:307c/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 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:1000 RX bytes:1620 (1.5 KB) TX bytes:1716 (1.6 KB) Interrupt:16 lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:1150 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:1150 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:57884 (56.5 KB) TX bytes:57884 (56.5 KB) sms Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:53:49:41:4e:4f UP BROADCAST NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B) ============ iwconfig ============ eth1 IEEE 802.11 Nickname:"" Access Point: Not-Associated Link Quality:5 Signal level:203 Noise level:171 Rx invalid nwid:0 invalid crypt:7 invalid misc:0 |
To view the permissions of /media, try
ls -ld /media and for the files under /media, try ls -l /media -------- The output of lspci seems to have been omitted. -------- For the wireless problem, please open your wireless router to allow access without any encryption and try to access it. Are you able to do so? |
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aj@aj:~$ ls -ld /media drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2009-01-08 14:24 /media aj@aj:~$ ls -l /media total 0 I am unable to connect to my wireless router even with encryption turned off. Thanks for you help! |
From your output, your wireless router is eth1. Since you're using Ubuntu/GNOME, you should have a "connection" icon in the upper, right area of your screen. When you right-click on that icon, you should see a list of access points visable to your wireless device. (Since it's a Broadcom device, you may need to run b43-fwcutter on the DOS .inf file to extract the firmware needed to get the device to work properly.)
Your problem may be as simple as an update to the b43 driver changing the location where the driver "looks" to find the firmware it needs. Wait: I just looked at your lsmod output, and the only wireless network driver I see there is a r8169 driver, which is a driver for a RealTek 8101E. Are you sure you've got a Broadcom device? If so, you may be loading the wrong driver. |
I tried deselecting the Broadcomm ATA driver and connect. I was unable to connect both with encryption and without.
I'm not sure which driver I need though. Is there an easy way to bring up my components to confirm? I looked for a menu option to see my hardware components but couldn't find one. |
Please try lsmod (the output was omitted from your earlier posts).
Here is the output from lsmod on my system, yours should be similar. # lspci 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GME Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03) 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GME Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03) 00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03) 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02) 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02) 00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 02) 00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 02) 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02) 00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02) 00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02) 00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02) 00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02) 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e2) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 02) 00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) SATA IDE Controller (rev 02) 01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rev 01) 03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Attansic Technology Corp. L1 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter (rev b0) The second from last line shows the wireless card. |
I meant to say lspci, not lsmod, in the previous post as the sample output shows.
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00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GME Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03) 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GME Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03) 00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03) 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02) 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02) 00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 02) 00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 02) 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02) 00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02) 00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02) 00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02) 00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02) 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e2) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 02) 00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) IDE Controller (rev 02) 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 02) 02:00.0 System peripheral: JMicron Technologies, Inc. Unknown device 2382 02:00.2 SD Host controller: JMicron Technologies, Inc. Unknown device 2381 02:00.3 System peripheral: JMicron Technologies, Inc. Unknown device 2383 03:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g (rev 01) 04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 02) |
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