Ubuntu
network-manager package

Wireless randomly not recognised on boot

Bug #178438 reported by makemywish
2
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
network-manager (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Low
Basilio Kublik

Bug Description

Binary package hint: network-manager

I have installed Ubuntu Gutsy on Dell Inspiron (1.73mhz, 1GB, ATI Mobility x300, Intel Pro/Set 2200BG). I use it as a dual boot machine (XP and Ubuntu). XP is on the first partition and ubuntu on the second. The third partition is reserved is for data.

Randomly, the wireless card is not recognised on boot. That is, the wireless card does not show up in Network Settings (only the wired and dial up come up). Rebooting does not solve the problem. Rebooting into XP and then rebooting back into Ubuntu however causes the Wireless Card to be recognised again. The output of lshw, lspci, lsmod, and iwconfig are as follows

lshw

           *-network:1 UNCLAIMED
                description: Network controller
                product: PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection
                vendor: Intel Corporation
                physical id: 3
                bus info: pci@0000:03:03.0
                version: 05
                width: 32 bits
                clock: 33MHz
                capabilities: pm cap_list
                configuration: latency=64 maxlatency=24 mingnt=3

lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/PM/GMS/910GML Express Processor to DRAM Controller (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/PM Express PCI Express Root Port (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #4 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev d3)
00:1e.2 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1e.3 Modem: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FBM (ICH6M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 03)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801FBM (ICH6M) SATA Controller (rev 03)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc M22 [Mobility Radeon X300]
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX (rev 02)
03:01.0 CardBus bridge: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II (rev b3)
03:01.1 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C552 IEEE 1394 Controller (rev 08)
03:01.2 Generic system peripheral [0805]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 17)
03:03.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection (rev 05)

lsmod
Module Size Used by
fglrx 656352 15
rfcomm 42136 2
l2cap 26240 11 rfcomm
bluetooth 57060 4 rfcomm,l2cap
ppdev 10244 0
ipv6 273892 10
snd_atiixp_modem 17160 0
snd_via82xx_modem 16264 0
snd_intel8x0m 18572 5
acpi_cpufreq 10568 0
cpufreq_stats 7232 0
cpufreq_conservative 8072 0
cpufreq_ondemand 9612 1
cpufreq_powersave 2688 0
freq_table 5792 3 acpi_cpufreq,cpufreq_stats,cpufreq_ondemand
cpufreq_userspace 5280 0
battery 11012 0
ac 6148 0
sbs 19592 0
container 5504 0
video 18060 0
button 8976 0
dock 10656 0
tifm_sd 12808 0
tifm_core 11268 1 tifm_sd
sbp2 24072 0
parport_pc 37412 0
lp 12580 0
parport 37448 3 ppdev,parport_pc,lp
snd_intel8x0 34972 1
snd_ac97_codec 100644 4 snd_atiixp_modem,snd_via82xx_modem,snd_intel8x0m,snd_intel8x0
ac97_bus 3200 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm_oss 44672 0
snd_mixer_oss 17664 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 80388 8 snd_atiixp_modem,snd_via82xx_modem,snd_intel8x0m,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_dummy 4740 0
snd_seq_oss 33152 0
snd_seq_midi 9600 0
snd_rawmidi 25728 1 snd_seq_midi
joydev 11328 0
snd_seq_midi_event 8448 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 53232 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer 24324 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 9228 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
ipw2200 149320 0
snd 54660 23 snd_atiixp_modem,snd_via82xx_modem,snd_intel8x0m,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
pcmcia 41388 0
sdhci 18828 0
ieee80211 35656 1 ipw2200
ieee80211_crypt 7040 1 ieee80211
soundcore 8800 1 snd
mmc_core 28420 2 tifm_sd,sdhci
pcspkr 4224 0
iTCO_wdt 11940 0
iTCO_vendor_support 4868 1 iTCO_wdt
psmouse 39952 0
serio_raw 8068 0
snd_page_alloc 11400 5 snd_atiixp_modem,snd_via82xx_modem,snd_intel8x0m,snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
yenta_socket 27532 1
rsrc_nonstatic 14080 1 yenta_socket
pcmcia_core 40980 3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
shpchp 34580 0
pci_hotplug 32704 1 shpchp
intel_agp 25620 0
agpgart 35016 2 fglrx,intel_agp
evdev 11136 5
ext3 133896 1
jbd 60456 1 ext3
mbcache 9732 1 ext3
sg 36764 0
sr_mod 17828 0
cdrom 37536 1 sr_mod
sd_mod 30336 5
ata_generic 8452 0
ahci 23300 0
usbhid 29536 0
hid 28928 1 usbhid
ata_piix 17540 4
libata 125168 3 ata_generic,ahci,ata_piix
scsi_mod 147084 5 sbp2,sg,sr_mod,sd_mod,libata
ohci1394 36528 0
ieee1394 96312 2 sbp2,ohci1394
b44 28300 0
mii 6528 1 b44
ehci_hcd 36492 0
uhci_hcd 26640 0
usbcore 138632 4 usbhid,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd
thermal 14344 0
processor 32072 2 acpi_cpufreq,thermal
fan 5764 0
fuse 47124 5
apparmor 40728 0
commoncap 8320 1 apparmor
fbcon 41760 0
tileblit 3584 1 fbcon
font 9344 1 fbcon
bitblit 6912 1 fbcon
softcursor 3200 1 bitblit

iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

Revision history for this message
makemywish (makemywish) wrote :

Also, this is a clean install. After install I have done the following customisations:

1. I followed the instructions here http://www.sharpfonts.com/ for sharp fonts.

2. I added the following code to /etc/fstab /dev/mmcblk0p1 /media/mmcblk0p1 auto defaults,sync,iocharset=utf8,user,noauto 0 0
and tifm_sd to /etc/modules

3. Added the following to the repositories
sudo wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/gutsy.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list
wget -q http://packages.medibuntu.org/medibuntu-key.gpg -O- | sudo apt-key add - && sudo apt-get update

Revision history for this message
Basilio Kublik (sourcercito) wrote :

Hi there
do you still experience this issue with the current version of the application?, could you please try to reproduce this using the live environment of the Desktop CD of the development release - Hardy Heron.

Thanks in advance

Changed in network-manager:
assignee: nobody → sourcercito
importance: Undecided → Low
status: New → Incomplete
Revision history for this message
Pedro Villavicencio (pedro) wrote :

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!.

Changed in network-manager:
status: Incomplete → Invalid
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