Hello everyone!
I have an Atheros AR9285 chip in my laptop. My problem is that I can't turn it ON. I would appreciate if anyone know where should I look for, or what to do. So here is my troubleshooting and information:
Just installed Kali Linux 1.0.2 amd64 with Gnome, so I see that my wifi is not on.
System Settings --> Network
- Airplane is On, turned it off.
- Ethernet is On.
- Wifi is Off, can't turn it On.
* I intentionally shortened the output of lspci.Code:root@kali:~# lspci 00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series Chipset Family 6-port SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 04) 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller (rev 04) 01:00.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01) 02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 05) 03:00.0 Unassigned class [ff00]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTS5229 PCI Express Card Reader (rev 01)
So I try ifconfig and see it's down,Code:root@kali:~# iwconfig wlan1 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:off/any Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=off Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Encryption key:off Power Management:on eth0 no wireless extensions. lo no wireless extensions.
Now with these error, after a quick search, the obvious solution everywhere is to use rfkill.Code:root@kali:~# ifconfig wlan1 up SIOCSIFFLAGS: Operation not possible due to RF-kill
I tried with "rfkill unblock wifi" and even in some forums someone said that unplugging the laptop and taking off the battery worked. (?).Code:root@kali:~# rfkill list 0: phy0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: yes root@kali:~# rfkill unblock all root@kali:~# rfkill list 0: phy0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: yes
So these are the modules,
Tried removing hp_wmi and wmi, they are related to sitching the state of the wifi with a key (link), but didn't worked.Code:root@kali:~# lsmod Module Size Used by hid_generic 12386 0 usbhid 40793 0 hid 81617 2 hid_generic,usbhid binfmt_misc 12958 1 loop 22955 0 arc4 12544 2 uvcvideo 66708 0 ath9k 83773 0 videobuf2_vmalloc 12665 1 uvcvideo videobuf2_memops 12563 1 videobuf2_vmalloc videobuf2_core 26705 1 uvcvideo videodev 92071 2 uvcvideo,videobuf2_core media 18185 2 uvcvideo,videodev ath9k_common 12729 1 ath9k joydev 17318 0 snd_hda_codec_hdmi 31480 1 i915 448745 3 ath9k_hw 328776 2 ath9k_common,ath9k snd_hda_codec_idt 53756 1 iTCO_wdt 12832 0 drm_kms_helper 27236 1 i915 drm 202248 4 i915,drm_kms_helper snd_hda_intel 30803 3 snd_hda_codec 88216 3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_intel ath 21418 3 ath9k_common,ath9k,ath9k_hw mac80211 348666 1 ath9k cfg80211 144106 3 ath,ath9k,mac80211 hp_wmi 13330 0 i2c_i801 17046 0 sparse_keymap 12761 1 hp_wmi snd_hwdep 13190 1 snd_hda_codec snd_pcm 68524 3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel snd_page_alloc 13019 2 snd_pcm,snd_hda_intel snd_timer 22813 1 snd_pcm snd 53078 13 snd_hwdep,snd_timer,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_pcm,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel soundcore 13027 1 snd iTCO_vendor_support 12705 1 iTCO_wdt hp_accel 25201 0 rfkill 19167 3 cfg80211,hp_wmi lis3lv02d 17927 1 hp_accel acpi_cpufreq 13355 1 evdev 17651 10 mei 31840 0 i2c_algo_bit 12842 1 i915 coretemp 12855 0 input_polldev 12907 1 lis3lv02d lpc_ich 16758 0 i2c_core 24042 6 drm,i915,i2c_i801,drm_kms_helper,i2c_algo_bit,videodev mfd_core 12602 1 lpc_ich psmouse 69191 0 serio_raw 12941 0 mperf 12454 1 acpi_cpufreq wmi 13244 1 hp_wmi kvm 309830 0 crc32c_intel 12748 0 ghash_clmulni_intel 13063 0 cryptd 14561 1 ghash_clmulni_intel processor 28456 1 acpi_cpufreq button 12945 1 i915 battery 13147 0 video 17687 1 i915 ac 12625 0 ext4 371544 1 crc16 12344 1 ext4 jbd2 71913 1 ext4 mbcache 13115 1 ext4 sg 26096 0 sr_mod 21946 0 sd_mod 40550 3 cdrom 35213 1 sr_mod crc_t10dif 12349 1 sd_mod xhci_hcd 78154 0 ahci 25061 2 libahci 22919 1 ahci thermal 17426 0 thermal_sys 22342 3 video,thermal,processor libata 141636 2 ahci,libahci r8169 52700 0 scsi_mod 162399 4 sg,libata,sd_mod,sr_mod ehci_hcd 40532 0 microcode 30457 0 mii 12676 1 r8169 usbcore 134001 4 uvcvideo,ehci_hcd,usbhid,xhci_hcd usb_common 12355 1 usbcore
The output of dmesg is quite long so here is some selected output,
If want the complete output of dmesg, just ask and I'll post it. Any Ideas??Code:root@kali:~# dmesg | egrep 'wmi|ath|hp' [ 0.000000] hpet clockevent registered [ 0.404244] hpet0: at MMIO 0xfed00000, IRQs 2, 8, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 [ 0.404249] hpet0: 8 comparators, 64-bit 14.318180 MHz counter [ 0.406258] Switching to clocksource hpet [ 0.727804] pciehp: PCI Express Hot Plug Controller Driver version: 0.4 [ 0.727806] acpiphp: ACPI Hot Plug PCI Controller Driver version: 0.5 [ 0.736978] rtc0: alarms up to one month, 242 bytes nvram, hpet irqs [ 1.169524] ata5.00: ATAPI: hp DVD-RAM UJ8D1, H.01, max UDMA/100 [ 1.210044] scsi 4:0:0:0: CD-ROM hp DVD-RAM UJ8D1 H.01 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5 [ 3.686617] wmi: Mapper loaded [ 4.046717] hp_accel: laptop model unknown, using default axes configuration [ 4.092761] Registered led device: hp::hddprotect [ 4.782046] psmouse serio1: synaptics: Touchpad model: 1, fw: 7.5, id: 0x1e0b1, caps: 0xf00173/0x240000/0xa2400, board id: 2067, fw id: 1032759 [ 4.805918] ath: phy0: ASPM enabled: 0x43 [ 4.805927] ath: EEPROM regdomain: 0x6a [ 4.805931] ath: EEPROM indicates we should expect a direct regpair map [ 4.805937] ath: Country alpha2 being used: 00 [ 4.805940] ath: Regpair used: 0x6a [ 4.880838] ieee80211 phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'ath9k_rate_control' [ 4.881344] Registered led device: ath9k-phy0
Thanks
