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    Wireless disabled

    I'm running 14.04 and trying to use a Lenovo "rabbit ears" wireless. I keep getting the message "wireless disabled" when I click on the network icon. There is no hardware switch on the device.

    Here are the outputs from lspci, ifconfig -a, and lsmod, respectively.
    ************************************************** *******************************************
    lspci
    00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 DMI2 (rev 07)
    00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 IIO PCI Express Root Port 1a (rev 07)
    00:02.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 IIO PCI Express Root Port 2a (rev 07)
    00:03.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 IIO PCI Express Root Port 3a in PCI Express Mode (rev 07)
    00:05.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 Address Map, VTd_Misc, System Management (rev 07)
    00:05.2 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 Control Status and Global Errors (rev 07)
    00:05.4 PIC: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 I/O APIC (rev 07)
    00:11.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation C600/X79 series chipset PCI Express Virtual Root Port (rev 06)
    00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation C600/X79 series chipset MEI Controller #1 (rev 05)
    00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82579LM Gigabit Network Connection (rev 06)
    00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation C600/X79 series chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller #2 (rev 06)
    00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation C600/X79 series chipset High Definition Audio Controller (rev 06)
    00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation C600/X79 series chipset PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev b6)
    00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation C600/X79 series chipset PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev b6)
    00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation C600/X79 series chipset PCI Express Root Port 3 (rev b6)
    00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation C600/X79 series chipset PCI Express Root Port 6 (rev b6)
    00:1c.6 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation C600/X79 series chipset PCI Express Root Port 7 (rev b6)
    00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation C600/X79 series chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller #1 (rev 06)
    00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev a6)
    00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation C600/X79 series chipset LPC Controller (rev 06)
    00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation C600/X79 series chipset 6-Port SATA AHCI Controller (rev 06)
    00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation C600/X79 series chipset SMBus Host Controller (rev 06)
    03:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GM107 [GeForce GTX 750 Ti] (rev a2)
    03:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation Device 0fbc (rev a1)
    05:00.0 SATA controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88SE9172 SATA 6Gb/s Controller (rev 12)
    06:00.0 SATA controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88SE9172 SATA 6Gb/s Controller (rev 12)
    07:00.0 SATA controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88SE9172 SATA 6Gb/s Controller (rev 12)
    08:00.0 USB controller: Fresco Logic FL1009 USB 3.0 Host Controller (rev 02)
    09:00.0 USB controller: Fresco Logic FL1009 USB 3.0 Host Controller (rev 02)
    ff:08.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 QPI Link 0 (rev 07)
    ff:08.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 QPI Link Reut 0 (rev 07)
    ff:08.4 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 QPI Link Reut 0 (rev 07)
    ff:09.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 QPI Link 1 (rev 07)
    ff:09.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 QPI Link Reut 1 (rev 07)
    ff:09.4 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 QPI Link Reut 1 (rev 07)
    ff:0a.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 Power Control Unit 0 (rev 07)
    ff:0a.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 Power Control Unit 1 (rev 07)
    ff:0a.2 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 Power Control Unit 2 (rev 07)
    ff:0a.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 Power Control Unit 3 (rev 07)
    ff:0b.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 Interrupt Control Registers (rev 07)
    ff:0b.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 Semaphore and Scratchpad Configuration Registers (rev 07)
    ff:0c.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 Unicast Register 0 (rev 07)
    ff:0c.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 Unicast Register 0 (rev 07)
    ff:0c.2 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 Unicast Register 0 (rev 07)
    ff:0c.6 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 Integrated Memory Controller System Address Decoder 0 (rev 07)
    ff:0c.7 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 System Address Decoder (rev 07)
    ff:0d.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 Unicast Register 0 (rev 07)
    ff:0d.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 Unicast Register 0 (rev 07)
    ff:0d.2 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 Unicast Register 0 (rev 07)
    ff:0d.6 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 Integrated Memory Controller System Address Decoder 1 (rev 07)
    ff:0e.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 Processor Home Agent (rev 07)
    ff:0e.1 Performance counters: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 Processor Home Agent Performance Monitoring (rev 07)
    ff:0f.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 Integrated Memory Controller Registers (rev 07)
    ff:0f.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 Integrated Memory Controller RAS Registers (rev 07)
    ff:0f.2 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 Integrated Memory Controller Target Address Decoder 0 (rev 07)
    ff:0f.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 Integrated Memory Controller Target Address Decoder 1 (rev 07)
    ff:0f.4 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 Integrated Memory Controller Target Address Decoder 2 (rev 07)
    ff:0f.5 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 Integrated Memory Controller Target Address Decoder 3 (rev 07)
    ff:0f.6 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 Integrated Memory Controller Target Address Decoder 4 (rev 07)
    ff:10.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 Integrated Memory Controller Channel 0-3 Thermal Control 0 (rev 07)
    ff:10.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 Integrated Memory Controller Channel 0-3 Thermal Control 1 (rev 07)
    ff:10.2 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 Integrated Memory Controller ERROR Registers 0 (rev 07)
    ff:10.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 Integrated Memory Controller ERROR Registers 1 (rev 07)
    ff:10.4 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 Integrated Memory Controller Channel 0-3 Thermal Control 2 (rev 07)
    ff:10.5 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 Integrated Memory Controller Channel 0-3 Thermal Control 3 (rev 07)
    ff:10.6 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 Integrated Memory Controller ERROR Registers 2 (rev 07)
    ff:10.7 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 Integrated Memory Controller ERROR Registers 3 (rev 07)
    ff:11.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 DDRIO (rev 07)
    ff:13.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 R2PCIe (rev 07)
    ff:13.1 Performance counters: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 Ring to PCI Express Performance Monitor (rev 07)
    ff:13.4 Performance counters: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 QuickPath Interconnect Agent Ring Registers (rev 07)
    ff:13.5 Performance counters: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 Ring to QuickPath Interconnect Link 0 Performance Monitor (rev 07)
    ff:13.6 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 Ring to QuickPath Interconnect Link 1 Performance Monitor (rev 07)

    ipconfig -a
    eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 74:d4:35:84:04:48
    inet addr:192.168.1.82 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
    inet6 addr: 2602:306:bc74:7380:4940:1276:58bb:6e13/64 Scope:Global
    inet6 addr: 2602:306:bc74:7380:d075:f4db:2148:6fb3/64 Scope:Global
    inet6 addr: 2602:306:bc74:7380::43/128 Scope:Global
    inet6 addr: 2602:306:bc74:7380:a846:e974:65b6:2b3c/64 Scope:Global
    inet6 addr: 2602:306:bc74:7380:c9d3:d672:424d:dc0a/64 Scope:Global
    inet6 addr: fe80::76d4:35ff:fe84:448/64 Scope:Link
    inet6 addr: 2602:306:bc74:7380:76d4:35ff:fe84:448/64 Scope:Global
    inet6 addr: 2602:306:bc74:7380:792c:28cc:582:fb5f/64 Scope:Global
    inet6 addr: 2602:306:bc74:7380:7cc9:c3df:9ca3:cd37/64 Scope:Global
    inet6 addr: 2602:306:bc74:7380:383f:9af8:8cfc:c3f3/64 Scope:Global
    UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
    RX packets:3139212 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
    TX packets:2201441 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
    collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
    RX bytes:2483941307 (2.4 GB) TX bytes:536192534 (536.1 MB)
    Interrupt:20 Memory:fb600000-fb620000

    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:65536 Metric:1
    RX packets:311661 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
    TX packets:311661 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
    collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
    RX bytes:29493868 (29.4 MB) TX bytes:29493868 (29.4 MB)

    vmnet1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:50:56:c0:00:01
    inet addr:192.168.177.1 Bcast:192.168.177.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
    inet6 addr: fe80::250:56ff:fec0:1/64 Scope:Link
    UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
    RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
    TX packets:1898 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
    collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
    RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

    vmnet8 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:50:56:c0:00:08
    inet addr:192.168.132.1 Bcast:192.168.132.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
    inet6 addr: fe80::250:56ff:fec0:8/64 Scope:Link
    UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
    RX packets:78287 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
    TX packets:2018 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
    collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
    RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

    lsmod
    Module Size Used by
    sparse_keymap 13948 0
    uvcvideo 80885 0
    videobuf2_vmalloc 13216 1 uvcvideo
    videobuf2_memops 13362 1 videobuf2_vmalloc
    snd_usb_audio 155107 0
    videobuf2_core 40664 1 uvcvideo
    videodev 134688 2 uvcvideo,videobuf2_core
    snd_usbmidi_lib 29282 1 snd_usb_audio
    hid_logitech_dj 18581 0
    vmnet 51269 17
    vmw_vsock_vmci_transport 26278 1
    vsock 34903 2 vmw_vsock_vmci_transport
    vmw_vmci 62966 2 vmw_vsock_vmci_transport
    vmmon 88094 25
    bnep 19624 2
    rfcomm 69160 0
    bluetooth 391136 10 bnep,rfcomm
    binfmt_misc 17468 1
    snd_hda_codec_hdmi 46368 1
    ses 17363 0
    enclosure 15368 1 ses
    joydev 17381 0
    hid_microsoft 12805 0
    mei_me 18627 0
    snd_hda_codec_realtek 65904 1
    snd_hda_intel 56611 5
    snd_hda_codec 193017 3 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_i ntel
    snd_hwdep 13602 2 snd_usb_audio,snd_hda_codec
    nvidia 10561198 47
    snd_pcm 102099 4 snd_usb_audio,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec,snd _hda_intel
    snd_page_alloc 18710 2 snd_pcm,snd_hda_intel
    drm 303102 2 nvidia
    mei 82276 1 mei_me
    mxm_wmi 13021 0
    snd_seq_midi 13324 0
    snd_seq_midi_event 14899 1 snd_seq_midi
    snd_rawmidi 30731 2 snd_usbmidi_lib,snd_seq_midi
    snd_seq 61616 2 snd_seq_midi_event,snd_seq_midi
    snd_seq_device 14497 3 snd_seq,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_midi
    snd_timer 29549 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
    gpio_ich 13476 0
    wmi 19177 1 mxm_wmi
    intel_rapl 18773 0
    x86_pkg_temp_thermal 14205 0
    intel_powerclamp 14705 0
    coretemp 13435 0
    kvm_intel 143187 0
    kvm 455843 1 kvm_intel
    crct10dif_pclmul 14289 0
    crc32_pclmul 13113 0
    aesni_intel 55624 0
    aes_x86_64 17131 1 aesni_intel
    lrw 13286 1 aesni_intel
    gf128mul 14951 1 lrw
    glue_helper 13990 1 aesni_intel
    ablk_helper 13597 1 aesni_intel
    cryptd 20359 2 aesni_intel,ablk_helper
    serio_raw 13462 0
    sb_edac 22344 0
    edac_core 62243 1 sb_edac
    snd 69416 23 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_usb_audio,snd_hwdep,snd_ timer,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_pcm,snd_seq,snd_rawmi di,snd_usbmidi_lib,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel,snd _seq_device,snd_seq_midi
    soundcore 12680 1 snd
    lpc_ich 21080 0
    shpchp 37032 0
    mac_hid 13205 0
    parport_pc 32701 0
    ppdev 17671 0
    lp 17759 0
    parport 42348 3 lp,ppdev,parport_pc
    hid_generic 12548 0
    usbhid 52659 0
    hid 106148 6 hid_generic,hid_microsoft,usbhid,hid_logitech_dj
    usb_storage 62209 4
    e1000e 254433 0
    psmouse 106692 0
    ptp 18933 1 e1000e
    ahci 34091 4
    libahci 32716 1 ahci
    pps_core 19382 1 ptp
    ************************************************** ***********************************
    I've looked in Driver Manager, but all that shows up there is my video card. I have no idea what to try next. Ideas welcome. Thanks.
    Tags: enable wireless, wireless disabled
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    Are you running 14.04 in a virtual machine?
    Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007
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      #3
      Originally posted by Snowhog View Post
      Are you running 14.04 in a virtual machine?
      No; actually, I'm running a virtual machine in Kubuntu. (It's Windows; I like to keep it off to the side where it can't screw too many things up.)
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        #4
        I'm not familiar with the Lenovo "rabbit ears" wireless. How does it connect with your hardware - USB, Some MB card slot?? Do you know what wireless chip it contains? Don't see anything listed that looks familiar.
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          #5
          have you tried a soft switch such as fn+f2 check in teh network manager to see if you can toggle it there
          a model number for the card or iwconfig and lshw section for your network would be very helpful.
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            #6
            I don't see where Intel's wireless firmware or driver are loaded. Is your laptop newer than the distribution you're running?
            we see things not as they are, but as we are.
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              #7
              Uh, well, this is pretty embarrassing so I thought I should share it. In another variation of "it works better when you plug it in," it also works better if you make sure the card is [I]firmly[I] seated in the mobo slot.
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                hehe. We've all "Been there; Done that!" When dealing with operating systems, we all tend to think issues are 'complicated' when often, it's a 'simple' solution that we just fail to see.
                Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007
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                  That's for sure, Snowhog! *smiles, with egg on my face!*
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                    Originally posted by Don View Post
                    Uh, well, this is pretty embarrassing so I thought I should share it. In another variation of "it works better when you plug it in," it also works better if you make sure the card is [I]firmly[I] seated in the mobo slot.
                    Yes things do tend to work better that way. Its great that you didn't fry it or you mobo with it half installed.
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