I tried blacklisting acer_wmi as described - but it did not seem to help. sudo lshw -C network>Desktop/wifi.txt; lsb_release -a>>Desktop/wifi.txt; uname -a>>Desktop/wifi.txt; rfkill list >>Desktop/wifi.txt;cat /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-acer.conf>>Desktop/wifi.txt
*-network description: Ethernet interface product: AR8151 v1.0 Gigabit Ethernet vendor: Atheros Communications physical id: 0 bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0 logical name: eth1 version: c0 serial: 20:6a:8a:3a:26:4b capacity: 1Gbit/s width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm msi pciexpress vpd bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt-fd autonegotiation configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=atl1c driverversion=1.0.1.0-NAPI firmware=N/A latency=0 link=no multicast=yes port=twisted pair resources: irq:41 memory:d3400000-d343ffff ioport:2000(size=128) *-network UNCLAIMED description: Network controller product: BCM43225 802.11b/g/n vendor: Broadcom Corporation physical id: 0 bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0 version: 01 width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list configuration: latency=0 resources: memory:d2400000-d2403fff *-network description: Wireless interface physical id: 3 bus info: usb@2:1.1 logical name: wlan2 serial: 00:21:91:99:24:62 capabilities: ethernet physical wireless configuration: broadcast=yes driver=rt73usb driverversion=2.6.38-9-generic-pae firmware=1.7 ip=192.168.0.146 link=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 11.04 Release: 11.04 Codename: natty Linux richard-1830T 2.6.38-9-generic-pae #43-Ubuntu SMP Thu Apr 28 17:12:11 UTC 2011 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux 0: phy0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no blacklist acer_wmi -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/778168 Title: WiFi does not function on Acer 1830T with 11.04 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs