I have the same problem with Quantal on a Toshiba Satellite U305-S2812. None of my devices can detect or connect to the hotspot.
uname -a Linux kbook 3.5.0-25-generic #39-Ubuntu SMP Mon Feb 25 19:02:34 UTC 2013 i686 i686 i686 GNU/Linux dmesg [64571.793407] wlan0: Trigger new scan to find an IBSS to join [64574.248847] wlan0: Trigger new scan to find an IBSS to join [64577.992028] wlan0: Trigger new scan to find an IBSS to join [64579.676124] wlan0: Creating new IBSS network, BSSID 1e:9b:e2:d9:c3:9e [64579.728350] iwl4965 0000:04:00.0: Unable to find TIM Element in beacon [64579.732553] iwl4965 0000:04:00.0: Unable to find TIM Element in beacon [64579.741253] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlan0: link becomes ready [64580.897054] ip_tables: (C) 2000-2006 Netfilter Core Team [64580.928352] nf_conntrack version 0.5.0 (16384 buckets, 65536 max) [64608.189137] wlan0: No active IBSS STAs - trying to scan for other IBSS networks with same SSID (merge) [64639.416191] wlan0: No active IBSS STAs - trying to scan for other IBSS networks with same SSID (merge) [64670.322606] wlan0: No active IBSS STAs - trying to scan for other IBSS networks with same SSID (merge) [64702.428591] wlan0: No active IBSS STAs - trying to scan for other IBSS networks with same SSID (merge) [64754.597525] wlan0: No active IBSS STAs - trying to scan for other IBSS networks with same SSID (merge) [64793.048703] wlan0: No active IBSS STAs - trying to scan for other IBSS networks with same SSID (merge) [64843.414796] iwl4965 0000:04:00.0: C_REM_STA failed [64843.414806] iwl4965 0000:04:00.0: failed to remove IBSS station 00:00:00:00:00:00 [64847.854108] wlan0: Trigger new scan to find an IBSS to join [64850.060980] wlan0: Trigger new scan to find an IBSS to join [64852.292964] wlan0: Trigger new scan to find an IBSS to join [64854.495343] wlan0: Trigger new scan to find an IBSS to join [64854.874299] wlan0: Creating new IBSS network, BSSID aa:5a:31:aa:7c:6a [64854.909370] iwl4965 0000:04:00.0: Unable to find TIM Element in beacon [64854.911470] iwl4965 0000:04:00.0: Unable to find TIM Element in beacon lspci -v 04:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 4965 AG or AGN [Kedron] Network Connection (rev 61) Subsystem: Intel Corporation Vaio VGN-SZ79SN_C Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 47 Memory at f0200000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K] Capabilities: [c8] Power Management version 3 Capabilities: [d0] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+ Capabilities: [e0] Express Endpoint, MSI 00 Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting Capabilities: [140] Device Serial Number 00-1d-e0-ff-xx-xx-xx-xx Kernel driver in use: iwl4965 Kernel modules: iwl4965 ethtool -i wlan0 driver: iwl4965 version: 3.5.0-25-generic firmware-version: 228.61.2.24 bus-info: 0000:04:00.0 supports-statistics: yes supports-test: no supports-eeprom-access: no supports-register-dump: no supports-priv-flags: no -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/786697 Title: Unable to find TIM Element in beacon To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/786697/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs