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Wireless problem with Thinkpad X220



Hi!

I've been trying to help a friend out with wireless on his Thinkpad
X220. The identifier is:

03:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8188CE 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adapter (rev 01)

Now, according to http://wiki.debian.org/rtl819x the drivers should
work for the kernel (2.6.39 bpo.2). However, while wlan0 is displayed,
he is unable to configure his network, and dmesg output says this:

[ 2069.228798] rtl8192ce 0000:03:00.0: PCI INT A disabled                                                                                                                                                             
[ 2085.887165] ieee80211_crypt: unregistered algorithm 'WEP'                                                                                                                                                          
[ 2085.887174] ieee80211_crypt: unregistered algorithm 'CCMP'                                                                                                                                                         
[ 2085.887181] ieee80211_crypt: unregistered algorithm 'TKIP'
[ 2085.887187] ieee80211_crypt: unregistered algorithm 'NULL' (deinit)                                                                                                                                                
[ 2143.973876] ieee80211_crypt: registered algorithm 'NULL'                                                                                                                                                           
[ 2143.973885] ieee80211_crypt: registered algorithm 'TKIP'                                                                                                                                                           
[ 2143.973892] ieee80211_crypt: registered algorithm 'CCMP'
[ 2143.973898] ieee80211_crypt: registered algorithm 'WEP'                                                                                                                                                            
[ 2143.973921] 
[ 2143.973923] Linux kernel driver for RTL8192 based WLAN cards                                                                                                                                                       
[ 2143.973929] Copyright (c) 2007-2008, Realsil Wlan                                                                                                                                                                  
[ 2326.698887] ieee80211_crypt: unregistered algorithm 'WEP'                                                                                                                                                          
[ 2326.698897] ieee80211_crypt: unregistered algorithm 'CCMP'                                                                                                                                                         
[ 2326.698904] ieee80211_crypt: unregistered algorithm 'TKIP'                                                                                                                                                         
[ 2326.698910] ieee80211_crypt: unregistered algorithm 'NULL' (deinit)                                                                                                                                                
[ 2343.256604] rtl8192ce 0000:03:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
[ 2343.256624] rtl8192ce 0000:03:00.0: setting latency timer to 64                                                                                                                                                    
[ 2343.266633] ieee80211 phy1: Selected rate control algorithm 'rtl_rc'                                                                                                                                               
[ 2343.267260] rtlwifi: wireless switch is off           

In spite of having switched the WiFi on, Network Manager doesn't see anything.

iwlist scanning gives:
Failed to read scan data : Network is down

Also, rfkill showed:
2: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: yes
Hard blocked: no

An rfkill unblock removed the soft block, but that still did nothing.

I've run out of debugging ideas, and am looking for suggestions. Could
you let me know how I should go about this?

Thanks!

Kumar
-- 
Sigh.  I like to think it's just the Linux people who want to be on
the "leading edge" so bad they walk right off the precipice.
		-- Craig E. Groeschel


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