Kensey, as per http://www.dell.com/support/drivers/us/en/19/Product/latitude-e6500 an update is available for your BIOS (A29). If you update to this following https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BiosUpdate , does it change anything?
If not, could you please both specify what happened, and provide the output of the following terminal command: sudo dmidecode -s bios-version && sudo dmidecode -s bios-release-date Please note your current BIOS is already in the Bug Description, so posting this on the old BIOS would not be helpful. For more on BIOS updates and linux, please see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs#Bug_reporting_etiquette . Thank you for your understanding. ** Tags added: bios-outdated-a29 ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/824280 Title: iwlagn driver won't associate to a WPA2 network created with hostapd Status in The Linux Kernel: Invalid Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: On my home server (screwtape) running 10.04, I created a WPA2 network with hostapd 0.7.3 and tried to connect to it from my laptop running 11.04. (I tried doing this with hostapd 0.6.10, which is the packaged version on that host, but my laptop didn't even see it then.) My laptop would almost never associate using its mini-PCI Intel Wi-Fi Link 5100 adapter -- the Network Manager or Wicd icons would just animate for awhile and then it would ask for the key, repeatedly. In several dozen attempts I was able to associate successfully I think three times. Trying to connect on other hosts like my wife's Windows 7 PC or my iPod touch was successful always. Trying it with other hardware (an Atheros-based Belkin PC card and a Ralink-based MSI USB stick) on the same laptop was successful as well. In trying to get the Intel wireless card to work, I tried all of the following variations on the HostAP network: Wireless-G, WPA2, CCMP Wireless-G, WPA, CCMP Wireless-G, WPA, TKIP Wireless-G, WEP None were successful with the Intel hardware, all were successful with other hardware. + Works using: $ uname -a Linux ubuntu 3.4.0-999-generic #201204010405 SMP Sun Apr 1 08:06:10 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 Package: linux-image-2.6.38-10-generic 2.6.38-10.46 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-10.46-generic 2.6.38.7 Uname: Linux 2.6.38-10-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.23. AplayDevices: **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices **** card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: STAC92xx Analog [STAC92xx Analog] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 Architecture: amd64 ArecordDevices: **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices **** card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: STAC92xx Analog [STAC92xx Analog] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: kensey 1985 F.... pulseaudio Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xf6fdc000 irq 47' Mixer name : 'IDT 92HD71B7X' Components : 'HDA:111d76b2,1028024f,00100302 HDA:14f12c06,14f1000f,00100000' Controls : 15 Simple ctrls : 10 Date: Wed Aug 10 22:47:08 2011 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=b40fab0d-f463-4121-b590-e3c71c546601 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027) MachineType: Dell Inc. Latitude E6500 PccardctlIdent: Socket 0: no product info available PccardctlStatus: Socket 0: no card ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_US:en PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-10-generic root=UUID=97b3ac03-fdc8-43e6-93d8-a0ffb03f80a5 ro quiet splash nomodeset video=uvesafb:mode_option=1920x1200-24,mtrr=3,scroll=ywrap vt.handoff=7 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-2.6.38-10-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-2.6.38-10-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.52 SourcePackage: linux UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-07-06 (35 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 08/19/2010 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.bios.version: A24 dmi.board.name: 0X564R dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.chassis.type: 8 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA24:bd08/19/2010:svnDellInc.:pnLatitudeE6500:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0X564R:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr: dmi.product.name: Latitude E6500 dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. --- AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24. ApportVersion: 1.95-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: ubuntu 3482 F.... pulseaudio CasperVersion: 1.312 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta amd64 (20120328) MachineType: Dell Inc. Latitude E6500 Package: linux (not installed) PccardctlIdent: Socket 0: no product info available PccardctlStatus: Socket 0: no card ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcFB: 0 nouveaufb ProcKernelCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/hostname.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- maybe-ubiquity ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-20.33-generic 3.2.12 StagingDrivers: mei Tags: precise staging Uname: Linux 3.2.0-20-generic x86_64 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo dmi.bios.date: 08/19/2010 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.bios.version: A24 dmi.board.name: 0X564R dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.chassis.type: 8 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA24:bd08/19/2010:svnDellInc.:pnLatitudeE6500:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0X564R:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr: dmi.product.name: Latitude E6500 dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. 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