Debugging Presario c710tu wireless on linux (ubuntu, lubuntu, chromiumos (gentoo)

debug.sh

# Check what drivers you have running
lsmod | grep iwl

# Check what drivers you have installed
ls -al /lib/firmware/* | grep iwl

# Remove the iwlwifi driver if it is there
sudo modprobe -rfv iwlwifi

# Ensure that the iwlwifi driver will never run
sudo echo "blacklist iwlwifi" >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

# Try something
# http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2173990&p=12787593#post12787593
# update: didn't work
sudo echo -e "\noptions iwlegacy bt_coex_active=N" > /etc/modprobe.d/iwlegacy.conf
sudo modprobe -rfv iwl3945
sudo modprobe -v iwl3945 

# Do something? Perhaps this is disabling?
sudo rmmod -f iwl3945

# Disable hardware button check, just try to startup regardless of button
# This solved the connection issue once for me, but it seems the above may have currupted something after restart??
sudo modprobe iwl3945 disable_hw_scan=1

# Same as above, but more permanent solution perhaps?
sudo echo -e 'alias wlan0 iwl3945 \noptions iwl3945 disable_hw_scan=1' > /etc/modprobe.d/iwl3945.conf

# Unsure what this does, but perhaps it trys to prevent the wifi from ever suspending itself perhaps
# This alone solves the performance issues on (l)ubuntu when resuming from sleep, but does not solve the connection issue
sudo echo -e '\nSUSPEND_MODULES="iwl3945"' > /etc/pm/config.d/config

# Test if it is working
sudo iwlist wlan0 scan

# Find out what linux kernel your using
# Seems that there could be a problem with the driver and the linux kernel: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14/wirless-iwl3945-doesn%27t-work-after-suspend-688355/
uname -r

# Learn available params for driver
sudo modinfo iwl3945

# Debugging
iwconfig
sudo cat /var/log/messages | grep switch
sudo lshw -C network
rfkill list all
dmesg | grep wlan0
dmesg | grep iwl

# If your /etc/network/interfaces contains 'restricted' please remove it, 

# Drivers here: http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/iwlegacy
# https://www.google.com.au/search?q=iwl+"radio+disablded+by+hw+rf+kill+switch"
# http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?suite=lucid&arch=amd64&mode=filename&searchon=contents&keywords=iwlwifi
# Update: downgrading from iwlwifi-3945-ucode-15.32.2.9 to iwlwifi-3945-ucode-2.14.1.5 didn't help either

# Find available drivers on gentoo
emerge -s iwl3945

# Make chrome os filesystem writeable
mount -oremount,rw /