RFKill doing my head in!

[Damocoleman]

So I bought a nice cheap laptop online to install debian and play around with it. Now already I have issues getting my wifi.

Rfkill wasnt installed so I did that through a usb key and tried to unblock the wifi but everytime I input rfkill unblock all, it just goes to the next line.
Is there another line of code I am meant to put there?

when I originally did rfkill list, it showed 0. HP wifi and 1. phy0 but after reading someones bright idea, i typed in echo "blacklist hp-wmi" | sudo tee -a /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf and rebooted.

HP wifi has now disapeared and the Phy0 is hard blocked.

Its glaringly obvious I am missing something here and I am really hoping one of you guys can help

[edbarx]

I advice you to follow the official Debian wikis to properly set up your wifi. The 'damage' that CLI command you invoked can be reversed by opening the file in a text editor and by removing the line:

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blacklist hp-wmi

Keep in mind you have to have root privileges to modify:

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/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

And, if it only contains the 'blacklist hp-wmi' line it should be deleted safely. To read the contents of the file run:

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cat /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

If it only contains the mentioned line, delete it:

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# rm /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

To better direct users on these fora to help you, post the output of:

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lspci

Also keep in mind that you may need to install the non-free firmware package.

[Damocoleman]

Ok so the log files are here

00:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 14h Processor Root Complex
00:01.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI Wrestler [Radeon HD 6310]
00:11.0 SATA controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 SATA Controller [AHCI mode]
00:12.0 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller
00:12.2 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller
00:14.0 SMBus: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SBx00 SMBus Controller (rev 42)
00:14.2 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA) (rev 40)
00:14.3 ISA bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 LPC host controller (rev 40)
00:14.4 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge (rev 40)
00:14.5 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI2 Controller
00:15.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SB700/SB800/SB900 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 0)
00:15.1 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SB700/SB800/SB900 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 1)
00:15.3 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SB900 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 3)
00:16.0 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller
00:16.2 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 0 (rev 43)
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 1
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 2
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 3
00:18.4 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 4
00:18.5 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 6
00:18.6 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 5
00:18.7 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 7
02:00.0 Unassigned class [ff00]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTS5209 PCI Express Card Reader (rev 01)
06:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 05)
07:00.0 Network controller: Ralink corp. RT5390 Wireless 802.11n 1T/1R PCIe

Hoping you can help!!