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Problem with Wifi Hard Blocked Rf-kill
Re: Problem with Wifi Hard Blocked Rf-kill
Sorry for delay in the answer. I tried that and didn't work, the wifi still down in Debian :/.Segfault wrote:I would boot Windows, make sure WiFi works and pull the battery. This won't give Windows the chance to disable it at shutdown.
Re: Problem with Wifi Hard Blocked Rf-kill
Since the blacklisting didn't help, I suggest you remove it to let the drivers load again. Do the other hotkeys (e.g. Volume Up/Down key combination, or screen brightness etc.) work while the hp-wmi driver is blacklisted?
About the wifi - I remember having seen a setting in some old HP-Pavillion models whereby it disables the wifi when an ethernet connection is detected, though it could be turned off. Did you try the wifi while ethernet was disconnected? If not, please disconnect the ethernet cable > reboot > check wifi and retry toggling wifi switch (key combination) if needed.
Run "rfkill list all" and post its output if it is still disabled.
Also post the output of 'modinfo hp-wmi'.
About the wifi - I remember having seen a setting in some old HP-Pavillion models whereby it disables the wifi when an ethernet connection is detected, though it could be turned off. Did you try the wifi while ethernet was disconnected? If not, please disconnect the ethernet cable > reboot > check wifi and retry toggling wifi switch (key combination) if needed.
Run "rfkill list all" and post its output if it is still disabled.
Also post the output of 'modinfo hp-wmi'.
Re: Problem with Wifi Hard Blocked Rf-kill
does your machine have a hardware on/off switch for wireless?
in my case doing "ip link set up wlan0" returns "not possible due to rf kill" until i enable wifi by pressing fn (function key) + F2 in my laptop
(not just for debian, but also for any other distro i've tried)
you say you have tried this, but maybe you didn't press the right combination of keys due to them having been configured differently than the wifi symbol you presumably have on the f12 might imply
in windows i don't have to do this either, so this case seems similar
(for my brother's laptop i have to do it even when using windows, however)
see if hotkey + f12 disables wifi while you're on windows, if it doesn't then there might be your problem
in my case doing "ip link set up wlan0" returns "not possible due to rf kill" until i enable wifi by pressing fn (function key) + F2 in my laptop
(not just for debian, but also for any other distro i've tried)
you say you have tried this, but maybe you didn't press the right combination of keys due to them having been configured differently than the wifi symbol you presumably have on the f12 might imply
in windows i don't have to do this either, so this case seems similar
(for my brother's laptop i have to do it even when using windows, however)
see if hotkey + f12 disables wifi while you're on windows, if it doesn't then there might be your problem