Error:
WiFi now disabled by radio killswitch
When: enabling wireless by nm-applet
Solution
This error may be because of WIFi disabled in BIOS
In this case you will get "Linux Hard blocked: yes " when you execute this command
rfkill list
If so then enable WIFI from BIOS and reboot
This error also may be because of conflict with additional WIFI module
exec this command
rfkill list all
0: tpacpi_bluetooth_sw: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
1: hci0: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
2: acer-wireless: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: yes
Hard blocked: no3:
phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
If you found "acer-wireless" then this may be the conflicting module, do the following to remove this module
sudo rmmod acer-wmi
Now the wireless should work, you may also need to execute this command
rfkill unblock all
To make this change permanent ( disable acer-wmi module forever ) do the following
1- sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
2- add the following line @ the end of the file
blacklist acer-wmi
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ReplyDelete[root@localhost prasad]# rfkill list all
ReplyDelete0: hci0: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
already my wifi is working after update of fedora 16 it didnt work
0: ideapad_wlan: Wireless LAN
ReplyDeleteSoft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
1: ideapad_bluetooth: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
2: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: yes
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This is the case with mine.
Please help me out in this regard.
if possible, mail me: dharanidharsurya@gmail.com
Thanks in advance :)
Thank you, Now my wifi is working
ReplyDeleteThank you, I spend two weeks to solve this problem, finally I find this, it just works
ReplyDeleteCool!
ReplyDeletemake my day!
sudo rmmod acer-wmi
Thank you!!! For my eee pc i must add
ReplyDeleteblacklist eeepc-wmi
And everything works! xD
Thank you so much. I have been searching everywhere trying to find a way to disable the hard lock on my wifi (HP ENVY 15t-j000 with RTL8188EE chip) Everyone online just repeats the same stuff "sudo rfkill unblock all" That never worked for me. ***HP USERS*** Finally the command that worked is "sudo rmmod hp-wmi". NOTE: Probably will work with other distros, but I was using ubuntu 13.10 gnome beta 1
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