ninos
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Post by ninos on Nov 28, 2022 12:04:29 GMT
whenever I've tried to click the "enable Wi Fi " box, the window closes and nothing happens, I've tried left and right click , to no avail
I can only use the internet with a wired connection...
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Post by Hippytaff on Nov 28, 2022 17:17:04 GMT
Hi ninos
What’s the output of
inxi -N
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Post by oblio on Dec 3, 2022 2:10:07 GMT
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Post by ninos on Dec 6, 2022 9:36:14 GMT
C:~$ inxi-N
inxi-N: command not found
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Post by ninos on Dec 6, 2022 9:43:44 GMT
$ inxi -Fxz | grep -iE "card|driver|if"
driver: nouveau v: kernel bus ID: 00:12.0
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.13 driver: nouveau
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:07.0
Device-1: NVIDIA MCP67 Ethernet vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: forcedeth
IF: enp0s10 state: down mac: <filter>
vendor: Hewlett-Packard AR5BXB63 802.11bg Mini PCIe NIC driver: ath5k
IF: wlp3s0 state: down mac: <filter>
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Post by ninos on Dec 6, 2022 16:56:24 GMT
I ran the following commands
sudo rfkill unblock all
and
sudo rfkill unblock wlan
but still no wireless
:~$ rfkill list all
0: hp-wifi: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: yes
1: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
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Post by oblio on Dec 11, 2022 18:37:48 GMT
:~$ rfkill list all 0: hp-wifi: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: yes1: phy0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no
I may not be the best help as I do not use Wi-Fi - but it appears you may physically have your Wi-Fi antenna turned off. It depends on the make/model of laptop, but sometimes they have a switch or slider that turns Wi-Fi off. It's fairly common an worth checking.
Please let us know what make/model your system is, that can help us find helpful details too.
Best,
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Post by ninos on Dec 13, 2022 18:49:03 GMT
You are damn right!
I must have turned the wi-fi switch off, by mistake.
i turned it on, and I immediately connected to the internet.
PROBLEM SOLVED!
Thank you!
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Post by oblio on Dec 14, 2022 3:19:50 GMT
Fantastic!
Hey, odd things sometimes happen while computing, glad you are online once more!
You are welcome - see you around!
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Post by thewaiter on Dec 14, 2022 10:04:26 GMT
That's why we recommend using rfkill command as first aid for these kinds of troubles. It will reveal hard or soft block. Hard means a HW switch.
Stefan
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