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matt444

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Registered: 2014-04-03

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NetworkManager hardware is "blocked"

But it's not really blocked because netctl works.

rfkill list all gives me:

0: ideapad_wlan: Wireless LAN
	Soft blocked: no
	Hard blocked: yes
1: ideapad_bluetooth: Bluetooth
	Soft blocked: no
	Hard blocked: yes
2: phy0: Wireless LAN
	Soft blocked: no
	Hard blocked: no
4: hci0: Bluetooth
	Soft blocked: no
	Hard blocked: no

I can't figure out why I have 2 wifis. Any rate, rfkill unblock 0 doesn't work.

And as previously stated, netctl works in spite of this issue.

nullified

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From: Massachusetts, USA

Registered: 2013-12-09

Posts: 468

Re: NetworkManager hardware is "blocked"

I can't speak to why you'd have two, but. hardblocked means a physical switch or a wifi key is turned off I believe. Do you see a wifi switch or something on your laptop?

Last edited by nullified (2014-04-03 15:16:57)

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matt444

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Re: NetworkManager hardware is "blocked"

I have an airplane icon where F7 is, pressing that toggles "soft block".

However, netctl works in spite of this "hard block".

nullified

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Re: NetworkManager hardware is "blocked"

So is there any problem? Are you just wondering about this extra wlan that doesn't seem to affect anything?

I have a lenovo laptop myself (thinkpad x240) and it just has phy0. What model computer?

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matt444

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Re: NetworkManager hardware is "blocked"

The problem is that NetworkManager doesn't work. netctl does.

I have a Yoga 2 Pro.

nullified

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Re: NetworkManager hardware is "blocked"

The wiki https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Le … ro#Network suggests:

rfkill unblock wlan

Have you tried this as well as what you have in your original post?

If that doesn't work,

It may (or may not) help to unload/blacklist the 'ideapad_laptop' module (specially to get networkmanager to handle your wifi).

There's a bunch of other info. on that wiki about your laptop.

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matt444

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Re: NetworkManager hardware is "blocked"

Thanks, will try that. I installed wicd and it works too. Only NetworkManager has the issue. Could nm-applet but the problem?

matt444

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Re: NetworkManager hardware is "blocked"

How do I "unload/blacklist" the ideapad_wlan ?

matt444

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Re: NetworkManager hardware is "blocked"

rmmod ideapad_laptop worked...

How do I make sure this is disabled at startup?

nullified

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From: Massachusetts, USA

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Re: NetworkManager hardware is "blocked"

Should be able to add

blacklist ideapad_wlan

to /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
Let us know if this works. If it does mark thread as solved.

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matt444

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Re: NetworkManager hardware is "blocked"

Yes, it did work! Thanks so much. Can now uninstall the others.

How do I mark it as solved?

Last edited by matt444 (2014-04-03 18:27:02)

nullified

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Re: NetworkManager hardware is "blocked"

Simply edit the original post by clicking on the 'edit' button at the lower right corner of it and prepend [SOLVED] to the title.

from: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=130309

Read some of the stickys like this, they're filled with all the info. you'll need on here. And take a good look at the wiki if you haven't already. One or two google searches led me right to the answer (in the Arch wiki above) to your problem. That will be the case more often than not!

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