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#1 2016-09-23 23:46:20

jdtournier
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Registered: 2013-04-04
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[SOLVED] Wifi starts soft-blocked at boot

Recently, my laptop has started booting up with the wifi disabled. I've tried to track it down, and as far as I can tell it's got something to do with the interface being renamed from "wlan0" to "wlp2s0" just as NetworkManager is detecting the RF killswitch provided by "hp_wmi". In more detail:

If I boot normally (NetworkManager.service enabled):

$ rfkill list
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
	Soft blocked: yes
	Hard blocked: no
1: hp-wifi: Wireless LAN
	Soft blocked: no
	Hard blocked: no

and the wifi is off.

If I restart the NetworkManager service:

sudo systemctl restart NetworkManager

then the soft block on "phy0" is removed, and wifi starts up and connects OK. I can also re-enable wifi using the 'turn wifi on' toggle in Gnome Shell.

Here is the "journalctl -b" log from last boot, matching only lines with "iwlwifi", "RF", or "NetworkManager". Wifi starts off, then I manually turn it on at 21:23:25 using the toggle in Gnome Shell (see here for full output of "journalctl -b"):

$ sudo journalctl -b | grep \\\(iwlwifi\\\|RF\\\|NetworkManager\\\) 
Sep 23 21:22:57 localhost kernel: ACPI: Power Button [PWRF]
Sep 23 21:22:59 donald-laptop kernel: iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: can't disable ASPM; OS doesn't have ASPM control
Sep 23 21:22:59 donald-laptop kernel: iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: loaded firmware version 8.83.5.1 build 33692 op_mode iwldvm
Sep 23 21:22:59 donald-laptop kernel: iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: CONFIG_IWLWIFI_DEBUG disabled
Sep 23 21:22:59 donald-laptop kernel: iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: CONFIG_IWLWIFI_DEBUGFS disabled
Sep 23 21:22:59 donald-laptop kernel: iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: CONFIG_IWLWIFI_DEVICE_TRACING enabled
Sep 23 21:22:59 donald-laptop kernel: iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: Detected Intel(R) WiFi Link 5100 AGN, REV=0x54
Sep 23 21:22:59 donald-laptop kernel: iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: L1 Enabled - LTR Disabled
Sep 23 21:23:00 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662180.0919] NetworkManager (version 1.4.1) is starting...
Sep 23 21:23:00 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662180.0920] Read config: /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf
Sep 23 21:23:00 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662180.0980] manager[0x1dbf080]: monitoring kernel firmware directory '/usr/lib/firmware'.
Sep 23 21:23:00 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662180.1022] dns-mgr[0x1db8800]: init: dns=dnsmasq, rc-manager=resolvconf, plugin=dnsmasq
Sep 23 21:23:00 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662180.1195] rfkill0: found WiFi radio killswitch (at /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.0/0000:02:00.0/ieee80211/phy0/rfkill0) (driver iwlwifi)
Sep 23 21:23:00 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662180.1197] manager[0x1dbf080]: WiFi hardware radio set enabled
Sep 23 21:23:00 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662180.1197] manager[0x1dbf080]: WWAN hardware radio set enabled
Sep 23 21:23:00 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662180.1857] settings: loaded plugin keyfile: (c) 2007 - 2015 Red Hat, Inc.  To report bugs please use the NetworkManager mailing list.
Sep 23 21:23:00 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662180.2526] keyfile: new connection /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/FirstHotelNorrtull 1 (97822c64-8a1f-4885-a560-752f27ee85fc,"FirstHotelNorrtull 1")
Sep 23 21:23:00 donald-laptop kernel: iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: RF_KILL bit toggled to disable radio.
Sep 23 21:23:00 donald-laptop systemd[1]: Listening on Load/Save RF Kill Switch Status /dev/rfkill Watch.
Sep 23 21:23:00 donald-laptop systemd[1]: Starting Load/Save RF Kill Switch Status...
Sep 23 21:23:00 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662180.2888] keyfile: new connection /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/FirstHotelNorrtull (c4bdc69f-934c-4219-a670-0b1399ae35c0,"FirstHotelNorrtull")
Sep 23 21:23:00 donald-laptop systemd[1]: Started Load/Save RF Kill Switch Status.
Sep 23 21:23:00 donald-laptop kernel: iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0 wlp2s0: renamed from wlan0
Sep 23 21:23:00 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662180.3592] keyfile: new connection /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/BALoungeWiFi (1ce5d8aa-5aab-494c-ae9b-f7fb38574b36,"BALoungeWiFi")
Sep 23 21:23:00 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662180.4105] keyfile: new connection /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/TALKTALKB8E11E 2 (31f90385-b350-472b-926d-304a5b846b3f,"TALKTALKB8E11E 2")
Sep 23 21:23:00 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662180.4353] keyfile: new connection /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/TALKTALKB8E11E 1 (15febe4a-5434-4abf-9a08-a1984d515d8a,"TALKTALKB8E11E 1")
Sep 23 21:23:00 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662180.4569] keyfile: new connection /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/_VINCI Airports wifi (8457b343-3186-487b-bb1f-3f95f5860dac,"_VINCI Airports wifi")
Sep 23 21:23:00 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662180.4859] keyfile: new connection /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/Sheraton-Free-Internet 1 (7b18e3a6-7d4c-42fa-a7f4-33e84873aff5,"Sheraton-Free-Internet 1")
Sep 23 21:23:00 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662180.5049] keyfile: new connection /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/Sheraton-Free-Internet (3e4d8393-fdf7-42c7-b2a9-868c9e2e0af3,"Sheraton-Free-Internet")
Sep 23 21:23:00 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662180.5251] keyfile: new connection /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/AndroidAPDE0A (7591cc8d-6f72-4c14-b9c9-c6d04b53902b,"AndroidAPDE0A")
Sep 23 21:23:00 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662180.5510] keyfile: new connection /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/Livebox-2294 (68990b3f-e73b-45df-a0b8-83a4d7f2a55e,"Livebox-2294")
Sep 23 21:23:00 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662180.5706] keyfile: new connection /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/#WiFi@Changi (3bcd6c32-36a5-4410-aa1e-3c8d51832984,"#WiFi@Changi")
Sep 23 21:23:00 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662180.5892] keyfile: new connection /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/ISMRM (9657fd0b-9e8a-4286-8f39-1df631049c14,"ISMRM")
Sep 23 21:23:00 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662180.6080] keyfile: new connection /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/MarrisonBugis (ecf669ab-6d70-4460-89be-36793638324a,"MarrisonBugis")
Sep 23 21:23:00 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662180.6267] keyfile: new connection /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/Free WiFi - Open your browser (7f407cc7-7629-426a-bf89-8b1ec7c0c1bc,"Free WiFi - Open your browser")
Sep 23 21:23:00 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662180.6473] keyfile: new connection /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/Cabinn Public WiFi (8e5f6bab-4316-440d-8530-f8019fe5f1cb,"Cabinn Public WiFi")
Sep 23 21:23:00 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662180.6659] keyfile: new connection /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/eduroam (10db500b-801b-4bcf-bced-153d59aded6f,"eduroam")
Sep 23 21:23:00 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662180.6872] keyfile: new connection /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/DonaldAP (d339f38f-4f83-4e07-be5b-2850eb235836,"DonaldAP")
Sep 23 21:23:00 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662180.7105] keyfile: new connection /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/Stad Antwerpen - gratis wifi (29ffed95-2287-4e4a-ad9e-380cdc62beac,"Stad Antwerpen - gratis wifi")
Sep 23 21:23:00 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662180.7291] keyfile: new connection /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/Wired connection 2 (5f5d1cd7-39b8-411f-a4b9-5c5e7c5b0c51,"Wired connection 2")
Sep 23 21:23:00 donald-laptop kernel: iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: RF_KILL bit toggled to enable radio.
Sep 23 21:23:00 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662180.7496] keyfile: new connection /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/Toronto Pearson Wi-Fi (67e40439-6130-43ea-966c-4ee73d0e0999,"Toronto Pearson Wi-Fi")
Sep 23 21:23:00 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662180.7673] keyfile: new connection /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/h-honors (a53f1219-a48b-4587-a01e-a37137192802,"h-honors")
Sep 23 21:23:00 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662180.7856] keyfile: new connection /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/Livebox-8DAE (21eb1d5e-2d48-4f85-a61f-2209c16a811e,"Livebox-8DAE")
Sep 23 21:23:00 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662180.8044] keyfile: new connection /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/TALKTALKB8E11E_repeater (7a428bd2-96b6-4450-9ffe-3b8cd28bae07,"TALKTALKB8E11E_repeater")
Sep 23 21:23:00 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662180.8225] keyfile: new connection /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/TALKTALKB8E11E (3e0929bb-ad44-48fd-9aa9-d628bed52b41,"TALKTALKB8E11E")
Sep 23 21:23:00 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662180.8418] keyfile: new connection /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/TALKTALK-E83E30-WR (d94561f0-6954-48b8-bf94-24d6bd55e038,"TALKTALK-E83E30-WR")
Sep 23 21:23:00 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662180.8601] keyfile: new connection /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/Wifi-Repeater 1 (ef88623f-491b-4f36-955d-43ab6667918e,"Wifi-Repeater 1")
Sep 23 21:23:00 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662180.8786] keyfile: new connection /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/TALKTALK-E83E30 (fe89a4a9-5122-41b2-a556-01185a81d086,"TALKTALK-E83E30")
Sep 23 21:23:00 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662180.8980] keyfile: new connection /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/VM851961-2G (bde66bdc-d80d-4086-b881-0ebcdf908779,"VM851961-2G")
Sep 23 21:23:00 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662180.9166] keyfile: new connection /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/Wifi-Repeater (264d1833-b327-4910-a99d-17363b700714,"Wifi-Repeater")
Sep 23 21:23:00 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662180.9371] keyfile: new connection /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/JoannaAP (eebb7271-5e4f-4268-83d6-ef606ab024b8,"JoannaAP")
Sep 23 21:23:00 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662180.9570] keyfile: new connection /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/HOL ALU WLAN (c8384fb7-8636-4bd7-ae1b-8edaca19fd4d,"HOL ALU WLAN")
Sep 23 21:23:00 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662180.9760] keyfile: new connection /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/Livebox-14b5 (cbf37b01-925d-4d70-9e19-48407385fd77,"Livebox-14b5")
Sep 23 21:23:00 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662180.9962] keyfile: new connection /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/ZyXEL_8283for (50ae7025-656f-4f09-98b1-d886d636ba6f,"ZyXEL_8283for")
Sep 23 21:23:01 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662181.0176] keyfile: new connection /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/AccessKings (5d212c12-b301-42c2-af86-96cc483b46d2,"AccessKings")
Sep 23 21:23:01 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662181.0389] keyfile: new connection /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/Tazartes (4fbeb38c-1592-450d-803a-fdd4a8ada669,"Tazartes")
Sep 23 21:23:01 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662181.0579] keyfile: new connection /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/hoteldom (7699003d-f210-4532-84aa-a0d834cd32c5,"hoteldom")
Sep 23 21:23:01 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662181.0766] keyfile: new connection /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/Donald AP (1715599e-cfb9-47c8-846a-c23645a58d7d,"Donald AP")
Sep 23 21:23:01 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662181.0955] keyfile: new connection /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/AERO WI-FI (e31ec786-b347-480f-a82a-c91b55a7e66d,"AERO WI-FI")
Sep 23 21:23:01 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662181.1146] keyfile: new connection /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/ZAP (faec4d3d-f4f1-4177-9e05-8bb6401dc00e,"ZAP")
Sep 23 21:23:01 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662181.1333] keyfile: new connection /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/aerius (92d9bf3b-d78d-480c-b5db-bda1183d5e40,"aerius")
Sep 23 21:23:01 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662181.1522] keyfile: new connection /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/GrandTimes (332485d4-7572-4ed6-9997-10d16b8b687c,"GrandTimes")
Sep 23 21:23:01 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662181.1710] keyfile: new connection /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/GrandLac2 (eed3b435-7084-42fc-9801-42c9cc0fb735,"GrandLac2")
Sep 23 21:23:01 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662181.1899] keyfile: new connection /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/HPA-Reunion (f85b096c-ecb1-4755-a56c-78926dd4c09f,"HPA-Reunion")
Sep 23 21:23:01 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662181.2082] keyfile: new connection /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/HPA-Client (4ca67993-d734-47be-9801-3b4222e7a733,"HPA-Client")
Sep 23 21:23:01 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662181.2261] keyfile: new connection /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/Imperial-WPA (0af1913c-36e0-4989-8f96-f95a0c089c4e,"Imperial-WPA")
Sep 23 21:23:01 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662181.2436] keyfile: new connection /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/joannaAP (0751d866-c059-4b2e-8e63-bec39c6a3732,"joannaAP")
Sep 23 21:23:01 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662181.2612] keyfile: new connection /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/Auto PATCHAM (ef5da34b-7dcc-4d3f-9843-abf993930156,"Auto PATCHAM")
Sep 23 21:23:01 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662181.2787] keyfile: new connection /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/Auto TOURNIER (57989b72-005f-470f-98d5-729be54b4ff6,"Auto TOURNIER")
Sep 23 21:23:01 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662181.2975] keyfile: new connection /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/HELLOWORLD (cb819641-a26f-4d24-9c3c-9087e208a87e,"HELLOWORLD")
Sep 23 21:23:01 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662181.3171] keyfile: new connection /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/Auto AWG-WiFi (b04e25f3-0c17-4316-b40d-8e2dde1c6493,"Auto AWG-WiFi")
Sep 23 21:23:01 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662181.3346] keyfile: new connection /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/Auto SFO-WiFi (03b5545d-7731-43b8-bcc6-29f3d43dcd3e,"Auto SFO-WiFi")
Sep 23 21:23:01 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662181.3529] keyfile: new connection /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/Auto ISMRM (9999e2ba-b58f-4701-892d-37a2f14ef716,"Auto ISMRM")
Sep 23 21:23:01 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662181.3704] keyfile: new connection /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/Auto Red Lion (5597bad1-d021-43b7-8de6-344d037f554d,"Auto Red Lion")
Sep 23 21:23:01 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662181.3883] keyfile: new connection /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/UDAMOTION (68b8e5ca-1124-439a-b9f7-070db26eb81e,"UDAMOTION")
Sep 23 21:23:01 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662181.5238] settings: hostname: using hostnamed
Sep 23 21:23:01 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662181.5239] settings: hostname changed from (none) to "donald-laptop"
Sep 23 21:23:01 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662181.5241] dhcp-init: Using DHCP client 'dhclient'
Sep 23 21:23:01 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662181.5241] manager: WiFi enabled by radio killswitch; enabled by state file
Sep 23 21:23:01 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662181.5241] manager: WWAN enabled by radio killswitch; enabled by state file
Sep 23 21:23:01 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662181.5242] manager: Networking is enabled by state file
Sep 23 21:23:01 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662181.5243] Loaded device plugin: NMVxlanFactory (internal)
Sep 23 21:23:01 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662181.5243] Loaded device plugin: NMVlanFactory (internal)
Sep 23 21:23:01 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662181.5243] Loaded device plugin: NMVethFactory (internal)
Sep 23 21:23:01 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662181.5244] Loaded device plugin: NMTunFactory (internal)
Sep 23 21:23:01 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662181.5244] Loaded device plugin: NMMacvlanFactory (internal)
Sep 23 21:23:01 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662181.5244] Loaded device plugin: NMIPTunnelFactory (internal)
Sep 23 21:23:01 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662181.5245] Loaded device plugin: NMInfinibandFactory (internal)
Sep 23 21:23:01 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662181.5245] Loaded device plugin: NMEthernetFactory (internal)
Sep 23 21:23:01 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662181.5245] Loaded device plugin: NMBridgeFactory (internal)
Sep 23 21:23:01 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662181.5246] Loaded device plugin: NMBondFactory (internal)
Sep 23 21:23:01 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662181.5265] Loaded device plugin: NMWifiFactory (/usr/lib/NetworkManager/libnm-device-plugin-wifi.so)
Sep 23 21:23:01 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662181.5283] Loaded device plugin: NMAtmManager (/usr/lib/NetworkManager/libnm-device-plugin-adsl.so)
Sep 23 21:23:01 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662181.5567] Loaded device plugin: NMTeamFactory (/usr/lib/NetworkManager/libnm-device-plugin-team.so)
Sep 23 21:23:01 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662181.5671] Loaded device plugin: NMBluezManager (/usr/lib/NetworkManager/libnm-device-plugin-bluetooth.so)
Sep 23 21:23:01 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662181.5690] Loaded device plugin: NMWwanFactory (/usr/lib/NetworkManager/libnm-device-plugin-wwan.so)
Sep 23 21:23:01 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662181.5707] device (lo): link connected
Sep 23 21:23:01 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662181.5717] manager: (lo): new Generic device (/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/0)
Sep 23 21:23:01 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662181.5742] manager: (dummy0): new Generic device (/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/1)
Sep 23 21:23:01 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662181.5756] device (eth0): driver '(null)' does not support carrier detection.
Sep 23 21:23:01 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662181.5756] device (eth0): driver 'r8169' does not support carrier detection.
Sep 23 21:23:01 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662181.5766] manager: (eth0): new Ethernet device (/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/2)
Sep 23 21:23:01 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662181.5780] (wlan0): using nl80211 for WiFi device control
Sep 23 21:23:01 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662181.5793] manager: (wlan0): new 802.11 WiFi device (/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/3)
Sep 23 21:23:01 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662181.5811] manager: startup complete
Sep 23 21:23:01 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662181.5821] manager: WiFi now disabled by radio killswitch
Sep 23 21:23:01 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662181.5899] rfkill1: found WiFi radio killswitch (at /sys/devices/platform/hp-wmi/rfkill/rfkill1) (platform driver hp-wmi)
Sep 23 21:23:01 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662181.5998] device (eth0): interface index 3 renamed iface from 'eth0' to 'enp3s0'
Sep 23 21:23:01 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662181.6007] device (enp3s0): state change: unmanaged -> unavailable (reason 'managed') [10 20 2]
Sep 23 21:23:01 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662181.6165] keyfile: add connection in-memory (b9617a91-be6c-30c4-8661-bf45c7bebf67,"Wired connection 1")
Sep 23 21:23:01 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662181.6176] settings: (enp3s0): created default wired connection 'Wired connection 1'
Sep 23 21:23:01 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662181.6178] device (wlan0): interface index 4 renamed iface from 'wlan0' to 'wlp2s0'
Sep 23 21:23:01 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662181.6183] device (wlp2s0): state change: unmanaged -> unavailable (reason 'managed') [10 20 2]
Sep 23 21:23:01 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662181.6188] (wlp2s0): using nl80211 for WiFi device control
Sep 23 21:23:01 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662181.6190] device (wlp2s0): set-hw-addr: set MAC address to AE:F0:9B:63:95:0A (scanning)
Sep 23 21:23:01 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662181.6230] supplicant: wpa_supplicant running
Sep 23 21:23:25 donald-laptop systemd[1]: Starting Load/Save RF Kill Switch Status...
Sep 23 21:23:25 donald-laptop systemd[1]: Started Load/Save RF Kill Switch Status.
Sep 23 21:23:25 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662205.8148] manager: WiFi hardware radio set enabled
Sep 23 21:23:25 donald-laptop kernel: iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: L1 Enabled - LTR Disabled
Sep 23 21:23:25 donald-laptop kernel: iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: L1 Enabled - LTR Disabled
Sep 23 21:23:25 donald-laptop kernel: iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: Radio type=0x1-0x2-0x0
Sep 23 21:23:25 donald-laptop kernel: iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: L1 Enabled - LTR Disabled
Sep 23 21:23:25 donald-laptop kernel: iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: L1 Enabled - LTR Disabled
Sep 23 21:23:25 donald-laptop kernel: iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: Radio type=0x1-0x2-0x0
Sep 23 21:23:25 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662205.9541] audit: op="radio-control" arg="wireless-enabled:1" pid=533 uid=1000 result="success"
Sep 23 21:23:25 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662205.9553] manager: WiFi now enabled by radio killswitch
Sep 23 21:23:26 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662206.0080] sup-iface[0x1e986c0,wlp2s0]: supports 5 scan SSIDs
Sep 23 21:23:26 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662206.0096] device (wlp2s0): supplicant interface state: starting -> ready
Sep 23 21:23:26 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662206.0097] device (wlp2s0): state change: unavailable -> disconnected (reason 'supplicant-available') [20 30 42]
Sep 23 21:23:29 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662209.1722] device (wlp2s0): supplicant interface state: ready -> inactive
Sep 23 21:23:29 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662209.1782] policy: auto-activating connection 'TALKTALKB8E11E 2'
Sep 23 21:23:29 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662209.1807] device (wlp2s0): Activation: starting connection 'TALKTALKB8E11E 2' (31f90385-b350-472b-926d-304a5b846b3f)
Sep 23 21:23:29 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662209.1838] device (wlp2s0): state change: disconnected -> prepare (reason 'none') [30 40 0]
Sep 23 21:23:29 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662209.1842] manager: NetworkManager state is now CONNECTING
Sep 23 21:23:29 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662209.1929] device (wlp2s0): set-hw-addr: set-cloned MAC address to 00:24:D6:2E:DD:4A (permanent)
Sep 23 21:23:29 donald-laptop kernel: iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: L1 Enabled - LTR Disabled
Sep 23 21:23:29 donald-laptop kernel: iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: L1 Enabled - LTR Disabled
Sep 23 21:23:29 donald-laptop kernel: iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: Radio type=0x1-0x2-0x0
Sep 23 21:23:29 donald-laptop kernel: iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: L1 Enabled - LTR Disabled
Sep 23 21:23:29 donald-laptop kernel: iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: L1 Enabled - LTR Disabled
Sep 23 21:23:29 donald-laptop kernel: iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: Radio type=0x1-0x2-0x0
Sep 23 21:23:29 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662209.3562] device (wlp2s0): supplicant interface state: inactive -> disabled
Sep 23 21:23:29 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662209.3569] device (wlp2s0): state change: prepare -> config (reason 'none') [40 50 0]
Sep 23 21:23:29 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662209.3571] device (wlp2s0): Activation: (wifi) access point 'TALKTALKB8E11E 2' has security, but secrets are required.
Sep 23 21:23:29 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662209.3571] device (wlp2s0): state change: config -> need-auth (reason 'none') [50 60 0]
Sep 23 21:23:29 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662209.4131] device (wlp2s0): supplicant interface state: disabled -> inactive
Sep 23 21:23:29 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662209.4292] device (wlp2s0): state change: need-auth -> prepare (reason 'none') [60 40 0]
Sep 23 21:23:29 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662209.4296] device (wlp2s0): state change: prepare -> config (reason 'none') [40 50 0]
Sep 23 21:23:29 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662209.4298] device (wlp2s0): Activation: (wifi) connection 'TALKTALKB8E11E 2' has security, and secrets exist.  No new secrets needed.
Sep 23 21:23:29 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662209.4298] Config: added 'ssid' value 'TALKTALKB8E11E'
Sep 23 21:23:29 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662209.4299] Config: added 'scan_ssid' value '1'
Sep 23 21:23:29 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662209.4299] Config: added 'key_mgmt' value 'WPA-PSK'
Sep 23 21:23:29 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662209.4299] Config: added 'auth_alg' value 'OPEN'
Sep 23 21:23:29 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662209.4299] Config: added 'psk' value '<omitted>'
Sep 23 21:23:29 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662209.4455] sup-iface[0x1e986c0,wlp2s0]: config: set interface ap_scan to 1
Sep 23 21:23:29 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662209.4723] device (wlp2s0): supplicant interface state: inactive -> authenticating
Sep 23 21:23:29 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662209.4791] device (wlp2s0): supplicant interface state: authenticating -> associating
Sep 23 21:23:29 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662209.4876] device (wlp2s0): supplicant interface state: associating -> associated
Sep 23 21:23:29 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662209.5004] device (wlp2s0): supplicant interface state: associated -> 4-way handshake
Sep 23 21:23:29 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662209.5781] device (wlp2s0): supplicant interface state: 4-way handshake -> completed
Sep 23 21:23:29 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662209.5782] device (wlp2s0): Activation: (wifi) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) successful.  Connected to wireless network 'TALKTALKB8E11E'.
Sep 23 21:23:29 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662209.5783] device (wlp2s0): state change: config -> ip-config (reason 'none') [50 70 0]
Sep 23 21:23:29 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662209.5815] dhcp4 (wlp2s0): activation: beginning transaction (timeout in 45 seconds)
Sep 23 21:23:29 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662209.5851] dhcp4 (wlp2s0): dhclient started with pid 810
Sep 23 21:23:29 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662209.6596] dhcp4 (wlp2s0):   address 192.168.1.10
Sep 23 21:23:29 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662209.6605] dhcp4 (wlp2s0):   plen 24 (255.255.255.0)
Sep 23 21:23:29 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662209.6606] dhcp4 (wlp2s0):   gateway 192.168.1.1
Sep 23 21:23:29 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662209.6606] dhcp4 (wlp2s0):   server identifier 192.168.1.1
Sep 23 21:23:29 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662209.6606] dhcp4 (wlp2s0):   lease time 86400
Sep 23 21:23:29 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662209.6607] dhcp4 (wlp2s0):   nameserver '192.168.1.1'
Sep 23 21:23:29 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662209.6607] dhcp4 (wlp2s0):   nameserver '192.168.1.1'
Sep 23 21:23:29 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662209.6607] dhcp4 (wlp2s0):   domain name 'lan'
Sep 23 21:23:29 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662209.6607] dhcp4 (wlp2s0): state changed unknown -> bound
Sep 23 21:23:29 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662209.6650] device (wlp2s0): state change: ip-config -> ip-check (reason 'none') [70 80 0]
Sep 23 21:23:29 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662209.6661] device (wlp2s0): state change: ip-check -> secondaries (reason 'none') [80 90 0]
Sep 23 21:23:29 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662209.6665] device (wlp2s0): state change: secondaries -> activated (reason 'none') [90 100 0]
Sep 23 21:23:29 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662209.6666] manager: NetworkManager state is now CONNECTED_LOCAL
Sep 23 21:23:29 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662209.6746] manager: NetworkManager state is now CONNECTED_GLOBAL
Sep 23 21:23:29 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662209.6747] policy: set 'TALKTALKB8E11E 2' (wlp2s0) as default for IPv4 routing and DNS
Sep 23 21:23:29 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662209.6773] dns-plugin[0x1dce480]: starting dnsmasq...
Sep 23 21:23:29 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662209.6832] device (wlp2s0): Activation: successful, device activated.
Sep 23 21:23:29 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662209.7345] dnsmasq[0x1dce480]: dnsmasq appeared as :1.73
Sep 23 21:23:32 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662212.2039] dhcp6 (wlp2s0): activation: beginning transaction (timeout in 45 seconds)
Sep 23 21:23:32 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <warn>  [1474662212.2040] dhcp6 (wlp2s0): hostname is not a FQDN, it will be ignored
Sep 23 21:23:32 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662212.4024] dhcp6 (wlp2s0): dhclient started with pid 874
Sep 23 21:23:33 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662213.2454] dhcp6 (wlp2s0):   nameserver 'fe80::1'
Sep 23 21:23:33 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662213.2454] dhcp6 (wlp2s0): state changed unknown -> bound
Sep 23 21:23:33 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662213.2480] dhcp6 (wlp2s0): client pid 874 exited with status 0
Sep 23 21:23:33 donald-laptop NetworkManager[272]: <info>  [1474662213.2480] dhcp6 (wlp2s0): state changed bound -> done

If I disable the NetworkManager service ("sudo systemctl disable NetworkManager") and reboot, and then manually start the service ("sudo systemctl start NetworkManager"), then wifi starts OK too, even though the output of "rfkill list" was as above: "phy0" starts soft-blocked.

Laptop is a HP Pavillion dm3-1033tx, about 8 years old. Has been running Arch for ~5 years pretty smoothly so far.

As I said, I'm not sure what the problem is exactly, and to be honest it's no big deal - it's just irritating. This has also started happening on my other laptop too after I updated it recently. That laptop is a 10 year old HP Pavillion dv2023TU - a 32-bit relic, but it's been running just fine on Arch for a couple of years now. The logs look similar, so I'm guessing it's the same issue.

Has anyone come across this? Any ideas for how to fix it...?

Last edited by jdtournier (2016-09-26 07:29:49)

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#2 2016-09-24 19:05:33

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Re: [SOLVED] Wifi starts soft-blocked at boot

Try:

# /etc/modprobe.d/softblock.conf
blacklist wmi

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=181194

The module name may be different, check `lsmod`

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#3 2016-09-25 20:39:10

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Re: [SOLVED] Wifi starts soft-blocked at boot

Thanks for the suggestion! It turns out blacklisting 'wmi' itself doesn't work: it still gets loaded anyway no matter what I do, even if I add an 'install wmi /bin/false' line to my modprobe file. But blacklisting 'hp_wmi' did have the desired effect! So things seem to work OK now, I get wifi on startup.

I am puzzled about why this is happening though. Is this issue due to a regression in that module or in the kernel? It's only started a few weeks ago, I assume I was also loading these modules then too...

Also, what does the 'hp_wmi' module do? I was expecting my RF killswitch to stop responding, as it looked like the 'hp_wmi' manages that switch...? Can I expect any side effects from disabling that module...? If not, why does it get loaded by default...?!?

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#4 2016-09-26 06:52:02

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Re: [SOLVED] Wifi starts soft-blocked at boot

jdtournier wrote:

what does the 'hp_wmi' module do?

Seems to control some ACPI features through the firmware:
https://answers.launchpad.net/magick-rotation/+faq/1346

But I don't know really hmm

Please add [SOLVED] to the thread title if you consider it so.

Last edited by Head_on_a_Stick (2016-09-26 06:53:13)

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#5 2016-09-26 07:29:02

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Re: [SOLVED] Wifi starts soft-blocked at boot

Thanks for the info, I hadn't come across that. I guess I'm unlikely to miss that functionality, so no problem, I'll mark as solved - although I think the proper fix would be to figure out why the 'hp_wmi' module causes these kinds of problems. I might contact the module maintainer, see whether this is something they're aware of...

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