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aymanspit

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Registered: 2014-05-07

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[SOLVED] Wireless hard Blocked && rfkill not found

i installed arch linux with gnome environment, in usb-boot : wifi-menu works pretty well ,
but when i finish installing and i got into my desktop , i found my wireless hard blocked
i tried to unblocked it using rfkill : i got rfkill command not found , hotkeys neigher ,
but it works only after sleep .

Last edited by aymanspit (2014-05-08 08:31:47)

tomk

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Re: [SOLVED] Wireless hard Blocked && rfkill not found

Install rfkill.

aymanspit

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Re: [SOLVED] Wireless hard Blocked && rfkill not found

Thanks for your answer , but i have already install rfkill but i still have "hard block " problems even after rfkill unblock all

Last edited by aymanspit (2014-05-07 18:17:41)

allonsy

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Registered: 2014-04-28

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Re: [SOLVED] Wireless hard Blocked && rfkill not found

Hard block means that there should be a physical wifi on/off switch on the outside of your computer. only soft blocks can be toggled via rfkill. You can run rfkill list to see what kind of blocks you have on your wireless.

ramkatral

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Registered: 2014-04-21

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Re: [SOLVED] Wireless hard Blocked && rfkill not found

I have found that hard and soft blocks may persist even after you actuate external switches and use rfkill unblock if you have incompatible and competing modules loaded.  My HP laptop was loading both the acer_wmi and hp_wmi modules which was causing acer wireless to be listed with a stuck hard block.  I had to blacklist the acer modules, rebuild my initial ramfs, and it works perfectly now.

aymanspit

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Registered: 2014-05-07

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Re: [SOLVED] Wireless hard Blocked && rfkill not found

Hard block means that there should be a physical wifi on/off switch on the outside of your computer. only soft blocks can be toggled via rfkill. You can run rfkill list to see what kind of blocks you have on your wireless.

the hotkey fn+F2 seems doesn't work .

rfkill Output :

 rfkill list
0: asus-wlan: Wireless LAN
	Soft blocked: no
	Hard blocked: no
1: phy0: Wireless LAN
	Soft blocked: no
	Hard blocked: yes

aymanspit

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Registered: 2014-05-07

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Re: [SOLVED] Wireless hard Blocked && rfkill not found

SOLVED //
just add this line in blacklist.conf in /etc/modprobe.d/
blacklist wmi

rfkill will show :

0: phy0: Wireless LAN
	Soft blocked: no
	Hard blocked: no

ramkatral

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Registered: 2014-04-21

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Re: [SOLVED] Wireless hard Blocked && rfkill not found

I think that's the key for everyone having hard block problems. It's those pesky manufacturer wmi modules.  I was ecstatic the day I ran that thing down. Glad it worked for you.

Last edited by ramkatral (2014-05-08 08:37:23)

t00manysecrets

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Registered: 2016-05-20

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Re: [SOLVED] Wireless hard Blocked && rfkill not found

I know it's a long time ago but I think this can help others.

When I installed ArchLinux on my Notebook the fn and the strg / ctrl key changed their function.

So fn became ctrl and ctrl became fn.

At least on my Computer ;D