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#1 2021-11-19 16:50:09

Mowgli
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Wireless not working

Hello!
So I've installed arch linux a couple of days ago but can't get my wifi working. It is supposed to be hard blocked when I run the rfkill command but I already tried the physical switch to no avail. The problem might be with the airplane mode which is stucked on but I can't get it off. I have an hp pavilion g6. My wireless card is ralink rt5390. Thanks

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#2 2021-11-19 18:31:16

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Re: Wireless not working

How did you try to get it working? Does it have firmware support? What network manager are you using? Not using multiple network managers?

What is the output of

uname -a
lspci -k
ip a

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Networ … n/Wireless

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#3 2021-11-19 18:44:20

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Re: Wireless not working

Linux aMereMachine 5.15.2-arch1-1 #1 SMP PREEMPT Fri, 12 Nov 2021 19:22:10 +0000 x86_64 GNU/Linux

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor DRAM Controller (rev 09)
	Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 183f
	Kernel driver in use: ivb_uncore
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller (rev 09)
	DeviceName: Intel(R) Graphics 4000
	Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 183f
	Kernel driver in use: i915
	Kernel modules: i915
00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family USB xHCI Host Controller (rev 04)
	Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 183f
	Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd
	Kernel modules: xhci_pci
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 (rev 04)
	Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 183f
	Kernel driver in use: mei_me
	Kernel modules: mei_me
00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 (rev 04)
	Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 183f
	Kernel driver in use: ehci-pci
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 04)
	Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 183f
	Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
	Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev c4)
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev c4)
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 3 (rev c4)
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 (rev 04)
	Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 183f
	Kernel driver in use: ehci-pci
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation HM76 Express Chipset LPC Controller (rev 04)
	Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 183f
	Kernel driver in use: lpc_ich
	Kernel modules: lpc_ich
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series Chipset Family 6-port SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 04)
	Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 183f
	Kernel driver in use: ahci
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family SMBus Controller (rev 04)
	Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 183f
	Kernel driver in use: i801_smbus
	Kernel modules: i2c_i801
01:00.0 Network controller: Ralink corp. Device 539a
	DeviceName: Ralink WLAN Ralink Ripple3 RT5390F_802.11 b/g/n 1x1 PCIe HMC
	Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 1839
	Kernel driver in use: rt2800pci
	Kernel modules: rt2800pci
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL810xE PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 05)
	DeviceName: Realtek PCIe FE Family Controller
	Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 183f
	Kernel driver in use: r8169
	Kernel modules: r8169
03:00.0 Unassigned class [ff00]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTS5229 PCI Express Card Reader (rev 01)
	Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 183f
	Kernel driver in use: rtsx_pci
	Kernel modules: rtsx_pci



1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1000
    link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
    inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
    inet6 ::1/128 scope host 
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
2: eno1: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc fq_codel state DOWN group default qlen 1000
    link/ether a0:b3:cc:84:83:54 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    altname enp2s0
3: wlo1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN group default qlen 1000
    link/ether ce:53:73:e2:d9:1d brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff permaddr e0:06:e6:7b:d3:33
    altname wlp1s0
5: enp0s20u1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc fq_codel state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1000
    link/ether b6:ed:86:23:55:3e brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    inet 192.168.42.196/24 brd 192.168.42.255 scope global dynamic noprefixroute enp0s20u1
       valid_lft 3461sec preferred_lft 3461sec
    inet6 fe80::39b9:803f:35aa:5e43/64 scope link noprefixroute 
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever

Last edited by Mowgli (2021-11-20 23:46:19)

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#4 2021-11-19 19:13:45

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Re: Wireless not working

You could maybe try to unload the "hp_wmi" module and then try to unblock with rfkill:

https://askubuntu.com/questions/393639/ … led/393652

I have also read something about resetting the bios might sometimes help, but then you might have to restore your boot entries.

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#5 2021-11-19 19:29:41

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Re: Wireless not working

I've already tried resetting the BIOS but nothing changes.
I've also tried the solution provided in the link you shared to no avail

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#6 2021-11-19 22:41:50

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Re: Wireless not working

sudo journalctl -b | curl -F 'f:1=<-' ix.io

Do you have a parallel windows installation?
The wifi key on F12 doesn't work w/ and w/o Fn pressed?

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#7 2021-11-19 23:39:09

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Re: Wireless not working

Yes I have a parallel windows installation and the wifi works fine. No I don't need to to press the fn key in combination with the f12 key to get the wifi key working. I just need to press the f12 key.

http://ix.io/3FuL

Last edited by Mowgli (2021-11-20 23:47:27)

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#8 2021-11-19 23:58:28

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Re: Wireless not working

Yes I have a parallel windows installation

Move your eyes downwards: see the 3rd link in my signature?

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#9 2021-11-20 08:39:13

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Re: Wireless not working

I've already turned off fast startup and disable hibernation.

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#10 2021-11-20 13:01:50

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Re: Wireless not working

Make sure it still is as windows updates have a habit of re-enabling it.

No I don't need to to press the fn key in combination with the f12 key to get the wifi key working. I just need to press the f12 key.

The idea was to use the complementary shortcut on linux since the Fn key might be reversed.

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=187274 suggests that suspending the system and waking it may help to release the block and last but not least try to deactivate https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Networ … domization (though there's no direct error itr in the log, this is the last time the wlo1 NIC shows up…)

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#11 2021-11-20 20:45:30

Mowgli
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Re: Wireless not working

It is still not working.

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#12 2021-11-20 21:08:52

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Re: Wireless not working

Nov 19 22:01:05 aMereMachine kernel: input: Wireless hotkeys as /devices/virtual/input/input5
Nov 19 22:01:05 aMereMachine kernel: wmi_bus wmi_bus-PNP0C14:00: WQBC data block query control method not found
Nov 19 22:01:05 aMereMachine kernel: wmi_bus wmi_bus-PNP0C14:00: WQBJ data block query control method not found

Please post (in code tags) the outputs of

lsmod
sudo rfkill

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#13 2021-11-20 22:24:09

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Re: Wireless not working

ID TYPE DEVICE      SOFT    HARD
 1 wlan phy0   unblocked blocked

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#14 2021-11-20 22:41:11

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Re: Wireless not working

That's only the second command. We need to see the modules as well.

I would try blocking any *wmi* modules from loading.

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#15 2021-11-20 23:00:40

Mowgli
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Re: Wireless not working

Module                  Size  Used by
wmi_bmof               16384  0
hp_wmi                 24576  0
sparse_keymap          16384  1 hp_wmi
platform_profile       16384  1 hp_wmi
wmi                    45056  2 hp_wmi,wmi_bmof
wireless_hotkey        16384  0
rt2800pci              20480  0
rt2800mmio             24576  1 rt2800pci
rt2800lib             147456  2 rt2800mmio,rt2800pci
rt2x00pci              16384  1 rt2800pci
rt2x00mmio             16384  2 rt2800mmio,rt2800pci
rt2x00lib              98304  5 rt2x00mmio,rt2x00pci,rt2800mmio,rt2800pci,rt2800lib
mac80211             1236992  3 rt2x00pci,rt2x00lib,rt2800lib
libarc4                16384  1 mac80211
cfg80211             1073152  2 rt2x00lib,mac80211
eeprom_93cx6           16384  1 rt2800pci
rndis_host             24576  0
cdc_ether              24576  1 rndis_host
usbnet                 57344  2 rndis_host,cdc_ether
cdc_acm                49152  0
mii                    16384  1 usbnet
vfat                   24576  1
fat                    90112  1 vfat
snd_hda_codec_hdmi     81920  1
snd_ctl_led            24576  0
snd_hda_codec_idt      69632  1
snd_hda_codec_generic    98304  1 snd_hda_codec_idt
ledtrig_audio          16384  2 snd_ctl_led,snd_hda_codec_generic
intel_rapl_msr         20480  0
uvcvideo              147456  0
intel_rapl_common      32768  1 intel_rapl_msr
videobuf2_vmalloc      20480  1 uvcvideo
videobuf2_memops       20480  1 videobuf2_vmalloc
x86_pkg_temp_thermal    20480  0
videobuf2_v4l2         40960  1 uvcvideo
intel_powerclamp       20480  0
videobuf2_common       86016  4 videobuf2_vmalloc,videobuf2_v4l2,uvcvideo,videobuf2_memops
videodev              307200  3 videobuf2_v4l2,uvcvideo,videobuf2_common
coretemp               20480  0
mc                     65536  4 videodev,videobuf2_v4l2,uvcvideo,videobuf2_common
mousedev               24576  0
kvm_intel             352256  0
kvm                  1097728  1 kvm_intel
snd_hda_intel          61440  5
snd_intel_dspcfg       28672  1 snd_hda_intel
snd_intel_sdw_acpi     20480  1 snd_intel_dspcfg
irqbypass              16384  1 kvm
snd_hda_codec         184320  4 snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec_idt
snd_hda_core          118784  5 snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_codec_idt
crct10dif_pclmul       16384  1
crc32_pclmul           16384  0
ghash_clmulni_intel    16384  0
mei_hdcp               24576  0
iTCO_wdt               16384  0
snd_hwdep              16384  1 snd_hda_codec
intel_pmc_bxt          16384  1 iTCO_wdt
i915                 3276800  34
snd_pcm               163840  5 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_core
at24                   28672  0
iTCO_vendor_support    16384  1 iTCO_wdt
joydev                 28672  0
r8169                 106496  0
snd_timer              49152  1 snd_pcm
aesni_intel           380928  0
rfkill                 32768  6 hp_wmi,rt2x00lib,cfg80211
crypto_simd            16384  1 aesni_intel
cryptd                 28672  2 crypto_simd,ghash_clmulni_intel
rapl                   16384  0
snd                   126976  18 snd_ctl_led,snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hwdep,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_timer,snd_pcm,snd_hda_codec_idt
realtek                36864  1
intel_cstate           20480  0
intel_uncore          208896  0
mdio_devres            16384  1 r8169
soundcore              16384  2 snd_ctl_led,snd
mac_hid                16384  0
libphy                167936  3 r8169,mdio_devres,realtek
psmouse               212992  0
ttm                    86016  1 i915
mei_me                 53248  1
mei                   167936  3 mei_hdcp,mei_me
i2c_i801               45056  0
intel_gtt              28672  1 i915
i2c_smbus              20480  1 i2c_i801
hp_accel               28672  0
video                  57344  1 i915
lis3lv02d              32768  1 hp_accel
lpc_ich                28672  0
pcspkr                 16384  0
sg                     45056  0
crypto_user            24576  0
fuse                  176128  5
bpf_preload            16384  0
ip_tables              36864  0
x_tables               57344  1 ip_tables
ext4                 1003520  1
crc32c_generic         16384  0
crc16                  16384  1 ext4
mbcache                16384  1 ext4
jbd2                  192512  1 ext4
serio_raw              20480  0
atkbd                  36864  0
rtsx_pci_sdmmc         32768  0
mmc_core              225280  1 rtsx_pci_sdmmc
libps2                 20480  2 atkbd,psmouse
sr_mod                 28672  0
xhci_pci               20480  0
i8042                  40960  1 hp_accel
crc32c_intel           24576  2
cdrom                  81920  1 sr_mod
rtsx_pci              114688  1 rtsx_pci_sdmmc
xhci_pci_renesas       24576  1 xhci_pci
serio                  28672  7 serio_raw,atkbd,hp_accel,psmouse,i8042

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#16 2021-11-20 23:28:24

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Re: Wireless not working

So try blocking the wmi_bof, hp_wmi and wmi modules. Or just unload them and see if that unblocks the wireless card.

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#17 2021-11-20 23:29:48

Mowgli
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Re: Wireless not working

I've also tried blocking any wmi modules as stated to no avail.
I used the command :

 modprobe -r hp-wmi wmi-bmof

then

modprobe -r wmi 

as I couldn't directly block the wmi module since it was used by hp-wmi and wmi-bmof.
After that I've restarted NetworkManager but it still didn't work

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#18 2021-11-20 23:30:36

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Re: Wireless not working

Did you try rfkill after unloading the modules?

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#19 2021-11-20 23:39:45

Mowgli
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Re: Wireless not working

Head_on_a_Stick wrote:

Did you try rfkill after unloading the modules?

yes and this is the output :

3: phy0: Wireless LAN
	Soft blocked: no
	Hard blocked: yes

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#20 2021-11-21 08:32:35

seth
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Re: Wireless not working

I had had hoped the acer wmi had sneaked in… sad

Either way, unloading isn't blacklisting.
Try https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Kernel … and_line_2 for
- wmi_bmof
- hp_wmi
- sparse_keymap
- platform_profile
- wmi
- wireless_hotkey

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#21 2021-11-21 10:32:11

Mowgli
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Re: Wireless not working

seth wrote:

I had had hoped the acer wmi had sneaked in… sad

Either way, unloading isn't blacklisting.
Try https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Kernel … and_line_2 for
- wmi_bmof
- hp_wmi
- sparse_keymap
- platform_profile
- wmi
- wireless_hotkey

I've done that and still no improvement apart from the f12 key no more working. So I guess it was because I blacklisted the wireless-hotkey module then I just "unblacklisted" it to get it working again.

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