Airplane mode won't turn off.

[Creecher]

Hello, I'm using Linux Mint 13 x64 Cinnamon edition on my Lenovo b575, and I just can't get Airplane mode to turn off.


I have already checked all the hardware switches (Function toggle and physical switch) and have tried all the rfkill commands, but to no avail.


I have an internal wireless card, and an external wireless connector (Alfa AWUS036NH).

rfkill list information:

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0: phy0: Wireless LAN
	Soft blocked: yes
	Hard blocked: yes
1: phy1: Wireless LAN
	Soft blocked: yes
	Hard blocked: no

ifconfig information:

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eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr f0:de:f1:6f:74:da  
          inet addr:192.168.169.164  Bcast:192.168.169.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::f2de:f1ff:fe6f:74da/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:175988 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:91617 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:252605313 (252.6 MB)  TX bytes:7054781 (7.0 MB)
          Interrupt:43 Base address:0xc000 

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:1523 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:1523 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:135824 (135.8 KB)  TX bytes:135824 (135.8 KB)

For this I have to specify "ifconfig wlan0" :

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wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr cc:af:78:56:52:45  
          BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

[Creecher]

Quick update:

Now, for some reason, I can't enable Wireless connections at all, and my connectors aren't showing up. (Screenshot to show what I'm talking about: http://i49.tinypic.com/2pt3s5j.png)


rfkill list outputs this:

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

And inxi -n:

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Network:   Card-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller driver: r8169 
           IF: eth0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: f0:de:f1:6f:74:da
           Card-2: Ralink RT3090 Wireless 802.11n 1T/1R PCIe driver: rt2800pci 
           IF: wlan0 state: down mac: cc:af:78:56:52:45

I tried to make wlan0 up by using "ifconfig wlan0 up" but I just get the following error:

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SIOCSIFFLAGS: Operation not possible due to RF-kill

Once again, all hardware switches are enabled.

[ss9.50ss]

Hi
I faced a similar problem wherein I "disabled wireless" using the gnome-control-centre after which it would not turn on; the graphical switch would simply remain 'stuck'.
I suggest you look at the output of $ rfkill list all and see if any of your wifi parameters are blocked (pardon me if I am unable to use the correct technical term here).
I did :
$ rfkill unblock all

Solved the problem for me.

[crazyjayd]

I have the same problem. I accidently clicked the Wireless Off. toggle in gnome. Now I can't get the airplane mode turned off.

I can do the rfkill unblock all, but I feel that does not solve the problem. There is something with gnome that has changed and will not allow for connections at reboot, or you cannot turn off and on the wireless toggle.

I'm running Mint Maya Cin. Sony Viao laptop. Everything was working correctly for a few weeks, until I hit that button. I'd like to get to the bottom of this. Does anyone have any leads?

Thanks!

Jay

[crazyjayd]

Thanks to this thread:

http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.p ... 59#p625580

Removing the battery and resetting the bios has reset the always on airplane mode to off. I hope this helps someone else out there.

Jay

[jhd04]

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$rfkill unblock all

works on a session-by-session basis for me; HP Pavilion dv7 running Petra. A hard BIOS reset via unplugging the battery does it "permanently."

Thanks guys for your help. I was pulling my hair out.