Wi-fi only works after lid close-reopen

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Beneventi

Wi-fi only works after lid close-reopen

Post by Beneventi »

Running a clean install of Mint 16 Cinnamon (64 bit) on an ASUS R510c. I've searched this problem and only found people having the opposite issue. The ONLY way I can get the wi-fi to work (or the network card to respond beyond just being present under lspci) is to close the lid and then reopen it (discovered this on accident). Wi-fi seems just fine after this though. Any help on this issue would be appreciated.

inxi -Fx

System: Host: ******-X550CA Kernel: 3.11.0-12-generic x86_64 (64 bit, gcc: 4.8.1)
Desktop: Gnome Distro: Linux Mint 16 Petra
Machine: Mobo: ASUSTeK model: X550CA version: 1.0 Bios: American Megatrends version: X550CA.212 date: 08/13/2013
CPU: Dual core Intel Core i5-3337U CPU (-HT-MCP-) cache: 3072 KB flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx) bmips: 7183.88
Clock Speeds: 1: 774.00 MHz 2: 774.00 MHz 3: 774.00 MHz 4: 774.00 MHz
Graphics: Card: Intel 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller bus-ID: 00:02.0
X.Org: 1.14.5 drivers: intel (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: 1366x768@60.0hz
GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI Intel Ivybridge Mobile GLX Version: 3.0 Mesa 9.2.1 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio: Card: Intel 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture ver: k3.11.0-12-generic
Network: Card-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
driver: r8169 ver: 2.3LK-NAPI port: e000 bus-ID: 03:00.2
IF: eth0 state: down mac: bc:ee:7b:0c:33:e6
Card-2: Qualcomm Atheros AR9485 Wireless Network Adapter driver: ath9k bus-ID: 02:00.0
IF: wlan0 state: up mac: 24:0a:64:c2:9b:d0
Drives: HDD Total Size: 750.2GB (0.7% used) 1: id: /dev/sda model: ST750LM022_HN size: 750.2GB
Partition: ID: / size: 682G used: 4.8G (1%) fs: ext4 ID: swap-1 size: 6.32GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap
RAID: No RAID devices detected - /proc/mdstat and md_mod kernel raid module present
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 47.0C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info: Processes: 176 Uptime: 40 min Memory: 447.8/5855.7MB Runlevel: 2 Gcc sys: 4.8.1 Client: Shell inxi: 1.8.4
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k3mist

Re: Wi-fi only works after lid close-reopen

Post by k3mist »

when its disabled, I am guessing on login. what happens when you type;

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$ ip link show wlan0

or 

$ ifconfig wlan0
also have you tried

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$ sudo ifconfig wlan0 up

or 

$ sudo service networking restart
if you cannot get it working through cinnamon you can also try putting your wifi info in /etc/network/interfaces as a last resort

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auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp
       wpa-ssid WIFI_SSID
       wpa-psk PASSWORD
dns-nameservers 10.0.0.1 # replace with your own dns
Beneventi

Re: Wi-fi only works after lid close-reopen

Post by Beneventi »

Thanks for the suggestion, I will try these tomorrow when I'm back with the computer. My further question is why would it startup the wireless driver after sleep but not at boot up? Results tomorrow.
jahshuwuh

Re: Wi-fi only works after lid close-reopen

Post by jahshuwuh »

I have the exact same issue on my Asus X550CA loaded with Linux Mint 16 Petra. I actually didn't know that I could get it to work by shutting the lid of the computer and then bringing it back up, but sure enough that works.
Beneventi

Re: Wi-fi only works after lid close-reopen

Post by Beneventi »

FINALLY found a work around! http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2181558 please pass this along to any with similar issues!
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