I turned off the internet connection on my other laptop (Mint 17.1) the other day, and now it won't let me switch WiFi back on in Network Settings.
I ran: sudo rfkill list all and saw my connection is being hard blocked.
How do I change this so my WiFi will connect again? How do I enable WiFi again?
Thanks in advance,
Cowboy09
[SOLVED] Hard blocked: YES
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[SOLVED] Hard blocked: YES
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Re: Hard blocked: YES
A few commands to run in terminalCowboy09 wrote:I turned off the internet connection on my other laptop (Mint 17.1) the other day, and now it won't let me switch WiFi back on in Network Settings.
I ran: sudo rfkill list all and saw my connection is being hard blocked.
How do I change this so my WiFi will connect again? How do I enable WiFi again?
Thanks in advance,
Cowboy09
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rfkill list all
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lshw -c net
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lsmod | grep wmi
Re: Hard blocked: YES
Hey! Thank you. Not sure which of those bottom-two commands did the trick, but everything reset and I'm back online with my other lappy. Gracias, amigo
Re: [SOLVED] Hard blocked: YES
Neither of those commands did the trick; they only display system information. Something else that you did resolved your problem by accident.Not sure which of those bottom-two commands did the trick, but everything reset and I'm back online with my other lappy.