New to Linux Mint--No wireless connection, can't connect

[cbonn]

Hi, I am extremely new to linux. I finally got linux on my lenovo Yoga 2 Pro via live USB. I have Linux Mint Cinnamon 64 bit. When I login, wifi is turned off and I am unable to turn it on. I ran inxi -n and got thoe following:

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cbonn@mint ~ $ inxi -n
Network: Card: Intel Wireless 7260 driver: iwlwifi
IF: wlan0 state: down mac: 7c:7a:91:06:df:ec cbonn@mint ~ $ sudo /usr/lib/linuxmint/mintWifi/mintWifi.py [sudo] password for cbonn:
TaySorry, try again.
[sudo] password for cbonn:
Sorry, try again.
[sudo] password for cbonn:
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* I. scanning WIFI PCI devices...
-- Intel Corporation Wireless 7260 (rev 6b) ==> PCI ID = 8086:08b2 (rev 6b)
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* II. querying ndiswrapper... -------------------------
* III. querying iwconfig...
lo wlan0
no wireless extensions.
lo
IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:off/any Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Encryption key:off
Power Management:on
Tx-Power=0 dBm
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:65536 Metric:1 RX packets:195 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:195 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:13469 (13.4 KB) TX bytes:13469 (13.4 KB)
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* IV. querying ifconfig...
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* V. querying DHCP...
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* VI. querying nslookup google.com...
;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached

I downloaded the intel driver from https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/use ... 15.8.0.tgz but I'm not sure where to go from here.

Any help please? I need this on my computer for school.

[kc1di]

Hi cbonn and welcome to Linux Mint,

You should be able to get that card going without having to install a downloaded driver.
you'll need a temporary Ethernet (hard wire connection)

then go to Control Panel and under system look for Driver Manager click on that (wait a few minutes while is searches for your card) and then it should offer the correct driver for your card. check that drive and hit apply. when it's finished reboot. wireless should now be working. If not
go to a terminal and type the following command and list the output here.

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rfkill list all 

Good Luck

[Davidicus]

I had this probelm too. It seems to be something new, as i was always able to install by wireless previously. After all, when first installing, you are exepcted to have a link to the internet, before installation, which was always possible in the past.


Davidicus

[cbonn]

Unfortunately, my computer doesn't have an ethernet port so I have no way to be hardwired to the internet.

[JeremyB]

Unfortunately, my computer doesn't have an ethernet port so I have no way to be hardwired to the internet.

Please run the command that kc1di asked you to, it is the key to fixing your issue in my opinion

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rfkill list

[cbonn]

I'm going to borrow a usb-to-ethernet adapter and try what kc1di suggested when hard wired. I'll let you know how that goes! Thanks.

[JeremyB]

I'm going to borrow a usb-to-ethernet adapter and try what kc1di suggested when hard wired. I'll let you know how that goes! Thanks.

I think we just need the results from the command, your current wifi card works perfectly for me in Linux Mint 17, and also run

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lsmod | grep ideapad

in terminal and post if it shows ideapad_laptop

[cbonn]

I'm hardwired now. Still nothing in the driver manager.

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mint@mint ~ $ rfkill list all
0: ideapad_wlan: Wireless LAN
	Soft blocked: no
	Hard blocked: yes
1: ideapad_bluetooth: Bluetooth
	Soft blocked: yes
	Hard blocked: yes
2: phy0: Wireless LAN
	Soft blocked: no
	Hard blocked: no
3: hci0: Bluetooth
	Soft blocked: yes
	Hard blocked: no
mint@mint ~ $ 

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mint@mint ~ $ lsmod | grep ideapad
ideapad_laptop         18216  0 
sparse_keymap          13948  1 ideapad_laptop
mint@mint ~ $ 

Not sure where to go from here.

[kc1di]

I'm hardwired now. Still nothing in the driver manager.

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mint@mint ~ $ rfkill list all
0: ideapad_wlan: Wireless LAN
	Soft blocked: no
	Hard blocked: yes
1: ideapad_bluetooth: Bluetooth
	Soft blocked: yes
	Hard blocked: yes
2: phy0: Wireless LAN
	Soft blocked: no
	Hard blocked: no
3: hci0: Bluetooth
	Soft blocked: yes
	Hard blocked: no
mint@mint ~ $ 

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mint@mint ~ $ lsmod | grep ideapad
ideapad_laptop         18216  0 
sparse_keymap          13948  1 ideapad_laptop
mint@mint ~ $ 

Not sure where to go from here.

Ok that readout shows that your card is physically turned off, There should be a key or combination of keys that will turn it back on. see the user's manual.
if you can't find it you can try this command and see if it will work , not sure it will be kept after a reboot though.

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rfkill unblock

It will most likely not work and you'll have to find how to turn the card on physically.
good Luck

[kc1di]

from what I've been able to find out about your machine - some people have problems with wifi if bluetooth is active. also some report that can get wifi working if they turn airplane mode on Give that a try also.
good luck

[cbonn]

I read my user manual and it doesn't sound like there is a wifi button or key. Also, the airplane mode button doesn't work in linux--it just doesn't do anything. I'm not sure if there's another way to turn airplane mode on/off while in linux. So far nothing I've done worked, rfkill unblock didn't work either. I've tried reinstalling about 3 times now.

[JeremyB]

I read my user manual and it doesn't sound like there is a wifi button or key. Also, the airplane mode button doesn't work in linux--it just doesn't do anything. I'm not sure if there's another way to turn airplane mode on/off while in linux. So far nothing I've done worked, rfkill unblock didn't work either. I've tried reinstalling about 3 times now.

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sudo modprobe -r ideapad_laptop

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sudo rfkill unblock all

If it works then

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echo "blacklist ideapad_laptop" | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/ideapad.conf

and post the results from

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sudo dmidecode | grep -A8 'System Info'

[cbonn]

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mint@mint ~ $ sudo modprobe -r ideapad_laptop
mint@mint ~ $ sudo rfkill unblock all
mint@mint ~ $ rfkill list
0: hci0: Bluetooth
	Soft blocked: no
	Hard blocked: no
3: phy0: Wireless LAN
	Soft blocked: no
	Hard blocked: no
mint@mint ~ $     echo "blacklist ideapad_laptop" | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/ideapad.conf
blacklist ideapad_laptop
mint@mint ~ $     sudo dmidecode | grep -A8 'System Info'
System Information
	Manufacturer: LENOVO
	Product Name: 20266
	Version: Lenovo Yoga 2 Pro
	Serial Number: 1013854401356
	UUID: 20F5F6FE-849B-11E3-BB46-28D24456DC9D
	Wake-up Type: Power Switch
	SKU Number: LENOVO_MT_20266
	Family: IDEAPAD
mint@mint ~ $ 

Not sure what this did, but I have wireless now! I'm about to reboot my machine to see if that saves.

[cbonn]

UPDATE: I just rebooted my machine and the setting didn't save. Any idea how to get it to save?

[JeremyB]

UPDATE: I just rebooted my machine and the setting didn't save. Any idea how to get it to save?

Check if ideapad_laptop loaded anyhow

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lsmod | grep ideapad

and see if wifi is blocked

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rfkill list all

Can you update to kernel 3.16.0-30 using the Update Manager by clicking on View, Linux Kernels?