[SOLVED]Qualcomm Artheros AR9485 Wireless Unavailable.

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[SOLVED]Qualcomm Artheros AR9485 Wireless Unavailable.

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Hi,i just installed Linux Mint 17.2 Rafaela Cinnamon version.

i shocked when my WiFi can't be turned on
i done

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lspci -k
and the result is like this
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor DRAM Controller (rev 06)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 11ed
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor PCI Express x16 Controller (rev 06)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 06)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 11ed
Kernel driver in use: i915
00:03.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor HD Audio Controller (rev 06)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 11ed
Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family USB xHCI (rev 05)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 201f
Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 (rev 04)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 11ed
Kernel driver in use: mei_me
00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family USB EHCI #2 (rev 05)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 11ed
Kernel driver in use: ehci-pci
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset High Definition Audio Controller (rev 05)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 11ed
Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port #1 (rev d5)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port #3 (rev d5)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port #4 (rev d5)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family USB EHCI #1 (rev 05)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 11ed
Kernel driver in use: ehci-pci
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation HM86 Express LPC Controller (rev 05)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 11ed
Kernel driver in use: lpc_ich
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family 6-port SATA Controller 1 [AHCI mode] (rev 05)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 11ed
Kernel driver in use: ahci
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller (rev 05)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 11ed
01:00.0 3D controller: NVIDIA Corporation GK107M [GeForce GT 745M] (rev a1)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 11ed
Kernel driver in use: nouveau
03:00.0 Network controller: Qualcomm Atheros AR9485 Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)
Subsystem: AzureWave Device 2c97
Kernel driver in use: ath9k
04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Qualcomm Atheros QCA8171 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 10)
Subsystem: Qualcomm Atheros Device 1091
Kernel driver in use: alx
then i check at

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rfkill list
result=
0: hci0: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
1: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
2: acer-wireless: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: yes
Hard blocked: no
For your help,i appreciate any suggestions and help!


FOR SOLVING THIS is simple.



go to root

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sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
and add this line:

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blacklist acer-wmi
Then reboot.
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Re: Qualcomm Artheros AR9485 Wireless Unavailable.

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There appears to be a softblock. Try this:

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sudo rfkill unblock all
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Re: Qualcomm Artheros AR9485 Wireless Unavailable.

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Pjotr wrote:There appears to be a softblock. Try this:

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sudo rfkill unblock all
still,

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0: hci0: Bluetooth
	Soft blocked: no
	Hard blocked: no
1: phy0: Wireless LAN
	Soft blocked: no
	Hard blocked: no
2: acer-wireless: Wireless LAN
	Soft blocked: yes
	Hard blocked: no
But anyway thanks for suggesting,needing more help...
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Re: Qualcomm Artheros AR9485 Wireless Unavailable.

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If it's a laptop: try unblocking wireless by means of the Fn key combination for it.
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Pjotr wrote:If it's a laptop: try unblocking wireless by means of the Fn key combination for it.
Still,i pressed Fn+f2 key but nothing happened. Anyways thanks.


bump... need more help T_T i need wifi for studying programming
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Re: Qualcomm Artheros AR9485 Wireless Unavailable.

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Please generate an overview of your system like this:
- launch a terminal window and make it full screen, to avoid chopped lines;
- copy/paste this command into the terminal:

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inxi -Fxz
(if you type: the letter F is a capital letter)

Press Enter.

Copy/paste the output in your next message.
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Re: Qualcomm Artheros AR9485 Wireless Unavailable.

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Pjotr wrote:Please generate an overview of your system like this:
- launch a terminal window and make it full screen, to avoid chopped lines;
- copy/paste this command into the terminal:

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inxi -Fxz
(if you type: the letter F is a capital letter)

Press Enter.

Copy/paste the output in your next message.
This is the result
System: Host: tennokuarastoru-X450JF Kernel: 3.16.0-38-generic x86_64 (64 bit, gcc: 4.8.2)
Desktop: Cinnamon 2.6.11 Distro: Linux Mint 17.2 Rafaela
Machine: Mobo: ASUSTeK model: X450JF version: 1.0 Bios: American Megatrends version: 218 date: 10/08/2013
CPU: Quad core Intel Core i7-4700HQ CPU (-HT-MCP-) cache: 6144 KB flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx) bmips: 19156.8
Clock Speeds: 1: 2400.00 MHz 2: 2588.531 MHz 3: 2881.125 MHz 4: 2489.906 MHz 5: 2847.375 MHz 6: 3159.656 MHz 7: 2430.281 MHz 8: 2981.718 MHz
Graphics: Card: Intel 4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller bus-ID: 00:02.0
X.org: 1.15.1 drivers: intel (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) FAILED: nouveau tty size: 80x24 Advanced Data: N/A for root
Audio: Card-1: Intel 8 Series/C220 Series High Definition Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
Card-2: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor HD Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:03.0
Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture ver: k3.16.0-38-generic
Network: Card-1: Qualcomm Atheros AR9485 Wireless Network Adapter driver: ath9k bus-ID: 03:00.0
IF: wlan0 state: down mac: <filter>
Card-2: Qualcomm Atheros QCA8171 Gigabit Ethernet driver: alx port: d000 bus-ID: 04:00.0
IF: eth0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Drives: HDD Total Size: 1000.2GB (0.5% used) 1: id: /dev/sda model: ST1000LM024_HN size: 1000.2GB temp: 36C
Partition: ID: / size: 909G used: 5.1G (1%) fs: ext4 ID: swap-1 size: 8.47GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap
RAID: No RAID devices detected - /proc/mdstat and md_mod kernel raid module present
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 49.0C mobo: 41.0C gpu: 41.0
Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info: Processes: 220 Uptime: 6 min Memory: 776.5/7866.7MB Runlevel: 2 Gcc sys: 4.8.2
Client: Shell (bash 4.3.11) inxi: 1.9.17
need help T_T
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Re: Qualcomm Artheros AR9485 Wireless Unavailable.

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Can you set the wifi to "always on" in the BIOS /UEFI?
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Re: Qualcomm Artheros AR9485 Wireless Unavailable.

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Pjotr wrote:Can you set the wifi to "always on" in the BIOS /UEFI?
sry but in my BIOS there's no option to set Wifi always on/ something similar
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Re: Qualcomm Artheros AR9485 Wireless Unavailable.

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Bump,please Pro help me :(
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Re: [SOLVED]Qualcomm Artheros AR9485 Wireless Unavailable.

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Hi, I see you marked the problem as "solved"... How did you solve it?
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Re: [SOLVED]Qualcomm Artheros AR9485 Wireless Unavailable.

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minomic wrote:Hi, I see you marked the problem as "solved"... How did you solve it?
The solution was added to the bottom of the original post
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Re: [SOLVED]Qualcomm Artheros AR9485 Wireless Unavailable.

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JeremyB wrote:
minomic wrote:Hi, I see you marked the problem as "solved"... How did you solve it?
The solution was added to the bottom of the original post
Right, thanks. Too bad I don't have an Acer notebook but an Asus one. Evidently my problem must be something else...
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Re: [SOLVED]Qualcomm Artheros AR9485 Wireless Unavailable.

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The solution was incorrectly written down by the OP. It should be: "acer_wmi" and not "acer-wmi".

And this solution even works on some computers that are *not* from Acer. See:
https://sites.google.com/site/easylinux ... -off-or-on
(item 1.8, left column)

So you might try it anyway. :)
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