Wireless on Lenovo

[roadwarrior138]

I previously tried to install Linux Mint on my Lenovo G50 laptop but the wireless would not work.
I installed Zorin 9 and this worked fine.
I now wanted to install Mint 17 which has had good reports but I wasted my time as I am still unable to connect via wireless connection.
There is no manual switch or indicating light but when I use Windows, it works fine.

[Pjotr]

You might try this progressive scheme:
https://sites.google.com/site/easylinux ... ion-at-all
(item 1, left column)

[JeremyB]

What is the exact model name? G50-30 has the rfkill bug fixed in a newer kernel than what LM has with the ISO

[bbaker6212]

Maybe this tread will help? It helped my wifi issues on my Lenovo G50 http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=53&t=201232
specifically this link from that thread... https://sites.google.com/site/easylinux ... BE-chipset

[Hoser Rob]

It'd be good to know just what wifi adapter you have. Copy/paste into terminal:

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sudo lshw -C network

And if it's blocked:

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sudo rfkill list

You'll need to enter password for both. Copy/paste results here, embedded in code tags for readability.

[roadwarrior138]

*-network DISABLED
description: Wireless interface
product: Wireless 3160
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
logical name: wlan0
version: 93
serial: 30:3a:64:8a:83:79
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=iwlwifi driverversion=3.13.0-24-generic firmware=22.24.8.0 latency=0 link=no multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11abgn
resources: irq:106 memory:90500000-90501fff
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
logical name: eth0
version: 10
serial: 28:d2:44:c3:e4:c3
size: 100Mbit/s
capacity: 1Gbit/s
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix vpd bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=2.3LK-NAPI duplex=full firmware=rtl8168g-3_0.0.1 04/23/13 ip=192.168.1.102 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=MII speed=100Mbit/s
resources: irq:104 ioport:1000(size=256) memory:90404000-90404fff memory:90400000-90403fff

0: ideapad_wlan: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: yes
1: ideapad_bluetooth: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: yes
Hard blocked: yes
2: hci0: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: yes
Hard blocked: no
3: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no

[JeremyB]

This should work

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sudo modprobe -r ideapad-laptop

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sudo rfkill unblock all

If you post the exact name of the laptop I can find a kernel that has the fix

[roadwarrior138]

Hi all,
thanks for all the help
as suggested the following worked
sudo modprobe -r ideapad-laptop
sudo rfkill unblock all
rfkill list all

[JeremyB]

I can likely find you a better solution if you post the results from

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sudo dmidecode | grep 'Product Name'