HP ENVY dv7 enable wifi lan

Hi
I have a new notebook where I can't enable the wifi card.
The command by keyboard not works so I try to use the command line.
If I type

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lshw -C network

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I see that my card is named "ra0"
Then I type

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ifconfig ra0 up

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and

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iwlist ra0 scan

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so I see my wifi net
but if I see in the GUI tool bar wifi it's always disabled.
If I type the commands

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rfkill unblock all
rfkill list

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I have

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0: hp-wifi: Wireless LAN
        Soft blocked: no
        Hard blocked: yes

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Is there a way to disable the hard block?

Hi there,

Please could you open a terminal and post the output of the following commands:

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lsmod

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lspci

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This is to see what driver module you have installed, and this will help me fix your problem. :)

Hi jackyboy633

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:~$ lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
des_generic            21416  0
md4                    12596  0
vmnet                  55801  13
vsock                  52876  0
vmci                  91680  1 vsock
vmmon                  76138  0
bnep                  18141  2
rfcomm                42652  0
bluetooth            205000  10 bnep,rfcomm
compat                14950  3 bnep,rfcomm,bluetooth
parport_pc            32689  0
ppdev                  17074  0
snd_hda_codec_hdmi    32049  1
snd_hda_codec_idt      70210  1
binfmt_misc            17501  1
nls_iso8859_1          12714  1
nls_utf8              12558  7
cifs                  313935  12
fscache                61094  1 cifs
nouveau              896008  1
ttm                    83596  1 nouveau
joydev                17458  0
mxm_wmi                13022  1 nouveau
hp_wmi                18049  0
sparse_keymap          13891  1 hp_wmi
coretemp              13401  0
kvm_intel            132760  0
kvm                  414071  1 kvm_intel
ghash_clmulni_intel    13221  0
aesni_intel            51038  0
cryptd                20404  2 ghash_clmulni_intel,aesni_intel
aes_x86_64            17256  1 aesni_intel
snd_hda_intel          33492  3
snd_hda_codec        134213  3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep              17699  1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm                96668  3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
snd_seq_midi          13325  0
snd_rawmidi            30513  1 snd_seq_midi
mei                    40691  0
microcode              22804  0
snd_seq_midi_event    14900  1 snd_seq_midi
uvcvideo              76750  0
videobuf2_core        32852  1 uvcvideo
snd_seq                61555  2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
videodev              120310  2 uvcvideo,videobuf2_core
videobuf2_vmalloc      12861  1 uvcvideo
videobuf2_memops      13405  1 videobuf2_vmalloc
snd_timer              29426  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device        14498  3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
psmouse                95595  0
serio_raw              13216  0
snd                    78921  16 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
rtsx_pci_ms            13012  0
soundcore              15048  1 snd
i915                  520615  3
snd_page_alloc        18485  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
drm_kms_helper        49113  2 nouveau,i915
memstick              16555  1 rtsx_pci_ms
lpc_ich                17062  0
drm                  288721  7 nouveau,ttm,i915,drm_kms_helper
i2c_algo_bit          13414  2 nouveau,i915
rt3290sta            1174375  0
video                  19391  2 nouveau,i915
hp_accel              25977  0
wmi                    19071  3 nouveau,mxm_wmi,hp_wmi
lis3lv02d              19830  1 hp_accel
input_polldev          13897  1 lis3lv02d
mac_hid                13206  0
lp                    17760  0
parport                46346  3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp
hid_generic            12541  0
rtsx_pci_sdmmc        17476  0
r8169                  61651  0
ahci                  25721  3
libahci                31192  1 ahci
usbhid                46987  0
hid                  100411  2 hid_generic,usbhid
rtsx_pci              28325  2 rtsx_pci_ms,rtsx_pci_sdmmc

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And

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:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor DRAM Controller (rev 09)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core processor PCI Express Root Port (rev 09)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller (rev 09)
00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family USB xHCI Host Controller (rev 04)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 (rev 04)
00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 (rev 04)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 04)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev c4)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev c4)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 4 (rev c4)
00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 6 (rev c4)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 (rev 04)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation HM77 Express Chipset LPC Controller (rev 04)
00:1f.2 RAID bus controller: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile SATA Controller [RAID mode] (rev 04)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller (rev 04)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation Device 0de3 (rev a1)
08:00.0 Unassigned class [ff00]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTS5229 PCI Express Card Reader (rev 01)
0a:00.0 Network controller: Ralink corp. Device 3290
0a:00.1 Bluetooth: Ralink corp. Device 3298
0b:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 07)

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I should add that I installed the driver Ralink RT3290 using the instructions on the post
http://askubuntu.com/questions/22919...le-ralink-3290
Regards

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No more suggestions?
After the installation of the driver Ralink RT3290 the problem is not solved.
To turn on the wifi char from keyboard I have to take a precise time of the boot between the boot SO selection and Ubuntu start.
However if I suceed, when the chart works the system crash to a black screen and message like:

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Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception in interupt

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Thread moved to Networking & Wireless

Actually, post the result of the first command you used:

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sudo lshw -C network

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That will give the driver, if any, in use and other relevant information. lspci doesn't yeild much info.

Hi Bucky, thanks for your attention.
To prevent crash the chart is currently disabled.

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:~$ sudo lshw -C network
  *-network DISABLED     
      description: Wireless interface
      product: Ralink corp.
      vendor: Ralink corp.
      physical id: 0
      bus info: pci@0000:0a:00.0
      logical name: ra0
      version: 00
      width: 32 bits
      clock: 33MHz
      capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
      configuration: broadcast=yes driver=RALINK WLAN latency=0 multicast=yes wireless=Ralink STA
      resources: irq:19 memory:74510000-7451ffff
  *-network
      description: Ethernet interface
      product: RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller
      vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
      physical id: 0
      bus info: pci@0000:0b:00.0
      logical name: eth0
      version: 07
      serial: a0:b3:cc:4d:db:63
      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=rtl8168e-3_0.0.4 03/27/12 ip=172.16.3.139 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=MII speed=100Mbit/s
      resources: irq:43 ioport:2000(size=256) memory:74404000-74404fff memory:74400000-74403fff

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