Can't enable wireless

[ruseriousb511]

just to make sure : enter the first command and then restart notebook then directly enter the other two commands one at a time : correct ?

[ruseriousb511]

well here it is :

ruseriousb5@ruseriousb5-Presario-x6000-PK249AV-ABA:~$ sudo rfkill unblock all
[sudo] password for ruseriousb5:
ruseriousb5@ruseriousb5-Presario-x6000-PK249AV-ABA:~$ rfkill list
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: yes
ruseriousb5@ruseriousb5-Presario-x6000-PK249AV-ABA:~$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSIDff/any
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=off
Retry long limit:7 RTS thrff Fragment thrff
Power Managementff

ruseriousb5@ruseriousb5-Presario-x6000-PK249AV-ABA:~$ sudo iwlist scan
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

wlan0 Interface doesn't support scanning : Network is down

ruseriousb5@ruseriousb5-Presario-x6000-PK249AV-ABA:~$ dmesg | grep wmi
[ 0.248816] wmi: Mapper loaded
[ 15.062788] hp_wmi: Unknown parameter `wireless'
ruseriousb5@ruseriousb5-Presario-x6000-PK249AV-ABA:~$

[ruseriousb511]

I notice its still hard blocked but I also notice that the new wireless parameter loaded as well. Is that good bad or both ?

[ruseriousb511]

That did it !!!!!!!!!!!!

thank you sooooooooo much !!!!!!!

[bkratz]

That did it !!!!!!!!!!!!

thank you sooooooooo much !!!!!!!

congratulations (finally!)! getting it to work. Enjoy