wireless (AR9285) connection

[bekirs]

After I type the first command in "Run Program...", it asks me a password. Then, after I type the password correctly, nothing appears...?

[spcwingo]

My fault, you're using XFCE...gedit is not installed by default. Just replace:

gedit

with

mousepad

in that command.

[bekirs]

After ALT+F2,I typed:

gksudo mousepad /etc/modprobe.d/ath9k.conf
it asked me the password and nothing happened after I've typed it correctly.

[spcwingo]

Okay let's try it this way. From a terminal enter:

sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/ath9k.conf

then enter the:

options ath9k nohwcrypt=1

Then CTRL+O (upper case o) to save then CTRL+X to exit. Then reboot.

[bekirs]

I've done it but still I couldn't actviate the wireless.

[spcwingo]

Post the output of this command:

ifconfig && iwconfig && rfkill list all

These are the same commands as earlier, I just want to see if everything is being recognized now and that there is no more blocked hardware.

[bekirs]

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr e4:11:5b:ef:13:fd
inet addr:10.107.4.12 Bcast:10.107.4.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::e611:5bff:feef:13fd/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:3431 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:2444 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:2752497 (2.7 MB) TX bytes:503096 (503.0 KB)
Interrupt:43 Base address:0xc000

lo 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:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:228 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:228 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:23181 (23.1 KB) TX bytes:23181 (23.1 KB)

pan1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 62:34:87:53:a9:8b
inet addr:10.161.204.1 Bcast:10.161.204.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::6034:87ff:fe53:a98b/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:48 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:8993 (8.9 KB)

pan1 no wireless extensions.

lo no wireless extensions.

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

eth0 no wireless extensions.

0: hci0: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: yes
Hard blocked: no
1: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: yes
2: hp-wifi: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: yes
Hard blocked: no
3: hp-bluetooth: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: yes
Hard blocked: no

[spcwingo]

1: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: yes
2: hp-wifi: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: yes
Hard blocked: no

This is the part that's causing the problems. As far as the hard block, you might want to poke around the bios settings to see if it's been disabled or check the switch to make sure that it hasn't been accidentally switched off. There might also be a keyboard shortcut to enable/disable wireless. Try that too. As far as the soft block, it should have been taken care of by the:

sudo rfkill unblock all

command.

I just checked around a little more and what some people are saying worked for them is changing the boot order in the bios to have network booting first. It wouldn't hurt to give that a whirl also. I'll do some more digging tomorrow when I get off of work and see if there is anything else to try. With this forum, someone else will probably stop by before then and get you rolling.

[bekirs]

In BIOS, in the following path

InsydeH20 SetupUtility\System Configuration\Boot Options

I have changed the status of "Internal Network Adapter Boot" from "Disabled" to "Enabled"

then, in the following path

InsydeH20 SetupUtility\System Configuration\Boot Options\Boot Order
I put the "Network Adapter" to the first rank and "Notebook Hard Drive" to the second.

Still it does not put a check beside even if I select active "Enable Wireless" choice.

I get the following after I type "rfkill list all"

0: hci0: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: yes
Hard blocked: no
1: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: yes
2: hp-wifi: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: yes
Hard blocked: no
3: hp-bluetooth: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: yes
Hard blocked: no


I'm able to switch "Hard blocked" status from "yes" to "no" simply by pressing to the wireless key. However "Soft blocked" (for "hp-wifi") is always "no" even if I type "sudo rfkill unblock all".

By the way, when the computer boots the "Network Adapter" first, the following is written after waiting around ten seconds:

"PXE-E53: No boot filename received"

[spcwingo]

I'm sorry it has taken me so long to reply. Does anything change if you run this command:

sudo rfkill unblock all

(the soft blocked listing of hp-wifi from yes to no)