wlan0 blocked by rfkill

[tovita]

Hi I have a packard bell dot-a netbook ,an i was trying that commands above and i get:

0: acer-wifi: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: yes
Hard blocked: no
1: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no

and when i do rfkill unblock i recive
Can't open RFKILL control device : permission denied;

what can i do about this?

[chili555]

Hi I have a packard bell dot-a netbook ,an i was trying that commands above and i get:

0: acer-wifi: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: yes
Hard blocked: no
1: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no

and when i do rfkill unblock i recive
Can't open RFKILL control device : permission denied;

what can i do about this?

Please try:

sudo rmmod -f acer-wmi
sudo rfkill unblock all

Now is your wireless working? If so, blacklist acer-wmi:

sudo su
echo "blacklist acer-wmi" >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
exit

[spc3]

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Problem was software related -

ended up needing to

rmmod b43 // remove bad driver

modprobe b43legacy // install good one

restart = worked

// ty all for supporting operating systems and there symptoms -
// im nub to linux
// today i learned about rfkill


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[BelXav]

Please try:

sudo rmmod -f acer-wmi
sudo rfkill unblock all

Now is your wireless working? If so, blacklist acer-wmi:

sudo su
echo "blacklist acer-wmi" >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
exit

Many thanks chili555, this worked perfectly for my Lenovo B570e which was also Software blocked by ACER wireless.

[ajdoakwood]

I have the same problem.

I normally have a good wireless connection.

I disable wireless connection when the laptop is connected to eth0, as otherwise
the machine continually tries to connect to wireless.

I do this using the drop down menu on the panel wireless icon.

Afterwards the wireless connection is said to be "Disabled by hardware connection".
It isn't. The switch is on and works perfectly.

The only way I know to get a connection back is to reboot.

[chili555]

I do this using the drop down menu on the panel wireless icon.

Afterwards the wireless connection is said to be "Disabled by hardware connection".
It isn't. The switch is on and works perfectly.

When you want to use the wireless again, can't you drop down and Enable Wireless? Does it help to open a terminal and do:

sudo rfkill unblock all