rfkill unblock all, not working

[Jake5]

hey,
so my wifi wont turn on, here is some rfkill outputs:

jake@jake-Compaq-Presario-CQ60-Notebook-PC:~$ rfkill list all
0: hp-wifi: Wireless LAN
    Soft blocked: yes
    Hard blocked: yes
1: phy0: Wireless LAN
    Soft blocked: no
    Hard blocked: no
jake@jake-Compaq-Presario-CQ60-Notebook-PC:~$ rfkill unblock all
jake@jake-Compaq-Presario-CQ60-Notebook-PC:~$ rfkill list all
0: hp-wifi: Wireless LAN
    Soft blocked: yes
    Hard blocked: yes
1: phy0: Wireless LAN
    Soft blocked: no
    Hard blocked: no
jake@jake-Compaq-Presario-CQ60-Notebook-PC:~$ sudo rfkill unblock all
[sudo] password for jake: 
jake@jake-Compaq-Presario-CQ60-Notebook-PC:~$ rfkill list all
0: hp-wifi: Wireless LAN
    Soft blocked: yes
    Hard blocked: yes
1: phy0: Wireless LAN
    Soft blocked: no
    Hard blocked: no

I can use a wired connection, but im trying to set up remote desktop sharing and i just want to do it over wifi, so i can sit on my couch and help my folks... anyways any help greatly appreciated, if i cant figure it out ill just have to make another ethernet cable, no big deal.

[wildmanne39]

Hi, these can be hard to fix but not all ways please try this:

echo "blacklist hp-wmi" | sudo tee -a /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

Then disconnect your wired connection and reboot.
Thanks

[Jake5]

So that kind of worked, I have Wireless enabled now, however I cannot connect to my network, I tried connecting to it as a hidden network and every few seconds now its asking me for my password but will not connect.

[Jake5]

that is to say, it won't recognize any wireless networks, there are about ten that should "pop up" for selection.

[Jake5]

jake@jake-Compaq-Presario-CQ60-Notebook-PC:~$ iwlist wlan0 scan
wlan0     No scan results

any thoughts?

[anewguy]

Post back the output of ifconfig and iwconfig inside the code tags (# on the menu bar) and we'll hopefully see a little more.

A couple of things I'm curious about - is there a hardware switch/keyboard combo that is supposed to enable/disable the wireless radio? If so, be sure it is switched "on". Also, are you set for roaming mode so it will actually scan for network?

I'm off for a little supper - be back on later.

Dave

[Jake5]

Ill get to the commands in a second, but for now, There is a hardware switch, however since i installed ubuntu, the switch hasn't worked, ive been using

ifconfig wlan0 up

to turn the switch on, have had no problems before today.

outputs:

jake@jake-Compaq-Presario-CQ60-Notebook-PC:~$ ifconfig
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:1f:16:6e:5f:5a  
          inet addr:192.168.1.18  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::21f:16ff:fe6e:5f5a/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:2558 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:2252 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:2714310 (2.7 MB)  TX bytes:393583 (393.5 KB)
          Interrupt:42 Base address:0x2000 

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:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:480 (480.0 B)  TX bytes:480 (480.0 B)

wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:24:2b:a7:d2:9a  
          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

jake@jake-Compaq-Presario-CQ60-Notebook-PC:~$ iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

wlan0     IEEE 802.11bg  ESSID:off/any  
          Mode:Managed  Access Point: Not-Associated   Tx-Power=20 dBm   
          Retry  long limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Power Management:off
          
jake@jake-Compaq-Presario-CQ60-Notebook-PC:~$

Thanks for your help, again you guys are my hero's.

[wildmanne39]

Hi, please open a terminal ctrl+alt+t copy and paste the following commands into it one line at a time, then paste the results here:

Also you should change your network so it can be seen, hidden is actually no more secure that is a myth.

cat /etc/lsb-release; uname -a
lspci -nnk | grep -iA2 net
nm-tool
lsusb
iwconfig
rfkill list all
lsmod

Thanks

[anewguy]

Hey Jake5, I'm going to leave you with wildmanne39 - he really knows his stuff with this, and I'm still suffering from something dumb this week that aggravated a back injury. Laying in bed with a netbook, and to be honest pain, just isn't very conducive to me being helpful right now.

I know they'll have you straightened around in no time!

Dave

[wildmanne39]

Hi anewguy, I know what you mean I have walking pnemonia so I am resting in between helping, I hope your back heals soon.