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It really makes me ANGRY ! my wireless hardware is broadcom 4313 . ubuntu install it automatically but I can't use it . It says your hardware switch is off although it is on . after I use " rfkill unblock all " for several times it says your device isn't ready !! this is my rfkill list :

0: acer-wireless: Wireless LAN
    Soft blocked: yes
    Hard blocked: no
1: hci0: Bluetooth
    Soft blocked: no
    Hard blocked: no
2: ideapad_wlan: Wireless LAN
    Soft blocked: no
    Hard blocked: no
3: ideapad_bluetooth: Bluetooth
    Soft blocked: no
    Hard blocked: no
4: brcmwl-0: Wireless LAN
    Soft blocked: no
    Hard blocked: yes

after I unblock all :

0: acer-wireless: Wireless LAN
    Soft blocked: yes
    Hard blocked: no
1: hci0: Bluetooth
    Soft blocked: no
    Hard blocked: no
2: ideapad_wlan: Wireless LAN
    Soft blocked: no
    Hard blocked: no
3: ideapad_bluetooth: Bluetooth
    Soft blocked: no
    Hard blocked: no
4: brcmwl-0: Wireless LAN
    Soft blocked: no
    Hard blocked: no

plz help me ! I use windows only for wireless !!!!

Luis Alvarado
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mahdiar
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  • After upgrading to Ubuntu 11.10 stopped working again. Any help will be highly appreciated.

    krasi@krasi-ideapad:~$ rfkill list 0: ideapad_wlan: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no 1: ideapad_bluetooth: Bluetooth Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no 2: hci0: Bluetooth Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no

     – Беров Oct 14 '11 at 20:51
  • I upgrade too but there is no problem !! maybe you should turn it on in windows and then restart and login to ubuntu ! – mahdiar Oct 22 '11 at 05:46

3 Answers3

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I'd rather comment but can't sorry!

which version of Ubuntu are you using? I encountered the same problem when I upgraded to Natty on my Lenovo Ideapad, also Broadcom 4313. You could try the solutions here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1700897

Ultimately I downgraded because nothing worked for me & everything is fine now. I'll wait for the next LTS. Hopefully you'll find a solution! I shifted my home to a separate partition so that I can do fresh installs without erasing my documents.

kibs
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For my Lenovo U160 I blacklisted the acer_wmi module and afterwards the wireless worked perfectly. Maybe that solves it for you as well.

in

/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

add

blacklist acer_wmi

Joschi
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It realy works! /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf add blacklist acer_wmi

to do this write sudo vi /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

then enter the password

go to a clean line and pres the insert key, this will enable input mode in vi

write

blacklist acer_wmi

then pres esc key several times.

then write :wq! then pres enter

(for sayfty back up the file first, once the acer_wmi is blacklisted reboot )

reboot

onix
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