Can't turn on wifi in System Settings on HP Pavilion 1062er

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I have Ubuntu 16.04. I'm trying to make my WiFi work. First - the indicator on the functional button that supposed to switch wifi doesn't change color when I'm pushing it, but it switches bluetooth. I'm using driver that is recommended by Software and Updates. When I go to System Settings > Network > Wireless I can't turn on the trigger.
Laptop model: HP Pavilion 1062er. BIOS vendor: Insyde. BIOS version: F.27

08:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Limited BCM4313 802.11bgn Wireless Network Adapter [14e4:4727] (rev 01)
    DeviceName: Broadcom 802.11b/g/n WLAN
    Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company BCM4313 802.11bgn Wireless Network Adapter [103c:1795]
    Kernel driver in use: wl
    Kernel modules: bcma, wl

$ rfkill list
0: hci0: Bluetooth
    Soft blocked: no
    Hard blocked: no
1: phy0: Wireless LAN
    Soft blocked: no
    Hard blocked: no
2: brcmwl-0: Wireless LAN
    Soft blocked: no
    Hard blocked: yes


 $ sudo lshw -c network
 *-network               
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
       vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
       physical id: 0.2
       bus info: pci@0000:07:00.2
       logical name: eno1
       version: 0a
       serial: 28:92:4a:18:87:b6
       size: 100Mbit/s
       capacity: 1Gbit/s
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix vpd bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=2.3LK-NAPI duplex=full firmware=rtl8411-1_0.0.3 06/18/12 ip=192.168.0.105 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=MII speed=100Mbit/s
       resources: irq:26 ioport:2000(size=256) memory:61404000-61404fff memory:61400000-61403fff
  *-network DISABLED
       description: Wireless interface
       product: BCM4313 802.11bgn Wireless Network Adapter
       vendor: Broadcom Limited
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:08:00.0
       logical name: wlo1
       version: 01
       serial: e0:06:e6:60:92:d7
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=wl0 driverversion=6.30.223.271 (r587334) latency=0 multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11
       resources: irq:17 memory:61500000-61503fff
$ lspci -v
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor DRAM Controller (rev 09)
    Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company 3rd Gen Core processor DRAM Controller
    Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
    Capabilities: <access denied>
    Kernel driver in use: ivb_uncore

00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core processor PCI Express Root Port (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
    Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 24
    Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=06, sec-latency=0
    I/O behind bridge: 00003000-00003fff
    Memory behind bridge: 60000000-60ffffff
    Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 0000000040000000-000000004fffffff
    Capabilities: <access denied>
    Kernel driver in use: pcieport
    Kernel modules: shpchp

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
    Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller
    Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 29
    Memory at 61000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4M]
    Memory at 50000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
    I/O ports at 4000 [size=64]
    [virtual] Expansion ROM at 000c0000 [disabled] [size=128K]
    Capabilities: <access denied>
    Kernel driver in use: i915
    Kernel modules: i915

00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family USB xHCI Host Controller (rev 04) (prog-if 30 [XHCI])
    Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family USB xHCI Host Controller
    Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 25
    Memory at 61700000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
    Capabilities: <access denied>
    Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd

00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 (rev 04)
    Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller
    Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 31
    Memory at 61714000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16]
    Capabilities: <access denied>
    Kernel driver in use: mei_me
    Kernel modules: mei_me

00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 (rev 04) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
    Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller
    Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
    Memory at 61719000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
    Capabilities: <access denied>
    Kernel driver in use: ehci-pci

00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 04)
    Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller
    Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 32
    Memory at 61710000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
    Capabilities: <access denied>
    Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
    Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel

00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev c4) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
    Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17
    Bus: primary=00, secondary=07, subordinate=07, sec-latency=0
    I/O behind bridge: 00002000-00002fff
    Memory behind bridge: 61600000-616fffff
    Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 0000000061400000-00000000614fffff
    Capabilities: <access denied>
    Kernel driver in use: pcieport
    Kernel modules: shpchp

00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev c4) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
    Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
    Bus: primary=00, secondary=08, subordinate=08, sec-latency=0
    Memory behind bridge: 61500000-615fffff
    Capabilities: <access denied>
    Kernel driver in use: pcieport
    Kernel modules: shpchp

00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 (rev 04) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
    Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller
    Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 20
    Memory at 61718000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
    Capabilities: <access denied>
    Kernel driver in use: ehci-pci

00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation HM77 Express Chipset LPC Controller (rev 04)
    Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company HM77 Express Chipset LPC Controller
    Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0
    Capabilities: <access denied>
    Kernel driver in use: lpc_ich
    Kernel modules: lpc_ich

00:1f.2 RAID bus controller: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile SATA Controller [RAID mode] (rev 04)
    Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company 82801 Mobile SATA Controller [RAID mode]
    Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 28
    I/O ports at 4088 [size=8]
    I/O ports at 4094 [size=4]
    I/O ports at 4080 [size=8]
    I/O ports at 4090 [size=4]
    I/O ports at 4060 [size=32]
    Memory at 61717000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2K]
    Capabilities: <access denied>
    Kernel driver in use: ahci
    Kernel modules: ahci

00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family SMBus Controller (rev 04)
    Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller
    Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 10
    Memory at 61715000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
    I/O ports at 4040 [size=32]
    Kernel modules: i2c_i801

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Thames [Radeon HD 7500M/7600M Series] (rev ff) (prog-if ff)
    !!! Unknown header type 7f
    Kernel driver in use: radeon
    Kernel modules: radeon

07:00.0 Unassigned class [ff00]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8411 PCI Express Card Reader (rev 01)
    Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company RTL8411 PCI Express Card Reader
    Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 27
    Memory at 61600000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
    Capabilities: <access denied>
    Kernel driver in use: rtsx_pci
    Kernel modules: rtsx_pci

07:00.2 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 0a)
    DeviceName: Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller
    Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
    Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 26
    I/O ports at 2000 [size=256]
    Memory at 61404000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=4K]
    Memory at 61400000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=16K]
    Capabilities: <access denied>
    Kernel driver in use: r8169
    Kernel modules: r8169

08:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Limited BCM4313 802.11bgn Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)
    DeviceName: Broadcom 802.11b/g/n WLAN
    Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company BCM4313 802.11bgn Wireless Network Adapter
    Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17
    Memory at 61500000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
    Capabilities: <access denied>
    Kernel driver in use: wl
    Kernel modules: bcma, wl

Please [edit] your question and add output of lspci -knn | grep Net -A3; rfkill list terminal command. — Pilot6, Jul 09 '17 at 16:03
It is hard blocked. Check if it is enabled in BIOS, or reset BIOS to defaults. — Pilot6, Jul 09 '17 at 16:17
@Pilot6 I don't have any settings of WiFi adapter there, but resetting to default values has helped. Maybe you schould write an answer to let me mark it as right? — Russiancold, Jul 09 '17 at 16:24
The question is unclear without the laptop model. So such an answer makes no sense, since it is specific to some BIOS. If you specify the model, I can add it as an answer. — Pilot6, Jul 09 '17 at 16:25

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 09 '17 at 16:33

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It looks like the wireless adapter is blocked by BIOS.

Reset BIOS to defaults and it may start working.

Everything else looks correct.

answered Jul 09 '17 at 16:33

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