(solved) Wi-Fi not working on HP Pavillion g6

Hi,
I've just installed Zorin OS Ultimate on my HP Pavillion g6 laptop, however networking is not working.
I tried seeing if there was any additional drivers, but there were none. Wi-Fi on Ubuntu was working perfectly.

Commands I ran:

lspci -nn:

Code:

00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 12h Processor Root Complex [1022:1705]
00:01.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Sumo [Radeon HD 6480G] [1002:9648]
00:01.1 Audio device [0403]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] BeaverCreek HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 6500D and 6400G-6600G series] [1002:1714]
00:04.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 12h Processor Root Port [1022:1709]
00:05.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 12h Processor Root Port [1022:170a]
00:06.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 12h Processor Root Port [1022:170b]
00:11.0 SATA controller [0106]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH SATA Controller [AHCI mode] [1022:7804]
00:12.0 USB controller [0c03]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH USB OHCI Controller [1022:7807] (rev 11)
00:12.2 USB controller [0c03]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH USB EHCI Controller [1022:7808] (rev 11)
00:13.0 USB controller [0c03]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH USB OHCI Controller [1022:7807] (rev 11)
00:13.2 USB controller [0c03]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH USB EHCI Controller [1022:7808] (rev 11)
00:14.0 SMBus [0c05]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH SMBus Controller [1022:780b] (rev 13)
00:14.2 Audio device [0403]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH Azalia Controller [1022:780d] (rev 01)
00:14.3 ISA bridge [0601]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH LPC Bridge [1022:780e] (rev 11)
00:14.4 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH PCI Bridge [1022:780f] (rev 40)
00:16.0 USB controller [0c03]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH USB OHCI Controller [1022:7807] (rev 11)
00:16.2 USB controller [0c03]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH USB EHCI Controller [1022:7808] (rev 11)
00:18.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 0 [1022:1700] (rev 43)
00:18.1 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 1 [1022:1701]
00:18.2 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 2 [1022:1702]
00:18.3 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 3 [1022:1703]
00:18.4 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 4 [1022:1704]
00:18.5 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 6 [1022:1718]
00:18.6 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 5 [1022:1716]
00:18.7 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 7 [1022:1719]
01:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Qualcomm Atheros AR9485 Wireless Network Adapter [168c:0032] (rev 01)
02:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller [10ec:8136] (rev 05)
03:00.0 Unassigned class [ff00]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTS5209 PCI Express Card Reader [10ec:5209] (rev 01)

sudo lshw -c network:

Code:

PCI (sysfs)
  *-network DISABLED     
       description: Wireless interface
       product: AR9485 Wireless Network Adapter
       vendor: Qualcomm Atheros
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
       logical name: wlan0
       version: 01
       serial: 74:de:2b:2f:b2:56
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list rom ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ath9k driverversion=3.13.0-32-generic firmware=N/A latency=0 link=no multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bgn
       resources: irq:16 memory:f0200000-f027ffff memory:f0400000-f040ffff
  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller
       vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 05
       serial: 44:1e:a1:e0:6a:46
       size: 10Mbit/s
       capacity: 100Mbit/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 autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=2.3LK-NAPI duplex=half firmware=rtl_nic/rtl8105e-1.fw latency=0 link=no multicast=yes port=MII speed=10Mbit/s
       resources: irq:40 ioport:2000(size=256) memory:f0004000-f0004fff memory:f0000000-f0003fff

sudo rfkill list all:

Code:

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

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

It says that the wireless is hard-blocked.

This means that it is off by a physical switch/button or from a key combination (i.e. Fn+F2), or disabled in BIOS.

Check all the above and set it to ON.

madvinegar wrote:It says that the wireless is hard-blocked.

This means that it is off by a physical switch/button or from a key combination (i.e. Fn+F2), or disabled in BIOS.

Check all the above and set it to ON.

None of those worked (except the BIOS didn't have anything about networking). Any other suggestions?

I think that your laptop (HP g6) turns the wifi ON by pressing F12 or Fn+F12. Am I correct?

madvinegar wrote:I think that your laptop (HP g6) turns the wifi ON by pressing F12 or Fn+F12. Am I correct?

Nope, tried it. I turns on by using the switch or using the OS (but isn't working on Zorin)

Try this:

sudo rfkill unblock all
sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart
sudo reboot

Also, enter in BIOS, set all settings to default, save, exit and boot.

madvinegar wrote:Try this:

sudo rfkill unblock all
sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart
sudo reboot

Also, enter in BIOS, set all settings to default, save, exit and boot.

Thanks so much! That worked.

Great. Glad I helped.

Another 60 blue ones for madvinegar!