wifi button doesn't switch on

mosmas

Sat Oct 03, 2015 6:19:29 pm

Greetings..
I am using zorin 9 OS. everythin has been fine until today i found my wifi button off and it doesn't switch on no matter how many times i press it.Please help!
This result may give an idea of the situation.
mosmas@mosmas-HP-635-Notebook-PC:~$ sudo rfkill list all
0: hci0: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: yes
Hard blocked: no
1: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: yes
Hard blocked: no
2: hp-wifi: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
3: hp-bluetooth: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no

Thanks i advance.

Swarfendor437

Sun Oct 04, 2015 10:24:37 am

When you say the Wifi button does not switch on, is this and Fn + F(x) button combination or a slide switch?

madvinegar

Mon Oct 05, 2015 10:56:16 am

Run in terminal:

sudo rfkill unblock all

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