Wireless Disable

[ferreton]

hello Everyone,
Im sory I have to ask, but i try everything and search everywhere.

I can't enable the Wireless in mi laptopt Asus X550 (se details below) after installing (and updating) Linux mint 15XFCE 64bit.
I really appreciate any help.

Thank you,
DEATAILS:

mintwifi
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* I. scanning WIFI PCI devices...
-- Atheros Communications Inc. AR9485 Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)
==> PCI ID = 168c:0032 (rev 01)
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* II. querying ndiswrapper...
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* III. querying iwconfig...
eth0 no wireless extensions.

lo no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:off/any
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=off
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:off

rfkill list
0: hci0: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
1: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: yes
2: asus-wlan: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
3: asus-bluetooth: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
lpsci
02:00.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR9485 Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)

inxi -Fxz

System: Host: sebastian-X550CA Kernel: 3.8.0-25-generic x86_64 (64 bit, gcc: 4.7.3)
Desktop: Xfce 4.10.2 (Gtk 2.24.16) Distro: Linux Mint 15 Olivia
Machine: Mobo: ASUSTeK model: X550CA version: 1.0 Bios: American Megatrends version: X550CA.205 date: 04/17/2013
CPU: Dual core Intel Core i5-3337U CPU (-HT-MCP-) cache: 3072 KB flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx) bmips: 7184.24
Clock Speeds: 1: 774.00 MHz 2: 774.00 MHz 3: 774.00 MHz 4: 774.00 MHz
Graphics: Card: Intel 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller bus-ID: 00:02.0
X.Org: 1.13.3 drivers: intel (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: 1366x768@60.0hz
GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI Intel Ivybridge Mobile GLX Version: 3.0 Mesa 9.1.3 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio: Card: Intel 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture ver: k3.8.0-25-generic

Network: Card-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller
driver: r8169 ver: 2.3LK-NAPI port: e000 bus-ID: 03:00.2
IF: eth0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Card-2: Atheros AR9485 Wireless Network Adapter driver: ath9k bus-ID: 02:00.0
IF: wlan0 state: down mac: <filter>
Drives: HDD Total Size: 750.2GB (0.7% used) 1: id: /dev/sda model: HGST_HTS541075A9 size: 750.2GB temp: 34C
Partition: ID: / size: 680G used: 4.7G (1%) fs: ext4 ID: swap-1 size: 8.47GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap
RAID: No RAID devices detected - /proc/mdstat and md_mod kernel raid module present
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 46.0C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info: Processes: 173 Uptime: 38 min Memory: 686.5/7872.4MB Runlevel: 2 Gcc sys: 4.7.3 Client: Shell inxi: 1.8.4

[jurica]

hi
I have a same problem. I am on MINT 15 / 64 Do anyone have some solution? This is big problem for me.
this is how it looks like. Iam not terminal guy so help me please.

jurica@jurica-X550VC ~ $ sudo iwconfig
[sudo] password for jurica:
eth0 no wireless extensions.

lo no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:off/any
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=off
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off

thnks
J

[bov]

Also had the same issue with Linux Mint 15. Wireless network works with Linux Mint 14 (Nadia). Unsure whether it's fixed in Mint 16.