I have problem turning on the wifi on my laptop - Asus X450J. It just cannot turn on (immediately turned off right after I turn on)
I am using Linux Mint 18.1 Cinnamon. I didn't have this issue when I installed mint on my older laptop.
I have tried numerous method like rfkill unblock but to no avail. Other methods seem to be a bit specific on the model.
This is what my /var/log/syslog output when I tried to enable my wifi:
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May 19 22:53:02 cipley-X450JB NetworkManager[960]: <info> [1495209182.1525] manager: WiFi hardware radio set enabled
May 19 22:53:02 cipley-X450JB NetworkManager[960]: <info> [1495209182.1687] audit: op="radio-control" arg="wireless-enabled:1" pid=1915 uid=1000 result="success"
May 19 22:53:02 cipley-X450JB kernel: [ 1245.810578] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlp3s0: link is not ready
May 19 22:53:02 cipley-X450JB NetworkManager[960]: <info> [1495209182.1689] manager: WiFi now enabled by radio killswitch
May 19 22:53:02 cipley-X450JB systemd[1]: Starting Load/Save RF Kill Switch Status...
May 19 22:53:02 cipley-X450JB systemd[1]: Started Load/Save RF Kill Switch Status.
May 19 22:53:02 cipley-X450JB wpa_supplicant[1249]: dbus: wpa_dbus_get_object_properties: failed to get object properties: (none) none
May 19 22:53:02 cipley-X450JB wpa_supplicant[1249]: dbus: Failed to construct signal
May 19 22:53:02 cipley-X450JB NetworkManager[960]: <info> [1495209182.2200] device (wlp3s0): supplicant interface state: starting -> ready
May 19 22:53:02 cipley-X450JB NetworkManager[960]: <info> [1495209182.2201] device (wlp3s0): state change: unavailable -> disconnected (reason 'supplicant-available') [20 30 42]
May 19 22:53:02 cipley-X450JB kernel: [ 1245.862322] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlp3s0: link is not ready
May 19 22:53:02 cipley-X450JB wpa_supplicant[1249]: rfkill: WLAN soft blocked
May 19 22:53:02 cipley-X450JB NetworkManager[960]: <info> [1495209182.8111] manager: WiFi now disabled by radio killswitch
May 19 22:53:02 cipley-X450JB NetworkManager[960]: <info> [1495209182.8111] device (wlp3s0): state change: disconnected -> unavailable (reason 'none') [30 20 0]
May 19 22:53:02 cipley-X450JB wpa_supplicant[1249]: nl80211: deinit ifname=wlp3s0 disabled_11b_rates=0
edit: there is no hardware switch of wifi on my laptop. There is Fn + F2 switch but it seems to not working at all. Wifi indicator is on, which is odd.