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BobMacall
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update kills wifi

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I just updated today 1/10/2018 and now no wifi. rfkill list shows soft block.
How to fix? Has problem been noticed by others?

Thanks,

Bob
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Re: update kills wifi

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a. Please generate an overview of your system like this:
- Launch a terminal window (this is how to launch a terminal window);
- make the terminal window full screen, to avoid chopped lines;
- Copy/paste this command into the terminal:

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inxi -Fxz
(if you type: the letter F is a capital letter)

Press Enter.

Copy/paste the output in your next message.

b. Do the same with the following three commands:

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rfkill list all
and:

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iwconfig
and:

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inxi -Nn
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Re: update kills wifi [SOLVED]

Post by BobMacall »

Well, the boot menu added a new entry: "previous versions"

selecting this allowed me to boot the old kernel and wifi works as usual.
Not much of a solution but it gets me back to a functioning system.
Wonder if this will ever get fixed?
good luck,
Bob
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