First time Linux user, trouble with wifi

[basshuntr130]

My wife's step dad booted my laptop in Linux Mint and I have only ever used Windows. My laptop won't connect to wifi, when I pull the tab up at the bottom of the screen it says the "unavailable" under the wireless switch. the light on the wireless key is orange and won't change with or without the fn key. I bought a USB wifi adapter and installed the driver and that one is unavailable as well. Does anybody know how to help?

[kc1di]

Hello basshuntr130 and Welcome to Linux Mint Forums,
Please go to a terminal and type these commands one at a time and post the outputs back here so we can see what your dealing with.

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inxi -Nn

and

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rfkill list

[basshuntr130]

Network: Card-1: Ralink RT3290 Wireless 802.11n 1T/1R PCIe
driver: rt2800pci
IF: wlo1 state: down mac: b8:76:3f:7e:76:a5
Card-2: Realtek RTL8101/2/6E PCIE Fast/Gigabit Ethernet controller
driver: r8169
IF: eno1 state: down mac: 74:46:a0:84:1c:88

0: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: yes
Hard blocked: yes
1: phy1: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: yes
Hard blocked: no

I hope I did the code thing correctly. Literally my first time using Linux and Terminal and everything.

[kc1di]

Ok first thing is there is a hard block on your wifi. try this first in the terminal

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rfkill unblock all

and turn wifi on with the correct switch or the correct key inputs.

[basshuntr130]

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0: phy0: Wireless LAN
	Soft blocked: no
	Hard blocked: yes
1: phy1: Wireless LAN
	Soft blocked: no
	Hard blocked: no

I did the code and it still won't turn on, I did the list command again and this is what it says.

[kc1di]

run the inxi command again what does it say now?
I'm assuming that Ralink RT3290 is the usb wifi stick.

[basshuntr130]

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Network:   Card-1: Ralink RT3290 Wireless 802.11n 1T/1R PCIe
           driver: rt2800pci
           IF: wlo1 state: down mac: b8:76:3f:7e:76:a5
           Card-2: Realtek RTL8101/2/6E PCIE Fast/Gigabit Ethernet controller
           driver: r8169
           IF: eno1 state: down mac: 74:46:a0:84:1c:88

The Realtek is the USB wifi adapter.

[kc1di]

run this command with the usb stick unplugged.

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inxi -Fxz

post results

[basshuntr130]

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System:    Host: garrett-HP-Pavilion-g7-Notebook-PC Kernel: 4.15.0-45-generic x86_64
           bits: 64 gcc: 7.3.0
           Desktop: Cinnamon 3.8.9 (Gtk 3.22.30-1ubuntu1)
           Distro: Linux Mint 19 Tara
Machine:   Device: laptop System: Hewlett-Packard product: HP Pavilion g7 Notebook PC v: 0883110000385910000620100 serial: N/A
           Mobo: Hewlett-Packard model: 1843 v: 56.32 serial: N/A
           UEFI: Insyde v: F.25 date: 05/29/2013
Battery    BAT0: charge: 25.9 Wh 63.6% condition: 40.8/40.8 Wh (100%)
           model: Hewlett-Packard Primary status: Discharging
CPU:       Dual core Intel Core i3-3110M (-MT-MCP-) 
           arch: Ivy Bridge rev.9 cache: 3072 KB
           flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx) bmips: 9578
           clock speeds: max: 2400 MHz 1: 1291 MHz 2: 1245 MHz 3: 1792 MHz
           4: 1682 MHz
Graphics:  Card: Intel 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller
           bus-ID: 00:02.0
           Display Server: x11 (X.Org 1.19.6 )
           drivers: modesetting (unloaded: fbdev,vesa)
           Resolution: 1600x900@60.01hz
           OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel Ivybridge Mobile
           version: 4.2 Mesa 18.2.2 Direct Render: Yes
Audio:     Card Intel 7 Series/C216 Family High Def. Audio Controller
           driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.15.0-45-generic
Network:   Card-1: Ralink RT3290 Wireless 802.11n 1T/1R PCIe
           driver: rt2800pci v: 2.3.0 bus-ID: 01:00.0
           IF: wlo1 state: down mac: <filter>
           Card-2: Realtek RTL8101/2/6E PCIE Fast/Gigabit Ethernet controller
           driver: r8169 v: 2.3LK-NAPI port: 3000 bus-ID: 02:00.0
           IF: eno1 state: down mac: <filter>
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 750.2GB (2.7% used)
           ID-1: /dev/sda model: TOSHIBA_MQ01ABD0 size: 750.2GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 687G used: 19G (3%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2
RAID:      No RAID devices: /proc/mdstat, md_mod kernel module present
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 47.0C mobo: N/A
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info:      Processes: 204 Uptime: 21:58 Memory: 1856.1/5853.0MB
           Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: 7.3.0
           Client: Shell (bash 4.4.191) inxi: 2.3.56