no wifi un linux mint 19.1 with lenovo E130

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Nadzke
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no wifi un linux mint 19.1 with lenovo E130

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Dear all,
I am a linux newbie. I changed from windows to linux mint, but I cannot get the wifi to work. I think it is a driver problem, but in the driver manager shows "no proprietary drivers". The laptop is a lenovo thinkpad E130 and the wifi card is a centrino wireless n 2230.
I read to copy the ucode of the driver iwlwifi in /lib/firmware and did that, but it didn't change anything.
typing inxi -Fxzd brings this output
nadzuki@Schleppi:~$ inxi -Fxzd
System:
Host: Schleppi Kernel: 4.15.0-20-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc
v: 7.3.0 Desktop: MATE 1.20.1 Distro: Linux Mint 19.1 Tessa
base: Ubuntu 18.04 bionic
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 3358AE3 v: ThinkPad Edge E130
serial: <filter>
Mobo: LENOVO model: 3358AE3 serial: <filter> UEFI: LENOVO
v: H4ET26WW (1.04 ) date: 06/20/2012
Battery:
ID-1: BAT1 charge: 5.0 Wh condition: 37.6/62.2 Wh (60%) model: LGC 45N1059
status: Discharging
CPU:
Topology: Dual Core model: Intel Core i3-2367M bits: 64 type: MT MCP
arch: Sandy Bridge rev: 7 L2 cache: 3072 KiB
flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 11174
Speed: 899 MHz min/max: 800/1400 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 844 2: 845
3: 901 4: 805
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics
vendor: Lenovo driver: i915 v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.19.6 driver: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa
resolution: 1366x768~60Hz
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel HD Graphics 3000 (SNB GT2)
v: 3.3 Mesa 20.0.8 direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel 7 Series/C216 Family High Definition Audio vendor: Lenovo
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:1b.0
Sound Server: ALSA v: k4.15.0-20-generic
Network:
Device-1: Intel Centrino Wireless-N 2230 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel
port: efa0 bus ID: 03:00.0
IF: wlp3s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: Lenovo driver: r8169 v: 2.3LK-NAPI port: 3000 bus ID: 09:00.0
IF: enp9s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 465.76 GiB used: 9.72 GiB (2.1%)
ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Hitachi model: HTS725050A7E630 size: 465.76 GiB
temp: 37 C
Message: No Optical or Floppy data was found.
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 456.96 GiB used: 9.71 GiB (2.1%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 53.0 C mobo: 0.0 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 533
Info:
Processes: 180 Uptime: 21m Memory: 3.70 GiB used: 985.5 MiB (26.0%)
Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 7.3.0 Shell: bash v: 4.4.20
inxi: 3.0.27

I really hope someone could help :)
Thanks a lot!
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Re: no wifi un linux mint 19.1 with lenovo E130

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Let's see the results of:

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 rfkill list && iwconfig && mokutil --sb-state 
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Re: no wifi un linux mint 19.1 with lenovo E130

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hi, sorry it took me so long, here is the output, thank you so much!


rfkill list && iwconfig && mokutil --sb-state
0: tpacpi_bluetooth_sw: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: yes
Hard blocked: yes
1: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: yes
wlp3s0 IEEE 802.11 ESSID:off/any
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=off
Retry short limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:off

lo no wireless extensions.

enp9s0 no wireless extensions.

This system doesn't support Secure Boot
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Re: no wifi un linux mint 19.1 with lenovo E130

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Your wifi is hard blocked. Look for an Fn & F key (F5?) to turn it on.
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Re: no wifi un linux mint 19.1 with lenovo E130

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I tried all kind of key combinations i could think of in german (physical keyboard is german, wifi is printed as fn + F9) and english keyboard setting, but no effect.
Also bluetooth is hard blocked.
If it was a driver problem, would it show as hard block?
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Re: no wifi un linux mint 19.1 with lenovo E130

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And there is no physical switch
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Re: no wifi un linux mint 19.1 with lenovo E130

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See if you can enable wifi in Bios or reset Bios to defaults.
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Re: no wifi un linux mint 19.1 with lenovo E130

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You can try to add ideapad_laptop module to blacklist with following command. Then reboot.

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echo  "blacklist ideapad_laptop" | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-ideapad-laptop.conf
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Re: no wifi un linux mint 19.1 with lenovo E130

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Thanks! I didn' t understand what the blacklist should do, but i tried it and rebooted, but rfkill still showes wifi as hard blocked :(

Regarding the bios i checked some time ago and it all seemed fine, but i will check now again ...
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Re: no wifi un linux mint 19.1 with lenovo E130

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Wireless LAN is on also in bios...
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Re: no wifi un linux mint 19.1 with lenovo E130

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Did you reset Bios to defaults to see if that removes the hard block?
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Re: no wifi un linux mint 19.1 with lenovo E130

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I reset to defaults anyway, rebooted and tbe message " there are networks available" brought a huge smile on my face! this is fantastic, thank you sooooo much! :D :D :D :D :D
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Re: no wifi un linux mint 19.1 with lenovo E130

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Very good, glad it worked out for you. :wink:
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