[SOLVED] wifi is unavailable

[lenny03]

Hey, I am new to Linux. I have Linux Mint 21 installed. I never had issues with networking, but out of nowhere I am not capable of connecting to a wireless network, only ethernet is working. Secure Boot and Fast Boot are disabled and I have no idea what the problem is since it occured all of a sudden.

The command iwconfig outputs this:

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lo        no wireless extensions.

enp7s0    no wireless extensions.

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
          
docker0   no wireless extensions.

vetha2f6aa5  no wireless extensions.

Maybe someone can help me fix it. I got a lot to learn.

[sleeper12]

We will need more details. Do you dual boot with Windows? Also, post what this shows:

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 inxi -Fxxxrz && rfkill list && mokutil --sb-state 

[lenny03]

It is no dual boot

this is what i got, the wifi is hard blocked.

lennart@lennart-LIFEBOOK-AH530:~$ inxi -Fxxxrz && rfkill list && mokutil --sb-state
System:
Kernel: 5.15.0-69-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.3.0
Desktop: Cinnamon 5.4.12 tk: GTK 3.24.33 wm: Mutter vt: 7
dm: LightDM 1.30.0 Distro: Linux Mint 21 Vanessa base: Ubuntu 22.04 jammy
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: FUJITSU product: LIFEBOOK AH530 v: N/A
serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: FUJITSU model: FJNBB06 serial: <superuser required>
BIOS: FUJITSU // Phoenix v: Version 1.22 date: 04/03/2019
Battery:
ID-1: BAT1 charge: 39.3 Wh (87.1%) condition: 45.1/47.5 Wh (94.9%)
volts: 3.7 min: 10.8 model: PAC PC-VP-WP93-01/OP-570-76968-01 type: Unknown
serial: N/A status: Discharging
CPU:
Info: dual core model: Intel Core i3 M 380 bits: 64 type: MT MCP
smt: enabled arch: Westmere rev: 5 cache: L1: 128 KiB L2: 512 KiB L3: 3 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 1463 high: 1464 min/max: 933/2533 cores: 1: 1463
2: 1462 3: 1463 4: 1464 bogomips: 20214
Flags: ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel Core Processor Integrated Graphics vendor: Fujitsu
driver: i915 v: kernel ports: active: LVDS-1 empty: DP-1,HDMI-A-1,VGA-1
bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:0046 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: Cheng Uei Precision Industry (Foxlink) FH13FF-238 type: USB
driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-1.1:3 chip-ID: 05c8:030e class-ID: 0e02
serial: <filter>
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.3 driver: X: loaded: modesetting
unloaded: fbdev,vesa gpu: i915 display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1366x768 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 361x203mm (14.2x8.0")
s-diag: 414mm (16.3")
Monitor-1: LVDS-1 model: LG res: 1366x768 hz: 60 dpi: 101
size: 344x194mm (13.5x7.6") diag: 395mm (15.5") modes: 1366x768
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics (ILK) v: 2.1 Mesa 22.2.5
direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel 5 Series/3400 Series High Definition Audio vendor: Fujitsu
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:3b56
class-ID: 0403
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.15.0-69-generic running: yes
Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 15.99.1 running: yes
Sound Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.48 running: yes
Network:
Device-1: Qualcomm Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter vendor: Fujitsu
driver: ath9k v: kernel pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 03:00.0
chip-ID: 168c:002b class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp3s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: Fujitsu driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1
port: 5000 bus-ID: 07:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp7s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
IF-ID-1: docker0 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: unknown
mac: <filter>
IF-ID-2: vethba90340 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full
mac: <filter>
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 447.13 GiB used: 20.46 GiB (4.6%)
ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Crucial model: CT480BX500SSD1 size: 447.13 GiB
speed: 3.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 056 scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 438.55 GiB used: 20.45 GiB (4.7%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda3
ID-2: /boot/efi size: 512 MiB used: 5.2 MiB (1.0%) fs: vfat
dev: /dev/sda2
Swap:
ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 2 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
file: /swapfile
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 46.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Repos:
Packages: 2317 apt: 2310 flatpak: 7
No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/additional-repositories.list
1: deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu vanessa stable
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list
1: deb http://packages.linuxmint.com vanessa main upstream import backport
2: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy main restricted universe multiverse
3: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates main restricted universe multiverse
4: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-backports main restricted universe multiverse
5: deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jammy-security main restricted universe multiverse
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/seafile.list
1: deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/seafile-keyring.asc] https://linux-clients.seafile.com/seafile-deb/jammy/ stable main
Info:
Processes: 235 Uptime: 17m wakeups: 1 Memory: 7.57 GiB
used: 1.83 GiB (24.2%) Init: systemd v: 249 runlevel: 5 Compilers:
gcc: 11.3.0 alt: 11/12 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.16 running-in: gnome-terminal
inxi: 3.3.13
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: yes
EFI variables are not supported on this system

[sleeper12]

Is there an Fn & F key to turn wifi on, maybe F5? Or, a small switch front or side.

[lenny03]

oh that worked, this is very awkward

thanks so much, I did not know something like this existed.

How did you know?

[sleeper12]

I googled your keyboard image & it looked like it might be Fn & F5. Glad it worked.