wifi not work [SOLVED]

[ale8193]

Hi, i'm new with linux mint, I just installed, but i can't connect with my wifi connection (there aren't any options to connect), if i use cable ethernet internet works successfully.

I'm using a Asus X552C and i try the comand: sudo /usr/lib/linuxmint/mintWifi/mintWifi.py

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* I. scanning WIFI PCI devices...
  -- Qualcomm Atheros AR9485 Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)
      ==> PCI ID = 168c:0032 (rev 01)
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* II. querying ndiswrapper...
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* III. querying iwconfig...
eth0      no wireless extensions.

lo        no wireless extensions.

wlan0     IEEE 802.11bgn  ESSID:off/any  
          Mode:Managed  Access Point: Not-Associated   Tx-Power=off   
          Retry  long limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
          
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* IV. querying ifconfig...
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  IndirizzoHW d8:50:e6:1d:b0:b7  
          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:61470 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:45308 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisioni:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          Byte RX:65518528 (65.5 MB)  Byte TX:7245468 (7.2 MB)

lo        Link encap:Loopback locale  
          indirizzo inet:127.0.0.1  Maschera:255.0.0.0
          indirizzo inet6: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:65536  Metric:1
          RX packets:1565 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:1565 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisioni:0 txqueuelen:0 
          Byte RX:213831 (213.8 KB)  Byte TX:213831 (213.8 KB)

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* V. querying DHCP...
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* VI. querying nslookup google.com...

thanks for the help

[ClutchDisc]

Did you try looking in the driver manager for any wireless drivers yet? Menu > Control Center > Driver manager. If there are, connect via Ethernet and enable it.

[ale8193]

Did you try looking in the driver manager for any wireless drivers yet? Menu > Control Center > Driver manager. If there are, connect via Ethernet and enable it.

Yes i did, but nothing, the aren't

[JeremyB]

Since this is an Asus post results from

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rfkill list

[ale8193]

Since this is an Asus post results from

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rfkill list

with "rfkill list" i have:

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0: phy0: Wireless LAN
	Soft blocked: no
	Hard blocked: yes
1: asus-wlan: Wireless LAN
	Soft blocked: no
	Hard blocked: no
2: asus-bluetooth: Bluetooth
	Soft blocked: yes
	Hard blocked: no

I tryed to block all (rfkill block all) then unblock option 0 (rfkill unblock 0) and the wifi worked properly for some second, then turn off again

[JeremyB]

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sudo modprobe -rv asus_nb_wmi

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sudo modprobe asus_nb_wmi wapf=0

Wait for 10 seconds then

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rfkill list

if it still is hard blocked try your keyboard hotkey toggle and try the rfkill list again

If the parameter works, I will post command to make it persistant

[ale8193]

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sudo modprobe -rv asus_nb_wmi

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sudo modprobe asus_nb_wmi wapf=0

Wait for 10 seconds then

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rfkill list

if it still is hard blocked try your keyboard hotkey toggle and try the rfkill list again

If the parameter works, I will post command to make it persistant

At the end of the process with rfkill list i have:

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0: phy0: Wireless LAN
	Soft blocked: no
	Hard blocked: yes
4: asus-wlan: Wireless LAN
	Soft blocked: no
	Hard blocked: no
5: asus-bluetooth: Bluetooth
	Soft blocked: yes
	Hard blocked: no

[ale8193]

now i have a different result

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0: phy0: Wireless LAN
	Soft blocked: no
	Hard blocked: yes
4: asus-wlan: Wireless LAN
	Soft blocked: no
	Hard blocked: no
5: asus-bluetooth: Bluetooth
	Soft blocked: no
	Hard blocked: no
6: hci0: Bluetooth
	Soft blocked: no
	Hard blocked: no

[JeremyB]

Please check your BIOS version as it looks like BIOS 206 is the latest and only out for 3 weeks

http://www.asus.com/Notebooks_Ultrabook ... _Download/

If you have issues after installing the BIOS update, run this in terminal

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wget -N -t 5 -T 10 http://dl.dropbox.com/u/57264241/wireless_script && chmod +x wireless_script && ./wireless_script

and post the resulting wireless-info file

[ale8193]

Here the result
http://pastebin.com/DBkaHFnJ

[JeremyB]

Here the result
http://pastebin.com/DBkaHFnJ

It looks like you are connected over wifi now. Is there another problem?

A kernel dev on another forum has asked for users to try this to see if it fixes this bug

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sudo modprobe -rv asus_nb_wmi

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sudo modprobe asus_nb_wmi wapf=4

If it works on your asus

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 cat /sys/class/dmi/id/product_name

[ale8193]

sorry i don't understand what i have to do i have to try only the last instruction?

[JeremyB]

sorry i don't understand what i have to do i have to try only the last instruction?

Try the first 2 codes and if your wifi toggle button still works run the last one.

If it doesn't work and my original one did, let me know because the problem is likely to return if you reboot

[ale8193]

well i tryed the 2 first, and wifi still work, but with the last istruction i have only the name of pc

[JeremyB]

well i tryed the 2 first, and wifi still work, but with the last istruction i have only the name of pc

Have you rebooted yet to see if wifi works after?

The developer actually wants the pc name so they can make the asus_nb_wmi use the correct setting automatically in a upcoming kernel

[ale8193]

no, after reboot it doesn't work.

the correct name is: X550CL

[JeremyB]

Ok so try this to make it work

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sudo modprobe -rv asus_nb_wmi

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sudo modprobe asus_nb_wmi wapf=4

And try hotkeys to enable wifi

[JeremyB]

If the wapf=4 worked you can make it persistant with

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sudo -i

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echo "options asus_nb_wmi wapf=4" > /etc/modprobe.d/asus.conf

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exit

But if only wapf=1 worked use this

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sudo -i

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echo "options asus_nb_wmi wapf=1" > /etc/modprobe.d/asus.conf

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exit

[ale8193]

If the wapf=4 worked you can make it persistant with

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sudo -i

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echo "options asus_nb_wmi wapf=4" > /etc/modprobe.d/asus.conf

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exit

But if only wapf=1 worked use this

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sudo -i

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echo "options asus_nb_wmi wapf=1" > /etc/modprobe.d/asus.conf

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exit

Perfect! It works! thanks

[JeremyB]

Please tell me which one of the wapf options worked and I will report it to the kernel developer so this problem can be avoided in future releases