Wifi suddenly not working on thinkpad, in both Manjaro and parrot linux
I boot up the laptop one day and wireless is not working. The wireless led on the laptop is green, showing it's working. In bios, it is enabled.
But Linux does not see any kind of wireless interface, only Ethernet. Can't give the terminal output for ifconfig since I'm on my tablet. It only shows enp8s0, which is ether, and lo, which I'm not sure what it is.
No wireless, it's not showing up in rfkill so it's not blocked there, and it's not stopped by the thinkpad laptop buttons either. It just plain up and vanished.
All commands suggested in the comments ascertain the same thing I did by way of ifconfig and others: no wireless interface detected.
linux networking wifi network-interface manjaro
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I boot up the laptop one day and wireless is not working. The wireless led on the laptop is green, showing it's working. In bios, it is enabled.
But Linux does not see any kind of wireless interface, only Ethernet. Can't give the terminal output for ifconfig since I'm on my tablet. It only shows enp8s0, which is ether, and lo, which I'm not sure what it is.
No wireless, it's not showing up in rfkill so it's not blocked there, and it's not stopped by the thinkpad laptop buttons either. It just plain up and vanished.
All commands suggested in the comments ascertain the same thing I did by way of ifconfig and others: no wireless interface detected.
linux networking wifi network-interface manjaro
edited Sep 7 '17 at 10:28
Philippos
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asked Jan 27 '17 at 9:07
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Welcome to U&L please add the output oflspci -knn | grep Net -A2
– GAD3R
Jan 27 '17 at 9:30
No output. Does nothing, ran it normally and as sudo
– user212720
Jan 27 '17 at 9:55
Runlspcito get more info about the wifi card
– GAD3R
Jan 27 '17 at 9:57
Check you have not accidental hit the physical "WiFi" switch on the side of the Laptop.
– Tigger
Jan 27 '17 at 10:06
No wireless displayed, ends with Ethernet. @tigger Wireless is not stopped by way of laptop button, and the laptop has an LCD that shows it as working.
– user212720
Jan 27 '17 at 10:14
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I boot up the laptop one day and wireless is not working. The wireless led on the laptop is green, showing it's working. In bios, it is enabled.
But Linux does not see any kind of wireless interface, only Ethernet. Can't give the terminal output for ifconfig since I'm on my tablet. It only shows enp8s0, which is ether, and lo, which I'm not sure what it is.
No wireless, it's not showing up in rfkill so it's not blocked there, and it's not stopped by the thinkpad laptop buttons either. It just plain up and vanished.
All commands suggested in the comments ascertain the same thing I did by way of ifconfig and others: no wireless interface detected.
linux networking wifi network-interface manjaro
edited Sep 7 '17 at 10:28
Philippos
6,07711648
asked Jan 27 '17 at 9:07
user212720user212720
112
I boot up the laptop one day and wireless is not working. The wireless led on the laptop is green, showing it's working. In bios, it is enabled.
But Linux does not see any kind of wireless interface, only Ethernet. Can't give the terminal output for ifconfig since I'm on my tablet. It only shows enp8s0, which is ether, and lo, which I'm not sure what it is.
No wireless, it's not showing up in rfkill so it's not blocked there, and it's not stopped by the thinkpad laptop buttons either. It just plain up and vanished.
All commands suggested in the comments ascertain the same thing I did by way of ifconfig and others: no wireless interface detected.
linux networking wifi network-interface manjaro
linux networking wifi network-interface manjaro
edited Sep 7 '17 at 10:28
Philippos
6,07711648
asked Jan 27 '17 at 9:07
user212720user212720
112
edited Sep 7 '17 at 10:28
Philippos
6,07711648
asked Jan 27 '17 at 9:07
user212720user212720
112
edited Sep 7 '17 at 10:28
Philippos
6,07711648
edited Sep 7 '17 at 10:28
Philippos
6,07711648
edited Sep 7 '17 at 10:28
Philippos
6,07711648
6,07711648
asked Jan 27 '17 at 9:07
user212720user212720
112
asked Jan 27 '17 at 9:07
user212720user212720
112
asked Jan 27 '17 at 9:07
user212720user212720
112
112
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Welcome to U&L please add the output oflspci -knn | grep Net -A2
– GAD3R
Jan 27 '17 at 9:30
No output. Does nothing, ran it normally and as sudo
– user212720
Jan 27 '17 at 9:55
Runlspcito get more info about the wifi card
– GAD3R
Jan 27 '17 at 9:57
Check you have not accidental hit the physical "WiFi" switch on the side of the Laptop.
– Tigger
Jan 27 '17 at 10:06
No wireless displayed, ends with Ethernet. @tigger Wireless is not stopped by way of laptop button, and the laptop has an LCD that shows it as working.
– user212720
Jan 27 '17 at 10:14
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Welcome to U&L please add the output oflspci -knn | grep Net -A2
– GAD3R
Jan 27 '17 at 9:30
No output. Does nothing, ran it normally and as sudo
– user212720
Jan 27 '17 at 9:55
Runlspcito get more info about the wifi card
– GAD3R
Jan 27 '17 at 9:57
Check you have not accidental hit the physical "WiFi" switch on the side of the Laptop.
– Tigger
Jan 27 '17 at 10:06
No wireless displayed, ends with Ethernet. @tigger Wireless is not stopped by way of laptop button, and the laptop has an LCD that shows it as working.
– user212720
Jan 27 '17 at 10:14
Welcome to U&L please add the output of
lspci -knn | grep Net -A2– GAD3R
Jan 27 '17 at 9:30
Welcome to U&L please add the output of
lspci -knn | grep Net -A2– GAD3R
Jan 27 '17 at 9:30
No output. Does nothing, ran it normally and as sudo
– user212720
Jan 27 '17 at 9:55
No output. Does nothing, ran it normally and as sudo
– user212720
Jan 27 '17 at 9:55
Run
lspci to get more info about the wifi card– GAD3R
Jan 27 '17 at 9:57
Run
lspci to get more info about the wifi card– GAD3R
Jan 27 '17 at 9:57
Check you have not accidental hit the physical "WiFi" switch on the side of the Laptop.
– Tigger
Jan 27 '17 at 10:06
Check you have not accidental hit the physical "WiFi" switch on the side of the Laptop.
– Tigger
Jan 27 '17 at 10:06
No wireless displayed, ends with Ethernet. @tigger Wireless is not stopped by way of laptop button, and the laptop has an LCD that shows it as working.
– user212720
Jan 27 '17 at 10:14
No wireless displayed, ends with Ethernet. @tigger Wireless is not stopped by way of laptop button, and the laptop has an LCD that shows it as working.
– user212720
Jan 27 '17 at 10:14
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It's mostly a Debian 8 related problem. Ensure your GPU proprietary drivers installed properly, then open your terminal and try doing a full system upgrade as a Super-User sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
After which on your terminal, you can run these again
To find your wireless interface and bring it up:
sudo ip a
sudo iwconfig
sudo ip link set wlan0 up
To Scan for available networks and get network details:
sudo iwlist scan
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It's mostly a Debian 8 related problem. Ensure your GPU proprietary drivers installed properly, then open your terminal and try doing a full system upgrade as a Super-User sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
After which on your terminal, you can run these again
To find your wireless interface and bring it up:
sudo ip a
sudo iwconfig
sudo ip link set wlan0 up
To Scan for available networks and get network details:
sudo iwlist scan
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It's mostly a Debian 8 related problem. Ensure your GPU proprietary drivers installed properly, then open your terminal and try doing a full system upgrade as a Super-User sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
After which on your terminal, you can run these again
To find your wireless interface and bring it up:
sudo ip a
sudo iwconfig
sudo ip link set wlan0 up
To Scan for available networks and get network details:
sudo iwlist scan
answered Sep 7 '17 at 10:10
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It's mostly a Debian 8 related problem. Ensure your GPU proprietary drivers installed properly, then open your terminal and try doing a full system upgrade as a Super-User sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
After which on your terminal, you can run these again
To find your wireless interface and bring it up:
sudo ip a
sudo iwconfig
sudo ip link set wlan0 up
To Scan for available networks and get network details:
sudo iwlist scan
answered Sep 7 '17 at 10:10
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It's mostly a Debian 8 related problem. Ensure your GPU proprietary drivers installed properly, then open your terminal and try doing a full system upgrade as a Super-User sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
After which on your terminal, you can run these again
To find your wireless interface and bring it up:
sudo ip a
sudo iwconfig
sudo ip link set wlan0 up
To Scan for available networks and get network details:
sudo iwlist scan
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Welcome to U&L please add the output of
lspci -knn | grep Net -A2– GAD3R
Jan 27 '17 at 9:30
No output. Does nothing, ran it normally and as sudo
– user212720
Jan 27 '17 at 9:55
Run
lspcito get more info about the wifi card– GAD3R
Jan 27 '17 at 9:57
Check you have not accidental hit the physical "WiFi" switch on the side of the Laptop.
– Tigger
Jan 27 '17 at 10:06
No wireless displayed, ends with Ethernet. @tigger Wireless is not stopped by way of laptop button, and the laptop has an LCD that shows it as working.
– user212720
Jan 27 '17 at 10:14