Hello,
Recently, I have changed to OpenSUSE 13.2 since the newly updated Tumbleweed became to complicated…
I have run into a problem, that my wifi on OpenSUSE 13.2 (I am dual-booting, so I also have Windows 8.1) has been hard blocked. The reason why I know this is because I had the same problem with the Linux I had on this laptop before (Parrot), for that Linux I have found very easily and quickly the solution for this problem, but for OpenSUSE 13.2 I just could not find anything.
Main Goal: I would like to disable the Hardware Switch thing, to resolve the problem.
Hardware Switch: This is a problem with the BIOS not the computer or the OS itself, the BIOS hard blocks the wlan0 on the OpenSUSE (or can be any other OS).
Thank you for your help.
Best Regards;
-Arpadius98
Hi
If you boot into windows and disable the power management on the wireless device it should resolve things.
Else check the BIOS for any network related settings regarding power management and control.
What hardware is this?
malcomlewis,
Thank you for such a quick notice, I really appreciate it.
I have done exactly as you said. But unfortunately it did not work (I went to the control panel—>Internet and Sharing—>Change Adapter Settings—>Clicked on Properties of the wifi adapter—>Power Management—>there I un-ticked the turn off device to save power.
However the internet is still not working.
When I click on the “internet” symbol on the panel, there, it does not allow me to enable the wifi. This is very probably because of the hard switch. In Debian Linux, I was able to solve this (by having to write the command: sudo modprobe -r (name of computer)).
But I could not find the same thing for OpenSUSE.
I also have checked the BIOS for any network related options and I only found “wireless” and the options were: Enable or Disable (it was enabled).
The hardware I am using is: Lenovo Yoga 2 13 (NOT the pro version).
Thank you for your help.
Best Regards;
-Arpadius98
rfkill list all
shows the blocked or unblocked Devices.
rfkill has to be installed.
/sbin/lspci -nnk | grep -iA3 net
shows the Network Devices, maybe
lsusb
for an Wlan-stick.
Are you using Network Manager for networking?
When you right-click that network icon, select Network Management Settings.
What happens when you try to select the Wireless tab and click on the Add button?
Hello,
First of all, sorry for the long wait. Second: here is the data that is requested.
linux-u5sk:/home/arpad # ifconfig
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:65536 Metric:1
RX packets:48 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:48 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:4008 (3.9 Kb) TX bytes:4008 (3.9 Kb)
arpad@linux-u5sk:~> lsusb
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:8000 Intel Corp.
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 006: ID 048d:8350 Integrated Technology Express, Inc.
Bus 002 Device 005: ID 8087:07dc Intel Corp.
Bus 002 Device 004: ID 04f2:b40f Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 04f3:0303 Elan Microelectronics Corp.
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0bda:0129 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTS5129 Card Reader Controller
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Hope it is useful… On the panel, I have an icon telling me that the internet cable is unplugged. I`ve installed rfkill using the command : zypper in rfkill
Here are the results for: rfkill list all:
linux-u5sk:/home/arpad # rfkill list all
0: ideapad_wlan: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: yes
Hard blocked: yes
1: ideapad_bluetooth: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: yes
2: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: yes
Hard blocked: no
4: hci0: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
Hello,
I quickly would like to mention, that airplane mode is off, and if I turn it on, than the wifi is soft-blocked, in the results that I posted in the last reply, is when airplane mode is on (purposely done), so I will send it when it is without airplane mode.
linux-u5sk:/home/arpad # rfkill list all
0: ideapad_wlan: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: yes
Hard blocked: yes
1: ideapad_bluetooth: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: yes
2: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
4: hci0: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
Hope this helps.
Best Regards;
-Arpadius98
Fraser Bell,
I have absolutely no idea on how to add a network in OpenSUSE, all I know is that I click on add, write in the SSID then select the type of password, then write in the password, thats all I know about it. To answer your question: it doesnt say anything specific (since I never was able to configure it manually, I never can get a error using that method (what I do, is: the computer detects the wifi, I write in the WPA/WPE key(s), and then connect.
But for now, I can survive on cable connection, but would be nice to have the ability to be able to connect to the internet via wifi antenna (its the 21st century, I would preffer to use the technology [even though 99% of the technology doesnt work unless it has an old OS]).
Note: I am pretty sure that this problem can only be fixed via OpenSUSE (not in Windows, I tried to fix it in Windows, but failed.).
Best Regards;
-Arpadius98
Hello,
Sorry, I forgot to post this one:
linux-u5sk:/home/arpad # /sbin/lspci -nnk | grep -iA3 net
01:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation Wireless 7260 [8086:08b2] (rev 6b)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Wireless-N 7260 [8086:c262]
Kernel driver in use: iwlwifi
Kernel modules: iwlwifi
Hope this helps as well.
Best Regards;
-Arpad Lenart