Hi I am Rupesh from India and I have Toshiba satellite c55 b894 laptop and I have installed opensuse leap 42.3 about three months ago when it was launched. I have not made any modifications to setting’s upto now.
Up to yesterday I am able to browse internet without any problems but at present on the desktop status bar I am able to see messages such as “WiFi disabled by hardware switch”, “WiFi hardware disabled” etc.,.
In GNOME I have tried to make WiFi on but failed I mean it is always in off mode.
As network is not working in yast network settings Network Setup Method I have changed to wicked and still there is no use I have changed back to network manager and even no use. At present network is managed by network-manager.
For your reference I am providing the output of the commands iwconfig, hwinfo below.
linux-tg2q:~ # iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:off/any
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=off
Retry short limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
eth0 no wireless extensions.
linux-tg2q:~ # hwinfo --network
27: None 00.0: 1070a WLAN
[Created at net.126]
Unique ID: AYEt.QXn1l67RSa1
Parent ID: y9sn.lDw4KLRtlV5
SysFS ID: /class/net/wlan0
SysFS Device Link: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.2/0000:07:00.0
Hardware Class: network interface
Model: "WLAN network interface"
Driver: "ath9k"
Driver Modules: "ath9k"
Device File: wlan0
HW Address: b8:ee:65:7a:30:ee
Permanent HW Address: b8:ee:65:7a:30:ee
Link detected: no
Config Status: cfg=no, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
Attached to: #16 (Network controller)
28: None 00.0: 10700 Loopback
[Created at net.126]
Unique ID: ZsBS.GQNx7L4uPNA
SysFS ID: /class/net/lo
Hardware Class: network interface
Model: "Loopback network interface"
Device File: lo
Link detected: yes
Config Status: cfg=no, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
29: None 00.0: 10701 Ethernet
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Unique ID: usDW.ndpeucax6V1
Parent ID: rBUF.oRLpzBYdd+B
SysFS ID: /class/net/eth0
SysFS Device Link: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.3/0000:08:00.0
Hardware Class: network interface
Model: "Ethernet network interface"
Driver: "r8169"
Driver Modules: "r8169"
Device File: eth0
HW Address: c4:54:44:69:aa:49
Permanent HW Address: c4:54:44:69:aa:49
Link detected: no
Config Status: cfg=no, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
Attached to: #17 (Ethernet controller)
linux-tg2q:~ #
linux-tg2q:~ # hwinfo --netcard
22: PCI 700.0: 0282 WLAN controller
[Created at pci.378]
Unique ID: y9sn.neoVruR_9l3
Parent ID: hoOk.RhvJpbq0tG2
SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.2/0000:07:00.0
SysFS BusID: 0000:07:00.0
Hardware Class: network
Model: "Qualcomm Atheros QCA9565 / AR9565 Wireless Network Adapter"
Vendor: pci 0x168c "Qualcomm Atheros"
Device: pci 0x0036 "QCA9565 / AR9565 Wireless Network Adapter"
SubVendor: pci 0x11ad "Lite-On Communications Inc"
SubDevice: pci 0x0832
Revision: 0x01
Driver: "ath9k"
Driver Modules: "ath9k"
Device File: wlan0
Features: WLAN
Memory Range: 0xc2700000-0xc277ffff (rw,non-prefetchable)
Memory Range: 0xc2780000-0xc278ffff (ro,non-prefetchable,disabled)
IRQ: 18 (no events)
HW Address: b8:ee:65:7a:30:ee
Permanent HW Address: b8:ee:65:7a:30:ee
Link detected: no
WLAN channels: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
WLAN frequencies: 2.412 2.417 2.422 2.427 2.432 2.437 2.442 2.447 2.452 2.457 2.462 2.467 2.472
WLAN encryption modes: WEP40 WEP104 TKIP CCMP
WLAN authentication modes: open sharedkey wpa-psk wpa-eap
Module Alias: "pci:v0000168Cd00000036sv000011ADsd00000832bc02sc80i00"
Driver Info #0:
Driver Status: ath9k is active
Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe ath9k"
Config Status: cfg=no, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
Attached to: #14 (PCI bridge)
23: PCI 800.0: 0200 Ethernet controller
[Created at pci.378]
Unique ID: rBUF.oRLpzBYdd+B
Parent ID: Z7uZ.TWopmk3Rw13
SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.3/0000:08:00.0
SysFS BusID: 0000:08:00.0
Hardware Class: network
Model: "Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller"
Vendor: pci 0x10ec "Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd."
Device: pci 0x8168 "RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller"
SubVendor: pci 0x1179 "Toshiba America Info Systems"
SubDevice: pci 0xf920
Revision: 0x0c
Driver: "r8169"
Driver Modules: "r8169"
Device File: eth0
I/O Ports: 0x4000-0x4fff (rw)
Memory Range: 0xc2600000-0xc2600fff (rw,non-prefetchable)
Memory Range: 0xc2400000-0xc2403fff (ro,non-prefetchable)
IRQ: 50 (no events)
HW Address: c4:54:44:69:aa:49
Permanent HW Address: c4:54:44:69:aa:49
Link detected: no
Module Alias: "pci:v000010ECd00008168sv00001179sd0000F920bc02sc00i00"
Driver Info #0:
Driver Status: r8169 is active
Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe r8169"
Config Status: cfg=no, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
Attached to: #15 (PCI bridge)
linux-tg2q:~ #
Another issue is I have entered network services (xinetd) and it is showing as disabled and when I select enable and then finish I am getting warning as " All services are marked as disabled ( locked). Internet super-server will be disabled ". I have checked whether xinetd is disabled in services and found disabled so I have enabled it several times even no use I mean it is always showing as disabled.
I am able to browse internet on Windows without any problems but not in opensuse.
Please suggest how to freshly re configure the network so that I can browse internet properly.