Physically removed the wifi card? I can't remember the last machine that had a pci card slot! Or is it some internal stuff? I am using a usb dongle on my Thinkpad X220 though...
On Tue, Jan 16, 2024 at 9:07 PM MC_Sequoia <mcsequ...@protonmail.com> wrote: > Just sharing this as this was a fairly rare problem that required a manual > hardware intervention. > > After powering down my laptop, the wifi interface wouldn't come up. I > found it to be hardware blocked in rfkill, presumably by the wifi button. > However, when I pressed & released the wifi button, rfkill would show that > software block change from yes to no. Which doesn't make any sense. > > I also went into the BIOS and disabled the WLAN button, but I still > couldn't disable the hardware block > > After some Googlin' around, a find a forum thread in which someone else > who had the same problem, physically removed the wifi card, cold booted, > reinstalled it, cold booted and viola, the wifi interface was unblocked and > working. > > I did this and it worked like a charm. > > Maybe this saves someone a few hours of grief some day. > > HP Elitebook running Debian 12 Bullseye. > > Sent with [Proton Mail](https://proton.me/) secure email.
