Public bug reported: I upgraded from ubuntu 14.04 LTS to ubuntu 16.04 LTS. My wifi was working fine in previous version. But, after upgrade wifi broke. It won't show any wifi networks and I couldn't enable wifi from ubuntu panel on top right corner. I tried almost all suggestions in this page and few other askubuntu pages with same problem: http://askubuntu.com/questions/62166/siocsifflags-operation-not-possible-due-to-rf-kill But, nothing worked.
Here is my console output: ~$ sudo rfkill list 0: dell-rbtn: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: yes Hard blocked: yes 1: phy0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no 7: hci0: Bluetooth Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no Then, I ran "sudo rfkill unblock wifi" but that didn't fix anything. Finally, the only thing that worked was: sudo modprobe -r dell-rbtn I don't even know if this is the right way to fix it. Please fix the 16.04 kernel and OS upgrade package so that other users don't face this problem that cost me 2 days. Thank you. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:16.04.14 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-36.55-generic 4.4.16 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-36-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: wl ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1 Architecture: amd64 CrashDB: ubuntu CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Sat Sep 17 15:13:39 2016 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-08-19 (29 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160719) PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_US PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader Symptom: release-upgrade UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug dist-upgrade xenial -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1624765 Title: wifi broke after 16.04 upgrade To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-release-upgrader/+bug/1624765/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs