>From your logs I can see RfKill: 0: acer-wireless: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: yes Hard blocked: no
Can you please do the following and report here if this fixes the issue? sudo rmmod -f acer_wmi sudo rfkill unblock all Also blacklist acer_wmi as root echo "blacklist acer_wmi" >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/826784 Title: [ThinkPad Edge E520] Wireless is always soft-blocked To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/826784/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs