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I am running "Zorin OS 7 Core" on my Laptop, which is based on Ubuntu 13.04.

I have a problem with my RTL8188CE WiFi card. It says "wireless is disabled by hardware switch", but I already installed this driver correctly.

I did it the same way I had done it on 12.04, and it worked. The crazy thing is when I type:

rfkill list all

It says:

0: phy0: Wireless LAN
    Soft blocked: no
    Hard blocked: yes
1: asus-wlan: Wireless LAN
    Soft blocked: no
    Hard blocked: no

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 rfkill unblock all

Didn’t help... I don’t know why it shows me 2 WiFi devices and why I can't unblock the phy0

Does anyone have an idea?

My Notebook Specs are :

Manufacturer : ASUS 
Modell : F75VB-TY041H 
Prozessor : Intel Core i5-3230M (3. Gen) 
Graphic : Intel HD 4000 / NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M 
wlan : Realtek RTL8188CE WLAN Adapter 
Audio : Realtek Audio ALC269 
BIOS : v. 304
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  • The hardware switch is usually a button on your keyboard, so have you made sure you've pressed that button? Sorry if it's irrelevant, I'm not too good with command-line diagnostics.
    – Mochan
    Dec 13, 2013 at 10:32
  • I already tried it, the button is Fn+F2 to activate the Wifi but it dont help
    – user225058
    Dec 13, 2013 at 10:59
  • I see. In that case, I can't help you but I hope you get your answer soon :)
    – Mochan
    Dec 13, 2013 at 11:02
  • Ok i got the Solution! you need to change a GRUB config 1.Step sudo gedit /etc/default/grub 2.Step , edit GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT to: GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet acpi_osi=Linux acpi_backlight=vendor splash" 3. Step Do the sudo update-grub and then Restart your Computer
    – user225058
    Dec 13, 2013 at 13:07
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    Now that I look at it, you should ask the question here. Cheers
    – Mochan
    Dec 16, 2013 at 9:15

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