Any ideas on how to fix this? My Toshiba Satellite Click doesn't have a hardware switch to disable wireless. Help!!
4 Answers
I got the same problem.I did
Restart -> F2 -> Bios settings -> Reset bios to default -> save
This worked for me.
First try to unblock in Ubuntu with:
rfkill unblock all
If this doesn't work read on.
If you are dual-booting with Windows.
Boot Windows, enable wifi and reboot. In my system, if I disable wifi in Windows, I'm not able to unblock it in Ubuntu. Ubuntu is able to remove the soft block but not the hard block on my system.
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Try going in Bios settings. There is a wi-fi communications setting. Check if it is on.– To DoNov 22, 2014 at 18:10
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The only thing that has an enable or disable switch is the web camera. Nothing about networking at all Nov 22, 2014 at 18:16
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1It's sad that Ubuntu cannot unblock hard blocked Wi-fi while Windows can.– To DoNov 24, 2014 at 7:58
I searched for some images, and all of them had a little button in the top row containing a networking image (see here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/yeeh7qry8ypzbi4/toshiba_satellite_l850150.jpg?dl=0). I am pretty sure that that button is your hardware switch.
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Thats not the right one. I have the toshiba satellite w35dt-a3300 click series Nov 22, 2014 at 23:47
Is it toshiba-laptop or toshiba-wmi that's loaded? Find out with:
$ lsmod | grep toshiba
Remove whichever is loaded, like this: For Example:
$ sudo rmmod -f toshiba-laptop
$ sudo rfkill unblock all
$ rfkill list all
This solution works for mine.