How to remove driver from blacklist in ubuntu?

Question

I was following some answer to unblock hard-blocked wifi. I type the following command

sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-hp.conf <<< "blacklist hhp_wmi"

and ended up removing wifi option completely.

Now I want to unblock that any help here how to do it ?

Rinzwind · Accepted Answer · 2018-11-05 08:23:13Z

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Open the file and remove the line that says blacklist hhp_wmi. You can do that with nano if need be

sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-hp.conf

or if it is the only line in the file (and that IS likely) you could also delete it with

sudo rm /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-hp.conf

Not sure if needed but do a reboot after removing the file.

answered Nov 5, 2018 at 8:14

Rinzwind

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Yeah but still it's not showing wifi option any idea why ?
– Vivank
Nov 5, 2018 at 8:17
"unblock hard-blocked wifi" if you want that solved make another question. There are specific people on here that specialize in that question :D
– Rinzwind
Nov 5, 2018 at 8:24
And some of those people look forward to your new question!
– chili555
Nov 5, 2018 at 14:47
THERE HE IS! The expert i mentioned ;) He made one but it got closed due to being 16.10 (I edited it out of this question thinking it would not matter :))
– Rinzwind
Nov 5, 2018 at 14:48

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