My Toshiba Satellite p855-335 Notebook wouldn't turn the wireless on.
There are several existing threads on Ubuntu Forums which I've tried, for instance:
- http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2220855
- http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2249263
- http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2290251
In particular, none of the following helped:
- I have reset the BIOS to defaults.
- I installed a fresh installation of 15.10 and pressed the 'wireless' key (Fn+ F12).
- I have tried the 'Battery Trick' (of the second link above). If it's any help, the wireless LED at the bottom right corner of the laptop is showing red.
The following were suggested in some threads, but don't help:
$ cat /sys/class/rfkill/rfkill2/hard
1
$ sudo echo 0 > /sys/class/rfkill/rfkill2/hard
bash: /sys/class/rfkill/rfkill2/hard: Permission denied
$ cat /sys/class/rfkill/rfkill2/state
2
$ sudo modprobe -r iwlwifi
$ sudo rfkill unblock all
$ sudo modprobe iwlwifi
$ rfkill list all
0: Toshiba Bluetooth: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
1: hci0: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
3: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: yes
Hard blocked: yes
Some history:
The whole issue started when my laptop's battery ran out while in airoplane mode. We ended up shipping it back to the manufacturer, and they replaced the motherboard. When it came back, it was stuck on hotspot mode with the wi-fi turned off. I deleted the hotspot mode, but the Wi-fi is still turned off.
I attach the results of the wireless-info script ( http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=370108 ) here.
UPDATE: If I use evtest
and press the Fn + F8 keys (Next Track) followed by the Fn + F12 keys (Wi-Fi) followed by the the Fn + F8 keys (Next Track), followed by CTRL + C I get the following (http://pastebin.com/mzBa6W5H).
So it's possible that the WIRELESS button isn't recognised by Ubuntu.
But, if I press the MUTE button, nothing appears either, but Ubuntu does in fact mute the volume control.
If I type sudo rfkill event
and press the Wi-Fi key 4 times, I get the following interaction.
- UPDATE: I've tried backporting to the latest stable version (4.4.2v) as described here, but it doesn't seem to change anything, even though
modinfo iwlwifi
shows the the driver has been backported.