My hp Compaq nc8230 is now a secondary boot from windows 7. Both boots have no wifi. On ubuntu, it's saying that the "wifi disabled by hardware switch. I have no idea what's up with it
Can you please help
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Sign up to join this communityyou can use this to check the wireless devices status (example on a good, e.g. unblocked system)
$ rfkill list
0: hci0: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
1: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
and if the wireless is blocked, issuing this would unblock it
$ rfkill unblock 1
rfkill list all
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