Questions tagged [airplane-mode]

Airplane mode is a setting available on most cell phones, smartphones and other electronic devices that, when engaged, suspends many of the device's signal transmitting functions.

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Why does "Airplane Mode" keep toggling on my HP laptop in Ubuntu 18.04?

I have an HP Spectre x360 convertible laptop and I'm running Ubuntu 18.04. Every time I turn the screen sideways or in tablet mode and back, 'Airplane Mode' is activated. In fact, when I boot up and ...
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Wifi Hard Blocked After Suspend in Ubuntu on GS65

While GS65's wifi module, Killer 1550i(which is roughly Intel 9560), doesn't supported in \~4.17 kernels, I managed to get the wifi working by compiling latest iwlwifi kernel module and including them....
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Enters airplane mode after suspend / resume, can't toggle it

I'm running Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS on an MSI GS65 Stealth Thin w/ a Nvidia Geforce 1070, and when I close the lid to suspend, and reopen the lid to resume, it often enters "airplane" mode and I don't see ...
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Airplane mode gets turned on and stuck after sleep mode

I am using Ubuntu 18.04 LTS dual booted with Windows 7 on HP Envy 15. After my laptop goes into sleep mode (lid closed) it will turn on airplane mode but the button to turn it off is greyed out and ...
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Airplane mode turns on when I turn off Wi-Fi

I'm using Ubuntu GNOME 16.04. Whenever I turn OFF Wi-Fi (Bluetooth being off), Airplane Mode turns ON automatically. If I turn OFF Airplane Mode, it automatically turns Bluetooth ON (even though ...
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Prevent airplane mode from turning on when lid is closed in ubuntu gnome 17.04

None of the methods described in the link work Prevent wireless from turning off when lid goes down Power management from iwconfig is OFF. Any suggestions, what else can be done?
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Airplane mode toggling when switching to tablet mode (HP spectre x360)

On Ubuntu 22.10 (hence kernel 5.19, gnome 43.1) HP Spectre x360 2-in-1 16-f1xxx, i7-12700H, Iris XE (ADL GT2) When switching between laptop and tablet mode, the airplane mode automatically toggles. ...
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Can not reenable Bluetooth from System Settings after disabling Airplane mode

After deactivating Airplane Mode, I can not re-enable Bluetooth from System Settings. I would like Bluetooth to be reactivated from System Settings: When Airplane Mode is deactivated Or, when I click ...
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Airplane mode automatic turn on problem

Why does the airplane mode turn on automatically when both my wifi and bluetooth are turned off? How do I disable it?
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Airplane mode switch does not respond

HP Envy 15 x360 PC running Ubuntu 17.10 shows airplane mode ON and grayed out despite all the efforts. (fn+f12) does not work. Wifi/bluetooth are off and cannot be switched on using menus. More ...
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How to have airplane mode by default on in ubuntu 20.04

I am electrosensitive and need my computer to be always with the airplane mode on and since I updated to ubuntu 20.04, bluetooth and wifi is on time to time. Is there a way to force the airplane mode ...
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Airplane mode not responding, activated by default

System info: Asus K501UB, i7 6500, 8GB ram Ubuntu 15.10 x64 Problem: By default, the airplane mode is on. The keyboard Fn+F2 does not work at changing it. If I try sudo rfkill list I get 1: asus-...
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22.04 Airplane mode activated whenever lid closes/opens, screen switches orientation, or tablet mode is activate/deactivated

I have a 2022 HP 14" Spectre x360, which can flip into tablet mode and has an accelerometer to switch the screen orientation. However, when I installed Ubuntu 22.04 on it, I found that switching ...
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