Hi
I am new to Linux, I noticed that the airplane mode is on and all the switches are grayed out. I have tried every terminal command that I could find but nothing seems to work? I have looked into the wifi and it says shut off airplane mode, however, since the switches are grayed out I can't do anything. Any thoughts and is there a program I can install to troubleshoot this problem?
Hi carmar
I went to the site in the link, however, nothing worked? When I try to turn the wifi on for a split sec I see the wifi screen then the airplane symbol appears for some reason it will not allow me to shut the airplane mode off. I even tried signing into the system as a root user.
This driver should be fully working in the Kernel. And given that you seem to have no control in the software...
Many Notebooks, etc. have a Physical Switch for the Airplane Mode or Wifi.
It may not be obvious; sometimes it is a FN-Key combo from the keyboard.
Have you thoroughly explored this, yet?
You may also try running it from tty (as this is like safe moding it).
Use ctrl+alt+F7 to Exit (remember this!) from the tty.
Use ctrl+alt+F3 to Enter TTY.
Enter your username and password, then use the keyboard shortcut to disable Airplane mode.
Also - in BIOS is Secure Boot disabled or Enabled?
Hi Aravisian
OK, this is a little over my head, question do you know if there is a diagnostic tool out there that maybe I could use. For now, I can still get on the internet by my cell with a direct with USB Tethering
None other than the GUI Network settings that comes with Zorin OS.
However, I am quite confident you can follow the above steps. You can use the ctrl+alt+F3 keyboard combo to enter tty. Enter your username and password. Then use the Wifi / Airplane mode keyboard shortcut you mentioned above; Then exit tty with ctrl+alt+F7.
Believing in yourself is the first step toward independence.
Hi Michel
Sorry I am very new to Linux. Could you be more detailed with your instructions? You are correct. This happen after I received a major update the other day.
I thought i was clear, but i explain it a bit better
Reboot machine
1a. If you have a UEFI machine hold the escape button during boot to enter grub
1b. If you have a Legacy bios hold the shift key during boot to enter grub
When you are in grub press advanced mode
Select kernel 5.11.0-41 (the normal one, not the recovery)
Check if the problem is gone, if yes open up terminal and write this
Hi Michel
Thank You for clarifying the process for me, I have the Legacy bios and proceeded as you asked. However it has not worked? Any other ideas that I may try? Something I noticed when getting into the Legacy bios I noticed two different choices one was Zorin, with Linux 5.11.0-43-generic and the other was Zorin, with Linux 5.11.0-41-generic The other thing I noticed was both UEFI and the Legacy worked to get to the same screen?