I have tried everything. i’m trying to dual boot with linux mint, and it just doesn’t see the wifi. it works perfectly fine on mint, when i do rfkill list it shows it as hard blocked. again, ive tried everything i could find
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Do You have a physical Switch on Your Machine to enable/disable Your Wifi? Did You checked the ''Additional Drivers'' Tab in Software & Updates if there is a Driver offered? Are secure Boot and Fast Boot in BIOS disabled? Could You post the Ouput of the Commands sudo lshw -C network and rfkill list please? Does Your System run is Wayland or X11? You can check that with the Command echo $XDG_SESSION_TYPE
i have done all of that. And it’s x11. also, there is no switch
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description: Ethernet interface product: AR8161 Gigabit Ethernet vendor: Qualcomm Atheros
physical 1d: 0
bus info: pc1@0000:01:00.0
Logical name: enpise
version: 10
sertal: 78:e3:b5:88:37:88
capacity: 16b1t/s width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHZ
capabilities: pm pciexpress ast six bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt-fd autonegotiation configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast-yes driversalx driverversion=6.17.0-35-gener1c Latency= Link-no nutticast-yes port-twisted patr resources: 1rg: 19 memory: fea00000-fea3ffff loport:008(size=128)
*-network DISABLED
description: Wireless interface
product: RT3298 Wireless 882.11n 1T/1R PCIe vendor: Ralink corp.
physical 1d: 0
DUS info: pc@0088:04:00.0
Logical name: w2p4sef0
version: 00
serial: 0c:84:dc:cc:86:2b
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHZ
capabilities: pm ms1 petexpress bus moster cap_list ethernet physical wireless configuration: broadcast-yes driver=rt2800pc1 dr1ververslon=6.17.0-35-gener1c f1rmware=N/A Latency=0 Link-no multicast-yes wireless-IEEE 802.11
resources: 1rg:19 memory: fe910000-fe91ffff
tyty@67:~S echo SXDG_SESSION_TYPE
x11
tyty@67:~S rfkill list
0: phy®: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: yes
yes i have
Look for wireless toggle button or switch on your laptop
i’ve checked and i don’t have one
what is laptop specification (brand and model) ?
This is from Brave AI so usual cautions needed.
To resolve a disabled state or frequent disconnections on similar Ralink PCIe adapters:
- Blacklist Conflicting Drivers : The rt2800pci module often claims the device incorrectly. Edit
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-ralink.conf(or create it) to include:
blacklist rt2800pci
blacklist rt2x00pci
install rt2800pci /bin/false
install rt2x00pci /bin/false
Then run sudo update-initramfs -u and reboot.
I did notice reference to rt2800pci in the output you posted so perhaps that is an indication.
it'snot disabled it's Hard blocked...
hp envy 700-010 from 2013
i did that and it’s still hard blocked
it's a desktop or a laptop ?
did you tried to press simultaneously Fn + F12 ?
desktop
On both Mint and on Zorin OS, can you run:
lsmod | grep -E 'wmi|acer|asus|hp|ideapad|dell'
The aim here is to compare the two outputs - you might need to email yourself the output (for ease), then switch to the other OS to run the command there.
On Zorin OS, can you run:
sudo dmesg | grep -i rfkill