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Old 10-15-2020, 07:44 PM   #1
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Unhappy Wi-Fi hard locked Linux Mint 20

Wi-Fi says it's hard locked. Now, I have Linux Mint 20 in dual-boot with Windows 7, and there, it's on by default. I can turn it on and off, it will not do anything in Linux. rfkill unblock all does not help since it's for software according to what I've read about it. There probably was a switch on the F9 key or somewhere around it on the original keyboard of the laptop, but I don't have it anymore and I use an external generic HP KU-0316. Here are the results of the folowing commands:

lsb_release -a
lsusb
lspci
lspci -k -nn | grep -A 3 -i net
lspci -k
sudo lshw -C network
lsmod | sort
iwconfig
ip a
sudo iwlist scan
uname -r -m
cat* /etc/network/interfaces
nm-tool
sudo rfkill list
nmcli connection show

THANK YOU VERY MUCH !

Code:
dill@dill-HP-Pavilion-g6-Notebook-PC:~$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID:	Linuxmint
Description:	Linux Mint 20
Release:	20
Codename:	ulyana
dill@dill-HP-Pavilion-g6-Notebook-PC:~$ lsusb
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 04f2:b249 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd HP Webcam-101
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 0a5c:21e3 Broadcom Corp. HP Portable Valentine
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 05ac:12a8 Apple, Inc. iPhone5/5C/5S/6
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 003: ID 0461:4d0f Primax Electronics, Ltd HP Optical Mouse
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 03f0:0024 HP, Inc KU-0316 Keyboard
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
dill@dill-HP-Pavilion-g6-Notebook-PC:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 12h Processor Root Complex
00:01.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SuperSumo [Radeon HD 6480G]
00:01.1 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] BeaverCreek HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 6500D and 6400G-6600G series]
00:04.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 12h Processor Root Port
00:11.0 SATA controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH SATA Controller [IDE mode]
00:12.0 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH USB OHCI Controller (rev 11)
00:12.2 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH USB EHCI Controller (rev 11)
00:13.0 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH USB OHCI Controller (rev 11)
00:13.2 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH USB EHCI Controller (rev 11)
00:14.0 SMBus: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH SMBus Controller (rev 13)
00:14.2 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH Azalia Controller (rev 01)
00:14.3 ISA bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH LPC Bridge (rev 11)
00:14.4 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH PCI Bridge (rev 40)
00:15.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Hudson PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 0)
00:15.1 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Hudson PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 1)
00:15.2 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Hudson PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 2)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 0 (rev 43)
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 1
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 2
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 3
00:18.4 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 4
00:18.5 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 6
00:18.6 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 5
00:18.7 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 7
01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL810xE PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 05)
07:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Inc. and subsidiaries BCM4313 802.11bgn Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)
08:00.0 Unassigned class [ff00]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTS5209 PCI Express Card Reader (rev 01)
dill@dill-HP-Pavilion-g6-Notebook-PC:~$ lspci -k -nn -A 3 -i net
lspci: No such PCI access method: 3 (see `-A help' for a list)
dill@dill-HP-Pavilion-g6-Notebook-PC:~$ lspci -k
00:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 12h Processor Root Complex
	Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Family 12h Processor Root Complex
00:01.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SuperSumo [Radeon HD 6480G]
	Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company SuperSumo [Radeon HD 6480G]
	Kernel driver in use: radeon
	Kernel modules: radeon
00:01.1 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] BeaverCreek HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 6500D and 6400G-6600G series]
	Subsystem: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] BeaverCreek HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 6500D and 6400G-6600G series]
	Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
	Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel
00:04.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 12h Processor Root Port
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:11.0 SATA controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH SATA Controller [IDE mode]
	Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company FCH SATA Controller [IDE mode]
	Kernel driver in use: ahci
	Kernel modules: ahci
00:12.0 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH USB OHCI Controller (rev 11)
	Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company FCH USB OHCI Controller
	Kernel driver in use: ohci-pci
00:12.2 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH USB EHCI Controller (rev 11)
	Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company FCH USB EHCI Controller
	Kernel driver in use: ehci-pci
00:13.0 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH USB OHCI Controller (rev 11)
	Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company FCH USB OHCI Controller
	Kernel driver in use: ohci-pci
00:13.2 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH USB EHCI Controller (rev 11)
	Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company FCH USB EHCI Controller
	Kernel driver in use: ehci-pci
00:14.0 SMBus: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH SMBus Controller (rev 13)
	Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company FCH SMBus Controller
	Kernel modules: i2c_piix4, sp5100_tco
00:14.2 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH Azalia Controller (rev 01)
	Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company FCH Azalia Controller
	Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
	Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel
00:14.3 ISA bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH LPC Bridge (rev 11)
	Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company FCH LPC Bridge
00:14.4 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH PCI Bridge (rev 40)
00:15.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Hudson PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 0)
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:15.1 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Hudson PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 1)
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:15.2 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Hudson PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 2)
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 0 (rev 43)
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 1
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 2
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 3
	Kernel driver in use: k10temp
	Kernel modules: k10temp
00:18.4 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 4
00:18.5 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 6
00:18.6 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 5
00:18.7 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 7
01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL810xE PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 05)
	Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company RTL810xE PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller
	Kernel driver in use: r8169
	Kernel modules: r8169
07:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Inc. and subsidiaries BCM4313 802.11bgn Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)
	DeviceName: Valentine 802.11bgn/BT 4.0 Combo
	Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company BCM4313 802.11bgn Wireless Network Adapter
	Kernel driver in use: wl
	Kernel modules: bcma, wl
08:00.0 Unassigned class [ff00]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTS5209 PCI Express Card Reader (rev 01)
	Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company RTS5209 PCI Express Card Reader
	Kernel driver in use: rtsx_pci
	Kernel modules: rtsx_pci
dill@dill-HP-Pavilion-g6-Notebook-PC:~$ sudo lshw -C network
[sudo] password for dill:               
  *-network                 
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: RTL810xE PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller
       vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
       logical name: enp1s0
       version: 05
       serial: 78:e3:b5:69:be:2e
       size: 100Mbit/s
       capacity: 100Mbit/s
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix vpd bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 duplex=full firmware=rtl_nic/rtl8105e-1.fw ip=10.0.0.208 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=MII speed=100Mbit/s
       resources: irq:16 ioport:3000(size=256) memory:f0004000-f0004fff memory:f0000000-f0003fff
  *-network DISABLED
       description: Wireless interface
       product: BCM4313 802.11bgn Wireless Network Adapter
       vendor: Broadcom Inc. and subsidiaries
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:07:00.0
       logical name: wlo1
       version: 01
       serial: 7c:e9:d3:42:30:57
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=wl0 driverversion=6.30.223.271 (r587334) latency=0 multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11
       resources: irq:17 memory:f0300000-f0303fff
  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       physical id: 2
       bus info: usb@1:3
       logical name: enx26a2e19dba95
       serial: 26:a2:e1:9d:ba:95
       capabilities: ethernet physical
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ipheth link=no multicast=yes
dill@dill-HP-Pavilion-g6-Notebook-PC:~$ lsmod | sort
af_alg                 24576  6 algif_hash,algif_skcipher
ahci                   40960  1
algif_hash             16384  1
algif_skcipher         16384  1
autofs4                45056  2
bluetooth             581632  41 btrtl,btintel,btbcm,bnep,btusb,rfcomm
bnep                   24576  2
btbcm                  16384  1 btusb
btintel                24576  1 btusb
btrfs                1253376  0
btrtl                  24576  1 btusb
btusb                  57344  0
ccp                    86016  0
cfg80211              704512  1 wl
cmac                   16384  3
dm_log                 20480  2 dm_region_hash,dm_mirror
dm_mirror              24576  0
dm_region_hash         20480  1 dm_mirror
drm                   491520  6 drm_kms_helper,radeon,ttm
drm_kms_helper        184320  1 radeon
ecc                    28672  1 ecdh_generic
ecdh_generic           16384  2 bluetooth
fb_sys_fops            16384  1 drm_kms_helper
hid                   131072  2 usbhid,hid_generic
hid_generic            16384  0
hp_wireless            16384  0
hp_wmi                 16384  0
i2c_algo_bit           16384  1 radeon
i2c_piix4              28672  0
input_leds             16384  0
ipheth                 16384  0
ip_tables              32768  0
joydev                 24576  0
k10temp                16384  0
kvm                   663552  0
ledtrig_audio          16384  1 snd_hda_codec_generic
libahci                32768  1 ahci
libcrc32c              16384  1 btrfs
lp                     20480  0
mac_hid                16384  0
mc                     53248  4 videodev,videobuf2_v4l2,uvcvideo,videobuf2_common
memstick               20480  1 rtsx_pci_ms
Module                  Size  Used by
parport                53248  3 parport_pc,lp,ppdev
parport_pc             40960  0
ppdev                  24576  0
psmouse               155648  0
r8169                  90112  0
radeon               1474560  5
raid6_pq              114688  1 btrfs
realtek                24576  1
rfcomm                 81920  16
rtsx_pci               73728  2 rtsx_pci_sdmmc,rtsx_pci_ms
rtsx_pci_ms            24576  0
rtsx_pci_sdmmc         28672  0
sch_fq_codel           20480  3
serio_raw              20480  0
snd                    90112  19 snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hwdep,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_timer,snd_pcm,snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_rawmidi
snd_hda_codec         135168  4 snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec_idt
snd_hda_codec_generic    81920  1 snd_hda_codec_idt
snd_hda_codec_hdmi     61440  1
snd_hda_codec_idt      61440  1
snd_hda_core           90112  5 snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_codec_idt
snd_hda_intel          53248  4
snd_hwdep              20480  1 snd_hda_codec
snd_intel_dspcfg       24576  1 snd_hda_intel
snd_pcm               106496  4 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_core
snd_rawmidi            36864  1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq                69632  2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device         16384  3 snd_seq,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi
snd_seq_midi           20480  0
snd_seq_midi_event     16384  1 snd_seq_midi
snd_timer              36864  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
soundcore              16384  1 snd
sparse_keymap          16384  1 hp_wmi
syscopyarea            16384  1 drm_kms_helper
sysfillrect            16384  1 drm_kms_helper
sysimgblt              16384  1 drm_kms_helper
ttm                   106496  1 radeon
usbhid                 57344  0
uvcvideo               98304  0
video                  49152  0
videobuf2_common       49152  2 videobuf2_v4l2,uvcvideo
videobuf2_memops       20480  1 videobuf2_vmalloc
videobuf2_v4l2         24576  1 uvcvideo
videobuf2_vmalloc      20480  1 uvcvideo
videodev              225280  3 videobuf2_v4l2,uvcvideo,videobuf2_common
wl                   6455296  0
wmi                    32768  2 hp_wmi,wmi_bmof
wmi_bmof               16384  0
xor                    24576  1 btrfs
x_tables               40960  1 ip_tables
zstd_compress         167936  1 btrfs
dill@dill-HP-Pavilion-g6-Notebook-PC:~$ iwconfig
enp1s0    no wireless extensions.

enx26a2e19dba95  no wireless extensions.

wlo1      IEEE 802.11  ESSID:off/any  
          Mode:Managed  Access Point: Not-Associated   
          Retry short limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Power Management:off
          
lo        no wireless extensions.

dill@dill-HP-Pavilion-g6-Notebook-PC:~$ ip a
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1000
    link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
    inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
    inet6 ::1/128 scope host 
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
2: enp1s0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc fq_codel state UP group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 78:e3:b5:69:be:2e brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    inet 10.0.0.208/24 brd 10.0.0.255 scope global dynamic noprefixroute enp1s0
       valid_lft 604159sec preferred_lft 604159sec
    inet6 fe80::cd9f:701d:959d:1545/64 scope link noprefixroute 
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
3: wlo1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 7c:e9:d3:42:30:57 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
4: enx26a2e19dba95: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc fq_codel state DOWN group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 26:a2:e1:9d:ba:95 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
dill@dill-HP-Pavilion-g6-Notebook-PC:~$ sudo iwlist scan
enp1s0    Interface doesn't support scanning.

enx26a2e19dba95  Interface doesn't support scanning.

wlo1      Interface doesn't support scanning : Network is down

lo        Interface doesn't support scanning.

dill@dill-HP-Pavilion-g6-Notebook-PC:~$ uname -r -m
5.4.0-51-generic x86_64
dill@dill-HP-Pavilion-g6-Notebook-PC:~$ cat /etc/network/interfaces
# interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8)
# Include files from /etc/network/interfaces.d:
source-directory /etc/network/interfaces.d
dill@dill-HP-Pavilion-g6-Notebook-PC:~$ nm-tool
bash: nm-tool: command not found
dill@dill-HP-Pavilion-g6-Notebook-PC:~$ sudo rfkill list
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
	Soft blocked: no
	Hard blocked: no
1: brcmwl-0: Wireless LAN
	Soft blocked: no
	Hard blocked: yes
2: hci0: Bluetooth
	Soft blocked: no
	Hard blocked: no
dill@dill-HP-Pavilion-g6-Notebook-PC:~$ nmcli connection show
NAME                UUID                                  TYPE      DEVICE 
Wired connection 1  65959025-2606-32c7-8658-f72abc418632  ethernet  enp1s0 
Wired connection 2  d6ef06db-83a8-3f0d-9de0-b69371883260  ethernet  --     
dill@dill-HP-Pavilion-g6-Notebook-PC:~$
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Old 10-15-2020, 08:07 PM   #2
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I think you wireless issue is related to the Broadcom wireless chipset, which usually requires a couple of extra steps to get working. A web search for "broadcom wireless mint" will turn up a number of articles and forum posts which you should find helpful.
 
  


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