Re: Restart F32 WiFi on ThinkPad P72

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On Wed, 2020-05-27 at 11:37 -0700, Samuel Sieb wrote:
> On 5/27/20 11:08 AM, Robert G (Doc) Savage via users wrote:
> > On Wed, 2020-05-27 at 10:07 -0700, Samuel Sieb wrote:
> > > On 5/27/20 9:06 AM, Robert G (Doc) Savage via users wrote:
> > > > After closing the lid on my P72 laptop last week and moving it
> > > > to the
> > > > livig room, I could not resume F32 when I raised the lid. I had
> > > > to hard
> > > > power cycle it, and after bootup I was unable to connect to my
> > > > WiFi
> > > > router. The router is fine, and WiFi works fine in the dual-
> > > > booted
> > > > Windows 10. But I can't figure out how to kick start my WiFi
> > > > connection.
> > > > I have restarted the P72 multiple times, with no success. The
> > > > copper
> > > > Ethernet connection works fine.
> > > > 
> > > > Any suggestions how to kickstart it? When I try ifup I get
> > > > this:
> > > > 
> > > > # ifup ATTxxxxxxxx
> > > > 
> > > > Error: Connection activation failed: No suitable device found
> > > > for this
> > > > connection (device lo not available because device is strictly 
> > > > unmanaged).
> > > 
> > > What is the output of "nmcli c" and "rfkill list"?
> > 
> > # rfkill list
> > 
> > 2: phy0: Wireless LAN
> > 
> > Soft blocked: yes
> > 
> > Hard blocked: yes
> 
> There's the problem.  Somehow you've triggered the wifi kill switch. 
> Check for a hardware switch around the outside or a keyboard
> function 
> key related to wifi.

Sam,

There's no physical WiFi switch on the P72. As I said, when I dual-boot 
to Windows 10 the WiFi works perfectly. The problem is within F32.

Is there a file I can edit to re-enable WiFi which "nmcli c" seems to
show is disabled in software somewhere?

--Doc Savage
  Fairview Heights, IL
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